The board of directors of HC Group Inc. announced that Mr. XING Jingfeng has become a non-executive Director and a member of the remuneration committee of the Board with effect from 26 March 2024. Mr. XING Jingfeng, aged 45, is an assistant president of Digital China Holdings Limited ("DC Holdings"). DC Holdings is a substantial shareholder (as defined under the Rules (the "Listing Rules") Governing the Listing of Securities on The Stock Exchange
of Hong Kong Limited (the "Stock Exchange")) of the Company through its direct or indirect subsidiaries; its shares are listed on the Stock Exchange (stock code: 00861)). Mr. Xing joined the financial department of DC Holdings in February 1999, and he has been mainly responsible for financial or audit work of DC Holdings. He currently assumes senior management positions in several subsidiaries or investee companies of DC Holdings including (among others) a director of Digital China Software Limited since July 2015, and a director of Digital China Information Service Group Company Ltd. (whose shares are listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange (stock code: 000555.SZ)) since January 2022. He holds less than 0.01% of the issued shares of DC Holdings as of the date of this announcement. Mr. Xing graduated from the China Central Radio and TV University (now The Open University of China), the People's Republic of China, in July 2007, majoring in accounting. He was awarded a bachelor's degree in management in June 2009 upon completion of the accounting specialisation course jointly organised by the Beijing Technology and Business University and the China Central Radio and TV University in the People's Republic of China.