Corporate Governance

Ms. ZHI Tao (支濤), aged 54, was appointed as our Director on August 22, 2014 and re-designated as our executive Director on February 6, 2025. She has also been the chairwoman of our Board since April 2019.

With over 15 years of industry experience, Ms. Zhi has gained in-depth understanding of the automation sector in China and acquired rich corporate management experience. Prior to the foundation of our Group, Ms. Zhi served as the chief executive officer at Beijing Yingweisi Technology Co., Ltd. (北京英維思科技有限公司) from June 2008 to December 2013. She then founded our Group and served as our supervisor from January 2014 to August 2014, the chief executive officer from August 2014 to February 2025, and has been our president since February 2025. She has also held directorship in certain subsidiaries of our Group, including Anhui Yunzhiji since August 2014 and Shanghai Renyun since May 2018.

Ms. Zhi’s expertise in automation business is highly recognized nationwide, evidenced by numerous honors and awards she received, including, among others, the Excellent Technical Worker by the Chinese Association for Artificial Intelligence (CAAI) (中國人工智能學會) in 2020, the Most Innovative Hotelier of the Year by The Center of Asia Hotel Forum (亞洲酒店論壇中心) in 2019, and the third prize of Technological Invention Award of “Wu Wenjun Artificial Intelligence Technology Award” (吳文俊人工智能科學技術獎技術發明獎) in 2019. She has also held positions at a number of public offices and associations throughout her career, including the vice president of Robot Funder Club (中關村雙創服務機器人產業聯盟) elected in October 2017, the vice president of Hotel Digitalization Professional Committee of the China Hospitality Association (中國飯店協會酒店數字化專業委員會) since July 2022 and a member of the Ninth Council of Chinese Association for Artificial Intelligence (CAAI) (中國人工智能學會) since March 2025.

Ms. Zhi obtained her bachelor’s degree in engineering from Xi’an Jiaotong University (西安交通大學) in July 1993 and her master’s degree in business administration from University of Science and Technology of China (中國科學技術大學) in December 2003.

Mr. HU Quan (胡泉), aged 54, was appointed as our Director on August 22, 2014 and re-designated as our executive Director on February 6, 2025. He has been our general manager since our establishment and acted as our president from our establishment to February 2025. He has also been a supervisor in certain subsidiaries of our Group, including Anhui Yunzhiji since August 2014 and Shanghai Renyun since May 2018.

Mr. Hu has over 20 years of experience in corporate management. From February 2005 to May 2009, he worked at Shanghai Nielsen Market Research Co., Ltd./NetRatings China (上海尼爾森市場研究有限公司/互聯網研究) with his last position being the vice president. From June 2010 to December 2013, he was the chief operating officer at Beijing Miaozhen System Co., Ltd. (北京秒針信息諮詢有限公司).

Mr. Hu obtained his bachelor’s degree in engineering geomechanics from North China University of Water Resources and Electric Power (華北水利水電大學) (formerly known as North China College of Water Resources and Electric Power (華北水利水電學院)) in July 1993.

Mr. LI Quanyin (李全印), aged 42, was appointed as our Director on April 27, 2020 and re-designated as our executive Director on February 6, 2025. He acted as our technical director from our establishment to February 2016 and our chief product officer from March 2016 to February 2025, and has been our chief executive officer since February 2025. He has also held key positions in certain subsidiaries of our Group, including an executive director of Suzhou Yunji since September 2021 and an executive director and manager of Beijing Yunxuan since March 2020.

Mr. Li has approximately 20 years of experience in internet technology and over 10 years of experience in robotic project management. He worked as a software development engineer at ForSure Inc. (北京富訊盈科網絡技術有限公司) from April 2008 to November 2008. Subsequently, he was a vice director of product department at Beijing Miaozhen System Co., Ltd. (北京秒針信息諮詢有限公司) till January 2014.

Mr. Li obtained his bachelor’s degree in computer science and technology from Nankai University (南開大學) in June 2006 and his master’s degree in business administration from Peking University (北京大學) in June 2019. Mr. Li was also admitted by the school of automation of Beijing Institute of Technology (北京理工大學) in September 2024 to study artificial intelligence and is currently a candidate for a doctoral degree.

