ITEM 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On September 9, 2021, Huiyi Chen, an independent director, Chair of the Audit Committee, and member of the Nominating Committee, resigned from the Board of Directors of China XD Plastics Company Limited (the "Company"). Mr. Chen's decision to resign was not a result of any disagreement with the Company or its management.

Effective as of September 9, 2021, the Company's Board of Directors appointed Feng Li as an independent director to the Board of Directors, as Chair of the Audit Committee, and as a member of the Nominating Committee. Mr. Li serves as a deputy director at Plastics Processing R&D Center of Beijing Research Institute of the Chemical Industry, as well as a member of the Science and Technology Committee of Beijing Research Institute of the Chemical Industry. He has substantial experience in technology, production, and business management in the chemical industry. Under his leadership in various senior roles, including Vice General Manager, Director, and Chief Engineer responsible for project design, investment, management and finance, Mr. Li successfully launched and operated several joint ventures between Beijing Chemical Industry Research Institute (Group), a subsidiary of China Petroleum & Chemical Corp (Sinopec), the largest refiner in Asia, and Jiangnan Mould & Plastic Co. Ltd., Shenzhen Petrochemical and Plastics Co. Ltd., Suzhou Anli Chemical Co., Ltd., and others. Mr. Li also serves on the committee of Venture Capital for Innovative Small-Medium Size Enterprises under the Ministry of Science and Technology of the People's Republic of China. From November 14, 2012 to January 1, 2020, Mr. Li had previously served as an independent director of the Company. Mr. Li received a B.S. in Polymer Material from Nanjing Institute of Chemical Technology and a Master's Degree from Beijing University of Chemical Technology. Mr. Li also attended the MBA program at China Sinopec Management Institute of Business Administration and studied as an exchange scholar at the University of Technology in Sydney, Australia.

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