Exhibit 1.1

This English version is translated from the Chinese version. In case of any discrepancy between the English translation and the original Chinese text, the
Chinese text shall prevail.

ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION

OF

YANZHOU COAL MINING
COMPANY LIMITED

(As approved by the 2013 annual general meeting of the Company)



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ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION

OF YANZHOU COAL MINING COMPANY LIMITED



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|Chapter 1  |  | General Provisions                                                                             |  |  | 1  | 
|Chapter 2  |  | The Companys Objectives and Scope of Business                                                 |  |  | 2  | 
|Chapter 3  |  | Shares and Registered Capital                                                                  |  |  | 3  | 
|Chapter 4  |  | Reduction of Capital and Repurchase of Shares                                                  |  |  | 6  | 
|Chapter 5  |  | Financial Assistance for Acquisition of Shares                                                 |  |  | 9  | 
|Chapter 6  |  | Share Certificates and Register of Shareholders                                                |  |  | 11 | 
|Chapter 7  |  | Shareholders Rights and Obligations                                                           |  |  | 15 | 
|Chapter 8  |  | Shareholders General Meetings                                                                 |  |  | 20 | 
|Chapter 9  |  | Special Procedures for Voting by a Class of Shareholders                                       |  |  | 40 | 
|Chapter 10 |  | Board of Directors                                                                             |  |  | 43 | 
|Chapter 11 |  | Secretary of the Board of Directors                                                            |  |  | 57 | 
|Chapter 12 |  | General Manager and Senior Officers etc                                                        |  |  | 58 | 
|Chapter 13 |  | Supervisory Committee                                                                          |  |  | 62 | 
|Chapter 14 |  | The Qualifications and Duties of the Directors, Supervisors and Senior Officers of the Company |  |  | 65 | 
|Chapter 15 |  | Financial and Accounting Systems, Profit Distribution and Internal Audit                       |  |  | 74 | 
|Chapter 16 |  | Appointment of Auditors                                                                        |  |  | 80 | 
|Chapter 17 |  | Insurance                                                                                      |  |  | 83 | 
|Chapter 18 |  | Labour and Personnel Management Systems                                                        |  |  | 83 | 
|Chapter 19 |  | Trade Unions                                                                                   |  |  | 83 | 
|Chapter 20 |  | Merger and Division of the Company                                                             |  |  | 83 | 
|Chapter 21 |  | Dissolution and Liquidation                                                                    |  |  | 85 | 
|Chapter 22 |  | Procedures for Amendment of the Companys Articles of Association                              |  |  | 88 | 
|Chapter 23 |  | Dispute Resolution                                                                             |  |  | 89 | 
|Chapter 24 |  | Supplementary                                                                                  |  |  | 91 | 



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ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION OF

YANZHOU COAL MINING COMPANY LIMITED

CHAPTER 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS



|Article 1. | These Articles of Association are drawn up in accordance with the Company Law of the Peoples Republic of China (the Company Law), the Securities Law of the Peoples Republic of
China, the Mandatory Provisions for the Articles of Association of the Company to be Listed Overseas (Mandatory Provisions) and other relevant laws and regulations with the aims of protecting the legitimate interests of
Yanzhou Coal Mining Company Limited (the Company) and its shareholders and creditors, and regulating the organization and conducts of the Company.
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|Article 2. | The Company is a joint stock limited company established in accordance with the Company Law, State Councils Special Regulations Regarding the Issue of Shares Overseas and the Listing of Shares Overseas by
Companies Limited by Share (the Special Regulations) and other relevant laws and regulations of the State.
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The Company was established by way of promotion with the approval of the Peoples Republic of Chinas State Commission for
Restructuring the Economic System on 24 September 1997, as evidenced by approval documentTi Gai Sheng [1997] no. 154 of 1997. It is registered with and has obtained a business licence from Chinas State Administration Bureau of
Industry and Commerce on 25 September 1997. The Companys business licence number is:370000400001016.

The promoter of the
Company is: Yankuang (Group) Corporation Ltd.



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|Article 3. |  | The Companys registered Chinese name: |  | LOGO                               
|           |  | The Companys registered English name: |  | Yanzhou Coal Mining Company Limited



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|Article 4. |  | The Companys address |  | : |  | 298 South Fushan Road
|           |  |                       |  |   |  | Zoucheng             
|           |  |                       |  |   |  | Shandong Province    
|           |  |                       |  |   |  | China                
|           |  | Telephone number      |  | : |  | 0537-5383310         
|           |  | Facsimile number      |  | : |  | 0537-5383311         
|           |  | Postal code           |  | : |  | 273500               



|Article 5. | The Companys legal representative is the Chairman of the board of directors of the Company.
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|Article 6. | The Company is a joint stock limited company which has perpetual existence.
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|Article 7. | The Companys Articles of Association shall take effect from the date of incorporation of the Company.
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From the date on which these Articles of Association come into effect, this Articles of Association shall constitute a legally binding
document regulating the Companys organisation and activities, and the rights and obligations between the Company and each shareholder and among the shareholders inter se.



|Article 8. | These Articles of Association are binding on the Company and its shareholders, directors, supervisors, general manager, deputy general managers and other senior officers of the Company; all of whom are entitled,
according to these Articles of Association, to make suggestions in respect of rights concerning the affairs of the Company.
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A shareholder may take action against the Company pursuant to these Articles of Association and vice versa. A shareholder may also take action
against another shareholder, the directors, supervisors, general manager, deputy general managers and other senior officers of the Company pursuant to these Articles of Association.

The actions referred to in the preceding paragraph include court proceedings and arbitration proceedings.



|Article 9. | All assets of the Company are divided into shares of equal value. The shareholders are liable for the Company up to the amount of shares they subscribed and all the Companys assets are made liable for its debts.
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The Company may invest in other limited liability companies or limited stock companies. The Company is liable for an
invested company up to the amount of capital it contributes to the invested company.



|Article 10 | Senior officers of the Company refer to the Companys general manager, deputy general manager, financial controller, chief engineer and secretary to the board of directors.
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CHAPTER 2: THE COMPANYS OBJECTIVES AND

SCOPE OF BUSINESS



|Article 11. | The Companys objectives are:
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| | (a) | To comply with the laws and regulations in the market;
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| | (b) | To continue to explore business opportunities which are suitable for the Company;
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| | (c) | To fully utilise every resource of the Company;
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| | (d) | To place emphasis on the training of its employees and technological development;
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| | (e) | To provide the society with products which are competitive; and
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| | (f) | To use its best endeavours to maximise its profits.
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|Article 12. | The Companys scope of business shall be consistent with and subject to the scope of business approved by the authority responsible for the registration of the Company.
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The business scope of the company includes: selection and sale of coal (among others, the export of coal should be made through companies with
coal export right according to the existing state regulations); transportation of goods through self-owned railway within the mining area; transportation of goods through highway; operation of ports; manufacture, sale, lease, repair, installation
and dismantlement of machinery and equipments in the mining area; production and sale of other mining materials; sale and lease of electronic equipments and sale of parts; sale of metallic materials, electronic products, construction materials,
timber, rubber products and methanol; composition of mining, science and technological services; property development within the mining areas, property leasing and provision of services such as dining and accommodation; production and sale of coal
residual stones as construction materials; sale of coke and iron ore; import and export of goods and technology; warehousing; automobile repairs; labour dispatch.

CHAPTER 3: SHARES AND REGISTERED CAPITAL



|Article 13. | There must, at all times, be ordinary shares in the Company. Subject to the approval of the companies approving department authorised by the State Council, the Company may, according to its requirements, create
different classes of shares.
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|Article 14. | Shares of the Company are in the form of share certificates.
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|Article 15. | The issue of shares by the Company shall adhere to the principles of openness, fairness and equitable. Every share of the same class shall rank pari passu to every other share of the same class.
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Shares of the same class issued at the same time shall have the same terms and price. The same amount of money is payable by a unit or an
individual subscribing the share.



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|Article 16. | The shares issued by the Company shall each have a par value of Renminbi one yuan. Renminbi means the legal currency of the PRC.
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|Article 17. | Subject to the approval of the State Council Securities Policy Committee, the Company may issue shares to Domestic Investors and Foreign Investors.
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Foreign Investors mean those investors who subscribe for the Companys shares and who are located in foreign countries and in
the regions of Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan. Domestic Investors mean those investors who subscribe for the Companys shares and who are located within the territory of the PRC.



|Article 18. | Shares which the Company issues to Domestic Investors for subscription in Renminbi shall be referred to as Domestic-Invested Shares. Shares which the Company issues to Foreign Investors for subscription in
foreign currencies shall be referred to as Foreign-Invested Shares. Foreign-Invested Shares which are listed overseas are called Overseas-Listed Foreign-Invested Shares. Foreign currencies mean the legal
currencies of countries or districts outside the PRC which are recognised by the foreign exchange authority of the State and which can be used to pay the share price to the Company.
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Domestic-Invested Shares issued by the Company shall be referred to as A Shares. Overseas-Listed Foreign-Invested Shares issued by
the Company and which are listed in Hong Kong shall be referred to as H Shares. H Shares as shares which have been admitted for listing on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the Stock Exchange), the par value of which
is denominated in Renminbi and which are subscribed for and traded in Hong Kong dollars. H Shares can also be listed on a stock exchange in the United States in the form of American Depository Receipts.



|Article 19. | Subject to the approval of the companies approving department authorised by the State Council, the Company has issued a total of 4,918,400,000 ordinary shares, of which 1,670,000,000 ordinary shares were issued to the
promoters at the time of establishment.
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|Article 20. | The share capital structure of the Company is as follows: 4,918,400,000 ordinary shares, of which (a) 2,600,000,000 shares, which represent 52.86% of the Companys share capital, are held by Yankuang (Group)
Corporation Ltd. as domestic legal person shares; (b) 1,958,400,000 shares, which represent 39.82% of the Companys share capital, are held by the H Shares shareholders; and (c) 360,000,000 shares, which represent 7.32% of the
Companys share capital, are held by the A Shares shareholders.
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|Article 21. | The Companys board of directors may take all necessary action for the issuance of Overseas-Listed Foreign-Invested Shares and Domestic-Invested Shares after proposals for issuance of the same have been approved by
the State Councils securities authorities.
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The Company may implement its proposal to issue Overseas-Listed Foreign-Invested Shares and
Domestic-Invested Shares pursuant to the preceding paragraph within fifteen (15) months from the date of approval by the State Councils securities authorities.



|Article 22. | Where the total number of shares stated in the proposal for the issuance of shares include Overseas-Listed Foreign-Invested Shares and Domestic-Invested Shares, such shares should be fully subscribed for at their
respective offerings. If the shares cannot be fully subscribed for all at once due to special circumstances, the shares may, subject to the approval of the State Councils securities authorities, be issued in separate branches.
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|Article 23. | The registered capital of the Company shall be RMB4,918,400,000. The Company shall register its registered capital with the state industry and commerce department and make the necessary filings with the companies
approving department authorised by the State Council and the State Councils securities authorities.
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|Article 24. | The Company may, based on its operating and development needs, authorise the increase of its capital pursuant to these Articles of Association.
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The Company may increase its capital in the following ways:



| | (1) | by offering new shares for subscription by specified or unspecified investors;
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| | (2) | by issuing new shares to its existing shareholders;
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| | (3) | by allotting bonus shares to its existing shareholders;
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| | (4) | to increase the capital by way of transfer from reserve;
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| | (5) | by any other means which is permitted by law and administrative regulation.
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After the
Companys increase of share capital by means of the issuance of new shares has been approved in accordance with the provisions of these Articles of Association, the issuance thereof should be made in accordance with the procedures set out in
the relevant laws and administrative regulations.



|Article 25. | Unless otherwise stipulated in the relevant laws or administrative regulations, shares in the Company shall be freely transferable and are not subject to any lien.
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|Article 26 | The Directors, Supervisors and Senior Officers of the Company shall declare to the Company their holdings in the Companys shares and inform the same if there are any changes in their holdings subsequently. During
their terms of office, shares being transferred every year must not exceed 25% of their holdings in the Companys shares. No transfer of their holdings shall be made within one year after the Companys shares were listed. No transfer of
their holdings in the Companys shares shall be made within six months after they cease to hold their respective offices.
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|Article 27 | When Directors, Supervisors or Senior Officers of the Company or shareholders holding more than 5% of the shares of the Company sell their shares within six months after they are acquired or purchase shares within six
months after they are disposed of, the board of directors shall repatriate any profits derived from such dealings and the profits derived shall belong to the Company. However, for securities companies which have acquired shares underwritten and
become shareholders having more than 5% of the shares of the Company shall not be restricted by the six-month restriction mentioned above when they sell their shares.
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If the board of directors fails to enforce the provisions as set out above, the shareholders are entitled to request the board of directors to
enforce them within thirty days. If the board of directors still fails to enforce within the said timeline, the shareholders are entitled to commence legal proceeding at the Peoples Court directly in their own names in the interests of the
company.

If the board of directors fails to enforce the first clause, the directors responsible shall be liable pursuant to the
laws.



|Article 28 | The Company shall not accept the Companys shares as the object of a pledge.
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CHAPTER 4:
REDUCTION OF CAPITAL AND

REPURCHASE OF SHARES



|Article 29. | The Company may reduce its registered share capital. In so doing, it shall act according to the Company Law, other relevant provisions and these Articles of Association.
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|Article 30. | The Company must prepare a balance sheet and an inventory of assets when it reduces its registered capital.
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The Company shall notify its creditors within ten (10) days of the date of the Companys resolution for reduction of capital and
shall publish an announcement in a newspaper at least three (3) times within thirty (30) days of the date of such resolution. A creditor has the right within thirty (30) days of receipt of the notice from the Company or, in the case
of a creditor who does not receive such notice, within forty-five (45) days of the date of the first public announcement, to require the Company to repay its debts or to provide a corresponding guarantee for such debt.



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|Article 31. | The Company may, in accordance with the procedures set out in these Articles of Association and with the approval of the relevant governing authority of the State, repurchase its issued shares under the following
circumstances:
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| | (1) | cancellation of shares for the purposes of reducing its capital;
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| | (2) | merging with another company that holds shares in the Company;
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| | (3) | to grant the shares as incentives to the Companys staff;
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| | (4) | shareholders who disagree with the resolutions for the merger and separation of the Company made in a general meeting may demand the Company to purchase their shares.
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| | (5) | other circumstances permitted by laws and administrative regulations.
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Apart from the above,
the Company is not allowed to engage in trading of its own shares.



|Article 32. | The Company may repurchase shares in one of the following ways, with the approval of the relevant governing authority of the State:
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| | (1) | by making a general offer for the repurchase of shares to all its shareholders on a pro rata basis;
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| | (2) | by repurchasing shares through public dealing on a stock exchange;
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| | (3) | by repurchasing shares outside of the stock exchange by means of an off-market agreement;
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| | (4) | other means as authorized by the competent securities authorities under the State Council.
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|Article 33. | The Company must obtain the prior approval of the shareholders in a general meeting (in the manner stipulated in these Articles of Association) before it can repurchase shares outside of the stock exchange by means of
an off-market agreement. The Company may, by obtaining the prior approval of the shareholders in a general meeting (in the same manner), release, vary or waive its rights under an agreement which has been so entered into.
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An agreement for the repurchase of shares referred to in the preceding paragraph includes (without limitation) an agreement to become liable
to repurchase shares or an agreement to have the right to repurchase shares.



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The Company may not assign an agreement for the repurchase of its shares or any right contained
in such an agreement.



|Article 34 | The Company must obtain the prior approval of the shareholders in a general meeting before it can repurchase shares pursuant to the reasons set out in these Articles of Association 31 (1) to (3). Following shares
being repurchased by the Company pursuant to the provisions in Article 31, in the case of (1), the shares repurchased shall be cancelled within 10 days of the completion of the repurchase. In the case of (2) and (4), the shares repurchased
shall be transferred or cancelled within six months of the completion of the repurchase.
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The aggregate par
value of the cancelled shares shall be deducted from the Companys registered share capital.

The shares the Company repurchases in
accordance with the provisions in Article 31(3) shall not be more than 5% of the total issued shares of the Company. The funding for the repurchase shall be provided from the profit after tax. The shares repurchased shall be transferred to the staff
within one year.



|Article 35. | Unless the Company is in the course of liquidation, it must comply with the following provisions in relation to repurchase of its issued shares:
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| | (1) | where the Company repurchases shares at par value, payment shall be made out of book surplus distributable profits of the Company or out of proceeds of a new issue of shares made for that purpose;
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| | (2) | where the Company repurchases shares of the Company at a premium to its par value, payment up to the par value may be made out of the book surplus distributable profits of the Company or out of the proceeds of a new
issue of shares made for that purpose. Payment of the portion in excess of the par value shall be effected as follows:
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| | (i) | if the shares being repurchased were issued at par value, payment shall be made out of the book surplus distributable profits of the Company;
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| | (ii) | if the shares being repurchased were issued at a premium to its par value, payment shall be made out of the book surplus distributable profits of the Company or out of the proceeds of a new issue of shares made for that
purpose, provided that the amount paid out of the proceeds of the new issue shall not exceed the aggregate amount of premiums received by the Company on the issue of the shares repurchased nor shall it exceed the book value of the Companys
capital common reserve fund account (including the premiums on the new issue) at the time of the repurchase;
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| | (3) | the Company shall make the following payments out of the Companys distributable profits:
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| | (i) | payment for the acquisition of the right to repurchase its own shares;
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| | (ii) | payment for variation of any contract for the repurchase of its shares;
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| | (iii) | payment for the release of its obligation(s) under any contract for the repurchase of shares;
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| | (4) | after the Companys registered capital has been reduced by the aggregate par value of the cancelled shares in accordance with the relevant provisions, the amount deducted from the distributable profits of the
Company for payment of the par value of shares which have been repurchased shall be transferred to the Companys capital common reserve fund account.
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CHAPTER 5: FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR

ACQUISITION OF SHARES



|Article 36. | The Company and its subsidiaries shall not, at any time, provide any form of financial assistance to a person who is acquiring or is proposing to acquire shares in the Company. This includes any person who directly or
indirectly incurs any obligations as a result of the acquisition of shares in the Company (the Obligor).
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The
Company and its subsidiaries shall not, at any time, provide any form of financial assistance to the Obligor for the purposes of reducing or discharging the obligations assumed by such person.

This Article shall not apply to the circumstances specified in Article 38 of this Chapter.



|Article 37. | For the purposes of this Chapter, financial assistance includes (without limitation) the following:
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| | (1) | gift;
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| | (2) | guarantee (including the assumption of liability by the guarantor or the provision of assets by the guarantor to secure the performance of obligations by the Obligor), compensation (other than compensation in respect of
the Companys own default) or release or waiver of any rights;
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| | (3) | provision of loan or any other agreement under which the obligations of the Company are to be fulfilled before the obligations of another party, or the change in parties to, or the assignment of rights under, such loan
or agreement;
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| | (4) | any other form of financial assistance given by the Company when the Company is insolvent or has no net assets or when its net assets would thereby be reduced to a material extent.
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For the purposes of this Chapter, assumption of obligations includes the assumption of obligations by way of contract or by way of
arrangement (irrespective of whether such contract or arrangement is enforceable or not and irrespective of whether such obligation is to be borne solely by the Obligor or jointly with other persons) or by any other means which results in a change
in his financial position.



|Article 38. | The following actions shall not be deemed to be activities prohibited by Article 36 of this Chapter:
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| | (1) | the provision of financial assistance by the Company where the financial assistance is given in good faith in the interests of the Company, and the principal purpose of which is not for the acquisition of shares in the
Company, or the giving of the financial assistance is an incidental part of some larger purpose of the Company;
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| | (2) | the lawful distribution of the Companys assets by way of dividend;
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| | (3) | the allotment of bonus shares as dividends;
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| | (4) | a reduction of registered capital, a repurchase of shares of the Company or a reorganisation of the share capital structure of the Company effected in accordance with these Articles of Association;
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| | (5) | the lending of money by the Company within its scope of business and in the ordinary course of its business, where the lending of money is part of the scope of business of the Company (provided that the net assets of
the Company are not thereby reduced or that, to the extent that the assets are thereby reduced, the financial assistance is provided out of distributable profits);
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| | (6) | contributions made by the Company to the employee share ownership schemes (provided that the net assets of the Company are not thereby reduced or that, to the extent that the assets are thereby reduced, the financial
assistance is provided out of distributable profits).
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CHAPTER 6: SHARE CERTIFICATES AND

REGISTER OF SHAREHOLDERS



|Article 39. | Share certificates of the Company shall be in registered form.
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The share certificate of the
Company shall, aside from matters required by the Company Law and the Special Regulations, also contain other matters required to be stated therein by the stock exchange(s) on which the Companys shares are listed.



|Article 40. | Share certificates of the Company shall be signed by the Chairman of the Companys board of directors. Where the stock exchange(s) on which the Companys shares are listed require other senior officer(s) of
the Company to sign on the share certificates, the share certificates shall also be signed by such senior officer(s). The share certificates shall take effect after being sealed or imprinted with the seal of the Company. The share certificate shall
only be sealed with the Companys seal under the authorisation of the board of directors. The signatures of the Chairman of the board of directors or other senior officer(s) of the Company may be printed in mechanical form.
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|Article 41. | The Company shall keep a register of shareholders based on the evidence provided by the share registration institution which shall contain the following particulars:
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| | (1) | the name (title) and address (residence), the occupation or nature of each shareholder;
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| | (2) | the class and quantity of shares held by each shareholder;
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| | (3) | the amount paid-up on or agreed to be paid-up on the shares held by each shareholder;
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| | (4) | the share certificate number(s) of the shares held by each shareholder;
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| | (5) | the date on which each person was entered in the register as a shareholder;
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| | (6) | the date on which any shareholder ceased to be a shareholder.
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Unless there is evidence to the
contrary, the register of shareholders shall be sufficient evidence of the shareholders shareholdings in the Company.



|Article 42. | The Company may, in accordance with the mutual understanding and agreements made between the State Council Securities Policy Committee and overseas securities regulatory organisations, maintain the register of
shareholders of Overseas-Listed Foreign-Invested Shares overseas and appoint overseas agent(s) to manage such register of shareholders. The original register of shareholders for holders of H Shares shall be maintained in Hong Kong.
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A duplicate register of shareholders for the holders of Overseas-Listed Foreign-Invested Shares
shall be maintained at the Companys residence. The appointed overseas agent(s) shall ensure consistency between the original and the duplicate register of shareholders at all times.

