Yue Da International Holdings Limited announced that Ms. Zhang Yan was appointed as an independent non-executive director of the Company (the "Director"), the chairman of the remuneration committee and a member of the audit committee and nomination committee with effect from 4 September 2023. Ms. Zhang Yan ("Ms. Zhang"), aged 59, a senior engineer in the PRC, graduated from Changzhou University (previously known as Jiangsu Institute of Chemical Technology) in 1984 with major in basic organic synthesis. She was the deputy director from July 2001 to February 2009 and the director from February 2009 to March 2019, of the industrial investment department of Yancheng City Economic and Information Commission.

Ms. Zhang has extensive experience in investment project management, chemical process, safety and environmental protection. Ms. Zhang has been participating in the evaluation and acceptance of administrative licensing projects for production safety for many years. She has taken the lead in drafting policies, operational and technical documents, such as the Guiding Catalogue for the Structural Adjustment of the Chemical Industry in Yancheng City, the Opinions on the Issuance of Implementation Opinions on the Intelligent and Green Development of the Chemical Industry in the City, the Guidelines for the Preparation of Implementation Programs for the Intelligent Construction of Chemical Enterprises in Yancheng City, the Measures for the Acceptance of Automation Upgrading and Reconstruction Projects in Yancheng City, and the Rules of Assessment for the Acceptance of Automation Upgrading and Reconstruction Projects in Yancheng City, promoting the safe production, transformation and development of chemical enterprises in Yancheng City.

She is a member of the industry and information technology, environmental protection, safety experts' pool of Yancheng City.