On March 7, 2013, Mr. Tad Ballantyne resigned from the Board of Directors of American Lorain Corporation, the Independent Committee and the Board committees comprised of the Audit Committee, the Compensation Committee and the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, effective immediately. On March 11, 2013, the Board elected Mr. William Jianxiao Wu as a director of the Board and as a member of the independent Committee, the Audit Committee, the Compensation Committee, and the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. Mr. Wu will also succeed Mr. Ballantyne as the Chairman of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee.

Mr. Wu is the founding partner of Yi Jiu Tian Xing (Beijing) Capital Investment Advisory Co. Ltd. Before founding EC Capital, from 2006 to 2011, Mr. Wu served as an executive director of The Hina Group.