Hainan Airlines announces new board and leadership appointments

Hainan Airlines Holding has finalized the re-election of its eleventh board of directors and appointed key senior management, as detailed in announcements from December 17-18, 2025. The new nine-member board, composed of five non-independent directors, three independent directors, and one employee director, was elected at the 2025 fifth extraordinary general meeting of shareholders and an employee representative meeting. Mr. Zhu Tao was elected chairman and Mr. Wu Feng as vice chairman.

The board also appointed Mr. Yu Chaojie as president, with Mr. An Zihui, Mr. Ding Guoqing, Mr. Zhang Guoping, Mr. Guo Shuo, Mr. Liu Weibin, and Mr. Li Mingshuai as vice presidents. Mr. Li Dudu was named chief financial officer, Mr. Liu Yongde as chief security officer, and Mr. Ge Xingfeng as board secretary. Mr. Zhang Jingpeng was appointed as the securities affairs representative. All appointments are for the same term as the eleventh board of directors.

The 2025 fifth extraordinary general meeting of shareholders, held on December 17, 2025, approved several key proposals, including the purchase of spare aircraft engines, revisions to the company’s articles of association, and the cancellation of the supervisory board. Shareholders also approved new and revised governance policies, such as shareholder and board meeting rules, independent director work systems, and management systems for major shareholders and senior management shareholdings.