ZHANGZHOU, China, March 6, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- China Zenix Auto International Limited (NYSE: ZX) ("Zenix Auto" or "the Company") the largest commercial vehicle wheel manufacturer in China in both the aftermarket and OEM market by sales volume, is pleased to announce today that Mr. Martin Cheung has been appointed as the Chief Financial Officer effective immediately.

Mr. Cheung brings over 13 years of experience in accounting and finance with publicly and privately held companies.

He was most recently Chief Financial Officer of Profound Heavy Company Limited, and he has been Finance Director of Norstar Founders Group Limited (2339: HK), recently renamed Beijing West Industry International, and he was the Corporate Finance Director at Grant Thornton Corporate Finance Limited.  Additionally, he held management positions at Japan Asia Securities and Daiwa Securities. He currently is an independent director of Ninetowns Internet Technology Group Company Ltd., (Nasdaq: NINE) and Boyaa Interactive International Ltd., (434: HK). Mr. Cheung was a senior auditor at Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu. 

Mr. Cheung is a Certified Public Accountant, with a master's degree in Accounting from Curtin University of Technology (Australia), a master's of Science degree in Finance (Investment Management) from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, and a bachelor's degree in Social Sciences from the University of Hong Kong.

Additionally, Mr. Yuzhou Wang has been appointed Vice President of Finance. Mr. Wang has a strong background in financial reporting and systems with the qualifications of CICPA, CTA, ACCA and CIA.  Before joining Zenix Auto in 2011, he mainly worked as an audit manager at Deloitte and as a transaction service manager at PricewaterhouseCoopers Consulting.

Mr. Junqiu Gao, Deputy Chief Executive Officer of Zenix Auto, commented, "We are pleased to welcome Martin to our executive management team, and we believe his financial and operational experiences will provide significant contributions to help us meet our strategic goals in the future."

About China Zenix Auto International Limited

China Zenix Auto International Limited is the largest commercial vehicle wheel manufacturer in China in both the aftermarket and OEM market by sales volume. With a large intellectual property portfolio, the Company offers more than 430 series of tubed steel wheels, tubeless steel wheels, and off-road steel wheels in both the aftermarket and OEM market in China and internationally. The Company's customers include group members of a number of large PRC commercial vehicle manufacturers, and it also exports products to over 80 distributors in more than 30 countries worldwide. With five large, strategically located manufacturing facilities in multiple regions across China, the Company has an aggregate annual production capacity of approximately 15.0 million units of steel wheels as of September 30, 2013. For more information, please visit: http://www.zenixauto.com/en.

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