GAO Ping, born in 1971, is a qualified accountant and has a bachelor degree in economics majoring in accountancy from Changsha Institute of Electric Power (now known as the Changsha University of Science and Technology) and an Executive Master of Business Administration degree from Peking University. Mr. GAO previously served as a director and the general manager of Jilin Electric Power Co., Ltd (a company listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange), a deputy director of Planning and Finance Department and a deputy general manager of Analysis and Evaluation Department, a director of Accounting and Tax Management Division of SPIC, a deputy general manager and the chief financial officer of SPIC Yunnan International Power Investment Co., Ltd., and the chief of finance and tax related divisions of Wu Ling Power. He joined the Group in 2021.