Mr. Song Jian age 49 has been an independent non-executive director of the Company since September 2004. Mr. Song is currently the Executive Vice President of the Tsinghua Automotive Engineering Institute the Deputy Dean of the Automotive Engineering Department in Tsinghua University the Vice Director of the National Laboratory in Automotive Safety and Energy and an advisor to the Beijing Government in Science and Technology. From September 1990 to September 1992 Mr. Song has undertaken research studies on large size automobiles at ISUZU Motor Company in Japan. In 1998 Mr. Song was awarded the Award of Outstanding Science and Technology Person in the China Automotive Industry. In 2005 he was ranked first in the Class One China Automotive Industry and Technology Advancement Award. Mr. Song holds a Bachelor Degree and a Doctorate Degree both in Engineering Science from Tsinghua University. He is currently a professor of automotive dynamics and control engineering at Tsinghua University. |