##### Table of Contents





UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 20549





FORM 20-F







|☐ | REGISTRATION STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR 12(g) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
|- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

OR



|☒ | ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
|- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2016

OR



|☐ | TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
|- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

For the transition period from
 to

OR



|☐ | SHELL COMPANY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
|- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Date of event requiring this shell company report

Commission file number: 1-14696





China Mobile Limited

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)





N/A

(Translation of Registrants Name into English)





Hong Kong,
China

(Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)



60th Floor, The Center

99 Queens Road Central

Hong Kong, China

(Address
of Principal Executive Offices)

Grace Wong

Company Secretary

China
Mobile Limited

60th Floor, The Center

99 Queens Road Central

Hong Kong, China

Telephone: (852) 3121-8888

Fax: (852) 2511-9092

(Name, Telephone, E-mail and/or Facsimile Number and Address of Company Contact Person)





Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:



|                    |  |                                          
|------------------- |  | -----------------------------------------
|Title of Each Class |  | Name of Each Exchange on Which
Registered
|Ordinary shares     |  | New York Stock Exchange*                 



|* | Not for trading, but only in connection with the listing on the New York Stock Exchange of American depositary shares representing the ordinary shares.
|- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Securities registered or to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:

None

(Title of Class)

Securities for which there is a reporting obligation pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Act:

None

(Title of Class)





Indicate the number of outstanding shares of each of the issuers classes of capital or common stock as of the close of the period
covered by the annual report.

As of December 31, 2016, 20,475,482,897ordinary shares were issued and outstanding.

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities
Act.    Yes  ☒    No  ☐

If this report is an annual or transition
report, indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or (15)(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934.    Yes  ☐    No  ☒

Note  Checking the box above will
not relieve any registrant required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 from their obligations under those Sections.

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant: (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90
days.    Yes  ☒    No  ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the
registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T during the preceding
12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).    Yes  ☐    No  ☐



Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated
filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of large accelerated filer, accelerated filer, and emerging growth
company in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.:



|                           |  |                      |  |                          |  |                           
|-------------------------- |  | -------------------- |  | ------------------------ |  | --------------------------
|Large accelerated filer  ☒ |  | Accelerated filer  ☐ |  | Non-accelerated filer  ☐ |  | Emerging growth company  ☐

If an emerging growth company that prepares its financial statements in accordance with U.S. GAAP, indicate by
check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.  ☐



| | The term new or revised financial accounting standard refers to any update issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board to its Accounting Standards Codification after April 5, 2012.
|- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Indicate by check mark which basis of accounting the registrant has used to prepare the financial statements included in
this filing.



|             |  |                                                                                                          |  |         
|------------ |  | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |  | --------
|U.S. GAAP  ☐ |  | International Financial Reporting Standards as issued
by the International Accounting Standards Board  ☒ |  | Other  ☐

If Other has been checked in response to the previous question, indicate by check mark which
financial statement item the registrant has elected to follow.    Item 17  ☐    Item 18  ☐

If this is an annual report, indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).    Yes  ☐    No  ☒









---

##### Table of Contents

TABLE OF CONTENTS

China Mobile Limited



|                           |  |                                                                              |   |      |    | 
|-------------------------- |  | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- | - | ---- | -- | 
|                           |  |                                                                              |   | Page |   
|Forward-Looking Statements |  |                                                                              | 1 |     
|                           |  |                                                                             
|                           |  | PART I                                                                       |   |      |    | 
|                           |  |                                                                             
|Item 1.                    |  | Identity of Directors, Senior Management and Advisers                        |   |      | 2  | 
|Item 2.                    |  | Offer Statistics and Expected Timetable                                      |   |      | 2  | 
|Item 3.                    |  | Key Information                                                              |   |      | 2  | 
|Item 4.                    |  | Information on the Company                                                   |   |      | 19 | 
|Item 4A.                   |  | Unresolved Staff Comments                                                    |   |      | 39 | 
|Item 5.                    |  | Operating and Financial Review and Prospects                                 |   |      | 40 | 
|Item 6.                    |  | Directors, Senior Management and Employees                                   |   |      | 54 | 
|Item 7.                    |  | Major Shareholders and Related Party Transactions                            |   |      | 58 | 
|Item 8.                    |  | Financial Information                                                        |   |      | 62 | 
|Item 9.                    |  | The Offer and Listing                                                        |   |      | 62 | 
|Item 10.                   |  | Additional Information                                                       |   |      | 63 | 
|Item 11.                   |  | Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk                   |   |      | 72 | 
|Item 12.                   |  | Description of Securities Other than Equity Securities                       |   |      | 72 | 
|                           |  |                                                                             
|                           |  | PART II                                                                      |   |      |    | 
|                           |  |                                                                             
|Item 13.                   |  | Defaults, Dividend Arrearages and Delinquencies                              |   |      | 74 | 
|Item 14.                   |  | Material Modifications to the Rights of Security Holders and Use of Proceeds |   |      | 74 | 
|Item 15.                   |  | Controls and Procedures                                                      |   |      | 74 | 
|Item 16A.                  |  | Audit Committee Financial Expert                                             |   |      | 75 | 
|Item 16B.                  |  | Code of Ethics                                                               |   |      | 75 | 
|Item 16C.                  |  | Principal Accountant Fees and Services                                       |   |      | 75 | 
|Item 16D.                  |  | Exemptions from the Listing Standards for Audit Committees                   |   |      | 75 | 
|Item 16E.                  |  | Purchases of Equity Securities by the Issuer and Affiliated
Purchasers       |   |      | 75 | 
|Item 16F.                  |  | Change in Registrants Certifying Accountant                                 |   |      | 75 | 
|Item 16G.                  |  | Corporate Governance                                                         |   |      | 75 | 
|Item 16H.                  |  | Mine Safety Disclosure                                                       |   |      | 76 | 
|                           |  |                                                                             
|                           |  | PART III                                                                     |   |      |    | 
|                           |  |                                                                             
|Item 17.                   |  | Financial Statements                                                         |   |      | 77 | 
|Item 18.                   |  | Financial Statements                                                         |   |      | 77 | 
|Item 19.                   |  | Exhibits                                                                     |   |      | 77 | 



---

##### Table of Contents

Forward-Looking Statements

This annual report on Form 20-F contains certain forward-looking statements within the meaning of
Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or the Exchange Act. These forward-looking statements are, by their nature, subject to significant risks and
uncertainties. These forward-looking statements include, without limitation, statements relating to:



| |  |  | our business objectives and strategies, including those relating to the development of our terminal procurement and distribution business;
| | - |  | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



| |  |  | our operations and prospects;
| | - |  | -----------------------------



| |  |  | our network expansion and capital expenditure plans;
| | - |  | ----------------------------------------------------



| |  |  | the expected impact of any acquisitions or other strategic transactions;
| | - |  | ------------------------------------------------------------------------



| |  |  | our provision of services, including fourth generation, or 4G, services, wireline broadband services and services based on technological evolution, and our ability to attract customers to these services;
| | - |  | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



| |  |  | the planned development of future generations of mobile technologies and other technologies and related applications;
| | - |  | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



| |  |  | the anticipated evolution of the industry chain of 4G and future generations of mobile technologies, including future development in, and availability of, terminals that support our provision of services based on 4G and
future generations of mobile technologies;
| | - |  | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



| |  |  | the expected benefit from our investment in and any arrangements with China Tower Corporation Limited;
| | - |  | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



| |  |  | the expected impact of the implementation in Mainland China of the policy of speed upgrade and tariff reduction on our business, financial condition and results of operations;
| | - |  | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



| |  |  | the expected impact of tariff changes on our business, financial condition and results of operations;
| | - |  | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



| |  |  | the expected impact of new service offerings on our business, financial condition and results of operations; and
| | - |  | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



| |  |  | future developments in the telecommunications industry in Mainland China, including changes in the regulatory and competitive landscape.
| | - |  | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

The words aim, anticipate, believe, could, estimate, expect,
intend, may, plan, seek, should, target, will and similar expressions, as they relate to us, are intended to identify certain of these forward-looking statements. We
do not intend to update these forward-looking statements and are under no obligation to do so.

These forward-looking statements are
subject to risks, uncertainties and assumptions, some of which are beyond our control. In addition, these forward-looking statements reflect our current views with respect to future events and are not a guarantee of future performance. Actual
results may differ materially from information contained in the forward-looking statements as a result of a number of factors, including the risk factors set forth in Item 3. Key Information  Risk Factors.



-1-



---

##### Table of Contents

PART I



|Item 1. | Identity of Directors, Senior Management and Advisers.
|------- | ------------------------------------------------------

Not applicable.



|Item 2. | Offer Statistics and Expected Timetable.
|------- | ----------------------------------------

Not applicable.



|Item 3. | Key Information.
|------- | ----------------

Selected Financial Data

The following tables present selected historical financial data of our company as of and for each of the years in the five-year period ended
December 31, 2016. Except for amounts presented in U.S. dollars and per American depositary share, or ADS, data, the selected historical consolidated statement of comprehensive income data and other financial data for the years ended
December 31, 2014, 2015 and 2016 and the selected historical consolidated balance sheet data as of December 31, 2015 and 2016 set forth below are derived from, should be read in conjunction with, and are qualified in their entirety by
reference to, our audited consolidated financial statements, including the related notes, included elsewhere in this annual report on Form 20-F. The selected historical consolidated statement of comprehensive
income data for the years ended December 31, 2012 and 2013 and the selected historical consolidated balance sheet data as of December 31, 2012, 2013 and 2014 set forth below are derived from our internal records and management accounts
that are not included in this annual report on Form 20-F. Our consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards, or IFRSs, as issued by the
International Accounting Standards Board, or IASB.

We completed the acquisition of certain assets, businesses and related liabilities as
well as their related employees in relation to the fixed-line telecommunications operations, or Target Assets and Businesses, of China TieTong Telecommunications Corporation, or China TieTong, in December 2015. See Item 4. Information on the
Company  Business Overview  Investments and Acquisitions. Because we and Target Assets and Businesses were under common control of China Mobile Communications Corporation, or CMCC, both prior to and after the acquisition, the
acquisition was considered as a business combination under common control and was accounted for using merger accounting in accordance with the Accounting Guideline 5 Merger Accounting for Common Control Combinations, or AG 5, issued by
the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants, or the HKICPA. Target Assets and Businesses were stated at their historical cost, and were included in the consolidated financial statements included in this annual report on Form 20-F as if Target Assets and Businesses had always been part of our company during all the relevant periods presented.



-2-



---

##### Table of Contents

The statistical information set forth in this annual report on Form 20-F relating to Mainland China is taken or derived from various publicly available government publications that were not prepared or independently verified by us. This statistical information may not be consistent
with other statistical information from other sources within or outside Mainland China.



|                                                                                   |  |                                                                |            |   |      |  |            |      |  |  |            |   |  |      |            |   |      |  |            |   |  |  |            |  
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |  | -------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------- | - | ---- |  | ---------- | ---- |  |  | ---------- | - |  | ---- | ---------- | - | ---- |  | ---------- | - |  |  | ---------- | -
|                                                                                   |  | As of or for the year ended December 31,                       |           
|                                                                                   |  | 2012                                                           |            |   | 2013 |  |            | 2014 |  |  | 2015       |   |  | 2016 |            |   | 2016 | 
|                                                                                   |  | RMB                                                            |            |   | RMB  |  |            | RMB  |  |  | RMB        |   |  | RMB  |            |   | US$  | 
|                                                                                   |  | (in millions, except share, per share
and per ADS information) |           
|                                                                                   |  |                                                                |            |   |      | 
|Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income Data:                               |  |                                                                |            |   |      |  |            |      |  |  |            |   |  |      |            |   |      |  |            |   |  |  |            |  
|Operating revenue                                                                  |  |                                                                | 591,006    |   |      |  | 640,048    |      |  |  | 651,509    |   |  |      | 668,335    |   |      |  | 708,421    |   |  |  | 102,034    |  
|Operating expenses                                                                 |  |                                                                | 440,317    |   |      |  | 508,624    |      |  |  | 534,189    |   |  |      | 565,413    |   |      |  | 590,333    |   |  |  | 85,026     |  
|Profit from operations                                                             |  |                                                                | 150,689    |   |      |  | 131,424    |      |  |  | 117,320    |   |  |      | 102,922    |   |      |  | 118,088    |   |  |  | 17,008     |  
|Profit before taxation                                                             |  |                                                                | 168,793    |   |      |  | 153,649    |      |  |  | 142,522    |   |  |      | 143,734    |   |      |  | 144,462    |   |  |  | 20,807     |  
|Taxation                                                                           |  |                                                                | (41,887    | ) |      |  | (36,746    | )    |  |  | (33,179    | ) |  |      | (35,079    | ) |      |  | (35,623    | ) |  |  | (5,131     | )
|Profit for the year attributable to equity shareholders                            |  |                                                                | 126,799    |   |      |  | 116,791    |      |  |  | 109,218    |   |  |      | 108,539    |   |      |  | 108,741    |   |  |  | 15,662     |  
|Basic earnings per share(1)                                                        |  |                                                                | 6.31       |   |      |  | 5.81       |      |  |  | 5.38       |   |  |      | 5.30       |   |      |  | 5.31       |   |  |  | 0.76       |  
|Diluted earnings per share(1)                                                      |  |                                                                | 6.23       |   |      |  | 5.74       |      |  |  | 5.35       |   |  |      | 5.30       |   |      |  | 5.31       |   |  |  | 0.76       |  
|Basic earnings per ADS(1)                                                          |  |                                                                | 31.56      |   |      |  | 29.05      |      |  |  | 26.91      |   |  |      | 26.51      |   |      |  | 26.55      |   |  |  | 3.82       |  
|Diluted earnings per ADS(1)                                                        |  |                                                                | 31.17      |   |      |  | 28.71      |      |  |  | 26.76      |   |  |      | 26.50      |   |      |  | 26.55      |   |  |  | 3.82       |  
|Number of shares utilized in basic earnings per share calculation (in thousands)   |  |                                                                | 20,090,824 |   |      |  | 20,101,232 |      |  |  | 20,293,254 |   |  |      | 20,473,119 |   |      |  | 20,475,483 |   |  |  | 20,475,483 |  
|Number of shares utilized in diluted earnings per share calculation (in thousands) |  |                                                                | 20,341,516 |   |      |  | 20,343,120 |      |  |  | 20,408,441 |   |  |      | 20,479,706 |   |      |  | 20,475,483 |   |  |  | 20,475,483 |  



-3-



---

##### Table of Contents

|                                                   |  |                                                                |           |   |      |  |           |      |  |  |           |   |  |      |           |   |      |  |           |   |  |  |         |  
|-------------------------------------------------- |  | -------------------------------------------------------------- | --------- | - | ---- |  | --------- | ---- |  |  | --------- | - |  | ---- | --------- | - | ---- |  | --------- | - |  |  | ------- | -
|                                                   |  | As of or for the year ended December 31,                       |          
|                                                   |  | 2012                                                           |           |   | 2013 |  |           | 2014 |  |  | 2015      |   |  | 2016 |           |   | 2016 | 
|                                                   |  | RMB                                                            |           |   | RMB  |  |           | RMB  |  |  | RMB       |   |  | RMB  |           |   | US$  | 
|                                                   |  | (in millions, except share, per share
and per ADS information) |          
|                                                   |  |                                                                |           |   |      | 
|Consolidated Balance Sheet Data:                   |  |                                                                |           |   |      |  |           |      |  |  |           |   |  |      |           |   |      |  |           |   |  |  |         |  
|Working capital(2)                                 |  |                                                                | 99,396    |   |      |  | 80,009    |      |  |  | 34,433    |   |  |      | (12,341   | ) |      |  | 50,256    |   |  |  | 7,238   |  
|Cash and cash equivalents                          |  |                                                                | 75,764    |   |      |  | 51,180    |      |  |  | 73,812    |   |  |      | 79,842    |   |      |  | 90,413    |   |  |  | 13,022  |  
|Bank deposits                                      |  |                                                                | 332,495   |   |      |  | 375,127   |      |  |  | 353,507   |   |  |      | 323,330   |   |      |  | 335,297   |   |  |  | 48,293  |  
|Accounts receivable                                |  |                                                                | 11,918    |   |      |  | 14,083    |      |  |  | 16,715    |   |  |      | 17,743    |   |      |  | 19,045    |   |  |  | 2,743   |  
|Property, plant and equipment                      |  |                                                                | 469,627   |   |      |  | 520,571   |      |  |  | 605,023   |   |  |      | 585,631   |   |      |  | 622,356   |   |  |  | 89,638  |  
|Total assets                                       |  |                                                                | 1,110,478 |   |      |  | 1,222,684 |      |  |  | 1,348,035 |   |  |      | 1,427,895 |   |      |  | 1,520,994 |   |  |  | 219,069 |  
|Bondscurrent portion(3)                           |  |                                                                |          |   |      |  |          |      |  |  | 1,000     |   |  |      |          |   |      |  | 4,998     |   |  |  | 720     |  
|non-current portion                               |  |                                                                | 5,986     |   |      |  | 5,989     |      |  |  | 4,992     |   |  |      | 4,995     |   |      |  |          |   |  |  |        |  
|Deferred consideration payable(4)                  |  |                                                                | 23,633    |   |      |  |          |      |  |  |          |   |  |      |          |   |      |  |          |   |  |  |        |  
|Total liabilities                                  |  |                                                                | 383,658   |   |      |  | 401,561   |      |  |  | 459,052   |   |  |      | 507,527   |   |      |  | 538,856   |   |  |  | 77,611  |  
|Share capital(5)                                   |  |                                                                | 2,142     |   |      |  | 2,142     |      |  |  | 400,737   |   |  |      | 402,130   |   |      |  | 402,130   |   |  |  | 57,919  |  
|Shareholders equity                               |  |                                                                | 724,958   |   |      |  | 819,171   |      |  |  | 886,916   |   |  |      | 917,336   |   |      |  | 979,021   |   |  |  | 141,008 |  
|Other Financial Data:                              |  |                                                                |           |   |      |  |           |      |  |  |           |   |  |      |           |   |      |  |           |   |  |  |         |  
|Capital expenditures and land lease
prepayments(6) |  |                                                                | (144,362  | ) |      |  | (149,121  | )    |  |  | (175,701  | ) |  |      | (173,693  | ) |      |  | (189,366  | ) |  |  | (27,274 | )
|Net cash generated from operating activities       |  |                                                                | 233,776   |   |      |  | 226,905   |      |  |  | 216,438   |   |  |      | 235,089   |   |      |  | 253,701   |   |  |  | 36,541  |  
|Net cash used in investing activities              |  |                                                                | (210,447  | ) |      |  | (180,122  | )    |  |  | (151,230  | ) |  |      | (142,743  | ) |      |  | (194,523  | ) |  |  | (28,017 | )
|Net cash used in financing activities              |  |                                                                | (37,514   | ) |      |  | (71,312   | )    |  |  | (42,530   | ) |  |      | (86,510   | ) |      |  | (48,958   | ) |  |  | (7,051  | )
|Dividend declared                                  |  |                                                                | 55,821    |   |      |  | 52,675    |      |  |  | 47,170    |   |  |      | 46,145    |   |      |  | 48,993    |   |  |  | 7,056   |  
|Dividend declared per share (RMB)                  |  |                                                                | 2.773     |   |      |  | 2.621     |      |  |  | 2.311     |   |  |      | 2.205     |   |      |  | 2.385     |   |  |  | 0.352   |  
|Dividend declared per share (HK$)                  |  |                                                                | 3.411     |   |      |  | 3.311     |      |  |  | 2.920     |   |  |      | 2.721     |   |      |  | 2.732     |   |  |  | 0.352   |  



|(1) | The basic earnings per share have been computed by dividing profit attributable to our equity shareholders by the weighted average number of shares outstanding in 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016. The diluted earnings
per share have been computed after adjusting for the effects of all dilutive potential ordinary shares. Dilutive potential ordinary shares resulting from the share options granted to our directors and employees under the share option scheme would
decrease profit attributable to equity shareholders per share. The basic and diluted earnings per ADS amounts have been computed based on one ADS representing five ordinary shares.
|--- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

|(2) | Represents current assets minus current liabilities.
|--- | ----------------------------------------------------

|(3) | The current portion of the bonds as of December 31, 2014 was issued by China TieTong on August 18, 2005, with a principal amount of RMB1,000 million, at an issue price equal to the face value of the
bonds. The bond was unsecured and bore interest at the rate of 4.6% per annum which is payable annually. The bond was fully repaid on August 18, 2015. The current portion of the bonds as of December 31, 2016 was issued by China Mobile
Group Guangdong Co., Ltd., or Guangdong Mobile, with a principal amount of RMB5,000 million. The bonds are unsecured and bear interest at the rate of 4.5% per annum which is payable annually. The bonds, redeemable at 100% of the principal
amount, will mature on October 28, 2017.
|--- | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

|(4) | Represents the respective balance of the purchase consideration payable to our immediate holding company for our acquisition of the eight regional mobile telecommunications companies in 2002 and for our acquisition of
the ten regional mobile telecommunications companies and other telecommunications assets in 2004. The deferred consideration was fully repaid by December 31, 2013.
|--- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

|(5) | Under the Hong Kong Companies Ordinance (Cap. 622 of the laws of Hong Kong), or the Companies Ordinance, which has been in effect since March 3, 2014, the concept of authorized share capital no longer exists and
our shares no longer have a par or nominal value. There is no impact on the number of shares in issue or the relative entitlement of any of our shareholders as a result of this transition. In addition, in accordance with the transitional provisions
set forth in Section 37 of Schedule 11 to the Companies Ordinance, any amount standing to the credit of the share premium account has become part of our share capital.
|--- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

|(6) | Represents payments made for capital expenditures and land lease prepayments during the year and included in net cash used in investing activities.
|--- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



-4-



---

##### Table of Contents

Exchange Rate Information

We publish our consolidated financial statements in Renminbi. Solely for the convenience of the reader, this annual report on Form 20-F contains translations of certain Renminbi and Hong Kong dollar amounts into U.S. dollars and vice versa at RMB6.9430 = US$1.00 and HK$7.7534 = US$1.00, the noon buying rates in New York City for cable transfers
as certified for customs purposes by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York on December 30, 2016. The noon buying rates in New York City for cable transfers as certified for customs purposes by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York are published
on a weekly basis in the H.10 statistical release of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States. These translations should not be construed as representations that the Renminbi or Hong Kong dollar amounts could
actually be converted into U.S. dollars at such rates or at all.

The noon buying rates in New York City for cable transfers as certified
for customs purposes by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York were RMB6.8800 = US$1.00 and HK$7.7746 = US$1.00, respectively, on April 20, 2017. The following table sets forth the high and low noon buying rates between Renminbi and U.S. dollars and
between Hong Kong dollars and U.S. dollars for each month during the previous six months:

Noon Buying Rate



|                                  |  |                 |        |  |     |  |                 |  |  |                                   |  |  |        |  |  |  |        | 
|--------------------------------- |  | --------------- | ------ |  | --- |  | --------------- |  |  | --------------------------------- |  |  | ------ |  |  |  | ------ | 
|                                  |  | RMB per US$1.00 |        |  |     |  | HK$ per US$1.00 | 
|                                  |  | High            |        |  | Low |  |                 |  |  | High                              |  |  | Low    | 
|October 2016                      |  |                 | 6.7819 |  |     |  | 6.6685          |  |  | October 2016                      |  |  | 7.7600 |  |  |  | 7.7536 | 
|November 2016                     |  |                 | 6.9195 |  |     |  | 6.7534          |  |  | November 2016                     |  |  | 7.7581 |  |  |  | 7.7546 | 
|December 2016                     |  |                 | 6.9580 |  |     |  | 6.8771          |  |  | December 2016                     |  |  | 7.7674 |  |  |  | 7.7534 | 
|January 2017                      |  |                 | 6.9575 |  |     |  | 6.8360          |  |  | January 2017                      |  |  | 7.7580 |  |  |  | 7.7540 | 
|February 2017                     |  |                 | 6.8821 |  |     |  | 6.8517          |  |  | February 2017                     |  |  | 7.7627 |  |  |  | 7.7575 | 
|March 2017                        |  |                 | 6.9132 |  |     |  | 6.8687          |  |  | March 2017                        |  |  | 7.7714 |  |  |  | 7.7611 | 
|April 2017 (up to April 20, 2017) |  |                 | 6.8988 |  |     |  | 6.8778          |  |  | April 2017 (up to April 20, 2017) |  |  | 7.7746 |  |  |  | 7.7687 | 

The following table sets forth the average noon buying rates between Renminbi and U.S. dollars and between
Hong Kong dollars and U.S. dollars in 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016 calculated by averaging the noon buying rates on the last day of each month during the relevant year.

Average Noon Buying Rate



|     |  |                 |        |  |                 |  |        | 
|---- |  | --------------- | ------ |  | --------------- |  | ------ | 
|     |  | RMB per US$1.00 |        |  | HK$ per US$1.00 | 
|     |  |                
|2012 |  |                 | 6.2990 |  |                 |  | 7.7556 | 
|2013 |  |                 | 6.1412 |  |                 |  | 7.7565 | 
|2014 |  |                 | 6.1704 |  |                 |  | 7.7554 | 
|2015 |  |                 | 6.2869 |  |                 |  | 7.7519 | 
|2016 |  |                 | 6.6549 |  |                 |  | 7.7618 | 

Risk Factors

The following factors, and those factors described in our other reports submitted to, or filed with, the SEC, among other factors, could affect
our actual results and could cause our actual results to differ materially from those expressed in any forward-looking statements made by us or on our behalf, and such factors may have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition,
results of operations and prospects as well as the value of our ordinary shares and ADSs.



-5-



---

##### Table of Contents

Risks Relating to Our Business

The increasing competition from other telecommunications services providers and competitors in related industries and changes in the
competitive landscape of the telecommunications industry in Mainland China may reduce our market share and decrease our profit margin.

We continue to face increasing competition from other telecommunications services providers in Mainland China. Principal participants in the
telecommunications industry in Mainland China include China Unicom (Hong Kong) Limited, or China Unicom, China Telecom Corporation Limited, or China Telecom, and us. In January 2016, China Unicom and China Telecom entered into a strategic
cooperation agreement to promote resource-sharing in several key aspects of business operations. Such cooperation as contemplated by our two major competitors, if materialized, may significantly change the competitive landscape of the
telecommunications industry in Mainland China. For further information, see Item 4. Information on the Company  Business Overview  Competition.

The government of the Peoples Republic of China, or the PRC, has extended favorable regulatory policies to some of our competitors in
order to help them become more viable competitors. See  Current or future asymmetrical and other regulatory measures adopted by the PRC regulatory authorities could materially harm our competitive position.

