Baoding Technology Co.Ltd(002552) : Citic Securities Company Limited(600030) verification opinions on the compliance of this transaction with the relevant provisions of the opinions on strengthening the risk prevention and control of honest practitioners such as securities companies hiring a third party in investment banking business

Citic Securities Company Limited(600030)

With regard to the verification opinions on the compliance of this transaction with the relevant provisions of the opinions on strengthening the prevention and control of the risk of securities companies engaging third parties and other honest practitioners in investment banking business, Citic Securities Company Limited(600030) (hereinafter referred to as “independent financial consultant”, Citic Securities Company Limited(600030) ) accepts the entrustment of Baoding Technology Co.Ltd(002552) (hereinafter referred to as ” Baoding Technology Co.Ltd(002552) ” and “listed company”), As an independent financial consultant for the purchase of assets by issuing shares and raising supporting funds and related party transactions (hereinafter referred to as “this transaction”). In accordance with the opinions on strengthening the risk prevention and control of honest practitioners such as securities companies hiring a third party in investment banking business ([2018] No. 22), the independent financial adviser directly or indirectly hired a third party institution or individual (hereinafter referred to as “the third party”) for compensation for this transaction, and the verification is as follows:

1、 Explanation on Citic Securities Company Limited(600030) directly or indirectly employing other third parties with compensation

In order to control the financial risks of the project and strengthen the independent due diligence on the financial matters of the project, the project employs Zhitong accounting firm (special general partnership) Tianjin Branch (hereinafter referred to as “Zhitong Tianjin”) as the securities firm accountant.

Established on August 22, 2019, Grant Thornton Tianjin holds the business license with the unified social credit code of 91120116ma06rn766h, and the executive partner is Yang Zhi. The contents of this recruitment service include assisting Citic Securities Company Limited(600030) to complete the financial due diligence of the project, and assisting in collecting and sorting out the working papers related to the project.

Citic Securities Company Limited(600030) has signed a formal contract with Grant Thornton Tianjin, and the relevant service fee standards are agreed in the contract, Citic Securities Company Limited(600030) shall be paid with its own funds.

In addition to the above-mentioned hiring behavior, Citic Securities Company Limited(600030) does not directly or indirectly hire other third parties with compensation.

2、 Internal audit procedure of independent financial adviser

In order to clarify the contents and requirements of Citic Securities Company Limited(600030) employing securities firm accountants to provide financial verification and review services, Citic Securities Company Limited(600030) compliance department has formulated the format contract of securities firm accountants’ employment agreement for different project types, and clearly agreed on the service contents, charging arrangements and the rights and obligations of both parties. After the Citic Securities Company Limited(600030) project team of the project comprehensively evaluated the accounting firm from the aspects of business qualification, project experience, resource allocation, market reputation and charging standard, the accounting firm meeting the project requirements was selected as the securities firm accountant After the Citic Securities Company Limited(600030) project team drafts the employment agreement of securities firm accountants in the format contract formulated by the compliance department, the Citic Securities Company Limited(600030) compliance department, the operation Department, the planning and finance department, the head of the Citic Securities Company Limited(600030) project team and the management of the investment bank management committee approve it, and the Citic Securities Company Limited(600030) compliance department will review the employment process Citic Securities Company Limited(600030) and the accountant of the securities firm formally sign the employment agreement after the employment agreement and other relevant employment matters are subject to compliance review and the compliance person in charge issues the compliance review opinion.

3、 Special verification on the paid employment of a third party by a listed company

After verification, as of the date of issuance of this verification opinion, in this transaction, the listed company legally hired Citic Securities Company Limited(600030) as an independent financial consultant, Beijing Guofeng law firm as a legal consultant, zhongtianyun Certified Public Accountants (special general partnership) as an audit institution and reference review institution, zhongtongcheng Asset Appraisal Co., Ltd. as an appraisal institution Hire Hong Kong Chong & Partners LLP law firm to issue legal opinions on the compliance of Zhaoyuan Jinbao (Hong Kong) Co., Ltd. In addition to the above circumstances, the listed company does not directly or indirectly employ other third parties with compensation, which is in line with the relevant provisions of the opinions on strengthening the risk prevention and control of honest practitioners such as securities companies hiring third parties in investment banking business.

After verification, as of the date of issuance of this verification opinion, Citic Securities Company Limited(600030) the act of employing Grant Thornton Tianjin in this transaction and the act of the listed company employing independent financial advisers, legal advisers, audit institutions, reference review institutions, evaluation institutions and overseas legal advisers are legal and compliant, Comply with the relevant provisions of the opinions on strengthening the risk prevention and control of honest practitioners such as securities companies hiring a third party in investment banking business.

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Feng Xinzheng, Zhang Xin, Zhang Zihui Citic Securities Company Limited(600030) MM DD YY

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