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Dr. TIAN Suning (田溯寧), aged 59, co-founded our Group in 1994, is the chairman and an executive Director of our Company. Dr. Tian has over 20 years of experience in the business of software products, provision of IT services and software solutions, and is primarily responsible for the overall strategic planning and business direction of our Group. 

Dr. Tian worked in China Netcom Group Corporation (Hong Kong) Limited as the chief executive officer from 1999 to May 2006, as a director from August 2000 to July 2007 and as the vice chairman from April 2005 to July 2007. Dr.Tian served as the deputy general manager at China Netcom Communications Group Corporation from April 2002 to May 2006. Dr. Tian is the founder and chairman of a private equity fund, China Broadband Capital Partners, L.P. since July 2006. Dr. Tian has been an independent non-executive director of Lenovo Group Limited (listed on the Stock Exchange) from August 2007 to July 2019. Dr. Tian has been an independent non-executive director of China Minsheng Banking Corp.,Ltd. (中國民生銀行股份有限公司) (listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange and also listed on the Stock Exchange) from June 2018 to October 2020. He was an independent director of Shanghai Pudong Development Bank Co., Ltd. (listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange) from June 2016 to March 2018. He was also an independent non-executive director of Taikang Life Insurance Company Ltd. from July 2008 till July 2015. He was a non-executive director of Huayi Tencent Entertainment Company Limited (listed on the Stock Exchange) from January 2008 to February 2016, and served as an independent non-executive director of Mastercard Incorporated (listed on the New York Stock Exchange) from March 2006 to June 2016 and a deputy chairman and a non-executive director of PCCW Limited (listed on the Stock Exchange) between April 2005 and June 2007.

Dr. Tian was awarded the New Century Talents - National Candidates (新世紀百千萬人才國家級人選) in 2004, which was issued by the Ministry of Human Resources and SocialSecurity of the PRC. Dr. Tian obtained his Ph.D. degree in natural resource management from Texas Tech University in December 1993 and a Master of Ecology from Chinese Academy of Sciences in July 1988.

Mr. DING Jian (丁健), aged 57, is an executive Director and was appointed as a Director of our Company in June 2018. He joined our Group in January 2014. He has over 15 years of experience in investment in telecommunications, media and technology industries and is primarily responsible for participating in formulation of business plans, strategies and major decisions of our Group.

Mr. Ding served as the chairman of the board of AsiaInfo-Linkage, Inc. between April 2003 and July 2010, and has also served as a co-chairman since July 2010. Mr. Ding is currently a managing director and general partner of GSR Ventures, a venture capital fund, a role in which he has served since June 2005. He has served as an independent director of Baidu, Inc. (listed on NASDAQ) since August 2005. Mr. Ding served as an independent director of Huayi Brothers Media Corporation (listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange) from March 2011 to August 2017. 

Mr. Ding obtained a Master of Library Science from the University of California, Los Angeles in September 1990.

Mr. GAO Nianshu (高念書) is an executive Director and was appointed as a Director of our Company in August 2017. He joined our Group in July 2016 as the chief executive officer of our Company. He is primarily responsible for the overall business operations and management of our Group.

Mr. Gao has over 21 years of work experience as senior management in large telecommunications companies. He served as a non-executive director of Phoenix Media Investment (Holdings) Limited (listed on the Stock Exchange) between September 2006 and August 2016. Mr. Gao served as the general manager of both the data department and the market operations department of China Mobile Communications Corporation (中國移動通信集團公司) between September 2005 and July 2016. Mr. Gao served as the vice general manager of the billing business center and the market operations department, the general manager of the billing business center and the general manager assistant of Beijing Mobile Communication Company Limited (北京移動通信有限責任公司) between June 2002 and September 2005. Mr. Gao also served as a non-executive director of True Corporation Public Company Limited (listed on the Stock Exchange of Thailand) between 2014 and 2016. Mr. Gao was presented with the award “Outstanding Entrepreneur in China’s Electronic Information Industry (中國電子信息行業卓越企業家)” issued by China Information Technology Industry Federation (中國電子信息行業聯合會) in January 2018. In January 2018, he also received the “2017 Outstanding Entrepreneur in China’s Software Industry (2017年中國軟件行業優秀企業家)” award from China Software Industry Association (中國軟件行業協會). In the 2017 Information and Communication Technology (“ICT”) Leaderboard & Excellence Program Award Ceremony (2017 ICT龍虎榜&優秀方案頒獎典禮) held by Communication World Omnimedia (通信世界全媒體) in December 2017, Mr. Gao was presented with the award “2017 Top Ten ICT Influencers” (2017年ICT十大影響人物). 

