The board of directors of Kangda International Environmental Company Limited announced that Mr. Yuan Shaoli has submitted his resignation to the Board for resigning from the office as an independent non-executive director, a member of the audit committee and the nomination committee and the chairman of the remuneration committee of the company, with effect from 8 January 2016 due to the recent tightening trend of implementation of relevant policies not allowing party leaders and cadres working part-time (holding offices) in enterprises in the People's Republic of China. The Board announced that Mr. Chang Qing has been appointed as an independent non-executive director, a member of the audit committee and the nomination committee and chairman of the remuneration committee of the company, with effect from 8 January 2016. Mr. Chang had successively served as a research assistant, a deputy research fellow and a research fellow of Development Research Center of the State Council from 1985 to 2005 and the vice chairman of China Futures Association from 1999 to 2006.

He served as an independent director of Shenwu Environmental Technology Co. Ltd. from September 2008 to August 2015, and as an independent director of Rongfeng Holding Group Co. Ltd. from August 2007 to September 2013.