Chinese electronics retailer China 3C Group has appointed Joseph Levinson to its board of directors.

Levinson will serve as chairman of the nominating committee. Levinson, a CPA since 1996, first came to China nearly 11 years ago to take an executive position with the Hong Kong-listed China Strategic Holdings, one of the earliest foreign venture capital firms involved in China. In the last six years, he has held senior positions in Chinese companies, as the former CFO of a NASDAQ-listed media company and as former CFO of an OTCBB-listed pharmaceutical company.

China 3C CEO Zhenggang Wang said, "We are extremely pleased to have appointed Joe as our new director and chairman of the nominating committee. Joe has extensive experience with listed public companies, especially with Chinese companies, and we expect his experience in dealing with capital markets will be a major asset for our company going forward."