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DIRECTORS, SUPERVISORS AND PARTIES INVOLVED IN THE [REDACTED]

DIRECTORS AND SUPERVISORS

Name
Address
Nationality

Executive Directors

Mr. Sun Haijin
Room 211, Building 1

Airport Sidao Air Cargo Terminal, Baoan District,
Chinese
Shenzhen

Mr. Tsang Hoi Lam
Flat C, 15/F, Block 1

Greenfield Garden NO 2-20, Palm Street, Tai Kok Tsui
Chinese (Hong Kong)

Hong Kong

Mr. Chen Lin
Room 702, Block 1, Building 17

Fangrunxuan
Chinese
Huaming Street, Hongze Revenue Dongli District Tianjin

Non-executive Directors

Mr. Chan Fei
Room 32A, Block 2

Harbour Green
Chinese (Hong Kong)
NO. 8, Sham Mong Road Tai Kok Tsui Yau Tsim Mong District Hong Kong

Mr. Xu Zhijun
Room 6B, Building 29

Cuihua Garden Huali Road
Chinese Chinese
Luohuo District Shenzhen

Mr. Li Qiuyu
28th Floor

No. 90, Zhongshan East Road Qinhuai District Nanjing Jiangsu Province

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DIRECTORS, SUPERVISORS AND PARTIES INVOLVED IN THE [REDACTED]

Independent non-executive Directors

Mr. Chan Kok Chung Mr. Wong Hak Kun Mr. Zhou Xiang
No.70, Cedar Drive Redhill Peninsula Tai Tam
Chinese (Hong Kong)

Hong Kong 13th Floor, Block A1 Nicholson Tower
Chinese (Hong Kong)
No. 8, Wong Nai Chung Gap Road Hong Kong

Room 21A, Block 3
Chinese

The Hermitage, Mong Kok, Kowloon Hong Kong
(Hong Kong)

Supervisors

Mr. Yang Zunmiao
Yikang Building

Shantou Street
Chinese Chinese Chinese
Overseas Chinese Town Nanshan District Shenzhen

Mr. Wu Guozhong
Room 10B, Building 8, Phase I,

Haiyin Great Wall Community No. 200 Haidaiyi Nanshan District Shenzhen

Ms. Su Xiaohui
A-1711, Building 1

Great Wall Building No. 2, Baihua Four Road Futian District Shenzhen

See “Directors, Supervisors and Senior Management” for the biographies and other relevant information.

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DIRECTORS, SUPERVISORS AND PARTIES INVOLVED IN THE [REDACTED]

PARTIES INVOLVED IN THE [REDACTED]

Name
Address

Joint Sponsors
China International Capital Corporation

Hong Kong Securities Limited

29/F, One International Finance Center 1 Harbour View Street

(in alphabetical order)

Central Hong Kong

Merrill Lynch (Asia Pacific) Limited

Level 55, Cheung Kong Center 2 Queen’s Road Central Central Hong Kong

[REDACTED]
Legal Advisors to Our Company

As to Hong Kong and U.S. laws:

Clifford Chance

27/F, Jardine House One Connaught Place Hong Kong

As to PRC laws:

Jia Yuan Law Office

Room F408, Ocean Plaza 158 Fuxing Men Nei Street Xicheng District Beijing PRC

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DIRECTORS, SUPERVISORS AND PARTIES INVOLVED IN THE [REDACTED]

Legal Advisors to the Joint Sponsors and

As to Hong Kong and U.S. laws:

the [REDACTED]
Herbert Smith Freehills

23/F, Gloucester Tower 15 Queen’s Road Central Hong Kong

As to PRC laws:

Tian Yuan Law Firm

10/F, Tower B China Pacific Insurance Plaza No. 28 Fengsheng Lane Xicheng District Beijing PRC

Auditor and Reporting Accountant
PricewaterhouseCoopers

Certified Public Accountants Registered Public Interest Entity Auditor

22/F, Prince’s Building Central Hong Kong

Compliance Adviser Industry Consultant
Guotai Junan Capital Limited

27/F, Grand Millennium Plaza 181 Queen’s Road Central Hong Kong

Shanghai iResearch Co., Ltd.

3/F, Tower B, SOHO II No. 9 Guanghua Road Chaoyang District Beijing PRC

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