The board of directors of China Shandong Hi-Speed Financial Group Limited announced that Ms. Du Ning and Ms. Chen Chun have been appointed as the joint company secretaries of the Company with effect from 11 November 2021. Ms. Du joined the Group in September 2019 as the executive director of the board secretary office of the Company, and has been primarily responsible for the assistance and participation in the discharge of daily responsibilities of the Board and the management teams of the Company, which scope of assistance includes but not limited to the formation and implementation of the corporate, transactional and managerial decisions of the Company, the discharge of the Company ' s company secretarial and corporate governance related duties, the handling of the Company's investment relations & public relations matters and the coordination with and between the Company, its subsidiaries and its shareholders. Before joining the Group, Ms. Du was the company secretarial manager in the board office of China RE Asset Management (Hong Kong) Co., Ltd, one of the subsidiaries of China Reinsurance (Group) Corporation which is listed on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong (the "Stock Exchange") (Stock Code: 1508), from June 2017 to September 2019, during which, among others, she reported to the directors and the management teams in handling company secretarial matters and provided secretarial services to certain subsidiaries of China RE Asset Management (Hong Kong) Co. Ltd. Ms. Chen joined the Group in September 2021 as the senior vice president of board secretary office of the Company. Before joining the Group, Ms. Chen was a company secretarial executive at SWCS Corporate Services Group (Hong Kong) Limited in which she worked for more than 7 years from December 2013 to September 2021. During her tenure with SWCS Corporate Services Group (Hong Kong) Limited, she has acted as the named company secretary for 7 Hong Kong listed companies and was responsible for providing support and advisory on listed companies' company secretarial work and compliance matters. The Board further announced that, with effect from 11 November 2021, (i) the appointment of Ms. Chen as an authorised representative (the " Authorised Representative ") of the Company as required under Rule 3.05 of the Listing Rules in replacement of Mr. Liu Zhijie; and (ii) the appointment of Ms. Du and Ms. Chen as the agents of the Company (the "Process Agents") for the acceptance of service of process and notices in Hong Kong under Part 16 of the Companies Ordinance (Chapter 622 of the Laws of Hong Kong). Mr. Liu Yao remains as another Authorised Representative and ceases to be an Process Agent.