Mr QIN Yuemin, graduated from the Law School (major in International Economic Law) of Fudan University and the International Finance School of East China Normal University, with a Bachelor’s degree in Law and a Master’s degree in Economics. Mr QIN is a tier-one lawyer. From 1990 to 2024, Mr QIN had been practicing law and had served as a partner at Fangda Partners, Jiehao Law Firm* (杰豪律師事務所), and Links Law Offices in Shanghai. His areas of practice included banking and finance, capital markets, investment funds, mergers and acquisitions, asset management, private equity investment and dispute resolution.

Mr QIN currently serves as an arbitrator at the Shanghai International Arbitration Center, Shanghai Arbitration Commission, and Shenzhen Court of International Arbitration, a mediator at the Shanghai Commercial Mediation Center, and a consulting expert on civil and administrative cases for the Supreme People’s Procuratorate. Mr QIN is also an executive council member of the China Business Law Society, an adjunct supervisor of master’s degree candidates at Koguan School of Law, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, a distinguished professor at the Lawyer School of East China University of Political Science and Law, an adjunct supervisor of master’s degree candidates at Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, a visiting professor at Shanghai University of International Business and Economics, and a cooperative supervisor at Zhongnan University of Economics and Law.

Mr QIN is also a member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (MCIArb) in the United Kingdom and a non-practicing member of the Chinese Institute of Certified Public Accountants. He has previously served as an independent director of XCMG Construction Machinery Co., Ltd. (000425.SZ), Shanghai Laiyifen Co., Ltd. (603777.SH), and Pramerica Fosun Life Insurance Co., Limited.

Mr QIN was appointed as an independent non-executive director of the Company on 12 May 2025.