Board of Directors

The election of directors adopts nomination system, and followed 'Rules Governing the Election of Directors' .

Implementation of Diversity Policy Operation of Board of Directors
Chairman of
the Board
  • Min Chu
  • Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering, University of Southern California, USA.
  • President, CHS
  • Legal Representative, CSC
Director
  • Shou-Tao Chen
  • B.A. in Power Mechanical Engineering, National Tsing Hua University
  • President, CSC
  • Legal Representative, CSC
Director
  • Kun-Pin Huang
  • Master of Industrial Engineering, Yuan Ze University
  • Assistant Vice President, Production Division,CSC.
  • Legal Representative, CSC
Director
  • Tung-Chieh Chuang
  • Master of Business Administration, National Cheng Kung University
  • Assistant Vice President, Commercial Division, CSC
  • Legal Representative, CSC
Independent
Director
  • Lin-Lin Lee
  • LLM, National Taiwan University
  • Partner-in-Charge, Ling-Yun Attorneys-At-Law
Independent
Director
  • Ming-Te Sun
  • Ph.D, Business Administration, National Taipei University
  • Director, Macroeconomic Forecasting Center, Taiwan Institute of Economic Research
  • Director, Secretariat of Industrial Development Advisory Council, Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA), Taiwan
Independent
Director
  • Hsiu-Chuan Lee
  • Ph.D, Business Administration,National Taiwan University of Science and Technology
  • Professor and Head of Department of Finance, Ming Chuan University

Election of Independent Director

The relevant information about the professional qualifications of
Independent Directors elected by Chung Hung Steel pursuant to Taiwan's Securities and Exchange Act .

Method of Nomination and Election

Pursuant to paragraph 1, Article 14-2 of Taiwan's Securities and Exchange Act (hereinafter as “Securities and Exchange Act”): “a company that has issued stock in accordance with this Act may appoint independent directors in accordance with its articles of incorporation. The Competent Authority, however, shall as necessary in view of the company's scale, shareholder structure, type of operations, and other essential factors, require it to appoint independent directors, not less than two in number and not less than one-fifth of the total number of directors”, Chung Hung Steel's (hereinafter as "the Corporation") 2011 stockholders' meeting therefore passed the resolution to revise the Corporation's Articles of Incorporation (hereinafter as "Articles of Incorporation”) including the revision of Article 15 about the election of Directors adopting the nomination method, as well as the revision of Article 15-2 about appointing the Independent Directors. Such revisions have been effective since the Corporation's 2012 shareholders' meeting. Furthermore, in 2015 stockholder's meeting, the Corporation passed the resolution to revise the Corporation's Articles of Incorporation (hereinafter as "Articles of Incorporation”) including the revision of Article 15 about the requirement of appointing independent director to be no less than three in number, as well as revision of Article 15-1 according to Article 14-4 of the Securities and Exchange Act to set up an Audit Committee, composed of all independent directors whose number shall not be less than three. One shall be appointed as convener, and there shall be at least one who possess expertise in Accounting or Finance.

The Nomination Process

In accordance with the Company Act's provisions of Articles 172-1, 192-1 and Article 216-1, the Corporation declared its nomination list of director including independent director candidates accepted by CHS at Market Observation Post System on April 2nd, 2024. A shareholder who held issued shares by 1% or more in the Corporation may present his/her list of independent director candidates in writing to the Corporation within the period of nomination from April 15th to April 24th , 2024.

Upon the expiration of the nomination period, only CSC nominated Ms. Lin-Lin Lee, Mr. Ming-Te Sun and Mr. Wei-Che Tsai for candidates of Independent Director. The qualifications of three candidates were reviewed and passed by the resolution of the Corporation's 20th board meeting of the 15th Board of Directors on May 2nd, 2024.

Independent Director Mr. Wei-Che Tsai tendered his resignation on April 16, 2025, due to the acceptance of another important position. In compliance with the relevant regulations, the Company reopened the nomination process and made a public announcement. During the nomination period from April 18 to April 28, 2025, only CSC nominated Mr. Hsiu-Chuan Lee for candidate of Independent Director. The qualification of candidate was reviewed and passed by the resolution of the Corporation's 7th board meeting of the 16th Board of Directors on May 8, 2025.

Personal Data of Candidates

Independent Director
  • Lin-Lin Lee
  • LLM, National Taiwan University
  • Partner-in-Charge, Ling-Yun Attorneys-At-Law
Independent Director
  • Ming-Te Sun
  • Ph.D, Business Administration, National Taipei University
  • Director, Macroeconomic Forecasting Center, Taiwan Institute of Economic Research
  • Director, Secretariat of Industrial Development Advisory Council, Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA), Taiwan
Independent Director
  • Hsiu-Chuan Lee
  • Ph.D, Business Administration,National Taiwan University of Science and Technology
  • Professor and Head of Department of Finance, Ming Chuan University

Voting Results

During its regular shareholder's meeting and reappointed new board members on June 26, 2024,
seven were appointed as Directors(three among them were Independent Directors).
One of the independent directors resigned on April 16,2025.
The company held a re-election of independent directors at its Annual Shareholders' Meeting on June 25,2025.
The voting result for Independent Directors was:

Independent Director

Lin-Lin Lee

743,044,909

Voting Weights

Independent Director

Ming-Te Sun

740,203,676

Voting Weights

Independent Director

Hsiu-Chuan Lee

933,310,743

Voting Weights

The Board of Directors Evaluation Status