Furthermore, the evolution of telecommunication technologies and services has changed the competitive landscape in the telecommunications
industry in Mainland China. On the one hand, the intensified competition in new products and services as a result of new technologies could reduce the rate at which we add new customers to our network and decrease our market share as customers
choose to receive mobile services from other providers. We expect that we will continue to face intense competition in the delivery of 4G services from China Telecom and China Unicom, which have received permits to operate their 4G services in 2015.
See  We may encounter difficulties and challenges in developing and implementing TD-LTE technologies and developing our 4G services. On the other hand, the increased competition from non-traditional telecommunications services providers brought by new technologies and services, such as Internet service providers, mobile software and applications developers and equipment vendors, posed challenges
to us in retaining existing customers and market position. These new competitors compete against us in both voice and data businesses by offering mobile Internet access and Over The Top products such as instant voice and messaging services, and
other mobile services. See  Changes in the technology and business models of the PRC telecommunications industry may render our current technologies and business model obsolete, and we may encounter difficulties and challenges in
developing and implementing new technologies and services. In addition, although currently we are rapidly expanding our wireline broadband services, we obtained permission to enter into the wireline broadband market later than the other two
telecommunications operators, and we cannot assure you that our wireline broadband businesses may not be constrained by the first-mover advantages of our competitors or any similar factors arising from the competition in the wireline broadband
market.

As part of changes in our marketing model, we may, depending on the competitive environment, offer more tariff promotions to our
customers, which may negatively impact our revenues and profit margins. In the meantime, our competitors are expanding their network coverage and offering discounts to their tariff plans, which may affect our ability to retain our customers. As a
result of the above, we cannot assure you that we will not experience increases in churn rates as competition intensifies, which may materially reduce our profitability. Moreover, we cannot assure you that any potential change, and in particular,
any further restructuring in the competitive landscape of the telecommunications industry in Mainland China, would not have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

Moreover, the PRC government has implemented a number of measures that permit certain operators approved by the Ministry of Industry and
Information Technology, or the MIIT, to lease and repackage mobile services for sale to end customers. On May 17, 2013, the MIIT announced that it would accept applications from non-State-owned companies
to, on a trial basis, lease mobile services from China Unicom, China Telecom or us and provide mobile services to end customers after repackaging these services. Although the initial trial period of the pilot program ended on December 31, 2015,
the mobile services leasing and repackaging will continue to be governed by the rules of the pilot program before the MIIT issues any further rules. As of December 31, 2016, the MIIT has approved 42 companies to operate such business. We may
face intense competition from these new mobile network operators in light of such policy and decisions by the MIIT. In particular, increased competition may cause tariff rates to decline significantly, which may materially and adversely affect our
business, financial condition and results of operations.

Our ability to compete effectively also will depend on how successfully we
respond to various factors affecting the telecommunications industry in Mainland China, including changes in consumer preferences and demand for existing services. We cannot assure you that the measures we are taking in response to these competitive
challenges will achieve the expected results.



-6-



---

##### Table of Contents

Changes in the technology and business models of the PRC telecommunications industry may
render our current technologies and business model obsolete, and we may encounter difficulties and challenges in developing and implementing new technologies and services.

In recent years, the telecommunications industry in Mainland China has been characterized by rapidly changing and increasingly complex
technologies. Accordingly, although we strive to keep our technologies up to international standards, the mobile technologies that we currently employ may become obsolete. Moreover, the rapid development of new technologies, new services and
products and new business models has also accelerated the convergence of local, long-distance, wireless, cable and Internet communication services and resulted in new competitors entering the telecommunications market. The intensified competitive
landscape requires us to implement new technologies and develop new businesses in order to adapt to and maintain our share of the evolving value chain of the telecommunications industry in Mainland China. In order to meet the challenges posed by
changes in the technology and business models of the PRC telecommunications industry, we have striven to promote the development and transition from voice to data traffic operations, from mobile communication services to innovative full services,
and from communication services to digital services. We cannot assure you that the measures we are taking in response to these challenges will achieve the results we expect.

Revenue generated from our wireless data traffic grew substantially in 2016, partly due to continued increased penetration of smartphones and
improvements in our services provided on our upgraded networks with the development of our 4G technology and services. However, there is no guarantee that our wireless data traffic business will continue to grow rapidly or that any increase in
revenue generated from wireless data traffic will offset any decrease in our voice services revenue and revenue generated from short message services, or SMS, and multimedia message services, or MMS, and other services. The development of 4G
business and technology requires substantial investments. However, there is no guarantee that our investments and efforts will deliver the results we desire. See  We may encounter difficulties and challenges in developing and
implementing TD-LTE technologies and developing our 4G services and  Our continued investments in the construction of our infrastructure network may adequately address the issues
resulting from the substantial increases in data traffic or otherwise achieve the desired economic returns.

We currently provide
certain Internet-related services, including mobile Internet, digital services and certain applications and information services. The development of our Internet-related services depends on our ability to continue to expand and innovate our
Internet-related services. If we cannot develop or expand our Internet-related services as we anticipated, or if we develop or expand our Internet-related services at a pace slower than that of our competitors, our Internet-related services may not
be as successful and we may not be able to maintain steady growth in our revenue from our Internet-related services.

As the
implementation of our business strategies, as well as the development of new businesses, such as mobile Internet, Internet of Things, or IoT, and cloud computing, require significant time, financial and other resources and involve substantial risks,
we may not be able to successfully implement our strategies, launch or develop such new businesses in time, or achieve the expected benefits. We may also encounter unexpected technological difficulties in developing and implementing new technologies
and, as a result, may incur substantial costs or services disruptions, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects.

Our tariff reduction and future policy developments in the telecommunications industry in relation to tariff reduction may continue to
adversely affect our financial conditions.

From time to time, we need to adjust our tariff plans as part of our business strategy
and in some cases in accordance with PRC national policies, and such adjustments may have a material negative impact on our revenue and profitability. In May 2015,the PRC government introducedthe new national policy of speed
upgrade and tariff reduction.  Since May 2015, in response to the expectations of the general public and customers and in order to implement the said national policy, we, in addition to continue enhancing network capacity and increasing
network speed, offered discounts to our tariff plans. With respect to our data traffic tariff, we launched an unused data traffic carry-over program for our mobile monthly plans that are charged based on
pre-determined data traffic, according to which customers could carry over their monthly plans remaining unused data traffic to the following month in October 2015. In 2016, our data traffic tariff
decreased by 36%.



-7-



---

##### Table of Contents

In addition, we took an orderly and balanced approach in reducing voice tariff. In response to
the market demand and in light of the national policy of achieving coordinated development of Beijing Municipality, Tianjin Municipality and Hebei Province, we cancelled the domestic long-distance and roaming tariffs for voice services within the
tariff zones of Beijing Municipality, Tianjin Municipality and Hebei Province in August 2015 so that our customers are only charged with local usage tariff for our voice services provided within the tariff zones. Similarly, in October 2016, we
extended the same tariff policies to the tariff zones of Sichuan Province and Chongqing Municipality. Furthermore, we had removed standalone non-flat rate domestic long-distance and roaming packages from our
product portfolio as of the end of 2016, and started to sell and promote only the voice services plans charging local calls and domestic long-distance and roaming calls at a flat rate. In March 2017, we announced to implement certain measures in
response to the government initiative in furtherance of the speed upgrade and tariff reduction policy, including to cancel all handset domestic long-distance and roaming tariffs within 2017 and to substantially reduce the dedicated
Internet access tariffs for small and medium enterprises and to reduce international long-distance call tariffs. In April 2017, we announced to implement several specific measures to reduce tariffs starting from May 2017. See Item 4.
Information on the Company  Business Overview  Tariffs.

Such measures have resulted in reduced tariffs of our data
traffic services and voice services in 2016, which in turn had a negative impact on our revenue and profitability. We believe that any prospective reduction in tariffs could continue to have an adverse impact on our financial condition and results
of operations. Furthermore, we cannot assure you that we would not further reduce our tariffs or make other initiatives to respond to the market demand or further implement the national policy of speed upgrade and tariff reduction or
other similar national policies, which may materially and adversely affect our financial condition and results of operations.

There
remain uncertainties in connection with the future operation of the China Tower Corporation Limited (or China Tower, formerly known as China Communications Facilities Services Corporation Limited).

China Tower was established in July 2014 by China Mobile Communication Co., Ltd. or CMC, our wholly-owned subsidiary, China United Network
Communications Corporation Limited, or CUCL, a wholly-owned subsidiary of China Unicom, and China Telecom for, among others, the construction, maintenance and operation of telecommunications towers, the construction, maintenance and operation of
ancillary facilities and the maintenance of base station equipment. On October 14, 2015, CMC entered into an agreement on transfer of its then-owned telecommunications towers and related assets, or Tower Assets, for issuance of consideration shares
and payment in cash, or the Transaction Agreement, with CUCL, China Telecom, China Reform Holdings Corporation Limited, or CRHC, and China Tower, pursuant to which CMC, CUCL and China Telecom shall transfer their telecommunications towers and
related assets to China Tower, and CRHC shall subscribe for new shares in China Tower in cash. The transfer of Tower Assets was completed on October 31, 2015. As of March 31, 2017, we indirectly owned 38.0% equity interest in China Tower
through CMC. On July 8, 2016, CMC entered into the Commercial Pricing Agreement, or the Lease Agreement, with China Tower, pursuant to which CMC agreed to lease from China Tower telecommunications towers and related assets acquired and newly
constructed by China Tower. See Item 4. Information on the Company  The History and Development of the Company  Industry Restructuring and Changes in Our Shareholding Structure.

The purpose of establishing China Tower is to reduce the overall capital expenditures and operational costs and redundant projects of the
three major telecommunications operators and to improve network coverage of the operators. We believe that participating in the establishment of China Tower will benefit our operation and business development in the following significant aspects:
(i) to enhance our telecommunications network coverage ability, (ii) to save capital expenditures and optimize cash management, and (iii) to realize investment return from the equity investment in the long run. However, because the
operations of China Tower are still at a preliminary stage and we do not control China Tower, China Tower may not act in the best interests of us, and there are uncertainties as to whether the services of China Tower can sufficiently support our
business needs and plans, in particular, our plan to expand our 4G business, and whether China Tower can fulfill any usage arrangements to be agreed with us and properly operate, maintain and manage its assets.



-8-



---

##### Table of Contents

Furthermore, since it is expected that none of us, China Unicom or China Telecom will construct
any telecommunications tower after the establishment of China Tower, our business will rely on the Lease Agreement and any other usage arrangements with China Tower. We cannot assure you that we are able to use telecommunications towers and related
assets on terms and conditions we desire. The Lease Agreement provides for a pricing adjustment mechanism under which the fees may be further negotiated or agreed upon after considering any effects of inflation, significant fluctuations in the real
estate market or the steel price or the actual operating conditions of China Tower, many of which are beyond our control. Furthermore, under the Lease Agreement, leasing fees and lease periods are determined on an individualized basis with respect
to each telecommunications tower. Prior to the expiration of lease periods of individual towers, we have to negotiate with China Tower new leases of such towers. If we are unable to enter into new leases on favorable terms or at all, our operations
may be adversely affected. In addition, establishment of China Tower may allow our competitors to expand their 4G networks and businesses at a faster pace, which may, in turn, reduce our competitive advantages. Failure of China Tower to fulfill any
usage arrangements with us or properly operate, maintain and manage its assets or to provide stable services to us could adversely affect the quality of our networks, which may materially and adversely affect our business or competitiveness, as well
as our financial condition and results of operations.

As part of its periodic review of our filings, the staff of the Division of
Corporation Finance of the SEC sent us three rounds of comments in September 2016, November 2016 and February 2017, respectively, regarding our annual report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended
December 31, 2015. These comments mainly relate to the background, execution process and accounting treatments of the aforesaid transactions with China Tower. We have responded to the latest comments in March 2017, and have not yet received a
formal reply from the SEC to our latest response letter. Thus we do not know if the SEC considers certain comments to remain unresolved, and whether and how those unresolved comments could affect any of our past or current disclosure. As such, there
remains uncertainty whether we would be required to amend our past or current disclosure, including the financial statements, which could result in us incurring costs and divert the attention of our management and employees. To the extent that any
such amendment occurs, we cannot assure you that it would not cause any adverse effect on our stock price.

Current or future
asymmetrical and other regulatory measures adopted by the PRC regulatory authorities could materially harm our competitive position.

The PRC government has extended favorable regulatory policies to some of our competitors in order to help them become more viable competitors
to us. For example, the MIIT has decided to make asymmetrical changes, effective January 1, 2014, to the public telecommunications network interconnection settlement standards of basic telecommunications operators in Mainland China. As a result
of these changes, when mobile users of China Telecom and China Unicom and our mobile users in Mainland China (excluding TD-SCDMA users with certain specified prefix numbers) make calls to each other, the
settlement charges payable by China Telecom and China Unicom to us were adjusted from RMB0.06/minute to RMB0.04/minute, while the settlement charges payable by us to China Telecom and China Unicom remained at RMB0.06/minute. The MIIT will assess the
above interconnection settlement policy once every two years based on the development conditions of the telecommunications market and will make adjustments when appropriate. See Item 4. Information on the Company  Business Overview
Interconnection. In addition, the MIIT has expanded the mobile number portability policy that has been implemented in Tianjin Municipality and Hainan Province to Jiangxi Province, Hubei Province and Yunnan Province. The PRC government
may continue to expand the implementation of the mobile number portability policy to other areas of Mainland China. The implementation and expansion of the mobile number portability policy may have a greater impact on us, as a leading operator, than
on our competitors.

The PRC government has adopted other regulatory measures that may encourage competition in the telecommunications
industry. For example, the PRC government recently implemented a number of measures that permit certain operators approved by the MIIT to lease and repackage mobile services for sale to end customers. On May 17, 2013, the MIIT announced that it
would accept applications from non-State-owned companies to, on a trial basis, lease mobile services from China Unicom, China Telecom or us and provide mobile services to end customers after repackaging these
services. In recent years, the PRC governmental authorities have taken more stringent measures to enforce the PRC Anti-Monopoly Law, such as the anti-monopoly investigation in 2012 undertaken by the National Development and Reform Commission, or the
NDRC, which remains ongoing, of other PRC telecommunication companies over certain pricing practices with respect to Internet dedicated leased line services provided by them to Internet service providers. Any amendments to the PRC Anti-Monopoly Law
or any changes to the PRC anti-unfair competition regime, in particular those on the telecommunications industry, may subject us to more stringent anti-monopoly and anti-unfair competition regulation. As a result of the regulatory measures, the
competitive landscape in the PRC telecommunications industry may further diversify, causing more intensified competition. The implementation of asymmetrical and other regulatory measures could materially harm our competitive position, which could in
turn significantly reduce our revenues and profitability, and our financial condition and results of operations also may be materially and adversely affected.



-9-



---

##### Table of Contents

Cyber attacks could have an adverse effect on our business.

Cyber attacks, including through the use of malware, computer viruses, distributed denial of services attacks, credential harvesting and other
means for obtaining unauthorized access to or disrupting the operation of our networks and systems and those of our suppliers, vendors and other service providers, could have an adverse effect on our business. Cyber attacks may cause equipment
failures, loss of information, including sensitive personal information of customers or employees or valuable technical and marketing information, as well as disruptions to our operations or our customers operations. We devote significant
resources to network security, data security and other security measures to protect our systems and data, but these security measures cannot provide absolute security. We cannot assure you that the security measures we have implemented will not be
bypassed or otherwise can fully protect the integrity of our network, including our mobile network. The economic costs to us to eliminate or alleviate cyber attacks could be significant and may be difficult to estimate or calculate because the loss
may differ based on the identity and motive of the programmer or hacker, which are often difficult to identify. Further, the perpetrators of cyber attacks are not restricted to specific groups or persons. These attacks may be committed by company
employees or external actors operating in any geography, including jurisdictions where law enforcement measures to address such attacks are unavailable or ineffective, and may even be launched by or at the behest of nation states. While, to date, we
have not been subject to cyber attacks which, individually or in the aggregate, have been material to our operations or financial condition, the preventive actions we take to reduce the risks associated with cyber attacks, including protection of
our systems and networks, may be insufficient to repel or mitigate the effects of a major cyber attack in the future.

The inability to
operate our networks and systems or those of our suppliers, vendors and other service providers as a result of cyber attacks, even for a limited period of time, may result in significant expenses to us and/or a loss of market share to other
telecommunications operators. The potential costs associated with these attacks could exceed the insurance coverage we maintain. In addition, if we fail to prevent the theft of valuable information such as financial data, sensitive information about
our intellectual property, or if we fail to protect the privacy of customer and employee confidential data against cyber attacks, it could result in lawsuits, government claims, investigations or proceedings, and damage to our reputation, which
could adversely impact customer and investor confidence. Any of these occurrences could result in a material adverse effect on our results of operations and financial condition.

We may encounter difficulties and challenges in developing and implementing TD-LTE technologies
and developing our 4G services.

We are developing and conducting our 4G business based on the TDD mode long-term evolution, or TD-LTE, technology. On December 4, 2013, the MIIT granted to CMCC, China Telecom and China Unicom permissions to operate TD-LTE businesses, and CMCC received permission
to operate a TD-LTE business through us. We have subsequently launched our 4G services and rapidly expanded our 4G network. As of March 31, 2017, the number of 4G customers reached approximately
568.1 million.

However, we expect that we will continue to face intense competition in the delivery of 4G services from China
Telecom and China Unicom, which have received permits to operate their 4G services based mainly on FDD-LTE technology. FDD-LTE technology is more widely used globally
than TD-LTE technology and has more mature value chain, which would allow our competitors to cooperate with overseas telecommunications operators more conveniently in international roaming arrangements and
develop relevant technologies in a more cost-efficient manner. In light of the above, we expect that our competitors use of FDD-LTE technology will continue to pose competitive challenges to our 4G
business. Moreover, in 2016, the MIIT approved the other two telecommunications operators to refarm their respective frequency spectrum used for 2G and 3G services to provide 4G services. This would facilitate such operators to further expand their
4G network coverage because the frequency band used for 2G and 3G services is generally lower and thus more efficient than those currently used for 4G business. Constrained by the frequency spectrum available to us, we may not effectively compete
with these operators in our provision of 4G services. See  Our future network capacity growth may be constrained by the frequency spectrum available to us. As a result, we cannot assure you that our implementation of TD-LTE technology and provision of telecommunications services based on TD-LTE technology will achieve the expected results.



-10-



---

##### Table of Contents

In addition, we expect to continue to make substantial investments in the development of our 4G
services, including construction of infrastructure networks and base stations.Accordingly, the amount of our capital expenditures in future years could remain high. We incurred capital expenditures of approximately
RMB83.0 billion in connection with 4G networks in 2016, and we estimate to incur capital expenditures of approximately RMB74.2 billion in 2017 for the same purpose. See Item 5. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects 
Liquidity and Capital Resources  Capital Expenditures for more information on our expected capital expenditures. If we are unable to provide 4G services in a commercially viable manner, our ability to realize benefits from our
significant capital investment and expenses in our networks and 4G services will be limited, and our operating revenue and profit from operations could decrease materially.

We may suffer damage to our reputation and financial losses due to communications fraud carried out on our network.

Communications fraud in Mainland China poses a risk to our business. Because we provide connections to the network and host websites for
customers and develop Internet content and applications, we may be perceived as being associated with the content distributed through our network or displayed on websites that we host. If any communications fraud is committed on our network, website
or applications, we may face litigations due to the perceived association with such fraud. We have carried out various technical and administrative measures to control and prevent such fraud. For example, we have implemented the real-name
registration system for our customers in accordance with the requirements of government authorities, developed a number of anti-fraud systems to detect and intercept fraud calls, spam SMS and smartphone malware, refined our customer service to
facilitate the instant reporting of fraud, and strengthened the protection of customers personal data from unauthorized access and leakage. See Item 4. Information on the Company  Business Overview  Corporate Social
Responsibility and Sustainable Development. However, we cannot and do not screen all of the information distributed through our network or website. There is no assurance that our measures to prevent or detect fraud will work effectively.
Litigations arising from the claims of communications fraud have been brought against other providers of online services in the past. Regardless of the merits of the litigations, they can be costly to defend, divert management resources and
attention, which could in turn damage our reputation and have an adverse effect on our business and results of operations.

Failure
to capitalize on new business opportunities may substantially reduce our growth potential.

We may pursue acquisitions or otherwise
make investments in other business opportunities as such opportunities arise. We cannot assure you that we will be successful in pursuing such acquisitions or investments or will otherwise be able to successfully integrate any acquired business into
our existing operations. Our ability to capture new business opportunities may also depend on the availability of sufficient financing from internal as well as external sources. Any failure to capitalize on new business opportunities may materially
harm our competitive position, as well as materially reduce our future profitability and growth.

We made acquisitions of and hold
investments in other entities, with some of which we also established contractual arrangements such as the strategic cooperation. Such investments and acquisitions include our equity interest in Shanghai Pudong Development Bank, or SPD Bank, IFLYTEK
CO., LTD., or IFLYTEK, True Corporation Public Company Limited, or True Corporation and China Mobile Innovative Business Fund (Shenzhen) Partnership (Limited Partnership), or China Mobile Fund, and our acquisitions of business and assets of China
TieTong. See Item 4. Information on the Company  Business Overview  Investments and Acquisitions. Furthermore, we have established certain subsidiaries to carry out specialized operations, such as China Mobile Group Device
Company Limited, or China Mobile Device, China Mobile International Limited, or China Mobile International, China Mobile IoT Company Limited, China Mobile Online Services Co., Ltd., China Mobile (Suzhou) Software Technology Company Limited, China
Mobile (Hangzhou) Information Technology Company Limited, MIGU Company Limited, China Mobile Internet Company Limited and China Mobile Investment Holdings Co., Ltd.. We expect to further enhance our operational efficiency by establishing other
subsidiaries that operate certain other aspects of our businesses in accordance with our business development strategies.

We cannot
assure you that our abovementioned investments will achieve the desired level of return, or that any strategic cooperation and integration will produce the expected benefits, if at all. The profitability of entities held by us is impacted to some
extent by macroeconomic conditions and changes in monetary and fiscal policies in the countries and regions in which they operate. Moreover, if we encounter difficulties in carrying out our cooperation with our strategic cooperation partners or the
integration with the target companies we acquired, the prospects of relevant business operations may be materially and adversely affected. In addition, we cannot assure you that the business model of each of the entities we held would be
sustainable, and the expected benefits from our investment in networks, licenses and new technologies may not be realized.



-11-



---

##### Table of Contents

Our continued investments in the construction of our infrastructure network may not
adequately address the issues resulting from the substantial increases in data traffic or otherwise achieve the desired economic returns.

Our wireless data traffic business has experienced significant growth in recent years, which contributed to the growth of our operating revenue
and provides our business with further opportunities for development. In addition, we have launched our TD-LTE services, which are expected to drive further growth in data traffic. The continued substantial
increase in data traffic resulting from the growth of our wireless data traffic business, our TD-LTE business and the proliferation of smartphones significantly strains the existing capacity of our
telecommunications network infrastructure. As a result, we have made and will continue to make substantial investments in the construction of our infrastructure network, including our TD-LTE infrastructure, to
carry the increasing data traffic. We cannot assure you that these investments would successfully address the issues resulting from the substantial increases in data traffic or otherwise achieve the desired economic returns.

Any failure to achieve and maintain effective internal controls could have a material adverse effect on our reputation, business,
results of operations and the market prices of our shares and ADSs.

Effective internal controls are necessary for us to provide
reasonable assurance with respect to our financial reports and to prevent fraud. We are required to comply with various Hong Kong and U.S. laws, rules and regulations on internal controls, including the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. In particular,
Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 requires that we include a report of management on our internal control over financial reporting in our annual reports on Form 20-F that contains an
assessment by our management of the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting. In addition, our independent registered public accounting firm must issue an auditors report on the effectiveness of our internal control over
financial reporting.

Internal controls may not prevent or detect misstatements because of their inherent limitations, including the
possibility of human error, the circumvention or overriding of controls, or fraud. In addition, projections of any evaluation of the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting to future periods are subject to the risk that
controls may become inadequate because of changes in operating conditions or a deterioration in the degree of compliance with our policies or procedures. As a result, even effective internal controls are able to provide only reasonable assurance
with respect to the preparation and fair presentation of financial statements. If we fail to maintain the adequacy of our internal control over financial reporting, our management may not be able to conclude on an ongoing basis that we have
effective internal control over financial reporting. Moreover, even if our management concludes that our internal control over financial reporting is effective, our independent registered public accounting firm may disagree. If our independent
registered public accounting firm is not satisfied with our internal control over financial reporting or the level at which our controls are designed or operated, or if the independent registered public accounting firm interprets the requirements,
rules or regulations differently from us, it may decline to express an opinion on the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting or may issue an adverse opinion. Any of these possible outcomes could result in a loss of investor
confidence in the reliability of our consolidated financial statements, which could cause the market prices of our ordinary shares and ADSs to decline significantly. In addition, any deficiency in our internal control over financial reporting could
expose us to increased risk of fraud or misuse of corporate assets and subject us to potential delisting from the New York Stock Exchange, regulatory investigations and civil or criminal sanctions.

Some employee misconduct, including misconduct by senior management, may not be detected or prevented in a timely manner, and such
misconduct may damage our reputation and cause the trading price of our ordinary shares and ADSs to decrease significantly.

Certain of the management personnel of our company and our subsidiaries were alleged to have engaged in unlawful conduct in recent periods.
Such allegations of unlawful conduct include the acceptance of bribes. While some of these incidents are still under investigation, we believe that such management misconduct are isolated incidents resulting from individual misconduct.

In order to further strengthen our internal system and policies for detecting and preventing similar and other misconduct, we have re-examined our policies and procedures and have implemented additional operational measures. In particular, with respect to our business cooperation arrangements with third parties, we have adjusted the model of
business cooperation and have implemented more stringent policies and processes. These efforts are expected to reduce the probability of third parties engaging in improper business relationships with our employees. We have also further expanded the
type of equipment, products and services that are subject to centralized procurement. Furthermore, we have implemented a rotation policy under which the management of our major operating subsidiaries will rotate among different subsidiaries every
few years. In addition, we have revised our policy in relation to, and strengthened control over, the material investment projects. We have also provided ongoing compliance and ethics trainings to our employees.



-12-



---

##### Table of Contents

As described above, we have taken various measures to prevent employee misconduct. We cannot
assure you, however, that all misconducts or allegations of misconduct by our management and staff will be detected or prevented in a timely manner. If various measures we have taken prove ineffective in preventing employee misconduct, our
reputation may be severely harmed, and the trading price of our ordinary shares and ADSs could decrease significantly.

