Chang Xiaobing
(Chairman and Chief Executive Officer)
Aged 50, was appointed in December 2004 as an Executive Director, Chairman and Chief Executive Offi cer of the Company. Mr. Chang, a professor level senior engineer, graduated in 1982 from the Nanjing Institute of Posts and Telecommunications with a B.S. degree in telecommunications engineering and received a master's degree in business administration from Tsinghua University in 2001. He received a doctor's degree in business administration from the Hong Kong Polytechnic University in 2005. Prior to joining China United Telecommunications Corporation ("Unicom Group"), Mr. Chang served as a Deputy Director of the Nanjing Municipal Posts and Telecommunications Bureau of Jiangsu Province and a Deputy Director General of the Directorate General of Telecommunications of the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications and a Deputy Director General and Director General of the Department of Telecommunications Administration of the MII, as well as Vice President of China Telecom Group. Mr. Chang was appointed the Chairman of Unicom Group in November 2004. He also serves as the Chairman of the China United Telecommunications Corporation Limited ("A Share Company") and China Unicom Corporation Limited ("CUCL"). Mr. Chang has over 25 years of operational and managerial experience in the telecommunications industry.

Lu Yimin
(Executive Director)
Aged 44, was appointed in October 2008 as an Executive Director. Mr. Lu, a senior engineer, graduated from Shanghai Jiao Tong University with a bachelor’s degree in computer science and then was awarded a master’s degree in public administration by the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. Mr. Lu joined China Network Communications Group Corporation (“Netcom Group”) in December 2007, serving as senior management. Prior to joining the Netcom Group, Mr. Lu was a member of the Secretary Bureau of the General Office of the Chinese Communist Party Central Committee, serving as the Deputy Director and the Director of the Information Processing Office since 1992, the full-time Secretary at deputy director general level since 2001 and the full-time Secretary at director general level since 2005. Mr. Lu has served as a Non-Executive Director of PCCW Limited (listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange with an American Depositary Receipt trading on the Pink Sheets’ OTC Market in the U.S.) since May 2008. Mr. Lu has extensive experience in government administration and business management.

Zuo Xunsheng
(Executive Director)
Aged 57, was appointed in October 2008 as an Executive Director. Mr. Zuo graduated from Guanghua School of Management of Peking University with an EMBA degree in 2004. From July 1993 to October 1997, Mr Zuo served as Director of the former Bureau of Telecommunications of Jinan City. From October 1997 to May 2000, Mr. Zuo served as Director of the former Posts and Telecommunications Bureau of Shangdong Province. From May 2000 to April 2002, Mr. Zuo was President of the former Shangdong Telecommunications Company. Mr. Zuo joined Netcom Group as Vice President in April 2002, and later served as Senior Vice President of China Netcom Group Corporation (Hong Kong) Limited (“China Netcom”) since July 2004, Chief Operating Officer of China Netcom since December 2005, Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer of China Netcom since May 2006 and Chairman of China Netcom since May 2008. In addition, Mr Zuo has served as a Non-Executive Director and Deputy Chairman of PCCW Limited (listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange with an American Depositary Receipt trading on the Pink Sheets’ OTC Market in the U.S.) since July 2007. Mr Zuo is well experienced in telecommunications operations and has rich management experience.

Tong Jilu
(Executive Director and Chief Financial Officer)
Aged 49, was appointed in February 2004 as an Executive Director and Chief Financial Offi cer of the Company. He assists the President in handling issues relating to fi nance. Mr. Tong graduated in 1987 from the Department of Economic Management at the Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications. He received a master's degree in business administration from the Australian National University in 2002 and is an Executive Director of the Association of Chief Accountants and Vice Chairman of Internal Audit Association of China. From August 1989 to October 1999, he served fi rst as a Deputy Director, a Director and later as a Deputy Director General of the Finance Bureau of the Posts and Telecommunications Administration of Liaoning Province. From November 1999 to June 2000, Mr. Tong served as a Deputy Director General of the Posts Offi ce of Liaoning Province. Mr. Tong joined Unicom Group in July 2000 and served as Chief Accountant of Unicom Group from July 2000 to February 2001. Since March 2001, Mr. Tong has served as a Vice President of Unicom Group. Mr. Tong has served as a Director in the Unicom Group since September 2003 and the Chief Accountant of the Unicom Group since December 2004. Mr. Tong is also a Director of the A Share Company and a Director and Vice President of CUCL. Mr. Tong has extensive experience in management of telecommunications companies and fi nance management of listed companies.

