Jun Zhu is one of the co-founders of our company.　He has served as the Chairman of our board of directors and Chief Executive Officer since our inception. Prior to founding The9, Mr. Zhu co-founded Flagholder New Technology Co. Ltd., an information technology company based in China, in 1997 and served as its director from 1997 to 1999.

Xiaowei Chen has served as our President since May 2008.　Prior to joining The9, Ms. Chen served as President of CDC Games and China.com.　From August 2003 to June 2005, she was a consultant at McKinsey & Company, New York.　Prior to that, Ms. Chen served as anchor and executive producer at China Central Television (CCTV), as well as an independent TV producer.  In 2006, Ms. Chen was recognized as one of the outstanding female figures in China for her contributions to the Chinese economy.  Ms. Chen received her Ph.D. in Molecular Genetics & Biochemistry from the University of Pittsburgh.  She completed her undergraduate education at the University of Science & Technology of China.

George Lai has served as our Chief Financial Officer since July 2008. Prior to joining The9, Mr. Lai had worked at Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu since 2000. He worked in different offices in Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu including Hong Kong, New York and Beijing. During his eight years at Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, Mr. Lai played key roles in numerous IPO projects in United States and China. He also served for various public companies in Hong Kong, United States and China. Mr. Lai received his Bachelor of Business Administration majoring in Professional Accountancy from The Chinese University of Hong Kong. Mr. Lai holds various accounting professional qualifications including AICPA, ACCA and HKICPA.

Jun Yao has served as our Vice President since 2000.　Prior to joining us, he was a business development manager at Eachnet.com from January 2000 to June 2000.　From 1998 to 1999, Mr. Yao was a manager in the business technology and consulting department of Pudong Software Development Company.　Prior to that, he had worked at the Shanghai Municipal Government and Pudong New District Government from 1992 to 1998.　Mr. Yao received his Bachelor's degree from Zhejiang University.

Donglei Fang has served as our Vice President since May 2008.　Prior to joining The9, Mr. Fang served as Chief Operating Officer of CDC Games at China.com.  Mr. Fang joined China.com in November 2005 and has held various positions including Chief Technical Officer, Vice President of Operations, as well as Director of Product Channel Management.　Prior to that, Mr. Fang served at SINA.com for six years in various positions including Marketing Director for Search Division, and Channel Manager of North China.  Mr. Fang received his Bachelor Degree in Automatics from the Industrial University of Beijing in 1999.

Xudong He has served as our Vice President since 2000.　He had served at a number of positions at our company, including as the Chief Operating Officer.　Prior to joining us, Mr. He held a number of positions at PricewaterhouseCoopers in China, including senior consultant and auditor from 1995 to 2000.　Mr. He received his Bachelor's degree from Fudan University and MBA degree from Shanghai Jiao Tong University.　 Mr. He is a member of China Institute of Certified Public Accountants.

Lingdong Huang has served as our Vice President responsible for our Product Department since January 2007. Mr. Huang joined The9 in April 1999, and has held various roles within our different business units. Before his promotion, since November 2005, he served as Senior Director of our Product Department. Prior to that, Mr. Huang served as the Director of our Product Department from 2002 to 2005 and a Manager of our Editorial Planning Department from 1999 to 2002. Mr. Huang received his Bachelor's degree in Informatics from Shanghai University.

Huanxin Jiang has served as our Vice President in charge of technical operations since June 2007. Mr. Jiang joined The9 as Senior Director of technology in February 2004. Prior to joining The9, Mr. Jiang served as the Technical Consultant in Hewlett-Packard (China) Co., Limited from July 1999 to January 2004 and Technical Manager at Perfect Computer (Shanghai) Co., Limited from July 1998 to June 1999. Prior to that, he served as Engineer and Trainer at Sunjoy System Integrating Co., Limited from July 1997 to June 1998. Mr. Jiang received both his Bachelor's degree and master degree in Electronic Physics from the Fu Dan University.

Fumin (Benjamin) Lin has served as our Vice President since February 2007. Prior to joining The9, since January 2006, Mr. Lin has served as General Manager of Joypark Webstar Technology Co., Ltd. in Beijing, an affiliated company of Softstar Entertainment Inc. From October 2001 to December 2005, Mr. Lin has served various management functions at Square-Enix Webstar Inc., a joint venture between Softstar Entertainment Inc. in Taiwan and Square Enix Co., Ltd. in Japan, and led it to be the leading game developer and publisher in Asia. From October 2000 to September 2001, he had served as Assistant Vice President of Webstar Inc. in Taipei. Prior to that, Benjamin had worked as a product manager at Softstar Entertainment Inc. and Dynalab Inc. Mr. Lin is experienced in leading MMORPG operations in China. Mr. Lin received his Bachelor's degree in Arts & Advertisement from the Chinese Culture University in Taipei, Taiwan.

Swun Woo (Tony) Park has served as our Vice President since January 2007. Prior to joining The9, he served as the President of International Business of Hanbitsoft, Inc.(Hanbisoft), a leading game developer and publisher in Korea, where he established and expanded its international business.Since April 2002, he has served various management functions at Hanbitsoft, including business development, strategic planning, marketing and brand management, game studio management, localization & technical operations, joint venture management, as well as investor relations.Prior to joining Hanbitsoft, Mr. Park worked as a management consultant and a venture capitalist at Arthur D. Little and its venture fund, ADL Partners, respectively, from December 1998 to April 2002.Mr. Park received his Bachelor`s degree in Business Administration from the Korea University.

