Zhong Ninghua, male，born in 1982, a Chinese citizen without permanent residency abroad, graduated from Fudan University and Peking University with a bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree in economics in July 2005 and July 2008, respectively, and graduated from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology in March 2013 with a doctor’s degree in finance. From March 2013 to December 2015,he successively served as an assistant professor and associate professor of the College of Economics and Management of Tongji University. Since December 2015, he has been a professor and doctoral supervisor of the College of Economics and Management of Tongji University. Since October 2017,he has been the dean of the Department of Economics and Finance of the College of Economics and Management of Tongji University. Since January 2018, he has been the head of the first-level discipline of Applied Economics of the College of Economics and Management of Tongji University. Since December 2021, he has been the deputy dean of the College of Economics and Management of Tongji University. Since January 2022, he has been a chair professor appointed by the dean of Economics and Management of Tongji University. Mr. Zhong served as the short-term consultant of the World Bank and the chief expert of the international projects of the Asian Development Bank. He currently also serves as the second special supervisor of the Shanghai Municipal Supervisory Commission, the political consultant of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference of Shanghai, the deputy secretary general of the Shanghai Economic Association and the vice chairman of the Shanghai Financial Technology Industry Alliance. He has been an independent non-executive Director of the Company since June 2023.