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Board directors

Mr. Kong Dong

aged 62, is Chairman of the Company and a non-executive Director. He joined the Group in September2004. Mr. Kong graduated from Jiangxi Technology University majoring in mechanical engineering and holds the title of senior economist. Mr. Kong was Deputy General Manager of China Ocean Helicopter Company, General Manager and Secretary of the Communist Party Committee of Shenzhen Airport Group, Deputy Secretary of the Communist Party Committee of the Beijing Capital International Airport, Director-General in charge of the expansion project of the Beijing Capital International Airport, General Manager of China National Aviation Corporation (:CNAC;) and Chairman and Secretary of the Communist Party Committee of CNAC, and Vice Chairman and President of CNACG. In October 2002, he joined CNAHC as Deputy General Manager, and served as Secretary of the Communist Party Group and Deputy General Manager of CNAHC in August 2004. Mr. Kong was appointed as the acting Chairman in January 2008 and has served as General Manager and Deputy Secretary of the Communist Party Group of CNAHC, and Chairman of the Company since April 2008.

Ms. Wang Yinxiang

aged 55, is Vice Chairman of the Company and a non-executive Director. Ms. Wang joined the Group in July 1988. She graduated from Party School of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China majoring in economics and management. Ms. Wang is a senior engineer of political work and a senior flight attendant. Ms. Wang served several positions in Air China International Corporation, including Vice Captain of the in-flight service team of the Chief Flight Team, Deputy Manager of the in-flight service division, Deputy Manager of the passenger cabin service division and Deputy Secretary of the Communist Party Committee, etc. In October 2002, Ms. Wang served several positions in CNAHC, including Deputy General Manager, Head of the Disciplinary and Supervisory Committee of the Communist Party Group and Secretary of the Communist Party Committee of CNAHC. Since March 2008, Ms. Wang has been serving as Secretary of the Communist Party Group, Deputy General Manager and Secretary of the Communist Party Committee of CNAHC, and was appointed as President of the Labour Union of CNAHC from July 2003 to July 2009.

Mr. Cao Jianxiong

aged 51, is a non-executive Director. He joined the Group in June 2009. Mr. Cao holds a master degree in economics from Eastern China Normal University. He holds the title of senior economist. He was appointed as the Deputy General Manager and Chief Financial Officer of China Eastern Airlines Corporation Limited in December 1996. In September 1999, he was appointed as the Vice President of China Eastern Airlines Group Corporation. Commencing from September 2002 till December 2008, he served as Vice President and a member of Communist Party Group of China Eastern Airlines Group Corporation and was also Secretary of the Communist Party Committee of China Eastern Airlines Northwest Company from December 2002 to September 2004. From October 2006 to December 2008, he served as the President and the Deputy Party Secretary of the Communist Party Committee of China Eastern Airlines Corporation Limited. Since December 2008, Mr. Cao has been serving as the Deputy General Manager and a member of Communist Party Group of CNAHC.

Mr. Sun Yude

aged 56, is a non-executive Director. He joined the Group in October 2002. Mr. Sun graduated from China Civil Aviation Institute majoring in economic management. He started his career in China・s civil aviation industry in 1972 and served various positions as Deputy Head of CAAC Taiyuan Terminal and Head of its Ningbo Terminal, as well as General Manager of CNAC Zhejiang Airlines. In October 2002, Mr. Sun was appointed Vice President of Air China International Corporation, and concurrently took up the position of General Manager of its Zhejiang branch, and was appointed as Vice President of the Company in September 2004. Mr. Sun was appointed as Chairman in November 2004, and President and Deputy Secretary of the Communist Party Committee in December 2005, of Shandong Aviation Group Company Limited, and has also been serving as director and President of CNACG since March 2007. Mr. Sun served as Secretary of the Communist Party Committee of CNACG from April 2007 to December 2009. Since May 2009, he has been serving as Deputy General Manager and a member of the Communist Party Group of CNAHC.

Mr. Christopher Dale Pratt

aged 54, is a non-executive Director. He joined the Group in June 2006. Mr. Pratt has an honours degree in modern history from Oxford University. He joined John Swire & Sons Limited in 1978 and has worked with the Swire group in its offices in Hong Kong, Australia and Papua New Guinea. He is also Chairman of John Swire & Sons (H.K.) Limited, Swire Pacific Limited, Cathay Pacific, Hong Kong Aircraft Engineering Company Limited and Swire Properties Limited, and a director of The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited.

Mr. Sai Cheung Shiu,Ian

aged 55, is a non-executive Director. He joined the Group in October 2010. He holds a bachelor・s degree in business administration from University of Hawaii and an MBA degree from The University of Western Ontario. Mr. Shiu worked at offices of Cathay Pacific in Hong Kong, the Netherlands, Singapore and the United Kingdom. He has been a director of Cathay Pacific since October 2008. He has also been a director of Dragonair, John Swire & Sons (H.K.) Limited since July 2010. He has been serving as a director of Swire Pacific Limited since August 2010.

