China Railway Group Limited at its EGM held on January 28, 2016, approved the appointment of Mr. Zhang Zongyan as an
executive director of the company. In addition, at the eighteenth meeting of the third session of the Board of the company held on the same date, Mr. Zhang Zongyan was elected as the chairman and a member of the Safety, Health and Environmental Protection Committee, and a member of each of the Strategy Committee and the Nomination Committee of the Board. Mr. Zhang Zongyan is professor-level senior engineer, is an executive director of the company. Mr. Zhang joined China Railway Construction Corporation in 1981. He served as the deputy general manager of China Railway 12th Bureau Group Company Limited from April 2002 to October 2005.