Mr CHEN Chang is the chief executive officer and the chairman of the Board and also a member of the Nomination Committee and Remuneration Committee of the Company. Being the founder of the Group, Mr Chen is primarily responsible for the overall management, strategic planning and business development of the Group. Mr Chen has over 53 years of experience in areas related to woodwork, machine tool equipment and lift/escalator equipment and has accumulated abundant experience and knowledge in the mechanical and electrical industry. Mr Chen graduated from the graduate school of Sun Yat-Sen University in Guangdong Province in October 1995 majoring in decision management.

Mr Chen has been appointed by several steel pipe related associations and organisations for various positions, including:

• Member of the Fourth Session of Welded Steel Pipe Academic Committee of the Steel Rolling Branch Association of the Chinese Society for Metals (2001)

• Vice president of the China Township Enterprises Association (2004, 2008)

• Vice chairman of the 4th and 5th sessions of the board of directors of the China Steel Construction Society and the Steel Pipe Branch Association (2004, 2008)

• Vice chairman of the 4th, 5th and 6th consecutive council of the Cold-formed Steel Sub-committee of the China Steel Structure Association (2004, 2005 and 2010)

• Vice president of the Metallurgical Chamber of Commerce of the All-China Federation of Industry & Commerce (2006)

Mr Chen has received various awards, honours qualifications, including:

• Honoured by the Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Energy of the Republic of Korea for his contributions to Korean economic development through trade revitalisation (2004)

• Excellent Entrepreneur in Chinese Private Technology Enterprises awarded by the All-China Federation of Industry & Commerce (2004)

• Awarded the First Prize of Science and Technology Awards by the Guangzhou Municipality People’s Government (2007)

• Awarded as authority expert of welded pipe industry by the Chinese International Authority Expert’s Association (2007)

• The invention of “three-roller forming technology and equipment” was awarded the gold prize in the Sixth Session of International Exhibition of Inventions and outstanding award by the Guangdong Provincial Bureau of Personnel and the Guangdong Province Intellectual Property Department (2008)

• Outstanding Individual in Earthquake Relief in Guangzhou (2008)

• The Fourth Invention and Entrepreneur Award by the China Steel Association (2009)

• Guangzhou Model Labour (2009)

• First Prize of Science and Technology Award in Guangdong Province for the research and development of LSAW manufacturing process and technology and its series of products (2010)

• Guangzhou Outstanding Entrepreneur (2011)

• Nationwide Outstanding Entrepreneur (2012)

• Guangzhou Outstanding Contribution Award for Science and Technology (2012)

• Outstanding Industrial Province of Science and Technology in the PRC’s iron and steel industry (2012)

• Guangzhou Figure of Focus (2012)

• The Outstanding Entrepreneur for the Competition of the Top 10 Guangzhou Construction Project in 2012 (2013)

• Outstanding Contribution Award for Innovation in Guangzhou (2013)

• Top 10 Guangdong Economic Influential Individuals in 2013 (2013)

• Nationwide “May 1st” Labour Award (2014)

• Gold Prize of the 8th International Invention Exhibition (2014)

• 5th China Overseas Chinese Community (Innovative Achievement) Contribution Award (2014)

• 14th World Outstanding Chinese Award (2015)

• National Model Worker (2015)

• Guangzhou Entrepreneurial Entrepreneur for 30 years (2016)

• Gold Prize of the 19th International Invention Exhibition (2016)

• Yu Shan Outstanding Contribution Award (2016)

• 2016 Guangzhou Industry Leader (2017)

• The Most Socially Responsible Entrepreneur in Guangzhou (2017)

• Top Ten Economic Persons in Guangzhou (2018)

• The Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, the State Council and the Central Military Commission jointly issued a commemorative medal to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China (2019)