Exhibit 10.24


 





 


JIANA SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.


Unit CDE, 7th Fl, Tower A, Jinfeng Building,



Futian District, Shenzhen City, 


Guangdong Province, China 518031


0755-83581568


  


January 17, 2020


 


 


Board Candidate — Xun Wu


 


Re: Offer to Join the Board of Directors of JIANA Science
and Technology Co., Ltd.


 


Dear Mr. Wu:


 


JIANA Science and Technology
Co., Ltd., a Cayman Islands limited liability company (the “Company” or “we”), is pleased to offer you
a position as a Director of the Company. We believe your background and experience will be a significant asset to the Company
and we look forward to your participation as a Director in the Company. Should you choose to accept this position as a Director,
this letter agreement (the “Agreement”) shall constitute an agreement between you and the Company and contains all
the terms and conditions relating to the services you agree to provide to the Company. Your appointment shall also be subject to
the approval of Company’s Board of Directors and/or Nomination and Compensation Committees and shall begin upon Company’s
listing on the Nasdaq Stock Market. 


 


1. Term.
This Agreement is effective as of the date of this Agreement. Your term as a Director shall continue subject to the provisions
in Section 9 below or until your successor is duly elected and qualified. The position shall be up for re-appointment every year
by the board of the Directors of the Company (the “Board”) and upon re-appointment, the terms and provisions of this
Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.


 


2. Services.
You shall render customary services as a Director, Chair of the Audit Committee, and member of the Nomination and Compensation
Committees (hereinafter, your “Duties”). During the term of this Agreement, you may attend and participate at each
meeting regarding the business and operation issues of the Company as regularly or specially called, via teleconference, video
conference or in person. You shall consult with the members of the Board and committee (if any) regularly and as necessary via
telephone, electronic mail or other forms of correspondence.


 


3. Services for
Others. You shall be free to represent or perform services for other persons during the term of this Agreement.


 


4. Compensation.
As compensation for your services to the Company, you will receive upon execution of this Agreement a compensation of $24,000 for
each calendar year of service under this Agreement on a pro-rated basis and payable on a quarterly basis.


 


You shall be reimbursed
for reasonable expenses incurred by you in connection with the performance of your Duties (including travel expenses for in-person
meetings).


 


5. D&O Insurance
Policy. During the term under this Agreement, the Company shall include you as an insured under its officers and directors
insurance policy with a Side A coverage.


  






     


     


    

 





 


6. No Assignment.
Because of the personal nature of the services to be rendered by you, this Agreement may not be assigned by you without the prior
written consent of the Company.


 


7. Confidential
Information; Non-Disclosure. In consideration of your access to certain Confidential Information (as defined below) of
the Company, in connection with your business relationship with the Company, you hereby represent and agree as follows:


 


a. Definition.
For purposes of this Agreement the term “Confidential Information” means: (i) any information which the Company possesses
that has been created, discovered or developed by or for the Company, and which has or could have commercial value or utility in
the business in which the Company is engaged; (ii) any information which is related to the business of the Company and is generally
not known by non-Company personnel; and (iii) Confidential Information includes, without limitation, trade secrets and any information
concerning products, processes, formulas, designs, inventions (whether or not patentable or registrable under copyright or similar
laws, and whether or not reduced to practice), discoveries, concepts, ideas, improvements, techniques, methods, research, development
and test results, specifications, data, know-how, software, formats, marketing plans, and analyses, business plans and analyses,
strategies, forecasts, customer and supplier identities, characteristics and agreements.


 


b. Exclusions.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the term Confidential Information shall not include: (i) any information which becomes generally
available or is readily available to the public other than as a result of a breach of the confidentiality portions of this Agreement,
or any other agreement requiring confidentiality between the Company and you; (ii) information received from a third party
in rightful possession of such information who is not restricted from disclosing such information; (iii) information known by you
prior to receipt of such information from the Company, which prior knowledge can be documented and (iv) information you are required
to disclose pursuant to any applicable law, regulation, judicial or administrative order or decree, or request by other regulatory
organization having authority pursuant to the law; provided, however, that you shall first have given prior written notice to the
Company and made a reasonable effort to obtain a protective order requiring that the Confidential Information not be disclosed.


 


c. Documents. You
agree that, without the express written consent of the Company, you will not remove from the Company’s premises, any notes,
formulas, programs, data, records, machines or any other documents or items which in any manner contain or constitute Confidential
Information, nor will you make reproductions or copies of same. You shall promptly return any such documents or items, along with
any reproductions or copies to the Company upon the Company’s demand, upon termination of this Agreement, or upon your termination
or Resignation (as defined in Section 9 herein).


 


d. Confidentiality.
You agree that you will hold in trust and confidence all Confidential Information and will not disclose to others, directly or
indirectly, any Confidential Information or anything relating to such information without the prior written consent of the Company,
except as may be necessary in the course of your business relationship with the Company. You further agree that you will not use
any Confidential Information without the prior written consent of the Company, except as may be necessary in the course of your
business relationship with the Company, and that the provisions of this paragraph (d) shall survive termination of this Agreement.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, you may disclose Confidential Information to your legal counsel and accounting advisors who have
a need to know such information for accounting or tax purposes and who agree to be bound by the provisions of this paragraph (d).


