Mr. Wu Jing Ru, was appointed an independent non-executive director in August 2003. He is also a member of the audit committee, the nomination committee and the strategy and development committee of the Company. Mr. Wu is an independent non-executive director of China Yangtze Power Co., Ltd., and was formerly Deputy General Manager of the State Energy Investment Corporation in the PRC, the Head of the Loans Department at the State Development Bank of China as well as an expert member and senior counsel in its loans valuation committee. He was also a member of the Three Gorges Project Inspection Committee under the State Council. Mr. Wu spent nearly 18 years of his professional career in the Hydro Power Ministry, where he served in various positions, including Deputy section-in-chief, deputy director and director of the Planning Department and duputy Chief of Design Team of the General Power Construction Bureau. Mr. Wu graduated from the Power Department at the Shanghai Jiao Tong University.