Chris Shen has served as our Vice President - Marketing since January 2006.Mr. Shen has served as our Senior Director of Marketing from August 2005 to December 2005.Prior to joining The9, he has served as Group Account Director and Account Director for several renowned advertising agencies in Shanghai and Taipei, mainly focused on servicing multinational brands of different industries, including fast-moving consumer goods, financial services and retailing.For the 13 years working in various advertising agencies, Mr. Shen successfully helped numerous local and international brands plan and execute various marketing initiatives.Bringing the successful marketing practices and experience from other fields to our company, Mr. Shen now leads the marketing & public relations teams of The9.Mr. Shen received his bachelor's degree in management science from the National Chiao Tung University in Taiwan.

Yong Wang has served as our Vice President overseeing our Sales and Customer Services Departments since January 2007. Since May 2005, Mr. Wang served as the Senior Director of our Customer Service Department. From December 2001 to April 2005, he served as the Director of our Sales Department and led our sales department in strengthening the national distribution network for our pre-paid game cards. Prior to joining The9, Mr. Wang worked as a business development manager at East Asia International Trader Company from 1999 to 2000, and a supervisor of general business department at East Assets Trading Co., Ltd. from 1992 to 1999. Mr. Wang graduated from the Shanghai Mechanical College.

Davin Alexander Mackenzie Mr. Davin A. Mackenzie, aged 45, is an independent non-executive director of the Company.　He has a bachelor degree of arts from Dartmouth College, a master degree of business administration from The Wharton School, and a master degree of arts in international studies from the University of Pennsylvania.　Mr. Mackenzie also attended the World Bank Executive Development Program at Harvard Business School in 1999.　Mr. Mackenzie is the managing director and the Beijing representative of Peak Capital, a private equity and advisory firm.　Prior to this, Mr. Mackenzie was with the World Bank Group's International Finance Corporation ("IFC") for seven years from 1993 to 2000.　During the last four years with the IFC, Mr. Mackenzie was its resident representative in the PRC.　 While with the IFC, Mr. Mackenzie spearheaded the corporation's activities in indigenous private sector financing, state owned enterprise restructuring, western province investment and financial sector development and oversaw the growth of IFC's PRC portfolio of over 40 investments of approximately US$1.2 billion in commitments.　He also led a number of advisory initiatives with the PRC government including projects related to foreign direct investment, private infrastructure and domestic private sector development.　 Prior to the IFC, Mr. Mackenzie worked for Mercer Management Consulting in Washington, the US.　He is currently Chair of the Board of Governors of the Western Academy of Beijing and is on the management committee and the former chairman of Sports Beijing.　He is also an independent non-executive director of AsiaInfo Holdings, Inc.,Chia Hsin Cement Greater China Holding Corporation, Enerchina Holdings Limited, and Sinolink Worldwide Holdings Limited.

Cheung Kin Au-Yeung joined Morningside Group (“Morningside”) in 1996 to oversee its PRC portfolio operations. While with Morningside, he served on the board of directors of Media Partners International Holdings Inc. from June 2001 to November 2005 and was seconded to Sohu.com as Chief Operating Officer from July 1999 to December 1999. Mr. Au-Yeung has over twenty-two years of operating experience in mainland China, and prior to joining Morningside, he ran the greater China operations of several multinational companies for more than sixteen years as general manager. Mr. Au-Yeung holds an MBA and an M.S. in Physics from Indiana University.

Chao Y. Wang is a member of our board of directors and a member of our audit committee.　 Mr. Wang is the founding partner and Chief Executive Officer of ChinaEquity Investment Co., a China-based independent venture capital firm which focuses on the technology, media and telecommunications sectors in Greater China.　Before founding ChinaEquity in 1999, Mr. Wang had spent 12 years in the investment banking and financial services industry with Chase, Standard & Poors, Morgan Stanley and the China Development Bank.　 During that time, he headed Morgan Stanley's Beijing operation for three years.　Mr. Wang presently serves on the board of directors of several companies including Rising Tech Co., Longshine Info. Futong Tech Co., ChinaCast Information Co., Ltd. and ChinaEagle Holding Co. Mr. Wang has won several venture capital awards in China, serves as an advisor to several government funds and organizations and is a member of the Board of Governors and the Secretary General of China Venture Capital Association.　 Mr. Wang holds a Bachelor's degree from Huazhong University of Science and Technology and an MBA degree from Rutgers University.　Mr. Wang has also attended the Senior Executive Program of Harvard University and Tsinghua University.

Ka Keung Yeung is the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Phoenix Satellite Television Holdings Limited in charge of corporate finance and administration.　 He is also the Company Secretary and Qualified Accountant of Phoenix Satellite Television Holdings Limited.　Mr. Yeung joined Phoenix in March 1996 and has been in charge of all of Phoenix 's internal and external financial management and arrangements as well as the supervision of administration and personnel matters.　Mr. Yeung graduated from the University of Birmingham and remained in the United Kingdom until 1992 after obtaining his qualification as a chartered accountant.　Upon returning to Hong Kong , he worked at Hutchison Telecommunications and STAR in the field of finance and business development.