The board of directors of Harbin Electric Company Limited announced that at the board meeting of the company held on 9 November 2018, Mr. Xie Wei-jiang and Mr. Lu Zhi-qiang were appointed as senior vice-presidents of the Company with effect from the date of this announcement. Mr. Xie Wei-jiang currently a standing committee member of the Party Committee of the Company, and a standing committee member of the Party Committee and a deputy general manager of Harbin Electric Corporation Co. Ltd. ('HE'). Mr. Lu Zhi-qiang currently a standing committee member of the Party Committee of the Company, and a standing committee member of the Party Committee and the deputy general manager of HE.