Mr. Chen Ji Min was appointed as an independent non-executive director in February 2006. Mr. Chen is also a member of the Standing Committee ("Standing Committee") of the People's Congress of Zhejiang Province and a deputy director of the Finance and Economy Commission of the Standing Commission. Mr. Chen had served as director of the Bureau of Electricity of Ningbo City, deputy direcotr of the Economic and Trading Committee of Ningbo City, deputy director and director of the Bureau of Electricity of Zhejiang Province, general manager of the Electricity Development Company of Zhejiang Province and chairman of the board of directors of Zhejiang South-East Company Limited, a company with B shares listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange. Mr. Chen graduated from the Electricity Engineering Department of Zhejiang University.