Pu Hongjiu, aged 69, professor-level senior engineer, is an independent non-executive director of the Company. He is the first vice chairman of the China Coal Industry Association, the chairman of Coal Industry Association of China International Association, the board chairperson of China Coal Academy. Mr. Pu was a party group member and the head of disciplinary inspection group in State Administration of Work Safety and State Administration of Coal Mine Safety in 2001. He has been the board chairperson of China Coal Academy since 2001, the first vice chairman of the China Coal Industry Association since 2003 and the board chairperson of China Miner Pneumoconiosis Treatment Foundation since 2004. He became an independent non-executive director of the Company in 2005. He graduated from Hefei Mining Institute. He also acts as an independent non-executive director in Shanghai Datun Energy Company Limited and Shenhua Ningxia Coal Mining Group Corporation Limited. |