Mr. QIU Xinping, is an independent Director of our Company. He has worked in the department of chemistry at Tsinghua University since 1996, mainly focusing on researching advanced electrochemical aspects such as lithium-ion batteries, fuel cells and flow batteries. He has published more than 200 scientific papers, applied for more than 20 patents, and received one natural science award by the Ministry of Education and two science and technology awards by the Beijing municipal government. He holds a doctor’s degree in physical chemistry of metallurgy from University of Science and Technology in the PRC.