Recently, Chengdu Science and Technology Innovation Investment Group Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Chengdu Science and Technology Innovation Investment Group") announced the result of its regular legal counsel selection. Among numerous participating law firms, Tahota Law Firm stood out and successfully won the project by virtue of its profound professional capabilities, extensive service experience and excellent team performance. Led by partner lawyers Zhang Hao and Chen Shangjian, this project has formed a professional and efficient legal service team with responsible lawyers including Ren Jing, Dai Pengluo, Wang Jiayun and Du Ruoxia. With profound professional accumulation and rich practical experience in such fields as state-owned enterprise compliance management, equity investment, private equity funds and capital markets, the team will provide professional, systematic and high-quality regular legal services for Chengdu Science and Technology Innovation Investment Group.

With a three-year service term, this cooperation signifies a long-term, close and stable in-depth legal partnership between Tahota and Chengdu Science and Technology Innovation Investment Group. We will persist in supporting the Group to optimize its legal governance, boost management effectiveness, and deliver robust legal safeguards for its high-quality growth.

Chengdu Science and Technology Innovation Investment Group Co., Ltd. was founded in March 2021. Established by the CPC Chengdu Municipal Committee and Chengdu Municipal People's Government based on the new development stage, in implementation of the new development philosophy, in integration into the new development paradigm and centered on the construction of the Chengdu-Chongqing Economic Circle, it is a science and technology innovation investment group with a registered capital of 10 billion yuan. The company holds private equity manager licenses covering angel investment, VC and PE. Through professional operation, it focuses on fostering three core businesses, namely "fund investment, direct investment and value-added services", and centers on the fields of technological innovation and the new economy. Its key investment targets include hard & core technology projects, projects involving the implementation and transformation of major original technologies from universities and research institutes, major technological innovation platforms with world-class innovation resources, as well as industrial chain node enterprises with the value of transforming scientific and technological achievements. It has established a full-life-cycle investment system for sci-tech innovation projects covering the start-up, growth and mature stages. The company has given full play to the leading and driving role of venture capital in the city's technological innovation, promoted the local transformation of scientific and technological achievements and the comprehensive construction of new economic application scenarios, and formed an innovative model of coordinated cooperation and win-win results featuring "R&D carried out in universities and transformation implemented in the city". It supports the coordinated development of Chengdu's "Two Districts and One Science City", promotes the in-depth integration of industrial chains and innovation chains, accelerates the construction of a modern and open industrial system, and drives the high-quality economic and social development of the whole city.

As shown in the "2024 China Equity Investment Annual Ranking" released by Zero2IPO Group, Chengdu Science and Technology Innovation Investment Group Co., Ltd. has been listed among the "Top 50 State-owned Capital Investment Institutions in China". It has also won two special field awards for the first time, namely the "Top 20 Investment Institutions in China's New Energy Sector in 2024" and the "Top 20 Investment Institutions in China's Aerospace Sector in 2024". In addition, the Group has been included in the "2024 China Top 100 Best Venture Capital Institutions" and the "China Top 50 Best Domestic-funded Venture Capital Institutions" on the ChinaVenture Ranking, ranking first among state-owned venture capital institutions in western China.

Tahota Law Firm will continue to uphold the service tenet of professionalism, dedication, efficiency and quality, give full play to its comprehensive advantages in state-owned enterprise legal affairs and technological innovation investment, and provide strong legal support for Chengdu Science and Technology Innovation Investment Group in corporate governance, investment and financing management, risk prevention and control, etc. We will strive to assist the enterprise in achieving high-quality and sustainable development in the fields of technological innovation and capital operation.