The Board of CNC Holdings Limited announced that Dr. Jiang Yan has been appointed as an executive Director and has also been designated as the chairman of the Board with effect from 14 August 2017. Dr. Jiang is responsible for the overall business planning and corporate strategy of the Group. Dr. Jiang joined Xinhua News Agency after his graduation from university in 1990 and held the positions of the deputy officer and the officer of Scientific Editorial Office of International Department of Xinhua News Agency. He had been the vice-president of Xinhua News Agency European Regional Bureau since 2009, and had been re-designated as the deputy officer of International Department of Xinhua News Agency from 2015 to 2017. Dr. Jiang is currently the chairman of the board and the chief executive officer of China Xinhua News Network Co. Limited. Apart from the positions held in Xinhua News Agency, Dr. Jiang took a temporary post as the deputy general secretary of Cheng Jiang County of Yun Nan Province of the PRC. He had also held the positions as the Deputy Secretary of Chinese Society for Science and Technology Journalism and the Secretary of The Beijing Press Association - Science Field, and was a member of the International Journalists Alliance - Science Field. The Board announced that Dr. Jiang has been appointed as the chairman and member of the Nomination Committee with effect from 14 August 2017.