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On November 30, 2007, Zhenyong Liu became a member of the Board of Directors and was appointed Chairman of the Board of Directors. Mr. Liu has also served as the Company's Chief Executive Officer since November 16, 2007. Mr. Liu also serves as Chairman of Hebei Baoding Orient Paper Milling Company Limited, a position he has held since 1996. Hebei Baoding Orient Paper Milling Company Limited is the Chinese operating subsidiary of Dongfang Zhiye Holding Limited, which entity was acquired by our Company under the merger transaction previously reported by Orient Paper in its Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on November 2, 2007. From 1990 to 1996, he served as Plant Director of Xinxin Paper Milling Factory. Mr. Liu served as General Manager of Xushui Town Huandong electronic appliances procurement station from 1986 to 1990 and as Vice Plant Director of Liuzhuang Casting Factory from 1982 to 1986.
On November 30, 2007, Chen Li became a member of the Board of Directors. Since 2005, Chen Li has also served as Deputy Secretary of the Bureau of Justice of Xushui Town. Previously, he was Deputy Secretary of Bureau of Technical Supervision of Xushui Town from 1994 to 2005, Head of the Office of Agricultural Commission of Xushui Town from 1989 to 1994, and Vice Minister of the Armed Forces of Xushui Town from 1985 to 1989. From 1979 to 1985, Mr. Li served in the army of the People's Republic of China.
On November 30, 2007, Fuzeng Liu became a member of the Board of Directors. Mr. Liu also serves as Vice General Manager of Hebei Baoding Orient Paper Milling Company Limited, a position he has held since 2002. Hebei Baoding Orient Paper Milling Company Limited is the Chinese operating subsidiary of Dongfang Zhiye Holding Limited. Previously, he was Deputy Secretary of Xushui Town Traffic Bureau from 1992 to 2002, Party Secretary of Xushui Town Dayin Village from 1988 to 1992, and Head of the Xushui Town Cuizhuang Village from 1984 to 1984. From 1977 to 1984, Mr. Liu served in committee office of Xushui Town. From 1970 to 1977, Mr. Liu served in the Pharmaceutical Company of Xushui Town.
On November 30, 2007, Xiaodong Liu became a member of the Board of Directors. Mr. Liu also serves as General Manager of Hebei Baoding Orient Paper Milling Company Limited, a position he has held since 2002. Hebei Baoding Orient Paper Milling Company Limited is the Chinese operating subsidiary of Dongfang Zhiye Holding Limited. He previously was at Hebei Baoding Orient Paper Milling Company Limited from 2000 to 2002 and at Hebei Province Oil Investigation Design Institute from 1998 to 2000.
Effective May 1, 2009, the Company appointed Winston C. Yen as the Company's chief financial officer. Mr. Yen, age 41, is a partner at ACCellence, LLP, a Los Angeles, California public accounting firm that he founded in December 2005. Previously, he served as a partner of the accounting firm of Harry C. Lin, CPA, APC in City of Industry, California from 2001 to 2005. Mr. Yen served as a manager at Moss Adams, LLP from 2000 to 2001 and was an audit/tax supervising senior at CBIZ from 1997 to 1999. He received a Bachelor's degree in Accounting from the National Chengchi University in Taiwan in 1990 and a Master's degree in Accounting Science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1994.
Dahong Zhou was appointed as our Secretary on November 16, 2007. Dahong Zhou also serves as Executive Manager of Hebei Baoding Orient Paper Milling Company Limited, a position she has held since 2006. Hebei Baoding Orient Paper Milling Company Limited is the Chinese operating subsidiary of Dongfang Zhiye Holding Limited, which entity was acquired by our Company under the Merger Transaction reported in our Current Report filed November 2, 2007.