We are
controlled by CMCC, which may not always act in our best interest.

As of March 31, 2017, CMCC indirectly owned approximately
72.72% of our outstanding shares. Accordingly, CMCC is, and will be, able to (i) nominate substantially all of the members of our board of directors and, in turn, indirectly influence the selection of our senior management; (ii) control
the timing and amount of our dividend payments; and (iii) otherwise control or influence actions that require approvals of our shareholders.

The interests of CMCC as our ultimate controlling person may conflict with the interests of our minority shareholders. In particular, CMCC may
take actions with respect to our business that may not be in our other shareholders best interest.

In addition, CMCC provides our
operating subsidiaries in Mainland China with services that are necessary for our business activities. See Item 5. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects  Overview of Our Operations  Our Operating Arrangements with CMCC Have
Affected and May Continue to Affect Our Financial Results. Furthermore, we operate our 3G and 4G businesses pursuant to arrangements with CMCC, which was granted licenses by the PRC government to operate a 3G business based on TD-SCDMA technology and a 4G business based on TD-LTE technology. The interests of CMCC as the provider of these services to our operating subsidiaries in Mainland China may
conflict with the interests of us or our other shareholders.

We may conduct a public offering and listing of our shares in Mainland
China, which may result in increased regulatory scrutiny and compliance costs as well as increased fluctuations in the prices of our ordinary shares and ADSs listed in overseas markets.

We may conduct a public offering and listing of our shares on a stock exchange in Mainland China. We have not set a specific timetable or
decided on any specific form for an offering in the PRC. The precise timing of the offering and listing of our shares in Mainland China would depend on a number of factors, including relevant regulatory developments and market conditions. If we
complete a public offering in Mainland China, we would become subject to the applicable laws, rules and regulations governing public companies listed in Mainland China, in addition to the various laws, rules and regulations that we are currently
subject to in Hong Kong and the United States. The listing and trading of our securities in multiple jurisdictions and multiple markets may lead to increased compliance costs for us, and we may face the risk of significant intervention by regulatory
authorities in these jurisdictions and markets.

In addition, under current PRC laws, rules and regulations, our ordinary shares listed on
The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited, or the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, will not be interchangeable or fungible with any shares we may decide to list on a Mainland China stock exchange, and there is no trading or settlement between these two
markets. As a result, the trading prices of our ordinary shares listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange may not be the same as the trading prices of any shares we may decide to list on a Mainland China stock exchange. The issuance of a separate class
of shares and fluctuations in its trading price may also lead to increased volatility in, and may otherwise materially and adversely affect, the prices of our ordinary shares and ADSs listed in overseas markets.

On November 17, 2014, the China Securities Regulatory Commission, or the CSRC, and the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission, or
the SFC, launched a pilot scheme to allow investors in Mainland China to trade shares in designated companies listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, including constituent stocks of the Hang Seng Composite LargeCap Indexes such as our ordinary
shares, subject to certain quota limitations. We cannot predict the impact that this initiative will have on cross-border investment by investors in Mainland China or on the trading prices of our ordinary shares and ADSs.



-13-



---

##### Table of Contents

Our future network capacity growth may be constrained by the frequency spectrum available
to us.

Mobile network capacity is to a certain extent limited by the amount of frequency spectrum available for its use. Since the
MIIT controls the allocation of frequency spectrum to mobile operators in Mainland China, the capacity of our mobile network is limited by the amount of spectrum that the MIIT allocates to our parent company, CMCC. For our Global System for Mobile
Communications, or GSM, network, the MIIT has allocated a total of 45x2 MHz of spectrum in the 900 MHz and 1800 MHz frequency bands to be used nationwide for transmission and reception to our parent company, CMCC. In connection with our 3G business,
the MIIT has allocated to CMCC, in various frequency bands, a total of 35 MHz of spectrum to be used for nationwide coverage and an additional 50 MHz of spectrum to be used for indoor coverage. In connection with our 4G business, the MIIT has
allocated to CMCC, in various frequency bands, a total of 145 MHz of spectrum to be used for nationwide coverage, including 20 MHz of spectrum previously allocated for use by our 3G business for outdoor coverage and 50 MHz of spectrum previously
allocated for use by our 3G business for indoor coverage. Under the existing agreement between CMCC and us, we have the right to use the allocated frequency spectrum in Mainland China.

We believe that our current spectrum allocation is sufficient for anticipated customer growth in the near term. However, we may need
additional spectrum to accommodate future customer growth or to further develop our 4G services. We cannot assure you that we will be able to obtain additional spectrum from the MIIT that would meet our expectations or business needs on a timely
basis. Our network expansion or upgrade plans may be affected if we are unable to obtain additional spectrum. This could in turn constrain our future network capacity growth and materially and adversely affect our business and prospects as well as
our financial condition and results of operations.

Since our services require interconnection with networks of other operators,
disruption in interconnections with those networks could have a material adverse effect on our business, profitability and growth.

Our mobile services depend, in large part, upon our interconnection arrangements and access to other networks. Interconnection is necessary in
the case of all calls between our customers and customers of other networks. We have entered into interconnection and transmission line leasing agreements with other operators. Any disruption in our interconnection with the networks of other
operators with which we interconnect due to technical or competitive reasons may affect our operations, service quality and customer satisfaction, and in turn our business and results of operations. In addition, any obstacles in existing
interconnection arrangements and leased line agreements or any change in their terms, as a result of natural events, accidents, or for regulatory, technological, competitive or other reasons, could lead to temporary service disruptions and increased
costs that could severely harm our operations and materially decrease our profitability and growth.

Compliance with the SECs
rule for disclosures on conflict minerals may be time-consuming and costly and could adversely affect our reputation.

Under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010, the SEC has adopted a rule that applies to companies that use
certain minerals and metals, known as conflict minerals, in their products, including certain products manufactured for them by third parties. The rule will require companies that use conflict minerals in the production of their products
to conduct due diligence as to whether or not such minerals originate from the Democratic Republic of Congo and adjoining countries and to file certain information with the SEC about the use of these minerals. We filed our conflict minerals
report for the years ended December 31, 2013, 2014 and 2015 with the SEC, and our conflict minerals report for the year ended December 31, 2016 is due May 31, 2017. We will incur additional costs to comply with the due diligence
and disclosure requirements. In addition, depending upon our findings, or our inability to make reliable findings, about the source of any possible conflict minerals that may be used in any products manufactured for us by third parties, our
reputation could be harmed, and there may also be disruptions to our business and strategy.



-14-



---

##### Table of Contents

Risks Relating to the Telecommunications Industry in Mainland China

We are subject to extensive government regulation and any change in the regulatory environment in the PRC, especially with respect to the
telecommunications industry, may materially impact us.

As a telecommunications operator in China, we are subject to regulation by,
and under the supervision of, the MIIT, the primary regulator of the telecommunications industry in China. Other PRC government authorities also take part in regulating the telecommunications industry in areas such as tariff policies and foreign
investment. For example, in recent years, PRC government authorities have required the implementation of real name registration for mobile users. The regulatory framework within which we operate may limit our flexibility to respond to changes in
market conditions or competition, including changes in our cost structure. We cannot predict when or if changes in tariff policies may occur. For example, in light of the national policy of achieving coordinated development of Beijing Municipality,
Tianjin Municipality and Hebei Province, we cancelled the domestic long-distance and roaming tariffs for voice services within the tariff zones of Beijing Municipality, Tianjin Municipality and Hebei Province in August 2015. Similar tariff policy
was extended to Sichuan Province and Chongqing Municipality in October 2016. In addition, since May 2015, the central government has been promoting a national policy of speed upgrade and tariff reduction, and further promoted these
initiatives in March 2017. In response, we announced to cancel all handset domestic long-distance and roaming tariffs within 2017 and to substantially reduce the dedicated Internet access tariffs for small and medium enterprises and to reduce
international long-distance call tariffs. In April 2017, we announced to implement several specific measures to reduce tariffs starting from May 2017. The PRC government may issue similar policies in the future. Future changes in tariff policies
could significantly decrease our revenues and materially reduce our profitability. See  Risks Relating to Our Business  Our tariff reduction and future policy developments in the telecommunications industry in relation to
tariff reduction may continue to adversely affect our financial conditions. Any change in the regulatory environment in the PRC, especially with respect to the telecommunications industry, may have a material adverse effect on our business,
financial condition, results of operations and prospects.

The MIIT, under the direction of the State Council, has been preparing a draft
telecommunications law, which, once adopted, will become the fundamental telecommunications statute and the legal basis for telecommunications regulations in Mainland China. In 2000, the State Council promulgated a set of telecommunications
regulations, or the Telecommunications Regulations, that apply in the interim period prior to the adoption of the telecommunications law. Although we expect that the telecommunications law will positively affect the overall development of the
telecommunications industry in Mainland China, we do not fully know what will be its nature and scope. The telecommunications law and other new telecommunications regulations or rules may contain provisions that could have a material adverse effect
on our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects.

We operate our businesses with approvals granted by the State
Council and under licenses granted by the MIIT. We also have arrangements with CMCC, our parent company, under which we operate 3G and 4G telecommunications businesses based on the 3G and 4G licenses granted by the MIIT. Any future adverse change in
the conditions or other obligations relating to these approvals and licenses could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects.

Furthermore, personal privacy, cyber security, and data protection are becoming increasingly significant issues in China. The regulatory
framework governing the collection, processing, storage and use of business information and personal data is rapidly evolving. The recently-enacted Cyber Security Law of the PRC, or the Cyber Security Law, which will come into force on June 1,
2017, sets forth various requirements related to the collection, use, storage, disclosure and security of data, among other things. These requirements could increase our costs of compliance. We cannot determine the impact of the Cyber Security Law
in its future implementation on our business, given it may be subject to differing interpretations and the uncertainties in its enforcement. Although we have taken and will continue to take measures to comply with the Cyber Security Law, we cannot
assure you that we will comply with the regulatory requirements in all aspects at all times. Any inability to comply with the Cyber Security Law and the relevant regulations and policies, could result in additional cost and liability to us, damage
our reputation and adversely affect our business. Moreover, increased costs to comply with and other burdens imposed by the Cyber Security Law and relevant regulations and policies that are applicable to the businesses of our suppliers, vendors and
other service providers, as well as our customers, may inhibit our business development or curb the demand of our products and services. If we are unable to respond to changing laws, regulations and policies related to privacy or cyber security, our
business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects may be materially and adversely affected.



-15-



---

##### Table of Contents

The PRC government may require major operators, including us, to provide universal services
with specified obligations, and we may not be compensated adequately for providing these services.

Under the Telecommunications
Regulations, telecommunications operators in Mainland China are required to fulfill universal service obligations in accordance with relevant regulations to be promulgated by the PRC government, and the MIIT has the authority to delineate the scope
of these service obligations. In December 2015, the Ministry of Finance, or the MOF, and the MIIT jointly issued a notice on the pilot program to promote basic universal telecommunications services in rural areas where telecommunications operators
in Mainland China, including us, are encouraged to support the broadband development in rural and remote areas, so as to facilitate the achievement of certain strategic goals relating to Broadband China.  This includes achieving, by
2020, the goal of broadband access in 98% of the villages by administrative division and the rural broadband access capacity of more than 12Mbps. We cannot predict whether we will be required to provide other universal services in the future and, if
so, whether we will be adequately compensated by the government or by the universal service fund. We also cannot assure you whether we will be required to make contribution to the universal service fund. Any of these events could reduce our revenues
and/or profitability.

Our share price has been and may continue to be volatile in response to conditions in the global securities
markets generally and in the telecommunications and technology sectors in particular.

Our share price has been subject to
significant volatility, due in part to highly volatile securities markets, particularly for publicly traded shares of telecommunications companies, as well as variations in our sales and profit from operations. Factors other than our results of
operations that may affect our share price include, among other things, overall market conditions and performance, market expectations of our performance, projected growth in the mobile market in Mainland China and changes in our brand value. In
addition, our share price may be affected by factors such as the level of business activity or perceived growth (or the lack thereof) in the telecommunications market in general, the performance of other telecommunications companies, announcements
by or the results of operations of our competitors, customers and suppliers, announcements by and information released by governmental entities, and new technologies, products and services. See Item 9. The Offer and Listing for
information regarding the trading price history of our ordinary shares and ADSs.

Actual or perceived health risks associated with
the use of mobile devices could materially impair our ability to retain and attract customers, reduce wireless telecommunications usage or result in litigation.

There continues to be public speculation about possible health risks to individuals from exposure to electromagnetic fields from base stations
and from the use of mobile devices. While a substantial amount of scientific research conducted to date by various independent research bodies has shown that radio signals, at levels within the limits prescribed by public health authority safety
standards and recommendations, present no adverse effect to human health, we cannot be certain that future studies, irrespective of their relative reliability or trustworthiness, will not impute a link between electromagnetic fields and adverse
health effects. Research into these issues is ongoing by government agencies, international health organizations and other scientific bodies in order to develop a better scientific understanding and public awareness of these issues. In addition,
several wireless industry participants were the targets of lawsuits alleging various health consequences as a result of wireless phone usage or seeking protective measures. While we are not aware of any scientific studies or objective evidence which
substantiates such alleged health risks, we cannot assure you that the actual, or perceived, risks associated with radio wave transmission will not materially impair our ability to retain customers and attract new customers, significantly reduce
wireless telecommunications usage or result in litigation.

Risks Relating to Mainland China

An economic slowdown in Mainland China may reduce the demand for our services and have a material adverse effect on our business,
financial condition, results of operations and prospects.

We conduct most of our business and generate substantially all our
revenues in Mainland China. As a result, economic, political and legal developments in Mainland China have a significant effect on our financial condition and results of operations, as well as our future prospects. Though Mainland China has been one
of the worlds fastest growing economies in recent years in terms of gross domestic product, or GDP, growth, it may not be able to sustain the same growth rate. For example, Chinas real GDP growth rate declined from approximately 7.7% in
2012 to 6.7% in 2016. There is no assurance that the GDP growth rate of Mainland China will not further decline. A deterioration in Mainland Chinas business environment as a result of the slowdown in economic growth could reduce business
activities and demand for our services, which could materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.



-16-



---

##### Table of Contents

We are subject to reviews and inspections by governmental authorities and regulatory
agencies.

We are subject to reviews and inspections by various governmental authorities and regulatory agencies. These reviews and
inspections could cover a broad range of aspects in relation to our business and operations, including financial reporting, tax reporting, internal control and compliance with applicable laws, rules and regulations. We cannot predict the impact of
any findings of these reviews and inspections, and we cannot assure you that the outcome of any such reviews and inspections would not have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects.

Fluctuation of the Renminbi could materially affect our financial condition, results of operations and cash flows.

We receive substantially all of our revenues, and our financial statements are presented, in Renminbi. The value of the Renminbi against U.S.
dollar and other currencies may fluctuate and is affected by, among other things, changes in the PRC and international economic conditions and foreign exchange policies. The conversion of Renminbi into foreign currencies, including U.S. dollars and
Hong Kong dollars, is based on rates set by the Peoples Bank of China, or PBOC. The PRC government allowed the Renminbi to appreciate by more than 20% against the U.S. dollar between July 2005 and July 2008. Between July 2008 and June 2010,
this appreciation halted and the exchange rate between the Renminbi and the U.S. dollar remained within a narrow band. Since June 2010, the Renminbi has fluctuated against the U.S. dollar, at times significantly and unpredictably, and in recent
years the Renminbi has depreciated against the U.S. dollar. In August 2015, PBOC announced that the mid-point exchange rate for the floating range of Renminbi against the U.S. dollar will be determined based
on market maker submissions that take into account the Renminbi-U.S. dollar exchange rate at the previous days closing of the inter-bank spot foreign exchange market, the supply and demand dynamics and
the movements of other major currencies. Since October 1, 2016, the Renminbi has joined the International Monetary Funds basket of currencies that make up the Special Drawing Right, along with the U.S. dollar, the Euro, the Japanese yen
and the British pound. With the development of the foreign exchange market and progress towards interest rate liberalization and Renminbi internationalization, the PRC government may in the future announce further changes to the exchange rate system
and there is no guarantee that the Renminbi will not appreciate or depreciate significantly in value against the U.S. dollar in the future. It is difficult to predict how market forces or PRC or U.S. government policy may impact the exchange rate
between the Renminbi and the U.S. dollar in the future.

Fluctuations in exchange rates may adversely affect the value, translated or
converted into U.S. dollars or Hong Kong dollars, of our net assets, earnings and any declared dividends payable on our ordinary shares in foreign currency terms. Our financial condition and results of operations may also be affected by changes in
the value of certain currencies other than the Renminbi, in which certain of our cash and cash equivalents and bank deposits are denominated. If we incur, in the future, debt denominated in currencies other than the Renminbi, such as in the U.S.
dollar, the fluctuation of the Renminbi against the other currencies could adversely affect our financial condition and results of operations. For further information on our foreign exchange risks and certain exchange rates, see Item 3. Key
Information  Exchange Rate Information and Item 11. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk. We cannot assure you that any future movements in the exchange rate of the Renminbi against the U.S. dollar or
other foreign currencies will not adversely affect our results of operations and financial condition.

The PRC legal system contains
uncertainties which could limit the legal protections available to our shareholders.

Most of our operating subsidiaries are
organized under the laws of the PRC and are subject to laws, rules and regulations in the PRC. The PRC legal system is a civil law system based on written statutes. Unlike common law systems, it is a system in which decided legal cases may be cited
for reference but have limited precedential value. The PRC government has promulgated laws, rules and regulations dealing with economic matters, such as corporate organization and governance, commerce, property, taxation, trade and foreign
investment. However, because some of these laws, rules and regulations remain relatively untested, and because of the relatively limited volume of published cases and their non-binding nature, interpretation
and/or enforcement of these laws, rules and regulations involve potentially significant uncertainties, which may limit the remedies available to our investors and to us in the event of any claims or disputes with third parties. In addition, any
litigation in the PRC may be protracted and result in substantial costs and diversion of resources and management attention. Consequently, the protection provided by the PRC legal system may not be the same as the legal protection available to
investors in the United States or elsewhere. Furthermore, various uncertainties involved in the rulemaking, interpretation and enforcement process of the laws, rules and regulations in the PRC that are related to our business and operations,
particularly those relating to telecommunications and taxation, may also materially and adversely affect our financial condition, results of operations and prospects.



-17-



---

##### Table of Contents

Natural disasters, terrorist acts, acts of war and health hazards in China may cause damage
to our infrastructure and severely disrupt our business and operations.

Our business operations are subject to interruption by
natural disasters, power outages, terrorist attacks or other hostile acts, health hazards, among others, which are beyond our control. Such events could cause significant damage to our infrastructure upon which our business operations rely,
resulting in degradation or disruption of service to our customers. For example, several natural disasters have struck Mainland China in recent years. Our network equipment, including our base stations, in the affected areas sustained extensive
damages in some of these natural disasters, leading to service stoppage and other disruptions in our operations in those areas. We are unable to predict the effect, if any, that any future natural disasters or other similar events may have on our
business. While we maintain insurance coverage for some of these events, the potential liabilities associated with these events could exceed the insurance coverage we maintain. Our system redundancy may be ineffective or inadequate, and our disaster
recovery planning may not be sufficient for all eventualities. These events could also damage the infrastructure of the suppliers, vendors and service providers that provide us with the equipment and services we need to operate our business and
provide products to our customers. Any future natural disasters or other similar events may, among other things, significantly disrupt our ability to adequately staff our business, and may generally disrupt our operations. Furthermore, such natural
disasters and other similar events may severely restrict the level of economic activity in affected areas, which may in turn materially and adversely affect our business and prospects. As a result, any natural disasters or other similar events in
China may have a material adverse effect on our financial condition and results of operations.

You may experience difficulties in
effecting service of legal process and enforcing judgments against us and our management.

Substantially all of our assets and our
subsidiaries are located in the PRC. In addition, most of our directors and officers reside within the PRC, and substantially all of the assets of our directors and officers are located within the PRC. As a result, it may not be possible to effect
service of process within the United States or elsewhere outside the PRC upon most of our directors or officers, including with respect to matters arising under applicable laws and regulations. Moreover, the PRC does not have treaties providing for
the reciprocal recognition and enforcement of judgments of courts with the United States, the United Kingdom or most other Western countries, and Hong Kong has no arrangement for the reciprocal enforcement of judgments with the United States.

As a result, recognition and enforcement in the PRC or Hong Kong of judgments of a court in the United States and any of the other
jurisdictions mentioned above in relation to any matter not subject to a binding arbitration provision may be difficult or impossible.

Our investors may be deprived of the benefits of PCAOBs oversight of our independent registered public accounting firm through
inspections.

Under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, or PCAOB, has the authority and
is required to conduct continuing inspections of registered public accounting firms that provide audit services to public companies subject to the reporting requirements of the SEC. Our external auditor is registered with the PCAOB and is subject to
inspections by the PCAOB. The PCAOB is currently unable to inspect a registered public accounting firms audit work relating to a companys operations in China where the documentation of such audit work is located in China, such as our
registered public accounting firms audit work relating to our operations in China. As a result, our investors may be deprived of the benefits of PCAOBs oversight of our independent registered public accounting firm through such
inspections.



-18-



---

##### Table of Contents

If additional remedial measures are imposed on the
PRC-based network firms of the Big Four accounting firms, including our independent registered public accounting firm, in administrative proceedings brought by the SEC alleging the firms failure to meet
specific criteria set by the SEC, we could be unable to timely file future financial statements in compliance with the requirements of the Exchange Act.

In December 2012, the SEC instituted administrative proceedings against the PRC-based network firms of
the Big Four accounting firms, including our independent registered public accounting firm, alleging that these firms had violated U.S. securities laws and the SECs rules and regulations thereunder by failing to provide to the SEC the
firms audit work papers with respect to certain PRC-based companies that are publicly traded in the United States. On January 22, 2014, the administrative law judge, or ALJ, presiding over the
matter rendered an initial decision that each of the firms had violated the SECs rules of practice by failing to produce audit work papers to the SEC. The initial decision censured each of the firms and barred them from practicing before the
SEC for a period of six months. These firms subsequently appealed the ALJs initial decision to the SEC. The ALJs decision does not take effect unless and until it is endorsed by the SEC. On February 6, 2015, the four PRC-based accounting firms each agreed to a censure and to pay a fine to the SEC to settle the dispute and avoid suspension of their ability to practice before the SEC and audit U.S.-listed companies. The settlement
required the accounting firms to follow detailed procedures and to seek to provide the SEC with access to firms audit documents via the CSRC. If future document productions fail to meet specified criteria or there is a problem with the process
between the SEC and CSRC, the SEC retains authority to impose a variety of additional remedial measures on the firms depending on the nature of the failure. If the accounting firms are subject to additional remedial measures imposed by the SEC or
other regulatory authorities, our ability to file our financial statements in compliance with SEC requirements could be impacted. A determination that we have not timely filed financial statements in compliance with SEC requirements could ultimately
lead to the delisting of our ADSs from the New York Stock Exchange or the termination of the registration of our ADSs under the Exchange Act, or both, which would substantially reduce or effectively terminate the trading of our ADSs in the United
States.



|Item 4. | Information on the Company.
|------- | ---------------------------

We provide a full range of mobile services in all 31
provinces, autonomous regions and directly-administered municipalities in Mainland China as well as in Hong Kong. Based on publicly available information, we are the leading provider of mobile services in Mainland China and the largest provider of
mobile services in the world as measured by total number of mobile customers as of December 31, 2016. As of March 31, 2017, our total number of mobile customers reached approximately 856.5 million.

The History and Development of the Company

We were incorporated under the laws of Hong Kong on September 3, 1997 under the predecessor of the Companies Ordinance as a limited
liability company under the name China Telecom (Hong Kong) Limited. We changed our name to China Mobile (Hong Kong) Limited on June 28, 2000 and then to China Mobile Limited on May 29, 2006.

Our ordinary shares are listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, and our ADSs, each currently representing the right to receive five ordinary
shares, are listed on the New York Stock Exchange.

Expansion Through Acquisitions

At our inception, our mobile operations included those in Guangdong Province and Zhejiang Province, conducted by Guangdong Mobile (formerly
known as Guangdong Mobile Communication Company Limited), and China Mobile Group Zhejiang Co., Ltd. (formerly known as Zhejiang Mobile Communication Company Limited), or Zhejiang Mobile, respectively. As part of the restructuring in preparation for
our initial public offering in 1997, the former Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications transferred to us a 100% equity interest in Guangdong Mobile and a 99.63% equity interest in Zhejiang Mobile. We subsequently increased our shareholding in
Zhejiang Mobile to 100%.

We carried out a series of acquisitions between 1998 and 2004, through which we acquired from CMCC, our parent
company, mobile operations conducted by its other regional subsidiaries. As a result, we significantly expanded the geographical coverage of our operations to all 31 provinces, autonomous regions and directly-administered municipalities in Mainland
China.

In addition, we acquired all of the issued and outstanding shares of China Resources Peoples Telephone Company Limited (currently
known as China Mobile Hong Kong Company Limited, or Hong Kong Mobile), a mobile services provider based in Hong Kong, in 2006. As a result, we expanded the geographical coverage of our operations to Hong Kong.



-19-



---

##### Table of Contents

In 2011, we, through our wholly-owned subsidiary, CMC, acquired 100% of the share capital of
China Topssion Communication Co., Ltd., or Topssion, a company primarily engaged in the sale of mobile phone handsets and devices, for an aggregate purchase price of RMB237,070,000 (approximately US$37,667,000). CMC subsequently transferred 1% of
the share capital of Topssion to CMCC, and further subscribed for additional share capital of Topssion. Topssion thereafter changed its name to China Mobile Device. As of March 31, 2017, we held a 99.97% equity interest in China Mobile Device.

In 2015, we, through our wholly-owned subsidiary, CM TieTong, acquired Target Assets and Businesses of China TieTong, for a final
consideration of RMB31,967 million (approximately US$4,934.9 million). The acquisition was completed in December 2015. We expect that our acquisition of Target Assets and Businesses from China TieTong will facilitate our transformation into a
full service operator offering both fixed-line and mobile services.

These acquisitions have significantly enlarged our customer base and
expanded the geographical coverage and scope of our business. The integration of these acquired operations has also enabled us to realize synergies and economies of scale.

Industry Restructuring and Changes in Our Shareholding Structure

Prior to 1993, all public telecommunications networks and services in Mainland China were controlled and operated by the former Ministry of
Posts and Telecommunications through the former Directorate General of Telecommunications, provincial telecommunications administrations and their city and county level bureaus.