If there is any inconsistency between the original and the duplicate register of shareholders for the holders of Overseas-Listed
Foreign-Invested Shares, the original register of shareholders shall prevail.



|Article 43. | The Company shall have a complete register of shareholders which shall comprise the following parts:
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| | (1) | the register of shareholders which is maintained at the Companys residence (other than those share registers which are described in sub-paragraphs (2) and (3) of this Article);
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| | (2) | the register of shareholders in respect of the holders of Overseas-Listed Foreign-Invested Shares of the Company which is maintained in the same place as the overseas stock exchange on which the shares are listed; and
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| | (3) | the register of shareholders which are maintained in such other place as the board of directors may consider necessary for the purposes of the listing of the Companys shares.
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|Article 44. | Different parts of the register of shareholders shall not overlap. No transfer of any shares registered in any part of the register shall, during the continuance of that registration, be registered in any other part of
the register.
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Amendments or rectification of the register of shareholders shall be made in accordance with the laws of the
place where the register of shareholders is maintained.



|Article 45. | All Overseas-Listed Foreign-Invested Shares listed in Hong Kong which have been fully paid-up may be freely transferred in accordance with these Articles of Association. However, unless such transfer complies with the
following requirements, the board of directors may refuse to recognise any instrument of transfer and would not need to provide any reason therefor:
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| | (1) | a fee of HK$2.50 per instrument of transfer or such higher amount as may be agreed by the Stock Exchange has been paid to the Company for registration of the instrument of transfer and other documents relating to or
which will affect the right of ownership of the shares;
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| | (2) | the instrument of transfer only relates to Foreign-Listed Foreign-Invested Shares listed in Hong Kong;
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| | (3) | the stamp duty which is chargeable on the instrument of transfer has already been paid;
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| | (4) | the relevant share certificate(s) and any other evidence which the board of directors may reasonably require to show that the transferor has the right to transfer the shares have been provided;
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| | (5) | if it is intended that the shares be transferred to joint owners, the maximum number of joint owners shall not be more than four (4);
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| | (6) | the Company does not have any lien on the relevant shares.
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If the Company refuses to register
any transfer of shares, the Company shall within two (2) months of formal application for the transfer provide the transferor and transferee with a notice of refusal to register such transfer.



|Article 46. | No change may be made in the register of shareholders as a result of a transfer of shares within thirty (30) days prior to the date of a shareholders general meeting or within five (5) days before the
record date for the Companys distribution of dividends.
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|Article 47. | The board of directors or the convenor of the general meeting shall decide on a date for the determination of rights attaching to shares in the Company when the Company convenes a shareholders meeting, distributes
dividend, liquidates or engages in activities that required the determination of rights attaching to shares in the Company. The shareholders of the Company shall be such persons who appear in the register of shareholders at the close of such
determination date.
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|Article 48. | Any person aggrieved and claiming to be entitled to have his name (title) entered in or removed from the register of shareholders may apply to a court of competent jurisdiction for rectification of the register.
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|Article 49. | Any person who is a registered shareholder or who claims to be entitled to have his name (title) entered in the register of shareholders in respect of shares in the Company may, if his share certificate (the
original certificate) relating to the shares is lost, apply to the Company for a replacement share certificate in respect of such shares (the Relevant Shares).
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Application by a holder of Domestic-Invested Shares, who has lost his share certificate, for a replacement share certificate shall be dealt
with in accordance with Article 144 of the Company Law.



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Application by a holder of Overseas-Listed Foreign Shares, who has lost his share certificate,
for a replacement share certificate may be dealt with in accordance with the law of the place where the original register of shareholders of holders of Overseas-Listed Foreign-Invested Shares is maintained, the rules of the stock exchange or other
relevant regulations.

The issue of a replacement share certificate to a holder of H Shares, who has lost his share certificate, shall
comply with the following requirements:



| | (1) | The applicant shall submit an application to the Company in a prescribed form accompanied by a notarial certificate or a statutory declaration (i) stating the grounds upon which the application is made and the
circumstances and evidence of the loss; and (ii) declaring that no other person is entitled to have his name entered in the register of shareholders in respect of the Relevant Shares.
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| | (2) | The Company has not received any declaration made by any person other than the applicant declaring that his name shall be entered into the register of shareholders in respect of such shares before it decides to issue a
replacement share certificate to the applicant.
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| | (3) | The Company shall, if it intends to issue a replacement share certificate, publish a notice of its intention to do so at least once every thirty (30) days within a period of ninety (90) consecutive days in
such newspapers as may be prescribed by the board of directors.
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| | (4) | The Company shall, prior to publication of its intention to issue a replacement share certificate, deliver to the stock exchange on which its shares are listed, a copy of the notice to be published and may publish the
notice upon receipt of confirmation from such stock exchange that the notice has been exhibited in the premises of the stock exchange. Such notice shall be exhibited in the premises of the stock exchange for a period of ninety (90) days.
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In the case of an application which is made without the consent of the registered holder of the Relevant Shares, the
Company shall deliver by mail to such registered shareholder a copy of the notice to be published.



| | (5) | If, by the expiration of the 90 day period referred to in paragraphs (3) and (4) of this Article, the Company has not have received any challenge from any person in respect of the issuance of the replacement
share certificate, it may issue a replacement share certificate to the applicant pursuant to his application.
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| | (6) | Where the Company issues a replacement share certificate pursuant to this Article, it shall forthwith cancel the original share certificate and document the cancellation of the original share certificate and issuance of
a replacement share certificate in the register of shareholders accordingly.
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| | (7) | All expenses relating to the cancellation of an original share certificate and the issuance of a replacement share certificate shall be borne by the applicant and the Company is entitled to refuse to take any action
until reasonable security is provided by the applicant therefor.
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|Article 50. | Where the Company issues a replacement share certificate pursuant to these Articles of Association and a bona fide purchaser acquires or becomes the registered owner of such shares, his name (title) shall not be removed
from the register of shareholders.
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|Article 51. | The Company shall not be liable for any damages sustained by any person by reason of the cancellation of the original share certificate or the issuance of the replacement share certificate unless the claimant is able to
prove that the Company has acted in a deceitful manner.
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CHAPTER 7: SHAREHOLDERS RIGHTS AND

OBLIGATIONS



|Article 52. | A shareholder of the Company is a person who lawfully holds shares in the Company and whose name (title) is entered in the register of shareholders. A shareholder shall enjoy rights and assume obligations according to
the class and amount of shares held by him; shareholders who hold shares of the same class shall enjoy the same rights and assume the same obligations.
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|Article 53. | The ordinary shareholders of the Company shall enjoy the following rights:
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| | (1) | the right to receive dividends and other distributions in proportion to the number of shares held;
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| | (2) | the right to attend or appoint a proxy to attend shareholders meeting and to vote thereat;
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| | (3) | the right of supervisory management over the Companys business operations and the right to present proposals or to raise queries;
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| | (4) | the right to transfer, grant or pledge shares so held in accordance with laws, administrative regulations and provisions of these Articles of Association;
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| | (5) | the right to obtain relevant information in accordance with these Articles of Association, including:
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| | (i) | the right to obtain a copy of these Articles of Association, subject to payment of costs;
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| | (ii) | the right to inspect and copy, subject to payment of a reasonable fee:
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| | (a) | all parts of the register of shareholders;
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| | (b) | personal particulars of each of the Companys directors, supervisors and other senior officers, including:
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| | (aa) | present and former name and alias;
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| | (bb) | principal address (place of residence);
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| | (cc) | nationality;
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| | (dd) | primary and all other part-time occupations and duties;
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| | (ee) | identification documents and the numbers thereof;
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| | (c) | report on the state of the Companys share capital;
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| | (d) | reports showing the aggregate par value, quantity, highest and lowest price paid in respect of each class of shares repurchased by the Company since the end of the last accounting year and the aggregate amount paid by
the Company for this purpose;
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| | (e) | minutes of shareholders general meetings;
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| | (f) | the copies of the Companys debentures, resolutions of the meetings of the board of directors, resolutions of the meetings of the Supervisory Committee, financial and accounting reports
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| | (6) | in the event of the termination or liquidation of the Company, the right to participate in the distribution of surplus assets of the Company in accordance with the number of shares held;
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| | (7) | shareholders who disagree with the resolutions for the merger and separation of the Company made in a general meeting may demand the Company to purchase their shares.
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| | (8) | other rights conferred by laws, administrative regulations and these Articles of Association.
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|Article 54 | Shareholders proposing to inspect the relevant information as set out in the previous Articles or collect information shall produce the relevant proofs of the type and quantity of shares that they are holding to the
Company. The Company shall provide the shareholders such information as required after verification of the identities of the shareholders.
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|Article 55 | In the event that the resolution of a shareholders meeting or a board meeting is against the law or administrative rules and has infringed the legitimate interest of a shareholder, the shareholder shall have the
right to submit to the Peoples Court to declare the resolution invalid.
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In the event the procedures for convening the
shareholders meeting and the board of directors meeting and voting thereat violate the law, administrative regulations or the provisions of these Articles, or the content resolved being in contrary to these Articles, the shareholder shall have
the right to submit to the Peoples Court to rescind the resolution within 60 days after the resolution is made.



|Article 56 | In the event the directors and senior officers violate the law, administrative regulations or the provisions of these Articles in performing the Companys duties, and incur a loss to the Company, shareholder(s),
either individually or jointly holding more than 1% of the Companys shares for more than 180 consecutive days shall have the right to submit a written request to the Supervisory Committee for commencing legal proceedings in the Peoples
Court. In the event the Supervisory Committee violates the law, administrative regulations or the provisions of these Articles in performing the Companys duties, and incur a loss to the Company, the shareholders shall have the right to submit
a written request to the board of directors for commencing legal proceedings in the Peoples Court.
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In the event the
Supervisory Committee or the board of directors refuses to commence legal proceedings after receiving the written request from the shareholders as provided in the paragraph above, or has not commenced legal proceedings 30 days after receiving the
written request, or in case of emergency, without commencing legal proceedings forthwith will result in damages in the interests of the Company considerably difficult to rectify, the shareholders as provided in the paragraph above shall have the
right to commence legal proceedings directly in the Peoples Court in their own names for the interests of the Company.

In the event
the legal interests of the Company are being violated by other parties and incur a loss to the Company, the shareholders as provided in the first paragraph of this Article shall commence legal proceedings in the Peoples Court in accordance
with the provisions in the earlier two paragraphs.



|Article 57 | In the event the directors and senior officers violate the law, administrative regulations or the provisions of these Articles, and the rights of shareholders are prejudicially affected, the shareholders shall have the
right to commence legal proceeding in the Peoples Court.
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|Article 58. | The ordinary shareholders of the Company shall assume the following obligations:
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| | (1) | to comply with these Articles of Association;
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| | (2) | to pay subscription monies according to the number of shares subscribed and the method of subscription;
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| | (3) | no return of capital is allowed apart from those as provided in the laws and regulations;
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| | (4) | The right of the shareholder shall not be abused to infringe the interests of the Company or other shareholders. The independent status of corporate legal person and the limited liabilities of the shareholder shall not
be abused to infringe the interests of the Companys creditors;
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The Companys shareholder who abuses his rights
and result in losses to the Company or its other shareholders shall assume indemnity liabilities pursuant to the laws.

The Companys
shareholder who abuses the independent status of corporate legal person and the limited liabilities of the shareholder to avoid debts and seriously infringe the interests of the Companys creditors shall assume incidental liabilities to the
Companys debts.



| | (5) | other obligations imposed by laws, administrative regulations and these Articles of Association.
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Shareholders are not liable to make any further contribution to the share capital other than according to the terms which were agreed by the
subscriber of the relevant shares at the time of subscription.



|Article 59. | Shareholder holding more than 5% of the shares with voting right in the Company shall submit a written report to the Company when creating a pledge over its shares on the date the same is effected.
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|Article 60. | In addition to the obligations imposed by laws and administrative regulations or required by the listing rules of the stock exchange on which the Companys shares are listed, a controlling shareholder (as such term
is defined in the following Article) shall not exercise his voting rights in respect of the following matters in a manner prejudicial to the interests of all or part of the shareholders of the Company:
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| | (1) | to relieve a director or supervisor of his duty to act honestly in the best interests of the Company;
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| | (2) | to approve the expropriation by a director or supervisor (for his own benefit or for the benefit of another person) of the Companys assets in any way, including (without limitation) opportunities which are
beneficial to the Company;
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| | (3) | to approve the expropriation by a director or supervisor (for his own benefit or for the benefit of another person) of the individual rights of other shareholders, including (without limitation) rights to distributions
and voting rights (save pursuant to a restructuring which has been submitted for approval by the shareholders in a general meeting in accordance with these Articles of Association).
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|Article 61. | For the purpose of the foregoing Article, a controlling shareholder means a person who satisfies any one of the following conditions:
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| | (1) | a person who, acting alone or in concert with others, has the power to elect more than half of the board of directors;
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| | (2) | a person who, acting alone or in concert with others, has the power to exercise or to control the exercise of 30 % or more of the voting rights in the Company;
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| | (3) | a person who, acting alone or in concert with others, holds 30 % or more of the issued and outstanding shares of the Company;
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| | (4) | a person who, acting alone or in concert with others, has de facto control of the Company in any other way.
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|Article 62. | The controlling shareholders of the Company and persons in actual control of the Company shall not damage the lawful rights of the Company and the public shareholders by means of connected transaction.
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Those who violate the provisions in the paragraph above resulting in loss on the Company shall assume indemnity
liabilities.

The controlling shareholders of the Company and persons in actual control of the Company have fiduciary duties towards the
Company and the public shareholders. The controlling shareholders shall exercise his rights as investors strictly in accordance with the laws. The controlling shareholders shall not damage the lawful rights of the Company and the public shareholders
by means of profit distribution, assets restructuring, external investment, use of capital and loan guarantee etc and shall not take advantage of its controlling position to damage the interest of the Company and the public shareholders.



|Article 63. | In operational fund transactions between the controlling shareholder of the Company and its related parties, appropriation of funds of the Company shall be strictly restricted. The controlling shareholder of the Company
and its related parties shall not require the Company to pay advance fees such as salary, benefits, insurance, advertising, and they shall not undertake costs and other expenses on each others behalf.
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|Article 64. | The Company shall establish a special system to prevent the appropriation of assets of the Company by the controlling shareholder of the Company and its related parties. The Company shall conduct periodic
self-inspections as to whether the controlling shareholder of the Company and its related parties have engaged in non-operational appropriations of funds of the Company and report such matters to the relevant regulatory authorities within 10
business days before publication of its quarterly- reports, interim reports and annual reports.
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If there are
non-operational appropriations of funds of the Company conducted by the controlling shareholder of the Company and the Company fails to prevent such appropriations of funds or fails to recover such funds so appropriated in a timely manner, the Board
shall be entitled to realize the repayment of such by, among others, applying to a court for an injunction and auction of equities of the Company held by its controlling shareholder.



|Article 65. | A sound investor relationship management working system shall be established, and the communication and interaction with the shareholders especially the public shareholders shall be initiated and strengthened through
various ways.
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CHAPTER 8: SHAREHOLDERS GENERAL

MEETINGS

Section 1 General
Rules for Shareholders General Meetings



|Article 66. | The shareholders general meeting is the organ of authority of the Company and shall exercise its functions and powers in accordance with law.
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|Article 67. | The shareholders general meeting shall have the following functions and powers:
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| | (1) | to decide on the Companys operational policies and investment plans;
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| | (2) | to elect and replace directors who are not staff representatives and to decide on matters relating to the remuneration of directors;
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| | (3) | to elect and replace supervisors who represent the shareholders and to decide on matters relating to the remuneration of supervisors;
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| | (4) | to examine and approve the board of directors reports;
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| | (5) | to examine and approve the supervisory committees reports;
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| | (6) | to examine and approve the Companys proposed annual preliminary and final financial budgets;
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| | (7) | to examine and approve the Companys profit distribution plans and loss recovery plans;
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| | (8) | to decide on the increase or reduction of the Companys registered capital;
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| | (9) | to decide on matters such as merger, division, dissolution, liquidation or amendment to the method of operation of the Company;
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| | (10) | to decide on the issue of debentures by the Company;
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| | (11) | to decide on the appointment, dismissal and non-reappointment of the accountants of the Company;
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| | (12) | to amend these Articles of Association;
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| | (13) | to consider and approve issues of guarantee as provided in Article 66;
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| | (14) | to consider issues on acquisitions and disposals of assets during a year which exceeds 30% of the latest audited total assets of the Company;
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| | (15) | to consider the mutual provision of loans among overseas subsidiaries of the Company, where the accumulative amount of such mutual loans in 12 consecutive months account for more than 50% of the latest audited net asset
value of the Company calculated on the basis of PRC accounting standards, provided that such mutual loans are in compliance with the laws, rules and relevant regulations of the relevant place(s) of incorporation of such overseas subsidiaries;
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| | (16) | to consider and approve issues on the change in use of proceeds;
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| | (17) | to consider share incentive schemes;
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| | (18) | other matters to be decided in shareholders general meeting as provided by the laws, administrative regulations, departmental rules or these Articles of Association
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|Article 68. | The provision of guarantees by the Company to its shareholders, persons in actual control of the Company and their associates shall be considered and approved by the shareholders in a general meeting.
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The provision of guarantee by the Company to its subsidiaries shall be subject to consideration
and approval by the shareholders in a general meeting if:



| | (1) | the provision of any guarantee where the amount of the external guarantee by the Company and its subsidiaries reaches or exceeds 50% of the latest audited net assets;
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| | (2) | the provision of any guarantee where the amount of the external guarantee by the Company reaches or exceeds more than 30% of the latest audited net assets;
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| | (3) | the provision of any single guarantee in which the amount exceeds 10% of the latest audited net assets.
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| | (4) | Provision of guarantee to any guaranteed party with an assets to liabilities ratio exceeding 70%.
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The Company shall not provide guarantee to any natural person, legal person, institutions and other entities not referred to in (1) and
(2) above.



|Article 69. | Shareholders general meetings are divided into annual general meetings and extraordinary general meetings. Annual general meetings are held once every year and within six months from the end of the preceding
financial year.
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The Company shall convene an extraordinary general meeting within two

(2) months of the occurrence of any one of the following events:



| | (1) | where the number of directors is less than the number stipulated in the Company Law or two-thirds of the number specified in the Companys Articles of Association or is less than eight (8);
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| | (2) | where the unrecovered losses of the Company amount to one-third of the total amount of its paid-up share capital;
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| | (3) | where shareholder(s) singly or jointly holding 10 % or more of the Companys issued and outstanding voting shares request(s) in writing for the convening of an extraordinary general meeting;
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| | (4) | whenever the board of directors deems necessary or the supervisory committee so requests;
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| | (5) | other cases as provided in laws, administrative regulations and these Articles of Association.
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More than half of the independent directors shall have the right to request the board of directors to convene the extraordinary general
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|Article 70. | The shareholders general meeting will be held at a location for meeting with the presence of those who are entitled to attend. The location where the Company convenes its shareholders general meeting will be
the registered address of the Company or other places as set out in the notice convening the meeting.
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|Article 71. | At a shareholders general meeting, the Company shall retain legal advisers and obtain legal advice in relation to the following issues which shall be incorporated into the shareholders resolutions for
announcement purpose:
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| | (1) | Whether the procedures for convening and holding a general meeting comply with the requirements of the laws, administrative regulations and these Articles of Association;
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| | (2) | Whether attendees or the convenor of a general meeting meet the requisite legal requirements;
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| | (3) | Whether the voting procedures for and the voting results of the general meeting are lawful and valid; and
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| | (4) | Issuance of legal opinions on other relevant issues at the request of the Company.
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|Article 72. | The Company shall formulate rules of the shareholders general meeting, which shall be drawn up by the board of directors and be considered as well as approved in the shareholders general meeting.
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Section 2 Calling for Shareholders General Meetings



|Article 73. | The board of directors, Supervisory Committee and qualified shareholders as provided in these Articles of Association shall have the right to convene the shareholders general meeting in accordance with the
relevant laws, regulations and the provisions of these Articles of Association.
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The board of directors shall timely convene
the shareholders general meeting within the timeframe as provided in Article 67 of these Articles of Association.



|Article 74. | Pursuant to the stipulation under the laws, administrative rules and these Articles of Association, the board of directors shall give a written feedback on whether to approve or disapprove of the convening of the
extraordinary general meeting within 10 days after the receipt of the independent directors proposal.
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If the board of
directors agrees to convene the extraordinary general meeting, a notice for convening the shareholders general meeting shall be issued within 5 days after the resolution of convening the extraordinary general meeting has been made by the board
of directors; an announcement with relevant explanation shall be made if the board of directors does not agree to convene the extraordinary general meeting.



