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(Stock code: 0598) Appointment of the Chairmen of the Audit Committee and List of Directors and their Role and Function

The board of directors (the "Board") of Sinotrans Limited (the "Company") announces that Mr. Liu Kegu, independent non-executive director of the Company, is appointed as the Chairmen of the Audit Committee of the Company by the Board on 12 November, 2012 in accordance with the Rule of Procedures of Audit Committee of the Company.
The members of the Board of the Company are set out below.

Executive Directors

Zhao Huxiang (Chairman) Zhang Jianwei (President) Tao Suyun
Li Jianzhang

Non-executive Directors

Wu Dongming Liu Jinghua Jerry Hsu
Mok Chi Ming Victor

Independent Non-executive Directors

Guo Minjie Lu Zhengfei Liu Kegu
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There are 5 Board committees. The table below provides membership information of these committees on which each Board member serves.

Executive

Committee

Audit

Committee

Remuneration

Committee

Nomination

Committee

Corporate Governance Committee

Zhao Huxiang

C

C

C

Zhang Jianwei

M

M

M

Tao Suyun

M

M

Li Jianzhang

M

Wu Dongming

Liu Jinghua

M

Jerry Hsu

Mok Chi Ming

Victor

Guo Minjie

M

M

M

M

Lu Zhengfei

M

C

M

M

Liu Kegu

C

M

M

M

Notes:

C --Chairman of the relevant Board committees
M-- Member of the relevant Board committees
By order of the Board of Sinotrans Limited Gao Wei

Company Secretary

Beijing, 12 November, 2012

As at the date of this announcement, Zhao Huxiang, Zhang Jianwei, Tao Suyun and Li Jianzhang are executive directors of the Company; Wu Dongming, Liu Jinghua, Jerry Hsu and Mok Chi Ming Victor are non-executive directors of the Company; and Guo Minjie, Lu Zhengfei and Liu Kegu are independent non-executive directors of the Company.

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