Mr JIA Shenghua graduated from Northwest Agricultural University in 1989 with a doctorate degree in Agricultural Economics and Management. Mr JIA furthered his study in Land Economics and Real Estate Appraisal in Germany from 1993 to 1994. From February 1995 to February 2025, Mr JIA served as a professor at School of Management, Zhejiang University, mainly engaged in teaching and conducting researches in property economics, property development, and enterprise management. He also served as director of Zhejiang University’s Property Research Center. He is currently an executive council member of Global Chinese Real Estate Congress, a member of Expert Committee of the China Real Estate Association and director of Real Estate Research Branch of Zhejiang Real Estate Association. At present, Mr JIA acts as independent non-executive director of Hangzhou Binjiang Real Estate Group Co., Ltd. (002244.SZ) and Cosmos Group Co., Ltd. (002133.SZ), which are listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange. He also acts as an independent non-executive director of Greentown Service Group Company Limited (02869.HK), which is listed on HKEx. Mr JIA was appointed as an independent non-executive Director of the Company on 22 June 2006.