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|Article 75. | The supervisory committee may propose to the board of directors in writing for convening the extraordinary general meeting. Pursuant to the stipulation under the laws, administrative regulations and these Articles of
Association, the board of directors shall give a written feedback on whether to approve or disapprove of the convening of the extraordinary general meeting within 10 days after the receipt of the supervisory committees proposal.
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If the board of directors agrees to convene the extraordinary general meeting, a notice for convening the extraordinary
general meeting shall be issued within 5 days after the decision has been made by the board of directors. Consent of the supervisory committee has to be obtained for making any alternation on the original proposed resolution in the notice.

If the board of directors does not agree to convene the extraordinary general meeting, or no feedback is given within 10 days after receiving
the request, it will be deemed that the board of directors is unable to fulfill or fails to fulfill its responsibilities to convene the shareholders general meeting. The Supervisory Committee hereby can convene and preside the meeting by
itself.



|Article 76. | The necessary costs for convening the shareholders general meeting by the supervisory committee shall be borne by the Company.
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|Article 77. | Shareholders who request for of an extraordinary general meeting or a class meeting shall comply with the following procedures:
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| | (1) | Shareholders who individually or together hold 10% or more of the shares carrying the right to vote in the meeting are entitled to propose to convene an extraordinary general meeting or a class meeting to the board of
directors in writing and state the motions and resolutions proposed. Within 10 days of receiving such proposal, the board of directors shall provide its written decision as to whether it agrees to convene such general meeting in accordance with the
laws, administrative regulations and the Articles of Association.
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| | (2) | If the board of directors agrees to convene an extraordinary general meeting or a class meeting, it shall issue a notice of meeting within 5 days of its decision, and any changes to the proposal shall be made only with
the consent of the proposing shareholders.
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| | (3) | If the board of directors decides against convening the proposed extraordinary general meeting or class meeting, or if it fails to provide its written decision within 10 days of receipt of the proposal, shareholders
individually or in aggregate holding 10% or more of the shares of the Company are entitled to propose to convene general meeting to the supervisory committee in writing.
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| | (4) | If the Supervisory Committee agrees to convene the proposed extraordinary meeting or class meeting, it shall issue the notice of meeting within 5 days of receipt of the proposal, and any changes to the original proposal
shall be made only with the consent of the shareholders.
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| | (5) | If the Supervisory Committee fails to issue a notice of meeting within the prescribed period, the supervisory committee shall be deemed not to convene and chair the meeting. Shareholders individually or in aggregate
holding 10% or more of the shares of the Company for 90 consecutive days may convene and chair the meeting on their own.
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All reasonable expenses incurred for such meeting convened by the Supervisory Committee or shareholders as a result of the failure of the
board of directors to convene a meeting as required by the above request(s) shall be borne by the Company.



|Article 78. | If the Supervisory Committee or the shareholders decides/decide to convene the shareholders general meeting by itself/themselves, a written notice shall be given to the board of directors and in the meantime
report shall be made to the local representative office of the competent securities authorities under the State Council and the stock exchange for record.
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The convening shareholder(s) shall submit the relevant documents to the local representative office of the competent securities authorities
under the State Council and the stock exchange before issuing the notice for convening of the shareholders general meeting and the announcement on resolution proposed to the shareholders general meeting.



|Article 79. | The Board and the secretary to the board of directors should accommodate to the shareholders general meeting convened by the Supervisory Committee or the shareholders. The board of directors shall provide the list
of shareholders on the record day.
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Section 3 Proposing Resolutions for and Notices of Shareholders General
Meetings



|Article 80. | When the Company convenes a shareholders general meeting, the board of directors, the supervisory committee and shareholder(s) individually and jointly holding more than 3% of the Companys shares have the
right to propose resolutions to the Company.
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Shareholder(s) individually and jointly holding more than 3% of the
Companys shares may propose special resolutions in writing to the convenor 10 days before the shareholders general meeting is convened. The convenor shall issue a supplementary notice of the general meeting within two days after
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Apart from the above, no amendment to the resolutions as set out in the notice of general
meeting or proposal of new resolutions shall be made after the convenor has issued the notice of general meeting.

The resolutions not set
out in the notice of general meeting or failing to comply with Article 79 of these Articles of Association shall be not voted and resolved in the shareholders general meeting.



|Article 81. | The contents of the resolutions shall fall within the scope of authority of the shareholders general meeting, with questions defined and specific issues to be resolved, and shall also comply with the laws,
regulations, administrative regulations and relevant provisions of these Articles of Association.
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|Article 82. | At the annual shareholders general meeting, the board of directors and the supervisory committee shall report on their work for the previous year.
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|Article 83. | The board of directors must explain to the shareholders in the shareholders general meeting when a registered accountancy firm issues a qualified audit opinion in respect of the Companys financial
statements.
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|Article 84. | The candidates for the directors and supervisors shall submit to the shareholders general meeting for voting by way of resolutions.
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|Article 85. | Unless otherwise provided by the relevant laws and regulations, the listing rules issued at the listing place of the Company and the Articles of Association in respect of the means of receipt of corporate communication,
when the Company convenes a shareholders general meeting, written notice of the meeting shall be given forty-five (45) days before the date of the meeting (when calculating the 45 days period, the date on which the meeting is held
shall not be included) to notify all of the shareholders whose names appear in the share register of the matters to be considered and the date and place of the meeting. A shareholder who intends to attend the meeting shall deliver to the Company his
written reply concerning his attendance at such meeting twenty (20) days before the date of the meeting.
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|Article 86. | A notice of a meeting of the shareholders of the Company shall satisfy the following criterion:
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| | (1) | Unless otherwise provided by the relevant laws and regulations, the listing rules issued at the listing place of the Company and the Articles of Association in respect of the means of receipt of corporate communication,
be in writing;
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| | (2) | specify the place, date and time of the meeting;
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| | (4) | provide such information and explanation as are necessary for the shareholders to make an informed decision on the proposals put before them. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, where a proposal is made to
amalgamate the Company with another, to repurchase the shares of the Company, to reorganise its share capital, or to restructure the Company in any other way, the terms of the proposed transaction must be provided in detail together with copies of
the proposed agreement, if any, and the cause and effect of such proposal must be properly explained;
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| | (5) | contain a disclosure of the nature and extent, if any, of the material interests of any director, supervisor and senior officer in the proposed transaction and the effect which the proposed transaction will have on them
in their capacity as shareholders in so far as it is different from the effect on the interests of shareholders of the same class;
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| | (6) | contain the full text of any special resolution to be proposed at the meeting;
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| | (7) | contain a conspicuous statement that a shareholder entitled to attend and vote at such meeting is entitled to appoint one (1) or more proxies to attend and vote at such meeting on his behalf and that a proxy need
not be a shareholder;
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| | (8) | specify the time and place for lodging proxy forms for the relevant meeting;
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| | (9) | state the registration date of the shares of shareholders who are entitled to attend the general meeting.
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| | (10) | State the name and telephone number of the contact person for the meeting.
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In the event the
opinion of independent directors is required for the issues to be discussed, such opinion and the reasons for such opinion shall be disclosed in the notice or supplementary notice of the general meeting being issued.



|Article 87. | Unless otherwise provided by the relevant laws and regulations, the listing rules issued at the listing place of the Company and the Articles of Association in respect of the means of receipt of corporate communication,
notice of shareholders general meetings shall be served on each shareholder (whether or not such shareholder is entitled to vote at the meeting), by personal delivery or prepaid airmail to the address of the shareholder as shown in the
register of shareholders. For the holders of Domestic-Invested Shares, notice of the meetings may also be issued by way of public announcement.
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The public announcement referred to in the preceding paragraph shall be published in one
(1) or more national newspapers designated by the State Council Securities Policy Committee within the interval of forty-five (45) days to fifty (50) days before the date of the meeting; after the publication of such announcement, the
holders of Domestic-Invested Shares shall be deemed to have received the notice of the relevant shareholders general meeting.



|Article 88. | If matters relating to election of directors and supervisors are proposed to be discussed at a shareholders general meeting, detailed information concerning the candidates shall be fully disclosed in the notice of
the general meeting, which shall at least include the following:
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| | (1) | Personal information relating to the candidates, including educational background, work experience and all other positions undertaken on a part-time basis;
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| | (2) | Whether the candidates are connected with the Company, its controlling shareholders or de facto controllers;
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| | (3) | The candidates shareholding in the Company;
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| | (4) | Whether the candidates have been subject to any punishment by the competent securities authorities under the State Council or other relevant department or to any sanction by any stock exchange.
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|Article 89. | After the issue of the notice of general meeting, the shareholders general meeting shall not be postponed or cancelled or the resolutions set out in the notice of general meeting shall not be cancelled without any
proper reason. In the event that there is any delay or cancellation, the convenor shall announce the reasons for such delay or cancellation at least two business days before the date the general meeting is originally scheduled to be held.
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|Article 90 | The Company shall, based on the written replies which it receives from the shareholders twenty (20) days before the date of the shareholders general meeting, calculate the number of voting shares represented
by the shareholders who intend to attend the meeting. If the number of voting shares represented by the shareholders who intend to attend the meeting amount to more than one-half of the Companys total voting shares, the Company may hold the
meeting; if not, then the Company shall, within five (5) days, notify the shareholders by way of public announcement the matters to be considered at, and the place and date for, the meeting. The Company may then hold the meeting after
publication of such announcement.
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Section 4 Qualifications of Shareholders Attending Shareholders General Meeting



|Article 91 | All shareholders or their proxies who are named in the shareholders register on the record date shall have the right to attend the shareholders general meeting, and exercise their voting rights in accordance
with the laws, regulations and these Articles of Association.
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|Article 92 | An individual shareholder who attends the shareholders general meeting in person shall produce his identification documents or other valid document or certificate which can prove his identity and his stock account
card. Where a proxy is appointed to attend the meeting, the proxy shall produce his own identification documents and the proxy form.
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A legal person shareholder shall attend the meeting by its authorized representative or the attorney as appointed by such authorized
representative. An authorized representative who attends the shareholders general meeting in person shall produce his identification documents, valid certificate which can prove his identity. Where an attorney is appointed to attend the
meeting, the attorney shall produce his own identification documents and the relevant power of attorney executed by such authorized representative pursuant to the laws.



|Article 93. | Any shareholder who is entitled to attend and vote at a general meeting of the Company shall be entitled to appoint one (1) or more persons (whether such person is a shareholder or not) as his proxies to attend and
vote on his behalf, and a proxy so appointed shall be entitled to exercise the following rights pursuant to the authorisation from that shareholder:
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| | (1) | the shareholders right to speak at the meeting;
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| | (2) | the right to demand or join in demanding a poll;
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| | (3) | the right to vote by hand or on a poll, but a proxy of a shareholder who has appointed more than one (1) proxy may only vote on a poll.
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|Article 94. | The instrument appointing a proxy shall be in writing under the hand of the appointor or his attorney duly authorised in writing, or if the appointor is a legal entity, either under seal or under the hand of a director
or a duly authorised attorney.
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|Article 95. | The proxy form appointing a proxy of a shareholder shall be in writing.
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Such written form
shall state the following:



| | (1) | The name of the proxy;
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| | (2) | Whether or not the proxy has any voting right;
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| | (3) | An indication to vote for or against each and every matter included in the agenda, (except the proxy of H Shareholders);
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| | (4) | The date of issue and the valid period of the proxy form;
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| | (5) | The signature (or seal) of the principal; if the principal is a legal person, supplemented with the seal of the legal person.
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|Article 96. | The proxy form shall state clearly if the proxy is entitled to vote at his discretion in the absence of specific instruction from the principal.
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|Article 97. | The instrument appointing a voting proxy and, if such instrument is signed by a person under a power of attorney or other authority on behalf of the appointor, a notarially certified copy of that power of attorney or
other authority shall be deposited at the residence of the Company or at such other place as is specified for that purpose in the notice convening the meeting, not less than twenty-four (24) hours before the time for holding the meeting at
which the proxy propose to vote or the time appointed for the passing of the resolution.
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If the appointor is a legal
person, its legal representative or such person as is authorised by resolution of its board of directors or other governing body may attend any meeting of shareholders of the Company as a representative of the appointor.



|Article 98. | Any form issued to a shareholder by the directors for use by such shareholder for the appointment of a proxy to attend and vote at meetings of the Company shall be such as to enable the shareholder to freely instruct
the proxy to vote in favour of or against the motions, such instructions being given in respect of each individual matter to be voted on at the meeting. Such a form shall contain a statement that, in the absence of specific instructions from the
shareholder, the proxy may vote as he thinks fit.
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The Company has the right to request a proxy who attends a
shareholders meeting to provide evidence of his or its identity.

If a shareholder which is a legal person appoints its legal
representative to attend a meeting on its behalf, the Company has the right to request such legal representative to produce evidence of his or its identity and a notarially certified copy of the resolutions of such shareholders board of
directors in respect of the appointment of the proxy or the power of attorney executed by such other organisation which has the capacity to appoint the proxy.



|Article 99. | A vote given in accordance with the terms of a proxy shall be valid notwithstanding the death or loss of capacity of the appointor or revocation of the proxy or the authority under which the proxy was executed, or the
transfer of the shares in respect of which the proxy is given, provided that the Company did not receive any written notice in respect of such matters before the commencement of the relevant meeting.
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Section 5 Convening Shareholders General Meetings



|Article 100. | The board of directors of the Company together with other convenors shall adopt necessary measures to maintain the normal order of the shareholders general meeting. Measures shall be taken to stop any act which
interferes with or causes nuisance at a general meeting and any act which infringes the lawful interests of the shareholders. Timely report of these acts shall be made to the relevant authority for investigation.
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|Article 101. | The Company shall prepare a log book to record the parties attending the shareholders general meeting. The log book shall set out the name of the person or unit attending the meeting, their identification document
numbers, resident address, the number of voting shares they have and the name of the principals (if the parties attending the meeting is a proxy/attorney).
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|Article 102. | The convenor and the legal advisers retained by the Company shall jointly verify the eligibility of the shareholders to vote based on the Companys shareholder register provided by the securities registration and
clearing authority and shall register the name of the shareholders together with the numbers of voting shares they have. Registration shall come to a close before the chairman of the meeting announces the number of shareholders and proxies
physically present at the meeting as well as the total number of voting shares represented by the shareholders who are entitled to vote.
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|Article 103. | When convening shareholders general meeting, all directors, supervisors and senior officers should attend the meeting.
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|Article 104. | The chairman of the board of directors shall chair every shareholders general meeting. If the chairman is unable to attend the meeting for any reason, the vice-chairman of the board of directors appointed by the
chairman of the board of directors shall chair the meeting. If the vice-chairman of the board of directors is unable or fail to perform his duty, then a director may be nominated by more than half of all the directors to chair the meeting. If no
director is nominated to chair the meeting, shareholders present shall choose one (1) person to act as the chairman of the meeting. If for any reason, the shareholders shall fail to elect a chairman, then the shareholder (including a proxy)
holding the largest number of shares carrying the right to vote thereat shall be the chairman of the meeting.
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The chairman
of the Supervisory Committee shall chair shareholders general meeting being convened by the Supervisory Committee and act as the chairman of the meeting. If the chairman of the Supervisory Committee is unable to attend the meeting for any
reason, the vice-chairman of the Supervisory Committee shall chair the meeting. If the vice-chairman of the Supervisory Committee is unable or fail to perform his duty, then a Supervisor may be nominated by more than half of all Supervisors to chair
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The convenor of a shareholders general meeting being convened by the shareholders shall
nominate a representative to chair the meeting.

During the shareholders general meeting is being held, in the event the chairman of
the meeting violates the proceedings of the meeting such that the shareholders general meeting is unable to proceed, the shareholders general meeting may nominate one person which is agreed by the shareholders attending the meeting and
carrying more than half of the voting rights in the shareholders general meeting to be the chairman and proceed to transact business in the meeting.



|Article 105. | Except for trade secrets of the Company which cannot be disclosed at the general meeting, the board of directors, the Supervisory Committee and the senior officers should make an explanation or statement regarding the
shareholders queries and suggestions.
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|Article 106. | The convenor shall ensure that a shareholders general meeting is held on a continuous basis until a final resolution is adopted. If a general meeting is suspended or no resolution can be adopted due to force
majeure or other exceptional reasons, necessary measures shall be taken so as to promptly re-convene the general meeting or to directly terminate the then general meeting, and public announcement relating thereto shall also be made on a timely
basis. At the same time, the convenor shall report the same to the local office of the competent securities authorities under the State Council and to the relevant stock exchanges.
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Section 6 Voting in and Resolutions of Shareholders General Meeting



|Article 107. | Resolutions of shareholders general meetings shall be divided into ordinary resolutions and special resolutions.
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An ordinary resolution must be passed by votes representing more than one-half of the voting rights represented by the shareholders (including
proxies) present at the meeting.

A special resolution must be passed by votes representing more than two-thirds of the voting rights
represented by the shareholders (including proxies) present at the meeting.



|Article 108. | The following matters shall be resolved by an ordinary resolution at a shareholders general meeting:
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| | (1) | work reports of the board of directors and the supervisory committee;
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| | (2) | to decide on the Companys operational policies and investment plans;
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| | (3) | profit distribution plans and loss recovery plans formulated by the board of directors;
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| | (4) | removal of members of the board of directors and members of the supervisory committee, their remuneration and manner of payment;
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| | (5) | annual preliminary and final budgets, balance sheets and profit and loss accounts and other financial statements of the Company;
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| | (6) | the Companys annual report;
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| | (7) | mutual provision of loans among the Companys overseas subsidiaries of which a resolution is required to be passed at the shareholders general meeting;
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| | (8) | matters other than those which are required by the laws and administrative regulations or by these Articles of Association to be adopted by special resolution.
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|Article 109. | The following matters shall be resolved by a special resolution at a shareholders general meeting:
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(1) the increase or reduction in share capital and the issue of shares of any class, warrants and other similar securities;

(2) the issue of debentures of the Company;

(3) the division, merger, dissolution and liquidation of the Company, as well as the alteration of the form of the Company;

(4) the amendment of the Companys Articles of Association;

(5) the repurchase of the Companys shares;

(6) the Companys significant acquisition or disposal of material assets or provision of guarantees conducted within the period of one
year with a value exceeding 30% of the latest audited total assets of the Company;

(7) share incentive schemes;

(8) other matters which are provided by the laws, administrative regulations or these Articles of Association, and resolved by shareholders by
ordinary resolution and are considered by the shareholders to be material to the Company and are required to be passed by special resolution.



