Andy Yan, SAIF Partners, Managing Partner

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		Mr Andrew Yan is the Managing Partner of SAIF Partners III and SB Asia Investment Fund II, and the Managing Director of Softbank Asia Infrastructure Fund (SAIF). Besides that Mr Yan is also an Independent Non-executive Director of China Oilfield Service Limited, China Resources Land Limited, Fosun International Limited and Stone Group Holdings Ltd which are listed companies in Hong Kong. Mr Yan received a master degree in Sociology and Economics from Beijing University in 1986 and a second master degree from Princeton University in the United States in 1989. He obtained his bachelor degree in Engineering from the Nanjing Aeronautic Institute in the PRC. Under Mr Yan’s leadership, SAIF’s investment in Shanda Interactive Entertainment (SNDA) was named “The Investment of the Year” by the China Venture Capital Industry in 2003. SAIF was voted as “VC firm of the Year” in 2004 by the China Venture Capital Association and “The Best Performing Fund in Asia” by Private Equity International in 2005 and 2006. Besides that Mr Yan was voted as “Venture Capitalist of the Year” in 2004 by the China Venture Capital Association and one of the “Fifty Finest Private Equity Investors in the World” selected by the Private Equity International in 2007.