Shanghai Rightongene Biotechnology Co.Ltd(688217) : Shanghai Rightongene Biotechnology Co.Ltd(688217) announcement on the renewal of accounting firm

Securities code: Shanghai Rightongene Biotechnology Co.Ltd(688217) securities abbreviation: Shanghai Rightongene Biotechnology Co.Ltd(688217) Announcement No.: 2022021 Shanghai Rightongene Biotechnology Co.Ltd(688217)

Announcement on the renewal of accounting firm

The board of directors and all directors of the company guarantee that there are no false records, misleading statements or major omissions in the contents of this announcement, and bear legal responsibility for the authenticity, accuracy and integrity of its contents according to law.

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Name of accounting firm to be employed: Zhonghui accounting firm (special general partnership) (hereinafter referred to as “Zhonghui accounting firm”)

1、 Basic information of the accounting firm to be employed

(I) institutional information

1. Basic information

Zhonghui certified public accountants Co., Ltd. was transformed into a special general partnership in December 2013. Its management headquarters is set up in Hangzhou. It is one of the accounting firms with the original audit qualification for securities and futures business, and has been engaged in securities service business for a long time.

Firm name: Zhonghui Certified Public Accountants (special general partnership)

Date of establishment: December 19, 2013

Organizational form: special general partnership

Registered address: Room 601, building a, Hualian times building, No. 8 Xinye Road, Jianggan District, Hangzhou, Zhejiang

Chief partner: Yu Qiang

Number of partners at the end of last year (December 31, 2021): 88

Number of certified public accountants at the end of last year: 557

Number of certified public accountants who signed the audit report of securities service business at the end of last year: 177

Total audited income in the latest year (2020): 788.12 million yuan

Audit income in the latest year (2020): 632.5 million yuan

Securities business income in the latest year (2020): 340.08 million yuan

Number of audit clients of Listed Companies in the previous year (2020 annual report): 111

Main industries of audit clients of Listed Companies in the previous year:

(1) Information transmission, software and information technology services – software and information technology services

(2) Manufacturing – Electrical machinery and equipment manufacturing

(3) Manufacturing – chemical raw materials and chemical products manufacturing

(4) Manufacturing – special equipment manufacturing

(5) Manufacturing – pharmaceutical manufacturing

The total audit fees of Listed Companies in the previous year were 99.84 million yuan

Number of audit clients of Listed Companies in the same industry of the company in the previous year: 7

2. Investor protection ability

Zhonghui certified public accountants did not withdraw the occupational risk fund, and the cumulative compensation limit of the occupational insurance purchased was 100 million yuan. The purchase of occupational insurance met the relevant provisions.

Zhonghui certified public accountants is not required to bear civil liability in the civil litigation related to professional behavior concluded in recent three years.

3. Integrity record

In recent three years, Zhonghui certified public accountants has been subject to administrative punishment once and supervision and management measures four times for its practice behavior, and has not been subject to criminal punishment, self-discipline supervision measures and disciplinary sanctions. In the past three years, three employees have been subject to administrative punishment once, eight employees have been subject to supervision and management measures four times, and six employees have been subject to self-discipline supervision measures two times. They have not been subject to criminal punishment and disciplinary sanctions.

(II) project information

1. Basic information

In the past three years, I started to sign for the office and review to become a registered Association

Name and Title: the time provided by the company to audit the listed company when the listed company is practicing

Number of audit reports of service time division during audit time

Peng yuanzhuo project partners: 20092010-2021 3

Zhu Zhijun signed a certified public accountant in 2011, 2010, 2008 and 2018

Huang Jijia quality control reviewer 20062004 20112018 7

2. Integrity record

In the past three years, the project partner, the signing certified public accountant and the project quality control reviewer have not been subject to criminal punishment due to their professional behavior, administrative punishment and supervision measures by the CSRC, its dispatched offices and industry competent departments, and self-discipline supervision measures and disciplinary sanctions by self-discipline organizations such as securities trading places and industry associations.