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|Article 110. | Unless otherwise under special emergency circumstances, and with prior approval of shareholders in the form of a special resolution obtained in a general meeting, the Company shall not enter into any contract with any
person other than the directors and senior officers of the Company pursuant to which such person shall be responsible for the management and administration of the whole or any substantial part of the Companys business.
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|Article 111. | A shareholder (including a proxy), when voting at a shareholders general meeting, may exercise such voting rights as are attached to the number of voting shares which he represents. Each share shall have one
(1) vote.
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The Companys shares held by the Company do not carry any voting rights, and shall not be counted into
the total number of shares carrying voting rights in the shareholders general meeting.



|Article 112. | When connected transactions are voted at the general meeting, the connected shareholders shall not participate in voting. The voting rights represented by the shares held by them shall not be counted in the total number
of shares validly voted. The announcement on the resolutions passed by the general meeting should fully disclose the details of voting by unconnected shareholders.
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|Article 113. | Where any shareholder is, under the Hong Kong Listing Rules, required to abstain from voting on any particular resolution or restricted to voting only for or only against any particular resolution, any vote cast or on
behalf of such shareholder in contravention of such requirement or restriction shall not be counted.
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|Article 114. | The board of directors, independent directors and shareholders qualified under the relevant regulation may also collect from other shareholders of the Company the rights to vote in a shareholders general meeting.
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|Article 115. | At any shareholders general meeting, a resolution shall be decided on a show of hands unless a poll is demanded:
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| | (1) | by the chairman of the meeting;
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| | (2) | by at least two (2) shareholders present in person or by proxy entitled to vote thereat;
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| | (3) | by one (1) or more shareholders present in person or by proxy and representing 10 % or more of all shares carrying the right to vote at the meeting,
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Unless a poll is demanded, a declaration by the chairman that a resolution has been passed on a
show of hands and the record of such in the minutes of the meeting shall be conclusive evidence of the fact that such resolution has been passed. There is no need to provide evidence of the number or proportion of votes in favour of or against such
resolution.

The demand for a poll may be withdrawn by the person who demands the same.



|Article 116. | A poll demanded on the election of the chairman of the meeting, or on a question of adjournment of the meeting, shall be taken forthwith. A poll demanded on any other question shall be taken at such time as the chairman
of the meeting directs, and any business other than that upon which a poll has been demanded may be proceeded with, pending the taking of the poll. The result of the poll shall be deemed to be a resolution of the meeting at which the poll was
demanded.
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|Article 117. | On a poll taken at a meeting, a shareholder (including a proxy) entitled to two (2) or more votes need not cast all his votes in the same way.
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|Article 118. | Election of directors of the Company (including independent directors but not staff representatives) and Supervisors (who are not staff representatives) shall take place in the form of cumulative voting system.
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When electing directors at the shareholders general meeting, the independent directors shall be elected separately
with other members of the board of directors. Each share having voting rights held by a shareholder has the number of votes equal to the number of nominated directors. A shareholder may freely allocate his votes among the nominated directors, either
to allocate to a number of persons, or to vote all his/her votes in favour of one person.

When electing supervisors at the
shareholders general meeting, each share having voting rights held by a shareholder has the number of votes equal to the number of nominated supervisors. A shareholder may freely allocate his votes among the nominated supervisors, either to
allocate to a number of persons, or to vote all his/her votes in favour of one person.



|Article 119 | Except for the cumulative voting system, each of the proposed resolution shall be decided by the voting in the shareholders general meeting in sequence. Should there be more than one resolution on the same issue,
voting shall be conducted according to the chronology of the resolutions proposed. No proposed resolution should be set aside or remained undecided unless the shareholders general meeting is terminated or resolutions cannot be made due to
exceptional reasons including force majeure.
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|Article 120 | No amendment shall be made to the resolutions being considered by the shareholders general meeting. Otherwise, the relevant amendments shall be treated as a new resolution and shall not be voted in the prevailing
shareholders general meeting.
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|Article 121 | Prior to voting, the chairman of the meeting shall announce the number of shareholders and proxies physically present at the meeting as well as the total number of voting shares represented by shareholders who are
entitled to vote. The number of shareholders and proxies physically present at the meeting as well as the total number of voting shares represented by the shareholders who are entitled to vote shall be determined in accordance with those registered
during the meeting.
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|Article 122 | When considering the resolutions being submitted for voting, shareholders attending the meeting shall deliver their opinion in respect of approval or objection to such motions or abstention from voting. (Voting by H
Shareholders may not include abstention from voting.)
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Failure to or wrongly complete the ballot paper, or the ballot paper
being illegible, and ballot paper not voted shall be deemed as the voter abstaining from voting. The votes represented by such shares shall be counted as abstention.



|Article 123. | In the case of an equality of votes, whether on a show of hands or on a poll, the chairman of the meeting at which the show of hands takes place or at which the poll is demanded shall be have a casting vote.
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|Article 124 | Each vote can only be exercised once either physically at a meeting, via Internet or through other permitted means. If the same vote is exercised more than once, only the first vote will be accounted for.
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|Article 125 | Before a resolution is decided on a motion at a shareholders general meeting, two representatives of the shareholders shall be nominated to participate in counting the votes as well as supervising the counting
process. If a shareholder is interested in the matters under consideration, the relevant shareholders and his proxies shall not participate in counting the votes or supervising the counting process.
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At the time of deciding on a motion by voting at a general meeting, legal advisers, representatives of shareholders and representatives of
supervisors shall participate in counting the votes as well as supervising the counting process. They shall announce the voting results at the meeting. The voting results in connection with the resolution shall be recorded in the minutes.

Shareholders of the Company or their proxies who cast their votes via Internet or through other permitted means shall have the right to
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|Article 126 | A shareholders general meeting shall not be declared closed for shareholders who attend in person at a time earlier than for those shareholders who attend via Internet or other permitted means. The chairman of the
meeting shall announce at the meeting the voting details and results of each motion and shall declare whether or not a motion is adopted on the basis of relevant voting results.
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The Company, persons responsible for counting the votes, persons responsible for supervising the counting process, Internet service providers
and other relevant parties shall have the obligation to keep matters related to voting confidential.



|Article 127 | If the chairman of the meeting has any doubt as to the result of a resolution which has been put to vote at a shareholders meeting, he may have the votes counted. If the chairman of the meeting has not counted the
votes, any shareholder who is present in person or by proxy and who objects to the result announced by the chairman of the meeting may, immediately after the declaration of the result, demand that the votes be counted and the chairman of the meeting
shall have the votes counted immediately.
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|Article 128 | If votes are counted at a shareholders general meeting, the result of the count shall be recorded in the minute book.
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|Article 129 | The chairman of the meeting shall be responsible for determining whether a resolution has been passed. His decision, which shall be final and conclusive, shall be announced at the meeting and recorded in the minute
book.
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|Article 130 | Resolutions of the shareholders general meeting shall be announced timely. The announcement shall state the number of the shareholders and proxies present at the meeting, the total number of shares carrying the
right to vote held by them and the percentage of such shares out of the total number of shares carrying the right to vote of the Company, the method of voting, the voting result of each motion and details of each resolutions passed in the meeting.
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When the five issues set out in paragraph 2 of Article 136 of the Articles of Association are proposed to be considered at
the shareholders general meeting of the Company, the announcement of the resolutions of the shareholders general meeting shall set out the number of public shareholders voting, the total number of shares held by them and the proportion
in the total number of shares held by them and disclose the shareholdings of the 10 largest public shareholders voting as well as the result of their votes.



|Article 131 | Where a resolution of the meeting is not adopted, or a resolution passed at the previous shareholders general meeting is changed at the current shareholders general meeting, specific note shall be given in
the announcement for the resolutions passed in the shareholders general meeting.
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|Article 132 | The motion for the new session of the board of directors and the Supervisory Committee being passed by the shareholders general meeting shall commence office after the resolution being passed by the
shareholders general meeting.
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In the event the election of the staff representative (hereinafter referred to as the
Staff director) in the new session of the board of directors and the staff representative (hereinafter referred to as the Staff Supervisor) in the new session of the Supervisory Committee by the staff is earlier than the
terms the new session of the board of directors and the Supervisory Committee commence, their offices will commence when the terms of the new session of the board of directors of director and the supervisory committee commence. If the election by
staff is later than the terms of the new session of the board of directors and the Supervisory Committee commence, their offices will commence on the date when they are elected by the staff.



|Article 133 | If a motion in respect of the distribution of cash or bonus shares, or in connection with the capital increase by conversion from common reserve funds, is adopted at a shareholders general meeting, the Company
shall implement such distribution within two months of the relevant general meeting.
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|Article 134 | Minutes of a shareholders general meeting shall be kept and such minutes shall be prepared by the Secretary to the board of directors. Minutes of the shareholders general meetings should set out the
following:
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(1) the date and venue for convening the meeting, meeting agenda and the name of the convenor;

(2) the name of the chairman of the meeting as well as those of the directors, supervisors and senior officers who attend the meeting as
attendees and participants;

(3) the number of shareholders and proxies attending the meeting, the total number of voting shares
represented by the shareholders who are entitled to vote; the proportion of the number of voting shares represented by the shareholders who are entitled to vote out of the total number of shares of the Company;



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(4) a description of the considerations taken for each motion, the main points put forward by
each speaker relating thereto and the voting results thereof;

(5) details of queries and recommendations of the shareholders and the
corresponding response or explanation in relation thereto;

(6) the names of the legal advisers and persons responsible for counting the
votes and for supervising the counting process; and

(7) other contents which should be recorded in the minutes as provided for in these
Articles of Association.



|Article 135 | The convenor shall ensure that the content of the minutes shall be true, accurate and complete. Minutes shall be signed by attendees of the meeting, including the directors, supervisors, secretary to the board of
directors, the convenor or its representative and the chairman of the meeting. Minutes shall, together with the register relating to the shareholders present at the meeting in person and the proxy form if present by proxy, or via Internet or other
permitted means be kept by the Company for a period of not less than ten years.
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|Article 136. | Copies of the minutes of proceedings of any shareholders meeting shall, during business hours of the Company, be open for inspection by any shareholder without charge. If a shareholder requests for a copy of such
minutes from the Company, the Company shall send a copy of such minutes to him within seven (7) days after receipt of reasonable fees therefor.
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Section 7 Voting platform through interent



|Article 137 | The Company shall, with its priority to ensure that the shareholders general meeting is legal and effective, enlarge the proportion of public shareholders participating in the shareholders general meeting
through various manner and means including providing modern information technological means such as voting platform through internet. Attendance shall be accepted for shareholders who attend the general meeting through the above means.
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When the five issues set out in paragraph 2 of Article 136 of the Articles of Association are proposed to be considered at
the shareholders general meeting of the Company, domestic shareholders shall be given an online voting platform in addition to live meetings.

Online voting access for domestic shareholders shall be provided through internet service providers designated by China Securities Regulatory
Commission and Shanghai Stock Exchange. The holders of Overseas Listed Foreign Invested Shares will not be provided with online voting access.



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Upon completion of the voting process at the shareholders general meeting, the Company
shall consolidate, in respect of each proposal, the voting results of live meeting, online voting and other forms of voting in accordance with the relevant regulation before making any announcement.



|Article 138. | The Company shall establish and perfect the voting system for public shareholders in respect of significant issues.
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The following issues or the relevant applications in relation to such issues proposed to the shareholders general meeting shall be only
carried out upon approval at the shareholders general meeting and approval by the public shareholders representing more than half of the votes cast by the public shareholders present at the shareholders general meeting:



| | (1) | Any issue of new shares by the Company to the public (including issue of Overseas Listed Foreign Invested Shares or other equity securities), issue of convertible debentures, placing of shares to existing shareholders
(except those for which the controlling shareholders have undertaken to fully subscribe in cash before the shareholders general meeting is convened);
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| | (2) | Substantial assets restructuring of the Company where the total consideration for the assets proposed to be acquired is or higher than 20% of the audited net book value of such assets;
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| | (3) | Repayment of debts owing to the Company by any shareholder by means of his/her equity interests in the Company;
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| | (4) | Overseas listing of any subsidiaries of the Company which have a significant impact on the Company;
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| | (5) | Other relevant issues which may have a significant impact on the interests of the public shareholders in respect of the development of the Company.
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|Article 139. | Under circumstances as prescribed in the above article, after the Company making public announcement of the notice of shareholders general meeting, the notice of the shareholders general meeting shall be
published once again within 3 days after the share registration day.
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CHAPTER 9: SPECIAL PROCEDURES FOR VOTING

BY A CLASS OF SHAREHOLDERS



|Article 140. | Those shareholders who hold different classes of shares are class shareholders.
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Class shareholders shall enjoy rights and assume obligations in accordance with laws,
administrative regulations and these Articles of Association.



|Article 141. | Rights conferred on any class of shareholders (class rights) may not be varied or abrogated save with the approval of a special resolution of shareholders in a general meeting and by holders of shares of
that class at a separate meeting conducted in accordance with Articles 141 to 145.
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|Article 142. | The following circumstances shall be deemed to be variation or abrogation of the rights attaching to a particular class of shares:
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| | (1) | to increase or decrease the number of shares of that class, or to increase or decrease the number of shares of a class having voting or equity rights or privileges equal or superior to those of shares of that class;
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| | (2) | to exchange all or part of the shares of that class for shares of another class or to exchange or to create a right to exchange all or part of the shares of another class for shares of that class;
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| | (3) | to remove or reduce rights to accrued dividends or rights to cumulative dividends attached to shares of that class;
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| | (4) | to reduce or remove preferential rights attached to shares of that class to receive dividends or to the distribution of assets in the event that the Company is liquidated;
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| | (5) | to add, remove or reduce conversion privileges, options, voting rights, transfer or pre-emptive rights, or rights to acquire securities of the Company attached to shares of that class;
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| | (6) | to remove or reduce rights to receive payment payable by the Company in particular currencies attached to shares of that class;
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| | (7) | to create a new class of shares having voting or equity rights or privileges equal or superior to those of the shares of that class;
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| | (8) | to restrict the transfer or ownership of shares of that class or to increase the types of restrictions attaching thereto;
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| | (9) | to allot and issue rights to subscribe for, or to convert the existing shares into, shares in the Company of that class or another class;
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| | (10) | to increase the rights or privileges of shares of another class;
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| | (11) | to restructure the Company in such a way so as to result in the disproportionate distribution of obligations between the various classes of shareholders;
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| | (12) | to vary or abrogate the provisions of this Chapter.
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|Article 143. | Shareholders of the affected class, whether or not otherwise having the right to vote at shareholders general meetings, have the right to vote at class meetings in respect of matters concerning sub-paragraphs
(2) to (8), (11) and (12) of Article 140, but interested shareholder(s) shall not be entitled to vote at such class meetings.
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(An) interested shareholder(s), as such term is used in the preceding paragraph, means:



| | (1) | in the case of a repurchase of shares by way of a general offer to all shareholders of the Company or by way of public dealing on a stock exchange pursuant to Article 32, a controlling shareholder within the
meaning of Article 61;
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| | (2) | in the case of a repurchase of shares by an off-market agreement pursuant to Article 32, a holder of the shares to which the proposed agreement relates;
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| | (3) | in the case of a restructuring of the Company, a shareholder who assumes a relatively lower proportion of obligation than the obligations imposed on shareholders of that class under the proposed restructuring or who has
an interest in the proposed restructuring different from the general interests of the shareholders of that class.
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|Article 144. | Resolutions of a class of shareholders shall be passed by votes representing more than two-thirds of the voting rights of shareholders of that class represented at the relevant meeting who, according to Article 141, are
entitled to vote thereat.
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Where any shareholder is, under the Hong Kong Listing Rules, required to abstain from voting any
particular resolution in a class meeting or restricted to voting only for or only against any particular resolution in a class meeting, any vote cast or on behalf of any shareholder in contravention of such requirement or restriction shall not be
counted.



|Article 145. | Unless otherwise provided by the relevant laws and regulations, the listing rules issued at the listing place of the Company and the Articles of Association in respect of the means of receipt of corporate communication,
written notice of a class meeting shall be given to all shareholders who are registered as holders of that class in the register of shareholders forty-five (45) days before the date of the class meeting. Such notice shall give such shareholders
notice of the matters to be considered at such meeting, the date and the place of the class meeting. A shareholder who intends to attend the class meeting shall deliver his written reply in respect thereof to the Company twenty (20) days before
the date of the class meeting.
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If the shareholders who intend to attend such class meeting represent more than half of the
total number of shares of that class which have the right to vote at such meeting, the Company may hold the class meeting; if not, the Company shall within five (5) days give the shareholders further notice of the matters to be considered, the
date and the place of the class meeting by way of public announcement. The Company may then hold the class meeting after such public announcement has been made.



|Article 146. | Notice of class meetings need only be served on shareholders entitled to vote thereat.
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Class
meetings shall be conducted in a manner which is as similar as possible to that of shareholders general meetings. The provisions of these Articles of Association relating to the manner for the conduct of shareholders general meetings are
also applicable to class meetings.



|Article 147. | Apart from the holders of other classes of shares, the holders of the Domestic-Invested Shares and holders of Overseas-Listed Foreign-Invested Shares shall be deemed to be holders of different classes of shares.
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The special procedures for approval by a class of shareholders shall not apply in the following circumstances:



| | (1) | where the Company issues, upon the approval by special resolution of its shareholders in a general meeting, either separately or concurrently once every twelve (12) months, not more than 20% of each of its existing
issued Domestic-Invested Shares and Overseas-Listed Foreign-Invested Shares; or
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| | (2) | where the Companys plan to issue Domestic-Invested Shares and Overseas-Listed Foreign-Invested Shares at the time of its establishment is carried out within fifteen (15) months from the date of approval of
the State Councils securities authorities.
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CHAPTER 10: BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Section I Directors



|Article 148 | Directors who are not staff representative shall be elected or removed at the shareholders general meeting.
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The staff directors shall be elected by the staff in the staff representative meeting or by other ways democratically.

Directors shall be elected for a term of three years. At the expiry of the term, it shall be renewable upon re-election. A director may not be
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The Chairman and Vice-chairman shall be elected and removed by more than one-half of all members
of the board of directors. The term of office of the Chairman and Vice-chairman shall be three (3) years respectively, which is renewable upon re-election.

The directors shall not be required to hold qualifying shares.

If a director fails to attend the two consecutive board meetings in person or by another director appointed as his representative (an
independent director shall comply with the provisions in Section II Independent Directors), he shall be deemed to be in default of performing his duty. The board of directors should recommend his removal to a shareholders general
meeting.



|Article 149 | The tenure of a director shall commence from the date when he takes office until the end of the tenure of the existing board of directors. If an election is not conducted before the termination of the tenure of a
director, the original director(s) shall continue to assume the responsibilities in accordance with the laws, administrative regulations, departmental rules and these Articles of Association before the new director(s) take office.
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|Article 150. | A director may submit his resignation before the expiry of his term. He should deliver a written resignation letter to the board of directors. The board of directors shall disclose such resignation within two days.
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|Article 151. | If a directors resignation will result in the number of directors falling below the legally prescribed minimum, his resignation shall not come into force until his vacancy is filled by another person. The original
director(s) shall continue to assume the responsibilities in accordance with the laws, administrative regulations, departmental rules and these Articles of Association before the new director(s) take office.
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Apart from the above, the resignation of a director shall become effective when the written resignation letter is submitted to the board of
directors



|Article 152. | When a director resigns or his term of office expires, his obligation of confidentiality relating to the Companys trade secrets remains in force after the end of his office until such secrets become public
information.
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|Article 153. | A director whose term of office has not expired shall be held responsible for the Companys loss due to his departure without permission.
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|Article 154. | Under normal circumstances, the board of directors will nominate candidates for directors who are not staff representative who shall be voted on at a shareholders general meeting. The Companys shareholders
and the supervisory committee may nominate candidates for directors who are not staff representative in accordance with these Articles of Association.
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A shareholders written notice of the intention to nominate a person for election as a
director who are not staff representative and a notice in writing by that person indicating his acceptance of such nomination shall have been given to the Company seven (7) days before the date of such shareholders general meeting. Such
written notice(s) by the shareholder(s) of the Company shall be made no earlier than the day after the despatch of the notice of the general meeting appointed for election of directors who are not staff representative and no later than 7 days prior
to the date of such meeting.