Mr. Gao was awarded the qualification as a senior engineer from Chinese Academy of Sciences in 1996. Mr. Gao obtained a bachelor’s degree in science of computing major from the department of mathematics in Jilin University in July 1986, a master’s degree in engineering from the Institute of Computing Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences in August 1994, and an EMBA degree from Peking University in June 2005.

Mr. ZHANG Yichen (張懿宸), aged 59, is a non-executive Director of our Company and was appointed as a Director in June 2018. Mr. Zhang joined our Group in January 2014. He has over 30 years of experience in the financial industry and is primarily responsible for providing professional opinion and judgment to the Board. 

Mr. ZHANG began his career in Wall Street. In 1987, he worked for Greenwich Capital Markets, and then he was the head of proprietary trading in the Bank of Tokyo New York Branch, and Merrill Lynch, where he was the managing director of debt capital market for Greater China. In 2020, Mr. ZHANG joined the CITIC Group and served as the executive director of CITIC Limited and the president of CITIC Pacific Information Technology Co., Ltd. He participated in the founding of CITIC Capital in 2002 and witnessed the whole development process of the company. Mr. ZHANG currently serves as the chairman and CEO of CITIC Capital Holdings Limited. Under the leadership of Mr. ZHANG, CITIC Capital has taken the lead in multiple transactions with milestone significance so far and invested in a series of well-known domestic enterprises, including McDonald’s China, Alibaba, Sina, Harbin Pharmaceutical, SF Express, AsiaInfo and Focus Media. Mr. ZHANG currently serves as the chairman of the board of New McDonald’s China. Mr. ZHANG served as the independent director of Weibo Corporation from January 2014 to December 2015, whose securities are listed on NASDAQ. From May 2002 to March 2021, Mr. ZHANG has been serving as the independent director of Sina Corporation, whose securities were listed on NASDAQ. From June 2012 to August 2021, Mr. ZHANG has been serving as the chairman of the board and a non-executive director of Genertec Universal Medical Group Company Limited (listed on the Stock Exchange). Mr. ZHANG served as the non-executive director of Frontier Services Group Limited (listed on the Stock Exchange) from March 2020 to February 2021. Mr. ZHANG was appointed as the independent non-executive director of China Vanke Co., Ltd. (listed on the Stock Exchange) on 30 June 2020. Mr. ZHANG has been appointed as an independent non-executive director, a member of the Corporate Social Responsibility Committee, the Investment Committee, and the Panel Member Selection Committee of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (listed on the Stock Exchange) since 28 April 2021. Mr. ZHANG also serves as a member of the Mainland China Advisory Group (中國業務諮詢委員會) of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited which was established on 8 July 2021.

Mr. Zhang is a member of the 11th, 12th and 13th National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference. Mr. Zhang obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in computer science and engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the USA in June 1986.

Mr. XIN Yuesheng (信躍升), aged 52, was appointed as a non-executive Director in June 2018. Mr. Xin joined our Group in August 2016. He has over 26 years of experience in finance and investment and is primarily responsible for providing professional opinion and judgment to the Board.