Between 1993 and 2008, the telecommunications industry of Mainland China underwent significant reforms and restructuring that resulted in an
improved competitive environment and enhanced regulation of the industry.

In March 2008, the MIIT was created as the industry regulator
providing industry policy guidance and exercising regulatory authority over all telecommunications services providers in Mainland China, including, among others, formulating and enforcing industry policy, standards and regulations, granting
telecommunications licenses and permits, formulating interconnection and settlement standards for implementation between telecommunications networks, formulating tariff and service charge standards for certain telecommunications services together
with other relevant regulatory authorities, supervising the operations of telecommunications services providers, promoting fair and orderly market competition among operators, and allocating and administering public telecommunications resources.

On May 24, 2008, the MIIT, the NDRC and the MOF jointly issued a joint announcement relating to the further reform of the
telecommunications industry in Mainland China, which led to a future restructuring of the then-existing telecommunications services providers. The restructuring resulted in the consolidation of the telecommunications industry in China into three
service providers: China Telecom, China Unicom and CMCC.

As a result of the industry restructuring in 2008 and early 2009, principal
participants in the telecommunications industry in Mainland China, other than China TieTong and us, also include China Telecom and China Unicom. China Telecom and China Unicom since then operate both mobile and fixed-line services. On
November 27, 2015, CM TieTong, our wholly-owned subsidiary, entered into the Acquisition Agreement with China TieTong, pursuant to which CM TieTong has agreed to acquire Target Assets and Business. The acquisition was completed in December
2015.

On July 11, 2014, CMC entered into a promoters agreement with CUCL, a wholly-owned subsidiary of China Unicom, and China
Telecom to establish China Tower, which had a registered capital of RMB10 billion. Pursuant to the promoters agreement, we have made an investment of RMB4,000 million and indirectly owned a 40% equity interest in China Tower. On
October 14, 2015, CMC entered into the Transaction Agreement with CUCL, China Telecom, CRHC and China Tower, pursuant to which CMC, CUCL and China Telecom shall transfer their telecommunications towers and related assets to China Tower, China
Tower shall issue and allot shares in China Tower and/or pay certain cash as consideration for such transfers, and CRHC shall subscribe for new shares in China Tower in cash. Following the completion of the transaction on October 31, 2015,
China Tower was owned by CMC, China Unicom, China Telecom and CRHC as to 38.0%, 28.1%, 27.9% and 6.0%, respectively. CMC transferred its existing telecommunications towers and related assets to China Tower for a final consideration of
RMB102,736 million (approximately US$15,859.7 million). On July 8, 2016, CMC entered into the Lease Agreement with China Tower, pursuant to which CMC agreed to lease from China Tower telecommunications towers and related assets acquired
and newly constructed by China Tower. As of March 31, 2017, we indirectly owned 38.0% equity interest in China Tower.



-20-



---

##### Table of Contents

Organizational Structure

As of March 31, 2017, CMCC owned 72.72% equity interest in us through intermediate holding companies. We operate in all 31 provinces,
autonomous regions and directly-administered municipalities throughout Mainland China and in Hong Kong. As of March 31, 2017, we owned, directly or through intermediate holding companies, 100% equity interests in the following companies:





China Mobile Communication Co., Ltd.  

China Mobile Group Guangdong Co., Ltd.  

China Mobile Group Zhejiang Co., Ltd.  

China Mobile Group Jiangsu Co., Ltd.  

China Mobile Group Fujian Co., Ltd.  

China Mobile Group Henan Co., Ltd.  

China Mobile Group Hainan Co., Ltd.  

China Mobile Group Beijing Co., Ltd.  

China Mobile Group Shanghai Co., Ltd.  

China Mobile Group Tianjin Co., Ltd.  

China Mobile Group Hebei Co., Ltd.  

China Mobile Group Liaoning Co., Ltd.  

China Mobile Group Shandong Co., Ltd.  

China Mobile Group Guangxi Co., Ltd.  

China Mobile Group Anhui Co., Ltd.  

China Mobile Group Jiangxi Co., Ltd.  

China Mobile Group Chongqing Co., Ltd.  

China Mobile Group Sichuan Co., Ltd.  

China Mobile (Shenzhen) Limited  

China Mobile (Suzhou) Software Technology Co., Ltd.  

MIGU Company Limited  

China Mobile TieTong Company Limited  

China Mobile Investment Holdings Co., Ltd.




China Mobile Group Hubei Co., Ltd.  

China Mobile Group Hunan Co., Ltd.  

China Mobile Group Shaanxi Co., Ltd.  

China Mobile Group Shanxi Co., Ltd.  

China Mobile Group Neimenggu Co., Ltd.  

China Mobile Group Jilin Co., Ltd.  

China Mobile Group Heilongjiang Co., Ltd.  

China Mobile Group Guizhou Co., Ltd.  

China Mobile Group Yunnan Co., Ltd.  

China Mobile Group Xizang Co., Ltd.  

China Mobile Group Gansu Co., Ltd.  

China Mobile Group Qinghai Co., Ltd.  

China Mobile Group Ningxia Co., Ltd.  

China Mobile Group Xinjiang Co., Ltd.  

China Mobile Group Design Institute Co., Ltd.  

China Mobile Hong Kong Company Limited  

China Mobile International Limited  

China Mobile IoT Company Limited  

China Mobile Online Services Co., Ltd.  

China Mobile (Hangzhou) Information Technology Co., Ltd.  

China Mobile Internet Company Limited




For detailed information of our significant subsidiaries, see note 18 to our consolidated
financial statements included elsewhere in this annual report on Form 20-F.

In addition, we own a
99.97% equity interest in China Mobile Device, a 92% equity interest in China Mobile Group Finance Co., Ltd., or China Mobile Finance, and a 66.41% equity interest in Aspire Holdings Limited, or Aspire, a company incorporated in the Cayman Islands.



-21-



---

##### Table of Contents

Set out below is a chart illustrating our corporate structure as of March 31, 2017:



LOGO

General Information

Our principal executive offices are located at 60th Floor, The Center, 99 Queens
Road Central, Hong Kong, China; telephone: 852-3121-8888. We also maintain a regional headquarters in each of our regional mobile companies in Mainland China and Hong Kong. Our web site address is
www.chinamobileltd.com. The information on our web site is not a part of this annual report on Form 20-F.



-22-



---

##### Table of Contents

Business Overview

Over the past several years, we have achieved a number of technological improvements and upgrades to our core mobile network, which has evolved
into an integrated network that is capable of supporting transmissions using the 2G standard, 3G standard and 4G standard. We have built an Internet Protocol based core network that is capable of supporting the GSM,
TD-SCDMA, WLAN and TD-LTE networks, which we believe could also evolve into a network that supports other future generations of mobile technologies. See
 Mobile Networks below.

In addition, our acquisition from China TieTong of Target Assets and Businesses, is
expected to facilitate our transformation into a full service operator offering both fixed-line and mobile services, enable us to seize the opportunities in the wireline broadband market, expand our customer base and increase our wireline broadband
network capacity, coverage and efficiency through an integrated network. See  The History and Development of the Company  Industry Restructuring and Changes in Our Shareholding Structure. We continue to increase our
reserves of basic resources, such as metropolitan area transmission networks, public Internet and broadband access networks in Mainland China, promote the construction of North and South Bases, data centers and call centers, accelerate Internet Data
Center, or IDC, development and focus on the development of services such as dedicated lines for corporate customers.

Our Business
Strategy

As a pioneer and market leader in the worlds largest mobile market, we have aligned ourselves with mobile Internet
development trends. We aim to maintain our leading position in 4G development in China and have fully embraced the transition from voice to data traffic operation. We have also striven to enhance our wireline broadband services and promote the
transition from mobile communication services to innovative full services.

In 2016, we launched our Big Connectivity
strategy, aiming at a business transformation from mobile communications between people to a model that extends connections to join people and things as well as connections among things. In our efforts to implement this strategy, we have shifted
focus from the traditional operating model to an integrated development of the four growth engines, namely, to capitalize on the momentum in the mobile market, the household market, the corporate customer market and the emerging
businesses.

Mobile Market.We have been dedicated to the development of our 4G network. As of December 31, 2016, we
cumulatively put in use 1.51 million 4G base stations which covered a population of over 1.3 billion. In 2016, the number of our 4G customers increased by 223 million, reaching over 535 million by the end of the year. As of
March 31, 2017, our 4G customers reached approximately 568.1 million. We have continued to improve our quality management for 4G network to increase the average download speed and improve customer experience of our 4G network. Our average
download speed on urban roads reached 40 Mbps in 2016. We also continued to facilitate the migration of our customers from 2G and 3G networks to 4G networks. Moreover, we have built one of the worlds largest networks of Voice over LTE, or
VoLTE, providing VoLTE for commercial use in more than 300 cities in Mainland China. In addition to network upgrade, we have continued to optimize our 4G product offerings. In 2016, our data services revenue, which has become the primary driver for
our revenue growth, increased by 30.2% from RMB303,425 million in 2015 to RMB394,937 million (US$56,883 million). Notably, the revenue from wireless data traffic for the first time exceeded traditional telecommunication business (including
voice, SMS and MMS) and became the largest revenue source in 2016. In 2017, we will continue to focus the development of our 4G network to maintain our market leading position in China in terms of coverage and further enhance 4G network quality and
customer perception through the continued promotion of VoLTE, and carrier aggregation, or CA.

Household Market.In 2016, we
adopted the high-end approach to the development of our wireline broadband business, with an aim to offering products and services with enhanced network speed and quality and customized to the needs of
specific customer groups. The expansion in both of our wireline broadband customer base and our market share continued in 2016. Our wireline broadband customers reached 77.6 million at the end of 2016, increasing by 41.1% from 55.0 million
at the end of 2015, and our market share grew from 22.9% from the end of 2015 to 28.1% at the end of 2016. Furthermore, our smart home gateway, Mobaihe, which is a set-top box providing high-definition video-on-demand service, achieved significant growth. At the end of 2016, the customers of our home digital services, Mobaihe, exceeded 22.8 million. The average revenue
per user per month (including home digital services) increased from RMB31.9 in 2015 to RMB33.8 in 2016. In 2017, we plan to further promote our high-end wireline broadband with a focus on developing household
broadband with bandwidth of over 100M and key area broadband with bandwidth reaching 1,000M.



-23-



---

##### Table of Contents

Corporate Customer Market.We have focused on key services such as dedicated lines and IDC
services, built a network-wide coordinated sales system to target major corporate customers and have developed products targeting key industries such as public administration, finance, transportation, education, healthcare and energy. We further
improved the transmission capacity of our fiber optic cable and the accessibility of our corporate customer dedicated lines. In 2017, we will continue to expand our corporate customer base by taking advantage of the opportunities in
Internet+ and serving customers in these key industries with tailored information technology products and services.

Emerging Businesses.We have been engaged in developing innovative application and information services in 2016. For example, we
extended our near-field communication, or NFC, applications through the One Hundred Schools Project. Additionally, our and-Wallet mobile payment service recorded a total annual transaction value of
more than RMB1 trillion for the year of 2016. We also made a number of achievements in the area of IoT. We established one of worlds largest dedicated networks for IoT with more than 100 million connections as of December 31, 2016.
Besides, our open IoT platform intended to nurture the development of the IoT ecosystem, OneNET platform, also went online in 2016. It connected more than seven million devices and served approximately 30,000 developers and more than 3,000 companies
at the end of 2016.

In terms of long-term strategy, we will continue to implement our Big Connectivity strategy and strive to
become a world leading operator offering innovative digital services. To this end, we plan to build upon our existing customer base to boost connectivity scale, optimize our connectivity service and strengthen our connectivity applications. We will
also focus on extending connections among people to connections among people and things, and among things in order to attain the service capability to accommodate an IoT market where the number of connections may reach the level of ten billion.
Additionally, we expect to expand investments in technological innovation of communication applications, enter into new businesses areas and develop new business models, through which we can accelerate our development of digital content business and
smart technology and applications for certain key industries.

Customers and Usage

Our mobile customer base has grown substantially from approximately 826.2 million at the end of 2015 to approximately 848.9 million
at the end of 2016. As of March 31, 2017, our total number of mobile customers reached approximately 856.5 million, our 4G customers reached approximately 568.1 million. Our total number of wireline broadband customers reached
approximately 85.7 million as of March 31, 2017, compared to 77.6 million by the end of 2016. Our customer growth is primarily attributable to a number of factors, including:



| |  |  | economic growth in our markets, including in rural areas;
| | - |  | ---------------------------------------------------------



| |  |  | the PRC governments promotion of informatization and reform and development initiatives targeting the rural areas of Mainland China;
| | - |  | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



| |  |  | growth potential in small and medium-sized cities, rural areas and migrant population markets;
| | - |  | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



| |  |  | decreased cost of initiating services due to a decline in handset prices as well as the decrease in other tariffs for our services;
| | - |  | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



| |  |  | our increased marketing and sales efforts and new business initiatives;
| | - |  | -----------------------------------------------------------------------



| |  |  | the implementation of our business strategy for the transformation to become an innovative integrated service provider;
| | - |  | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



| |  |  | our competitive advantages in terms of scale of operations, networks, support systems, brands, marketing and sales channels, and services;
| | - |  | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



| |  |  | the further development of TD-LTE industry chain, in particular the increasing availability of TD-LTE handsets, especially smartphones, in
the market which contributes to the increase in our 4G customer base;
| | - |  | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



| |  |  | the increasing prevalence of customers using multiple SIM cards; and
| | - |  | --------------------------------------------------------------------



| |  |  | the higher customer demand for high speed Internet access.
| | - |  | ----------------------------------------------------------



-24-



---

##### Table of Contents

However, due to the increasing mobile penetration rate and intensified competition among
telecommunications operators and from competitors in related industries, our customer base may not continue to grow as fast as it has over the past few years, if at all. See Item 3. Key Information  Risk Factors  Risks
Relating to Our Business  The increasing competition from other telecommunications services providers and competitors in related industries and changes in the competitive landscape of the telecommunications industry in Mainland China may
reduce our market share and decrease our profit margin.

Our total voice usage was 4,100.2 billion minutes in 2016,
representing a decrease of 2.9% from 2015. Our SMS usage totaled 542.4 billion messages in 2016, representing a decrease of approximately 3.1% from 2015. The decrease in our voice usage and the decrease in SMS usage are partly due to the
increasing competition from providers offering Over The Top products such as instant voice and messaging services.

Our total handset data
traffic was 5,680.7 billion megabytes in 2016, representing an increase of 127.7% from 2015. Our average handset data traffic per user per month also increased by 105.7% to 697 megabytes in 2016. The increase in our handset data traffic usage
is due to our continued efforts to promote data traffic services operations, with a focus on the expansion of our 4G network.

The
following table sets forth selected historical information about our customer base and customer usage as of or for the periods indicated.



|                                                                          |  |                                         |         |  |      |  |         |      |  |  |         | 
|------------------------------------------------------------------------- |  | --------------------------------------- | ------- |  | ---- |  | ------- | ---- |  |  | ------- | 
|                                                                          |  | As of or for the year endedDecember 31, |        
|                                                                          |  | 2014                                    |         |  | 2015 |  |         | 2016 | 
|                                                                          |  |                                         |        
|Mobile Business                                                           |  |                                         |         |  |      |  |         |      |  |  |         | 
|Customer Base (in millions)                                               |  |                                         | 806.6   |  |      |  | 826.2   |      |  |  | 848.9   | 
|4G Customer Base (in millions)                                            |  |                                         | 90.1    |  |      |  | 312.3   |      |  |  | 535.0   | 
|Total Voice Usage (in billions of minutes)                                |  |                                         | 4,293.9 |  |      |  | 4,220.8 |      |  |  | 4,100.2 | 
|Handset Data Traffic (in billions of megabytes)                           |  |                                         | 1,080.9 |  |      |  | 2,494.6 |      |  |  | 5,680.7 | 
|Average Minutes of Usage Per User Per Month
(minutes)(1)                  |  |                                         | 453     |  |      |  | 430     |      |  |  | 408     | 
|Average Handset Data Traffic Per User Per Month (MB)
(2)                  |  |                                         | 155     |  |      |  | 339     |      |  |  | 697     | 
|Average Handset Data Traffic Per 4G User Per Month (MB)                   |  |                                         | 780     |  |      |  | 748     |      |  |  | 1,027   | 
|Average Revenue Per User Per Month
(RMB)(3)                               |  |                                         | 59.5    |  |      |  | 56.3    |      |  |  | 57.5    | 
|Average Monthly Churn Rate (%)(4)                                         |  |                                         | 3.13    |  |      |  | 2.78    |      |  |  | 2.32    | 
|Wireline Broadband Business                                               |  |                                         |         |  |      |  |         |      |  |  |         | 
|Customer base (in millions)                                               |  |                                         |        |  |      |  | 55.0    |      |  |  | 77.6    | 
|Average Revenue Per User Per Month (RMB)
(5)                              |  |                                         |        |  |      |  | 31.9    |      |  |  | 32.1    | 
|Average Revenue Per User Per Month(including home digital services) (RMB) |  |                                         |        |  |      |  | 31.9    |      |  |  | 33.8    | 
|IoT Business                                                              |  |                                         |         |  |      |  |         |      |  |  |         | 
|Connections (in millions)                                                 |  |                                         |        |  |      |  | 65      |      |  |  | 103     | 



|(1) | Calculated by (A) dividing the total minutes of usage during the relevant year by the average number of customers during the year (calculated as the average of the numbers of customers at the end of each of the 13
calendar months from the end of the previous year to the end of the current year) and (B) dividing the result by 12.
|--- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

|(2) | Calculated by (A) dividing the total handset data usage during the relevant year by the average number of handset data users during the year and (B) dividing the result by 12.
|--- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

|(3) | Calculated by (A) dividing the revenue from mobile services during the relevant year by the average number of mobile customers during the year (calculated as the average of the numbers of customers at the end of
each of the 13 calendar months from the end of the previous year to the end of the current year) and (B) dividing the result by 12. The revenue from mobile services in 2014, 2015 and 2016 is derived from our consolidated statements of
comprehensive income for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2015 and 2016, respectively.
|--- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

|(4) | Measures the monthly rate of customer disconnections from mobile telecommunications services, determined by dividing: (A) the result obtained by dividing (i) the sum of voluntary and involuntary terminations
from our network (excluding internal transfer) during the relevant year by (ii) the average number of customers during the year (calculated in the same manner as in note (1) above) by (B) 12.
|--- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

|(5) | Calculated by (A) dividing the revenue from wireline broadband services during the relevant year by the average number of wireline broadband customers during the year (calculated as the average of the numbers of
customers at the end of each of the 13 calendar months from the end of the previous year to the end of the current year) and (B) dividing the result by 12.
|--- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



-25-



---

##### Table of Contents

Businesses

Our businesses primarily consist of voice business and data business.

Voice Business. Our voice business includes voice usage services and voice value-added services.

Our voice usage services focus on enabling our customers to make and receive calls with a mobile phone at any point within the coverage area
of our mobile networks. The services include local calls, domestic long distance calls, international long distance calls, domestic roaming and international roaming. Our voice usage services experienced a decrease due to the substitution effect of
Over The Top products and a decline in tariffs, and total voice usage decreased by 2.9% in 2016 compared to 2015.

Our voice value-added
services mainly include caller identity display, caller restrictions, call waiting, call forwarding, call holding, voice mail, conference calls and other services.

Data Business. Our data businesses include SMS and MMS, wireless data traffic services, wireline broadband services and
applications and information services. Our data services revenue increased to RMB394,937 million in 2016, representing an increase of 30.2% from 2015. As a percentage of revenue from telecommunications services, our data services revenue
increased to 63.3% in 2016 from 52.0% in 2015.

SMS and MMS.SMS refers to services that employ the existing network resources and
the corresponding functions of mobile terminals to deliver and receive text messages. SMS offers convenience and multi-functionality to our customers. MMS is a technology that allows users to exchange multimedia communications, such as graphics,
animated color pictures, sound files and short text messages, over wireless networks. Our SMS usage decreased from 559.9 billion messages in 2015 to 542.4 billion messages in 2016, and our revenue generated from SMS and MMS decreased from
RMB31,244 million in 2015 to RMB28,555 million in 2016 due to the increasing competition from and substitution effect of providers offering Over The Top products such as instant voice and messaging services.

Wireless Data Traffic Services.Our wireless data traffic business includes mobile data traffic services, which primarily consist of
handset data traffic service, and WLAN service. Revenue generated from our wireless data traffic business reached RMB288,178 million in 2016, compared to RMB200,857 million in 2015.

Our handset data traffic service is a service that we provide to our customers that enables mobile access to the Internet through 2G, 3G or 4G
networks via handsets. We experienced significant growth in the provision of handset data traffic services in 2016 driven by the rapid increases in both our 4G customer base and the average handset data traffic per 4G user per month. Our handset
data traffic reached 5,680.7 billion megabytes in 2016, representing a 127.7% increase compared to 2015. Revenue generated from our handset data traffic service reached RMB283,229 million in 2016, compared to RMB195,490 million in
2015.

We also offer WLAN service, which is a service that provides high-speed Internet access through WLAN.

Wireline Broadband Services.Our wireline broadband business offers primarily the wireline broadband data traffic service. Revenue
generated from our wireline broadband business increased by 39.7% to RMB25,618 million in 2016 compared from RMB18,339 million in 2015, and the average revenue per user per month increased from RMB31.9 in 2015 to RMB32.1 in 2016. Our home
digital services also contributed to the expansion of our wireline broadband services. Our home digital services mainly refer to the high-definition video-on-demand
services provided through our Mobaihe set-top box. Mobaihe achieved a customer base of more than 22.8 million at the end of 2016, and the average revenue per user per month (including home digital
services) increased from RMB31.9 in 2015 to RMB33.8 in 2016.

Applications and Information Services. Our applications and
information services include network resources services and various mobile application products such as Mobile Market and IoT. Revenue generated from our applications and information services reached RMB52,586 million in 2016, compared to
RMB52,985 million in 2015.



-26-



---

##### Table of Contents

Our network resources services mainly include IDC services and dedicated line services. Our IDC
services refer to our server hostage, bandwidth leasing and other network infrastructure services, and our dedicated line services refer to our data and voice services provided through exclusive lines to corporate customers. The revenue generated
from our IDC services and dedicated line services grew by 76.3% and 32.1% in 2016, respectively.

We have been making efforts to build up
open platforms through our Mobile Market in the past few years. Mobile Market serves as a platform for software developers and their applications as well as our own businesses so that our customers may use their terminals to download
applications and subscribe for our businesses.

In 2016, we expanded the application of IoT to various aspects such as urban management,
smart transportation and industrial control, and have developed standardized IoT products including home security services, automobile fleet management services and remote surveillance. We also established centralized public IoT networks with IoT
connections reaching over 100 million. Besides, we have established the OneNET platform, which enables developers to connect with IoT manufacturers and leverage our computation, network and communication capacity to quickly launch and promote
their applications. As of December 31, 2016, OneNET platform connected more than seven million devices, serving approximately 30,000 developers and more than 3,000 companies.

Additionally, we have closely kept track of the industry trend in our development of applications and information services, and therefore
extend our business to various emerging areas, such as NFC and mobile payment. We have established various specialized companies, including, among others, China Mobile IoT Company Limited, China Mobile Internet Company Limited and MIGU Company
Limited, all of which focus on digital contents, mobile Internet, IoT and other digital services. Nonetheless, this is an area that we believe to be in its initial stage of development, and we can make more achievements by continuing our efforts in
digital services. We continue to promote our digital services and explore new operating models for China Mobile, in order to further advance the market-orientated mechanism and to strengthen our position in the competitive digital landscape through
continuous innovation.

Tariffs

Our tariffs are subject to regulation by various government authorities, including the MIIT, the NDRC and the relevant price regulatory
authorities in Mainland China. The MIIT has continued encouraging mobile operators in Mainland China to implement the caller-party-pays regime, and mobile operators, including us, have been implementing the caller-party-pays regime. In particular,
all of the new calling plan packages that we offer in Mainland China are generally based on tariffs equivalent to the caller-party-pays regime. In March 2008, the Ministry of Information Industry, the predecessor of the MIIT, reduced the maximum
domestic roaming usage charges that a mobile services provider may charge on roaming services. In December 2009, the PRC regulators promulgated policies to eliminate domestic roaming usage charges on outgoing international long distance calls when
domestic roaming services are used, as well as eliminate local usage charges on outgoing domestic and international long distance calls when roaming services are not used. In May 2014, the PRC regulators further promulgated policies to permit mobile
services providers to set the tariffs of all telecommunications services. Our international roaming usage charges are set in accordance with agreements with the relevant foreign mobile operators.

We offer our customers a variety of tariff packages that have varied monthly charges, minimum charges for basic usage, charges for usage
exceeding the covered basic usage, fixed charges for selected features and functions, as well as charges for voice value-added services. We offer tariff packages with respect to wireless data traffic business, or charge the tariff by the actual data
traffic usage. We also offer different tariff packages with respect to SMS and MMS, and applications and information services.

We have
flexible tariff plans distinguishing between peak time and non-peak time usage, and offer tailored service plans based upon the needs of different customer groups as well as our network resources. Given the
rapid growth in mobile penetration rates and increased competition, in order to remain competitive in terms of price and performance with other mobile operators, we provide certain discounts and promotional offers in and during certain service areas
and call periods targeting various customers.



-27-



---

##### Table of Contents

In 2013, we introduced
mix-and-match plans, which allow our customers greater flexibility in customizing the voice, data traffic and applications components of their plans. For middle-to-high-end customers, we created a single price plan for local, domestic long-distance and roaming calls. In 2014,
we introduced new 4G mix-and-match plans and actively sought to reduce the unit price for international roaming. We introduced RMB3/6/9 per 3 megabytes international
roaming plans and RMB30/60/90 per day unlimited international data traffic plans and also expanded our 4G international roaming services. In 2015, we promoted the restructuring of tariff plans and launched innovative services such as
corporate-sponsored data tariff plans and data traffic sharing service. In 2016, in response to the PRC governments Belt and Road Initiative, we extended the RMB30/60/90 per day unlimited international data traffic plans to 39 countries or
regions covered by the Belt and Road Initiative, and launched the Belt and Road multi-country international data package covering 19 countries and regions.

