At the 9th Meeting of the 5th Board of Directors, a proposal was examined and approved to grant Deutsche Bank Co., Ltd. a USD 120 mln credit line, including USD 110 mln for capital business and USD 10 mln for trade.

As Deutsche Bank holds 562,373,461 shares of the company, accounting for 11.27% of total shares outstanding, the above-mentioned transaction constitutes a related-party transaction.

Board of Directors
31 Oct 2008


Source: Shanghai Stock Exchange

Date: 31 Oct 2008

CN01/CJ/JL/NK/KM