China Telecom

"Executive Director, EVP and CFO Age: 54 Madam Wu is responsible for the financial management of the Company. Madam Wu is a senior accountant. She graduated from the Beijing Institute of Economics with a bachelor degree in finance and trading in 1983, and studied in a postgraduate program in business economics management at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences from 1996 to 1998. Prior to joining China Telecommunications Corporation in May 2000, she served as Director General of the Department of Economic Adjustment and Communication Settlement of the Ministry of Information Industry (""MII""), Director General, Deputy Director General and Director of the Department of Finance of the MPT. She is also a Vice President of China Telecommunications Corporation. Madam Wu has 27 years of economic and financial management experience in the telecommunications industry in China. "

"Assistant Chief Financial Officer, qualified accountant and Company Secretary Age: 46 Mr. Yung is a fellow member of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants, a fellow member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants of United Kingdom, and a Certified Practising Accountant in Australia. Mr. Yung has over 20 years of experience in auditing, company secretary and senior financial management of listed companies. "

"Assistant Chief Financial Officer, qualified accountant and Company Secretary Age: 46 Mr. Yung is a fellow member of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants, a fellow member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants of United Kingdom, and a Certified Practising Accountant in Australia. Mr. Yung has over 20 years of experience in auditing, company secretary and senior financial management of listed companies. "

"Assistant Chief Financial Officer, qualified accountant and Company Secretary Age: 46 Mr. Yung is a fellow member of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants, a fellow member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants of United Kingdom, and a Certified Practising Accountant in Australia. Mr. Yung has over 20 years of experience in auditing, company secretary and senior financial management of listed companies. "

"Assistant Chief Financial Officer, qualified accountant and Company Secretary Age: 46 Mr. Yung is a fellow member of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants, a fellow member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants of United Kingdom, and a Certified Practising Accountant in Australia. Mr. Yung has over 20 years of experience in auditing, company secretary and senior financial management of listed companies. "

"Executive Director and EVP Age: 57 Mr. Zhang is a senior economist. He graduated from the Party School of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and received a MBA degree from the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Mr. Zhang served as Executive Director and Vice President of China Mobile Limited, Vice President of China Mobile Communications Corporation, Director of China Mobile Communication Co., Ltd., the Assistant to the President of China Mobile Communications Corporation, Director General of the Inner Mongolia Posts and Telecommunications Administration Bureau, Deputy Director General of the Office of the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications. He is also a Vice President of China Telecommunications Corporation. He has over 29 years of experience in the telecommunications industry. "

"Executive Director and EVP Age: 47 Mr. Yang is a professor-level senior engineer. He graduated from the Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications with a major in radio engineering in 1984, and subsequently obtained a master degree in telecommunications and information management at the Norwegian School of Management. Mr. Yang served as Deputy Director General of Shanxi Posts and Telecommunications Administration Bureau, General Manager of Shanxi Telecommunications Corporation, Vice President of China Telecom Beijing Research Institute and General Manager of Business Department of the Northern Telecom of China Telecommunications Corporation. He is also a Vice President of China Telecommunications Corporation. Mr. Yang has 25 years of operational and managerial experience in the telecommunications industry in China. "

"Executive Director and EVP Age: 53 Mr. Zhang is a professor-level senior engineer. He graduated from the Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications with a bachelor degree in radio telecommunications engineering in 1982, studied in a postgraduate program in applied computer engineering at Northeastern Industrial University from 1986 to 1988, and received a doctorate degree in business administration from the Hong Kong Polytechnic University in 2004. Prior to joining China Telecommunications Corporation in May 2000, he served as Deputy Director General of DGT of the MPT, a Deputy Director General and Director of the Telecommunication Technology Centre of the Posts and Telecommunications Administration of Liaoning Province. He is also a Vice President of China Telecommunications Corporation. Mr. Zhang has 27 years of experience in network operation and management in the telecommunications industry in China. "

"Executive Director and EVP Age: 52 Mr. Sun is a senior engineer. He holds an MBA degree from the University of Hong Kong. Mr. Sun served as Department Head of the Information Industry Department of Sichuan Province, Director General of Communications Bureau of Sichuan Province, Chairman and General Manager of Sichuan Telecom Company Limited. He is also a Vice President of China Telecommunications Corporation. Mr. Sun has 25 years of operational and managerial experience in the telecommunications industry in China. "

