The board of directors of Tianjin Jinran Public Utilities Company Limited announced that Ms. Yan Ying has been appointed as the deputy general manager of the company with effect from 9 November 2022. Ms. Yan, aged 50, has more than 25 years of working experience with companies in the energy business, including serving in Tianjin Gas Group Company Limited from July 1995 to April 2012, and Tianjin Reli Power Co. Ltd. from April 2012 to September 2018.

She joined Tianjin Zhongyuan Natural Gas Engineering Co. Ltd. in September 2018, and was the deputy secretary of its party committee and chairperson of its staff union prior to joining the Group in November 2022. Ms. Yan is qualified as a senior politic officer in China.

She graduated from Nankai University branch, with a bachelor of science in July 1995. She further completed the in-service postgraduate course in economics (economic management) at the Party School of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China in July 2012. Ms. Sha Cai Ping resigned as a deputy general manager of the company due to her personal work arrangements with effect from 9 November 2022.

Ms. Sha has confirmed that she has no disagreement with the company and the board, and there are no other matters in relation to her resignation that need to be bought to the attention of the shareholders of the company.