Ning Li, Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director of the Extraordinary China Holdings Limited and a member of the Executive Committee and Chairman of the Nomination Committee. Mr. Li is the founder of Li Ning brand. He is currently the Executive Chairman, Acting Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director of Li Ning Co., Ltd., and also serves as Chairman of the Executive Committee of Li Ning Co., Ltd. and a member of the Nomination Committee. It is mainly responsible for formulating the overall corporate strategy and planning of the Li Ning Group and fulfilling the duties of the chief executive officer of Li Ning Co., Ltd. with the support of the current senior management of Li Ning Co., Ltd.

Mr. Li is one of the most outstanding athletes of the twentieth century. At the 6th World Gymnastics Championships held in 1982, Mr. Li won six gold medals in the men’s gymnastics project, created a world sports history and earned the reputation of “Gymnastics Prince” in China. At the 23rd Los Angeles Olympic Games held in 1984, Mr. Li won three gold, two silver, and one bronze medals, became the athlete who won the most medals in the competition of the year. In 1987, Mr. Li became a member of the Asian Committee of the International Olympic Committee’s Athletes Committee. From 1993 to 2000, Mr. Li was a member of the Men’s Technical Committee of the International Gymnastics Federation and is now an honorary member of the International Gymnastics Federation. In 1999, Mr. Li was selected by the World Sports Journalists Association as “the best athlete of the 20th century”. After withdrawing from sports in 1989, Mr. Li conceived and launched the Li Ning brand, aimed to create the first Chinese national sporting goods brand. Mr. Li has been committed to the development of the Group’s business for over 20 years and has made outstanding contributions to the development of the Chinese sportswear industry.

Mr. Li holds a bachelor’s degree in law from Law School at Peking University an MBA from the Guanghua School of Management at Peking University, an honorary doctorate in technology from Loughborough University in the UK, and an honorary doctorate in humanities from the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. In June 2010, Mr. Li was also awarded the Honorary Fellow of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.

Mr. Li actively participates in charitable activities through the “Li Ning Fund” and helps active and retired Chinese athletes and coaches to set up the “Chinese Athlete Education Fund” to provide learning and training support for athletes and support the development of education in poor and remote areas of China. In October 2009, Mr. Li was appointed by the United Nations World Food Program (WFP) as the “WFP Anti-Hunger Goodwill Ambassador”.