The board of directors of Guangzhou Automobile Group Co., Ltd. announced that Mr. Chen Maoshan has ceased to be a non-executive director (staff representative director) of the Company on 4 September 2023 as he has reached the retirement age. The Board further announced that, pursuant to the Company Law of the People's Republic of China and the Articles of Association of the Company, the Company held a staff representatives' meeting recently whereat Ms. Deng Lei was elected as the staff representative director and has been appointed as a non-executive director of the Company, with effect from 4 September 2023, with her term of office ending at the expiration of the sixth session of the Board. Ms. Deng, aged 46, is currently the chairman of the labour union and a member of the executive committee of the Company.

Ms. Deng has previously served as assistant to the general manager, director of the office, director of the general manager's office and director of the party committee office of the Company. Ms. Deng graduated from South China Normal University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in July 1999.