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CHINA PACIFIC INSURANCE (GROUP) CO., LTD.

(A joint stock company incorporated in the People's Republic of China with limited liability)

(Stock Code: 02601)

ANNOUNCEMENT RELATING TO PREMIUM INCOME

This announcement is made by the Company pursuant to Rule 13.09 of the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited in connection with the unaudited accumulated gross premium income of the Company to be released on the website of China Insurance Regulatory Commission.

This announcement is made by China Pacific Insurance (Group) Co., Ltd. (the "Company") pursuant to Rule 13.09 of the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited.
Reference is made to a notice issued by China Insurance Regulatory Commission ("CIRC") in 2004 requiring each of the insurance companies in the PRC to submit to CIRC on a monthly basis a report containing its premium income, i.e. the Monthly Statement of the Major Business Indicators of an Insurance Company. CIRC shall then publish on a monthly basis the accumulated gross premium income of these insurance companies on its own website.
Pursuant to the "Regulations on the Accounting Treatment Relating to Insurance Contracts" issued by the Ministry of Finance (Cai Kuai [2009] No. 15), the accumulated gross premium income of China Pacific Life Insurance Co., Ltd. and China Pacific Property Insurance Co., Ltd., both of which are the subsidiaries of the Company, for the period between 1 January 2012 and 31 December 2012 were RMB93.5 billion and RMB69.6 billion, respectively. These figures will be published on the China Insurance Regulatory Commission's website (http://www.circ.gov.cn).

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The accumulated gross premium income referred to above is unaudited. Investors are advised to take note.

By Order of the Board

China Pacific Insurance (Group) Co., Ltd. Gao Guofu

Chairman

Hong Kong, 12 January 2013

As of the date of this announcement, the executive Directors of the Company are M r. GAO Guofu and M r. HUO Lianhong; the non-executive Directors of the Company are Mr. YANG Xianghai, M r. WANG Chengran, Ms. FENG Junyuan, Janine, M r. WU Jumin, M r. WU Junhao, M r. YANG Xiangdong, M r. ZHENG Anguo and M s. XU Fei; and the independent non-executive Directors ofthe Company are Mr. XU Shanda, Mr. CHANG Tso Tung Stephen, Mr. li Ruoshan, Mr. XIAO Wei and Mr. YUEN Tin Fan.

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