Mr. YAO Guiqing, has been the Company’s independent non-executive Director since August 2018. He served in several positions in China Railway Engineering Corporation from February 1990 to December 2017, including serving as its chairman of the labour union, employee representative director, general manager, director and vice general manager. From September 2007 to October 2017, Mr. Yao served in several positions in China Railway Group Limited (listed on the Stock Exchange, stock code: 390; listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange, stock code: 601390), including serving as its vice president, chairman of the supervisory committee, vice chairman and chairman of the labour union; and he served as its executive director from August 2010 to June 2017. Mr. Yao was the deputy secretary of the Party Committee of China Railway Construction Engineering Group* (中鐵建廠工程局) from February 2000 to February 2001. From December 1971 to February 1990, Mr. Yao served in several positions in Engineering No.3 Bureau of the Ministry of Railway* (中國鐵道部第三工程局), including serving as its head of the organizational department of the committee of the Communist Youth League of China and the secretary to the committee of the Communist Youth League of China.
Mr. Yao graduated from Party School of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China as an on-the-job graduate in economic management. Mr. Yao is a senior economist.