Each Party shall have the responsibility to keep confidential the information it becomes aware of during the Parties’ cooperation, including but not limited to sales data, marketing plan, business plan, financial information, customer information, supplier information, employee information, proprietary technology, trade secrets and other technical, technological or commercial information, etc.. Without the prior written consent of the other Party, each Party shall not disclose the other Party’s proprietary information to any third party by any means, except when necessary for normal performance of the obligations under this Agreement, and except when required by relevant laws, regulations, government departments, stock exchanges or other regulatory bodies and when needed for the work of the legal, accounting, business and other consultants, and authorized employees of the Parties.

Each party shall keep strictly confidential this agreement and the other party’s business secret and technical information it obtains during performance of this agreement. The business secret includes but is not limited to any information relating to the other party’s network, sale, cost, and other undisclosed financial information, product and operation plan, design plan, and marketing data. Neither party may disclose any business secret of the other party to any third party without the other party’s written consent. Each party shall ensure its employee will comply with the confidentiality obligation hereof.