Yong Liu selected for JA Solar’s board

Yong Liu has been appointed as the company’s newest board member. He is the current JA Solar Holdings Chief Technology Officer and senior VP of the company’s manufacturing and R&D sites.

Yong joined JA Solar in July 2008 as its general manager for the Yangzhou manufacturing site.

"We are glad to welcome Mr. Liu to JA Solar's board of directors," said Baofang Jin, chairman of JA Solar. "Since joining JA Solar's management team in 2008, Mr. Liu has made valuable contributions to our company and going forward we will continue to benefit from his extensive experience in the solar and semiconductor industries. We believe his guidance as a director will strengthen our leadership and help build on our success as a world class solar company," concluded Jin.

Liu possesses over 15 years of experience in operations management for semiconductor wafer and solar cell manufacturing plants. Before his tenure with JA Solar, Liu was a fab director with Semiconductor Manufacturing International and a deputy production manager at Wicker Miltonic Singapore.

Liu graduated from the University of Science and Technology of China with a bachelor’s degree in solid state physics and a master’s degree in solid state chemistry.