The board of directors of China Southern Airlines Company Limited announced that Mr. Ma Xu Lun ("Mr. Ma"), the chairman and president of the Company, has resigned from the president of the Company, effective from 22 June 2021 due to re-arrangement of work. Mr. Ma will continue to be the chairman of the Company. The Board announced that, with reference to the review opinion and recommendation of the nomination committee of the Board, it has agreed to appoint Mr. Han Wen Sheng ("Mr. Han"), an executive director of the Company, as the president of the Company, effective from 22 June 2021. He began his career in August 1987 and joined the Chinese Communist Party in May 1985. He served as the Deputy Director General of Cadre Training Center of the Company, the Director of The Research Bureau of the Company, the General Manager of the Labour Department and the Secretary of the CPC General Committee of the Company, the Deputy Director General and a member of Party Committee of the Commercial Steering Committee, the General Manager as well as the Deputy Party Secretary of the Sales and Marketing Department of the Company, and the General Manager and Deputy Party Secretary of Shanghai base. He acted as the Deputy Party Secretary and the Deputy Director General of the Commercial Steering Committee of the Company since December 2009 and the Party Secretary and the Deputy Director General of the Commercial Steering Committee of the Company since October 2011. He served as the Vice President and the Party.