Cesareo Alierta Izuel
(Non-Executive Director)
Aged 63, was appointed in October 2008 as a Non-Executive Director. Mr. Alierta has been a member of the Board of Directors of Telefónica S.A. (listed on various stock exchanges including Madrid, New York and London) from January 1997 and has been Chairman of Telefónica S.A. since July 2000. Mr. Alierta is a member of the Board of Directors of Telecom Italia (listed on the stock exchange of Milan). He is also a member of the Colombia Business School Board of Overseers. Between 1970 and 1985, he was the General Manager of the Capital Markets division at Banco Urquijo in Madrid. He has been the Chairman and founder of Beta Capital. As from 1991, he has also acted as the Chairman of the Spanish Financial Analysts’ Association. He has also been a member of the Board of Directors and the Standing Committee of the Madrid Stock Exchange. Between 1996 and 2000, he held the post of Chairman of Tabacalera, S.A., and subsequently Altadis following the company’s merger with the French group Seita. Mr. Alierta has served as a Non-Executive Director of China Netcom since December 2007. In September 2005, Mr. Alierta received “The Global Spanish Entrepreneur” from the Spanish/US Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Alierta holds a degree in law from the University of Zaragoza and received a master’s degree of business administration at the University of Columbia (New York) in 1970.

Kim Shin Bae
(Non-Executive Director)
Aged 54, was appointed in October 2008 as a Non-Executive Director. Mr. Kim holds the master's degree of business administration from Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, USA. He began his business career with Samsung Corporation and Samsung Electronics in 1978 and served in a number of planning and strategies related positions until 1991. Mr. Kim joined SK Telecom (previously Korea Mobile Telecom) as Vice President, head of Business Strategy Office in 1995 and served in a number of marketing and strategies positions until January 2000. From January 2000, Mr. Kim was appointed to be Vice President and Senior Vice President of Shinsegi Telecom in strategy and management supporting divisions, where he played a significant role in the success of M&A between SK Telecom and Shinsegi Telecom. In 2002, Mr. Kim rejoined SK Telecom after Shinsegi Telecom was acquired, and served as the Senior Vice President of Strategic Planning Group. Since March 2004, Mr. Kim has been the President & CEO of SK Telecom. Early 2008, he led the acquisition by SK Telecom of Hanaro Telecom, the 2nd largest fixed telecom company in Korea. Mr. Kim is currently the President of Korea Association of RFID/USN and Korea e-sports Association respectively. Mr. Kim is also the Head of SK Volunteer Group and the Chairman of Korea Association of Information & Technology. Mr. Kim is a recipient of the prestigious "Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year 2008" award.

Wu Jinglian
(Independent Non-Executive Director)
Aged 78, was appointed in April 2000 as an Independent Non-Executive Director of the Company. Mr. Wu is a senior researcher at the Development Research Center of the State Council ("DRC"), and a professor at the Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and China Europe International Business School. Mr. Wu graduated from Fudan University and received honorary doctoral degrees in Social Science from the Hong Kong Baptist University and the University of Hong Kong in 2000 and 2005, respectively. Mr. Wu was previously an Executive Director of the DRC and Deputy Director of the Programming Offi ce for Economic Reform of the State Council. Mr. Wu has been a visiting scholar at Yale University, a visiting professor at the Asia-Pacifi c Research Center of Stanford University and a visiting researcher at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Cheung Wing Lam Linus
(Independent Non-Executive Director)
Aged 59, was appointed in May 2004 as an Independent Non-Executive Director of the Company. Before this, Mr. Cheung was Deputy Chairman of PCCW Limited. Prior to the merger of Pacific Century Cyberworks Limited and Cable & Wireless HKT Limited, or Hongkong Telecom, Mr. Cheung was the Chief Executive of Hongkong Telecom and an Executive Director of Cable & Wireless plc in the United Kingdom. Mr. Cheung also worked at Cathay Pacifi c Airways for 23 years, before departing as Deputy Managing Director. He was appointed an Offi cial Justice of the Peace in 1990 and a Non-offi cial Justice of the Peace in 1992. Mr. Cheung received a bachelor's degree in social science and a diploma in management studies from the University of Hong Kong. He is also an Honorary Fellow of the University of Hong Kong and of The Chartered Institute of Marketing in the United Kingdom.