Mr. Cai Jianjiang

aged 47, is President of the Company and an executive Director. He joined the Group in 2001. Mr. Cai graduated from China Civil Aviation Institute majoring in aviation control and English. Mr. Cai was appointed as General Manager of Shenzhen Airlines in 1999. He joined Air China International Corporation in 2001 as Manager of its Shanghai Branch, and subsequently as Assistant to the President and Manager of the marketing department. In October 2002, he was appointed as Vice President of Air China International Corporation, and subsequently was appointed as Secretary of the Communist Party Committee and Vice President of the Company in September 2004. He has been serving as President and Deputy Secretary of the Communist Party Committee of the Company and a member of the Communist Party Group of CNAHC since February 2007. Since May 2010, he has been serving as the Chairman of Shenzhen Airlines.

Mr. Fan Cheng

aged 55, is Senior Vice President of the Company and an executive Director. He joined the Group in September 2004. Mr. Fan graduated from Nanjing Institute of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering with a major in organic fertilizer and has an MBA degree from Guanghua School of Management, Peking University. Mr. Fan is a senior accountant, senior engineer and Certified Public Accountant. Mr. Fan was appointed as Deputy General Manager of China New Technology Venture Capital Company in 1996. He started his career in China・s civil aviation industry in 2001, and served as General Manager of the corporate management department and capital management department of CNAHC in October 2002 and Chief Financial Officer of the Company in September 2004. Since October 2006, he has been serving as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company. From December 2009 to May 2010, he served as Secretary of the Communist Party Committee of Shenzhen Airlines. From March 2010 to April 2010, he served as President of Shenzhen Airlines and from March 2010 to May 2010, he served as the Chairman of Shenzhen Airlines. Since February 2011, he has been serving as Secretary of the Communist Party Committee of the Company.

Mr. Fu Yang

aged 61, has been an independent non-executive Director since June 2009. Mr. Fu previously served as Deputy director of the Economic Law Office of the National People・s Congress Law Committee, Vice President of the third, fourth and fifth sessions of the All China Lawyers Association, a specially-engaged professor of China University of Political Science and Law, an associate tutor to postgraduate students of School of Law of Tsinghua University and a specially-engaged professor of School of Law of Nankai University. He is a partner and the director of Kang Da Law Firm in Beijing. He is also an arbitrator of China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission.

Mr. Li Shuang

aged 66, has been an independent non-executive Director since October 2010. He is a professor of accounting and a tutor to doctorate students. Currently Mr. Li is a non-executive director of China Shoto plc. Mr. Li graduated from the Foreign Language Department of Beijing Normal University in 1968. In 1982, he obtained a master・s degree in economics from the Research Institute for Fiscal Science of the Ministry of Finance, and in October of the same year lectured at Central Institute of Finance & Banking (currently known as Central University of Finance and Economics) where he served various positions including the Head of the accounting department, director of the academic affair office, Dean and Vice President. From 1994 to 1997, he had been invited to the United States twice as a visiting scholar. In October 1996, he was entitled to the special allowance granted by the State Council. From 1999 to 2004, he worked as a Deputy Secretary-in-General and Adviser of the Chinese Institute of Certified Public Accountants. From May 2001 to June 2010, he served as an independent non-executive director of Da Cheng Fund Management Co., Ltd., China Minmetals Non-ferrous Metals Co. Ltd., Zhong Bao Ke Kong Investment Co., Ltd., Beijing Centergate Technologies (Holding) Co., Ltd., Shenyin & Wanguo Securities Investment Co., Ltd., Chengde Xinxin Vanadium and Titanium Co., Ltd. and Beijing Wangfujing Department Store (Group) Co., Ltd., respectively.

Mr. Han Fangming

aged 44, has been an independent non-executive Director since October 2010. Mr. Han was a member of the 10th and 11th of National Committee of CPPCC and is currently a Deputy Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of CPPCC and the convener of the Public Diplomacy Team. Graduated from Peking University with a PhD degree, he served as a researcher at the Center for Studies of World Modernization Process of Peking University and a visiting professor at Tibet University. In 1999, he joined TCL Group and was appointed as an independent nonexecutive director of TCL Multimedia Technology Holdings Limited. He has been serving as an executive director of TCL Corporation since 2006.

Mr. Yang Yuzhong

aged 67, graduated from Beijing Aeronautical Institute majoring in aircraft design and manufacturing. From July 1997 to July 2006, Mr. Yang served as the deputy general manager of China Aviation Industry Corporation I , during which period he was also the head of Chinese Aeronautical Establishment and the chairman of AVIC1 Commercial Aircraft Co., Ltd. In addition, Mr. Yang has been a consultant of Aviation Industry Corporation of China since August 2006. He served as an independent nonexecutive director of China National Materials Company Limited from June 2007 to December 2009. Mr. Yang has been an independent non-executive director of China South Locomotive & Rolling Stock Corporation Limited since December 2007 and an external director of China National Materials Group Corporation Ltd. since December 2009.