Since May 2015, in response to the expectations of the general public and customers and in order to implement the relevant national policy,
we, in addition to continue enhancing network capacity and increasing network speed, launched data tariff plans at lower rates for both peak and non-peak time. We also provided certain amount of free non-peak time data to customers, and reduced the tariffs for out-of-plan data usage and international data roaming in certain countries
and regions. With respect to our data traffic tariff, we launched an unused data traffic carry-over program for our mobile monthly plans that are charged based on pre-determined data traffic, according to
which customers could carry over their monthly plans remaining unused data traffic to the following month in October 2015. In 2016, our data traffic tariff decreased by 36%. In addition, we took an orderly and balanced approach in reducing
voice tariff. We cancelled the domestic long-distance and roaming tariffs for voice services within the tariff zones of Beijing Municipality, Tianjin Municipality and Hebei Province in August 2015 so that our customers are only charged with local
usage tariff for our voice services provided within the tariff zones. Similarly, in October 2016, we extended the same tariff policies to the tariff zones of Sichuan Province and Chongqing Municipality. Furthermore, we had removed standalone non-flat rate domestic long-distance and roaming packages from our product portfolio as of the end of 2016, and started to sell and promote only the voice services plans charging local calls and domestic
long-distance and roaming calls at a flat rate. Additionally, as a result of our efforts in cooperation with overseas telecommunications operators, our international roaming tariffs further decreased in 2016. These measures have had certain adverse
impact on our financial condition and results of operations, resulting in decreases in the overall tariffs of our data traffic services and voice services in 2015 and 2016, respectively, as compared to those in previous years. In March 2017, we
announced to implement certain measures in response to the government initiative in furtherance of the speed upgrade and tariff reduction policy including to cancel all handset domestic long-distance and roaming tariffs within 2017 and
to substantially reduce the dedicated Internet access tariffs for small and medium enterprises and to reduce international long-distance call tariffs. In April 2017, we announced to implement several specific measures to reduce tariffs starting from
May 2017. We may be required to further adjust our tariff under the speed upgrade and tariff reduction policy or implement other similar policies to be issued by the PRC government in the future.

The reduction in tariffs as a result of these measures, on the one hand, has had, and we expect that it will continue to have, adverse impact
on our financial condition and results of operations. See Item 3. Key Information  Risk Factors  Risks Relating to Our Business  Our tariff reduction and future policy developments in the telecommunications industry in
relation to tariff reduction may continue to adversely affect our financial conditions. On the other hand, we have implemented a number of measures to enhance our data traffic operations in response to the speed upgrade and tariff
reduction initiatives. For example, in our efforts to enhance customer experience, we continued to increase our network speed. As of the end of 2016, the average download speed on urban roads reached to 40 Mbps. We believe these initiatives
will, in the long run, facilitate the transformation of our business model to focus on data traffic and digital services.

For our
wireline broadband services and applications and information services, we determine tariffs mainly according to market conditions.

Interconnection

Interconnection refers to various arrangements that permit the connection of our networks to other mobile or fixed-line networks. These
arrangements provide for the sharing and settlement of revenues from the base usage charges and, if applicable, roaming charges and domestic and international long distance charges.

Under the current telecommunications regulations, parties seeking interconnection must enter into an interconnection agreement. In addition,
major telecommunications services providers that have control over essential telecommunications infrastructure and possess significant market share must allow interconnection to their networks by other operators. These telecommunications services
providers must also establish interconnection rules and procedures based on the principles of non-discrimination and transparency and submit such rules and procedures to the MIIT for approval. The termination
of any interconnection arrangements will require prior approval by the MIIT. The applicable regulations provide that interconnection related equipment must conform to the technical standards approved by the MIIT. See   Regulation 
Technical Standards below.



-28-



---

##### Table of Contents

Our interconnection arrangements with other telecommunications operators enable our subscribers
to communicate with the subscribers of those operators through making and receiving local, domestic and international long distance calls. Each of our operating subsidiaries has interconnection agreements with those operators in its service area.
The economic terms of these agreements are generally standardized from province to province.

The MIIT has made adjustments to the public
telecommunications network interconnection settlement standards of basic telecommunications operators in Mainland China. With effect from January 1, 2014, when mobile users of China Telecom and China Unicom in Mainland China and our mobile
users in Mainland China (excluding TD-SCDMA users with specified prefix numbers of 157 and 188) make calls to each other, the settlement charges payable by China Telecom and China Unicom to us were adjusted
from RMB0.06/minute to RMB0.04/minute, while the settlement charges payable by us to China Telecom and China Unicom remained at RMB0.06/minute. The MIIT will assess the above interconnection settlement policy once every two years based on the
development conditions of the telecommunications market and will make adjustments when appropriate. The interconnection settlement policies for TD-SCDMA remain unchanged, meaning that when mobile users of
China Telecom and China Unicom in Mainland China and our TD-SCDMA users with specified prefix numbers of 157 and 188 make calls to each other, the settlement charges payable by China Telecom and China Unicom
to us are RMB0.06/minute, and the settlement charges payable by us to China Telecom and China Unicom are RMB0.012/minute. When users of different basic telecommunications operators in Mainland China send SMS or MMS to each other, the settlement
charges for SMS were adjusted from RMB0.03/message to RMB0.01/message, and the settlement charges for MMS were adjusted from RMB0.10/message to RMB0.05/message.

Roaming

We
provide roaming services to our customers, which allow them to access mobile services while they are physically outside of their registered service area or in the coverage areas of other mobile networks in other countries and regions with which we
have roaming arrangements.

A mobile customer using domestic roaming services is charged at our roaming usage charges or, for outgoing
international long distance calls, international long distance charges. A mobile customer using international roaming services incurs charges based on tariffs that vary depending on whether it is an incoming call or an outgoing call and on the
destination of the call. In recent years, our international and domestic roaming usage charges have generally declined, resulting in lower average revenue per minute from roaming services. For example, since 2015, we reduced the international data
roaming charges in certain countries and regions and cancelled the domestic long-distance and roaming charges for voice services within the tariff zones in Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei and other designated regions and the tariff zones in Sichuan Province
and Chongqing Municipality. In addition, we further lowered our international roaming charges in 2016 in response to customers expectation, and our international roaming voice usage increased. See   Tariffs.

Research and Development

Our research and development, or R&D, functions are undertaken jointly by our research institute, research centers in Suzhou and Hangzhou
and other relevant business units. The responsibilities of our research institute include defining our network and technology evolution roadmap, supporting the operation of existing networks and services, engaging in international standard setting
activities and defining corporate specifications, leading the development and field testing of new products and services, cooperating with industry partners, procurement testing and certification of network devices, mobile terminals and information
technology systems.

In 2016, our main R&D efforts were focused on a number of aspects:

Improving Networks and Services. In 2016, we strengthened the development and optimization of our 4G network. In particular, we
improved our network performance by 3D-MIMO, UL 64QAM and CA, and enhanced and optimized VoLTE technology. We also won the Outstanding Prize in the 2016 National Science and Technology Progress Awards for our
contribution to the development of TD-LTE, a global 4G mobile telecommunication technology and standard. We strengthened the research, development and trial on the strategy of network transformation Network
Function Visualization, or NFV, and software defined network, or SDN. In particular, we completed NFV field trials (Phase II) for VoLTE service in four provinces, launched commercial SDN data center solution for our public and private cloud, and
started SDN field trials on IP network and transport network in various cities. In 2016, we also advocated NovoNet target network architecture based on Telecom Integrated Cloud and started to build multi-site test network for NovoNet target
architecture. Additionally, we jointly initiated OPEN-O open source community with industry partners and released relevant products.



-29-



---

##### Table of Contents

Setting Technical Standards and Promoting Industry Development. We actively
promoted 5G related work in international organizations, such as the 3rd Generation Partnership Project, or 3GPP, the International Telecommunication Union and the Next Generation Mobile Networks. In particular, we led 5G requirements and scenarios
and network architecture work in 3GPP. We also participated in the 5G first phase testing that was led by Chinese IMT-2020 (5G) Promotion Group, and achieved the 5G key technology verification. Furthermore, in
February 2016, we launched the 5G joint innovation center, which had 58 partners (including 32 vertical industry partners) as of the end of 2016, to promote innovation in communication capability, IoT, Internet of Vehicles and other areas. We
presented NFV at international conferences and technology forums on multiple occasions and demonstrated VoLTE high definition audio and video based on NFV. We also promoted the establishment of the core part of the standards for NarrowBand IoT, or NB-IoT, launched the first data call based on standardized NB-IoT, and initiated NB-IoT field trials.

Building Independent R&D Capabilities in Terms of Cloud Computing and Big Data. In order to deepen the top-level design of the information technology systems and to promote the maturity of independently-developed products, we formulated plans for the construction and evolution of enterprise-level big data centers,
data control and professional operations, improved the independent R&D product lines in the areas of cloud computing and big data, strengthened the application of relevant products and realized the independent integration of cloud services to
the general public. In 2016, we launched certain products of cloud services in healthcare and education industries.

Promoting
Innovation of Internet-related Key Products. Our R&D initiatives closely followed our Big Connectivity strategy and made achievements in various areas. For the household market, we established a product line and several
technology systems, such as Smart Home Gateway, Mobaihe set-top box and embedded-SIM, among other things. To improve our competitiveness in providing differentiated
services, we launched the unified authentication of customer identity, intra-application billing security systems and online setting of R&D service platforms for applications. Furthermore, we continued to build an ecosystem of platforms. In
2016, we standardized the technologies applicable to the vertical open platforms for our various affiliated companies. We also plan to develop a centralized open platform. In addition, to further enhance customer experience of our products, we
formulated a complete set of technical specifications based on the standard of Rich Communication Services, or RCS. Our R&D department completed certain key modules and applied to our self-developed handset N2. We also launched Hefeixin, an app
designed to improve user experience in communications and social networking.

Sales and Customer Services

We continue to optimize our customer service system that separate front and back line services and have established sales and services channels
tailored to the needs of customers by providing electronic and mobile Internet channels.

Sales Channels. We offer
our services through an extensive network of proprietary sales outlets, retail outlets and electronic sales and marketing channels. Our proprietary sales outlets, in addition to providing retail sales and network connection services, also offer
differentiated services to customers, including, among others, billing information and payment collection, services consultation and sale of terminals. Most of our proprietary sales outlets provide training and service demonstrations to retail
outlets, which, in turn, offer our services to customers according to agency agreements with us. In connection with these sales, all applicable fees payable after initial connection are paid to us. Our electronic channels offer services including,
among others, subscription of voice value-added services and data business, change of tariff plans, credit loading for pre-paid services, sales of SIM cards and terminals and redemption of Customer
Reward points. We continued to improve our service capacity in electronic channels, and approximately 200 million customers visited our mobile app outlets in 2016. In addition, we are able to establish sales and service networks at lower
cost by utilizing existing resources in rural areas to serve and expand our customer base in these areas. We have also established concept stores in major cities within Mainland China to showcase our services and products, particularly our data
services, and to facilitate certain sales and marketing activities.

Market Segmentation Strategy. As customers
demands for mobile telecommunications become more varied and complex, we have conducted research on market segmentation and have launched products which cater to the specific needs of different customer groups to increase awareness of our brand and
products and maintain our customer base. Our marketing efforts focus on retaining middle-to-high-end customers. We have developed
products, service packages and advertising and distribution channels unique to certain groups of customers, such as corporate customers and customers in the rural areas. With respect to corporate customers, we have focused on key services such as
dedicated lines and IDC services, built a network-wide coordinated sales system targeting major corporate customers and have developed product series targeting corporate customers in key industries, such as public administration, finance,
transportation, education, healthcare and energy. In terms of customers in the rural areas, in order to lower the barrier of using mobile phones, we have encouraged handset producers to introduce inexpensive handsets with moderate functions.



-30-



---

##### Table of Contents

Customer Services.Our customer support service centers offer 24-hour staff-answering and automatic-answering service hotlines in Mainland China, dealing with customer enquiries regarding services and billing, as well as handling customer complaints. Our main strategy in
retaining customers is to continue to implement our customer classification, customer bonus points program and customer club program. We classify our customers according to their level of value contribution and match them with differentiated service
resources according to their level, with higher-level customers enjoying premium services. Our customer bonus points program is an important measure to this end, under which customers receive bonus points based on their service consumption and
loyalty. Customers may exchange their accrued bonus points for tariffs, data and other benefits. Customer club program offers certain membership privileges taking into account customers demand, our marketing focuses, as well as internal and
external resources available to us.

In 2016, we continued to optimize our customer service processes through efforts such as improving
service quality at our sales outlets, 10086 hotline and online portal, in particular our online-based customer service. We have actively promoted electronic channels, including expanding the scope of services provided through our electronic channels
and shortening the processing time at the electronic channels. In addition, we implemented service measures such as increasing transparency in the billing process, inquiry and data services unsubscription function through SMS to ensure our customers
would be fully informed of the payments they would make. We continued to filter spam SMS and software that were sent to our customers. Our ongoing improvement in customer services resulted in broader customer satisfaction in 2016.

Service Quality.We strive to improve the quality of our services through improvements in the quality of our
infrastructure network. In 2016, we continued to upgrade our service quality management system and created a transparent and secure communication platform. In particular, we started to integrate customer services resources to our 10086 customer
service hotline operation, which increased our service efficiency and overall hotline connection rate. We have also improved our business support capabilities, especially in the areas of billing and data business subscription support.

Churn Management. We have devised internal monitoring systems to detect customers who are prone to discontinue their
subscriptions. In particular, our churn alert system prompts customer service representatives to proactively approach those customers, and customers who have recently discontinued their service, to improve customer relations and minimize churn.

Credit Control. We have implemented customer identity and information checks during the customer registration procedures to
assist in credit control. Direct debit services are available in each geographical area. The accounts of contract customers are required to be settled on a monthly basis, and a customer will be subject to late payment fees for amounts overdue and
subject to account deactivation if the customers account remains overdue. As a majority of our existing customers pre-pay for our services, we have limited credit risk exposure to our customers. We make
an impairment loss for doubtful accounts based on our assessment of the recoverability of accounts receivable.

Corporate Social
Responsibility and Sustainable Development

We are committed to fulfilling our responsibilities to stakeholders and proactively
pursuing shared and sustainable development with stakeholders while striving to contribute to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals for 2030. We have focused on energy conservation and environmental protection in many aspects of our
operations. We furthered our Green Action Plan and realized a reduction in overall energy consumption per unit of information flow by 36% in 2016 compared with the previous year. Through our China Mobile Charity Foundation, we continued
to carry out philanthropic activities such as poverty alleviation and education support. We have cumulatively sponsored treatments for 3,633 children in poverty diagnosed with congenital heart disease, and provided trainings to more than 90,000
principals of rural primary and secondary schools in villages in central and western China. In addition, we are fully devoted to creating a secure communication platform for our customers by introducing highly resilient and fully protected features,
such as our anti-fraud system utilizing big data technology and anonymization of personal data, so as to strictly protect the privacy of our customers. We implemented policies and procedures that target phishing, spam SMS and malware in order to
reduce the spam, improper SMS and malware transmitted to our customers. We also implemented measures such as adopting the real-name registration system, refining our service process, providing instant channels to report spam and fraud, for purpose
of early detection of, and quick response to fraud. In 2016, we were listed in the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices for the ninth consecutive year and were also listed in the Hang Seng Corporate Sustainability Index Series for the seventh
consecutive year. In 2016, we became the first and the only company from Mainland China named on CDPs Global Climate A List.



-31-



---

##### Table of Contents

Terminals

Our TD-LTE services have been developing rapidly, and the quality and value of TD-LTE models continue to improve. Since launching our TD-LTE services, we have focused on the development of multi-mode, multi-band terminals, low cost TD-LTE terminals and terminals with 4G+ new technology, as well as self-branded terminals. In 2016, we launched three self-branded smartphones, namely A1s, A2 and N2. A1s is a basic VoLTE-compatible phone priced at
RMB499 per unit. A2, priced at RMB799 per unit, became the first smartphone that supports CA technology which is priced below RMB1,000 per unit. N2 is the first VoLTE-compatible smartphone that supports CA, NFC and RCS functions, which is priced at
RMB1,499 per unit. In 2017, we plan to develop four to five 4G+ self-branded smartphones, all of which will be VoLTE-compatible and support CA, NFC and RCS technologies. We have devoted ourselves to promoting the long-term development of the TD-LTE terminal supply chain and have focused on the sales of 4G terminals, which strongly drove growth in data traffic.

Information Systems

Our information systems primarily consist of a network management system, a business support system and a management information system. The
network management system collects and processes the operating data from each network, and manages, supervises and controls our networks for safe and efficient operation. The business support system provides day-to-day operational support to each business unit, and is a unified and comprehensive system that enables the sharing of information resources. This system standardizes and integrates each of our sales,
billing, settlement, customer service and network failure handling databases in a centralized and orderly manner. The management information system collects and processes our management information and provides support to our management personnel.
In addition, this system has computerized and automated our management in finance, inventory, procurement and human resources. Furthermore, we have an internal communications network, which consists of our office automation system, our internal
computer network, video conference system, telephone system and others, the combination of which supports our internal communications.

Trademark

We hold
rights to various trademarks and other intellectual property rights necessary to conduct our business. We actively pursue the filing and registration of trademarks within Mainland China and abroad.

We market our services under the CHINA MOBILE trademark, which is the trademark we use throughout Mainland China. CHINA
MOBILE is a registered trademark in the PRC owned by our parent company, CMCC. On January 1, 2013, we entered into a trademark license agreement, or the 2013 Trademark License Agreement, to replace the trademark license agreement that we
entered into in 2008, or the 2008 Trademark License Agreement. Under the 2013 Trademark License Agreement, we and our operating subsidiaries have a non-exclusive right to use the CHINA MOBILE
trademark in Mainland China and Hong Kong. No license fee is payable by us to CMCC during the term of the 2013 Trademark License Agreement.

In 2013, we unveiled our new corporate logo. The new logo has been registered as a trademark in Mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan
and an application as a trademark under the Protocol Relating to the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks has been approved in the United Kingdom and the United States. In addition, individual applications have been
filed in 16 countries and an application as a trademark under the Protocol Relating to the Madrid Agreement has been filed in 45 countries.

Mobile Networks

We offer mobile services using the GSM standard, which is a pan-European mobile system based on digital
transmission and mobile network architecture with roaming capabilities. This standard is also referred as the 2G standard. Each of our GSM networks consists of base stations, base station controllers, mobile switching centers, transmission lines and
software applications. We intend to use our GSM network to primarily carry voice usage and certain data traffic from mobile phones. Our GSM networks reach virtually all cities and counties and major roads and highways, as well as a substantial part
of rural areas, throughout Mainland China and, through the network of Hong Kong Mobile, a substantial part of Hong Kong.



-32-



---

##### Table of Contents

We also offer mobile services using the TD-SCDMA
standard, or the 3G standard. We operate our 3G business based on an Internet Protocol based core network that is shared by our 2G, 3G and 4G services as well as the TD-SCDMA network capacity leased from CMCC.

In addition, we provide our customers with high-speed Internet access through our WLAN access points located throughout Mainland China.
WLAN connects computers using wireless communication technology. Our customers may use mobile terminals such as handsets and notebooks to gain wireless access to the Internet or a corporate intranet.

On December 4, 2013, the MIIT granted to CMCC, China Telecom and China Unicom permission to operate
TD-LTE businesses, and CMCC received permission to operate a TD-LTE business through us. Subsequently, we launched our TD-LTE
business. TD-LTE is one of two models of LTE, a mainstream standard for the evolution of 3G technology, and a standard for the evolution of TD-SCDMA technology. We
intend to use the TD-LTE network to primarily carry high bandwidth and high-quality wireless broadband businesses. As of December 31, 2016, we cumulatively put in use 1.51 million 4G base stations
which cover a population of over 1.3 billion, realizing 4G coverage of major areas including high speed rail, subways and key scenic areas, in the PRC. As of March 31, 2017, the number of 4G customers reached approximately
568.1 million.In addition, we have been providing 4G services in Hong Kong since 2012 with the LTE FDD and TD-LTE bandwidths we previously obtained from the Office of the Telecommunications
Authority of Hong Kong.

Our customers currently use our 2G services, our 3G services, our WLAN services, our 4G services, or all of them.
We intend to continue our network expansion and optimization with an emphasis on improving network utilization and operating efficiency, facilitating a smooth transition between, and integration of, our 2G, 3G and 4G services, and expanding the
coverage and capacity of our integrated network. We believe that we have considerable network operation and maintenance experience and technical expertise. Day-to-day
traffic management, troubleshooting, system maintenance and network optimization are conducted by our experienced team of engineers and technicians. Technical staffs are available for emergency repair work 24 hours a day and we employ specialist
teams for central maintenance of the networks. Most technical difficulties relating to the networks are resolved by our staff and the maintenance service providers with which we have business relationships, while our equipment suppliers also provide
back-up maintenance and technical support.

Spectrum. A mobile networks
capacity is to a certain extent limited by the amount of frequency spectrum available. In coordination with the relevant provincial authorities, the MIIT regulates the allocation of radio frequency. The frequency assigned to an entity is not allowed
to be leased or, without approval of the MIIT, transferred by the entity to any other third party. In accordance with a joint circular from the NDRC and the MOF, CMCC has entered into an agreement with us that specifies the amount of fees to be paid
to the MIIT for spectrum usage by each mobile network operator based on the bandwidth of the frequency used.

Spectrum usage fees for GSM
networks are currently charged at the annual rate of RMB17 million per MHz for the 900 MHz frequency band and RMB14 million per MHz for the 1800 MHz frequency band. Spectrum usage fees are charged on the basis that uplink and downlink
frequencies are separately charged. Spectrum usage fees for TD-SCDMA networks are currently charged at the annual rate of RMB15 million per MHz for the 960 MHz to 2300 MHz frequency bands and
RMB12 million per MHz for the 2300 MHz to 2690 MHz frequency bands, while rates for indoor-only frequency bands are set at 30% of the corresponding full rates. As of March 31, 2017, no detailed standards have been promulgated for spectrum
usage fees for TD-LTE networks. The relevant regulatory authorities in China may review these fee arrangements in the future.

Our network expansion and optimization plans depend to a large extent upon the availability of sufficient spectrum. For our GSM network, the
MIIT has allocated a total of 45x2 MHz of spectrum in the 900 MHz and 1800 MHz frequency bands to be used nationwide for transmission and reception to our parent company, CMCC. In connection with our 3G business, the MIIT has allocated to CMCC, in
various frequency bands, a total of 35 MHz of spectrum to be used for nationwide coverage, and an additional 50 MHz of spectrum to be used for indoor coverage. In connection with our 4G business, the MIIT has allocated to CMCC, in various frequency
bands, a total of 145 MHz of spectrum to be used for nationwide coverage, including 20 MHz of spectrum previously allocated for use by our 3G business for outdoor coverage and 50 MHz of spectrum previously allocated for use by our 3G business for
indoor coverage. Under the existing agreement between CMCC and us, we have the right to use CMCCs allocated frequency spectrum in Mainland China.



-33-



---

##### Table of Contents

Transmission Infrastructure. The physical infrastructure linking our network
components and interconnecting our networks to other networks consists of transmissions lines, which provide the backbone infrastructure through which voice and data traffic is carried. We have directed efforts to establishing high-speed backbone
transmission network and improving its overall transmission capabilities. As of December 31, 2016, our interprovincial transmission network bandwidth reached 285.7T, representing an increase by 204T from the end of 2015.

Leased Lines. The MIIT determines the standard lease tariffs to be paid by telecommunications operators with respect to the
leasing of transmission lines that facilitate interconnection between telecommunications networks.Transmission lines constructed by us reached a sizeable scale through the continuous optimization of our network structure in recent
years. In addition to our own transmission lines, we also lease intra-provincial and local transmission lines from other operators and pay them fees based on tariff schedules stipulated by the relevant regulatory authorities after adjusting for the
discounts that we have negotiated. For the inter-provincial transmission lines we lease through CMCC from other providers, CMCC collects leasing fees from us and pays fees to the relevant transmission line providers.

Base Stations. In urban areas, our base stations are located mostly on existing structures, typically at the top of tall
buildings. In rural areas, masts or towers are often constructed for locating base stations. In 2016, we focused on constructing 4G base stations and put in use 0.4 million additional 4G base stations, increasing the total number of stations to
1.51 million, which cover a population of over 1.3 billion in the PRC. We utilize the telecommunications towers from China Tower to construct our base stations.

Equipment Suppliers. We select our principal suppliers from leading international and domestic manufacturers of mobile
equipment and in accordance with technical standards set by the MIIT. In 2016, we purchased our networks equipment primarily from Huawei Technologies, ZTE Corporation, Nokia, Ericsson, Alcatel-Lucent Shanghai Bell and FiberHome.

Fixed-Line Networks

We operate fixed-line networks which provide extensive coverage in China. These networks are technologically advanced and conducive to the
introduction of the next generation fixed-line networks. These networks support a wide range of end-to-end fixed-line telecommunications services and enable customized
products to be delivered to meet a variety of telecommunications needs.

Our fixed-line networks consist of fixed-line telephone networks,
broadband Internet and data networks, transmission networks, value-added service platforms, IT support systems and related infrastructures. Our transmission networks consist primarily of fiber-optic based networks, which cover our major service
regions, supplemented by satellite transmission and digital microwave links. As of December 31, 2016, the coverage of our Fiber to the Home, or FTTH, exceeded 80%.

Investments and Acquisitions

As of December 31, 2016, Guangdong Mobile, our wholly-owned subsidiary, held a 18.98% equity interest in the issued share capital of SPD
Bank as a result of shares issued to certain other shareholders. SPD Bank is a joint-stock commercial bank incorporated in the PRC, with its shares listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange. We and SPD Bank entered into a strategic cooperation agreement
in November 2010, pursuant to which we and SPD Bank cooperate in the areas of internet finance and mobile payment businesses in Mainland China, as well as in the sharing of customer services and channels resources. Through such strategic
cooperation, we and SPD Bank have issued China Mobile  SPD Bank co-branded debit and creditcards, which support NFC, in 29 provinces in Mainland China. In January 2016, we renewed our
strategic cooperation with SPD Bank and developed an and-Finance system to provide SPD Bank and our customers with payment, wealth management and financing services.

In August 2012, CMC, our wholly-owned subsidiary, entered into a share subscription agreement with IFLYTEK, pursuant to which CMC would
subscribe for 15% of the shares of IFLYTEK for an aggregate subscription price of RMB1,363,314,339 (approximately US$218,827,040). The share subscription was completed on April 24, 2013. Concurrent with the share subscription, we and IFLYTEK
entered into a strategic cooperation agreement and, in December 2015, renewed the agreement to cooperate in various areas, including smart voice businesses, content-based businesses, customer services, basic telecommunications businesses and
informatization of the telecommunications industry and other areas upon the parties written agreement. As of December 31, 2016, CMC held a 13.62% equity interest in IFLYTEK.



