Cash Dividend of RMB 0.50 to be Paid

The company plans to pay a cash dividend of RMB 0.50 (taxes included), or RMB 0.45 (taxes excluded) to individual shareholders and investment funds, for every ten shares held, based on 601,950,516 total outstanding shares a total of RMB 30,097,525 will thus be paid.

Record date: 16 Sept 2008
Ex-dividend date: 17 Sept 2008
Cash dividend payable date: 17 Sept 2008

The scheme has been approved at the 4th 2008 Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders of the company.

Board of Directors
10 Sept 2008


Source: Shanghai Stock Exchange

Date: 10 Sept 2008

CN01/FL/SW/BT/KM