Guotai Junan Securities Co., Ltd. referred to the announcement dated 30 November 2023 in relation to, among other things, the appointment of Mr. PU Yonghao as the independent non-executive director of the sixth session of the board of the Company. The Board announced that (i) Mr. PU has been appointed as a member of the Audit Committee of the Board; (ii) Mr. YIM, Chi Hung Henry has been appointed as the chairman of the Audit Committee of the Board, with effect from the date of this announcement, respectively.