 






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e. Ownership.
You agree that the Company shall own all right, title and interest (including patent rights, copyrights, trade secret rights, mask
work rights, trademark rights, and all other intellectual and industrial property rights of any sort throughout the world) relating
to any and all inventions (whether or not patentable), works of authorship, mask works, designations, designs, know-how, ideas
and information made or conceived or reduced to practice, in whole or in part, by you during the term of this Agreement and that
arise out of your Duties (collectively, “Inventions”) and you will promptly disclose and provide all Inventions
to the Company. You agree to assist the Company, at its expense, to further evidence, record and perfect such assignments, and
to perfect, obtain, maintain, enforce, and defend any rights assigned.


 


8. Non-Solicitation.
During the term of your appointment, you shall not solicit for employment any employee of the Company with whom you have had contact
due to your appointment.


 


9. Termination
and Resignation. Your services as a Director may be terminated for any or no reason by the determination of the Board.
You may also terminate your services as a Director for any or no reason by delivering your written notice of resignation to the
Company (“Resignation”), and such Resignation shall be effective upon the time specified therein or, if no time is
specified, upon receipt of the notice of resignation by the Company. Upon the effective date of the termination or Resignation,
your right to compensation hereunder will terminate subject to the Company’s obligations to pay you any compensation that
you have already earned and to reimburse you for approved expenses already incurred in connection with your performance of your
Duties as of the effective date of such termination or Resignation.


 


10. Governing
Law; Arbitration. All questions with respect to the construction and/or enforcement of this Agreement, and the rights and
obligations of the parties hereunder, shall be determined in accordance with the law of the State of New York. All disputes with
respect to this Agreement, including the existence, validity, interpretation, performance, breach or termination thereof or any
dispute regarding non-contractual obligations arising out of or relating to it shall be referred to and finally resolved by arbitration
administered by the American Arbitration Association at its New York office in force when the Notice of Arbitration is submitted.
The law of this arbitration clause shall be New York law. The seat of arbitration shall be in New York. The number of arbitrators
shall be one. The arbitration proceedings shall be conducted in English.


 


11. Entire Agreement;
Amendment; Waiver; Counterparts. This Agreement expresses the entire understanding with respect to the subject matter hereof
and supersedes and terminates any prior oral or written agreements with respect to the subject matter hereof. Any term of this
Agreement may be amended and observance of any term of this Agreement may be waived only with the written consent of the parties
hereto. Waiver of any term or condition of this Agreement by any party shall not be construed as a waiver of any subsequent breach
or failure of the same term or condition or waiver of any other term or condition of this Agreement. The failure of any party at
any time to require performance by any other party of any provision of this Agreement shall not affect the right of any such party
to require future performance of such provision or any other provision of this Agreement. This Agreement may be executed in separate
counterparts each of which will be an original and all of which taken together will constitute one and the same agreement, and
may be executed using facsimiles of signatures, and a facsimile of a signature shall be deemed to be the same, and equally enforceable,
as an original of such signature.


 






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12. Indemnification.
The Company shall, to the maximum extent provided under applicable law, indemnify and hold you harmless from and against any expenses,
including reasonable attorney’s fees, judgments, fines, settlements and other legally permissible amounts (“Losses”),
incurred in connection with any proceeding arising out of, or related to, your performance of your Duties, other than any such
Losses incurred as a result of your gross negligence or willful misconduct. The Company shall advance to you any expenses, including
reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs of settlement, incurred in defending any such proceeding to the maximum extent permitted
by applicable law. Such costs and expenses incurred by you in defense of any such proceeding shall be paid by the Company in advance
of the final disposition of such proceeding promptly upon receipt by the Company of (a) written request for payment; (b) appropriate
documentation evidencing the incurrence, amount and nature of the costs and expenses for which payment is being sought; and (c)
an undertaking adequate under applicable law made by or on your behalf to repay the amounts so advanced if it shall ultimately
be determined pursuant to any non-appealable judgment or settlement that you are not entitled to be indemnified by the Company. 


 


13. Acknowledgement.
You accept this Agreement subject to all the terms and provisions of this Agreement. You agree to accept as binding, conclusive,
and final all decisions or interpretations of the Board of Directors of the Company of any questions arising under this Agreement.


 


The Agreement has been executed and delivered
by the undersigned and is made effective as of the date set first set forth above.


 


	 	Sincerely,
	 	 	 
	 	JIANA SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. 
	 	 	 
	 	By:	/s/ Fengzhen Zhu
	 	 	Fengzhen Zhu
	 	 	Chief Executive Officer


 


	AGREED AND ACCEPTED:
	 	 
	/s/ Xun Wu	 


Xun Wu


 


 


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