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Haier Electronics Group Co., Ltd. Annual Report 2007
海爾電器集團有限公司 二零零七年年報
Corporate Governance Report
企業管治報告
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 2007, 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 10
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。
截至二零零七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10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。