Biography

Mr. Wangang Xu has been serving as the vice chairman of the Board since July 2023 and an executive Director since May 2021, and also served as a Director from December 2018 to August 2020. He successively served as the co-chief operating officer and chief operating officer of the Company from May 2018 to July 2023. From July 2017 to May 2018, Mr. Wangang Xu served as the head of the western region of the Group and was responsible for the overall operation management of the western region of the Company. From December 2015 to June 2017, Mr. Wangang Xu served as the general manager of Sichuan Lianjia Real Estate Brokerage Co., Ltd. (“Sichuan Lianjia”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company. Mr. Wangang Xu founded Sichuan Eden City Real Estate E-Commerce Co., Ltd. in August 2004 which was deregistered in March 2014 and Sichuan Eden City Real Estate Brokerage Co., Ltd. in December 2009 and served as the general manager, the latter of which was renamed as Sichuan Yicheng Real Estate Brokerage Co., Ltd. in April 2011, and was subsequently acquired by Beijing Lianjia in December 2015 and renamed as Sichuan Lianjia. Mr. Wangang Xu served as a manager of Chengdu Chengdian Wantong Investment Co., Ltd. from September 2001 to September 2004. Mr. Wangang Xu successively served as a staff member and manager in technology R&D department of No.10 Research Institute of Ministry of Electronics Industries (currently known as China Electronics Technology Group Corporation No.10 Research Institute) from September 1986 to August 2001.

Mr. Wangang Xu received a bachelor’s degree in electronic engineering from Chengdu Institute of Radio Engineering (currently known as University of Electronic Science and Technology of China) in July 1986.