The board of directors of China Conch Environment Protection Holdings Limited announced that Mr. Hao Jiming has tendered his resignation as an independent non-executive Director, a member of the audit committee of the Board (the ``Audit Committee'') and a member of the remuneration and nomination committee of the Board with effect from 27 March 2023 due to personal work arrangement. The Board announced that Ms. Li Chen () (``Ms. Li'') has been appointed as an independent non-executive Director, a member of the Audit Committee and a member of the Remuneration and Nomination Committee with effect from 27 March 2023. Pursuant to the Company's articles of association (the ``AOA'').

Ms. Li will hold office as an independent non-executive Director until the next first annual general meeting of the Company and shall then be eligible for re-election at such general meeting. The biographical details of Ms. Li are set out below: Ms. Li, aged 39, has extensive experience in the investment, development and technological innovation of cement and environment protection fields. From September 2015 to September 2016, she served as a researcher in China Building Material Federation ().

From October 2016 to January 2017, she served as a researcher in China Cement Association (). Since January 2017, she has been serving as the secretary general in the Carbon Emission Reduction Expert Committee () of China Cement Association. Since December 2019, she has been serving as the deputy secretary general in China Cement Association ().

Ms. Li also has served as a part-time postgraduate tutor in Beijing University of Technology () since 2020 and an independent director in Gansu Shangfeng Cement Co. Ltd. since May 2022. Ms. Li obtained a bachelor's degree in material science and engineering from Beijing University of Technology in July 2007, a master's degree in material science and engineering from Beijing University of Technology in July 2010 and a doctoral degree in material science from Beijing University of Technology in July 2015.

Ms. Li obtained the qualification of senior engineer in December 2018 and was awarded the 2019 Building Material Science and Technology Award (2019) by China Building Material Federation and the Chinese Ceramic Society () in 2020.