The board of directors of China Carbon Neutral Development Group Limited announced that Ms. Lan Haiqing has been appointed as an independent non-executive Director and a member of the audit committee, the nomination committee and the remuneration committee of the Company with effect from 21 February 2024. The biographical details of Ms. Lan are set out below: Ms. Lan, aged 57, was the senior vice president and chairman of the investment committee of China Jinmao Holding Group and the chairman of the board of directors of China Jinmao Charity Foundation. Ms. Lan joined Sinochem Group in May 1997 and was the general manager and chairman of Wangfujing Hotel Management Company Limited and the chairman of Sinochem International Property & Hotel Management Company Limited.

Ms. Lan was a non- executive director of Jinmao (China) Hotel Investment Management Company Limited (a company whose shares were listed on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited before privatisation and delisting, Jinmao (China) Investment Manager Company Limited, the chairman of Jinmao Qingdao Company, and the vice-chairman of Beijing Jinmao Green Building Technology Company Limited. Ms. Lan has over 20 years of experience in hotel and property management, and has accumulated extensive practical experience in the investment, operation and management of real estate complexes as well as the development of real estate parks with urban integration. Ms. Lan graduated from Ocean University of China with a bachelor's degree in 1988, graduated from Shandong University of China with an EMBA's degree in 1998, and obtained a master's degree in June 2000 from the Hotel Management Institute of Switzerland.