Where a person is proposed for election as a director who are not staff representative by the board of
directors, a written notice of the intention to nominate a person for election as a director who are not staff representative and a notice in writing by that person indicating his acceptance of such nomination by board of directors shall have been
given to the Company seven (7) days prior to the date of the board meeting appointed for determining the proposed directors who are not staff representative.

Under the premises of complying with the relevant laws and administrative regulations, the general meeting of the shareholders may remove any
director who are not staff representative before his term expires by way of ordinary resolution provided that the claims that may be proposed pursuant to any contract shall not be affected therefrom.

Section II Independent Directors



|Article 155. | Independent Directors are directors who do not hold any positions in the Company other than as director and do not maintain with the Company and its substantial shareholders a connection which may hamper their
independent and objective judgments.
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|Article 156. | The independent directors should possess the following basic qualifications:
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| | (1) | having the qualifications to assume the office of a director in a listed company according to the laws, administrative rules and other relevant provisions;
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| | (2) | being independent as specified in Article 155 of these Articles of Association;
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| | (3) | having the basic knowledge of the operation of a listed company and being familiar with relevant laws, administrative rules and regulations;
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| | (4) | having not less than five years working experience in the legal or economic field or other experiences required for performing the duty of an independent director;
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| | (5) | other qualifications specified by these Articles of Association.
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|Article 157. | An independent director should be independent. The following persons shall not act as independent directors:
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| | (1) | persons working in the Company or its subsidiaries, as well as their spouses, parents, children, siblings, parents-in-law, sons or daughters-in-law, spouses of their siblings and siblings of their spouses;
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| | (2) | natural person shareholders who directly or indirectly hold more than 1% of the issued shares of the Company or who rank in the top ten shareholders of the Company, as well as their spouses, parents and children;
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| | (3) | persons who work in entities being shareholders who directly or indirectly hold more than 5% of the issued shares of the Company who rank in the top five shareholders of the Company, as well as their spouses, parents
and children;
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| | (4) | persons who fell within the above three categories within the past year;
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| | (5) | persons who provide financial, legal and consulting services to the Company or its subsidiaries or persons who work in the relevant organisations;
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| | (6) | other people specified in these Articles of Association;
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| | (7) | other people specified by the China Securities Regulatory Commission.
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|Article 158. | The board of directors, the supervisory committee, and the shareholders who hold more than 1% issued shares individually or jointly may nominate candidates for independent directors to be elected at the
shareholders general meeting.
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More than one third of the members of the board of directors shall be independent
directors, and at least one of the independent directors shall have accounting expertise.



|Article 159. | The term of office of the independent directors is the same with that of the other directors of the Company. The term is renewable upon re-election after expiry, but shall not be more than six (6) years.
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Any independent director shall not be removed before the expiry of his term of office without appropriate reason. Any
removal before the expiry of term shall be disclosed by the Company as a special discloseable matter.



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|Article 160. | Apart from the powers granted to directors by the Company Law and other relevant laws, regulations and these Articles of Association, the independent directors shall have the following special powers:
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| | (1) | Substantial connected transactions (determined in accordance with the standard promulgated from time to time by the regulatory organizations of the place where the Companys shares are listed), and engaging or
ceasing to engage an accounting firm, shall be agreed by more than one-half of the independent directors before submitting to the board of directors for discussion.
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| | (2) | The independent directors may request the board of directors to convene an extraordinary general meeting, and suggest the convening of a board meeting , and publicly collect voting rights from the shareholders before
the shareholders general meeting, which shall all be agreed by more than one-half of the independent directors.
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| | (3) | With the consent of more than half of the members of the independent directors, the independent directors may engage external audit institutions or consultative institutions independently to provide audit and
consultation for specific matters of the Company, the relevant costs of which shall be undertaken by the Company.
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If the
above recommendation are not accepted or the above powers can not be exercised ordinarily, the Company shall disclose the circumstances accordingly.



|Article 161. | Apart from exercising the above powers, the independent directors shall express their independent views to the board of directors or the shareholders general meeting in respect of :
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| | (1) | nomination, appointment and dismissal of directors;
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| | (2) | appointment or dismissal of senior management personnel;
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| | (3) | remuneration of the Companys directors and senior management personnel;
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| | (4) | existing or new loans or other transactions involving funds which are substantial (determined in accordance with the standard promulgated from time to time by the regulator organizations of the place where the
Companys shares are listed) between the Company and the Companys shareholders, persons in actual control of the Company and their affiliates, and whether the Company has taken effective measures to recover the moneys owed to it;
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| | (5) | a plan of profit distribution in cash which has not yet been formulated by the board of directors of the Company;
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| | (6) | actions which, in the opinion of the independent directors, may prejudice the interests of minority shareholders;
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| | (7) | other matters specified by these Articles of Association.
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The independent directors should
express one of the following views on the above-mentioned issues: consent; reservation with the reasons thereof; objection with the reasons thereof; inability to express their opinions and the impediments thererto.

In case of matters requiring disclosure, the Company should make a public announcement of the independent directors opinion. If the
independent directors fail to reach a consensus in their opinions, the board of directors should disclose each independent directors respective opinion.



|Article 162. | Independent directors shall attend the meetings of the board of directors on time understand the production business and operation of the Company, and initiate investigation to gain information required for making
decision.
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Independent directors shall submit an annual report for at the annual general meeting of the Company providing
explanation in respect of the performance of their duties.



|Article 163. | The independent directors shall perform their duties honestly and faithfully, and protect the Companys interests, especially paying attention to the protection of the legal rights of public shareholders.
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The independent directors shall perform his duties independently, without being affected by major shareholders of the
Company, persons in actual control or other entities or individuals which have conflicting interest with the Company, its major shareholders and persons in actual control.



|Article 164. | If an independent director fails to attend three consecutive board meeting in person, the board of directors shall recommend his removal to a shareholders general meeting.
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|Article 165. | The Company shall set up a work system for the independent directors, ensuring that they have the same right of being informed as the other directors. The Company shall promptly provide the independent directors with
relevant materials and information, regularly notify them of the operation of the Company, and organise on-site visit by the independent directors if necessary.
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|Article 166. | An independent director may tender his resignation before the expiry of his term of office. He should deliver a written resignation letter to the board of directors, which explains any circumstances that are relevant to
his resignation or that he considered necessary for the shareholders and creditors to pay attention.
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If an independent directors resignation results in the number of independent directors or
member of the board of directors falling below the legally prescribed minimum or the minimum under these Articles of Association, before the appointment of a new independent director, the independent director shall perform his duties according to
the laws, administrative regulations and requirements under this Article of Association. The board of directors shall convene a shareholders general meeting within two months to elect a replacement. If not within two months, the independent
director may not continue to perform his duties.



|Article 167. | Matters relating to the system of independent directors which have not been set out in this section shall be handled according to the relevant laws and regulations.
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Section III The Board of Directors



|Article 168. | The Company shall have a board of directors consisting of eleven (11) directors, of which is one shall be a staff representative, with one (1) chairman and one (1) vice-chairmen.
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The Board may establish special committees such as Strategic Committee, Audit Committee, Nomination Committee and Remuneration Committee as it
deems appropriate. The special committees are to be comprised solely of Directors. The independent directors of the Company should take up the majority of the Audit Committee, the Nomination Committee and the Remuneration Committee and be
responsible for as conveners of meetings. The members of the Audit Committee should have at least one independent director who is an accounting professional.



|Article 169. | The board of directors is accountable to the shareholders in general meeting and exercises the following functions and powers:
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| | (1) | to be responsible for the convening of the shareholders general meeting and to report on its work to the shareholders in general meetings;
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| | (2) | to implement the resolutions passed by the shareholders in general meetings;
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| | (3) | to determine the Companys business plans and investment proposals;
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| | (4) | to formulate the Companys annual preliminary and final financial budgets;
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| | (6) | to formulate proposals for the increase or reduction of the Companys registered capital and for the issuance of the Companys debentures;
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| | (7) | to draw up plans for the substantial acquisition, repurchase of shares, merger, division or dissolution of the Company;
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| | (8) | to decide on the Companys internal management structure;
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| | (9) | to appoint or remove the Companys general manager and secretary of the board and to appoint or remove the deputy general manager(s) and other senior officers (including the financial controller(s) of the Company)
based on the recommendations of the general manager, to decide on their remuneration and matters relating to awards and penalty;
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| | (10) | to formulate the Companys basic management system;
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| | (11) | to formulate proposals for any amendment of these Articles of Association;
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| | (12) | to decide on matters relating to foreign investment, purchase or sale of assets, mortgage of assets, provision of guarantees, entrusted assets management and connected transactions by the Company within the scope of
authority conferred by the general meeting;
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| | (13) | to manage disclosure of the Companys information;
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| | (14) | to recommend to the shareholders general meeting the appointment or replacement of the Companys accounting firm;
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| | (15) | to receive the working report by the Companys management and examine their performance;
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| | (16) | to approve an aggregate amount of provision for impairment of assets not more than 10% of the latest audited consolidated net asset value of the Company, to clear an amount of provision for impairment of assets not more
than 5% of the latest audited consolidated net asset value of the Company, and to execute in compliance with the relevant regulations on connected transaction if any provision and clearance of impairment of assets involves any connected
transactions.
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| | (17) | to exercise any other powers specified by the law, administrative regulations, departmental rules, these Articles of Association and as authorised by the shareholders general meeting.
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Except as otherwise provided in these Articles of Association, other than the board of
directors resolutions in respect of the matters specified in sub-paragraphs (6), (7) and (11) of this Article which shall be passed by the affirmative vote of more than two-thirds of all the directors, the board of directors
resolutions in respect of all other matters may be passed by the affirmative vote of a simple majority of the directors.



|Article 170 | The board of directors shall lay down strict procedures to inspect and decide on the approval limit for foreign investment, purchase or sale of assets, mortgage of assets, provision of guarantees, entrusted assets
management and connected transactions. For major investment projects, the board of directors shall organize the relevant experts and professional officers to conduct assessment for approval of the shareholders in a general meeting.
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|Article 171. | With the approval of over two-thirds of all directors, the board of directors may make decisions on the following matters:
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(1) transactions falling within the following limit (whichever is stricter) with respect to purchase or sale of assets, external investment
(including entrusted financial management and entrusted loans, etc.), provision of financial assistance, leasing of assets as lessor or lessee, restructuring of claims or debts, giving or receiving assets as a gift, entrusted or trusted asset or
business management, entering of licence agreement, transferring or accepting the transfer of research and development projects:

1. the
aggregated assets value (where book value and assessed value are available, whichever is higher) involved in a single transaction with amount more than 10% and below 50% of the Companys latest audited total asset value prepared in accordance
with the PRC Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP); or more than 5% and less than 25% of the Companys latest published total assets value prepared in accordance with the International Financial Reporting Standards;

2. a single transaction of which the completion consideration (including liabilities and expenses) accounts for more than 10% and below 50% of
the Companys latest audited net asset value prepared in accordance with the PRC GAAP; or more than 5% and less than 25% of the total market capitalization of the Company (which is calculated by the average closing price of the Companys
shares as stated in the Hong Kong Stock Exchanges daily quotations sheets for the five business days immediately preceding the date of a transaction);

3. the latest annual income from principal operations of the subject of a single transaction accounted for more than 10% and less than 50% of
the Companys latest audited income from principal operations for the latest financial year prepared in accordance with the PRC GAAP; or more than 5% and less than 25% of the Companys latest audited income from principal operations for
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4. the latest annual net profit of the subject of a single transaction accounted for more than
10% and less than 50% of the Companys latest audited net profit for the latest financial year prepared in accordance with the PRC GAAP; or more than 5% and less than 25% of the Companys latest audited net profit for the latest financial
year prepared in accordance with the International Financial Reporting Standards;

The above transactions which involve public offer of
securities that requires the approval of the China Securities Regulatory Commission shall be subject to approval of the shareholders general meeting;



| | (2) | a single loan of more than 10% and less than 25% of the Companys latest audited net asset value and the debt ratio to the Companys assets remains under 80% after such financing;
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the mutual provision of loans among overseas subsidiaries of the Company, where the accumulative amount of such mutual loans in 12 consecutive
months account for more than 25% and less than 50% of the latest audited net asset value of the Company calculated on the basis of PRC accounting standards, provided that such mutual loans are in compliance with laws, rules and relevant regulations
of the relevant place(s) of incorporation of such overseas subsidiaries;



| | (3) | mortgages or pledges of assets the cumulative outstanding amount of which is less than 30% of the Companys most recently audited net asset value;
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| | (4) | external guarantees not within the approval limit of the shareholders general meeting as provided in the Articles of Association;
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| | (5) | transactions involving connected transactions, which have to be conducted in accordance with the relevant regulations of competent securities authorities and the listing rules of the stock exchanges.
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The transactions referred to in (1) of the first paragraph involving the provision of financial assistance and entrusted financial
management, shall be calculated on accrued basis for twelve consecutive months according to the transaction categories and applicable approval limit proportion of the board of directors. When the Company conducts other transactions apart from the
provision of financial assistance and entrusted financial management, applicable approval limit proportion of the board of directors regarding each transaction which is under the same category shall be calculated on the principle of accrued basis
for twelve consecutive months. Transactions already approved by the Company in accordance with the principle of accrued basis shall not be included in the scope of accrual calculation.

Provision of regulatory authorities the Company is subject to within and outside the PRC that is of a stricter standard than this Article of
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|Article 172 | The directors of the Company shall ensure that the information disclosed by the Company is true, accurate and complete.
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The directors of the Company shall sign a written confirmation of opinion in connection with the regular report of the Company.



|Article 173. | The Company has established a strict internal control system over external guarantee. The whole board of directors shall cautiously handle and strictly control the risk of debt created by external guarantee. In
connection with the losses resulting from an inappropriate external guarantee or an external guarantee given not in compliance with the relevant laws and regulations the directors who shall be held responsible shall bear joint and several
liabilities.
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| | (I) | Review on guarantee and decision limitation
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Before making any decision on external guarantee,
the Company shall understand the creditability of the debtor and make a thorough analysis on the benefit and risk of such guarantee.

Any
external guarantee given by the Company shall be approved by two-thirds of the board of directors or by the shareholders in a general meeting. Any connected director(s), shareholder(s) or shareholders controlled by de facto controllers being
interested in a guarantee shall excuse himself from voting on resolution relating to such guarantee.

The approval limit of the Company
for an external guarantee shall be executed in accordance with (13) in the first paragraph of Article 65, Article 66 and (6) in the first paragraph of Article 107.



| | (II) | Management in guarantee procedures
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The external guarantee of the Company shall be made in
form of written contract, and at the same time the supervisory committee, the secretary to the board of directors and the financial department shall be notified.

The external guarantee of the Company shall be arranged under risk avoidance measures such as a counter guarantee given by the guaranteed
party, and the party giving the counter guarantee shall have actual ability to perform its obligation under the counter guarantee.



| | (III) | Disclosure on provision of guarantee
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The provision of external guarantee as approved by the
Board or shareholders in general meetings should be disclosed in a preliminary report in a true, accurate, complete and timely manner. The obligation to disclose such matters should not be fulfilled by way of periodic reports.



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The contents to be disclosed should include: (i) the respective resolutions passed by the
Board or general meetings; (ii) the aggregate amount of external guarantee provided by the Company and its subsidiaries as at the date of disclosure; (iii) the aggregate amount of guarantees provided by the Company to its subsidiaries.

The above disclosure obligation should apply equally to the subsidiaries of the Company when providing external guarantees.

Within ten days upon the approval of the provision of external guarantee by the Company, the Company should file the relevant resolutions of
the Board or the general meeting, minutes of the relevant meeting and financial statements of the guaranteed party with Shandong Provincial Securities Regulatory Bureau of the China Securities Regulatory Commission; and within ten days upon the
signing of the guarantee agreement, file the relevant agreement(s) in respect of the external guarantee stamped with the Companys chop with Shandong Provincial Securities Regulatory Bureau of the China Securities Regulatory Commission .



|Article 174 | The board of directors shall not, without the prior approval of shareholders in a general meeting, dispose or agree to dispose of any fixed assets of the Company where the aggregate of the amount or value of the
consideration for the proposed disposition, and the amount or value of the consideration for any such disposition of any fixed assets of the Company that has been completed in the period of four (4) months immediately preceding the proposed
disposition, exceeds 33 % of the value of the Companys fixed assets as shown in the latest balance sheet which was tabled at a shareholders general meeting.
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For the purposes of this Article, disposition includes an act involving the transfer of an interest in assets but does not include
the usage of fixed assets for the provision of security.

The validity of a disposition by the Company shall not be affected by any breach
of the first paragraph of this Article.



|Article 175 | The Chairman of the board of directors shall exercise the following powers:
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| | (1) | to preside over shareholders general meetings and to convene and preside over meetings of the board of directors;
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| | (2) | to check on the implementation of resolutions passed by the board of directors at directors meetings;
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| | (3) | to sign the securities certificates issued by the Company;
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| | (4) | to sign the important documents of the board and other documents which should be signed by the Companys legal representative;
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| | (5) | to exercise the rights of the legal representative;
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| | (6) | in the event of emergency situations such as the occurrence of large-scale natural disasters, to take special steps in handling the Companys business according to the laws and the Companys interest; and to
report to the Companys board of directors and shareholders general meeting afterwards;
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| | (7) | to exercise other powers conferred by the board of directors .
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|Article 176 | The vice chairman shall assist the chairman in his work. Where the chairman is unable to or does not perform the duty, the vice chairman shall preside the meeting. Where the vice chairman is unable to or does not
perform the duty, a director nominated by more than one-half of the directors shall perform the duty.
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|Article 177 | Meetings of the Board shall be held at least three times every year and shall be convened by the chairman of the board of directors. All of the directors and supervisors should be notified about the meeting fourteen
(14) days beforehand. An extraordinary meeting of the board of directors may be held under the following circumstances:
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(1) when the Chairman thinks it is necessary;

(2) Shareholders carrying voting rights of more than 10%;

(3) when more than one-third directors so request;

(4) when the supervisory committee so requests;

(5) when the general manager so requests;

(6) when more than a half of the independent directors so request.



|Article 178 | Notice of meetings and extraordinary meetings of the board of directors shall be delivered in person, by facsimile, by express delivery service, by registered mail, or by other means of electronic communication. The
time limits for the delivery of such notices are: for a board meeting, at least fourteen (14) days before the meeting; and for an extraordinary meeting, at least three (3) days before the meeting.
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A notice of meetings shall contain the following contents: (1) date and place of the meeting; (2) duration of the meeting;
(3) business to be discussed; and (4) date of notice.



|Article 179 | Notice of a meeting shall be deemed to have been given to any director who attends the meeting without protesting against, before or at its commencement, any lack of notice.
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|Article 180 | Resolution of the board of directors may be decided on a poll or show of hands.
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As long as all directors can fully express their opinions, a board meeting or an extraordinary
meeting of the board of directors may be held by way of facsimile, during which resolutions may be passed and signed by participating directors. All such directors shall be deemed to be present in person at the meeting. When the number of directors
who have signified their consent to a resolution reaches the number set out in Article 179, a valid resolution shall be deemed to have been passed.



|Article 181 | Meetings of the board of directors shall be held only if more than half of the directors (including any alternate director appointed pursuant to Article 180 of the Companys Articles of Association) are present.
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Each director shall have one (1) vote. A resolution of the board of directors must be passed by more than half of all
of the directors of the Company.

Where there is an equality of votes cast both for and against a resolution, the Chairman of the board of
directors shall have a casting vote.

