Dr. Hu was appointed as an independent non-executive Director of our Company on June 27, 2025. He has successively served as associate professor and professor at the University of Shanghai for Science and Technology (上海理工大學) since November 2016. His main research field is rehabilitation and nursing robotics. From October 2010 to November 2016, Dr. Hu worked as a space robotics systems engineer at the Shanghai Aerospace System Engineering Institute in the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (中國航天科技集團公司上海宇航系統工程研究所). In 2015, he also served as a visiting scholar at the University of Hamburg in Germany. Dr. Hu serves as a committee member for the Sports Health and Industry Promotion Committee of China Association of Rehabilitation Medicine (中國康復醫學會運動健康與產業發展專委會) and other relevant academic organizations. He received the First Prize and the Second Prize of Science and Technology from the China Association of Rehabilitation Medicine (中國康復醫學會) in October 2023 and in September 2024, respectively. Dr. Hu has published more than 50 papers in internationally recognized journals or academic conferences. He is also an inventor or co-inventor of more than 70 Chinese and overseas patents.

Dr. Hu obtained his bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering and automation and his master’s degree in power electronics and electric drives from Harbin University of Science and Technology (哈爾濱理工大學) in July 2003 and April 2006, respectively, and obtained his Ph.D. in mechatronic engineering from Shanghai Jiao Tong University (上海交通大學) in December 2010.