-34-



---

##### Table of Contents

In June 2014, CMI Holdings, our wholly-owned subsidiary, entered into a share subscription
agreement with True Corporation, a major national telecommunications provider in Thailand, pursuant to which CMI Holdings agreed to subscribe to ordinary shares of True Corporation representing, following the completion of the subscription, 18% of
the total issued and outstanding shares of True Corporation, for a total consideration of Baht 28.57 billion (approximately RMB5.51 billion). The subscription was completed in September 2014. Also in June 2014, we entered into a cooperation
memorandum, and, in September 2014, we entered into a strategic cooperation agreement with True Corporation to explore business cooperation opportunities in various areas, including products or value-added services or contents, international
businesses, network, device procurement, general procurement and human resources. In June 2016, CMI Holdings subscribed for certain newly issued ordinary shares which were allocated to it in proportion to its shareholding percentage for a total
consideration of Baht 10.8 billion (approximately RMB2.0 billion) during the capital increase of True Corporation. As of December 31, 2016, CMI Holdings held an 18% equity interest in True Corporation.

In May 2015, CMC, our wholly-owned subsidiary, entered into a partnership agreement with SDIC, and CMFM, to establish China Mobile Fund to
make investments in companies with growth potential which are engaged in the mobile Internet and related upstream and downstream businesses. Pursuant to such partnership agreement, CMC has made a capital commitment of RMB1,500 million
(approximately US$231.6 million) and became a limited partner of China Mobile Fund. As of December 31, 2016, CMC had contributed RMB721 million to China Mobile Fund and has a commitment to make further investment in an amount of
RMB779 million upon the request by China Mobile Fund.

In November 2015, CM TieTong, our wholly-owned subsidiary, acquired Target
Assets and Businesses of China TieTong, for a final consideration of RMB31,967 million (approximately US$4,934.9 million). Target Assets and Businesses acquired include approximately 99,000 cable kilometers of nationwide backbone networks,
approximately 1,822,000 cable kilometers of metro fiber, approximately 24.71 million IPv4 addresses, 1,814 real properties and 685 land assets, approximately 11.98 million customers of fixed broadband services, and approximately
18.29 million customers for wireline services. The acquisition was completed in December 2015. Because we and Target Assets and Businesses were under common control of CMCC both prior to and after the acquisition, the acquisition was considered
as a business combination under common control and was accounted for using merger accounting in accordance with AG 5 issued by the HKICPA. Target Assets and Businesses were stated at their historical cost, and were included in the consolidated
financial statements included in this annual report on Form 20-F as if Target Assets and Businesses had always been part of our company during all the periods presented. In 2016, partially due to the benefit
from the integration and synergy brought by CM TieTong, our wireline broadband services experienced a rapid growth in both revenue and market share. See Businesses  Data Business. We expect that our acquisition of Target
Assets and Businesses will further facilitate our transformation into a full service operator offering both wireline broadband and mobile services, enable us to seize the opportunities in the wireline broadband market, expand our customer base,
offer an integrated services consisting of the fixed-line and the mobile services, and increase our wireline broadband network capacity, coverage and efficiency through an integrated network.

In March 2016, we entered into a joint venture agreement with China Merchants Group to establish ShiJinShi Credit Information Services Co.
Ltd., in Qianhai, Shenzhen of China with a registered capital of RMB300 million, in which we held a 42% equity interest. As of December 31, 2016, we had contributed RMB63 million (approximately US$9.1 million) to the joint venture.
The joint venture is intended to provide credit reporting services and products for individuals, utilizing our competitive strengths in big data.

Competition

We
compete with other telecommunications services providers. We are one of the three licensed telecommunications services providers in Mainland China. The PRC government encourages orderly and fair competition in the telecommunications industry in
Mainland China. We may also face intense competition from existing operators from time to time. Our competitors launch, from time to time, promotional offers, such as handset subsidies and tariff packages, to attract customers.



-35-



---

##### Table of Contents

In May 2008, the MIIT, the NDRC and the MOF jointly announced a policy initiative to further
reform the PRC telecommunications industry by encouraging the formation of three telecommunications services providers of comparable scale and standing, each with nationwide network resources, full-service capabilities and competitive strength, by
way of a series of restructuring transactions. See Item 4. Information on the Company  The History and Development of the Company  Industry Restructuring and Changes in Our Shareholding Structure.

After completion of the industry restructuring in January 2009, China Telecom and China Unicom have been benefiting from, among other things,
broader customer bases, more extensive networks, greater financial and other resources and more comprehensive technological capabilities, as compared to their customer bases, networks, resources and technological capabilities prior to the industry
restructuring. These factors have intensified, and could further intensify, competition. On November 27, 2015, CM TieTong entered into the Acquisition Agreement with China TieTong to acquire Target Assets and Business, which we expect will
facilitate our transformation into a full service operator offering both wireline broadband and mobile services. Having each operated a wireline broadband services business for a number of years, China Telecom and China Unicom have advantages in
terms of wireline broadband services. In January 2016, China Unicom and China Telecom entered into a strategic cooperation agreement to promote resource-sharing between the two companies. The areas of strategic cooperation include sharing capital
expenditures such as their new rural 4G network, promoting a new smartphone standard, and jointly negotiating international roaming rates. Such cooperation as contemplated by our two major competitors, if materialized, may significantly change the
competitive landscape of the telecommunications industry in Mainland China.

In addition, the PRC government has begun to allow
certain operators approved by the MIIT to lease and repackage mobile services for sale to end customers on a trial basis and we may face increasing competition from these new mobile network operators. We also face increasing competition from
providers offering telecommunications services using alternative technologies. Furthermore, we expect that we will face intense competition in the delivery of 4G services from China Telecom and China Unicom, which have received permits to operate
their 4G services based mainly on FDD-LTE technology.See Item 3. Key Information  Risk Factors  Risks Relating to Our Business  The increasing competition from other
telecommunications services providers and competitors in related industries and changes in the competitive landscape of the telecommunications industry in Mainland China may reduce our market share and decrease our profit margin and
Item 3. Key Information  Risk Factors  Risks Relating to Our Business  Current or future asymmetrical and other regulatory measures adopted by the PRC regulatory authorities could materially harm our competitive
position.

Regulation

The telecommunications industry in Mainland China is highly regulated. Regulations issued or implemented by the State Council, the MIIT and
other relevant government authorities, including the NDRC and the Ministry of Commerce, encompass all key aspects of telecommunications network operations, including entry into the telecommunications industry, scope of permissible business,
interconnection and transmission line arrangements, technology and equipment standards, tariff standards, capital investment priorities, foreign investment policies and spectrum and numbering resources allocation.

The MIIT, under the supervision of the State Council, is responsible for formulating policies and regulations for the telecommunications
industry, granting telecommunications licenses, allocating frequency spectrum and numbers, formulating interconnection and settlement arrangements between telecommunications operators, and enforcing industry regulations.

In order to provide a uniform regulatory framework to encourage the orderly development of the telecommunications industry, the MIIT, under
the direction of the State Council, has been preparing a draft telecommunications law. We expect that, if and when the telecommunications law is adopted by the National Peoples Congress, it will become the basic telecommunications statute and
the legal source of telecommunications regulations in Mainland China. In addition, the State Council promulgated a set of telecommunications regulations on September 25, 2000. These regulations apply in the interim period prior to the adoption
of the telecommunications law. Although we expect that the telecommunications law will have a positive effect on the overall development of the telecommunications industry in Mainland China, we cannot predict what will be the ultimate nature and
scope of the telecommunications law.



-36-



---

##### Table of Contents

On December 25, 2015, the MIIT issued the Catalog of Telecommunications Services (2015
Edition), which became effective on March 1, 2016. It sets out classifications of various telecommunications services for regulatory and licensing purposes.

Entry into the Industry. Under the current regulations, operators of mobile networks, providers of other basic
telecommunications services such as local and long distance fixed-line telephone services, and data service providers whose telecommunications services cover two or more provinces, directly-administered municipalities or autonomous regions in
Mainland China must apply for specific permits from the MIIT in order to provide such services. Granting of permits for providing basic telecommunications services will be through a tendering process. In addition to us, China Telecom and China
Unicom are currently also authorized to provide mobile services in all provinces, directly-administered municipalities and autonomous regions in China.

Pursuant to Chinas commitments under the WTO and the Provisions on the Administration of Foreign-Funded Telecommunications Enterprises,
which became effective on January 1, 2002, foreign investors may invest in joint ventures that provide telecommunications services in Mainland China. However, these investments will presumably bear no direct relation to the issuance of licenses
to providers of telecommunications services in Mainland China, as the issuance of new licenses by the relevant authority is governed by a separate set of rules and regulations. Pursuant to the Provisions on the Administration of Foreign-Funded
Telecommunications Enterprises, as amended in September 2008, foreign ownership in a telecommunications enterprise may be gradually increased to 49% if such enterprise provides basic telecommunications services and 50% if such enterprise provides
value-added telecommunications services.

The MIIT has promulgated the Administrative Measures for the Licensing of Telecommunication
Business Operations, which became effective on April 10, 2009. Those regulations apply to the application for, and examination and approval of, telecommunications business licenses in the PRC.

The PRC government implemented a number of measures that permit certain operators approved by the MIIT to lease and repackage mobile services
for sale to end customers. On May 17, 2013, the MIIT announced that it would accept applications from non-State-owned companies to, on a trial basis, lease mobile services from China Unicom, China Telecom
or us and provide mobile services to end customers after repackaging these services. The trial period ended on December 31, 2015. On May 5, 2016, the MIIT officially issued a telecom license to China Broadcasting Network Ltd, making it the
nations fourth telecommunications operator. In 2016, the MIIT also approved certain operators to refarm their respective frequency spectrum used for 2G and 3G services to provide 4G services.

Numbering Resources. The MIIT is responsible for the administration of the telecommunications numbering resources within
Mainland China, including the telecommunications network numbers and customer numbers. The use of numbering resources by any telecommunications operator is subject to the approval by the MIIT. In addition, a user of numbering resources is required
to pay a usage fee to the PRC government by the 10th day of the first month of each quarter. Moreover, under the applicable regulations, mobile companies are required to pay an annual usage fee of
RMB12 million for each network number.

Technical Standards. Certain regulatory authorities in Mainland China,
including the MIIT, set technical standards and control the type, quality, manufacturing and sales of mobile equipment used in or connected to public networks, all radio telecommunications equipment and all interconnection related equipment.

The establishment of base stations requires the approval of the relevant provincial regulatory authorities. We have not experienced and do not
expect to experience material difficulty in obtaining permission to establish additional sites.

Capital Investment. We may
be required to obtain approvals from relevant regulatory authorities in Mainland China with respect to some of our investment projects.



-37-



---

##### Table of Contents

Sharing of Telecommunications Infrastructure. In April 2016, the MIIT and the
State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council jointly issued the 2016 Implementation Opinions on Promoting the Joint Construction and Sharing of Telecommunications Infrastructure, or the Opinions. First, the
Opinions required supporting facilities for base stations, such as the telecommunications towers, and the indoor distribution systems for public transportation and buildings, shall generally be uniformly planned, constructed and delivered by China
Tower, with the exception that certain facilities may be constructed by a telecommunications operator if serving only such operators demand. The Opinions also set forth the sharing requirements in the construction of FTTH. In newly-built
residential areas, certain national standards applicable to FTTH construction should be strictly implemented. In existing residential areas, sharing of Internet facilities for the broadband access is mandatory whenever conditions allow; if sharing
is impractical without reconstruction, the relevant telecommunications operators shall negotiate for reconstruction. Moreover, with respect to transmission facilities, sharing and joint construction of transmission poles and pipeline is mandatory
whenever conditions allow. Additionally, in order to have the overall urban planning take into account telecommunications infrastructure construction, the Opinions encourage the telecommunications operators to communicate and coordinate with
relevant government agencies and companies in the related industries, in particular, to promote the construction plans of road transportation, underground pipelines and green parks to accommodate the construction of telecommunications
infrastructure.

Convergence of Telecom, Broadcasting and Internet Businesses. In January 2010, the PRC government announced
a policy decision, or the Three-Network-Convergence Policy, to accelerate the advancement of the convergence of television and radio broadcasting, telecommunications and Internet access businesses in order to realize interconnection and resource
sharing between the three networks and further develop the provision of voice, data, television and other services. The PRC government may amend the relevant regulations or promulgate new regulations in order to implement the Three-Network
Convergence Policy. In 2012, we received an audio and video transmission license from the former State Administration of Radio, Film and Television of the PRC, which enables us to provide audio and video programs through mobile Internet.

Value-added Tax Reform Applicable to the Telecommunications Industry. Effective from June 1, 2014, the PRC business tax was
replaced with a value-added tax, or VAT, in the telecommunications industry. The pilot tax rate for basic telecommunications services is 11% and the pilot tax rate for value-added telecommunications services is 6%.

Our output VAT is excluded from operating revenue while our input VAT, which is incurred as a result of our receipt of services and purchases
of telecommunications equipment and materials, is excluded from operating expenses or the original cost of equipment purchased and can be netted against our output VAT, arriving at the net amount of VAT recoverable or payable. As the VAT obligations
are borne by our branches and subsidiaries, input and output VAT are set off at branches and subsidiaries levels, and the net amount of VAT recoverable or payable of branches and subsidiaries are not offset at the consolidation level. Such net
amount of VAT is recorded in the line item of prepayments and other current assets and accrued expenses and other payables, respectively on the face of consolidated balance sheets.

We will strive to reduce the short-term adverse effect of the application of VAT to the telecommunications industry on our revenues and
profits. Through various measures, including optimization of the development and sales and marketing models, implementation of enhanced management over cost, procurement and vendors tax qualifications, obtaining more input VAT credits on
capital expenditures, we may receive more input VAT credits to offset our VAT output tax obligation. Besides, we can optimize our revenue structure by actively promoting value-added telecommunications services, which are subject to a lower VAT rate.
As a result, our overall VAT obligation could be further reduced.

As the application of VAT was expanded to other industries nationwide
from May 1, 2016, such as construction industry and other service industries, more capital expenditures and operating expenses, such as commission and service expenses for third parties, are entitled to input VAT credits, and in turn, further
offset our VAT output tax obligations. We believe this will be beneficial to the development of our business and further reduce the adverse impact of the implementation of VAT on our operating revenues and profitability.

For the regulations in relation to tariff setting, spectrum usage, interconnection arrangements and lease line arrangements, see 
Tariffs,  Interconnection,   Mobile Networks  Spectrum and   Mobile Networks  Leased Lines.



-38-



---

##### Table of Contents

Employees.

As of December 31, 2014, 2015 and 2016, we had 241,550, 438,645 and 460,647 employees, respectively. The significant increase in the
number of the employees in 2015 was attributable to the requirement of reducing the proportion of labor sourced by third parties that provide services to us among the total labor under the Labor Contract Law of the PRC, as amended, and its
associated regulations, as a result of which we have made an adjustment on the structure of employees and outsourcing labor, leading to the significant increase in the number of employees and the significant decrease in number of outsourcing labor
in 2015. Substantially all of our employees are located in Mainland China. The employees as of December 31, 2016 are classified in the following table. Approximately 51.0% of our permanent employees have college or graduate degrees. Set forth
below is a breakdown of our employees by function as of December 31, 2016.



|                |  |        |         |  |            |  |       | 
|--------------- |  | ------ | ------- |  | ---------- |  | ----- | 
|                |  | Number |         |  | % of Total | 
|Management      |  |        | 34,057  |  |            |  | 7.4   | 
|Technical       |  |        | 102,945 |  |            |  | 22.3  | 
|Marketing       |  |        | 265,133 |  |            |  | 57.6  | 
|General affairs |  |        | 45,593  |  |            |  | 9.9   | 
|Other           |  |        | 12,919  |  |            |  | 2.8   | 
|                |  |        |         |  |            |  |       | 
|Total           |  |        | 460,647 |  |            |  | 100.0 | 
|                |  |        |         |  |            |  |       | 

We provide benefits to certain employees, including housing, retirement benefits and hospital, maternity,
disability and dependent medical care benefits. Most of our employees are members of a labor association. We have not experienced any strikes, slowdowns or labor disputes that have interfered with our operations during 2016, and we believe that our
relations with our employees are good.

The number of labor sourced by third parties reached 37,507 by the end of 2016.

Property, Plants and Equipment

We own,
lease or have usage rights in various properties which consist of land and buildings for offices, administrative centers, staff quarters, retail outlets and technical facilities. We believe that all of our owned and leased properties are well
maintained and are suitable and adequate for our present use.

Disclosure of Iranian Activities under Section 13(r) of the Exchange Act

Section 219 of the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012 added Section 13(r) to the Exchange Act. Section 13(r) of the
Exchange Act requires an issuer to disclose in its annual or quarterly reports, as applicable, whether it or any of its affiliates knowingly engaged in certain activities, transactions or dealings relating to Iran or with designated natural persons
or entities involved in terrorism or the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. Disclosure is required even where the activities, transactions or dealings are conducted outside the U.S. by non-U.S.
affiliates in compliance with applicable non-U.S. law, and whether or not the activities are sanctionable under U.S. law.

As of the date of this report, we are not aware of any activity, transaction or dealing by us or any of our affiliates in 2016 that requires
disclosure in this report under Section 13(r) of the Exchange Act, except as set forth below.

CMCC, our parent company, is a party to
international GSM roaming agreements with Telecommunication Kish Company and Mobile Company of Iran in Iran, which may be government-controlled entities. China Mobile International, one of our wholly-owned subsidiaries, is a party to an
international roaming agreement with Irancell Telecommunications Services Company in Iran, which may be a government-controlled entity. In 2016, our gross revenue generated by roaming traffic under these agreements was less than US$500,000, and
roaming traffic under these agreements did not generate any profit.

China Mobile International intends to, and we understand that CMCC
intends to, continue these activities in the future.



|Item 4A. | Unresolved Staff Comments.
|-------- | --------------------------

None.



-39-



---

##### Table of Contents

|Item 5. | Operating and Financial Review and Prospects.
|------- | ---------------------------------------------

You should read the following discussion
and analysis in conjunction with our consolidated financial statements, together with the related notes, included elsewhere in this annual report on Form 20-F.

Financial Highlights

Our operating
revenue reached RMB708.4 billion in 2016, representing an increase of 6.0% from 2015. The growth rate of revenue from our telecommunications services stood at 6.7%, achieving a five-year-high and ranking the first in the industry in China. Our
revenue structure improved further in 2016 with wireless data traffic revenue increasing by 43.5% from 2015, accounting for 46.2% of revenue from our telecommunications services. Our wireless data traffic became the largest revenue source in 2016
for the first time in our history, surpassing the combined revenue of voice, SMS and MMS. Our profit attributable to equity shareholders reached RMB108.7 billion in 2016, or basic earnings per share of RMB5.31. Excluding the one-off gain in 2015 on the transfer of Tower Assets, profit attributable to equity shareholders would increase by 10.5% in 2016.

Overview of Our Operations

The following
table sets forth selected information about our operations for the periods indicated.



|                                                             |  |                         |         |  |      |  |         |      |  |  |         | 
|------------------------------------------------------------ |  | ----------------------- | ------- |  | ---- |  | ------- | ---- |  |  | ------- | 
|                                                             |  | Year ended December 31, |        
|                                                             |  | 2014                    |         |  | 2015 |  |         | 2016 | 
|Total Voice Usage (in billions of minutes)                   |  |                         | 4,293.9 |  |      |  | 4,220.8 |      |  |  | 4,100.2 | 
|Handset Data Traffic (in billions of megabytes)              |  |                         | 1,080.9 |  |      |  | 2,494.6 |      |  |  | 5,680.7 | 
|Operating Revenue (in RMB millions)                          |  |                         | 651,509 |  |      |  | 668,335 |      |  |  | 708,421 | 
|Operating Expenses (in RMB millions)                         |  |                         | 534,189 |  |      |  | 565,413 |      |  |  | 590,333 | 
|Profit Attributable to Equity Shareholders (in RMB millions) |  |                         | 109,218 |  |      |  | 108,539 |      |  |  | 108,741 | 

In 2014, 2015 and 2016, our customer base continued to experience stable growth while our wireless data
traffic business continued to experience rapid growth. Wireless data traffic became the largest revenue source in 2016 for the first time in our history, surpassing the combined revenue of voice, SMS and MMS. Our total net increase in the number of
mobile customers was 22.7 million in 2016 and our total mobile customer base reached 848.9 million as of December 31, 2016. Our total voice usage decreased by 1.7% in 2015 and decreased by 2.9% in 2016. Our handset data traffic
increased by 130.8% in 2015 and by 127.7% in 2016. As a result, our operating revenue increased by 2.6% in 2015 and by 6.0% in 2016. Our data business continued to grow, and our data services revenue accounted for 52.0% and 63.3% of our revenue from
telecommunications services in 2015 and 2016, respectively. Our operating expenses increased by 5.8% in 2015 and by 4.4% in 2016. Our profit attributable to equity shareholders decreased by 0.6% in 2015 and increased by 0.2% in 2016.

The PRC economy continued to grow in terms of GDP by 6.7% in 2016, which provided a favorable environment for our continued business
development. However, we faced various challenges arising from increased market saturation and intensified competition among mobile operators and from providers offering telecommunications services using alternative technologies, in particular
Internet service providers. As the mobile penetration rate in Mainland China reached 95.8% as of December 31, 2016, the mobile markets in some economically developed regions of Mainland China has begun to show signs of saturation. We intend to
continue to cope with market and industry challenges that may arise from time to time by leveraging our customer base, network quality, brand name, execution capabilities and quality of our customer service. Moreover, economic growth in the PRC and
its modernization and urbanization offer an opportunity and platform for the ongoing development of the telecommunications industry, in particular the development of mobile Internet. Such development presents potential opportunities for us to
further develop our wireless data traffic business and applications and information services.

We have been a mobile services provider in
China since our inception in 1997. We acquired all of the issued and outstanding shares of Hong Kong Mobile in 2006, which enabled us to expand into the Hong Kong mobile market. See Item 4. Information on the Company  The History and
Development of the Company  Expansion Through Acquisitions.



-40-



---

##### Table of Contents

We operate in an extensively regulated environment and our operations and financial performance
are significantly affected by the PRC governments regulation of the telecommunications industry. These regulations and policies may affect, among other things, our tariffs, technology and equipment standards and capital investment, as
described in more detail under Item 4. Information on the Company  Business Overview  Regulation and Item 3. Key Information  Risk Factors  Risks Relating to Our Business  Our tariff reduction and
future policy developments in the telecommunications industry in relation to tariff reduction may continue to adversely affect our financial conditions. In addition, we believe that the effects of the industry restructuring that took place in
2008, increasing competition from telecommunications services providers that use alternative technologies and entry of non-State-owned telecommunications services providers into the telecommunications services
market have had, and will continue to have, a significant impact on the competitive landscape of the telecommunications industry in Mainland China. We expect competition from other telecommunications services providers may intensify. See
Item 3. Key Information  Risk Factors  Risks Relating to Our Business  The increasing competition from other telecommunications services providers and competitors in related industries and changes in the competitive
landscape of the telecommunications industry in Mainland China may reduce our market share and decrease our profit margin, Item 3. Key Information  Risk Factors  Risks Relating to Our Business  Changes in the
technology and business models of the PRC telecommunications industry may render our current technologies and business model obsolete, and we may encounter difficulties and challenges in developing and implementing new technologies and
services and Item 3. Key Information  Risk Factors  Risks Relating to Our Business  Current or future asymmetrical and other regulatory measures adopted by the PRC regulatory authorities could materially harm our
competitive position. Our financial performance is also subject to the economic and social conditions in Mainland China. See Item 3. Key Information  Risk Factors  Risks Relating to Mainland China  An economic
slowdown in Mainland China may reduce the demand for our services and have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects.

Our Operating Arrangements with CMCC Have Affected and May Continue to Affect Our Financial Results

We have entered into agreements with CMCC with respect to, among other things, inter-provincial transmission lines leasing. Pursuant to these
agreements, for the inter-provincial transmission lines we lease from other providers through CMCC, CMCC maintains its inter-provincial transmission line leasing arrangements with the relevant transmission line providers, and collects leasing fees
from us and pays fees to the relevant transmission line providers.

Prior to September 13, 2012, we had an arrangement with CMCC
under which CMCC maintained its settlement arrangements with respect to international interconnection and roaming with the relevant telecommunications services providers in foreign countries and regions, and collected the relevant usage fees and
other fees from us and paid the same to the relevant mobile services providers in foreign countries and regions. On September 13, 2012, we entered into an agreement with CMCC, pursuant to which CMCC would gradually transfer its settlement
arrangements with certain telecommunications services providers in foreign countries and regions to China Mobile International, our wholly-owned subsidiary. As a result, our arrangement with CMCC with respect to international interconnection and
roaming with certain telecommunications services providers is being gradually phased out.

We have also entered into a telecommunications
services cooperation agreement with CMCC, pursuant to which we and CMCC provide customer development services to each other by utilizing our respective sales channels and resources, and cooperate in the provision of basic telecommunications services
and value-added telecommunications services to customers of each other. Since 2013, we have paid the leasing fees to CMCC for the Village Connect assets constructed before 2013 and undertaken the investments on any new Village
Connect assets after 2013.

We have also entered into a network capacity leasing agreement with CMCC, pursuant to which we and our
operating subsidiaries lease TD-SCDMA network capacity from CMCC and pay leasing fees to CMCC. We have also entered into a network assets leasing agreement with CMCC, pursuant to which we and CMCC will lease
our respective telecommunications network operation assets to each other for a leasing fee.

Tariff Adjustments

The tariffs charged by PRC telecommunications operators are regulated by the PRC government. Moreover, we are allowed to offer our customers a
variety of tariff packages with different monthly charges, levels of basic usage and charges for usage exceeding the covered basic usage, voice value-added services, data services and other features. See Item 4. Information on the Company
 Business Overview  Tariffs.

Our average voice services revenue per minute has generally decreased in recent years as
tariffs have generally decreased. We expect the decrease in tariffs to gradually slow down after the adjustments we implemented in recent years.



-41-



---

##### Table of Contents

Average Revenue Per User

Our average revenue per user for mobile users increased to RMB57.5 in 2016 from RMB56.3 in 2015, primarily due to increased revenue generated
from our data services. Our average revenue per user for broadband users (including home digital services) increased to RMB33.8 in 2016 from RMB31.9 in 2015.

Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates

The following discussion and analysis is based on our consolidated financial statements, which have been prepared in accordance with IFRSs for
the years ended December 31, 2014, 2015 and 2016. The preparation of financial statements requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and
liabilities at the dates of the financial statements and revenues and expenses during the years reported. Estimates are also used when accounting for certain items such as revenue recognition, interest income, impairment loss for doubtful accounts,
depreciation, impairment of property, plant and equipment, interest in associates, goodwill and other intangible assets arising from acquisitions. Actual results may differ from those estimates under different assumptions or conditions.

