Board of Directors

Mr. Kong has served as our Chairman of the board of directors and Chief Executive Officer since January 2021. Mr. Kong has approximately 13 years of experience in business and corporate management. Mr. Kong currently also serves as Chairman of the board of Hangzhou Haowei Yunlian Technology Co., Ltd., a company listed on PRC National Equities Exchange and Quotations under the stock code 838316. Mr. Kong served as a Co-chairman of the board of Canaan Inc. (NASDAQ: CAN), a leading provider of supercomputing solutions, from May 2018 to July 2020. Mr. Kong received a Bachelor’s degree in Law from Wenzhou University in June 2008 and a Master’s degree from Tsinghua University in July 2019.

Mr. Sun has served as our Vice Chairman of the board of directors since January 2021. Mr. Sun currently also serves as a Director of Hangzhou Haowei Yunlian Technology Co., Ltd. He used to serve as a Director of Canaan Inc. from May 2018 to July 2020, overseeing and managing the sales and marketing activities.

Mr. Hu has served as our Director and Chief Executive Officer of Zhejiang Haowei since February 2021. Mr. Hu has over ten years of experience in the semiconductor industry. Prior to that, Mr. Hu had served as a validation Manager at Trident Multi-Media Technology Co. from August 2010 to April 2012 and then at Entropic Shangmin Communication Technology Co. until November 2014. Mr. Hu received a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering and Automation from East China University of Science and Technology in July 2003 and a Master’s degree in Electronic and Communication Engineering from Shanghai Jiao Tong University in March 2013.

Mr. Zhu has served as our Independent Director since July 2022. Mr. Zhu has been serving as Chairman of the Committee of Academic and Technological Affairs at the Digital Alliance Institute of Digital Finance Research and Chairman of the Committee of Academic and Technological Affairs at Beijing Chuangyan Digital Technology Limited since 2021 and 2018, respectively. Mr. Zhu obtained an MBA degree from Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1995 and a Ph.D. degree in Economics from the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences in 1988.

Ms. Zhang has served as our Independent Director since July 2022. Ms. Zhang has approximately 13 years of experience in accounting, investment and business management. She joined Huobi Technology Co., Ltd., a company listed on the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong (HKEX: 1611), in August 2020, and has been serving as Executive Director at the said company since December 2021. Prior to that, Ms. Zhang had served as Vice President at Canaan Inc. (NASDAQ: CAN) from March 2018 to August 2020, Vice President and Secretary of the board at Hangzhou Shunwang Technology Co., Ltd., a company listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange (SZ: 300113), from May 2014 to August 2017, a Senior Manager at the acquisition and financing department of Guotai Junan Securities from November 2012 to May 2014, and a Senior Auditor at PricewaterhouseCoopers Zhong Tian LLP from October 2009 to September 2012. Ms. Zhang received a Bachelor’s degree and a Master’s degree in Automobile Engineering from Tsinghua University in 2006 and 2008, respectively. She also received an EMBA from Peking University in July 2019.

Ms. Xie has served as our Independent Director since July 2022. Ms. Xie has spent 18 years in lecturing and teaching since she joined the Law School of Wenzhou University in July 2004 and is currently an Associate Professor at the school. She served as a Deputy Director of the research office of the Intermediate People’s Court of Wenzhou City from December 2016 to December 2017. Ms. Xie received a Bachelor’s degree and a Master’s degree in Law from Zhongnan University of Economics and Law in China in 2001 and 2004, respectively. She also received a Doctor’s degree in law from China University of Political Science and Law in June 2015.