Mr. Xin currently serves as a senior managing director of CITIC Capital Holdings Limited and the managing partner of its private equity arm CITIC Capital Partners. He joined the firm in August 2002 and is responsible for the private equity investment business in China since 2004. Between December 1999 to August 2002, he served as a management consultant at McKinsey & Company in Shanghai and the Washington, D.C. to develop business strategies for global clients. From August 1992 to April 1996, Mr. Xin also served as a deputy manager for China Leasing Co., Ltd. (中國租賃有限公司), the largest leasing company in China and a subsidiary of CITIC Group Corporation Ltd. Mr. Xin served as a director of Focus Media Information Technology Co., Ltd. (分眾傳媒信息技術股份有限公司) (listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange) from March 2016 to November 2016. 

Mr. Xin obtained a Bachelor of Economics degree from Peking University in July 1992 and an MBA from Harvard Business School with honors in June 1999.

Mr. Yang Lin (楊林), aged 50, was appointed as a non-executive Director on 2 September 2020. Mr. Yang is a senior engineer. Mr. Yang currently serves as the deputy general manager of the government and enterprise division in the Xiong’an office of China Mobile Communications Group Co., Ltd.. He joined the China Mobile Communications Corporation in June 1999. Mr. Yang has extensive experience in engineering construction management, supply chain management and DICT project management. Mr. Yang obtained his bachelor’s degree in communications engineering from the Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications in 1994 and subsequently obtained a master’s degree in business administration from the China Europe International Business School in 2003.

Ms. Liu Hong (劉虹), aged 49, was appointed as a non-executive Director on 2 September 2020 and currently serves as a director and deputy general manager of China Mobile Information Technology Co., Ltd. From September 2010 to January 2018, Ms. Liu held the position of deputy general manager of the business support system department of China Mobile Communications Corporation. From June 2006 to September 2010, she served as the manager of the planning and construction division in the business support system department of China Mobile Group Corporation. Before that, Ms. Liu worked as a manager in the support office of China Mobile Group Corporation’s billing business center from February 2002 to June 2006, and also respectively held the position of deputy director of the account clearing center, billing clearing center and the Beijing billing business center of China Mobile Group Corporation from January 2000 to February 2002. From August 1996 to January 2000, Ms. Liu successively worked in the billing center of the Mobile Communications Bureau of the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications and the account clearing center of China Mobile Corporation. Ms. Liu obtained her bachelor’s degree in computer mathematics and application software from the Beijing University of Technology in 1996, and subsequently obtained a master’s degree in business administration from the Peking University in 2006.

Mr. CHENG, aged 32, was appointed as a non-executive director in June 2021. He is responsible for providing professional opinion and judgment to the Board.

Mr. Cheng has over 6 years of experience in business strategy and financing. He joined CITIC Capital Holding Limited in July 2015 and is currently a director of CITIC Capital Partners Advisory (Shanghai) Limited, in which he is mainly responsible for private equity investments in the communications, media, technology and industrial industries. Before joining CITIC Capital Holding Limited, Mr. Cheng also had entrepreneurial experience and was one of the founders of Beijing Sixing Chuangxiang Technology Co., Ltd. and Beijing Oriental Pilot Education Consulting Co., Ltd.

Mr. Cheng obtained a master’s degree in management science and engineering from Tsinghua University in July 2015. Mr. Cheng also obtained a master’s degree in international energy management from the Ecole Nationale des Mines de Paris in February 2015. Mr. Cheng obtained a bachelor’s degree in finance from the University of International Business and Economics in July 2011.

Dr. GAO Jack Qunyao (高群耀), aged 64, was appointed as an independent non-executive Director of our Company on December 19, 2018. Dr. Gao has extensive experience in IT, media, entertainment and venture capital.