We believe that the following critical accounting estimates and related assumptions and uncertainties inherent in our accounting policies have
a more significant impact on our consolidated financial statements, either because of the significance of the financial statement elements to which they relate or because they require judgment and estimation.

Revenue Recognition

Revenue is measured at the fair value of the consideration received or receivable. If it is probable that the economic benefits will flow to
us and the revenue and costs, if applicable, can be measured reliably, revenue is recognized in our profit or loss as follows:

(i) revenue
derived from voice and data services is recognized when the service is rendered;

(ii) sales of products are recognized when title passes
to the buyer;

(iii) for offerings that include the provision of services and the sale of mobile handsets, we determine revenue from the
sale of the mobile terminals by deducting the fair value of the service element from the total contract consideration; and

(iv) for
transactions that offer customer points rewards when the services are provided, the consideration allocated to the customer points rewards is based on its fair value, which is recorded as deferred revenue when the rewards are granted and recognized
as revenue when the points are redeemed or expire.

Interest Income

Interest income is recognized as it accrues using the effective interest method.

Impairment Loss for Doubtful Accounts

We assesses impairment loss for doubtful accounts based upon evaluation of the recoverability of the accounts receivable and other receivables
at each balance sheet date. Our estimates are based on the aging of our accounts receivable and other receivable balances and our historical write-off experience, net of recoveries. If the financial condition
of our customers were to deteriorate, additional impairment may be required.

Depreciation

Depreciation is calculated to write off the cost of items of property, plant and equipment, less their estimated residual value, if any, using
the straight-line method over their estimated useful lives. We review the estimated useful lives and residual values of our assets annually in order to determine the amount of depreciation expense to be recorded during any reporting period. We
determine the useful life and residual values of our assets based on our historical experience with similar assets, expected usage of the assets and anticipated technological changes with respect to those assets. Estimates and assumptions used in
setting depreciable lives require both judgment and estimation. Our policies regarding accounting for these assets are set forth in note 2(g) to our consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this annual report on Form 20-F.



-42-



---

##### Table of Contents

Impairment of Property, Plant and Equipment, Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets and
Investments Accounted for Using the Equity Method

Our property, plant and equipment, consisting primarily of telecommunications
transceivers, switching centers, transmission and other network equipment, comprise a significant portion of our total assets. Changes in technology or industry conditions may cause the estimated period of use or the value of these assets to change.
Property, plant and equipment, other intangible assets subject to amortization and investments accounted for using the equity method are reviewed at least annually to determine whether there is any indication of impairment. The recoverable amount is
estimated whenever events or changes in circumstances have indicated that their carrying amounts may not be recoverable. In addition, for goodwill and other intangible assets that have indefinite useful lives, the recoverable amount is estimated
annually whether or not there is any indication of impairment.

The recoverable amount of an asset is the greater of its fair value less
costs of disposal and its value-in-use. In assessing value-in-use, the estimated future
cash flows are discounted to their present value using a pre-tax discount rate that reflects current market assessments of the time value of money and the risks specific to the asset, which requires
significant judgment relating to level of revenue and amount of operating costs. We use all readily available information in determining an amount that is a reasonable estimation of the recoverable amount, including estimates based on reasonable and
supportable assumptions and projections of revenue and operating costs. Changes in these estimates could have a significant impact on the carrying value of the assets and could result in further impairment charge or reversal of impairment in future
periods. No impairment of property, plant and equipment, interest in associates, goodwill and other intangible assets was recorded in 2014, 2015 and 2016, except for the goodwill impairment in 2014 and certain inefficient terminal transmission
equipment and WLAN assets impairment in 2015. Details are set forth in notes 14, 17 and 19 to our consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this annual report on Form 20-F.

Estimates and assumptions used in testing for recoverability require both judgment and estimation. Our policies regarding accounting for these
assets and assessing their recoverability are set forth in note 2(i) to our consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this annual report on Form 20-F.

Sale and leaseback

A sale and leaseback transaction involves the sale of an asset and the leasing back of the same asset. The accounting treatment of a sale and
leaseback transaction depends upon the type of lease involved. If a sale and leaseback transaction results in a finance lease, any excess of sales proceeds over the carrying amount shall not be immediately recognized as income by a seller-lessee.
Instead, it shall be deferred and amortized over the lease term. If a sale and leaseback transaction results in an operating lease, and it is clear that the transaction is established at fair value, any profit or loss shall be recognized
immediately. If the sale price is below fair value, any profit or loss shall be recognized immediately except that, if the loss is compensated for by future lease payments at below market price, it shall be deferred and amortized in proportion to
the lease payments over the period for which the asset is expected to be used. If the sale price is above fair value, the excess over fair value shall be deferred and amortized over the period for which the asset is expected to be used.

Possible Impact of Amendments, New Standards, Interpretations And Disclosures Issued But Not Yet Effective For The Year Ended
December 31, 2016

Up to the date of issue of our consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2016,
the IASB has issued a number of amendments and new standards and interpretations which are not yet effective for the year ended December 31, 2016 and which have not been adopted by us.

Of these developments, the following relate to matters that may be relevant to our operations and consolidated financial statements:



|                                                |  |                                                       
|----------------------------------------------- |  | ------------------------------------------------------
|                                                |  | Effective for accounting periods
beginning on or after
|                                                | 
|IFRS 15 Revenue from Contracts with Customers |  | January 1, 2018                                       
|                                                | 
|IFRS 9 Financial Instrument                   |  | January 1, 2018                                       
|                                                | 
|IFRS 16 Leases                                |  | January 1, 2019                                       



-43-



---

##### Table of Contents

The implementation of IFRS 15  Revenue from contracts with customers,
IFRS 9  Financial instruments and IFRS16  Leases may require the Company to change its accounting and operational policies or restate its consolidated financial statements. The IASB issued IFRS 15 
Revenue from contracts with customers which will become effective from January 1, 2018, but may be implemented by companies prior to this date, and IFRS 9  Financial instruments and IFRS 16  Leases will
become effective from January 1, 2018 and January 1, 2019, respectively. The Company is currently analyzing the potential impact of the first-time application of these standards on its consolidated financial statements.

The IFRS 15  Revenue from contracts with customers standard specifies how and when the Company will recognize revenue as
well as requiring the Group to provide users of financial statements with more informative and relevant disclosures. Revenue may be recognized over time or at a point in time. The Company assesses the impacts of the IFRS 15  Revenue from
contracts with customers standard on its consolidated financial statements. Based on this assessment the Company has initially identified that changes, among others, will take place in the identification of separate performance obligations,
the capitalization of sales commission, the determination of stand-alone selling price and its relative allocation.

In accordance with
the IFRS 9  Financial instruments standard addresses the classification, measurement and derecognition of financial assets and financial liabilities, and a new impairment model for financial assets. The Company has been in the
process of assessment of the classification and measurement of financial assets, management anticipates the application of IFRS may affect the classification and measurement of the Companys available-for-sale investments and may have an impact on amounts reported in respect of the Companys other financial assets and financial liabilities. The new impairment model requires the recognition
of impairment provisions based on expected credit losses which may result in an earlier recognition of credit losses. The new standard also introduces expanded disclosure requirements and changes in presentation. These are expected to change the
nature and extent of the Companys disclosures about its financial instruments particularly in the year of the adoption of the new standard. The Company has been in the process of assessment of how its impairment provisions However, it is not
practicable to provide a reasonable estimate of that effect until a detailed review has been completed.

In accordance with the IFRS
16  Leases standard and various transition options established by this standard for first-time application. Given that the Company leases certain telecommunications facilities for time periods longer, such as telecommunications towers
and related equipment, as well as the TD-SCDMA network capacity, the application of IFRS 16  Leases in 2019 is expected to have significant impact on the Companys consolidated financial
statements. The impact will result from the fact that present values of lease liabilities and leased assets will be recorded on the balance sheet when the standard is applied. In particular, the Company expects a corresponding significant increase
in its assets and lease liabilities. In addition, related operating lease expenses will be reclassified as depreciation and financial expenses.

As a result of the new IFRS standards, the Company might be required to change its accounting policies, to alter its operational policies so
that they reflect new financial reporting standards, or to restate its published consolidated financial statements. Such changes may have an adverse effect on the Companys business, financial position and profit, or could cause an adverse
deviation between the Companys revenue and operating result targets.



-44-



---

##### Table of Contents

Results of Operations

The following table sets forth selected consolidated statements of comprehensive income data for the years indicated:



|                                                                     |  |                                              |         |   |           |  |       |        |  |  |           |   |  |        |       |  |           |  |         |   |  |  |       | 
|-------------------------------------------------------------------- |  | -------------------------------------------- | ------- | - | --------- |  | ----- | ------ |  |  | --------- | - |  | ------ | ----- |  | --------- |  | ------- | - |  |  | ----- | 
|                                                                     |  | Year Ended December 31,                      |        
|                                                                     |  | 2014                                         |         |   | 2015      |  |       | 2016   | 
|                                                                     |  | Amount                                       |         |   | % ofTotal |  |       | Amount |  |  | % ofTotal |   |  | Amount |       |  | % ofTotal | 
|                                                                     |  | (in millions of RMB, except percentage data) |        
|Operating revenue(1):                                                |  |                                              |         |   |           |  |       |        |  |  |           |   |  |        |       |  |           |  |         |   |  |  |       | 
|Revenue from telecommunications services                             |  |                                              | 591,602 |   |           |  | 90.8  |        |  |  | 584,089   |   |  |        | 87.4  |  |           |  | 623,422 |   |  |  | 88.0  | 
|Revenue from sales of products and others                            |  |                                              | 59,907  |   |           |  | 9.2   |        |  |  | 84,246    |   |  |        | 12.6  |  |           |  | 84,999  |   |  |  | 12.0  | 
|                                                                     |  |                                              |         |   |           |  |       |        |  |  |           |   |  |        |       |  |           |  |         |   |  |  |       | 
|Total                                                                |  |                                              | 651,509 |   |           |  | 100.0 |        |  |  | 668,335   |   |  |        | 100.0 |  |           |  | 708,421 |   |  |  | 100.0 | 
|                                                                     |  |                                              |         |   |           |  |       |        |  |  |           |   |  |        |       |  |           |  |         |   |  |  |       | 
|Operating expenses:                                                  |  |                                              |         |   |           |  |       |        |  |  |           |   |  |        |       |  |           |  |         |   |  |  |       | 
|Leased lines and network assets                                      |  |                                              | 15,843  |   |           |  | 3.0   |        |  |  | 20,668    |   |  |        | 3.7   |  |           |  | 39,083  |   |  |  | 6.6   | 
|Interconnection                                                      |  |                                              | 23,502  |   |           |  | 4.4   |        |  |  | 21,668    |   |  |        | 3.8   |  |           |  | 21,779  |   |  |  | 3.7   | 
|Depreciation                                                         |  |                                              | 122,805 |   |           |  | 23.0  |        |  |  | 136,832   |   |  |        | 24.2  |  |           |  | 138,090 |   |  |  | 23.4  | 
|Employee benefit and related expenses                                |  |                                              | 70,385  |   |           |  | 13.2  |        |  |  | 74,805    |   |  |        | 13.2  |  |           |  | 79,463  |   |  |  | 13.5  | 
|Selling expenses                                                     |  |                                              | 75,655  |   |           |  | 14.2  |        |  |  | 59,850    |   |  |        | 10.6  |  |           |  | 57,493  |   |  |  | 9.7   | 
|Cost of products sold                                                |  |                                              | 74,495  |   |           |  | 13.9  |        |  |  | 89,297    |   |  |        | 15.8  |  |           |  | 87,352  |   |  |  | 14.8  | 
|Other operating expenses                                             |  |                                              | 151,504 |   |           |  | 28.3  |        |  |  | 162,293   |   |  |        | 28.7  |  |           |  | 167,073 |   |  |  | 28.3  | 
|                                                                     |  |                                              |         |   |           |  |       |        |  |  |           |   |  |        |       |  |           |  |         |   |  |  |       | 
|Total                                                                |  |                                              | 534,189 |   |           |  | 100.0 |        |  |  | 565,413   |   |  |        | 100.0 |  |           |  | 590,333 |   |  |  | 100.0 | 
|                                                                     |  |                                              |         |   |           |  |       |        |  |  |           |   |  |        |       |  |           |  |         |   |  |  |       | 
|Profit from operations                                               |  |                                              | 117,320 |   |           |  |       |        |  |  | 102,922   |   |  |        |       |  |           |  | 118,088 |   |  |  |       | 
|Gain on the transfer of Tower Assets                                 |  |                                              |        |   |           |  |       |        |  |  | 15,525    |   |  |        |       |  |           |  |        |   |  |  |       | 
|Other gains                                                          |  |                                              | 1,171   |   |           |  |       |        |  |  | 1,800     |   |  |        |       |  |           |  | 1,968   |   |  |  |       | 
|Interest income                                                      |  |                                              | 16,270  |   |           |  |       |        |  |  | 15,852    |   |  |        |       |  |           |  | 16,005  |   |  |  |       | 
|Finance costs                                                        |  |                                              | (487    | ) |           |  |       |        |  |  | (455      | ) |  |        |       |  |           |  | (235    | ) |  |  |       | 
|Share of profit of investments accounted for using the equity method |  |                                              | 8,248   |   |           |  |       |        |  |  | 8,090     |   |  |        |       |  |           |  | 8,636   |   |  |  |       | 
|                                                                     |  |                                              |         |   |           |  |       |        |  |  |           |   |  |        |       |  |           |  |         |   |  |  |       | 
|Profit before taxation                                               |  |                                              | 142,522 |   |           |  |       |        |  |  | 143,734   |   |  |        |       |  |           |  | 144,462 |   |  |  |       | 
|Taxation                                                             |  |                                              | (33,179 | ) |           |  |       |        |  |  | (35,079   | ) |  |        |       |  |           |  | (35,623 | ) |  |  |       | 
|                                                                     |  |                                              |         |   |           |  |       |        |  |  |           |   |  |        |       |  |           |  |         |   |  |  |       | 
|Profit for the year                                                  |  |                                              | 109,343 |   |           |  |       |        |  |  | 108,655   |   |  |        |       |  |           |  | 108,839 |   |  |  |       | 
|                                                                     |  |                                              |         |   |           |  |       |        |  |  |           |   |  |        |       |  |           |  |         |   |  |  |       | 
|Attributable to:                                                     |  |                                              |         |   |           |  |       |        |  |  |           |   |  |        |       |  |           |  |         |   |  |  |       | 
|Equity shareholders                                                  |  |                                              | 109,218 |   |           |  | 99.9  |        |  |  | 108,539   |   |  |        | 99.9  |  |           |  | 108,741 |   |  |  | 99.9  | 
|Non-controlling interests                                            |  |                                              | 125     |   |           |  | 0.1   |        |  |  | 116       |   |  |        | 0.1   |  |           |  | 98      |   |  |  | 0.1   | 
|                                                                     |  |                                              |         |   |           |  |       |        |  |  |           |   |  |        |       |  |           |  |         |   |  |  |       | 
|Profit for the year                                                  |  |                                              | 109,343 |   |           |  | 100.0 |        |  |  | 108,655   |   |  |        | 100.0 |  |           |  | 108,839 |   |  |  | 100.0 | 
|                                                                     |  |                                              |         |   |           |  |       |        |  |  |           |   |  |        |       |  |           |  |         |   |  |  |       | 



|(1) | Our operating revenue components are revenue from telecommunications services and revenue from sales of products and others. Revenue from telecommunications services consists of voice services revenue, data services
revenue and other revenue from telecommunications services. Revenue from sales of products and others is mainly derived from sales of SIM cards and terminals as well as revenue from construction contracts.
|--- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

On April 29, 2014, a notification, Cai Shui [2014] No.43, was jointly issued by the MOF and the State Administration of Taxation, and as
approved by the State Council of the PRC, the telecommunications industry would be included in the scope of the pilot program for the transformation from business tax to VAT, or the VAT Program from June 1, 2014. According to the Cai Shui
[2014] No.43, the VAT rates for the provision of basic telecommunications services and value-added telecommunications services are 11% and 6%, respectively. With the implementation of the VAT Program from June 1, 2014, the Group is not required
to pay the business tax of 3% on the telecommunications services.



-45-



---

##### Table of Contents

Year Ended December 31, 2016 Compared to Year Ended December 31, 2015

Operating Revenue. Our operating revenue components are revenue from telecommunications services and revenue from sales of
products and others. Revenue from telecommunications services primarily consists of voice services revenue and data services revenue. Voice services revenue mainly includes standard local usage fees for airtime and applicable domestic and
international long distance charges receivable from customers for the use of our telecommunications networks and facilities, fees in respect of roaming out calls made by our customers outside their registered service areas and fees charged for voice
value-added services. Data services revenue is mainly derived from SMS and MMS, wireless data traffic services, wireline broadband business and applications and information services. Other revenue from telecommunications services largely represents
interconnection revenue. Revenue from sales of products and others is mainly derived from sales of SIM cards and terminals, as well as revenue from construction contracts. See note 1 to the table above.

Operating revenue increased by 6.0% from RMB668,335 million in 2015 to RMB708,421 million (US$102,034 million) in 2016. This
increase was primarily due to the growth in our data services.

Revenue from telecommunications services increased by 6.7% from
RMB584,089 million in 2015 to RMB623,422 million (US$89,791 million) in 2016. Voice services revenue decreased by 19.8% from RMB261,896 million in 2015 to RMB209,949 million (US$30,239 million) in 2016. This decrease was
principally due to the substitution effect of Over The Top products, which resulted in a decrease in voice usage. Our average voice services revenue per minute continued to reflect a downward trend from RMB0.061 in 2015 to RMB0.050 in 2016. With
intensified market competition and further tariff decreases, our average voice services revenue per minute may continue to decline in future periods. In response to the downward trend in voice services revenue, we are providing reasonable tariff
packages and undertaking sales and marketing activities. As a percentage of revenue from telecommunications services, voice services revenue decreased from 44.8% in 2015 to 33.7% in 2016.

Set forth below is a table summarizing certain results of our data business for the periods indicated.



|                                                                                  |  |                                                       |         |   |                    |  |         |        |  |  |        |   |  |  |      |  
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |  | ----------------------------------------------------- | ------- | - | ------------------ |  | ------- | ------ |  |  | ------ | - |  |  | ---- | -
|                                                                                  |  | Year Ended December 31,                               |         |   | Increase(Decrease) |  |         | Change | 
|                                                                                  |  | 2015                                                  |         |   | 2016               |  |         |       
|                                                                                  |  | (Revenue, in millions of RMB, except percentage data) |         |   | (%)                | 
|SMS and MMS                                                                       |  |                                                       | 31,244  |   |                    |  | 28,555  |        |  |  | (2,689 | ) |  |  | (8.6 | )
|Wireless data traffic                                                             |  |                                                       | 200,857 |   |                    |  | 288,178 |        |  |  | 87,321 |   |  |  | 43.5 |  
|of which: Handset data traffic                                                    |  |                                                       | 195,490 |   |                    |  | 283,229 |        |  |  | 87,739 |   |  |  | 44.9 |  
|Wireline broadband                                                                |  |                                                       | 18,339  |   |                    |  | 25,618  |        |  |  | 7,279  |   |  |  | 39.7 |  
|Applications and information services                                             |  |                                                       | 52,985  |   |                    |  | 52,586  |        |  |  | (399   | ) |  |  | (0.8 | )
|                                                                                  |  |                                                       |         |   |                    |  |         |        |  |  |        |   |  |  |      |  
|Data services revenue                                                             |  |                                                       | 303,425 |   |                    |  | 394,937 |        |  |  | 91,512 |   |  |  | 30.2 |  
|                                                                                  |  |                                                       |         |   |                    |  |         |        |  |  |        |   |  |  |      |  
|Data services revenue as a percentage of revenue from telecommunications services |  |                                                       | 52.0    | % |                    |  | 63.3    | %      |  |  | 11.3   |   |  |  |     |  

Data services revenue increased by 30.2% from RMB303,425 million in 2015 to RMB394,937 million
(US$56,883 million) in 2016, surpassing our voice services revenue for the second time. This increase was mainly due to our continued efforts to promote data traffic services operations, with a focus on the expansion of our 4G network capacity to
continue to attract new customers and in response to the national policy of speed upgrade and tariff reduction, we offered discounts to our tariff plans. Our data business includes wireless data traffic, wireline broadband, SMS and MMS,
and applications and information services. Revenue generated from handset data traffic, which has become a strong driver of revenue growth, grew by 44.9% to RMB283,229 million in 2016, as compared to RMB195,490 million in 2015, primarily
due to the rapid development of the mobile Internet business, the increasing market penetration of smartphones by focusing on the sales of 4G terminals and the development of 4G services. The growth of our revenue from handset data traffic in 2016
was partially offset by the tariff plans with discounts we offered to attract more subscribers. Revenue generated from wireline broadband business grew by 39.7% to RMB25,618 million in 2016, as compared to RMB18,339 million in 2015.
Revenue generated from SMS and MMS decreased by 8.6% from RMB31,244 million in 2015 to RMB28,555 million in 2016, as competition from Internet instant messaging applications continued to intensify, and SMS usage decreased by 3.1% from
559.9 billion messages in 2015 to 542.4 billion messages in 2016. Revenue generated from applications and information services slightly decreased by 0.8% to RMB52,586 million in 2016, as compared to RMB52,985 million in 2015. As
a percentage of revenue from telecommunications services, data services revenue increased from 52.0% in 2015 to 63.3% in 2016.



-46-



---

##### Table of Contents

Revenue from sales of products and others increased by 0.9% from RMB84,246 million in 2015
to RMB84,999 million (US$12,242 million) in 2016 mainly due to the increase in our sales of 4G terminals.

Operating
Expenses. Operating expenses include leased lines and network assets, interconnection expenses, depreciation expenses relating to our telecommunications network and other property, plant and equipment, employee benefit and related expenses,
selling expenses, cost of products sold and other operating expenses. Other operating expenses primarily consist of network maintenance expenses, operating lease charges, impairment loss of doubtful accounts, assets written off, power and utilities
expenses and other miscellaneous expenses.

Operating expenses increased by 4.4% from RMB565,413 million in 2015 to
RMB590,333 million (US$85,026 million) in 2016. Among the operating expenses:

Leased lines and network assets expenses increased by
89.1% from RMB20,668 million in 2015 to RMB39,083 million (US$5,629 million) in 2016. The increase was mainly attributable to the RMB28.1 billion we paid to China Tower for using the telecommunications towers, which was offset by the
decrease in network leasing fees for 3G network and Village Connect. As a percentage of operating expenses, leased lines and network assets expenses increased from 3.7% in 2015 to 6.6% in 2016.

Interconnection expenses in 2016 was RMB21,779 million (US$3,137 million), which remained relatively stable compared to
RMB21,668 million in 2015. Interconnection expenses as a percentage of operating expenses decreased from 3.8% in 2015 to 3.7% in 2016.

Depreciation expenses increased by 0.9% from RMB136,832 million in 2015 to RMB138,090 million (US$19,889 million) in 2016. The
increase was mainly because we maintained our investment level and expanded our network assets, partially offset by the decreased capital expenditures as a result of changes in telecommunications tower operating model following the transfer of Tower
Assets. As a percentage of operating expenses, depreciation expenses decreased from 24.2% in 2015 to 23.4% in 2016.

Employee benefit and
related expenses increased by 6.2% from RMB74,805 million in 2015 to RMB79,463 million (US$11,445 million) in 2016. This increase was primarily due to our adjustment and optimization of compensation structure to increase compensation for
frontline employees and an increase in the standards of social insurance. As a percentage of operating expenses, employee benefit and related expenses increased from 13.2% in 2015 to 13.5% in 2016.

Selling expenses decreased by 3.9% from RMB59,850 million in 2015 to RMB57,493 million (US$8,281 million) in 2016. This decrease was
principally the result of our deepened transformation of marketing model and enhanced precision marketing, resulting in a further improvement in the allocation of our use of marketing resources. As a percentage of operating expenses, selling
expenses decreased from 10.6% in 2015 to 9.7% in 2016.



-47-



---

##### Table of Contents

Cost of products sold decreased by 2.2% from RMB89,297 million in 2015 to
RMB87,352 million (US$12,581 million) in 2016. This decrease was primarily due to our reduced handset subsidy as a result of our efforts to promote the sales of mobile handsets through public distribution channels. As a percentage of operating
expenses, cost of products sold decreased from 15.8% in 2015 to 14.8% in 2016.

Other operating expenses increased by 2.9% from
RMB162,293 million in 2015 to RMB167,073 million (US$24,064 million) in 2016. This increase was primarily due to the increase in power and utilities expenses as a result of the increases in base stations, IDC equipment and other devices,
which was partially offset by the decreases in our maintenance expenses and leasing expenses due to changes in the operating model of telecommunications towers following the transfer of Tower Assets and our refined cost management. As a percentage
of operating expenses, other operating expenses decreased from 28.7% in 2015 to 28.3% in 2016. For more information on our other operating expenses, see note 6 to our consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this annual report on Form
20-F.

Profit from Operations. As a result of the foregoing, profit from operations
increased by 14.7% from RMB102,922 million in 2015 to RMB118,088 million (US$17,008 million) in 2016, and operating margin (profit from operations as a percentage of operating revenue) increased from 15.4% in 2015 to 16.7% in 2016.

Other Gains. Other gains increased by 9.3% from RMB1,800 million in 2015 to RMB1,968 million (US$283 million) in 2016,
principally due to an increase in penalty income from RMB658 million in 2015 to RMB764 million in 2016.

Interest
Income. Interest income increased by 1.0% from RMB15,852 million in 2015 to RMB16,005 million (US$2,305 million) in 2016, mainly because the average bank and cash balance during the year increased compared to the previous year,
which was partially offset by the reduction of benchmark deposit rates by PBOC.

Finance Costs. Finance costs decreased by
48.4% from RMB455 million in 2015 to RMB235 million (US$34 million) in 2016. This decrease was mainly due to a decrease in interest on entrusted loans as we repaid certain amount of entrusted loans to CMCC.

Share of Profit of Investments Accounted for Using the Equity Method.We had a share of profit of investments accounted for
using the equity method of RMB8,636 million in (US$1,244 million) in 2016, an increase by 6.7% from RMB8,090 million in 2015, which was primarily attributable to our shareholding in SPD Bank. For more information on our share of profit of
investments accounted for using equity method, see note 19 to our consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this annual report on Form 20-F.

Profit before Taxation. As a result of the foregoing, profit before tax increased by 0.5% from RMB143,734 million in 2015
to RMB144,462 million (US$20,807 million) in 2016.