Mr. WU Minghui (吳明輝), aged 43, was appointed as our Director on January 29, 2014 and re-designated as our non-executive Director on February 6, 2025.

Mr. Wu has over 20 years of experience in software development and algorithm research and over 18 years of experience in the big data and AI industries. As a co-founder of our Company, he has been a Shareholder and served as a Director since our foundation. Mr. Wu is the founder, executive director, chairman of the board, chief executive officer and chief technology officer of Leading Smart Holdings Limited (匯智控股有限公司) and currently serves as an entrepreneurship mentor at Peking University (北京大學) and Renmin University of China (中國人民大學).

Mr. Wu received a bachelor’s degree in mathematics in June 2004 and a master’s degree in computer science in July 2007 from Peking University (北京大學), where he is also pursuing a Ph.D. degree in electronics and information.

Ms. MA Hong (馬紅), aged 47, was appointed as our Director on March 18, 2020 and re-designated as our non-executive Director on February 6, 2025.

Ms. Ma has approximately 20 years of experience in investment and corporate management. From July 2004 to January 2006, she served as a business specialist in Hefei State-owned Assets Holding Co., Ltd. (合肥市國有資產控股有限公司), responsible for credit management related outsourcing services. From January 2006 to September 2016, she worked at Hefei Innovation Scitech Venture Capital Co., Ltd. (合肥市創新科技風險投資有限公司), with her last position as the assistant of general manager and the manager of fund management department. Subsequently, she joined Hefei Film Distribution and Screening Co., Ltd. (合肥市電影發行放映有限公司), where she successively served as an investment director and deputy general manager from September 2016 to September 2019 and a director from March 2017 to September 2019. She also served as the chairwoman of the board of Hefei Changjiang Lianhe Film and Drama Co., Ltd. (合肥長江聯和影劇有限公司) from January 2018 to September 2019. Subsequently, Ms. Ma joined Anhui Artificial Intelligence Company in September 2019 with her current positions being a director and the general manager.

Ms. Ma obtained her bachelor’s degree in applied physics from Anhui University (安徽大學) in July 2000 and her master’s degree in management science and engineering from University of Science and Technology of China (中國科學技術大學) in June 2004.

Mr. ZHANG Lihua (張立華), aged 53, was appointed as our independent Director on December 6, 2021 and re-designated as our independent non-executive Director on February 6, 2025.

Mr. Zhang has over 20 years of experience in technological industries and over 10 years of experience in corporate management. He joined AGEIA Technologies in December 2002 where he served as a principal engineer and a director of engineering and left in February 2008. From February 2008 to December 2010, he worked at NVIDIA Corporation (stock code: NVDA.NASDAQ) as a senior manager. Then, he joined MulticoreWare and worked as the vice president and general manager of imaging and professional services business. Subsequently, Mr. Zhang founded Changchun Boli Electronics Co., Ltd. (長春博立電子科技有限公司) in August 2011, where he served as a supervisor till November 2019 and the chairman of the board since then. He has also been a distinguished professor, doctoral supervisor and vice president of the institute of engineering and applied technology (工程與應用技術研究院) and the executive vice president of the institute of intelligent robots (智能機器人研究院) of Fudan University (復旦大學) since September 2017.

Mr. Zhang is a well-regarded figure and holds positions at a number of public offices and associations throughout his career. He is the chairman of the Human-machine Fusion Intelligence Professional Committee of the Chinese Association for Artificial Intelligence (CAAI) (中國人工智能學會人機融合智能專業委員會). He is also the deputy director of Engineering Research Center of Intelligent Robot Ministry of Education (智能機器人教育部工 程研究中心) and a member of the National Beacon Committee’s Biometric Identification Subcommittee (SAC/TC28/SC37) (全國信息技術標準化技術委員會生物特徵識別分技術委員 會) and the leader of the Behavior Identification Working Group (行為識別工作組). Mr. Zhang is also the deputy leader of the Medical and Engineering Technology Transformation and Application Group of the Management Branch of the China Medical Equipment Association (中國醫學裝備協會管理分會醫學與工程技術轉化應用學組).

