The board of directors of China Communications Services Corporation Limited announced that Mr. Sun Kangmin will resign as the Chairman and an executive director of the company by reason of age, and the Board also proposed that Mr. Zhang Zhiyong be appointed by the shareholders of the company as an Executive Director. The resignation of Mr. Sun Kangmin will become effective from the upcoming extraordinary general meeting to approve the appointment of Mr. Zhang Zhiyong as an Executive Director. Mr. Sun Kangmin has confirmed that he has no disagreement with the Board and there is no other information in relation to his resignation that should be brought to the attention of the shareholders. The proposed appointment of Mr. Zhang Zhiyong as an Executive Director will be subject to the approval of the Shareholders at the EGM. Mr. Zhang Zhiyong is the Vice President of China Telecommunications Corporation. Mr. Zhang will be appointed subject to approval by the shareholders at the EGM, and his term will be effective from the date when the resolution in relation to his appointment is passed until the annual general meeting of the Company for the year 2017 to be held in 2018.