Mr. Xinping Shi aged 48 has held the positions of independent director and member of the Nominating Committee of the Company since July 28 2005. Dr. Shi was a Director of Logistics Management Research Centre of the Hong Kong Baptist University Coordinator of the focused research area of Logistics and Supply Chain Management of the School of Business of the University and Associate Professor of the Department of Finance and Decision Sciences of the University. Dr. Shi served as the Independent Director of China Merchants Shekou Holdings Company Limited a company listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange the Director of Weboptimal International Limited a management consulting firm Guest Professor of the College of Logistic the Beijing Normal University and Advisor of the Chamber of Hong Kong Logistics. Dr. Shi obtained his doctorate degree and masters degree in Business Administration from Middlesex University and Lancaster University UK respectively and the bachelor of science degree from North-Western Polytechnic University Xi'an China. |