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Gui Hua Lan has been Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board since 1995. Mr. Lan was born in Yulin, Guangxi Province and has a Bachelor�s degree in engineering. He also studied at the Chongqing School of Banking and the University of Yunnan from 1959 to 1966. After graduation, Mr. Lan worked in the fields of finance, media, and government in China. In 1980, Mr. Lan established his own enterprise devoted to research on traditional Chinese medicine. From 1995 to 1999, Mr. Lan served as President of the company. Over the last 25 years, he has overseen the successful commercial development of a large number of traditional Chinese medicine-based drugs and nutritional supplements. He owns over 20 national and international patents and has written and published numerous articles and reports on economics, many of which have been recognized by the World Organization for Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chinese economics and management institutions, and the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. Mr. Lan also serves as President and Chairman of Kunming Nanguo Biologicial Resources Development Corp., Ltd., a pharmaceutical research company in China, and President and Chairman of Lan�s Int�l Medicine Investment Co., Limited, the controlling shareholder of our company. Mr. Lan also holds a number of prominent political posts including,: Political commissar of Yunnan Province, committee of special economy association, committee of business association in Yunnan province, Standing Director of Chinese Entrepreneurs, Vice-chairman of the Yunnan Institution of Chinese International Trade Academics Association, Vice-chairman of Yunnan Technique Enterprises Association, president of the chamber of commerce for pharmaceuticals and health foods. | 