Management

Mr. Xin Zhou has served as our co-chairman and chief executive officer since September 2009. He is one of the co-founders of our parent company, E-House, and served as E-House's chairman since 2003 and chief executive officer from 2003 to September 2009. He currently serves as E-house's executive chairman. Mr. Zhou has over 16 years of experience in China's real estate industry. From 1997 to 2003, he served as a director and general manager of Shanghai Real Estate Exchange Co., Ltd., and as deputy general manager of Shanghai Jinfeng Investments Co., Ltd., a company listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange. Mr. Zhou also served as the chairman and general manager of Shanghai Wanxin Real Estate Investments Consulting Ltd. from 1994 to 1997. In recognition of his contribution to the development of real estate marketing, brokerage and circulation area in Shanghai and elsewhere in China, Mr. Zhou was awarded the "Special Contribution Award in China's Real Estate Circulation Industry" in 2005, and named one of the "2005 ten most influential people in the real estate services industry" from China City Property Exposition Commission. Mr. Zhou currently serves as Chairman of the Real Estate Services Committee of the China Real Estate Association. Mr. Zhou received his bachelor's degree from Shanghai Industrial University.

Mr. Zuyu Ding has served as our president since 2006 and co-president since October 2009. Mr. Ding was E-House's technology director from 2001 to January 2008. From 2001 to 2005, he served as the vice president of Shanghai Real Estate Consultant and Sales (Group) Co., Ltd. Prior to that, from 1997 to 2000, he was the manager of the research and development department of Shanghai Real Estate Exchange Co., Ltd. Mr. Ding is currently also serving as vice principal of the E-House Research and Training Institute, an executive director of the China Real Estate and Housing Research Association, secretary-general of the Intermediary Committee of China Real Estate Association, and an advisor on the real estate market for the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development. Mr. Ding received a bachelor's degree from Shanghai East China Normal University and an MBA from Macau University of Science & Technology.

Ms. Bin Laurence has served as our chief financial officer since August 2009. Prior to joining us, Ms. Laurence had been a research analyst at SuttonBrook Capital Management LP in New York since 2005. Ms. Laurence served as a director in the distressed assets management division of BMO Financial Group in New York from 2002 to 2004. From 1996 to 2002, she served as an associate and a vice president successively covering the media/communications industry in the leveraged finance division of BMO Financial Group. From 1994 to 1996, Ms. Laurence was an analyst covering the media/communications industry in the investment banking division of Lehman Brothers, Inc. in New York. Ms. Bin Laurence presently serves as an independent director for ChinaCache International Holdings Ltd. Ms. Laurence received a bachelor's degree from Wellesley College and an MBA from Columbia Business School.

Ms. Yan Zhang has served as our vice president since 2006. Prior to joining us, Ms. Zhang had served as the editor-in-chief for the real estate department of Xinmin News 365 since 2005. In 2004, she founded Pioneer House Weekly and served as its deputy editor-in-chief. From 2001 to 2003, she was a director in the real estate department of Chengdu Business Daily. Prior to that and starting in 1999, Ms. Zhang served as an editor in the real estate department of Shenzhen News. Ms. Zhang received a bachelor's degree from Sichuan University and a master's degree from the Social Sciences Academy located in Sichuan Province, China.

Mr. Zhongmin Jin has served as the chief operating officer of our information center since 2006 and our vice president since 2008. Since 2003, Mr. Jin has served as the chief technology officer of Shanghai Real Estate Consultant and Sales (Group) Co., Ltd. Prior to joining us, Mr. Jin served as the chief technology officer of Shanghai EhouseE Internet Co., Ltd. from 2001 and 2003. From 1999 to 2001, Mr. Jin served as a project manager for Shanghai Meining Computing Co., Ltd. From 1997 to 1999, Mr. Jin was an engineer at the Shanghai branch of Chinese Academy of Sciences. Mr. Jin received a bachelor's degree from Tongji University in Shanghai, China.

Mr. Yinyu "Geoffrey" He has served as our vice president and head of CRIC's online new home division since August 2011. From August 2008 to August 2011, he served as director of strategic planning for CRIC's online new home division. Prior to joining CRIC, Mr. He was the publisher and chief editor of UBM's InformationWeek China from 2004 to 2008. From 2000 to 2004, he served as a senior reporter and researcher covering China's IT, telecom, financial and media industries at Interfax China, where he was a founding member. He also worked as a journalist, reporter, commentator and anchor for a number of media outlets including the China Business Network (CBN), Shanghai Television, Eastern Radio, Securities Herald, Eastday.com and Finance Director magazine (part of The Economist Group). Mr. He received a bachelor's degree in engineering and master's degree in economics from Shanghai University.

Mr. Arthur Cui has served as our vice president since August 2011 and CRIC's director of technology development since July 2008. He has over 10 years of experience in Internet technology and products. Prior to joining CRIC, Mr. Cui served as chief technology officer for Xplus.com, a leading digital media and reading platform in China, from 2006 to 2008. From 2004 to 2006, he was responsible for multilingual search, PIM and parallel and utility computing projects at Google in the United States. Mr. Cui has both a bachelor's degree and master's degree in computer science from Peking University.

Mr. Yang has served as our vice president since August 2011 and served as the chief editor of CRIC's new home online division since March 2008. At present, he is in charge of all of CRIC's online content. Mr. Yang has over ten years of experience in China's real estate media industry. Prior to joining us, from 2004 to 2008, he was chief editor of Sina Corp.'s real estate and home furnishing channels. In 2001, he founded a leading China real estate magazine, New Real Estate, and served as its editorial director until 2004. From 2000 to 2001, he worked as a journalist for a leading Chinese business newspaper, Business Post. Mr. Yang received a bachelor's degree in economic journalism from Beijing Technology and Business University.

Mr. Dong Wen has served as our vice president and head of CRIC's online home furnishing division since August 2011. He has over 16 years of experience in retail and home furnishing and three years of experience in e-commerce payment industries. Prior to joining CRIC, Mr. Wen served as vice president and head of commercial real estate at Longhu Real Estate Inc. from 2010 to 2011. From 2007 to 2010, he served as president of Lianlian Technology Co., Ltd., China's largest mobile payment services provider. From 2002 to 2007, he worked at internationally renowned home furnishing retailer B&Q Plc (China), where he served as senior vice president, general manager of its southern and northern regions and vice president of purchasing department. Mr. Wen received a specialized degree in economics and business administration from Beijing Technology and Business University.

Mr. Haiping Ma has served as our vice president since August 2011. He assists Mr. Xin Zhou in leading CRIC's e-commerce division. He has over 10 years of experience in IT and Internet industries with expertise in marketing, sales, strategy and operations. Prior to joining CRIC, Mr. Ma served as director of business development at Shanda Online Holdings Limited, where he was responsible for cooperation strategy, joint game operations, platform operations and key clients support from 2010 to 2011. From 2006 to 2010, he served as senior manager of brand marketing and strategic planning at Baidu Inc. Mr. Ma has a bachelor's degree in international trade from Zhengzhou University.