When passing a resolution in relation to connected transaction at a board meeting, or where any
director or any of its Associates (as defined under the Listing Rules of the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong) is connected with such resolution, such connected director shall excuse himself from the Board meeting, shall not have any voting rights in
respect thereof, shall not exercise any voting right on behalf of other directors and shall not be counted as part of the quorum of the board meeting. Such board meeting can be convened where not less than half of the disinterested directors of the
Company attend the meeting and any such resolutions shall be passed by at least half of the disinterested directors of the Company. If the number of disinterested directors present at is less than 3, the matter shall be presented to the shareholders
for consideration at a general meeting.



|Article 182 | Directors shall attend the meetings of the board of directors in person. Where a director is unable to attend a meeting for any reason, he may by a written power of attorney appoint another director to attend the
meeting on his behalf. The power of attorney shall set out the name of the attorney, issues under authorisation, scope of authorisation and valid period, which will be signed or sealed with the chop by the appointing director.
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A Director appointed as a representative of another director to attend the meeting shall exercise the rights of a director within the scope of
authority conferred by the appointing director. Where a director is unable to attend a meeting of the board of directors and has not appointed a representative to attend the meeting on his behalf, he shall be deemed to have waived his right to vote
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|Article 183 | The board of directors shall keep minutes of resolutions passed at meetings of the board of directors. The minutes shall be signed by the directors present at the meeting, the boards secretary and the person who
recorded the minutes. The directors shall be liable for the resolutions of the board of directors. If a resolution of the board of directors violates the laws, administrative regulations or the Companys Articles of Association and the Company
suffers serious losses as a result thereof, the directors who participated in the passing of such resolution are liable to compensate the Company therefor. However, if it can be proven that a director expressly objected to the resolution when the
resolution was voted on, and that such objection was recorded in the minutes of the meeting, such director may be released from such liability.
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The minutes of the board meeting shall include the following contents: (1) date and place of the meeting and name of the convener;
(2) names of participating directors and proxies; (3) agenda; (4) main points of directors speeches; (5) voting method for each matter and its result (the voting result should specify the number of votes for and against and
abstentions).

Minutes of the board meeting shall be kept as the Companys record for a period of not less than ten years.



|Article 184 | The board of directors shall formulate its rules of meetings to ensure its working efficiency and scientific decision.
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The rules of meetings of the board of directors shall be drawn up by the board of director of the Company and be considered and approved at
the shareholders general meeting.

CHAPTER 11: SECRETARY OF THE BOARD

OF DIRECTORS



|Article 185 | The Company shall have one (1) secretary to the board of directors. The secretary shall be a senior officer of the Company, who is nominated by the chairman of the board of directors, appointed or removed by the
board of directors and accountable to the board of directors.
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|Article 186 | The secretary of the Companys board of directors shall be a natural person who has the requisite professional knowledge and experience, and shall be appointed by the board of directors. His primary
responsibilities are as follows:
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| | (1) | to prepare and deliver the boards and general meetings reports and documents required by competent authorities in China;
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| | (2) | to prepare and organise board meetings and shareholders general meetings; to take minutes of the meetings and to keep the meetings documents and records;
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| | (3) | to be responsible for the Companys information disclosure and to ensure the timeliness, accuracy, legality, authenticity and completeness of the Companys disclosure;
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| | (4) | to be responsible for the Companys management for investors relation;
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| | (5) | to actively co-operate with the independent directors in performing their duties;
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| | (6) | to ensure that the Companys registers of members are properly established, and that persons entitled to receive the Companys records and documents are furnished therewith without delay;
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| | (7) | other responsibilities specified in these Articles of Association and the listing rules of the stock exchanges where the Companys shares are listed.
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|Article 187 | A director or senior officer of the Company may also act as the secretary of the board of directors. The certified public accountancy firm which has been appointed by the Company to act as its auditors shall not act as
the secretary of the board of directors.
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Where the office of secretary is held concurrently by a director, and an act is
required to be done by a director and a secretary separately, the person who holds the office of director and secretary may not perform the act in a dual capacity.

CHAPTER 12: GENERAL MANAGER AND SENIOR OFFICERS ETC



|Article 188 | The Company shall have a general manager who shall be appointed or dismissed by the board of directors. The Company shall have six to ten deputy general managers who will assist the general manager in his work, a
financial controller and a chief engineer.
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The board of directors may decide to appoint a member of the board of directors
to act concurrently as the senior officers. However, the number of directors and staff director who act concurrently as the senior officers shall not exceed one half of the total number of directors. Any person serving as officers (excluding
directors) at the Companys controlling shareholder and de factor controller unit shall not act as the senior officer of the Company.

The senior officers shall serve for a term of three (3) years. The term is renewable upon re-election.

The tenure of a senior officer shall commence from the date when he takes office until the end of the tenure. If an appointment is not made in
time upon the termination of the tenure of the senior officer, the original senior officer(s) shall assume the responsibilities in accordance with the laws, administrative regulations, departmental rules and these Articles of Association before the
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|Article 189 | The general manager shall be accountable to the board of directors and shall exercise the following functions and powers:
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| | (1) | to be in charge of the Companys production, operation and management, to organise the implementation of the resolutions of the board of directors and report to the board of directors;
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| | (2) | to organise the implementation of the Companys annual business plan and investment proposal;
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| | (3) | to draft plans for the establishment of the Companys internal management structure;
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| | (4) | to draft the Companys basic management system;
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| | (5) | to formulate basic rules and regulations for the Company;
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| | (6) | to propose the appointment or dismissal of the Companys senior officers;
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| | (7) | to appoint or dismiss management personnel other than those required to be appointed or dismissed by the board of directors;
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| | (8) | to draw up a package of staffs salary, benefits, awards and penalty, as well as to decide the appointment and dismissal of the staff of the Company;
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| | (9) | to request the convening of an extraordinary meeting of the board; (10) other powers conferred by these Articles of Association and the board of directors.
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|Article 190 | The general manager may, by means such as through the managers meeting of the Company, make decisions on the following operational matters:
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(1) transactions falling within the following limit (whichever is stricter) with respect to purchase or sale of assets, external investment
(including entrusted financial management and entrusted loans, etc.), provision of financial assistance, leasing of assets as lessor or lessee, restructuring of claims or debts, giving or receiving assets as a gift, entrusted or trusted asset or
business management, entering of licence agreement, transferring or accepting the transfer of research and development projects:

1. the
aggregate assets value (where book value and assessed value are available, whichever is higher) involved in a single transaction with amount below 10% of the Companys latest audited total asset value prepared in accordance with the PRC GAAP;
or less than 5% of the Companys latest published total asset prepared in accordance with the International Financial Reporting Standard;



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2. a single transaction of which the completion consideration (including liabilities and
expenses) accounts for less than 10% of the Companys latest audited net asset value prepared in accordance with the PRC GAAP; or less than 5% of the total market capitalization of the Company (which is calculated by the average closing price
of the Companys shares as stated in the Hong Kong Stock Exchanges daily quotations sheets for the five business days immediately preceding the date of the transaction);

3. the latest annual income from principal operations of the subject of a single transaction accounts for less than 10% of the Companys
latest audited income from principal operations for the latest financial year prepared in accordance with the PRC GAAP; or less than 5% of the Companys latest audited income from principal operations for the latest financial year prepared in
accordance with the International Financial Reporting Standards;

4. the latest annual net profit of the subject of a single transaction
accounted for less than 10% of the Companys latest audited net profit for the latest financial year prepared in accordance with the PRC GAAP; or less than 5% of the Companys latest audited net profit for the latest financial year
prepared in accordance with the International Financial Reporting Standards.

The transactions referred to in (1) of the first
paragraph involving the provision of financial assistance and entrusted financial management, shall be calculated on accrued basis for twelve consecutive months according to the transaction categories and applicable approval limit proportion of the
board of directors. When the Company conducts other transactions apart from the provision of financial assistance and entrusted financial management, applicable approval limit proportion of the board of directors regarding each transaction which is
under the same category shall be calculated on the principle of accrued basis for twelve consecutive months. Transactions already approved by the Company in accordance with the principle of accrued basis shall not be included in the scope of accrual
calculation.

The above transactions which involve public offer of securities that requires the approval of the China Securities
Regulatory Commission shall be subject to approval of the shareholders general meeting of shareholders.



| | (2) | a single loan of less than 10% of the Companys latest audited net asset value and the debt ratio to the Companys assets ratio of the Company remains under 50% after such financing;
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the mutual provision of loans among overseas subsidiaries of the Company, where the accumulative
amount of such mutual loans in 12 consecutive account for not more than 25% of the latest audited net asset value of the Company calculated on the basis of PRC accounting standards, provided that such mutual loans are in compliance with laws, rules
and relevant regulations of the relevant place(s) of incorporation of such overseas subsidiaries;



| | (3) | security or pledges of assets, a single amount of which is less than 5%, and a cumulative amount of which is less than 20% , of the Companys latest audited net asset value.
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Where decisions on operational matters involve connected transactions, such decisions shall be implemented in accordance with the relevant
requirements of connected transactions.

Provision of regulatory authorities the Company is subject to within and outside the PRC that is
of a stricter standard than this Article will be applicable accordingly.



|Article 191 | The general manager shall attend meetings of the board of directors. The general manager, who is not a director, does not have any voting rights at board meetings.
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|Article 192 | The general manager shall, upon requests of the board of directors or supervisory committee, report to the board of directors or the supervisory committee on the signing and implementation of the Companys material
contracts, usage of capital and profit and loss. The general manager shall ensure authenticity of the reports.
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|Article 193 | Before drawing up a package concerning staffs immediate interests, such as staffs salary, benefits, safe production and labour, labour insurance, and dismissal of staff, the general manager should consult
the trade union and the meeting of staff representatives.
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|Article 194 | The general manager shall formulate working rules of general manager and submit them to the board of directors for approval.
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|Article 195 | The general managers working rules shall include the following: (1) conditions and procedures of convening a general managers meeting, as well as the participants; (2) specific duties and division
of labour among the senior officers; (3) the Companys usage of funds and assets, limits on signing of material contracts and reporting system to the board of directors and supervisory committee; and (4) other matters which the board
considers necessary.
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|Article 196 | The general manager and deputy general managers, in performing their functions and powers, shall act honestly and diligently and in accordance with laws, administrative regulations and these Articles of Association.
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|Article 197 | The senior officers of the Company shall ensure that the information disclosed by the Company is true, accurate and complete.
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The senior officers of the Company shall sign a written confirmation of opinion in connection with the regular report of the Company.



|Article 198 | The fiduciary duties concerning the directors in Article 215 and the duties of diligence in Article 216 (4) - (6) are also applicable to the senior officers.
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|Article 199 | A senior officer may submit his resignation before the expiry of his term. The specific procedures and measures for resignation by the senior officers shall be governed by the labour contract being entered into by the
senior officer and the Company.
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CHAPTER 13: SUPERVISORY COMMITTEE



|Article 200 | The Company shall have a supervisory committee.
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Each supervisor shall serve for a term of
three (3) years, which term is renewable upon re-election and re-appointment.



|Article 201 | The supervisory committee shall have one chairman and one vice chairman.
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The election or
removal of the chairman and vice chairman of the supervisory committee shall be determined by two-thirds or more of the members of the supervisory committee.

The chairman and vice chairman shall serve for a term of three (3) years, which term is renewable upon re-election and re-appointment.



|Article 202 | The tenure of a supervisor shall commence from the date when he takes office until the end of the tenure. If an appointment is not made in time upon the termination of the tenure of the senior officer so that a quorum
of the supervisory committee is not met, the original senior officer(s) shall assume the responsibilities in accordance with the laws, administrative regulations, departmental rules and these Articles of Association before the new senior officer(s)
take office.
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|Article 203 | The supervisors of the Company shall ensure that the information disclosed by the Company is true, accurate and complete.
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|Article 204 | The Supervisory Committee is to be comprised of six members. Members of the Supervisory Committee should be comprised of shareholder representative supervisors and an appropriate proportion of employee representative
supervisors. The number of employee representative supervisors should not be less than one-third of the total number of the members of the Supervisory Committee. Shareholders representative supervisors are elected and removed by general meetings and
employee representative supervisors are elected and removed by democratic elections of the employees.
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|Article 205 | Under normal circumstances, the Companys supervisory committee shall submit a list of candidates for supervisors (except for staff candidates for supervisors) to the shareholders general meeting. The
Companys shareholders and board of directors may nominate the candidates for supervisors according to these Articles of Association.
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|Article 206 | The directors and senior managers shall not act concurrently as supervisors.
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|Article 207 | Meetings of the supervisory committee shall be held at least once every six months, and shall be convened by the chairman of the supervisory committee. The supervisors may propose to convene the extraordinary meeting of
the supervisory committee.
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Where the chairman of the supervisory committee is unable to or does not perform the duty, the
vice chairman of the supervisory committee shall preside the meeting. Where the vice chairman of the supervisory committee is unable to or does not perform the duty, a supervisor nominated by more than one-half of the supervisors shall perform the
duty.

If a supervisor fails to attend two consecutive meetings of supervisory committee, he shall be deemed to have failed to discharge
his duties. The shareholders general meeting or staff representatives meeting shall replace him.



|Article 208 | The supervisory committee shall be accountable to the shareholders in a general meeting and shall exercise the following functions and powers in accordance with law:
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(1) to review the regular reports of the Company prepared by the board of directors and give its opinion of review;

(2) to inspect the Companys financial position;

(3) to supervise the directors and senior officers and to propose removal of a director or a senior officer who has contravened any law,
administrative regulation, these Articles of Association or resolutions passed at a shareholders general meeting;

(4) to demand any
director or senior officer who acts in a manner which is harmful to the Companys interest to rectify such behaviour;

(5) to check
the financial information such as the financial report, business report and plans for distribution of profits to be submitted by the board of directors to the shareholders general meetings and to authorise, in the Companys name, publicly
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(6) to propose to convene a shareholders extraordinary general meeting and an
extraordinary board meeting. Where the board of directors fails to convene or hold the general meeting of shareholders in accordance with the provisions of the Company Law, to convene and hold the shareholders general meeting;

(7) to propose resolutions to the shareholders general meeting;

(8) to initiate proceedings against the directors and senior officers in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Company Law;

(9) to conduct investigation into any identified irregularities in the Companys operations;

(10) other functions and powers specified in these Articles of Association.

Supervisors shall attend meetings of the board of directors, and make queries or recommendations to the matters resolved by the board of
directors.



|Article 209 | Notices of meetings and extraordinary meetings of the supervisory committee shall be delivered in person, by facsimile, by express delivery service, by registered mail or by other means of electronic communication. The
time limits for the delivery of such notices are: for a supervisory meeting, at least five (5) days before the meeting; and for an extraordinary supervisory meeting, at least two (2) days before the meeting.
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Resolutions of the supervisory committee shall be passed by the affirmative vote of more than two-thirds of all of its members. Resolutions
may be passed by a show of hands or by poll.

Notice of meetings shall contain the following contents: date and place of meeting; duration
of meeting; business to be discussed; and date of notice.

Minutes shall be taken of the meetings of the supervisory committee. The
participating supervisors and the person who records the minutes should sign the minutes. The supervisors shall have the right to request the record of his speech in the meeting for a particular illustrative description. The minutes of the meetings
of the supervisory committee shall be kept as the Companys record for at least ten years.



|Article 210 | All reasonable fees incurred in respect of the employment of professionals (such as, lawyers, certified public accountants or practising auditors) which are required by the supervisory committee in the exercise of its
functions and powers shall be borne by the Company.
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|Article 211 | The supervisory committee shall formulate its rules of meetings to ensure its working efficiency and scientific decision.
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The rules of meetings of the supervisory committee shall be drawn up by the supervising committee of the Company and be considered and
approved at the shareholders general meeting.

CHAPTER 14: THE QUALIFICATIONS AND DUTIES

OF THE DIRECTORS, SUPERVISORS AND SENIOR OFFICERS OF

THE COMPANY



|Article 212 | A person may not serve as a director, supervisor or senior officer of the Company if any of the following circumstances apply:
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| | (1) | a person who does not have or who has limited capacity for civil conduct;
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| | (2) | a person who has been sentenced for corruption, bribery, infringement of property or misappropriation of property or other crimes which destroy the social economic order, where less than a term of five (5) years
has lapsed since the sentence was served, or a person who has been deprived of his political rights and not more than five (5) years have lapsed since the sentence was served;
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| | (3) | a person who is a former director, factory manager or manager of a company or enterprise which has been dissolved or put into liquidation as a result of mismanagement and who was personally liable for the winding up of
such company or enterprise, where less than three (3) years have elapsed since the date of completion of the insolvent liquidation of the company or enterprise;
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| | (4) | a person who is a former legal representative of a company or enterprise the business licence of which was revoked due to violation of law and who are personally liable therefor, where less than three (3) years
have elapsed since the date of the revocation of the business licence;
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| | (5) | a person who has a relatively large amount of debts which have become overdue;
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| | (6) | a person who is currently under investigation by judicial organs for violation of criminal law;
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| | (7) | a person who, according to laws and administrative regulations, cannot act as a leader of an enterprise;
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| | (9) | a person who has been convicted by the competent authority for violation of relevant securities regulations and such conviction involves a finding that such person has acted fraudulently or dishonestly, where not more
than five (5) years have lapsed from the date of such conviction;
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| | (10) | a person who has been restricted to enter the market by the China Securities Regulatory Commission and such restriction has not been lifted.
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| | (11) | a person who has been declared by a Stock Exchange in less than 2 years as an unsuitable candidate.
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|Article 213 | The validity of an act carried out by a director and senior officer of the Company on its behalf shall, as against a bona fide third party, shall not be affected by any irregularity in his office, election or any defect
in his qualification.
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|Article 214 | In addition to the obligations imposed by laws, administrative regulations or the listing rules of the stock exchange on which shares of the Company are listed, each of the Companys directors and senior officers
owes a duty to each shareholder, in the exercise of the functions and powers of the Company entrusted to him:
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(1) to act
honestly and in the best interests of the Company;

(2) not to expropriate the Companys property in any way, including (without
limitation) usurpation of opportunities which benefit the Company;

(3) not to expropriate the individual rights of shareholders,
including (without limitation) rights to distribution and voting rights, save and except pursuant to a restructuring of the Company which has been submitted to the shareholders for approval in accordance with these Articles of Association.



|Article 215 | Each of the Companys directors, and senior officers owes a duty, in the exercise of his powers and in the discharge of his duties, to exercise the care, diligence and skill that a reasonably prudent person would
exercise in comparable circumstances.
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|Article 216 | Each of the Companys directors, supervisors and senior officers shall exercise his powers or perform his duties in accordance with the fiduciary principle; and shall not put himself in a position where his duty
and his interest may conflict. This principle includes (without limitation) discharging the following obligations:
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| | (1) | to act honestly in the best interests of the Company;
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| | (2) | to act within the scope of his powers and not to exceed such powers;
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| | (3) | to exercise the discretion vested in him personally and not to allow himself to act under the control of another and, unless and to the extent permitted by laws, administrative regulations or with the informed consent
of shareholders given in a general meeting, not to delegate the exercise of his discretion;
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| | (4) | to treat shareholders of the same class equally and to treat shareholders of different classes fairly;
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| | (5) | unless otherwise provided for in these Articles of Association or except with the informed consent of the shareholders given in a general meeting, not to enter into any contract, transaction or arrangement with the
Company;
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| | (6) | not to use the Companys property for his own benefit, without the informed consent of the shareholders given in a general meeting;
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| | (7) | not to exploit his position to accept bribes or other illegal income or expropriate the Companys property in any way, including (without limitation) opportunities which benefit the Company;
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| | (8) | not to accept commissions in connection with the Companys transactions, without the informed consent of the shareholders given in a general meeting;
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| | (9) | to comply with these Articles of Association, to perform his official duties faithfully, to protect the Companys interests and not to exploit his position and power in the Company to advance his own interests;
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| | (10) | not to release any confidential information which he has obtained during his term of office, without the informed consent of the shareholders in a general meeting; nor shall he use such information otherwise than for
the Companys benefit, save that disclosure of such information to the court or other governmental authorities is permitted if:
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| | (i) | disclosure is made under compulsion of law;
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| | (ii) | public interests so warrants;
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| | (iii) | the interests of the relevant director, supervisor, general manager, deputy general manager or other senior officer so requires.
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|Article 217 | The fiduciary duties to be discharged by directors in complying with the laws, administrative regulations and these Articles are as follows:
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(1) not to misappropriate the Companys funds;

(2) not to use the Companys assets or funds to set up deposit accounts in his own name or in the any other name;

(3) not to violate the provisions of these Articles and lend the Companys funds or to use the Companys assets to guarantee the
debts of others with the approval of the shareholders general meeting or the board of directors;

(4) not to abuse his positions to
obtain business opportunities for himself or others which should belong to the Company, to engage in same business of the Company by himself or for others;

(5) not to hamper the Companys interests through its connected relationships;

(6) to perform other fiduciary duties as required by the laws, administrative regulations, departmental rules and these Articles of
Association.

