Mr. Cui Zhixiong, aged 57, the Chairman and an executive director of the Company, graduated as a postgraduate from the Party School of the Central Committee of the CPC (中央黨校) majoring in Global Economics and had an EMBA degree from Nankai University. From December 1976 to November 1989, he served as an army officer. From November 1989 to February 1993, he worked in the National Government Offices Administration (國家機關事務管理局) and held positions as a deputy secretary and secretary of the Communist Youth League Committee of the State Organs of the CPC. From February 1993 to April 2004, he served as a director of general office, in the League Committee of the Central Government Departments (中央國家機關團委), a deputy secretary and secretary in the League and Working Committee (團工委), and chairman of the State Organs Youth Federation of the CPC (中央國家機關青年聯合會). Mr. Cui served temporary positions as deputy secretary-general of Gansu Provincial Committee and Deputy Secretary of Municipal Committee of Jiayuguan, Gansu Province from November 2001 to October 2003. He has been the party secretary of China TravelSky Holding Company (a promoter of the Company) since April 2004 and served as a deputy general manager of China TravelSky Holding Company from April 2004 to June 2008. Since August 2008, he has been the Party Secretary of the Company. Since October 2008, Mr. Cui served as an executive director of the third session of the Board of the Company. Since March 2010, Mr. Cui served as an executive director of the fourth session of the Board of the Company. Since June 2013, Mr. Cui has served as an executive director of the fifth session of the Board of the Company, and has been re-appointed as a member of the Strategic Committee and the Executive Committee. Since December 2014, Mr. Cui has exercised the powers of the Chairman, and served as the chief member of the Nomination Committee, the Strategic Committee and the Executive Committee. From December 2015 to December 2017, he served as a general manager of China TravelSky Holding Company. Since March 31, 2016, Mr. Cui has been appointed as the Chairman of the Company. Since October 2016, Mr. Cui has been re-appointed as an executive director of the sixth session of the Board of the Company, and re-appointed as the chief member of the Nomination Committee and Strategic Committee. Since December 2017, he served as chairman and general manager of China TravelSky Holding Company Limited. Since January 2018, he was elected to be a member of the thirteenth National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference. China TravelSky Holding Company Limited has interests in the shares of the Company which would fall to be disclosed to the Company under the provisions of Divisions 2 and 3 of Part XV of the SFO, and Mr. Cui is a director of China TravelSky Holding Company Limited.