The board of directors of AKM Industrial Company Limited announced that Mr. Cui Zheng has been appointed as an independent non-executive Director, a member of the audit committee and a member of the remuneration committee of the company with effect from May 3, 2016. Mr. Cui, obtained his doctorate degree in engineering from Southeast University in 1988. He is a fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (previously the Institution of Electrical Engineers) since 2004. He is also a State Specially Recruited Expert under the "1000 Talent Plan" of the Government of the People's Republic of China since 2011. Mr. Cui is currently the supervisor of the academic committee of the Suzhou Institute of Nano-Tech and Nano-Bionics, Chinese Academy of Science and the supervisor of the Printable Electronics Research Center at the Suzhou Institute of Nano-Tech and Nano-Bionics.