Mr ZHU Yuchen obtained a degree in Economics from Dongbei University of Finance and Economics in 1983 and a Ph.D. in Economics from Wuhan University in 1998. He used to study and work in Chicago Mercantile Exchange and Chicago Board of Trade. Mr ZHU had served as deputy general of the Policy and Regulation Department of Ministry of Commerce of the PRC* (中華人民共和國商業部政策法規司副處長), CEO of Shanghai CIFCO Futures Brokerage Co., Ltd, general manager of Dalian Commodity Exchange, general manager of China Financial Futures Exchange and president of Shanghai Pudong Development Bank. Mr ZHU was a member of the tenth and eleventh sessions of the National People’s Congress and the twelfth session of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference. He is a founder of Asia Pacific Exchange and its chief executive officer. Mr ZHU was appointed as an independent non-executive director of the Company on 17 April 2020.