The board of directors of Haidilao International Holding Ltd. announced that Mr. Zhou Zhaocheng has been re-designated from the non-executive Director to an executive Director and has been appointed as the vice chairman of the Board with effect from December 13, 2023. Mr. Zhou, aged 50, was appointed as the non-executive Director of the Company in December 2022, responsible for providing strategic advice and supervising the management and strategic development of our Group. He served as an executive Director of the Company from April 2020 to December 2022.

Mr. Zhou was also a joint company secretary of the Company from May 2020 to December 2022 and the chief strategy officer of our Company from April 2018 to December 2022. Prior to joining the Group, Mr. Zhou worked as a journalist at Economic and Trade Reporter from September 1994 to June 1997 and a reporter at Xinhua Daily from June 1997 to July 1998. From September 1999 to October 2015, Mr. Zhou worked as a senior news sub-editor, the associate chief sub-editor of Lianhe Zaobao and the editor of Zaobao Online in Singapore, successively.

During his tenure as the editor of Zaobao Online from 2011 to 2015, Mr. Zhou was responsible not only for news management, but also for strategic planning and operational management of the internet business of Zaobao Online. From April 2009 to October 2015, Mr. Zhou also worked as the editor at Crossroads of Lianhe Zaobao. Subsequently, Mr. Zhou worked as the assistant vice president (new growth) at Lianhe Zaobao from November 2015 to December 2016 and the vice president of new markets at Singapore Press Holdings Limited from January 2017 to March 2018, where he was directly responsible for the new markets outside Singapore and the development and management of new businesses such as electronic commerce.

Mr. Zhou also served as a director at CulCreative International Pte. Ltd. and ZBJ-SPH Pte. Ltd. from June 2017 to March 2018 and from July 2017 to March 2018, respectively, where he was responsible for strategic guidance of corporate management and operations.

ZBJ-SPH Pte. Ltd. is a Chinese e-commerce platform jointly established by Singapore Press Holdings Limited and ZBJ.com. Mr. Zhou worked at Nanyang Centre for Public Administration of Nanyang Technological University as an adjunct assistant professor since September 2012 and was promoted as an adjunct associated professor in October 2016, teaching the Master's programme in Media, Public Communication and Policy Practice.

He has been a visiting professor at School of Journalism and Communication of Guangdong University of Foreign Studies) since September 2014. He is currently the president of Jiangsu Association (Singapore) and the consultant of Peking University Alumni Association (Singapore), as well as a standing committee member of Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry. From January 2011 to July 2011, he was also a media fellow of the Sanford School of Public Policy at Duke University.

Mr. Zhou is also the author of Public Policy Communications Strategy in Singapore, a monograph focusing on public policy communication. Mr. Zhou obtained his bachelor 's degree in classical literature from Nanjing Normal University in 1994, his master's degree in Chinese studies from National University of Singapore in June 2000 and his doctoral degree from Nanyang Technological University in Singapore in January 2007. In August 2020, Mr. Zhou was awarded as one of the 100 Most Creative People in Business by Fast Company, a business media brand with an editorial focus on innovation.