Dr CHEN Ping was appointed as an independent non-executive Director on 23 January 2010. Dr Chen is also the chairman of the Nomination Committee and a member of the Audit Committee and Remuneration Committee of the Company. 

Dr Chen graduated from the Jinan University, the PRC in 1984 majoring in finance and later obtained a doctoral degree in finance in Nankai University, the PRC in December 1990. Dr Chen has lectured at the Lingnan College, Sun Yat-Sen University for more than 29 years in Guangdong Province, the PRC, teaching international finance. He is currently the head of Marine Economic Research Centre of Sun Yat-Sen University. Dr Chen also assumed various posts in societies and clubs concerning economics and finance, such as a council member at International Finance Society of China, International Finance Society and China Society of World Economics. Dr Chen is also engaged in academic researches with focuses on finance theories and policies, global economics and so forth, and has published a number of essays and publications. As an experienced professor, Dr Chen has won various awards for the lecture materials used and also for the essays published. In 1997, Dr Chen’s teaching materials entitled International finance was awarded National Educational Achievement Award — Second Class by the Committee of Education of the PRC. In May 2002, Dr Chen’s paper entitled Study on the effect of merger and acquisition of listed companies on wealth was selected for the Best Paper Award of the 9th Global Finance Association Annual Conference by the 9th GFA Annual Conference Program Committee. In 2005, Dr Chen’s teaching and research achievements entitled Exploration and practice of educational internationalisation was awarded Guangdong Province Educational Achievement Award — First Class. In 2006, Dr Chen was selected as talented person for Ministry of Education New Century Outstanding Person Support Scheme. In 2007, Dr Chen received Bao Steel Outstanding Teacher Award. Dr Chen was an independent director of Guangzhou Zhujiang Brewery Group Co., Ltd., a company listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange, with effect from 10 October 2016. Dr Chen was also an independent director of Shenzhen Universe (Group) Co. Ltd, a company listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange (stock code: 000023), with effect from 15 July 2019.