Xiaozu Xiu

Xiaozu Xiu is an Independent Director of the Group and serves as the Co-Chairman of our Remuneration Committee and Co-Chairmen of the Nominating Committee. Mr. Xiao has been the Chairman of the Chinese Nation Cultural Promotion Association since 1995 and Chairman of the Association of Researching the System of the People's Congress since 2003. He was also Chairman of the Chongqing Veteran's Sports Association from 1997 to 2003. Mr. Xiao was elected as a representative to the Chongqing Municipal People's Congress and chosen as the Vice Chairman of the Chongqing Municipal People's Congress Standing Committee in 1997. Prior to that， he was elected as Executive Deputy Mayor of Chongqing in 1993， mainly overseeing the financial， taxation， auditing， educational and monitoring aspects. Mr. Xiao was with the Agricultural Economy Department of Southwest Agricultural University for 23 years before he was appointed as Director of the Committee for Peasants and Workers in 1985， a post he held till 1988. Mr. Xiao studied Agricultural Economics in the Southwest College of Agriculture and the Beijing Agricultural University and graduated in 1960 and 1963 respectively.