Jointo Energy Investment Co.Ltd.Hebei(000600) : Announcement on the proposed renewal of accounting firm

Securities code: Jointo Energy Investment Co.Ltd.Hebei(000600) securities abbreviation: Jointo Energy Investment Co.Ltd.Hebei(000600) Announcement No.: 202218

Securities code: 149516 securities abbreviation: 21 Jianneng 01

Securities code: 149743 securities abbreviation: 21 Jianneng 02

Jointo Energy Investment Co.Ltd.Hebei(000600)

Announcement on the proposed renewal of accounting firm

The company and all members of the board of directors guarantee that the information disclosed is true, accurate and complete without

False records, misleading statements or material omissions.

The sixth meeting of the ninth board of directors of Hebei Jointo Energy Investment Co.Ltd.Hebei(000600) Investment Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as “the company”) deliberated and adopted the proposal on requesting the general meeting of shareholders to renew the appointment of accounting firm. In view of the good professional standard of Lianda accounting firm (special general partnership) (hereinafter referred to as “Lianda firm”) in the past audit work, The board of directors requested the general meeting of shareholders to continue to appoint Lianda firm as the audit institution of the company’s accounting statements and internal control in 2022. The employment period is one year in 2022, and the annual remuneration is proposed to be RMB 1.8 million,

1、 Basic information of the accounting firm to be employed

(I) institutional information

1. Basic information

Organization Name: Lianda Certified Public Accountants (special general partnership)

Date of establishment: October 22, 2013

Organizational form: special general partnership

Registered address: room 1101, building 210, Ciyunsi Beili, Chaoyang District, Beijing

Chief partner: Huang Jinhui

Number of partners at the end of last year: 45

Number of certified public accountants at the end of last year: 378

The total audited income in the latest year: 412392400 yuan, audit income: 323511200 yuan, securities income: 836482 million yuan.

The number of audit clients of Listed Companies in the previous year: 23. The main industries of Listed Companies in the previous year (the top five major industries): Manufacturing (18), mining (1), power, heat, gas and water production and supply (1), education (1) and Finance (1).

The total audit fees of Listed Companies in the previous year were 26.95 million yuan.

Number of audit clients of Listed Companies in the same industry: 1

2. Investor protection ability

By the end of 2021, Lianda firm had withdrawn 379495 million yuan of occupational risk fund and 50 million yuan of cumulative compensation limit of purchased occupational insurance. The withdrawal of occupational risk fund and purchase of occupational insurance met relevant regulations.

In recent three years, Lianda firm has not undertaken civil liability in civil litigation related to its practice.

3. Integrity record

In the past three years, Lianda firm has been subject to criminal punishment for 0 times, administrative punishment for 0 times, supervision and management measures for 1 time, self-discipline and supervision measures for 1 time and disciplinary punishment for 0 times. In the past three years, employees have been subject to criminal punishment 0 times, administrative punishment 0 times, supervision and management measures 0 times and self-discipline supervision measures 0 times for practicing behavior.

The above penalties and regulatory measures have no impact on the current practice of Lianda firm.

(II) project information

1. Basic information

Partner of the project to be signed: Jia Zhipo, who became a certified public accountant in 2001 and started from 2005

He has been engaged in the audit of listed companies. He began to practice in Lianda firm in April 2013 and provided audit services for the company in October 2013. He has been mainly engaged in the quality management of listed companies for the past three years. Due to the requirements of internal control, he did not sign the audit report of listed companies.

Certified public accountant to be signed: Zhang Lingwei, who became a certified public accountant in 2017, has been engaged in audit work in Lianda firm since 2014 and has not worked part-time in other units. He began to audit listed companies in 2018 and provide services to the company in 2020. He has signed the financial report audit and internal control audit report of Jointo Energy Investment Co.Ltd.Hebei(000600) ( Jointo Energy Investment Co.Ltd.Hebei(000600) ) a listed company in recent three years, and has corresponding professional competence.

