Mr. Qu Jiguang, aged 61, the chairman of the Company, is responsible for the strategic planning, business development and overall management of the Group. Mr. Qu is also the chief executive officer of the Company who is responsible to lead the management implementing the business strategies of the Group. Mr. Qu joined Shijiazhuang No. 1 Pharmaceutical Factory ("No. 1 Pharma") as deputy factory manager in 1995. He later became a director and the vice general manager of Shijiazhuang Pharmaceutical Group. From December 2004, Mr. Qu has been the chairman of New Orient Investments Pharmaceutical Holding (Hong Kong) Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company ("New Orient"), the chairman and general manager of Shijiazhuang No. 4 Pharma, a wholly owned subsidiary of New Orient, the chairman of China Pharmaceutical Company Limited,a controlling shareholder of the Company ("CPCL") and the chairman of CMP Group Limited ("CMP"). Mr. Qu was an independent non-executive Director of the Company and was an executive director of China Pharmaceutical Group Limited, a company listed on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the "Stock Exchange"), from February 2001 to September 2004. Mr. Qu graduated from Tianjin Finance College with a postgraduate degree in Finance in 1999. He is also an economist accredited by The Ministry of Personnel of China. Mr. Qu has over 30 years of experience in pharmaceutical industry. He is currently Representative of Hebei Provincial People's Congress (河北省人大代表), Vice-Chairman of China Pharmaceutical Industry Association (中國化學製藥協會副會長), Vice-Chairman of Hebei Provincial Federation of Industry and Commerce (河北省工商聯副主席),Vice president of Hebei Province, vice president of Hebei Province, vice president of Hebei Pharmaceutical Industry Association.

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