Age 63, Executive Director and Chairman of the Company, in charge of the overall management of the Company, joined the Board of Directors of the Company (the "Board") in July 2011. Mr. Xi is also the Secretary of the CPC Committee and Chairman of China Mobile Communications Corporation ("CMCC"), and Chairman of CMC. Mr. Xi formerly served as Deputy Director General of the Telegraph Bureau, Deputy Director of the Telecommunications Division, Director General of the Long-Distance Telecommunications Bureau and Deputy Chief Engineer and Deputy Director General of the Posts and Telecommunications Administration of Shanghai. Mr. Xi also served as Deputy Director General of the Directorate General of Telecommunications of the former Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications, Chairman and Executive Vice President of Shanghai Bell Company Limited, Vice Minister of the Ministry of Information Industry ("MII"), President of China Network Communications Group Corporation, Vice Minister of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, Vice Chairman of CMCC, CMC and the Company. Mr. Xi has not held any other directorships in any listed public companies in the last three years. Mr. Xi graduated from the Department of Electrical Engineering of Hefei University of Technology in 1977, and received a Master of Management degree in economics and management from Shanghai Jiaotong University and a Doctor of Management degree from the School of Economics and Management of Tongji University. Mr. Xi is a professor-level senior engineer and has extensive experience in telecommunications management, operations and technology.