Mr. HE Yuanping was appointed as an independent non-executive Director of our Company in October 2016. He is the chairman of the audit committee and a member of the remuneration committee, the nomination committee and the strategic investment committee of our Company. Mr. He has years of experience in senior operation and management, with rich theoretical knowledge and practical experience in investment and financing, business management, industrial operations, finance and other fields. Since August 2018, Mr. He is the chairman of 碧興物聯科技 (深圳) 股份有限公司 (Bescient Technologies (Shenzhen) Co. Ltd.*). Mr. He served as a director, deputy general manager, chief financial officer and board secretary of Beijing OriginWater Technology Co., Ltd. (a company listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange, stock code: 300070) (“Beijing OriginWater”) from June 2007 to March 2018. He worked as a director, deputy general manager and chief financial officer of Beijing OriginWater Science and Technology Development Co., Ltd. (predecessor of Beijing OriginWater) from September 2005 to June 2007. Mr. He worked as a deputy general manager and the chief investment officer of Beijing Allianz Investment Co. Ltd. from April 2003 to August 2005. Mr. He has served as a director of Wuhan Sanzhen Industry Holding Co., Ltd. (a company listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange, stock code: 600168) and a non-executive director of Yunnan Water Investment Co., Limited (a company listed on the Stock Exchange, stock code: 6839). Mr. He assumes several social positions, including a member of the Fixed Income Committee of the Securities Association of China, an expert in the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) Expert Database of the National Development and Reform Commission, a vice president of Western Returned Scholars Association ANZ branch and a guest teacher of the School of Accountancy of Central University of Finance and Economics. He has won several prizes and social recognitions, including China CFO of the Year 2015 by New Fortune Magazine, The Most Popular CFO among Investors of the Year 2012 by the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants and Golden Shield Award for Excellent Board Secretary of China’s Listed Companies of the Year 2014. Mr. He received a bachelor’s degree in engineering from Nanjing University of Science and Technology in July 1987, a master’s degree in engineering from University of Science and Technology Beijing in March 1992 and a master’s degree in financial mathematics from Victoria University of Wellington in New Zealand in June 2000.

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