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Air China Limited's Board resolved on September 18, 2025, to propose the appointment of Mr. Liu Tiexiang as an executive Director. This proposed appointment requires approval by the Company's shareholders at a forthcoming meeting. Mr. Liu, aged 59, will not receive any remuneration for serving in this role.
| Date | 19 Sept 2025 |
| Time | 07:00:04 |
| Category | Board changes |
| ID | 0078A |
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中國國際航空股份有限公司
AIR CHINA LIMITED
(a joint stock limited company incorporated in the People's Republic of China with limited liability)
(Stock Code: 00753)
PROPOSED APPOINTMENT OF EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
The board (the "Board") of directors ("Director(s)") of Air China Limited (the "Company") announces that, the Board resolved on 18 September 2025 to propose the appointment of Mr. Liu Tiexiang (劉鐵祥) ("Mr. Liu") as an executive Director. The proposed appointment of Mr. Liu is subject to the approval by the shareholders of the Company ("Shareholder(s)") at a shareholders' meeting of the Company. Mr. Liu will enter into a service contract with the Company for serving as an executive Director for a term commencing on the date of approval by the Shareholders of his appointment and ending on the expiry of the term of the current session of the Board. Mr. Liu will not receive any remuneration for his serving as an executive Director.
The biographical details of Mr. Liu are as follows:
Mr. Liu Tiexiang, aged 59, graduated from the Air Force No.1 Aviation University with a major in aviation flight and from the Party School of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China with a major in economic management, and holds the title of Chief Pilot. Mr. Liu started his career in June 1983. Mr. Liu consecutively served as the general manager of the flight technology management department, the chief captain of the chief flight team, the chief pilot, the vice president, member of the Standing Committee of the Party Committee and the chief operating officer of Air China Limited; the vice general manager, member of the Party Leadership Group, the general manager, the deputy secretary of the Party Leadership Group and a director of China Eastern Air Holding Company Limited; the vice general manager, member of the Standing Committee of the Party Committee, the general manager, the deputy secretary of the Party Committee and the vice chairman of China Eastern Airlines Corporation Limited. Mr. Liu has been serving as the chairman and the secretary of the Party Leadership Group of China National Aviation Holding Corporation Limited since August 2025, and has been also serving as member of the Party Committee, member of the Standing Committee and the secretary of the Party Committee of Air China Limited since September 2025.
As at the date of this announcement, save as disclosed above, Mr. Liu does not have any relationship with the Directors, senior management, substantial Shareholder(s) or controlling Shareholder(s) of the Company nor hold any other positions in the Company or any of its subsidiaries, or any directorships in other listed companies in the last three years. Mr. Liu does not have any interests in the shares of the Company within the meaning of Part XV of the Securities and Futures Ordinance (Cap. 571 of the Laws of Hong Kong).
Save as disclosed above, the Company is not aware of any matters in relation to the proposed appointment of Mr. Liu as an executive Director that need to be brought to the attention of the Shareholders or any other information that is required to be disclosed pursuant to Rules 13.51(2)(h) to (v) of The Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited.
An ordinary resolution to consider and approve the appointment of Mr. Liu as an executive Director will be proposed at the forthcoming extraordinary general meeting of the Company (the "EGM").
A notice of the EGM containing, among others, detailed information of the proposed appointment of Mr. Liu as an executive Director will be published by the Company in due course.
By Order of the Board
Air China Limited
Xiao Feng
Company Secretary
Beijing, the PRC, 18 September 2025
As at the date of this announcement, the directors of the Company are Mr. Ma Chongxian, Mr. Wang Mingyuan, Mr. Cui Xiaofeng, Mr. Patrick Healy, Mr. Xiao Peng, Mr. Xu Niansha*, Mr. He Yun*, Ms. Winnie Tam Wan-chi* and Mr. Gao Chunlei*.
* Independent non-executive director of the Company