"Controller Age: 54 Mr. Wang is a senior accountant. He graduated from Beijing Institute of Posts and Telecommunications and the Australian National University. He holds a Master degree in international management. He served a Deputy Director General of Anhui Posts and Telecommunications Administration Bureau and a Deputy General Manager of China Telecom Group Anhui Corporation prior to his relocation to the headquarters of China Telecom Group in 2000. Mr. Wang is also Managing Director of the Finance Department of China Telecommunications Corporation. Mr. Wang has 34 years of managerial and accounting experience in the telecommunications industry in China. "

Wilkin Chan is Senior Consultant-Director for China business operations. He has thirty-one years' professional and management experience in various disciplines, seventeen of which related to China business. He worked many years in various leadership positions in Nortel Networks, including Managing Director, Guangdong Nortel Telecommunications Equipment Co., Ltd; Vice President of Corporate Development and Member of the Board of Directors, Nortel Networks (China) Ltd.; Vice President for Human Resources, Business Development and Government Relations; and Chief Representative of Nortel's Representative Offices in Beijing and Guangzhou. His former clients and partners include Philips Semiconductors, China Telecom, China Mobile, China Unicom, China Ministry of Commerce, China Ministry of Information Industry, and China State Planning Commission. He graduated with a B.A Sc. and M.A.Sc. from the University of Toronto, and is a registered Professional Engineer in Canada. He has lived and worked in Canada, Hong Kong, Beijing and Guangdong. He is fluent in English, Mandarin and Cantonese, and is now based in Hong Kong.

Eric joined Telesciences in 2005 and has knowledge in both carrier and enterprise markets. Eric formerly held a senior Sales position with Beijing Net-Infinity Technology Development Co., Ltd, and before that with Beijing China Optical Communication Co. Eric provides local support for telecommunication equipment provider partners as well as service operators from his base in Beijing.

Mr. Chen is a partner at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP in the firm's Hong Kong Office, where he has advised primarily on capital markets matters. Mr. Chen has worked on a variety of equity and debt offerings, including in the context of privatizations. Transactions in which he has been involved include SEC-registered offerings, Rule 144A/Regulation S offerings and listings in the United States and Hong Kong for companies in the telecom, banking, insurance, oil and gas, technology, retail, real estate, manufacturing and other sectors. Mr. Chen regularly advises public companies on corporate governance and regulatory compliance matters, including issues arising under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. Mr. Chen's geographic focus is China and he has played a key role in executing some of the most significant privatizations and securities offerings by leading companies in China, including PetroChina, China Mobile, Bank of China (Hong Kong), Bank of China, China Telecom and China Ping An Insurance. Mr. Chen has also been involved in a number of important cross-border M&A transactions for Chinese companies, including China Mobile and PetroChina. Mr. Chen also regularly advises on M&A and investments transactions in China involving private equity funds. Mr. Chen has been recognized as one of the leading capital markets lawyers in China/Hong Kong in a number of recent surveys, including The Asia Pacific Legal 500, Chambers Global Guide to the World's Leading Lawyers for Business and Legal Who's Who (Hong Kong). Prior to joining Simpson Thacher, Mr. Chen was a partner in the Hong Kong office of Shearman & Sterling LLP. Mr. Chen received his LL.B. in 1994 from Osgoode Hall Law School, York University (Toronto, Canada) and his B.A. in 1981 from Hangzhou Teachers College (Hangzhou, China). He is fluent in Mandarin and Shanghaiese Chinese.

"Independent Non-Executive Director Age: 61 Mr. Tse is currently an Independent Non-executive Director of CNOOC Limited, China Construction Bank Corporation, Wing Hang Bank Limited, Linmark Group Limited, Sinofert Holdings Limited and SJM Holdings Limited and is the Chairman of the International Advisory Council of the People's Municipal Government of Wuhan. Mr. Tse is a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, and the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants (""HKICPA""). Mr. Tse is a past president of the HKICPA. He joined KPMG in 1976, became a partner in 1984 and retired in March 2003. Mr. Tse was a non-executive Chairman of KPMG's operations in China and a member of the KPMG China advisory board from 1997 to 2000. Mr. Tse is a graduate of the University of Hong Kong. "

"Independent Non-Executive Director Age: 61 Mr. Tse is currently an Independent Non-executive Director of CNOOC Limited, China Construction Bank Corporation, Wing Hang Bank Limited, Linmark Group Limited, Sinofert Holdings Limited and SJM Holdings Limited and is the Chairman of the International Advisory Council of the People's Municipal Government of Wuhan. Mr. Tse is a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, and the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants (""HKICPA""). Mr. Tse is a past president of the HKICPA. He joined KPMG in 1976, became a partner in 1984 and retired in March 2003. Mr. Tse was a non-executive Chairman of KPMG's operations in China and a member of the KPMG China advisory board from 1997 to 2000. Mr. Tse is a graduate of the University of Hong Kong. "