Dr. Gao is currently the adjunct professor of the business school of The Chinese University of Hong Kong since 2011. Dr. Gao has been the founding partner and the chief executive officer at Beijing Times Digiwork Films Technology Co., Ltd. (Smart Cinema) (北京雲途時代影業科技有限公司（移動電影院）) since April 2018. Dr. Gao has been a director of AGTech Holdings Limited (listed on the Stock Exchange) since May 2015. Dr. Gao was the interim chief executive officer of Legendary Entertainment LCC from January 2017 to October 2017, and was also a director of Legendary Entertainment LCC from January 2016 to October 2017. Dr. Gao served as a director at AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc. (listed on the New York Stock Exchange) from September 2015 to October 2017. Dr. Gao also served as the senior group vice president and the chief executive officer of the international investments and operations, Wanda Cultural Industry Group from June 2015 to October 2017. Dr. Gao was previously a director of Vantone Holdings Co., Ltd. (listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange) from June 2010 to April 2017. Dr. Gao also served as the corporate senior vice president of News Corporation (listed on NASDAQ) from November 2006 to July 2014. Dr. Gao was an alternate director at Phoenix Media Investment (Holdings) Limited (鳳凰衛視投資（控股）有限公司) (listed on the Stock Exchange) from December 2008 to June 2013. Dr. Gao served as the corporate vice president at Autodesk, Inc. (listed on NASDAQ) from June 2003 to November 2006. He was also the general partner of Walden International from May 2002 to April 2003. Dr. Gao served as the president and the general manager of Microsoft (China) Co. Ltd., a subsidiary of Microsoft Corporation (listed on NASDQA) from December 1999 to May 2002.

Dr. Gao obtained his bachelor’s degree, master’s degree and his Ph.D. degree in engineering mechanics from Harbin Institute of Technology in January 1982, December 1984 and December 1994, respectively.

Dr. ZHANG Ya-Qin (張亞勤),aged 56, was appointed as an independent non-executive Director of the Company on 19 December 2018. Dr. ZHANG is a famous scientist and entrepreneur in the digital video and artificial intelligence area.

Dr. ZHANG has been an independent non-executive director of a number of companies, including Chinasoft International Limited (listed on the Stock Exchange) since December 2008 and Tarena (listed on NASDAQ) since April 2014. Dr. ZHANG served as an independent non-executive director of ChinaCache (listed on NASDAQ) from September 2010 to July 2017 and China Digital Video Holdings Limited (listed on the Stock Exchange) from January 2011 to June 2018. Dr. ZHANG was the president of Baidu, Inc (百度公司) (listed on NASDAQ), in charge of automatic driving, intelligent cloud computing, fundamental technology, internationalisation, quantum computing and other businesses from September 2014 to October 2019. Before joining Baidu, Dr. ZHANG held various positions at Microsoft Corporation (listed on NASDAQ) from January 1999 to September 2014, serving as the corporate vice president, the chairman of Microsoft Asia-Pacific Research & Development Group and the chairman of Microsoft China successively. Dr. ZHANG Ya-Qin has made outstanding contributions in the digital video, Internet and artificial intelligence industries. He has more than 60 U.S. patents. He also published more than 500 papers and 11 monographs. Dr. ZHANG Ya-Qin was elected as a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2019, who was the only elected Chinese scientist in the engineering and computer science for that year. Dr. ZHANG was awarded a fellow of the Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering (ATSE) in December 2017, and in 1997, he was also awarded a fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) at the age of 31, who was the youngest person awarded by the association in the centennial history.

Dr. ZHANG obtained his bachelor’s degree in radio electronics and master’s degree in telecommunication and electrical systems from the University of Science and Technology of China (中國科技大學) in July 1983 and January 1986, respectively. In February 1990, Dr. ZHANG obtained his Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from George Washington University, Washington D.C. In July 2020, he joined the Tsinghua University as the chair professor for “Intelligence Science” and established the Institute for AI Industry Research in Tsinghua University (清華大學智能產業研究院).

Mr. GE Ming (葛明), aged 71, was appointed as an independent non-executive Director of our Company on December 19, 2018. Mr. Ge has extensive experience in the field of auditing and advisory services and has assisted in the listing of various PRC companies on the Stock Exchange.

