On 18 April 2006, Mr. Cao Yunshi retired as the Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Company Secretary of the Company and Mr. Victor Zhikai Gao was appointed as the Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Company Secretary of the Company on the same day.
On 24 May 2006, Dr. Kenneth S. Courtis retired as an Independent Non-executive Director of the Company at the annual general meeting of the Company pursuant to article 97 of the Articles of Association of the Company, and Dr. Edgar W.K. Cheng was elected as an Independent Non-executive Director of the Company by the shareholders at the annual general meeting of the Company on the same day.