The board of West China Cement Limited announced that Mr. Xu Delong has been appointed as an independent non-executive director and a member of the nomination committee of the company with effect from 14 March 2014. Mr. Xu Delong, aged 62, was appointed as an independent non-executive director and a member of the nomination committee of the company on 14 March 2014. Mr. Xu has served as the vice president of Chinese Federation of Building Materials since 2013, a member of the standing committee of the Department of Biochemical Engineering at Institute of Chemical Metallurgy since 2006.