Mr. Ge has been appointed as an independent non-executive director of Asia Investment Finance Group Limited (listed on the Stock Exchange) from May 2017 to December 2018. Mr. Ge is an independent director of Focus Media Information Technology Co., Ltd. (分眾傳媒資訊技術股份有限公司) (listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange) since January 2016. Mr. Ge served as a non-executive director of China Innovation Investment Limited (listed on the Stock Exchange) from June 2015 to February 2016 and also served as a non-executive director of China Trends Holdings Limited (listed on the Stock Exchange) from June 2015 to February 2016. Mr. Ge served as an independent director of Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy Industry Co., Ltd. (listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange) from April 2015 to November 2016. Mr. Ge is an independent nonexecutive director of Ping An Insurance (Group) Company of China, Ltd. (listed on the Stock Exchange) since June 2015 and an independent non-executive director of Chong Sing Holdings FinTech Group Limited (listed on the GEM of Stock Exchange) from September 2014 to April 2020. Mr. Ge also served as an independent non-executive director of Shunfeng International Clean Energy Limited (listed on the Stock Exchange) from January 2011 to February 2013. From July 1992 to July 1995, Mr. Ge served as a deputy general manager at Ernst & Young Hua Ming; from July 1995 to August 2012, Mr. Ge served as the chairman at Ernst & Young Hua Ming; from August 2012 to September 2014, Mr. Ge served as a partner of management committee at Ernst & Young Hua Ming LLP and subsequently from September 2014 to January 2016, Mr. Ge served as a senior consultant at Ernst & Young Hua Ming LLP. Mr. Ge is a certified public accountant of the Chinese Institute of Certified Public Accountants since October 1983, and also a senior accountant as certified by the Ministry of Finance of the PRC. Mr. Ge is a vice president of the Mergers & Acquisitions Association of All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce (全國工商聯併購公會), an overseas member of the Society of Chinese Accountants and Auditors (香港華人會計師公會), and a member of the Hong Kong Chinese Enterprises Association (香港中國企業協會).

Mr. Ge obtained his master’s degree in western accounting from the Research Institute for Fiscal Science, Ministry of Finance of the PRC in July 1982.

Ms. Tao Ping (陶萍), aged 64, was appointed as a non-executive Director on 2 September 2020. Ms. Tao has been engaged in the telecommunications industry for 35 years and has accumulated rich management experience in provincial and group companies of the telecommunications industry. Ms. Tao served successively as the deputy general manager and the general manager in the Anhui branch office of China Telecom from June 2002 to February 2011. During that time, China Telecom’s informatisation level was maintained at a leading position within the industry. In 2007, Ms. Tao was awarded the ‘‘Outstanding Informatisation Leader Award’’ by the National Informatisation Evaluation Center and in 2010, she was also awarded the honorary title of ‘‘National Model Worker’’. From March 2011 to November 2017, Ms. Tao served as the general manager and senior consultant of the strategic department of the China Telecom Group; and from July 2012 to December 2017, she also served as an employee director of the board of directors of the China Telecom Group. Ms. Tao obtained a bachelor’s degree in engineering from Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications (formerly known as the Nanjing Institute of Posts and Telecommunications) in 1982. She subsequently obtained a master’s degree in business administration from the Australian National University in 2004.

Ms. HUANG Ying (黃纓) is a senior vice president and the chief financial officer of our Group since April 2017.

Ms. Huang joined our Group in April 2017 and is primarily responsible for the management of finance, tax, auditing and legal matters of our Group. Ms. Huang has over 20 years of work experience in financial management in the telecommunications industry, and has over ten years of experience in senior management roles. Prior to joining our Group, Ms. Huang successively served as the general finance department manager, the deputy general manager and other positions of the finance department of China Mobile Communications Corporation (中國移動通信集團公司) from July 2002 to March 2017. She successively served as a principal staff of the finance department at the general post office of the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications and a deputy director at the corporate finance office of the planning and finance department of the State Post Bureau of the PRC and other positions from May 1995 to June 2002.

In June 1990, Ms. Huang obtained a bachelor’s degree in economics from Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, where she subsequently obtained a master’s degree in economics in April 1995. She obtained an MBA degree from the University of Wisconsin in May 2006.

