The board of directors of Huarong International Financial Holdings Limited (the ‘Company', together with its subsidiaries, the ‘Group') announced that Mr. Xu Xiaowu has tendered his resignation as Chairman of the Board and an executive Director with effect from 17 June 2022 as he wishes to devote more time to his family; and Mr. Wang Junlai has tendered his resignation as an executive Director with effect from 17 June 2022 owing to other commitments. The Board is meanwhile announced that Mr. Zhang Xing has been appointed as Chairman of the Board and a non-executive Director, Mr. Chen Qinghua has been appointed as an executive Director and Mr. Lu Xinzheng has been appointed as an executive Director, all with effect from 17 June 2022. The Board further announced that, after the change of Directors becomes effective and starting from 17 June 2022: Mr. Xu Xiaowu will cease to act as the chairman of the Executive Committee and a member of each of the Nomination Committee and the Risk Management Committee; Mr. Wang Junlai will cease to act as a member of each of the Executive Committee, the Risk Management Committee and the Sustainable Development Committee; Mr. Zhang Xing will act as a member of each of the Nomination Committee and the Risk Management Committee; Mr. Chen Qinghua will act as the chairman of the Executive Committee and a member of each of the Risk Management Committee and the Sustainable Development Committee; and Mr. Lu Xinzheng will act as a member of each of the Executive Committee and the Risk Management Committee.

Mr. Zhang Xing, aged 52, has extensive experience in corporate management and business development and management for financial institutions and investment companies. Mr. Zhang served successively as chief supervisor and chief inspector of China Huarong International Holdings Limited, from November 2018 to January 2021. Since January 2021, he has been the chairman, director and legal representative of China Huarong (Macau) International Company Limited.

Subsequently, he has assumed the positions of chairman and director of CHIH since October 2021. From May 2016 to November 2018, he served successively as the deputy general manager, executive director and executive deputy general manager of China Travel International Investment Hong Kong Limited under China National Travel Service Group Corporation. From August 1991 to May 2016, Mr. Zhang served at the Central Office of the Communist Party of China and the General Office of the State Council with his last held position was inspector of the No.

2 Secretarial Bureau of the General Office of the State Council. During such period he also once served as an executive member of the Municipal Commission and Deputy Mayor of Lanzhou. Mr. Zhang graduated from Jilin University with a bachelor's degree in law in 1991 and obtained a master of business administration degree from China Europe International Business School in 2012.

Mr. Chen Qinghua, aged 43, has extensive experience in the corporate governance, asset management, risk management and legal affairs of listed companies in Hong Kong. He has been deputy general manager of CHIH since December 2020, and has concurrently served as general manager of the asset protection department and general manager of the domestic business department. Mr. Chen joined Huarong Investment Stock Corporation Limited and which completed privatisation on 11 November 2020, currently a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company) as deputy general manager in December 2016, overseeing the company's asset management department, M&A financing department, direct investment department and capital markets department.

From 9 December 2019 to 31 December 2020, he also served as an executive director of HRIV. Prior to that, Mr. Chen worked with China Development Bank Financial Leasing Co. Ltd. from May 2008 to December 2016 successively as general manager of the legal department, general manager of risk management department, office director and director of the board office.

Mr. Chen graduated from Zhongnan University of Economics and Law in 2001 with a bachelor's degree in law and obtained an EMBA degree from Peking University's Guanghua School of Management in 2017. Mr. Lu Xinzheng, aged 41, has extensive business experience in asset management, securities transaction, special opportunity investment and risk control. He joined the Group in October 2019 and is currently the deputy chief executive officer, general manager of securities business department and general manager of asset management department of the Company.

Currently, he is also a director of each of Huarong International Securities Limited, Huarong International Asset Management Limited and Huarong International Fixed Income Fund SPC, which are wholly-owned subsidiaries of the Company. Prior to joining the Group, Mr. Lu served as the director and head of the board office of CHIH from July to October 2019, and successively as the general manager of the business management department and administration management and the risk director of Huarong Rongde (Hong Kong) Investment Management Company Limited (a wholly-owned subsidiary of CHIH) from January 2017 to July 2019. He was deputy district governor of Pingchuan District, Baiyin City, Gansu Province from January 2015 to December 2016.

He also served as a deputy manager, manager and senior deputy manager of the audit department of China Huarong Asset Management Co. Ltd. from June 2009 to December 2014. Mr. Lu graduated from Shanghai University of Finance and Economics and University of International Business and Economics with a bachelor's degree in law, bachelor's degree in management and master's degree in law, he also possesses the professional legal qualification in China, all of which bring with him expertise in the financial, legal and fiscal sectors.