"Independent Non-Executive Director Age: 59 Professor Xu is a Deputy Dean, professor, and Ph.D. supervisor of the Graduate School at the Renmin University of China, Deputy Secretary-General of the Tenth Session of the Academic Committee, and a member of the Third Session of the University Affairs Committee of the Renmin University of China, Associate Convener of the Sixth Session of the Business Administration Academic Appraisal Group of the Academic Degree Committee of the State Council, Vice Chairman of the Chinese Enterprise Management Research Association, and Chairman of Beijing Contemporary Enterprise Research Association. He is also entitled to the State Council's special government allowances. Over the years, Professor Xu has conducted research in areas related to strategic management, organizational theories, international management and education management, and has been responsible for research on many subjects put forward by the National Natural Science Foundation, the National Social Science Foundation, and other authorities at provincial and ministry level. Professor Xu has issued many publications inluding Business Strategy and Innovative analysis, Business Strategic Management, Introduction to International Business Management, a number of case studies, as well as a number of academic dissertations such as Empirical Research: Effects on Performance of Supervision Mechanisms Substitution Effect of Listed Companies and has also been a columnist in the Economic Daily. He has received many awards such as the Ministry of Education's Class One Excellent Higher Education Textbook Award and the State-Level Class Two Teaching Award. Professor Xu has been a visiting professor at over 10 domestic universities and has been awarded the Fulbright Scholar of U.S.A. twice. Professor Xu was previously a lecturer at the New York State University at Buffalo, U.S.A., the University of Scranton, U.S.A., the University of Technology, Sydney, the Kyushu University, Japan and Hong Kong Polytechnic University. "

Age 53, Executive Director and Vice President of the Company, joined the Board of Directors of the Company in September 2007. Madam Huang assists the Chief Executive Officer in relation to the corporate affairs of the Company. She is also a Vice President of China Mobile Communications Corporation (the ultimate controlling shareholder of the Company), and a director of China Mobile Communication Co., Ltd.. Madam Huang previously served as Director of Domestic Communications Division and Director of Communications Organization Division of the Directorate General of Telecommunications of the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications, Vice President of China Telecommunications Corporation, Executive Director and Executive Vice President of China Telecom Corporation Limited. Madam Huang graduated in 1984 from Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications with a major in management engineering and received an EMBA degree from Peking University. Madam Huang is a senior economist with 32 years of operational and managerial experience in the telecommunications industry.

"Non-Executive Director Age: 57 Mr. Li is a Chairman of Guangdong Rising Assets Management Co., Ltd. (one of the domestic shareholders of the Company) and Chairman of Shenzhen Zhongjin Lingnan Nonfemet Company Limited. Mr. Li graduated from Guangdong Radio and TV University, and holds an EMBA degree from Lingnan College, Zhong Shan University after the completion of his study in the postgraduate programme of international economics and industrial commerce management. Mr. Li served as Chief and Deputy Director General of the Guangdong Provincial Discipline Inspection Commission, and Director and Deputy General Manager of Guangdong Rising Assets Management Co., Ltd.. Mr. Li has extensive experience in enterprise management. "

Madam Cha is currently a Hong Kong Delegate to the 11th National People's Congress, PRC, a Member of the Standing Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference ("CPPCC") Shanghai Committee, the Vice Chairman of the International Advisory Council of the China Securities Regulatory Commission ("CSRC"), a Member of the Executive Council of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Non-executive Deputy Chairman of The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited, Non-executive Director of Bank of Communications Co., Ltd. She is also an Independent Non-executive Director of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited, Johnson Electric Holdings Limited, Baoshan Iron & Steel Co. Ltd., and Tata Consultancy Services Limited. Mrs. Cha served as Vice Chairman of CSRC from February 2001 to September 2004 and Assistant Director of Corporate Finance, Senior Director, Executive Director and Deputy Chairman of the Securities and Futures Commission of Hong Kong from 1991 to 2001. She received a Juris Doctor degree from Santa Clara University of USA in 1982.

