The Board of MicroPort Scientific Corporation announced that Mr. Hiroshi Shirafuji, a non-executive Director of the company, who did not offer himself for re-election at the AGM in order to allow himself to devote more time to his other endeavours, has retired as a non-executive Director of the company at the conclusion of the AGM. The Board also announced that, with effect from the conclusion of the AGM, Dr. Yasuhisa Kurogi has been elected as a non-executive Director of the company. Dr. Kurogi will also be appointed a member of the Strategic Committee of the Board. Dr. Kurogi is currently holding directorship in certain subsidiaries of Otsuka Holdings. He is also a director of the Licensing Executive Society JAPAN. Before joining Otsuka Holdings in August 2017, he was a deputy director of Business Development of Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. ("OPC") from 2015 to 2017.