The Audit Committee consists of three independent non-executive directors: Mr. Siu Wai Keung, Francis (Chairman), who has accounting and related financial management expertise, Mr. Lv Tingjie and Mr. Wang Chunge. The Audit Committee is mainly responsible for reviewing the interim and annual financial statements of the Company to ensure a true and fair view of the state of affairs, reviewing interim and annual results of the Company after consulting with external auditors, and making recommendations to the Board. In addition, the Audit Committee is also responsible for examining the appointment of external auditors, considering and supervising the financial reporting procedures and the risk management and internal control systems of the Company, reviewing the effectiveness of the internal audit of the company, overseeing the execution of the connected transactions, and also listening to the external auditor’s audit memorandum. The Audit Committee makes an assessment of the effectiveness of the Group’s risk management (including environmental, social and governance risks) and internal control at least once a year. In addition, the Audit Committee is also responsible for reviewing the adequacy of resources of the Group’s accounting and financial reporting function. Audit Committee could establish a reporting mechanism to accept and handle the complaints and anonymous reporting on accounting, internal control and auditing matters.
In 2023, the Audit Committee held two meetings, and mainly reviewed the resolutions of the audited financial report of the Company of 2022, interim report of 2023, report on connected transactions, report on internal control and risk management and appointment of independent auditors, as well as the working progress on the environmental, social and governance (ESG) performance in the first half of 2023.