The board of directors of China Boqi Environmental (Holding) Co., Ltd. (the "Company", together with its subsidiaries, the "Group") hereby announces that Ms. Qian Xiaoning ("Ms. Qian") has tendered her resignation as the joint company secretary of the Company (the "Joint Company Secretary") and the Board secretary with effect from 16 October 2023 due to that she would like to devote more time and energy to business and management work
as an executive Director. The Board further announced that Mr. Hu Nan ("Mr. Hu") has been appointed as the Joint Company Secretary and the Board secretary with effect from 16 October 2023. Mr. Hu will act as the Joint Company Secretary together with Ms. Wong Wai Ling ("Ms. Wong"), another Joint Company Secretary. Mr. Hu, aged 45, has been appointed as the Joint Company Secretary and the Board secretary with effect from 16 October 2023. Mr. Hu joined the Group in 2008 and has been responsible for or involved in the disclosure of listing information, group fund management, company business plan and budget management, project and equity investment, Hong Kong listing ­ and capital-related business, group strategic planning, and water treatment market development. Currently, Mr. Hu serves as an assistant of the president of the Company, mainly responsible for group capital and equity investment, strategic planning, and water treatment market development. Prior to joining the Group, in 2001, he joined
XJ Group Corporation and XJ ELECTRIC CO., LTD., mainly engaged in financial accounting and management work. Mr. Hu obtained a bachelor ' s degree of management majoring in accounting from Zhejiang University in June 2001. He obtained a master degree of business administration from Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Sciences in July 2010 and a master degree of law from China University of Political Science and Law in June 2014. Given the principal business operations and the headquarters of the Group are located in the mainland China, the Directors are of the view that it is necessary to appoint Mr. Hu, an internal senior employee of the Group whose presence is in the mainland China, to attend and handle the day-to-day corporate secretarial matters in relation to the Group. Furthermore, the Directors consider that taking into account Mr. Hu's past management experience within the Group, his thorough understanding of the internal administration and business operations of the Group as well as his industry knowledge and education background, he is a suitable person to act as the Joint Company Secretary. Ms. Wong is the Joint Company Secretary. She was appointed as the Joint Company Secretary on 13 February 2017. Ms. Wong has over 15 years of experience in providing company secretarial services in Hong Kong. Ms. Wong currently is a vice president of SWCS Corporate Services Group (Hong Kong) Limited and is responsible for assisting listed companies in professional company secretarial work. Ms. Wong is an associate of The Hong Kong Chartered Governance Institute and an associate of The Chartered Governance Institute in the United Kingdom.