The quality control reviewer to be arranged: Wang Yanling, who became a certified public accountant in 2002. From 2001 to 2007, he was engaged in audit work in Hebei Renda accounting firm and served as the manager and deputy director of the audit department; From 2007 to 2013, he worked in Zhonglei certified public accountants Co., Ltd. as the manager of the audit department; Wang Yanling has been engaged in the audit of listed companies since 2006 and has been engaged in quality control review in Lianda firm since 2013. She is now the technical partner and the head of quality control department. He has many years of experience in securities business quality review, has undertaken the annual report audit of China Hi-Tech Group Co.Ltd(600730) ( China Hi-Tech Group Co.Ltd(600730) ), Kailuan Energy Chemical Co.Ltd(600997) ( Kailuan Energy Chemical Co.Ltd(600997) ), Hebei Hengshui Laobaigan Liquor Co.Ltd(600559) ( Hebei Hengshui Laobaigan Liquor Co.Ltd(600559) ), Hebei Sailhero Environmental Protection High-Tech Co.Ltd(300137) ( Hebei Sailhero Environmental Protection High-Tech Co.Ltd(300137) ) and other securities audit business quality control review of many listed companies, and has corresponding professional competence. Audit services for Hunan Nucien Pharmaceutical Co.Ltd(688189) will be provided in March 2022.

2. Integrity record

The project partner to be signed, the certified public accountant to be signed and the quality control reviewer to be signed have not been subject to criminal punishment, administrative punishment, administrative supervision measures and self-discipline supervision measures due to their professional behavior in the past three years (20192021).

3. Independence

Lianda firm, Jia Zhipo, the partner of the project to be signed, Zhang Lingwei, the signing certified public accountant and Wang Yanling, the reviewer of project quality control, do not violate the independence requirements of the code of professional ethics for Chinese certified public accountants.

4. Audit fees

The audit fee is determined according to various factors such as the company’s business scale, location and complexity of accounting treatment, as well as the auditors required for the audit of the company’s annual report, the workload invested and the charging standard of the firm. The total audit fee in 2022 is 1.8 million yuan.

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

(I) performance of the audit committee

The audit committee of the 9th board of directors of the company believes that Lianda Certified Public Accountants (special general partnership) has been diligent and responsible in the audit of the company’s 2021 annual accounting statements and internal control, abided by independence and professional ethics, and completed the whole audit within the agreed time. Through reviewing the materials provided by Lianda Certified Public Accountants (special general partnership), it is considered that Lianda Certified Public Accountants (special general partnership) can meet the company’s requirements for audit institutions in terms of independence, professional competence and investor protection ability. It is suggested to renew the employment of Lianda Certified Public Accountants (special general partnership) as the company’s audit institution in 2022.

(II) prior approval and independent opinions of independent directors

1. The independent directors of the 9th board of directors of the company reviewed the relevant documents and materials provided by the board of directors of the company on the matter of the company’s proposed renewal of the accounting firm, and believed that the matter could be submitted to the board of directors of the company for deliberation.

2. The independent directors of the ninth board of directors of the company expressed their independent opinions on this matter as follows: Lianda Certified Public Accountants (special general partnership) has the professional qualification to provide audit services for listed companies, has been diligent and conscientious in the audit of the company’s accounting statements and internal control in 2021, abides by independence and professional ethics, and has completed all audit work within the agreed time. Therefore, the board of directors agreed to request the general meeting of shareholders to renew the appointment of Lianda Certified Public Accountants (special general partnership) to undertake the audit of the company in 2022.

(III) deliberation and voting of proposals by the board of directors

The company held the sixth meeting of the ninth board of directors on April 20, 2022, and considered and adopted the proposal on requesting the general meeting of shareholders to renew the appointment of accounting firm with 9 affirmative votes, 0 negative votes and 0 abstention votes.

(IV) effective date

The appointment of an accounting firm needs to be submitted to the 2021 annual 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.

3、 Directory of documents for future reference

(I) Jointo Energy Investment Co.Ltd.Hebei(000600) the resolution of the sixth meeting of the ninth board of directors; (II) Jointo Energy Investment Co.Ltd.Hebei(000600) audit opinions of the audit committee of the board of directors on the renewal of the accounting firm;

(III) written opinions and independent opinions approved by independent directors in advance;

(IV) basic information of Lianda Certified Public Accountants (special general partnership) Jointo Energy Investment Co.Ltd.Hebei(000600)

Board of directors

April 20, 2022

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