GF Securities Co., Ltd. announced the appointment of Mr. Ge Changwei ("Mr. Ge") as an executive Director of the Company. Ge Changwei working experiences include: a staff member, assistant secretary, deputy section-level secretary and chief staff member of the Financial and Economic Committee of Anhui Provincial People's Congress from July 1985 to May 1992, chief staff member of the General Office of the Finance Department of Anhui Province from May 1992 to October 1995, deputy director of the General Office of the Finance Department of Anhui Province from October 1995 to October 1996, deputy director-level and director-level secretary of the General Office of Anhui Provincial Government from October 1996 to December 1999, assistant to director of the Planning Commission of Anhui Province from December 1999 to October 2000, assistant to the general manager and manager of the sales department of China Shenhua Group Transportation and Sales Company from October 2000 to November 2001, director-level secretary of the General Office of National Development and Reform Commission from November 2001 to December 2003, deputy bureau-level secretary of the General Office of the State Council from December 2003 to January 2006 (concurrently as vice municipal secretary of Liaocheng, Shandong Province from September 2004 to December 2005), vice chief secretary of Chongqing Municipal Party Committee from January 2006 to November 2007, vice chief secretary (department-level principal) of Chongqing Municipal Party Committee from November 2007 to December 2007, vice chief secretary of Guangdong Provincial Party Committee from December 2007 to February 2011, deputy secretary of Qingyuan Municipal Party Committee of Guangdong Province and mayor of Qingyuan from February 2011 to September 2011, secretary of Qingyuan Municipal Party Committee of Guangdong Province from September 2011 to January 2012, secretary of Qingyuan Municipal Party Committee of Guangdong Province and director of the Standing Committee of Qingyuan Municipal People's Congress from January 2012 to March 2018, Party secretary and director of the Guangdong Provincial Development and Reform Commission from March 2018 to May 2021 (concurrently as director of the Office of the Leading Group for the Promotion of Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Construction in Guangdong Province from October 2018 to May 2021), deputy chairman of the Expert Committee of China Southern Power Grid Company Limited from May 2021 to June 2021, secretary of the Party Committee of GF Fund Management Co., Ltd. from June 2021 to December 2021. Mr. Ge obtained a degree of bachelor of arts from Anhui University in July 1985, and completed the postgraduate course of political economics at Anhui University in November 2000.