The Board of Directors of Deyu Agriculture Corp. accepted the amicable resignations of each of Timothy Stevens from his position as a member of the Board and as Chairman of the Audit Committee of the company and Al Carmona from his position as a member of the Board and as a member of the Audit Committee of the company, effective May 1, 2015 and April 30, 2015, respectively. As of May 1, 2015, the Board appointed each of Mr. Wande Zhang and Ms. Dinge Wang to serve in the directorship positions created by the resignations of Messrs.

Stevens and Carmona, until the next annual meeting of the company or until each of their successor is duly elected and qualified. In addition to serving as members of the Board, each of Mr. Wande Zhang and Ms. Wang were appointed to serve as members of each of the Audit Committee, Nominating Committee and Compensation Committee of the Board. Since August 1987, Mr. Zhang, age 83, has served as the minister of Shanxi Yuchi Agriculture and Industry Ministry, the head of Shanxi Yuchi Agriculture Committee until his retirement in 1993.

Since August 1985, Ms. Wang, age 65, has served as an officer with Shanxi Yuchi Land Bureau until her retirement in October 2005.