SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
FORM
6-K
Report
of Foreign Private Issuer
Pursuant
to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16 of
the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
December
27, 2007
CHINA
SOUTHERN AIRLINES COMPANY LIMITED
(Translation
of registrant's name into English)
Jichang
Road
Guangzhou,
Guangdong 510405
People’s
Republic of China
(Address
of principal executive offices)
(Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under
cover Form 20-F or Form 40-F.)
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o No.
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connection with Rule 12g3-2(b): 82-________.)
China
Southern Airlines Company Limited (the “Company”) published an announcement on
December 27, 2007 on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange’s website at http://main.ednews.hk/listedco/listconews/search/search
active_main.asp
with
respect to the resolutions of the Board of Directors of the Company on December
27, 2007. An English announcement is included in this Form 6-K of the
Company.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant
has
duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized.
CHINA
SOUTHERN AIRLINES COMPANY LIMITED
By:
/s/
Liu Wei and Xie
Bing
Name:
Liu
Wei and Xie Bing
Title:
Joint Company Secretaries
Date:
December 27, 2007
(a
joint stock limited company incorporated in the People’s Republic of China with
limited liability)
(Stock
Code: 1055)
OVERSEAS
REGULATORY ANNOUNCEMENT
This
announcement is published pursuant to Rule 13.09(2) of the Rules Governing
the
Listing of Securities on the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited.
The
announcement from the Board of Directors of China Southern Airlines Company
Limited (the “Company”)
was published on the website of Shanghai Stock Exchange, full text of which
is
set out below for information purpose only.
|
The
Board of Directors of
China
Southern Airlines Company
Limited
|
27
December 2007
As
at
the date of this announcement, the Directors of the Company include Liu Shao
Yong, Li Wen Xin, Wang Quan Hua, Zhao Liu An, Si Xian Min, Tan Wan Geng,
Xu Jie
Bo and Chen Zhen You as executive Directors; and Wang Zhi, Sui Guang Jun,
Gong
Hua Zhang and Lin Guang Yu as independent non-executive
Directors.
| Stock Abbreviation: CSA | Stock Code: 600029 |
Announcement
No.: Lin 2007-43
|
Announcement
from the Board of
China
Southern Airlines Company Limited
The
Company and all members of its board (the “Board”) of directors (“Directors”)
confirm the truthfulness, accuracy and completeness of the contents of this
announcement and accept responsibility for any false representation, misleading
statement or material omission contained herein.
Pursuant
to Article 177 of the Articles of Association of China Southern Airlines
Company
Limited (the “Company”), the Board of Directors of the Company adopted the
following resolutions by endorsement:
| 1. |
Appointment
of Zhang Zi Fang (張子芳)
and Dong Su Guang (董蘇光)
as
Vice Presidents of the Company; and Yuan Xin An (袁新安)
and Hao Jian Hua (郝建華)
’s
cessation as the Vice Presidents of the Company due to position
reassignment.
|
| 2. |
Appointment
of Tang Bing (唐兵)
as
the Chief Engineer of the Company; and Dong Su Guang’s cessation as the
Chief Engineer of the Company.
|
| 3. |
Appointment
of Su Liang (蘇亮)
as
the Chief Economist of the Company.
|
All
the
12 Directors who were convened to take part in have attended the session.
The
above resolutions have been reviewed and approved by the Directors, in a
way and
procedure in compliance with the provisions of the Company Law and the Articles
of Association of the Company.
In
the
opinion of the independent non-executive Directors:
The
above
candidates for the positions of Vice President, Chief Engineer and Chief
Economist of the Company have met the relevant appointment conditions stipulated
in the Company Law and the Articles of Association, and the nomination and
appointment procedures are in compliance with the requirements of the Company
Law and the Articles of Association, we therefore agree the Board’s appointment
of the above persons.
Independent
non-executive Directors: Wang Zhi, Sui Guang Jun, Gong Hua Zhang and Lin
Guang
Yu
The
Board
of Directors of
China
Southern Airlines Company Limited
27
December 2007
Attachment:
Profiles of Zhang Zi Fang, Dong Su Guang, Tang Bing and Su Liang.
Mr.
Zhang
Zi Fang (張子芳)
graduated from Liaoning University with an associate degree majoring in Party
politics administration. He served as the Deputy Commissar and subsequently
the
Commissar of the Pilot Corps of China Northern Airlines Company, and later
on
the Party Secretary of the Jilin Branch from 1994 to 2003. He served as General
Manager of Dalian Branch of CSAHC Northern Division and Director of Political
Works Department of CSAHC from 2003 to 2005. He has been the Vice Party
Secretary and Secretary of the Disciplinary Committee of the Company since
February 2005.
Mr.
Dong
Su Guang (董蘇光)
graduated from Northwestern Industry University majoring in aircraft design.
He
is an engineer with University qualification. He served as General Manager
of
Aircraft Engineering Department of the Company from May 2002 and the Deputy
General Manager of Guangzhou Aircraft Maintaining and Engineering Co., Ltd.
from
August 2002. Since April 2006, Mr. Dong has been the General Manager of Aircraft
Engineering Department and Chief Engineer of the Company.
Mr.
Tang
Bing (唐兵)
graduated from Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics with a
graduate degree majoring in electrical technology, and obtained an MBA degree
from the Administration Institute of Zhongshan University during in-service
study. He served as a deputy manager and vice engineering director of the
Engineering Technology Division under the Aircraft Engineering Department
of the
Company, and as a vice director of the Business Development and Accessories
Centre of Guangzhou Aircraft Maintenance Engineering Co., Ltd. from 1993
to
2003. He served as Vice President of MTU Maintenance Zhuhai Co., Ltd. from
2003
to 2005 and as Office Director of CSAHC from 2005 to 2007. Mr. Tang has been
President and Vice Party Secretary of Chongqing Airlines since May
2007.
Mr.
Su
Liang (蘇亮)
was
a
graduate of the Cranfield College of Aeronautics, University of Cranfield,
United Kingdom, specialising in Air Transport Management Engineering. Mr.
Su is
a holder of master degree. During the period from 1998 to 1999, Mr. Su held
the
position as Deputy Manager of the Flight Operations Department, China Southern
Airlines Shenzhen Co. and from 1999 to 2000, he was the Manager of the Planning
and Administration Department of China Southern Airlines Shenzhen Co.. In
2000,
Mr. Su was in charge of the international cargo project of the Company,
responsible for the planning and development of the Company’s North American
cargo business. From 2000 to November 2007, Mr. Su was the Company Secretary
of
the Company.