Zhongzhi Pharmaceutical Holdings Limited announced that with effect from 10 April 2025: Mr. Zhu Shangheng has been appointed as an independent non-executive director, the chairman of each of the remuneration committee and the nomination committee and the member of the audit committee of the company; Mr. Wong Kam Wah has resigned as an independent non-executive director, the chairman of each of the remuneration committee and the nomination committee and the member of the audit committee of the company. Mr. Zhu Shangheng (Mr. Zhu), aged 51, graduated from the Medical Department of Hunan University of Chinese Medicine in 1997 with a bachelor's degree in medicine. Subsequently, he entered the Law School of Hainan University for postgraduate studies through the national examination, obtaining a master's degree in laws.
He received formal and systematic education in pharmacy and law, with inter-disciplinary and composite knowledge. Mr. Zhu is a member of the Medical Law Professional Committee of Guangzhou Lawyers Association and is currently a practicing lawyer at Guangdong Easwayer Law Firm. Since practicing as a lawyer in 2008, Mr. Zhu has successfully represented clients in a number of cases, including contracts, mergers and acquisitions and shareholding disputes, labour and personnel disputes, medical and personal injury compensation.
During his practice, he has handled a number of difficult and complicated cases, specialising in analysing and addressing complicated and difficult economic cases, providing clients with practical legal advice with operability, solving clients' problems in a timely and effective manner, and maximising the protection of clients' rights and interests. He is familiar with legal issues and risks that may be involved in the operation and management of enterprises, and is equipped with the ability to address, prevent and control legal risks. Since March 2018, Mr. Zhu has been appointed for two consecutive terms as a member of the Expert Panel on Legal Services for SMEs by seven departments, including the Guangzhou Federation of Industry & Commerce, the Justice Bureau of Guangzhou Municipality, and the Guangzhou Municipal Industry and Information Technology Bureau.
Currently, Mr. Zhu is in charge of the main consultancy of more than ten enterprise legal consultancy units of Guangdong Easwayer Law Firm, focusing on the indication, assessment and prediction of the legal risks of enterprises, resolving the legal risks faced by enterprises in a timely manner, and properly addressing various economic disputes of enterprises with his legal wisdom and experience accumulated over a long period of time, as well as proficiency in legal theories. He has participated in the legal advise on the establishment of rules and regulations of enterprises, corporate restructuring, capital operation, asset and debt restructuring, major investment projects, acquisition and merger planning and feasibility studies, contract preparation and review, collection of receivables, legal training, and other non-litigation legal matters. At the same time, as a lawyer specialising in pharmaceuticals in the firm, he is responsible for assisting in the handling of daily legal affairs of governmental units in Guangdong Province and municipal drug regulatory system, presiding over the formulation of relevant regulatory draft projects, and participating in more than 500 cases of administrative review and administrative litigation in respect of pharmaceuticals and food.
