GF Securities Co., Ltd. announced that as previously disclosed, the appointment of Mr. Yin Zhongxing ("Mr. Yin") as the secretary to the Board and joint company secretary of the Company is subject to his passing of the qualification test for senior management of securities firms and the Stock Exchange ' s waiver from the qualifications for appointment as company secretary. Recently, the Company received Mr. Yin's certificate of passing the qualification test for senior management of securities firms. Mr. Yin has officially assumed the duties of secretary to the Board and joint company secretary of the Company since July 12, 2024. Mr. Yin Zhongxing was appointed as the secretary of the Board, joint company secretary of the Company and securities affairs representative on May 2024 and has officially assumed duties since July 2024.

His primary working experiences include: senior research assistant of Beijing Institute of Securities and Futures from July 2013 to August 2015, senior research assistant and member of the labor union of China Institute of Finance and Capital Markets from August 2015 to August 2017, assistant researcher, deputy secretary and secretary of the Youth League Committee of China Institute of Finance and Capital Markets from August 2017 to July 2020, and executive director of the Strategic Development Department since joining the Company in August 2020 and general manager of the office of the Board of the Company since September 2022. Mr. Yin obtained a bachelor's degree in engineering from Beijing Forestry University in July 2010 and a master's degree in economics from Peking University in January 2014.