Mr. Qi Liang, aged 49, has been appointed as the Executive Director and Vice President of the Company since 20 June 2008. Mr. Qi is also the member of each Nomination Committee and Remuneration Committee of the Company. Mr. Qi graduated from the Beijing College of Finance and Commerce in Finance major in 1986. He has been the Postgraduate 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 Company Limited (“China Satcom”). China Satcom is a shareholder of APT Satellite International Company Limited (“APT International”), a substantial shareholder of the Company. Since 1986, Mr. Qi had worked consecutively for the Beijing Planning Committee; the National Agriculture Investment Co.; the Supreme Court; the China Rural Development Trust & Investment Co.; and the China Merchants Bank Beijing Branch. He had been the Assistant to the President, and the General Manager of the Finance Department of China Aerospace International Holdings Limited during the period from 2004 to April 2008. Mr. Qi is also 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, Middle East Ventures Limited, APT Telecom Services Limited, APT Satellite Global Company Limited, APT Satellite Enterprise Limited, APT Satellite Link Limited and Haslett Investments Limited, subsidiaries of the Company, and the Chairman of APT Communication Technology Development (Shenzhen) Company Limited, a subsidiary of the Company. Mr. Qi is also the Director of APT International.