CMPort appointed Wang Xiufeng as the Vice Chairman of the Board and CEO, Yim Kong as Managing Director

The Board of Directors (the “Board”) of China Merchants Port Holdings  Company Limited (“CMPort” or the “Company”, HKSE Code: 00144) announces that with effect from 3 November 2021, Mr. Wang Xiufeng has been redesignated from the Managing Director of the Company to the Vice Chairman of the Board and the Chief Executive Officer of the Company. At the same time, Mr. Yim Kong has been appointed as an Executive Director and the Managing Director of the Company; Mr. Tu Xiaoping has been appointed as the Chief Financial Officer of the Company; and Mr. Zhang Yiming has been appointed as the Deputy General Manager of the Company.

Wang Xiufeng - Vice Chairman of the Board and the CEO

Mr. Wang Xiufeng has been appointed as executive director and managing director of the Company since August 2021. He is vice chairman of the board of director and CEO of China Merchants Port Group Co., Ltd.. He is a senior accountant and senior engineer, graduated from Northeast University with a bachelor’s degree in industrial accounting, and obtained master’s degree in business administration from Tsinghua University. He has served as the chairman and general manager of China Merchants Expressway Network & Technology Holdings Co., Ltd., the chief financial officer of China Merchants Huajian Expressway Investment Co., Ltd. a director of Xingyun Digital Clustering (Beijing) Technology Co., Ltd., the vice chairman of Shandong Expressway Holdings Co., Ltd, a director of Henan Zhongyuan Expressway Holdings Co., Ltd, a director of Anhui Expressway Holdings Co., Ltd, the vice president of Metallurgical Corporation of China Ltd., the chairman of MCC Jingtang Construction Co., Ltd., and the general Manager of MCC 22nd Metallurgical Construction Company.

Yim Kong - Executive Director and the Managing Director

Mr. Yim Kong, currently serves as the chief operational officer and general manager of China Merchants Port Group Co., Ltd., graduated from International Trade at Xiamen University with a bachelor’s degree in economics, he went on to complete an MBA program cocreated by the Maastricht School of Management (Maastricht, the Netherlands) and Shanghai Maritime University. Mr. Yim has rich managerial experience in the port and logistics industries. He served as the chief representative of the representative office of China Merchants Group Limited in Central Asia and the Baltic Sea and the general manager of China-Belarus Industrial Park. He also served as the deputy general manager of China Merchants Port Group Co., Ltd. and the chief commercial officer and deputy general manager of the Company as well as the commercial director, deputy general manager, standing deputy general manager and general manager of Shekou Container Terminals Limited, a subsidiary of the Company, and worked for senior logistics management positions in Neptune Orient Lines (NOL) of Singapore and Swire Group of Hong Kong.

Tu Xiaopeng - CFO

Mr. Tu Xiaopeng held a Bachelor’s degree in financial accounting of water economics which was granted by the Shanghai Maritime University, and subsequently received a Master’s degree in investment management from Zhongnan University of Economics and Law during his employment. Mr. Tu has over 30 years of working experience in the enterprise management and financial management. He served as the general manager of China Yangtze Shipping Group Co., Ltd., vice general manager and chief financial officer of China Merchants Logistics Group Co., Ltd., managing director of finance department of China Merchants Shekou Industrial Zone Co., Ltd. and vice general manager and chief financial officer of China Merchants Venture Co. Ltd. before joining the Company.

Zhang Yiming - Deputy General Manager

Mr. Zhang Yiming graduated from Tianjin University with a bachelor’s degree in inorganic non-metallic materials engineering and a master’s degree in engineering, and subsequently obtained a doctorate degree in management from system analysis and management at Dalian University of Technology. He served as the chairman of Dalian Port Corporation Limited and Dalian Port (PDA) Company Limited (now known as Liaoning Port Co., Ltd.), the vice general manager of Liaoning Port Group Limited and deputy director of the Dalian Electric Porcelain Factory. He also was appointed as the director’s assistant of the Dalian Mechanical & Industrial Department of the Electric Equipment Industrial Management Bureau, the director’s assistant and deputy director of the Dalian Economic and Trade Committee of the Dalian Municipal Government, the deputy secretary-general of the People’s Government of Dalian Municipality, the mayor of the Liaoning Pulandian Municipal People’s Government, the deputy director of the Committee’s Management Board of Dalian Puwan New Area, the director (secretary) of the Dalian Economic and Information Technology Committee (Dalian Municipal Small and Medium Enterprises Bureau).