Mr JIA Shenghua is a Zhejiang University professor. Mr JIA graduated from Northwest Agricultural University with a doctorate degree in Agricultural Economics and Management. Since 1989, Mr JIA has been teaching and conducting researches in property economics, property development, and enterprise management in China. He furthered his study in Germany from 1993 to 1994. He is currently a member of Zhejiang Enterprises Management Research Society, Zhejiang Land Academy and Hangzhou Land Academy. Mr JIA is also an executive council member of Global Chinese Real Estate Congress, a member of Expert Committee of the China Real Estate Research Association and director of Zhejiang Real Estate Research Branch. 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 is listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange. He also acts as an independent non-executive director of Nacity Property Service Co., Ltd. (603506.SH), which is listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange, and 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.