Mr. Chunyang Shao has served as our independent director since May 2024. Mr. Shao is a partner at the law firm JunHe LLP and currently practices at its Shanghai office as managing partner. Mr. Shao specializes in corporate law, foreign investment, real estate, mergers and acquisitions (“M&A”), securities, infrastructure and project finance.

Mr. Shao joined JunHe in April 2002 and has since represented various multinational corporations and investment funds in their investments and M&As in China. From 1995 to 2001, Mr. Shao worked in the London, Hong Kong and mainland China offices of major international law firms, including Simmons & Simmons (as Chinese legal counsel) and Sidley Austin (as senior legal consultant), and was involved extensively in foreign direct investment, securities (including B-share, H-share, and red chip listing on the stock exchanges in mainland China, Hong Kong, London and the U.S.), venture capital, project finance and real estate matters, representing a number of well-known multinational companies.

Mr. Shao obtained his Master degree and Bachelor degree of Laws from East China University of Political Science and Law in 2002 and 1987, respectively.