Mr. Qi Liang, aged 46, was appointed as the Executive Director and Vice President of the Company on 20 June 2008. He was also appointed as the Member of each Nomination Committee and Remuneration Committee of the Company.

Mr. Qi was also appointed as the Director of APT Satellite Company Limited, APT Satellite Investment Company Limited, Acme Star Investment Limited, APT Satellite Telewell Limited, APT Satellite Vision Limited, APT Satellite TV Development Limited, Skywork Corporation, APT Telecom Services Limited, APT Satellite Global Company Limited, APT Satellite Enterprise Limited and APT Satellite Link Limited, Middle East Ventures Limited and Haslett Investments Limited, subsidiaries of the Company. He was also appointed as the Director of APT Satellite Telecommunications Limited, a jointly controlled entity between a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company and one of the shareholders of APT Satellite International Company Limited (“APT International”), the substantial shareholder of the Company. Mr. Qi was also appointed as the Director of APT International.

Mr. Qi graduated from the Beijing College of Finance and Commerce in Finance major in 1986. He has been the Post-graduate of Monetary and Banking, Finance Department from the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences since 1998 and accredited as Senior Economist. Currently, he is the Deputy Chief Accountant for China Satellite Communications Corporation (“ChinaSat”) and the Director of CASIL Clearing Limited.   ChinaSat and CASIL Clearing Limited are the holding company of one of the shareholders of APT International and the affiliated company of one of the shareholder of APT International, the substantial shareholder of the Company, respectively.

Mr. Qi had been working for the Official of the Finance Department of Beijing Planning Committee during the period from 1986 to 1988; he had been the Assistant Economist of the Finance Department of National Agriculture Investment Co., the Economist of the Finance and Equipment Planning Bureau of the Supreme Court, the Economist of the Beijing Stocks Department of China Rural Development Trust & Investment Co. during the period from 1988 to 1994; he had been the assistant to the director, deputy director, vice manager of the Administration Department, vice president of the Chang’an Avenue Division and Wanshou Road Division, president, and senior economist of the China Merchants Bank Beijing Branch during the period from 1994 to 2004; he had been the Assistant to the President, and concurrently the General Manager of the Finance Department of China Aerospace International Holdings Limited.