Mr. CHEN Wu (陳武) joined AsiaInfo in April 2011. Since February 2015, he has been the senior vice president of AsiaInfo in charge of the overall management of public and government affairs.

Mr. Chen has more than 20 years of experience in business development and government affairs, and more than 15 years of experience in senior management.

Before joining AsiaInfo, Mr. Chen Wu had worked in such posts as the general manager of the International Department of Beijing Honglian Jiuwu Information Industry Co., Ltd., (北京鴻聯九五信息產業有限公司) the deputy general manager of Beijing Mobile Nawei Information Technology Service Co., Ltd., (北京移動納維信息科技服務有限公司)and the director of the telecommunications business department of Cisco China.

Mr. Chen graduated from Nanyang Technological University in Singapore in June 2007 with a master's degree in business administration.

Mr. LIANG Bin (梁斌) is a vice president and the general manager of the business division for China Mobile of our Group since January 2017 and he joined our Group in August 2002. He is primarily responsible for the overall operations management of the business division for China Mobile.

Mr. Liang has over 20 years of experience in the IT and telecommunications industry, and has over 15 years of experience in middle and senior management roles. He served as the president of the business division for China Telecom, the chairman and the president of the cloud information division, the vice president of the China Unicom division, the deputy general manager of the cable division and the general manager of the wireless division of our Group from August 2002 to December 2016. He also served as the research and development manager of Jiangsu Hongtu High Technology Co., Ltd. (江蘇宏圖高科技股份有限公司) and UTStarcom Holdings Corp. from September 1998 to September 2002.

Mr. Liang graduated from Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications (formerly known as Nanjing College of Posts and Telecommunications) with a major in communications engineering in July 1991.

Dr. Ye OUYANG, IEEE Fellow, was appointed as Chief Technology Officer and Senior Vice President of the Group in July 2018, and also the Chairman of the Technology Committee and the Head of R&D Center of the Group, and is primarily responsible for the research, development and innovation of the Group’s products and technologies.

Dr. Ye OUYANG has extensive experience in R&D and executive management in the ICT field. His recent work is focused on the cross-domain innovation and commercialization of the technologies of cellular networks, AI, and data science. Prior to AsiaInfo, Dr. Ye OUYANG has been a Verizon Fellow and was a Senior Manager at Verizon, the largest telco in the US.

Dr. Ye OUYANG received numerous honors and awards in industry and academia, some latest including the first prize of 2022 Science and Technology Award by CCF (China Computer Federation), the 2017 Asian American Engineer of the Year (AAEOY), the 2019 TM Forum Future Digital Leader Award, the 2021 Wu Wenjun AI Science and Technology Award by CAAI (Chinese Association for AI), the 2021 Top-100 Diverse Leaders in Tech by US National Diversity Council, the 2020 China Artificial Intelligence Industry Annual Leader Award, the Best Paper Award in IEEE International Conference on Big Data 2017, the 2017 US Telecom Innovation Awards by Fierce, the 2017 Most Innovative Telco Big Data Analytics Platform Award by Telco Data Analytics USA, the 2016 US Telecom Innovation Award by Fierce, and the 2015 Chair Award "Wireless Communications & Interdisciplinary Perspective" Contribution by IEEE WTS etc. Dr. OUYANG serves various roles in global telecommunication standard bodies, academia, and high tech organizations, including Chair or Board Member of different working groups and conferences in ETSI and IEEE, Industry Career Mentor at Stevens Institute of Technology, Director at Tsinghua University-AsiaInfo Joint 5G Intelligence Lab, and Chair of AI Chapter at Beijing Software Industry Association. He also serves as editor, technical program committee member, and reviewers for many journals and conferences.

Dr. Ye OUYANG authored more than 40 academic papers, 60 patents, 50 standards, and 13 books. Dr. OUYANG obtained a Bachelor of Engineering from the Southeast University in China, a Master of Science from Tufts University, a Master of Science from Columbia University in the City of New York and a Ph.D. from Stevens Institute of Technology in the US.