APT Satellite Holdings Ltd. announced that Dr. Meng Xingguo has been appointed as an independent non-executive director and a member of Audit Committee, Remuneration Committee and Nomination Committee of the company with effect from July 5, 2012. Dr. Meng had served as the director of the insurance division in the department of non-banking financial institutions, and was appointed as a director of China Reinsurance Group Co. Ltd. Dr. Meng is also a director of New China Asset Management Co. Ltd., a member of the academic council of Beijing Financial Education Company Limited, and a council member of the China Research Centre for Insurance and Risk Management, Tsinghua University.