The income derived by the directors in violating this Article shall belong to the Company. Any loss incurred by the Company
as a result of violating this Article shall be indemnified by the directors.



|Article 218 | The duties of diligence to be discharged by directors in complying with the laws, administrative regulations and these Articles of Association are as follows:
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(1) to exercise the rights conferred upon them in a prudent, serious and diligent manner so as to ensure that the commercial activities
carried out by the Company are in compliance with the laws and administrative regulations, as well as the requirements of various economic policies of the State and falls within the scope of business provided for in the business license;

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(3) to keep informed of the business operation and management of the Company is a timely manner;

(4) to sign a written confirmation or opinion in connection with the regular reports of the Company and to ensure that the information
disclosed by the Company is true, accurate and complete;

(5) to inform the supervisory committee of the relevant circumstances and
information that is in accordance with the facts, and shall not impede the supervisory committee or a supervisor from exercising their powers;

(6) to perform other fiduciary duties as required by the laws, administrative regulations, departmental rules and these Articles of
Association.



|Article 219 | Each director, supervisor and senior officers of the Company shall not direct the following persons or institutions (associates) to do which he is prohibited from so doing:
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| | (1) | the spouse or minor child of the director , supervisor or senior officer;
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| | (2) | the trustee of the director supervisor or senior officer or of any person described in sub-paragraph (1) above;
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| | (3) | the partner of that director, supervisor or senior officer or any person referred to in sub-paragraphs (1) and (2) of this Article;
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| | (4) | a company in which that director , supervisor or senior officer, whether alone or jointly with one (1) or more of the persons referred to in sub-paragraphs (l), (2) and (3) of this Article and other
directors, supervisors, general manager, deputy general managers and other senior officers, has de facto controlling interest;
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| | (5) | the directors, supervisors and senior officers of a company which is being controlled in the manner set out in sub-paragraph (4) above.
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|Article 220 | Directors, supervisors and senior management of the Company shall have legal responsibilities and obligations with regard to the safe-keeping of the funds of the Company.
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The Company shall not provide, directly or indirectly, funds to the controlling shareholder of the Company and its related parties in the
following manner:

1. To lend funds of the Company to the controlling shareholder and its related parties, irrespective of whether it is
interest-free;

2. To provide entrusted loan to related parties through banks or other financial institutions;

3. To entrust the controlling shareholder of the Company and its related parties with investments;

4. To issue commercial bill of exchange not substantiated by actual transactions for the controlling shareholder of the Company and its
related parties;

5. To repay debts for the controlling shareholder of the Company and its related companies; and

6. In other manners prescribed by the China Securities Regulatory Commission.



|Article 221 | Shall directors, senior management of the Company assist, connive the controlling shareholder of the Company and its related parties to appropriate assets of the Company, the Board shall, subject to the seriousness of
such events, take internal disciplinary actions, serve monetary punishments, pursue legal responsibilities against directly responsible persons; In case of serious events, the materially responsible senior management shall be removed from office,
and such materially responsible director shall be proposed to the shareholders general meeting to be removed from office.
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Shall there be events in which the controlling shareholder of the Company and its related parties have appropriated funds of the Company or
its subsidiaries for non-operational purposes which impose adverse impacts on the Company, the Company shall, with reference to the preceding paragraph and subject to the seriousness of such events, impose punishments on such directly responsible
person(s).



|Article 222 | The fiduciary duties and duties of diligence of the directors, supervisors and senior officers may not necessarily be discharged by the resignation of the directors, supervisors, and senior officers of the Company
becoming effective or expiry of the term with the procedures for handover having been duly completed. The duty of confidentiality in respect of trade secrets of the Company survives the termination of their tenure. Other duties may continue for such
period as the principle of fairness may require depending on the amount of time which has lapsed between the termination and the act concerned and the circumstances and the terms under which the relationship between the relevant director,
supervisor, general manager, deputy general manager and the senior officer on the on hand and the Company on the other hand was terminated.
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|Article 223 | Subject to Article 50, a director, supervisor or senior officer of the Company may be relieved of liability for specific breaches of his duty with the informed consent of the shareholders given at a general meeting,
except in the circumstances as provided under Article 60.
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|Article 224 | Where a director , supervisor or senior officer of the Company is in any way, directly or indirectly, materially interested in a contract, transaction or arrangement or proposed contract, transaction or arrangement with
the Company (other than his contract of service with the Company), he shall declare the nature and extent of his interests to the board of directors at the earliest opportunity, whether or not the contract, transaction or arrangement or proposal
therefor is otherwise subject to the approval of the board of directors.
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Unless the interested director , supervisor or
senior officer discloses his interests in accordance with the preceding sub-paragraph of this Article and the contract, transaction or arrangement is approved by the board of directors at a meeting in which the interested director , supervisor or
senior officer is not counted as part of the quorum and refrains from voting, a contract, transaction or arrangement in which that director, supervisor, or senior officer is materially interested is voidable at the instance of the Company except as
against a bona fide party thereto who does not have notice of the breach of duty by the interested director, supervisor or senior officer.

For the purposes of this Article, a director, supervisor or senior officer of the Company is deemed to be interested in a contract,
transaction or arrangement in which his associate is interested.



|Article 225 | Where a director , supervisor or senior officer of the Company gives to the board of directors a notice in writing stating that, by reason of the facts specified in the notice, he is interested in contracts,
transactions or arrangements which may subsequently be made by the Company, that notice shall be deemed for the purposes of the preceding Article to be a sufficient declaration of his interests, so far as the content stated in such notice is
concerned, provided that such notice shall have been given before the date on which the question of entering into the relevant contract, transaction or arrangement is first taken into consideration by the Company.
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|Article 226 | The Company shall not pay taxes for or on behalf of a director , supervisor or other officer in any manner.
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|Article 227 | The Company shall not directly or indirectly make a loan to or provide any guarantee in connection with the making of a loan to a director , supervisor or senior officer of the Company or of the Companys holding
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The foregoing prohibition shall not apply to the following circumstances:



| | (1) | the provision by the Company of a loan or a guarantee in connection with the making of a loan to its subsidiary:
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| | (2) | the provision by the Company of a loan or a guarantee in connection with the making of a loan or any other funds available to any of its directors supervisor and senior officers to meet expenditure incurred or to be
incurred by him for the purposes of the Company or for the purpose of enabling him to perform his duties properly, in accordance with the terms of a service contract approved by the shareholders in a general meeting;
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| | (3) | if the ordinary course of business of the Company includes the lending of money or the giving of guarantees, the Company may make a loan to or provide a guarantee in connection with the making of a loan to any of the
relevant directors , supervisor and senior officers or their respective associates in the ordinary course of its business on normal commercial terms.
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|Article 228 | Any person who receives funds from a loan which has been made by the Company acting in breach of the preceding Article shall, irrespective of the terms of the loan, forthwith repay such funds.
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|Article 229 | A guarantee for the repayment of a loan which has been provided by the Company acting in breach of Article 223(1) shall not be enforceable against the Company, save in respect of the following circumstances:
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| | (1) | the guarantee was provided in connection with a loan which was made to an associate of any of the directors, supervisor and senior officers of the Company or of the Companys holding company and the lender of such
funds did not know of the relevant circumstances at the time of the making of the loan; or
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|Article 230 | For the purposes of the foregoing provisions of this Chapter, a guarantee includes an undertaking or property provided to secure the obligors performance of his obligations.
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|Article 231 | In addition to any rights and remedies provided by the laws and administrative regulations, where a director, supervisor or senior officer of the Company breaches the duties which he owes to the Company, the Company has
a right:
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| | (1) | to demand such director, supervisor or senior officer to compensate it for losses sustained by the Company as a result of such breach;
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| | (2) | to rescind any contract or transaction which has been entered into between the Company and such director, supervisor or senior officer or between the Company and a third party (where such third party knows or should
have known that such director, supervisor or senior officer representing the Company has breached his duties owed to the Company);
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| | (3) | to demand such director, supervisor or senior officer to account for profits made as result of the breach of his duties;
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| | (4) | to recover any monies which should have been received by the Company and which were received by such director, supervisor or senior officer instead, including (without limitation) commissions; and
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| | (5) | to demand repayment of interest earned or which may have been earned by such director, supervisor or senior officer on monies that should have been paid to the Company.
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|Article 232 | The Company shall, with the prior approval of shareholders in a general meeting, enter into a contract in writing with a director or supervisor wherein his emoluments are stipulated. The aforesaid emoluments include:
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| | (1) | emoluments in respect of his service as director, supervisor or senior officer of the Company;
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| | (2) | emoluments in respect of his service as director, supervisor or senior officer of any subsidiary of the Company;
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| | (3) | emoluments in respect of the provision of other services in connection with the management of the affairs of the Company and any of its subsidiaries;
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| | (4) | payment by way of compensation for loss of office, or as consideration for or in connection with his retirement from office.
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No proceedings may be brought by a director or supervisor against the Company for anything due to him in respect of the matters mentioned in
this Article except pursuant to the contract mentioned above.



|Article 233 | The contract concerning the emoluments between the Company and its directors or supervisors should provide that in the event that the Company is acquired, the Companys directors and supervisors shall, subject to
the prior approval of shareholders in a general meeting, have the right to receive compensation or other payment in respect of his loss of office or retirement. For the purposes of this paragraph, the acquisition of the Company includes any of the
following:
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| | (1) | an offer made by any person to the general body of shareholders;
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| | (2) | an offer made by any person with a view to the offeror becoming a controlling shareholder within the meaning of Article 61.
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If the relevant director or supervisor does not comply with this Article, any sum so received by him shall belong to those persons who have
sold their shares as a result of such offer. The expenses incurred in distributing such sum on a pro rata basis amongst such persons shall be borne by the relevant director or supervisor and shall not be paid out of such sum.



|Article 234 | Without lawful authorization of these Articles or the board of directors, a director of the Company may not act personally on behalf of the Company or the board of directors. If he acts personally, he shall declare his
own position and identity in advance where the acting would cause a third party to believe reasonably that he is acting on behalf of the Company or the board of directors.
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|Article 235 | Any loss incurred by the Company as a result of the violation of laws, administrative regulations, departmental rules and these Articles of Association by the directors, supervisors and senior officers in performing the
Companys duties shall be indemnified by the directors, supervisors and senor officers.
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CHAPTER 15: FINANCIAL AND
ACCOUNTING

SYSTEMS, PROFIT DISTRIBUTION AND INTERNAL AUDIT



|Article 236 | The Company shall establish its financial and accounting systems in accordance with laws, administrative regulations and PRC accounting standards formulated by the finance regulatory department of the State Council.
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|Article 237 | At the end of each fiscal year, the Company shall prepare a financial report which shall be examined and verified in a manner prescribed by law.
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|Article 238 | Unless otherwise provided by the relevant laws and regulations, the listing rules issued at the listing place of the Company and the Articles of Association in respect of the means of receipt of corporate communication,
the board of directors of the Company shall place before the shareholders at every annual general meeting such financial reports which the relevant laws, administrative regulations and directives promulgated by competent regional and central
governmental authorities require the Company to prepare.
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|Article 239 | The Companys financial reports shall be made available for shareholders inspection at the Company twenty (20) days before the date of every shareholders annual general meeting. Each shareholder
shall be entitled to obtain a copy of the financial reports referred to in this Chapter.
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Unless otherwise provided by the
relevant laws and regulations, the listing rules issued at the listing place of the Company and the Articles of Association in respect of the means of receipt of corporate communication, the Company shall deliver or send to each shareholder of
Overseas-Listed Foreign-Invested Shares by prepaid mail at the address registered in the register of shareholders the said reports not later than twenty-one (21) days before the date of every annual general meeting of the shareholders.



|Article 240 | The financial statements of the Company shall, in addition to being prepared in accordance with PRC accounting standards and regulations, be prepared in accordance with either international accounting standards, or that
of the place outside the PRC where the Companys shares are listed. If there is any material difference between the financial statements prepared respectively in accordance with the two accounting standards, such difference shall be stated in
the financial statements. In distributing its after-tax profits, the lower of the two amounts shown in the financial statements shall be adopted.
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|Article 241 | The Company shall publish or disclose and prepare its half year status or financial report according to the Chinese, as well as the overseas, accountancy and legal principles.
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|Article 242 | The Company shall submit its annual financial reports, interim financial report and quarterly financial report to the competent securities authorities under the State Council and relevant stock exchange within four
months after the expiration of each fiscal year, within two months after the expiration of the first six months of each fiscal year and within one month after the expiration of the first three (3) months and the first nine (9) months of
each fiscal year, respectively.
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The above financial reports shall be prepared and announced in accordance with the
provisions of the law, administrative regulations and departmental rules.



|Article 243 | The Company shall not keep accounts other than those required by law. No assets of the Company shall be used to set up deposit accounts in any other name.
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|Article 244 | In the distribution of after-tax profits of a financial year, 10% of the profits shall be allocated to the statutory common reserve. No further allocation to the statutory common reserve is required where such reserve
exceeds 50% of the registered capital of the Company.
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Where the statutory common reserve is insufficient to make up losses of the previous financial
year, the profits of a financial year shall be applied to make up such losses before allocation to the statutory common reserve shall be made in accordance with the above provision.

Upon the approval of the shareholders in general meeting, where the Company has made allocation to the statutory common reserve from the
profits after tax, the Company may make allocation to the discretionary common reserve.

Any surplus of profits after the Company has made
up losses and made allocations to the statutory common reserve may be distributed as dividends to shareholders in proportion to their shareholdings.

Where the Company or the board of directors, in breach of the above provisions, distribute dividends to shareholders before the Company has
made up losses and made allocations to the statutory common reserve, such dividends distributed in breach of the above provisions shall be returned to the Company.

No profits shall be distributed in respect of the shares held by the Company.



|Article 245 | Capital common reserve fund includes the following items:
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| | (1) | premium on shares issued at a premium price;
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| | (2) | any other income designated for the capital common reserve fund by the regulations of the finance regulatory department of the State Council.
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|Article 246 | The common reserve fund of the Company shall be applied for the following purposes:
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(1) to
compensate losses;

(2) to expand the Companys production and operation;

(3) to convert the common reserve fund into share capital in order to increase its capital. The Company may convert its common reserve fund
into share capital with the approval of shareholders in a general meeting. When such conversion takes place, the Company shall either distribute new shares in proportion to the existing shareholders number of shares, or increase the par value
of each share, provided, however, that when the statutory common reserve fund is converted to share capital, the balance of the statutory common reserve fund may not fall below 25 % of the registered capital before the conversion.

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|Article 247 | The Companys profit distribution policy shall remain consistent and stable, whilst the Companys long-term interests, the overall interests of all shareholders, and the sustainable development of the Company
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|Article 248 | The profit distribution policies of the Company
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1. Form and interval of profit distribution

The Company may distribute dividends in cash, in shares or in a combination of both cash and shares.

In the event that conditions for distribution of cash dividend are met, cash dividend shall be distributed prior to share
dividend.

Final dividends shall be paid once a year. The shareholders shall by way of an ordinary resolution authorise
the board of directors to declare and pay final dividends of the Company. The Company may distribute interim cash dividends upon obtaining approval from the board of directors and the shareholders at the general meeting. There should at least be a
6-month accounting period interval when the Company distributes cash dividends.

2. Conditions for distributing cash dividends and
proportion of cash dividends

On the premise of securing the Companys sustainable development and provided that the
Company has recorded a profit in a particular year and that its accumulated undistributed profit is positive, the Companys cash dividends shall account for approximately 35% of the Companys net profit after statutory reserve for that
particular year, unless the Company has scheduled significant investments or significant cash requirements.

Significant
investments or significant cash requirements mean investments or cash requirements scheduled for the next 12 months that are equivalent to or exceed 50% of the total profit of the Company realized in the most recent financial year.

3. Conditions for distributing share dividends

On the premises that the Companys operation is in good condition and that the Board considers the distribution of share
dividends is beneficial to the overall interest of all shareholders of the Company due to a mismatch between the Companys stock price and its scale of share capital and in other necessary circumstances, the Company may distribute dividends in
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|Article 249 | Procedures on approving the profit distribution plan
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The Board is responsible for preparing
the profit distribution plan. In the process of determining the profit distribution plan, the Board shall discuss with the independent directors and the supervisory committee adequately; the Board should also adopt different approaches to listen to
the opinions of public shareholders, and examine the rationality of such plan. The main procedures on approving the profit distribution plan are as follows:



| | (1) | approved by more than half of the independent directors;
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| | (2) | considered and approved by more than half of all directors;
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| | (3) | considered and approved by more than half of all supervisors;
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| | (4) | considered and approved at the shareholders general meeting by way of an ordinary resolution. During the general meeting when discussing and considering the matters relating to profit distributing, various methods
such as internet voting, and establishing an investors communication forum on the Companys website can be used to give public shareholders the opportunity to express their opinions and enquiries.
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|Article 250 | Adjustment to profit distribution policy
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When the Companys external operation
environment experiences significant changes and thus significantly affect the Companys production operations, or when the Company experiences relatively major changes in its operations such that the implementation of the current profit
distributing policy may severely affect the sustainable development of the Company, the Company can make adjustments to the profit distributing policy in that particular year in accordance with the procedures as follow:



| | (1) | the Board shall be responsible for preparing a written report setting out the reasons for the adjustments to be made to the profit distribution policy for that particular year;
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| | (2) | independent directors shall give their independent opinion thereon, and adjustments must be approved by more than half of the independent directors;
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| | (4) | considered and approved by not less than two-thirds of all supervisors;
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|Article 251 | If the conditions for distributing cash dividends are satisfied, but such cash distribution has not been made due to the special circumstances as set out in Article 248, the Company should disclose in periodic reports
matters such as the reason for not distributing cash dividends, the exact use of the funds retained by the Company as well as the expected proceeds from the investment. Independent directors should give their independent opinion thereon.
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|Article 252 | The Company shall calculate, declare and pay dividends and other amounts which are payable to holders of Domestic-Invested Shares in Renminbi. The Company shall calculate and declare dividends and other payments which
are payable to holders of Overseas-Listed Foreign-Invested Shares in Renminbi, and shall pay such amounts in the local currency of the place in which such Overseas-Listed Foreign-Invested Shares are listed (if such shares are listed in more than one
place, then the currency of the principal place on which such shares are listed as determined by the board of directors).
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|Article 253 | The Company shall pay dividends and other amounts to holders of Foreign-Invested Shares in accordance with the relevant foreign exchange control regulations of the State. If there is no applicable regulation, the
applicable exchange rate shall be the average exchange reference rate of Renminbi to the relevant foreign currency announced by the Bank of China during five (5) working days prior to the announcement of payment of dividend and other amounts.
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|Article 254 | The Company shall appoint receiving agents for holders of the Overseas-Listed Foreign-Invested Shares. Such receiving agents shall receive dividends which have been declared by the Company and all other amounts which
the Company should pay to holders of Overseas-Listed Foreign-Invested Shares on such shareholders behalf.
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The
receiving agents appointed by the Company shall meet the relevant requirements of the laws of the place at which the stock exchange on which the Companys shares are listed or the relevant regulations of such stock exchange.

The receiving agents appointed for holders of Overseas-Listed Foreign-Invested Shares listed in Hong Kong shall each be a company registered
as a trust company under the Trustee Ordinance of Hong Kong.



|Article 255 | In case of any use of the Companys capital not in compliance with the relevant laws and regulations by any shareholder, the cash dividends to be distributed to such shareholder shall be deducted by the Company in
compensation for the shareholders use of the Companys capital.
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|Article 256 | The Company implements an internal audit system. Special audit personnel will conduct internal audit supervision on the Companys income and expenditure and economic activities.
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|Article 257 | The internal audit system and the duties of the audit personnel shall take effect upon approval by the board of directors. The person in charge of the audit shall be accountable and report to the board of directors.
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CHAPTER 16: APPOINTMENT OF AUDITORS



|Article 258 | The Company shall appoint an independent firm of accountants which is qualified under the relevant regulations of the State with relevant qualifications in securities affairs to audit the Companys annual report
and review the Companys other financial reports.
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The first auditors of the Company may be appointed before the first
annual general meeting of the Company at the inaugural meeting. Auditors so appointed shall hold office until the conclusion of the first annual general meeting.

