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In March 2013, the FASB issued ASU No. 2013-04, “Obligations Resulting from Joint and Several Liability Arrangements for Which the Total Amount of the Obligation Is Fixed at the Reporting Date” (“ASU 2013-04”). The update provides guidance for the recognition, measurement, and disclosure of obligations resulting from joint and several liability arrangements for which the total amount of the obligation within the scope of this ASU is fixed at the reporting date, except for obligations addressed within existing guidance in US GAAP. The guidance requires an entity to measure those obligations as the sum of the amount the reporting entity agreed to pay on the basis of its arrangement among its co-obligors and any additional amount the reporting entity expects to pay on behalf of its co-obligors. The guidance in this ASU also requires an entity to disclose the nature and amount of the obligation as well as other information about those obligations. The amendments in this ASU are effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those years, beginning after December 15, 2013. Management does not expect the adoption of this standard will have a significant effect on the Company’s consolidated financial position or results of operations.


In March 2013, the FASB issued ASU No. 2013-05, “Parent’s Accounting for the Cumulative Translation Adjustment upon Derecognition of Certain Subsidiaries or Groups of Assets within a Foreign Entity or of an Investment in a Foreign Entity” (“ASU 2013-05”). The ASU clarifies that when a parent entity ceases to have a controlling financial interest in a subsidiary or group of assets that is a nonprofit activity or a business (other than a sale of in substance real estate or conveyance of oil and gas mineral rights) within a foreign entity, the parent is required to apply the guidance in Accounting Standards Codification 830-30 to release any related cumulative translation adjustment into net income. The ASU provides that the cumulative translation adjustment should be released into net income only if the sale or transfer results in the complete or substantially complete liquidation of the foreign entity in which the subsidiary or group of assets had resided. The amendments take effect prospectively for public companies for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2013, and interim reporting periods within those years. Management does not expect the adoption of this standard will have a significant effect on the Company’s consolidated financial position or results of operations.


Yaojun (Larry) Liu, age 36, has served as a director since May 2012. He was a senior project manager at Haitong Securities Company, one of the biggest investment banking companies in China, from May 2000 to September 2002. Mr. Liu joined Jingtian & Gongcheng Law Firm as a corporate attorney in December 2003. In May 2006, he joined Global Law Office as a partner, where he concentrated in mergers and acquisitions, capital markets, finance, and general corporate law. Mr. Liu has worked on overseas listings for over 50 Chinese companies, including a number of listings in the United States. He has been a Qualified Practice Lawyer in China since 1998, and he became a China Certified Public Accountant (CICPA) in 2003. He earned his Master of Economic Law from Renmin University of China in July 2007 and his L.L.M. in Commercial Law from University of Sheffield (UK) in September 2003. He is currently an independent director and serves on the audit committees of Shengtai Pharmaceutical Inc. and Yuhe International, Inc. Mr. Liu’s qualifications to serve on our board of directors include his financial and legal experience.