Wong Wai Ming
(Independent Non-Executive Director)
Aged 50, was appointed in January 2006 as an Independent Non-Executive Director of the Company. Mr. Wong is Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Offi cer of Lenovo Group Limited. He is an Independent Non-Executive Director of I.T Limited. Besides, Mr. Wong is Non-Executive Director of Linmark Group and Kingsoft Corporation Limited. Prior to his current executive position at Lenovo Group Limited, Mr. Wong was an Chief Executive Offi cer and Executive Director of Roly International Holdings Ltd and an Executive Director of Linmark Group. Mr. Wong was previously an investment banker with over 15 years of experience in investment banking business in Greater China and was a member of Listing Committee of The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited. Mr. Wong is a chartered accountant and holds a bachelor's degree (with Honors) in management science from the Victoria University of Manchester in the United Kingdom.

John Lawson Thornton
(Independent Non-Executive Director)
Aged 54, was appointed in October 2008 as an Independent Non-Executive Director. Mr. Thornton is currently a Professor and Director of the Global Leadership Program at Tsinghua University in Beijing. Mr. Thornton is also a Director of Ford Motor Company (listed on the New York Stock Exchange), Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange and Shanghai Stock Exchange), Intel Corporation (listed on NASDAQ Stock Exchange) and News Corporation, Inc. (listed on the New York Stock Exchange and the Australian Stock Exchange). He is also Chairman of the Brookings Institution Board of Trustees, a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, a trustee or advisory board member of the Asia Society, China Institute, China Securities Regulatory Commission, the Eisenhower Fellowships, Financial Services Volunteer Corps, The Hotchkiss School, International Advisory Committee of the China Reform Forum, Morehouse College, National Committee on US-China Relations, Nelson Mandela Legacy Foundation (US), Tsinghua University School of Economics and Management (Beijing) and China Foreign Affairs University. Mr. Thornton has served as Independent Non-Executive Director of China Netcom from October 2004. He was President, Co-Chief Operating Officer and a Director of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. until July 2003. Mr. Thornton received an A.B. in history from Harvard College in 1976, a B.A. and M.A. in jurisprudence from Oxford University in 1978 and a M.P.P.M. from the Yale School of Management in 1980.

Timpson Chung Shui Ming G.B.S., J.P.
(Independent Non-Executive Director)
Aged 56, was appointed in October 2008 as an Independent Non-Executive Director. Mr. Chung is currently a member of the National Committee of the 11th Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, the Chairman of the Council of the City University of Hong Kong (until 21 October 2008), and the Chairman of the Funds Management Sub-committee of the Hong Kong Housing Authority. Mr. Chung is also an Independent Non-Executive Director of Tai Shing International (Holdings) Limited, Glorious Sun Enterprises Limited, The Miramar Hotel & Investment Co. Limited and Nine Dragons Paper (Holdings) Limited (all listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange). From October 2004, Mr. Chung has served as an Independent Non-Executive Director of China Netcom. Formerly, he was a Director of Hantec Investment Holdings Limited, the Chief Executive Officer of Shimao China Holdings Limited, the Chairman of China Business of Jardine Fleming Holdings Limited and the Deputy Chief Executive Officer of BOC International Limited. He was also the Chairman of the Hong Kong Housing Society, a member of the Executive Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, the Vice Chairman of the Land Fund Advisory Committee of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government, a member of the Managing Board of the Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation, a member of the Hong Kong Housing Authority and a member of the Disaster Relief Fund Advisory Committee. Mr. Chung holds a bachelor of science degree from the University of Hong Kong and a master’s degree of business administration from the Chinese University of Hong Kong. He is a fellow member of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants.