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Annual Report 2008
二零零八年年報
海爾電器集團有限公司
Haier Electronics Group Co., Ltd
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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 2008,
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 14 to 17 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.
Delegation by the Board
The Directors are collectively responsible for setting the Group’s strategies,
providing leadership and guidance to put them into effect, reviewing
and monitoring the performance of the Group and are accountable
to the Company’s shareholders. To maximise the effectiveness of
the Group’s operations, the Board has delegated management and
administration of the Group’s daily operations to the executive Directors
and the Management while reserving several important matters for its
approval. To this end, the Board has adopted written guidelines (the
“Guidelines”) laying down the division of functions between the Board
and the Management (including the executive Directors for the purpose
of the Guidelines).
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。
截至二零零八年十二月三十一日止年度，除下列若
干偏離外，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14至第17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。
董事會之授權
董事須共同負責制訂本集團之策略，並為有關策略
之實行提供領導與指引，亦肩負檢討及監察本集團
表現之責任，同時向本公司股東負責。為提高本集
團之營運效率，董事會已授權執行董事及管理層負
責本集團日常營運之管理及行政工作，但若干重要
事宜則須待其批准。就此而言，董事會已採納一套
書面指引（「指引」），列明董事會與管理層（就指引而
言，包括執行董事）間之職能劃分。
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