The9 Limited announced that Arthur Lau will join The9 in February and Yue Dong has joined The9 recently as the new president and chief technology officer, respectively. As the new president, Mr. Lau is a seasoned finance professional with experience spanning across private equity, hedge fund and investment banking sectors. He is currently the co-founder and partner of Ark Pacific Capital Management, a multi-strategy alternative asset manager focusing in Greater China. Mr. Lau sat on the board of multiple portfolio companies and is experienced in developing new business initiatives. Prior to joining Ark Pacific, he was an investment director of Elliott Advisors, the Asian office of Elliott Associates, a global hedge fund managing over $30 billion of assets. Before that, Mr. Lau was a technology, media and telecom investment banker at Citigroup and an investment banker at JPMorgan. Mr. Lau graduated from The London School of Economics and Political Science with a Bachelor of Laws degree and holds a Master of Economics degree from The University of Hong Kong. Arthur Lau will utilize his capital market management experience and his experience and resources in developing new business initiatives, to lead the new blockchain business of The9 and bring it to a higher level. Before joining The9 as the new chief technology officer, Yue Dong has been acting as the chief technology officer in various artificial intelligence, big data and blockchain related projects for two years.