3. Independence

Zhonghui certified public accountants, project partners, signing certified public accountants and project quality control reviewers do not have any circumstances that may affect their independence.

4. Audit fees

The audit fee of the company in 2021 is RMB 400000 (including tax). The audit fees for 2022 (including financial report audit fees and internal control audit fees) are mainly determined according to the company’s business scale, industry and complexity of accounting treatment, as well as the auditors required for annual report audit and the workload invested.

The board of directors of the company requests the general meeting of shareholders to authorize the chairman and his authorized persons to negotiate with Zhonghui certified public accountants to determine the audit fees for 2022 (including the audit fees of financial reports and internal control) according to the actual business and market conditions of the company in 2022, and sign relevant service agreements and other matters.

2、 Procedures to be performed by the accounting firm to be reappointed

(I) review opinions of the audit committee of the board of directors

The audit committee of the board of directors of the company has fully understood and reviewed the independence, professional competence and investor protection ability of Zhonghui certified public accountants. After consulting the basic information, qualification certificates, integrity records and other relevant information of Zhonghui certified public accountants, it is considered that it has the practice qualification of securities and futures related businesses and the professional competence and qualification of audit. During the period of providing audit services for the company, Adhere to the principle of independent audit, be diligent and responsible, objectively, fairly and fairly reflect the company’s financial situation and operating results, and earnestly perform the responsibilities of the audit institution.

It is unanimously agreed to submit the matter of reappointment of Zhonghui Certified Public Accountants (special general partnership) as the audit institution of the company in 2022 to the board of directors of the company for deliberation.

(II) prior approval and independent opinions of independent directors

The independent directors of the company recognized the renewal of the accounting firm in advance: as the independent directors of the company, we learned the specific situation from the company’s management about the matters of the company’s proposed renewal of the accounting firm, and reviewed the relevant qualifications and other supporting materials of the proposed renewal of the accounting firm. Zhonghui Certified Public Accountants (special general partnership) is an accounting firm with securities related business qualification. It has the experience and ability to conduct annual audit of listed companies, and is objective and impartial in the company’s financial audit and internal control audit. The company plans to continue to employ an accounting firm, and there is no damage to the interests of the company and all shareholders. In order to ensure the continuity of the company’s audit business, we agree to submit the proposal on renewing the appointment of accounting firms to the fourth meeting of the second board of directors for deliberation.

The independent directors of the company expressed independent opinions on the proposed renewal of the accounting firm: Zhonghui accounting firm (special general partnership) had a serious attitude, rigorous work, standardized behavior and objective conclusion in the audit of the company’s 2021 accounting statements, and was able to abide by the professional ethics of the accounting firm and express opinions on the company’s accounting statements objectively and impartially in accordance with the requirements of the auditing standards for Chinese certified public accountants. The company’s continued appointment of Zhonghui Certified Public Accountants (special general partnership) as the company’s audit institution in 2022 complies with relevant laws, regulations and the articles of association. We agree to renew the appointment of Zhonghui Certified Public Accountants (special general partnership) as the company’s audit institution in 2022 and agree to submit the proposal to the company’s general meeting for deliberation.

(III) deliberation and voting of the board of directors

The company held the fourth meeting of the second board of directors on April 18, 2022, deliberated and adopted the proposal on renewing the appointment of accounting firm with 9 affirmative votes, 0 negative votes and 0 abstention votes, and agreed to renew the appointment of Zhonghui firm (special general partnership) as the company’s audit institution in 2022.

(IV) effective date

The renewal of the accounting firm needs to be submitted to the general meeting of shareholders of the company for deliberation, and will take effect from the date of deliberation and approval by the general meeting of shareholders of the company.

It is hereby announced.

Shanghai Rightongene Biotechnology Co.Ltd(688217) board of directors April 20, 2022

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