Kiwa Bio-Tech Products Group Corporation announced that, on March 13, 2017, Yong Change Wu was removed as a director of the company by the consent of the holders of a majority of the votes entitled to be cast on the matter and the approval of the majority of the directors of the company. Immediately thereafter, the board appointed Yong Lin Song as a director of the Company to be effective immediately. Mr. Song is a senior agronomist at the Institute of Agricultural Resources and Regional Planning, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences. He has 29 years of experience in microbial R&D and technology promotion and has led many national agricultural projects. In 2009, he served as deputy secretary general of the Chinese Society of Plant Nutrition and Fertilizer Science. Mr. Song joined Kiwa in March 2016 and is responsible for the Company's Research and Development operations.