If the inaugural meeting does not exercise the powers under the preceding paragraph, those powers shall be exercised by the board of
directors.



|Article 259 | The auditors appointed by the Company shall hold office from the conclusion of the annual general meeting of shareholders at which they were appointed until the conclusion of the next annual general meeting of
shareholders.
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|Article 260 | The auditors appointed by the Company shall enjoy the following rights:
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| | (1) | a right to review to the books, records and vouchers of the Company at any time, the right to require the directors or senior officers of the Company to supply relevant information and explanations;
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| | (2) | a right to require the Company to take all reasonable steps to obtain from its subsidiaries such information and explanation as are necessary for the discharge of its duties;
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| | (3) | a right to attend shareholders general meetings and to receive all notices of, and other communications relating to, any shareholders general meeting which any shareholder is entitled to receive, and to
speak at any shareholders general meeting in relation to matters concerning its role as the Companys accountancy firm.
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|Article 261 | The Company shall ensure the provision of true and complete accounting evidences, accounting books, financial statements and other financial information to the accounting firm it has engaged with withheld, omission and
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|Article 262 | If there is a vacancy in the position of auditor of the Company, the board of directors may appoint an accountancy firm to fill such vacancy before the convening of the shareholders general meeting. Any other
accountancy firm which has been appointed by the Company may continue to act during the period during which a vacancy arises.
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|Article 263 | The shareholders in a general meeting may by ordinary resolution remove the Companys auditors before the expiration of its term of office, irrespective of the provisions in the contract between the Company and the
Companys auditors. However, the accountancy firms right to claim for damages which arise from its removal shall not be affected thereby.
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|Article 264 | The remuneration of an accountancy firm or the manner in which such firm is to be remunerated shall be determined by the shareholders in a general meeting. The remuneration of an accountancy firm appointed by the board
of directors shall be determined by the board of directors.
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|Article 265 | The Companys appointment, removal or non-reappointment of an accountancy firm shall be resolved by the shareholders in a general meeting. Such resolution shall be filed with the State Council. The removal or
non-reappointment of an accountancy firm shall be notified to the accounting firm seven days in advance.
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Where a resolution
at a general meeting of shareholders is passed to appoint as auditor a person other than an incumbent auditor, to fill a casual vacancy in the office of auditor, to reappoint as auditor a retiring auditor who was appointed by the board of directors
to fill a casual vacancy or to remove an auditor before the expiration of his term of office, the following provisions shall apply:



| | (1) | A copy of the appointment or removal proposal shall be sent (before notice of meeting is given to the shareholders) to the firm proposed to be appointed or proposing to leave its post or the firm which has left its post
in the relevant fiscal year (leaving includes leaving by removal, resignation and retirement).
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| | (2) | If the auditor leaving its post makes representations in writing and requests the Company to give the shareholders notice of such representations, the Company shall (unless the representations have been received too
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| | (a) | in any notice of the resolution given to shareholders, state the fact of the representations having been made; and
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| | (b) | attach a copy of the representations to the notice and deliver it to the shareholders in the manner stipulated in these Articles of Association.
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| | (3) | If the Company fails to send out the auditors representations in the manner set out in sub-paragraph (2) above, such auditor may (in addition to his right to be heard) require that the representations be read
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| | (4) | An auditor which is leaving its post shall be entitled to attend the following shareholders general meetings:
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| | (a) | the general meeting at which its term of office would otherwise have expired;
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| | (b) | the general meeting at which it is proposed to fill the vacancy caused by its removal; and
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| | (c) | the general meeting which convened as a result of its resignation,
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and to receive all notices
of, and other communications relating to, any such meeting, and to speak at any such meeting which it attends on any part of the business of the meeting which concerns it as former auditor of the Company.



|Article 266 | Prior notice should be given to the accountancy firm if the Company decides to remove such accountancy firm or not to renew the appointment thereof. Such accountancy firm shall be entitled to make representations at the
shareholders general meeting. Where the accountancy firm resigns from its position as the Companys auditors, it shall make clear to the shareholders in a general meeting whether there has been any impropriety on the part of the Company.
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An accountancy firm may resign its office by depositing at the Companys legal address a resignation notice which
shall become effective on the date of such deposit or on such later date as may be stipulated in such notice. Such notice shall contain the following statements:



| | (1) | a statement to the effect that there are no circumstances connected with its resignation which it considers should be brought to the notice of the shareholders or creditors of the Company; or
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| | (2) | a statement of any such circumstances.
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Where a notice is deposited under the preceding
sub-paragraph, the Company shall within fourteen (14) days send a copy of the notice to the relevant governing authority. If the notice contains a statement under the preceding sub-paragraph (2), a copy of such statement shall be placed at the
Company for shareholders inspection. The Company should also send a copy of such statement by prepaid mail to every shareholder of Overseas-Listed Foreign Shares at the address registered in the register of shareholders.



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Where the auditors notice of resignation contains a statement in respect of the above, it
may require the board of directors to convene a shareholders extraordinary general meeting for the purpose of receiving an explanation of the circumstances connected with its resignation.

CHAPTER 17: INSURANCE



|Article 267 | The different types or items of the Companys insurance shall be insured in accordance with the relevant insurance law in China.
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CHAPTER 18: LABOUR AND PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS



|Article 268 | The Company may at its discretion employ and dismiss employees and enter into employment contracts with all employees based on the business development needs of the Company and in accordance with the requirements of the
laws and administrative regulations of the State.
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|Article 269 | The Company may formulate its labour and payroll systems and payment methods in accordance with the relevant laws and regulations of the State and the economical benefits of the Company.
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|Article 270 | The Company shall endeavour to improve its employee benefits and to continually improve the working environment and living standards of its employees.
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|Article 271 | The Company shall provide pension, medical, educational, occupier disability and unemployment insurance for its employees and put in place a social security system, in accordance with the relevant laws and regulations
of the State.
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CHAPTER 19: TRADE UNIONS



|Article 272 | The Companys employees may form trade unions, carry on trade union activities and protect their legal rights. The Company shall provide the necessary conditions for such activities.
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CHAPTER 20: MERGER AND DIVISION OF THE COMPANY



|Article 273 | In the event of the merger or division of the Company, a plan shall be presented by the Companys board of directors and shall be approved in accordance with the procedures stipulated in these Articles of
Association. The Company shall then go through the relevant approval process. A shareholder who objects to the plan of merger or division shall have the right to demand the Company or the shareholders who consent to the plan of merger or division to
acquire such dissenting shareholders shareholding at a fair price. The contents of the resolution of merger or division of the Company shall constitute special documents which shall be available for inspection by the shareholders of the
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Such special documents shall be sent by means as provided in Article 295 to holders of
Overseas-Listed Foreign-Invested Shares.



|Article 274 | The merger of the Company may take the form of either merger by absorption or merger by the establishment of a new company.
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A company that absorbs other company is known as merger by absorption whereby the company being absorbed shall be dissolved. The merger of two
or more companies by the establishment of a new company is known as merger by the establishment of a new company, whereby the merged companies shall be dissolved.

In the event of a merger, the merging parties shall execute a merger agreement and prepare a balance sheet and an inventory of assets. The
Company shall notify its creditors within ten (10) days of the date of the Companys merger resolution and shall publish a public notice in a newspaper at least three (3) times within thirty (30) days of the date of the
Companys merger resolution. Within thirty days the creditors receive the notice, or within forty-five days the notice is announced, the creditors may demand the Company to settle its debts or to provide corresponding guarantee.

At the time of merger, rights in relation to debtors and indebtedness of each of the merged parties shall be assumed by the company which
survives the merger or the newly established company.



|Article 275 | Where there is a division of the Company, its assets shall be divided up accordingly.
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In the
event of division of the Company, the parties to such division shall execute a division agreement and prepare a balance sheet and an inventory of assets. The Company shall notify its creditors within ten (10) days of the date of the
Companys division resolution and shall publish a public notice in a newspaper at least three (3) times within thirty (30) days of the date of the Companys division resolution.

Debts of the Company prior to division shall be assumed incidentally by the companies which exist after the division, except those debts that
have otherwise separately agreed by the Company with the creditors in writing for the settlement of the debts before the division.



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|Article 276 | The Company shall, in accordance with law, apply for change in its registration with the companies registration authority where a change in any item in its registration arises as a result of any merger or division.
Where the Company is dissolved, the Company shall apply for cancellation of its registration in accordance with law. Where a new company is established, the Company shall apply for registration thereof in accordance with law.
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When there is increase or reduction in the share capital of the Company, the Company shall apply for change in its registration with the
company registration authority in accordance with the law.

CHAPTER 21: DISSOLUTION AND LIQUIDATION



|Article 277 | The Company shall be dissolved and liquidated upon the occurrence of any of the following events:
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| | (1) | a resolution for dissolution is passed by shareholders at a general meeting;
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| | (2) | dissolution is necessary due to a merger or division of the Company;
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| | (3) | the Company is legally declared insolvent due to its failure to repay debts as they become due; and
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| | (4) | the Company is ordered to close down because of its violation of laws and administrative regulations.
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Sub-paragraphs (1) and (2) of the above shall be approved by the State Councils foreign trade and economic authorities.

(5) shareholders holding at least 10% of the shares of the Company may apply to the Peoples Court to dissolve the Company if the Company
experiences extreme difficulties in respect of its operation and management, which cannot otherwise be resolved, such that if the Company continues to operate, its shareholders will suffer significant losses.



|Article 278 | A liquidation committee shall be set up within fifteen (15) days of the Company being dissolved pursuant to sub-paragraph (1) of the preceding Article, and the composition of the liquidation committee of the
Company shall be determined by an ordinary resolution of shareholders in a general meeting. If a liquidation committee is not set up within the specified time limit, the creditors of the Company may apply to the peoples court to appoint
designated persons to carry out the liquidation.
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Where the Company is dissolved under sub-paragraph (3) of the
preceding Article, the Peoples Court shall in accordance with the provisions of relevant laws organise the shareholders, relevant organisations and relevant professional personnel to establish a liquidation committee to carry out the
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Where the Company is dissolved under sub-paragraph (4) of the preceding Article, the
relevant governing authorities shall organise the shareholders, relevant organisations and professional personnel to establish a liquidation committee to carry out the liquidation.



|Article 279 | Where the board of directors proposes to liquidate the Company for any reason other than the Companys declaration of its own insolvency, the board shall include a statement in its notice convening a
shareholders general meeting to consider the proposal to the effect that, after making full inquiry into the affairs of the Company, the board of directors is of the opinion that the Company will be able to pay its debts in full within twelve
(12) months from the commencement of the liquidation.
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Upon the passing of the resolution by the shareholders in a
general meeting for the liquidation of the Company, all functions and powers of the board of directors shall cease.

The liquidation
committee shall act in accordance with the instructions of the shareholders general meeting to make a report at least once every year to the shareholders general meeting on the committees income and expenses, the business of the
Company and the progress of the liquidation; and to present a final report to the shareholders general meeting on completion of the liquidation.



|Article 280 | The liquidation committee shall, within ten (10) days of its establishment, send notices to creditors and shall, within sixty (60) days of its establishment, publish a public announcement in a newspaper at
least three (3) times.
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A creditor shall, within thirty (30) days of receipt of the notice, or for creditors who
have not personally received such notice, within forty five (45) days of the date of the first public announcement, report its rights to the liquidation committee. When reporting his rights, the creditor shall provide an explanation of matters
which are relevant thereto and shall provide evidential material in respect thereof. The liquidation committee shall register the creditors rights.

No repayment shall be made by the liquidation committee during the period of reporting creditors rights.



|Article 281 | During the liquidation period, the liquidation committee shall exercise the following functions and powers:
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| | (1) | to sort out the Companys assets and prepare a balance sheet and an inventory of assets respectively;
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| | (2) | to send notify the creditors or to publish public announcements;
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| | (4) | to pay all outstanding taxes and taxes incurred in the process of liquidation;
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| | (5) | to settle claims and debts;
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| | (6) | to deal with the surplus assets remaining after the Companys debts have been repaid;
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| | (7) | to represent the Company in any civil proceedings.
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|Article 282 | After it has sorted out the Companys assets and after it has prepared the balance sheet and an inventory of assets, the liquidation committee shall formulate a liquidation plan and present it to a
shareholders general meeting or to the relevant governing authority or the peoples court for confirmation.
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The
companys assets shall be distributed in accordance with law or regulation. If there is no applicable law, such distribution shall be carried out in accordance with a fair and reasonable procedure determined by the liquidation committee.

Any surplus assets of the Company remaining after its debts have been repaid in accordance with the provisions of the preceding paragraph
shall be distributed to its shareholders according to the class of shares and the proportion of shares held.

During the liquidation
period, the Company subsists but shall not commence any business activities not related to liquidation. Prior to the repayment in accordance of the previous paragraphs, the Companys assets shall not be distributed to the shareholders.



|Article 283 | If after putting the Companys assets in order and preparing a balance sheet and an inventory of assets in connection with the liquidation of the Company, the liquidation committee discovers that the Companys
assets are insufficient to repay the Companys debts in full, the liquidation committee shall immediately apply to the Peoples Court for a declaration of insolvency.
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After a Company is declared insolvent by a ruling of the Peoples Court, the liquidation committee shall transfer all matters arising
from the liquidation to the Peoples Court.



|Article 284 | Following the completion of the liquidation, the liquidation committee shall prepare a liquidation report, a statement of income and expenses received and made during the liquidation period and a financial report, which
shall be verified by a Chinese registered accountant and submitted to the shareholders general meeting or the relevant governing authority or the peoples court for confirmation.
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The liquidation committee shall, within thirty (30) days after such confirmation, submit
the documents referred to in the preceding paragraph to the companies registration authority and apply for cancellation of registration of the Company, and publish a public announcement relating to the termination of the Company.



|Article 285 | The members of the liquidation committee shall act fiducially and perform the obligations of liquidation pursuant to the law.
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The members of the liquidation committee shall not take advantage of his office power, taking bribes or other illegal income or illegally
taking possession of the assets of the Company.

The members of the liquidation committee shall indemnify the loss incurred by the Company
or the creditors as a result of his willful act or serious misconduct.



|Article 286 | Where the Company is declared bankrupt pursuant to the law, bankruptcy liquidation shall be implemented pursuant to the relevant enterprise bankruptcy law.
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CHAPTER 22: PROCEDURES FOR AMENDMENT

OF THE COMPANYS ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION



|Article 287 | The Company may amend its Articles of Association in accordance with the requirements of laws, administrative regulations and the Companys Articles of Association.
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The Company shall amend these Articles of Association on the occurrence of any of the following events:

(1) The Company Law or the relevant laws or administrative regulations are amended and these Articles are in conflict with the amended laws or
administrative regulations;

(2) There is change to the Company which makes it not consistent with these Articles of Association;

(3) It has been approved by the shareholders in a general meeting to amend these Articles.



|Article 288 | The Companys Articles of Association shall be amended in the following manner:
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| | (1) | The board of directors, supervisory committee and shareholders who individually or jointly hold 3% or more of the Companys voting shares shall propose the manner in which the Companys Article of Association
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| | (2) | Unless otherwise provided by the relevant laws and regulations, the listing rules issued at the listing place of the Company and the Articles of Association in respect of the means of receipt of corporate communication,
the foregoing proposal shall be furnished to the shareholders in writing and a shareholders meeting shall be convened;
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| | (3) | The amendments shall be approved by votes representing more than two-thirds of the voting rights represented by the shareholders present at the meeting.
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|Article 289 | Amendment of the Companys Articles of Association shall become effective upon receipt of approvals from the foreign trade and economic authorities. Amendment involving the contents of the Mandatory Provisions of
Overseas-Listed Companies Articles of Association shall become effective upon receipt of approvals from the State Councils securities authorities and the companies approving department authorised by the State Council. If there is any
change relating to the registered particulars of the Company, application shall be made for change in registration in accordance with law.
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|Article 290 | The board of directors shall amend these Articles of Association pursuant to the resolutions of shareholders in a general meeting for amendment of these Articles and the approval opinions of the competent authority.
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|Article 291 | If the amendment to the Articles of Association is a matter which is required by the relevant laws and regulations to be disclosed, an announcement shall be made in accordance with the provisions of those laws and
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CHAPTER 23: DISPUTE RESOLUTION



|Article 292 | The Company shall abide by the following principles for dispute resolution:
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| | (1) | Whenever any disputes or claims arise between: holders of the Overseas-Listed Foreign-Invested Shares and the Company; holders of the Overseas-Listed Foreign-Invested Shares and the Companys directors, supervisors
or senior officers; or holders of the Overseas-Listed Foreign-Invested Shares and holders of Domestic-Invested Shares, in respect of any rights or obligations arising from these Articles of Association, the Company Law or any rights or obligations
conferred or imposed by the Company Law and special regulations (including other relevant laws) or any other relevant laws and administrative regulations concerning the affairs of the Company, such disputes or claims shall be referred by the
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Where a dispute or claim of rights referred to in the preceding paragraph is referred to
arbitration, the entire claim or dispute must be referred to arbitration, and all persons who have a cause of action based on the same facts giving rise to the dispute or claim or whose participation is necessary for the resolution of such dispute
or claim, shall, where such person is the Company, the Companys shareholders, directors, supervisors or senior officers of the Company, comply with the arbitration.

Disputes in respect of the definition of shareholders and disputes in relation to the register of shareholders need not be resolved by
arbitration.



| | (2) | A claimant may elect for arbitration to be carried out at either the China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission in accordance with its Rules or the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre in
accordance with its Securities Arbitration Rules. Once a claimant refers a dispute or claim to arbitration, the other party must submit to the arbitral body elected by the claimant.
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If a claimant elects for arbitration to be carried out at Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre, any party to the dispute or claim may
apply for a hearing to take place in Shenzhen in accordance with the Securities Arbitration Rules of the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre.



| | (3) | If any disputes or claims of rights are settled by way of arbitration in accordance with sub-paragraph (1) of this Article, the laws of the PRC shall apply, save as otherwise provided in the laws and administrative
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|Article 293 | Definitions:
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(1) de facto controller means a party that is not a shareholder of the company,
but shall be capable to control the act of the Company through investment relationship, agreement or other arrangements.

(2) Connected
relationship means the relationship between the controlling shareholder of the Company, its de facto controller, directors, supervisors, senior officers and enterprises directly or indirectly controlled by it, as well as other relationships that may
result in the transfer of the Companys interests. However, state-owned enterprises do not have connected relationship solely as a result of being controlled by the State.



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CHAPTER 24: SUPPLEMENTARY



|Article 294 | The rules of meetings of the shareholders general meeting, the board of directors and the supervisory committee are attached as Appendices to these Articles. In the event that the rules of meetings of the
shareholders general meeting, the board of directors and the supervisory committee are in conflict with these Articles, these Articles shall prevail.
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|Article 295 | If a notice of the general meeting of shareholders, board meeting or meeting of the supervisory committee is issued by hand, the date when the recipient signed or stamped to acknowledge receipt of the same shall be
regarded as the date of service of the notice. If the notice is issued by post, the seventh day from the date it is delivered to the post office shall be regarded as the date of service of the notice. If a notice of the Company is issued by public
announcement, it shall be deemed received by the relevant officers once announced.
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|Article 296 | If a notice of meeting is accidentally omitted to be sent to any person who is entitled to receive pursuant to Article 168 of these Articles or that person has not received such a notice of meeting, it will not cause
the meeting and any resolution made therein to be void.
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|Article 297 | Unless otherwise provided by the relevant laws and regulations, the listing rules issued at the listing place of the Company and the Articles of Association in respect of the means of receipt of corporate communication,
notices, communications or other written documents of the Company (including but not limited to annual reports, interim reports, quarterly reports, notices of meetings, listing documents, circulars, proxy forms and holding announcements) shall be
sent by the following means:
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(1) by hand;

(2) by mail;

(3) by fax , email or other electronic format;

(4) subject to laws, administrative regulations and relevant provisions of securities regulatory authority of the place where
the Company is listed, by publishing on the website designated by the Company and the stock exchange;

(5) by announcement
on one national newspaper which has been approved by the State Council Securities Policy Committee and other designated media;

(6) by other means acceptable to securities regulatory authority of the place wherethe Company is listed.

Notwithstanding the requirements in relation to the means of sending notice, communications or other documents set out in this Articles of
Association, the Company may use the means set out in sub-section (4) of this Article to replace the use of personal delivery or prepaid airmail to holders of Overseas-Listed Foreign Invested Shares, provided that the listing rules issued at
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|Article 298 | In these Articles of Association, references to accountancy firm shall have the same meaning as auditors.
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|Article 299 | The Companys Articles of Association are written in Chinese and English. Both text shall be equally valid. If there is any discrepancy between the two versions, the Chinese version of the Articles of Association
most recently filed at the Shandong Administration of Industry and Commence shall prevail.
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|Article 300 | The expressions of above, within and below shall include the figures mentioned whilst the expression of less than and more than shall not include the figures
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|Article 301 | These Articles of Association shall be interpreted by the Companys board of directors.
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