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Mr. Bin Luo has served as a senior vice president and the head of our college student and adult education business since October 2023. Mr. Luo joined us in 2014, at the time of our incorporation. Mr. Luo has extensive experience in education, marketing and user growth. Prior to joining us, Mr. Luo served as a senior technology manager at Baidu from 2007 to 2014. Mr. Luo received his bachelor's degree in computer science and technology and his master's degree in signal and information processing from Beijing Jiaotong University in 2003 and 2007, respectively. Mr. Luo is currently pursuing an executive MBA at China Europe International Business School. Mr. Bin Luo, Senior Vice President of the Company, has been promoted to Chief Operating Officer with effect from 13th May 2026.

Ms. Yao joined the Company in April 2020 and has successively held leadership roles across multiple positions within the Internal Audit Department and the Finance Department since joining the Company. Prior to joining the Company, Ms. Yao served as a manager at PricewaterhouseCoopers from October 2012 to April 2020. Ms. Yao received her bachelor's degrees in environmental engineering and business administration from Beijing Institute of Technology in 2012 and her MBA degree from Tsinghua University in 2024.

Mr. Xu joined the Company in March 2024 as Head of Strategy. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Xu served as general manager of the group strategy and innovation center of Dima Group Holdings Co., Ltd. from 2017 to 2024, and worked at McKinsey & Company from 2011 to 2014 and from 2016 to 2017. Mr. Xu received his bachelor's degree from Tsinghua University in 2011 and his MBA degree from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in 2016.

Mr. Hao Sun has served as our director since April 2025. Mr. Sun has also been a Tenured Associate Professor in the Gaoling School of Artificial Intelligence at Renmin University of China since September 2021. Previously, Mr. Sun held Tenure-Track Assistant Professor positions at the Northeastern University, Boston from 2018 to 2021, and at the University of Pittsburgh from 2017 to 2018. Mr. Sun received his bachelor's degree in civil engineering from Hohai University in 2010, his master's and Ph.D. degrees in engineering mechanics from Columbia University in 2011 and 2014, respectively, and completed his postdoctoral training at MIT during 2014 to 2017. Mr. Sun's research focuses on interdisciplinary AI with applications spanning science, engineering, and education. Mr. Sun has authored 80 peer-reviewed publications in top-tier journals such as Nature Machine Intelligence and Nature Communications, as well as leading AI conferences including ICLR, NeurIPS, and KDD.

Ms. Jin Cui has served as our director since September 2021. Ms. Cui has extensive experience in public accounting. Ms. Cui served as a partner at Deloitte Beijing from 2000 to 2018 and as a partner at Zhonggongxin Certified Public Accountants from 1994 to 2000. Ms. Cui was also the chief financial officer of Youshi Contact Lens Co., Ltd. from 1991 to 1994, and had seven years of working experience at Zhonghua Certified Public Accountants. Ms. Cui received her bachelor's degree in accounting from Beijing Technology and Business University. Ms. Cui is a Certified Public Accountant in China and is among the first batch of senior members of the Chinese Institute of Certified Public Accountants.

Mr. Yiming Hu has served as our director since June 2019. Mr. Hu has served as the chairman of the board of directors of Dongfang Beidou Technology (Beijing) Co., Ltd., a provider of navigation and positions products, since April 2018, and has been responsible for its strategic planning, organization and implementation. From March 2006 to May 2016, Mr. Hu held various positions at Ping An Trust Co., Ltd., including serving as project manager, general manager of the Beijing branch, and general manager of the private wealth division. Before joining Ping An Trust, Mr. Hu was a researcher at the Beijing Center for International Economic Research from July 1998 to March 2006, responsible for domestic and foreign macroeconomic tracking, analysis and research. Mr. Hu received his bachelor's degree in political science and law from Xinyang Normal College in 1993 and his master's degree in international economics from Renmin University of China in 1998.

Mr. Larry Xiangdong Chen is our founder and has served as the chairman of our board of directors and our chief executive officer since our incorporation. Prior to founding our company, Mr. Chen served as the executive president of New Oriental Education & Technology Group Inc. (NYSE: EDU), or New Oriental Education, from November 2010 to January 2014. Mr. Chen joined New Oriental in 1999. He was promoted to be senior vice president in January 2006, and from 2001 to January 2002 he served as executive assistant to the chief executive officer of New Oriental Education. From 2002 to 2003, Mr. Chen was the president of Wuhan New Oriental School. Mr. Chen was promoted to vice president in September 2003, and in this capacity was in charge of a number of departments at New Oriental Education's headquarters, including its short-term training system, human resources, marketing and public relations and business development. Mr. Chen received his master's and Ph.D. degrees in economics from Renmin University of China. Mr. Chen completed the General Manager Program at Harvard Business School in 2005.