The board of directors of China Investment Fund International Holdings Limited announced that with effect from November 1, 2016 Mr. Zhang Qiang has been appointed as an independent non-executive director of the company, a member of the audit committee and the chairman of the investor relations committee. Mr. Zhang has over 5 years experience in the practice of law in China. The appointment of Mr. Leung Ka Fai (Mr. Leung) and Mr. Wang Mengtao (Mr. Wang) as non-executive directors of the company, consideration being given to appointing them to board committees and their remuneration. The board announced that with effect from November 1, 2016 Mr. Leung and Mr. Wang have been appointed as members of the investor relations committee, Mr. Wang has been appointed as a vice-president of the group and Ms. Jing Siyuan and Mr. Zhang Aimin have respectively resigned as chairman and member of the investor relations committee.