Mr. Leng is a director level senior engineer. He graduated from the Beijing Institute of Posts and Telecommunications with a Master of Science in engineering. Mr. Leng has held positions such as chief engineer of the Beijing Long Distance Telephone Bureau, deputy chief engineer of the Directorate General of Telecommunications ("DGT") of the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications ("MPT"), deputy director general of the DGT of the MPT, deputy general manager of China Telecommunications Corporation, deputy general manager of China Network Communications Group Corporation and vice chairman of China Netcom Group Corporation (Hong Kong) Limited. Mr. Leng is also Vice President of China Telecommunications Corporation. Mr. Leng has 31 years of operational management experience in the telecommunications industry in China.

"Non-Executive Director Age: 57 Mr. Li is a Chairman of Guangdong Rising Assets Management Co., Ltd. (one of the domestic shareholders of the Company) and Chairman of Shenzhen Zhongjin Lingnan Nonfemet Company Limited. Mr. Li graduated from Guangdong Radio and TV University, and holds an EMBA degree from Lingnan College, Zhong Shan University after the completion of his study in the postgraduate programme of international economics and industrial commerce management. Mr. Li served as Chief and Deputy Director General of the Guangdong Provincial Discipline Inspection Commission, and Director and Deputy General Manager of Guangdong Rising Assets Management Co., Ltd.. Mr. Li has extensive experience in enterprise management. "

"Executive Director, President and COO Age: 53 Mr. Shang is a senior economist. He graduated in 1982 from Shenyang Chemical Industry Institution with a bachelor's degree in chemical industry and received a master's degree in business administration from New York State University in 2002. He received a doctorate degree in business administration from the Hong Kong Polytechnic University in 2005. Mr. Shang served as a Director of Industrial Technology Development Centre in Liaoning Province, a Deputy General Manager and General Manager of Economic and Technological Development Company in Liaoning Province. Mr. Shang served as a Deputy General Manager and General Manager of China United Telecommunications Corporation (""Unicom Group"") Liaoning Branch, a Vice President of Unicom Group, a Director of Unicom Group, the President of Unicom Group and an Executive Director and President of China Unicom Limited. In addition, Mr. Shang also served as a Director and President of the China United Telecommunications Corporation Limited and China Unicom Corporation Limited. He is also a Vice President of China Telecommunications Corporation. Mr. Shang has extensive experience in management and telecommunications industry. "

Mr. Shi Wanpeng, 71, Independent Non-Executive Director of Sinopec Corp. Mr. Shi graduated from Northern Jiaotong University in August 1960. He is a professor-level senior engineer. From January 1983, Mr. Shi served as a Deputy Director of the Transportation Bureau of the State Economic Commission. From January 1987, Mr. Shi served as the Director of the Economic and Technical Co-operation Bureau of the State Economic Commission. From May 1988, Mr. Shi acted as the Director of the Production and Dispatch Bureau of the State Planning Commission. From July 1991, Mr. Shi served as Deputy Secretary General of the Production Office of the State Council. From July 1992, Mr. Shi served as Deputy Director of the Economic and Trade Office of the State Council. From April 1993, Mr. Shi served as Vice Minister of the State Economic and Trade Commission. From July 1997, Mr. Shi acted as the Chairman (ministerial-level) of the China Textiles Association. From March 1998, Mr. Shi served as Vice Minister of the State Economic and Trade Commission. From January 2003, Mr. Shi served as Chairman of China Packaging Federation. From March 2003, Mr. Shi served as a member of the Standing Committee of the National Committee of the Tenth session of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) and Deputy Director of the Economic Committee of CPPCC. Since April 2003, Mr. Shi served as Independent Non-executive Director of the Second Session of the Board of Directors of Sinopec Corp. Mr. Shi was elected as Independent Non-Executive Director of the Third Session of the Board of Directors of Sinopec Corp in May 2006.

"Independent Non-Executive Director Age: 71 Mr. Wu is a professor-level senior engineer. Mr. Wu is the Honorary Chairman of the Telecommunications and Economics Specialists Committee, Director General of the Chinese Institute of Electronics, and Honorary Director General of the Chinese Institute of Communications. Mr. Wu graduated from the Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications with a major in wired telecommunications engineering in 1959. Mr. Wu served as Vice Minister and Minister of the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications, Deputy Director of the Committee of the Radio Management of China, Vice Leader of the Informatisation Leading Group of the State Council, Minister of Ministry of Information Industry, a member of the Eighth & the Tenth National Committee of Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (the ""CPPCC""), a member of the Standing Committee of the Tenth National Committee of CPPCC and Vice Chairman of the Subcommittee of Education, Science, Culture, Health and Sports of the Tenth National Committee of CPPCC. "