On March 25, 2024, Anhui Huaqi Environmental Protection & Technology Co., Ltd. conducted its first extraordinary shareholder meeting of 2024, where the nomination of candidates for non-independent directors, submitted by Lhasa Xingqing Network Technology Co., Ltd. and Tibet Xingrui Enterprise Management Services Co., Ltd., was considered. The election process stipulated that only the top six candidates by vote count would be elected as non-independent directors. Consequently, Mr. Du Xin was not elected to the position since he ranked seventh in the number of votes received.