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Zuosheng ("Henry") Yu
CEO, Chairman & Director of the Board

Since April 2003, Mr. Yu has been an active member of China APEC (Asia Pacific Economic Co-operation) Development Council. Since April 2009, Mr. Yu has been Executive Vice President of China Chamber of Metallurgical Industry. In early 2010, Mr. Yu took the lead and established Association of U.S. Listed Chinese Companies (AUCC) and became President of the Association.

Mr. Yu is a member of Tianjin People’s Political Consultative Conference. Mr. Yu graduated in 1985 from Sciences and Engineering Institute, Tianjin, China. In 1994，Mr. Yu received the title of “Senior Economist” from the Committee of Science and Technology of Tianjin City.

John Chen
Director & Chief Financial Officer

Prior to becoming Chief Financial Officer for General Steel Holdings, Mr. Chen was Senior Accountant with Moore Stephens Wurth Frazer and Torbet, LLP, Los Angeles California from August 1997 to July 2003. Mr. Chen graduated in 1992 with a bachelor of science degree from Norman Bethune University of Medical Science in Jiling province, China. Mr. Chen furthered his education at California State Polytechnic University, in Pomona California receiving his B.S. degree in Accounting in 1997. He became a California licensed CPA in 2002.

Xiaozeng Xu
Director

Mr. Xu, Director and General Manager of Longmen Joint Venture. Mr. Xu joined us in August 2007. He is currently the General Manager of Shaanxi Longmen Iron and Steel Co., Ltd. For more than 20 years, Mr. Xu has been working at Shaanxi Longmen Iron and Steel Group in various positions, including Deputy Director of Iron Making Factory and Dirctor of Sales Department. Mr. Xu obtained an MBA from Xi’an Jiaotong University in 1996.

Angela He
Independent Director

Angel He currently serves as the Chief Financial Officer of Aero Technology in Long Beach, California and as an SEC reporting and accounting advisor to various U.S. publicly traded and private companies. From 2006 to 2007, she served as Senior Audit Manager for PricewaterhouseCoopers in Los Angeles. From 2003 to 2006 she served as Senior Auditor for Moore Stephens Wurth Frazer and Torbet, LLP (now known as Frazer Frost LLP). Ms. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts from California State University at Fullerton. She is a California Certified Public Accountant.

Yongtao Si
Independent Director

Yongtao Si currently serves as the Vice Deputy Director of the Inner Mongolian Autonomous Region State-Owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission (SASAC), a special commission of the People's Republic of China, directly under the State Council responsible for managing China's state-owned enterprises, including appointing top executives, approving any mergers or sales of stock or assets, and drafting laws related to state-owned enterprises. He has served in this position since April 2010. From 2000 to April 2010, he worked for Baotou Iron and Steel Group Co., Ltd., in the Inner Mongolian Autonomous Region in various senior management positions including General Manger, Director and Chairman. Since February 2010, he has served as Vice President of China Iron and Steel Association (CISA), a national, non-profit organization founded in 1999 on the basis of China Metallurgical Enterprise Management Association. Mr. Si graduated from Beijing Science and Technology University with a degree in steel production.

Wenbing ("Chris") Wang
Independent Director

Chris Wang was elected as an Independent Director in November 2007. He is currently the President of Fushi Copperweld, Inc., a NASDAQ listed company. From November 2004 to March 2005, Mr. Wang was Executive Vice President at Redwood Capital. From September 2002 through November 2004, Mr. Wang was an Assistant Vice President in the portfolio management department at Century Investment Corporation and before that, in 2001, was a summer associate with the Credit Suisse First Boston investment banking team in Hong Kong. Mr. Wang received a degree in English from Beijing University of Science and Technology in 1994 and a MBA in Finance and Corporate Accounting from the University of Rochester in New York in 2002.

James Hu
Independent Director

James Hu brings 10 years experience in corporate finance and management. He is currently head of credit analysis at Standard Chartered Bank (China) Limited, where he manages risk assessment on large Chinese SOEs and private companies. Mr. Hu was a senior auditor with Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu in the U.S. before moving on to hold management positions at both U.S. and China-based firms. Mr. Hu has significant experience in M&A analysis and Sarbanes-Oxley implementation. He obtained a Master’s degree in Business Administration from the Darden Graduate School at the University of Virginia and a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from the University of California at Berkeley. He is a California licensed Certified Public Accountant (“CPA”).

Qinghai Du
Independent Director

Qinghai Du is a General Engineer for the Beijing Industrial Design and Research Institute. In the past forty years, he has been Chief Engineer and Section Chief at both Baotou Design and Research Institute of Iron and Steel and the Design Institute of Capital Iron and Steel. He holds four patents for elements of blast furnace design. He has led and participated in the design of 20 steel mill projects in China and India. Qinghai Du received his Bachelor’s degree in Iron and Steel Metallurgy from the Beijing University of Science and Technology, formerly known as Beijing University of Iron and Steel Technology, in 1963.

Zhongkui Cao
Independent Director

Zhongkui Cao is currently the Chairman of Baogang United Steel, the Shanghai Stock Exchange publicly traded subsidiary of Baotou Iron and Steel Group, one of China's leading State-owned Enterprise (“SOE”) steel companies. He has been recognized by the China Securities Regulatory Commission (“CSRC”) and the State-owned assets supervision and administration of Inner Mongolia for his contributions to Baogang United Steel. Previously, Mr. Cao was President and Chairman of the Board at Baotou Metallurgy Machinery State-owned Asset Management Co., where he successfully reorganized and restructured 46 large and medium-sized state-owned enterprises in Inner Mongolia. Mr. Cao graduated from Baotou University of Iron and Steel Technology with a bachelor’s degree in 1974.