Shengwen Rong

Independent Director

Shengwen Rong has been serving as an independent director and the chairperson of our audit committee since March 1, 2022. Mr. Rong is also a member of our compensation committee and corporate governance and nominating committee. Mr. Rong currently serves as an independent director and chairman of the audit committees of the following public companies: Cheche Group Inc. (Nasdaq: CCG), Vision Deal HK. Acquisition Corp. (SEHK: 7827), 51 Talk Online Education Group (NYSE: COE), MOGU Inc. (NYSE: MOGU), and X Financial (NYSE: XYF), and as an independent director and member of the audit committee of Qudian Inc. (NYSE: QD). From February 2017 to September 2018, Mr. Rong served as the senior vice president and chief financial officer at Yixia Technology Co., Ltd. Prior to that, he served as the chief financial officer at Quixey, Inc. from 2015 to 2016, the chief financial officer at UCWeb from 2012 to 2014, and the chief financial officer at Country Style Cooking Restaurant Chain Co., Ltd, an NYSE-listed company from 2010 to 2012. Mr. Rong received a bachelor’s degree in international finance from Renmin University in 1991, a master’s degree in accounting from West Virginia University in 1996, and an MBA degree from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business in 2000. Mr. Rong is a Certified Public Accountant in the United States.