Highpower International, Inc. announced that its board of directors has formed a Special Committee comprised solely of independent directors to consider the previously announced preliminary non-binding ‘going private’ proposal from Mr. Dang Yu (George) Pan, the company's Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. Ping (David) Li and T. Joseph Fisher, III will serve on the Special Committee and Mr. Li will serve as Chairman. The Special Committee has retained Roth Capital Partners as its independent financial advisor and Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP as its legal counsel to assist the Special Committee in its evaluation of the Proposal and any other alternative transaction. Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP serves as U.S. securities and corporate counsel to Highpower.