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Haier Electronics Group Co., Ltd. Annual Report 2006
海爾電器集團有限公司 二零零六年年報
The board (the “Board”) of directors (the “Directors”) and the
management (the “Management”) of Haier Electronics Group Co.,
Ltd. (the “Company”) recognise that sound corporate practices are
crucial to the efficient operation of the Company and its subsidiaries
(collectively the “Group”) and the safeguarding of our shareholders’
interests. In this regard, the Board attaches great priority to reinforce
the Company’s corporate governance standards with emphasis on
transparency, accountability and independence in order to enhance
our long-term shareholders’ value.
The Company has, throughout the year ended 31 December 2006,
complied with most of the applicable code provisions (the “Code
Provision(s)”) and principles under the Code on Corporate
Governance Practices (the “CG Code”) as set out in Appendix 14
to the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities (the “Listing Rules”)
on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the “Stock
Exchange”) except for certain deviations as described below. This
report describes the Company’s corporate governance practices,
explains its applications of and deviations from the CG Code,
together with considered reasons for such deviations.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Composition
The Board currently comprises six executive Directors and three
independent non-executive Directors (the “INED(s)”). The Directors
are well-versed in respective areas such as legal, accounting and
finance, business management and industry knowledge and the
Board as a whole has achieved an appropriate balance of skills
and experience. The Directors’ biographical details are set out on
pages 11 to 13 of this annual report.
To the best of the Company’s knowledge, there is no financial or
family relationship among the Board members. All of them are free
to exercise their independent judgment on all matters concerning
the Company.
海爾電器集團有限公司(「本公司」)董事(「董
事」)會(「董事會」)及管理層(「管理層」)深明
優良之企業常規為本公司及其附屬公司(統稱
「本集團」)有效經營及股東權益保障之重要關
鍵。就此方面,董事會非常著重提升本公司之
企業管治水平,尤其注重公司之透明度、問責
性與獨立性,務求提高本公司股東之長遠價
值。
截至二零零六年十二月三十一日止年度,除下
列偏離外,本公司一直遵守香港聯合交易所有
限公司(「聯交所」)證券上市規則(「上市規則」)
附錄14所載之企業管治常規守則(「企業管治守
則」)之大部分適用守則條文(「守則條文」)及原
則。本報告說明本公司之企業管治常規、闡釋
其對企業管治守則之應用與偏離,連同有關偏
離之經考慮原因。
董事會
組成
董事會現時由六名執行董事及三名獨立非執行
董事(「獨立非執行董事」)組成。董事在法律、
會計與財務、業務管理及行業知識等各範疇擁
有深入精闢之認識,而董事會整體更具備各方
面之適當技能與經驗。董事之履歷詳情載於本
年報第11至第13頁內。
就本公司所深知,董事會成員之間概無財務或
親屬關係。全體董事均可就本公司之一切事宜
作出獨立判斷。