BaWang International (Group) Holding Limited announced the appointment of Dr. Wang Qi as an independent non-executive director and a member of the audit and risk management committee of the company with effect from April 17, 2018. He is currently the vice director of the Dongguan Institute of Opto-electronics, Peking University. Prior to that, from 2010 to 2012, he was a research associate in the department of electronic and electrical engineering of the University of Sheffield in the United Kingdom, and also worked at Seren Photonics Ltd. From 2012 to 2014, he was a postdoctoral research fellow in the department of electrical and computer engineering of McGill University in Canada. He will hold office until the next following annual general meeting of the company and shall then be eligible for re-election pursuant to the company's articles of association.