Mr. Zhang obtained his bachelor’s degree in automatic control from Tsinghua University (清華大學) in July 1994 and his master’s degree and doctoral degree in control theory and control engineering from Tsinghua University (清華大學) in June 2000. Mr. Zhang was recognized as a senior engineer by the Human Resources and Social Security Bureau of Jilin province in January 2019.

Mr. LAI Yung Yuet (黎勇越), aged 58, was appointed as our independent non-executive Director on February 6, 2025.

Mr. Lai has over 30 years of experience in technological industries. From September 1993 to June 1995, Mr. Lai was the team leader in Dow Jones Telerate (Australia) Pty Limited. He then worked as an information technology manager at MTEL International Inc. from December 1995 to March 1998. From April 1998 to December 1999, he worked at LHS Hong Kong Limited as the pre-sales team leader of North Asia. Subsequently, he served at DreamMotor.com as the vice president of information technology department from December 1999 to February 2001. From March 2001 to July 2001, Mr. Lai was a pre-sales consultant at Logica Limited. After that, he joined Deloitte & Touche Management Solutions Ltd and worked as a senior manager from June 2002 to January 2004. From June 2004 to December 2004, he was a senior consulting manager at CyberNET Group Limited. Mr. Lai then joined Langham Hotels International Limited as a group director of information technology in January 2005 and has been the vice president of information technology since March 2008.

Mr. Lai obtained his bachelor’s degree in science from University of Wisconsin-Madison in May 1989, his master’s degree in commerce from University of New South Wales in October 1994 and his postgraduate diploma of business administration from Warwick Business School in March 2008. He holds the globally recognized qualification named Certified Information System Security Professional and he was accredited as a Microsoft Certified System Engineer by Microsoft. Mr. Lai was also admitted as a member of the Australian Computer Society in December 1994.

Mr. WANG Fangjun (汪方軍), aged 50, was appointed as our independent non-executive Director on February 6, 2025.

Mr. Wang has gained in-depth understanding of accounting policy with his over 20 years of experience in teaching and research on accounting. Mr. Wang has been working at the school of management of Xi’an Jiaotong University (西安交通大學) since January 2004, where he successively served as a lecturer, an associate professor and a professor, and has also been the dean of accounting and finance department since January 2020.

Mr. Wang served as an independent director and the chairman of the audit committee of several listed companies, including (i) Tande Co., Ltd. (天地源股份有限公司) (stock code: 600665.SH) from December 2015 to July 2022; (ii) Yangling Metron New Material Co., Ltd. (楊淩美暢新材料股份有限公司) (stock code: 300861.SZ) from February 2018 to March 2024; (iii) AVIC Chengdu Aircraft Company Limited (中航成飛股份有限公司) (formerly known as Zhonghang Electronic Measuring Instruments Co., Ltd. (中航電測儀器股份有限公司)) (stock code: 302132.SZ) from April 2018 to January 2025; and (iv) Xi’an Qujiang Cultural Tourism Co., Ltd. (西安曲江文化旅遊股份有限公司) (stock code: 600706.SH) from September 2018 to March 2024.

Mr. Wang has profound influence in accounting field, evidenced by numerous honors and awards he received. He received Wang Kuancheng Educational Talent Award (王寬誠育才獎) and The Ninth Teaching Excellence Award (第九屆教學卓越獎) granted by Xi’an Jiaotong University (西安交通大學) in September 2012 and August 2024, respectively. He also won the ACCA Teaching Excellence Award 2013 (ACCA 2013年度優秀專業指導教師) in November 2013.

Mr. Wang obtained his bachelor’s degree in auditing, his master’s degree in accounting and his doctoral degree in business administration from Xi’an Jiaotong University (西安交通 大學) in July 1995, March 2000 and November 2003, respectively. He was recognized as the professor in accounting by the Human Resources and Social Security Bureau of Shaanxi province in November 2021 and obtained the qualification as an independent director for listed companies issued by the Shanghai Stock Exchange in January 2016.