Hainan Strait Shipping Co., Ltd.
Self-Inspection Report on the Independence of Independent Directors for 2025
I, Hu Xiuqun, was appointed as an independent director of Hainan Strait Shipping Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as the "Company") in September 2021. My term of office for 2025 is from January 1, 2025, to December 31, 2025. In accordance with the requirements of the "Management Measures for Independent Directors of Listed Companies," I have completed this self-inspection checklist and assume legal responsibility for its truthfulness and accuracy.
| No. | Item | Self-Inspection Result |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Personnel and their spouses, parents, children, and their social relations employed by the listed company or its affiliated enterprises | Yes [ ] No [✓] |
| 2 | Natural person shareholders who directly or indirectly hold more than 1% of the issued shares of the listed company, or natural person shareholders among the top ten shareholders of the listed company, and their spouses, parents, children | Yes [ ] No [✓] |
| 3 | Personnel and their spouses, parents, children employed by shareholders who directly or indirectly hold more than 5% of the issued shares of the listed company, or shareholders among the top five shareholders of the listed company | Yes [ ] No [✓] |
| 4 | Personnel and their spouses, parents, children employed by the affiliated enterprises of the listed company's controlling shareholder or actual controller | Yes [ ] No [✓] |
| 5 | Personnel and their spouses, parents, children who have significant business dealings with the listed company and its controlling shareholder, actual controller, or their respective affiliated enterprises, or personnel employed by entities with significant business dealings with the listed company and its controlling shareholder, actual controller | Yes [ ] No [✓] |
| 6 | Personnel and their spouses, parents, children who provide financial, legal, consulting, sponsorship, or other services to the listed company and its controlling shareholder, actual controller, or their respective affiliated enterprises, including but not limited to all members of the project team of the intermediary agency providing services, all review personnel at various levels, personnel who sign the report, partners, directors, senior management personnel, and principal responsible persons | Yes [ ] No [✓] |
| 7 | Personnel who have had the circumstances listed in items 1 to 6 in the past twelve months | Yes [ ] No [✓] |
| 8 | Other personnel who are not qualified as independent directors according to laws, administrative regulations, regulations of the China Securities Regulatory Commission, business rules of the stock exchange, and the Company's articles of association | Yes [ ] No [✓] |