(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.

(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.

(Executive Director and Vice President)
Aged 50, was appointed in April 2006 as an Executive Director and Vice President of the Company. Mr. Li, a senior engineer, graduated from Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications in 1985 and received a master's degree in business administration from the Department of Advanced Business Administration of Jinan University in 2004. Mr. Li previously served as a Deputy Director of the Telecommunications Division, a Deputy Director of the Telecommunications Department, a Deputy Director of the Rural Telephone Bureau, a Deputy Director and a Director of the Telecommunications Operation and Maintenance Department of the Posts and Telecommunications Administration Bureau in Guangdong Province and as a Director of the Mobile Communication Bureau in Guangdong Province. From 1999 to 2005, he served as the Vice Chairman, General Manager and Chairman of Guangdong Mobile Communication Co., Ltd. and as the Chairman and General Manager of Beijing Mobile Communication Co., Ltd. From 2000 to 2005, he also served as an Executive Director of China Mobile (Hong Kong) Limited. Mr. Li joined the Unicom Group in December 2005 and is currently a Vice President of the Unicom Group. Mr. Li is also a Director and Vice President of CUCL and a Chairman of Unicom Xin Guo Xin Communications Ltd. Mr. Li has worked in the telecommunications industry for a long period of time and has extensive management experience.

(Executive Director and Vice President)
Aged 51, was appointed in April 2006 as an Executive Director and Vice President of the Company. Mr. Zhang, a senior engineer, graduated from the Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications majoring in carrier communication in 1982. He received a master's degree in business administration from the Australian National University in 2002. He previously served as a Director of the Bengbu Municipal Posts and Telecommunications Bureau in Anhui Province and a Deputy Director of the Anhui Provincial Posts and Telecommunications Bureau. From 2000 to 2005, he served as a Deputy General Manager and General Manager of the Anhui Provincial Telecommunications Company and the Chairman and General Manager of the Anhui Provincial Telecommunications Co., Ltd. Mr. Zhang joined the Unicom Group as a Vice President in December 2005. Mr. Zhang also serves as a Director and Vice President of CUCL. In addition, Mr. Zhang currently serves as a non-executive director of China Communications Services Corporation Limited. Mr. Zhang has worked in the telecommunications industry for a long period of time and has extensive management experience.

(Non-Executive Director)
Aged 62, was appointed in April 2006 as a Non-Executive Director of the Company. Mr. Lu, an engineer, graduated from the PLA Air Force Academy of Engineering in 1968 majoring in radio. From 1988 to 1994, he served as a Director of Beijing Long Distance Call Bureau, a Deputy Director-General of the Communication Department of the Posts and Telecommunications Ministry, a Deputy Director of Offi ce of State Radio Regulatory Commission. Mr. Lu served as a Vice President of the Unicom Group from October 1994 to December 2005 and a Director of the Unicom Group from February 2000 to December 2005 and is currently also a Director of the A Share Company. Mr. Lu is experienced in telecommunications operations and has extensive management experience.

(Non-Executive Director)
Aged 47, was appointed in October 2007 as a Non-Executive Director of the Company. Mr. Lee graduated from the Korea University and received a bachelor's degree in Economics. From 1986 to 1994, Mr. Lee worked for SKC Co., Ltd. and TaeHan Telecom Co., Ltd. ("TaeHan Telecom") in planning and strategies related positions and served as department general manager of TaeHan Telecom. Mr. Lee joined SK Telecom Co., Ltd. ("SK Telecom") in 1994 and served in a number of marketing and sales positions. From 1999 to 2006, he was Managing Director and Heads of Business Division, Marketing Strategies Division, Internet & Value Added Service Strategies Division. From January 2006 to date, he has been Senior Vice President of SK Telecom. Being the Head of China Business Group of SK Telecom, Mr. Lee also serves as Chairman and CEO of SK Telecom (China) Holding Co., Ltd. (a subsidiary of SK Telecom incorporated in the PRC). Mr. Lee has worked in the telecommunications industry for a long period of time and has extensive management experience.

(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.

(Independent Non-Executive Director)
Aged 54, was appointed in May 2003 as an Independent Non-Executive Director of the Company. Mr. Shan is a Partner of TPG Capital Limited. Mr. Shan serves on the boards of BOC Hong Kong (Holdings) Limited, Lenovo Group Limited and TCC International Holdings Limited, among others. Before joining TPG, Mr. Shan was a Managing Director of J.P. Morgan. Prior to that, he taught at the Wharton School of Business at University of Pennsylvania. His earlier employers include the World Bank, Graham and James (a law fi rm based in San Francisco), and Beijing University of International Business and Economics. Mr. Shan received a Ph.D. degree from the University of California, Berkeley.

(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.

(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.