Taxation. Our income tax expense increased by 1.6% from
RMB35,079 million in 2015 to RMB35,623 million (US$5,131 million) in 2016. This increase was due to an increase in taxable income. Our effective tax rate was 24.4% in 2015 and 24.7% in 2016, respectively.



-48-



---

##### Table of Contents

Profit Attributable to Equity Shareholders. As a result of the foregoing and after
taking into account non-controlling interests, profit attributable to equity shareholders increased by 0.2% from RMB108,539 million in 2015 to RMB108,741 million (US$15,662 million) in 2016. Net
profit margin (profit attributable to equity shareholders as a percentage of operating revenue) decreased from 16.2% in 2015 to 15.3% in 2016.

Year Ended December 31, 2015 Compared to Year Ended December 31, 2014

Operating Revenue.Operating revenue increased by 2.6% from RMB651,509 million in 2014 to RMB668,335 million in 2015.
This increase was primarily due to the growth in our data services and our terminal sales business.

Revenue from telecommunications
services decreased by 1.3% from RMB591,602 million in 2014 to RMB584,089 million in 2015. Voice services revenue decreased by 16.5% from RMB313,476 million in 2014 to RMB261,896 million in 2015. This decrease was principally
due to the substitution effect of Over The Top products, which resulted in a decrease in voice usage, and the implementation of VAT in the PRC. Our average voice services revenue per minute continued to reflect a downward trend from RMB0.072 in 2014
to RMB0.061 in 2015. With intensified market competition and further tariff decreases, our average voice services revenue per minute may continue to decline in future periods. In response to the downward trend in voice services revenue, we are
providing reasonable tariff packages and undertaking sales and marketing activities. As a percentage of revenue from telecommunications services, voice services revenue decreased from 53.0% in 2014 to 44.8% in 2015.

Set forth below is a table summarizing certain results of our data business for the periods indicated.



|                                                                                  |  |                                                       |         |   |                    |  |         |        |  |  |        |   |  |  |       |  
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |  | ----------------------------------------------------- | ------- | - | ------------------ |  | ------- | ------ |  |  | ------ | - |  |  | ----- | -
|                                                                                  |  | Year Ended December 31,                               |         |   | Increase(Decrease) |  |         | Change | 
|                                                                                  |  | 2014                                                  |         |   | 2015               |  |         |       
|                                                                                  |  | (Revenue, in millions of RMB, except percentage data) |         |   | (%)                | 
|SMS and MMS                                                                       |  |                                                       | 34,780  |   |                    |  | 31,244  |        |  |  | (3,536 | ) |  |  | (10.2 | )
|Wireless data traffic                                                             |  |                                                       | 153,926 |   |                    |  | 200,857 |        |  |  | 46,931 |   |  |  | 30.5  |  
|of which: Handset data traffic                                                    |  |                                                       | 148,466 |   |                    |  | 195,490 |        |  |  | 47,024 |   |  |  | 31.7  |  
|Wireline broadband                                                                |  |                                                       | 16,204  |   |                    |  | 18,339  |        |  |  | 2,135  |   |  |  | 13.2  |  
|Applications and information services                                             |  |                                                       | 53,552  |   |                    |  | 52,985  |        |  |  | (567   | ) |  |  | (1.1  | )
|                                                                                  |  |                                                       |         |   |                    |  |         |        |  |  |        |   |  |  |       |  
|Data services revenue                                                             |  |                                                       | 258,462 |   |                    |  | 303,425 |        |  |  | 44,963 |   |  |  | 17.4  |  
|                                                                                  |  |                                                       |         |   |                    |  |         |        |  |  |        |   |  |  |       |  
|Data services revenue as a percentage of revenue from telecommunications services |  |                                                       | 43.7    | % |                    |  | 52.0    | %      |  |  | 8.3    |   |  |  |      |  

Data services revenue increased by 17.4% from RMB258,462 million in 2014 to RMB303,425 million in
2015, surpassing our voice services revenue for the first time. This increase was mainly due to our continued efforts to promote data traffic services operations, with a focus on the expansion of our 4G network capacity to continue to attract new
customers and in response to the national policy of speed upgrade and tariff reduction, we offered discounts to our tariff plans and certain amount of free data usage to our customers during
non-peak time and launched an unused data traffic carry-over program for our mobile monthly plans that are charged based on pre-determined data traffic, which had a
negative impact over our data services revenue in 2015. The increase in our data service revenue was also partially offset by the negative effect of the implementation of VAT in the PRC telecommunications industry. Our data business includes
wireless data traffic, wireline broadband, SMS and MMS, and applications and information services. Revenue generated from handset data traffic, which has become a strong driver of revenue growth, grew by 31.7% to RMB195,490 million in 2015, as
compared to RMB148,466 million in 2014, primarily due to the rapid development of the mobile Internet business, the increasing market penetration of smartphones by focusing on the sales of 4G terminals and the development of 4G services. The
growth of our revenue from handset data traffic in 2015 was partially offset by the same reasons reducing the growth of our data services revenue. Revenue generated from wireline broadband business grew by 13.2% to RMB18,339 million in 2015, as
compared to RMB16,204 million in 2014. Revenue generated from SMS and MMS decreased by 10.2% from RMB34,780 million in 2014 to RMB31,244 million in 2015, as competition from Internet instant messaging applications continued to
intensify, and SMS usage decreased by 8.4% compared to the previous year. Revenue generated from applications and information services slightly decreased by 1.1% to RMB52,985 million in 2015, as compared to RMB53,552 million in 2014. As a
percentage of revenue from telecommunications services, data services revenue increased from 43.7% in 2014 to 52.0% in 2015.

Revenue from
sales of products and others increased by 40.6% from RMB59,907 million in 2014 to RMB84,246 million in 2015 due to the increase in our sales of 4G terminals. The increase was partially offset by the negative effect of the implementation of
VAT in the PRC telecommunications industry.



-49-



---

##### Table of Contents

Operating Expenses. Operating expenses include leased lines and network assets,
interconnection expenses, depreciation expenses relating to our telecommunications network and other property, plant and equipment, employee benefit and related expenses, selling expenses, cost of products sold and other operating expenses. Other
operating expenses primarily consist of network maintenance expenses, operating lease charges, impairment loss of doubtful accounts, assets written off and other miscellaneous expenses.

Operating expenses increased by 5.8% from RMB534,189 million in 2014 to RMB565,413 million in 2015. The increase was due to the
increases in the sales of our devices, investments and the expansion of asset scale resulting in increases in depreciation expenses and maintenance fees and other operating expenses and the usage fees payable to China Tower for telecommunications
towers. The increase in our operating expenses is partially offset by the input VAT credits we were entitled to as a result of the implementation of VAT in the PRC telecommunications industry.

Leased lines and network assets expenses increased by 30.5% from RMB15,843 million in 2014 to RMB20,668 million in 2015. The
increase was mainly because we accrued usage fees to China Tower in an amount of RMB5.6 billion in respect of existing telecommunications towers for November and December 2015 and the new telecommunications towers from the date of delivery. As
a percentage of operating expenses, leased lines and network assets expenses increased from 3.0% in 2014 to 3.7% in 2015.

Interconnection
expenses decreased by 7.8% from RMB23,502 million in 2014 to RMB21,668 million in 2015, primarily due to a decrease in voice, SMS and MMS usage, which resulted in a decrease in settlement expenses for voice, SMS and MMS services.
Interconnection expenses as a percentage of operating expenses decreased from 4.4% in 2014 to 3.8% in 2015.

Depreciation expenses
increased by 11.4% from RMB122,805 million in 2014 to RMB136,832 million in 2015. The increase was mainly due to the expansion in our network assets, which is in turn due to large-scale capital expenditures undertaken by us for the purpose
of building and expanding our 4G network as part of our strategic transformation. As a percentage of operating expenses, depreciation expenses increased from 23.0% in 2014 to 24.2% in 2015.

Employee benefit and related expenses increased by 6.3% from RMB70,385 million in 2014 to RMB74,805 million in 2015. This increase
was primarily due to the rise in social insurance expenses, slight increase of employee compensation and the implementation of our enterprise annuity system. As a percentage of operating expenses, employee benefit and related expenses remained
stable at 13.2% from 2014 to 2015.

Selling expenses decreased by 20.9% from RMB75,655 million in 2014 to RMB59,850 million in
2015. This decrease was principally the result of our deepened transformation of marketing mode, optimized structure of our selling expenses, marketization of terminal sales we promoted, our accelerated transformation of social channels, our
enhancing the concentration of advertising and utilizing big data for precise marketing, thereby boosting our marketing efficiency significantly. As a percentage of operating expenses, selling expenses decreased from 14.2% in 2014 to 10.6% in 2015.

Cost of products sold increased by 19.9% from RMB74,495 million in 2014 to RMB89,297 million in 2015. This increase was
generally in line with the increase in sales of devices, especially TD-LTE smartphones. As a percentage of operating expenses, cost of products sold increased from 13.9% in 2014 to 15.8% in 2015.

Other operating expenses increased by 7.1% from RMB151,504 million in 2014 to RMB162,293 million in 2015. As a percentage of
operating expenses, other operating expenses increased from 28.3% in 2014 to 28.7% in 2015. This increase was primarily due to the increase in maintenance expenses and the provision for impairment of certain inefficient terminal transmission
equipment and WLAN assets, which was partially offset by the decrease in our administrative expenses such as conference and travelling expenses. For more information on our other operating expenses, see note 6 to our consolidated financial
statements included elsewhere in this annual report on Form 20-F.



-50-



---

##### Table of Contents

Profit from Operations. As a result of the foregoing, profit from operations
decreased by 12.3% from RMB117,320 million in 2014 to RMB102,922 million in 2015, and operating margin (profit from operations as a percentage of operating revenue) decreased from 18.0% in 2014 to 15.4% in 2015.

Gain on the Transfer of Tower Assets.In 2015, we realized a gain of RMB15,525 million on the transfer of Tower Assets to
China Tower.

Other Gains. Other gains increased by 53.7% from RMB1,171 million in 2014 to RMB1,800 million in
2015, principally due to an increase in others from RMB656 million in 2014 to RMB1,131million in 2015 as a result of the VAT refund of high and new technologies businesses received by certain of our subsidiaries.

Interest Income. Interest income decreased by 2.6% from RMB16,270 million in 2014 to RMB15,852 million in 2015, mainly
because the benchmark deposit rates were reduced by PBOC and the average bank and cash balance during the year decreased compared to the previous year.

Finance Costs. Finance costs decreased by 6.6% from RMB487 million in 2014 to RMB455 million in 2015. This decrease
was mainly due to a decrease in interest on bonds as the bonds issued by China TieTong with a principal amount of RMB1,000 million was repaid in 2015 and a decrease in interest on entrusted loans as we repaid certain amount of entrusted loans
from CMCC.

Share of Profit of Investments Accounted for Using the Equity Method.We had a share of profit of investments
accounted for using the equity method of RMB8,090 million in 2015, which was primarily attributable to our shareholding in SPD Bank, compared to RMB8,248 million in 2014. For more information on our share of profit of investments accounted
for using equity method, see note 19 to our consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this annual report on Form 20-F.

Profit before Taxation. As a result of the foregoing, profit before tax increased by 0.9% from RMB142,522 million in 2014
to RMB143,734 million in 2015.

Taxation. Our income tax expense increased by 5.7% from RMB33,179 million in 2014
to RMB35,079 million in 2015. This increase was due to an increase in taxable income. Our effective tax rate was 23.3% in 2014 and 24.4% in 2015, respectively.

Profit Attributable to Equity Shareholders. As a result of the foregoing and after taking into account non-controlling interests, profit attributable to equity shareholders decreased by 0.6% from RMB109,218 million in 2014 to RMB108,539 million in 2015. Net profit margin (profit attributable to equity
shareholders as a percentage of operating revenue) decreased from 16.8% in 2014 to 16.2% in 2015.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

Liquidity

Our
principal source of liquidity is cash generated from our operations. As of December 31, 2016, we had working capital (current assets minus current liabilities) of RMB50,256 million (US$7,238 million), compared to a negative working capital
of RMB12,341 million as of December 31, 2015 and working capital of RMB34,433 million as of December 31, 2014. The increase in our working capital as of December 31, 2016 from December 31, 2015 was primarily due to an
increase in proceeds receivable for the transfer of Tower Assets, an increase in available-for-sale financial assets and an increase in bank deposits, partially offset
by an increase in accrued expenses and other payables, accounts payable and deferred revenue. The current portion of our finance lease obligations as of December 31, 2014, 2015 and 2016 were RMB68 million, nil and nil, respectively.

Bank deposits represent term deposits with banks with original maturity exceeding three months. As of December 31, 2016, we had bank
deposits of RMB335,297 million (US$48,293 million), compared to bank deposits of RMB323,330 million as of December 31, 2015 and bank deposits of RMB353,507 million as of December 31, 2014. The decrease of bank deposits in
2015 was mainly due to the consideration we paid for acquiring Target Assets and Businesses, while the increase of bank deposits in 2016 was mainly because of the increased cash flow generated from operating activities.



-51-



---

##### Table of Contents

The following table summarizes certain cash flow information for the periods indicated.



|                                                       |  |                          |          |   |      |  |          |      |  |  |          |  
|------------------------------------------------------ |  | ------------------------ | -------- | - | ---- |  | -------- | ---- |  |  | -------- | -
|                                                       |  | Years ended December 31, |         
|                                                       |  | 2014                     |          |   | 2015 |  |          | 2016 | 
|                                                       |  | (in millions of RMB)     |         
|Net cash generated from operating activities           |  |                          | 216,438  |   |      |  | 235,089  |      |  |  | 253,701  |  
|Net cash used in investing activities                  |  |                          | (151,230 | ) |      |  | (142,743 | )    |  |  | (194,523 | )
|Net cash used in financing activities                  |  |                          | (42,530  | ) |      |  | (86,510  | )    |  |  | (48,958  | )
|                                                       |  |                          |          |   |      |  |          |      |  |  |          |  
|Net increase / (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents |  |                          | 22,678   |   |      |  | 5,836    |      |  |  | 10,220   |  
|                                                       |  |                          |          |   |      |  |          |      |  |  |          |  

Net cash generated from operating activities increased by 7.9% from RMB235,089 million in 2015 to
RMB253,701 million (US$36,541 million) in 2016, which is in line with the increases in our profit before taxation excluding depreciation and amortization, an increase in accounts payable, compared to a decrease in 2015, gain on the transfer of
Tower Assets in 2015, compared to none in 2016 and a decrease in inventories, compared to an increase in 2015, which was partially offset by a smaller increase in deferred revenue, an increase in prepayments and other current assets, compared to a
decrease in 2015 and a larger increase in other receivables.

Net cash generated from operating activities increased by 8.6% from
RMB216,438 million in 2014 to RMB235,089 million in 2015, which is in line with the increases in our profit before taxation excluding depreciation and amortization, a larger increase in our deferred revenue and a larger increase in accrued
expenses and other payables and a decrease in prepayments and other current assets, compared to an increase in 2014, which was partially offset by a decrease in account payable compared to an increase in 2014.

Net cash used in investing activities increased by 36.3% from RMB142,743 million in 2015 to RMB194,523 million (US$28,017 million)
in 2016, primarily due to an increase in capital expenditure, an increase in purchase of available-for-sale financial assets, an increase in bank deposits, compared to a
decrease in 2015 and an increase in restricted bank deposits, compared to the decreases in 2015, which was partially offset by an increase in maturity of
available-for-sale financial assets and an increase in receipt of consideration from China Tower.

Net cash used in investing activities decreased by 5.6% from RMB151,230 million in 2014 to RMB142,743 million in 2015, primarily due
to a decrease in payment for investment accounted for using the equity method, a larger decrease in bank deposits, an increase in maturity of available-for-sale
financial assets and a decrease in restricted bank deposits compared to an increase in restricted bank deposits in 2014, which was partially offset by an increase in our purchase of
available-for-sale financial assets.

Net cash used in
financing activities decreased by 43.4% from RMB86,510 million in 2015 to RMB 48,958 million (US$7,051 million) in 2016. The smaller amount of cash used in financing activities in 2016 compared to 2015 was mainly attributable to our
payment of consideration for the acquisition of Target Assets and Businesses of China TieTong in 2015 and decrease in repayment of entrusted loans in 2016.

Net cash used in financing activities increased by 103.4% from RMB42,530 million in 2014 to RMB86,510 million in 2015. The larger
amount of cash used in financing activities in 2015 compared to 2014 was mainly attributable to our payment of consideration for the acquisition of Target Assets and Businesses of China TieTong and the increase of repayment of entrusted loans.

Capital Expenditures

Capital expenditures incurred in 2014, 2015 and 2016 were RMB215,097 million, RMB195,577 million and RMB187,291 million
(US$26,976 million), respectively. We incurred capital expenditures principally for the construction of mobile communication networks, transmission facilities, buildings, infrastructure and power systems, business networks, support systems and
others. The level of our capital expenditures decreased in 2016 principally due to the changes in telecommunications tower operating model following the transfer of Tower Assets, which was partially offset by increases in our investments in the 4G
and wireline broadband networks to strengthen our network capacities in response to the rapid growth of data traffic business in certain hotspot areas.

We estimate that we will incur capital expenditures of approximately RMB176.0 billion (US$25.3 billion) in 2017. We expect that
approximately 43.2% of our capital expenditures in 2017 will be used in the construction of mobile communications networks, approximately 29.6% will be used in the construction of transmission networks, approximately 11.4% will be used for the
construction of buildings, infrastructure and power systems, approximately 7.6% will be used for the construction of business networks, approximately 4.9% will be used for the construction of support systems, and approximately 3.3% will be used for
other construction.



-52-



---

##### Table of Contents

We have generally funded our capital requirements primarily with cash generated from operations.
We believe our available cash and cash generated from future operations will be sufficient to fund the capital expenditures and working capital necessary for the planned network expansion and continued growth of our mobile operations through the end
of 2017.

We may seek to obtain additional sources of financing to fund our network expansion and possible future acquisitions, to the
extent necessary.

Contractual Obligations and Commitments

Indebtedness

As of
December 31, 2015 and 2016, our indebtedness mainly included corporate bonds of RMB4,995 million and RMB4,998 million (US$720 million) as described below, respectively.

On October 28, 2002, our wholly-owned subsidiary, Guangdong Mobile, issued RMB5,000 million guaranteed bonds due 2017, with the
entire net proceeds used to settle part of the deferred consideration for our acquisition of eight regional mobile companies in China from CMCC. These bonds commenced trading on the Shanghai Stock Exchange on January 22, 2003. The guaranteed
bonds bear fixed interest of 4.5%, payable annually. We have issued a joint and irrevocable guarantee for the performance of these bonds, and CMCC has issued a further guarantee in relation to the performance by us of our guarantee obligation. These
bonds received a consolidated credit rating of AAA by China Chengxin International Credit Rating Company Limited and a consolidated credit rating of AAA by Dagong Global Credit Rating Co. Ltd, a PRC credit rating agency.

We currently have a corporate credit rating of Aa3/Outlook Negative from Moodys and AA-/Outlook
Negative from Standard & Poors, which remain at levels equivalent to Chinas sovereign credit rating, respectively. Any downgrade in our credit rating will not trigger any events of default on our outstanding bonds or loans or
our existing credit facilities.

For a discussion of our interest rate risk, please see Item 11. Quantitative and Qualitative
Disclosures About Market Risk.

Other Contractual Obligations and Commitments

As of December 31, 2016, we had various contractual obligations and commitments which are more fully disclosed in the notes to our
consolidated financial statements. The principal components of these obligations and commitments include:



| |  |  | our short-term and long-term debts (in addition to the bonds described under  Indebtedness above);
| | - |  | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



| |  |  | operating leases; and
| | - |  | ---------------------



| |  |  | capital commitments.
| | - |  | --------------------

In the ordinary course of our business, we routinely enter into
commercial commitments for various aspects of our operations, such as repair and maintenance. However, we believe that those commitments will not have a material effect on our financial condition, results of operations or cash flows.

For further disclosure regarding leases and other commitments, please see note 37 to our consolidated financial statements included elsewhere
in this annual report on Form 20-F.

The following table sets forth certain information regarding
our contractual obligations to make future payments (including relevant estimated interest payment) as of December 31, 2016:



|                                       |  |                        |         |  |                 |  |         |            |  |  |            |  |  |                  |   |  |  |  |   | 
|-------------------------------------- |  | ---------------------- | ------- |  | --------------- |  | ------- | ---------- |  |  | ---------- |  |  | ---------------- | - |  |  |  | - | 
|                                       |  | Payments Due by Period |        
|Contractual Obligations                |  | Total                  |         |  | Less than1 year |  |         | 1  3years |  |  | 3  5years |  |  | More than5 years |  
|                                       |  | (in millions of RMB)   |        
|Accounts Payable                       |  |                        | 250,838 |  |                 |  | 250,838 |            |  |  |           |  |  |                  |  |  |  |  |  | 
|Bills Payable                          |  |                        | 1,206   |  |                 |  | 1,206   |            |  |  |           |  |  |                  |  |  |  |  |  | 
|Accrued Expenses and Other Payables    |  |                        | 180,950 |  |                 |  | 180,950 |            |  |  |           |  |  |                  |  |  |  |  |  | 
|Amount Due to Ultimate Holding Company |  |                        | 5,563   |  |                 |  | 5,563   |            |  |  |           |  |  |                  |  |  |  |  |  | 
|Bonds                                  |  |                        | 5,185   |  |                 |  | 5,185   |            |  |  |           |  |  |                  |  |  |  |  |  | 
|                                       |  |                        |         |  |                 |  |         |            |  |  |            |  |  |                  |   |  |  |  |   | 
|Total Contractual Obligations          |  |                        | 443,742 |  |                 |  | 443,742 |            |  |  |           |  |  |                  |  |  |  |  |  | 
|                                       |  |                        |         |  |                 |  |         |            |  |  |            |  |  |                  |   |  |  |  |   | 



-53-



---

##### Table of Contents

The following table sets forth certain information regarding our other commercial commitments as
of December 31, 2016:



|                             |  |                                           |         |  |                 |  |        |            |  |  |            |  |  |                  |        |  |  |  |       | 
|---------------------------- |  | ----------------------------------------- | ------- |  | --------------- |  | ------ | ---------- |  |  | ---------- |  |  | ---------------- | ------ |  |  |  | ----- | 
|                             |  | Amount of CommitmentExpiration Per Period |        
|Other Commercial Commitments |  | TotalAmountCommitted                      |         |  | Less than1 year |  |        | 1  3years |  |  | 3  5years |  |  | More than5 years |       
|                             |  | (in millions of RMB)                      |        
|Operating Lease Commitments  |  |                                           | 194,821 |  |                 |  | 50,484 |            |  |  | 86,180     |  |  |                  | 52,442 |  |  |  | 5,715 | 
|Capital Commitments          |  |                                           | 34,935  |  |                 |  | 30,059 |            |  |  | 4,876      |  |  |                  |       |  |  |  |      | 
|                             |  |                                           |         |  |                 |  |        |            |  |  |            |  |  |                  |        |  |  |  |       | 
|Total Commercial Commitments |  |                                           | 229,756 |  |                 |  | 80,543 |            |  |  | 91,056     |  |  |                  | 52,442 |  |  |  | 5,715 | 
|                             |  |                                           |         |  |                 |  |        |            |  |  |            |  |  |                  |        |  |  |  |       | 

Apart from the commitments listed above, as of December 31, 2016, the company has a commitment to invest
RMB779 million to China Mobile Fund upon its request.

Research and Development, Patents and Licenses, etc.

See Item 4.  Business Overview  Businesses  Research and Development.

Trend Information

See our discussion in
each section of  Overview of Our Operations and  Results of Operations included elsewhere under this Item.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

As of December 31, 2016, we did not have any off-balance sheet arrangements or any written options
on non-financial assets.

Foreign Exchange

We maintain our accounts in Renminbi and substantially all of our revenue and expenses are denominated in Renminbi. Most of our current
operating subsidiaries are incorporated in Mainland China. Under the current foreign exchange system in Mainland China, our subsidiaries in Mainland China may not be able to hedge effectively against currency risk, including any possible future
Renminbi devaluation. See Item 10. Additional Information  Exchange Controls.

Each of our operating subsidiaries
in Mainland China is able to purchase foreign exchange for settlement of current account transactions, as defined in applicable regulations, in order to satisfy its foreign exchange requirements.



|Item 6. | Directors, Senior Management and Employees.
|------- | -------------------------------------------

Directors and Senior Management

The following table sets forth certain information concerning our directors and senior management as of April 27, 2017.



|                     |  |     |  |                                                               
|-------------------- |  | --- |  | --------------------------------------------------------------
|Name                 |  | Age |  | Position                                                      
|Mr. SHANG Bing       |  | 61  |  | Executive Director and Chairman                               
|Mr. LI Yue           |  | 57  |  | Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer                
|Mr. LIU Aili         |  | 53  |  | Executive Director and Vice President                         
|Mr. SHA Yuejia       |  | 59  |  | Executive Director and Vice President                         
|Mr. DONG Xin         |  | 50  |  | Executive Director, Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
|Mr. Frank K.S. WONG  |  | 69  |  | Independent Non-Executive Director                            
|Dr. Moses M.C. CHENG |  | 67  |  | Independent Non-Executive Director                            
|Mr. Paul M.Y. CHOW   |  | 70  |  | Independent Non-Executive Director                            
|Mr. Stephen K.W. YIU |  | 56  |  | Independent Non-Executive Director                            



-54-



---

##### Table of Contents

Mr. SHANG Bing has served as our Executive Director and Chairman since September 2015. He is
in charge of our overall management. Mr. Shang is also the Chairman of CMCC as well as a director and the Chairman of CMC. Mr. Shang previously served as a Director of Industrial Technology Development Centre in Liaoning Province, a
General Manager of Economic and Technological Development Company in Liaoning Province, a General Manager of China United Telecommunications Corporation Liaoning Branch, a Director and President of China United Telecommunications Corporation, an
Executive Director and President of China United Telecommunications Corporation Limited and China Unicom Limited, a Vice President of China Telecom, an Executive Director, President and Chief Operating Officer of China Telecom and the Vice Minister
of the MIIT. Mr. Shang graduated from Shenyang Chemical Industry Institution with a Bachelors degree in 1982. He received a Masters degree in business administration from the State University of New York in 2002 and a doctoral
degree in business administration from the Hong Kong Polytechnic University in 2005. Mr. Shang is a senior economist and has spent many years working in basic telecommunications enterprises, with extensive experience in enterprise management
and telecommunications industry.

Mr. LI Yue has served as our Executive Director since March 2003 and our Chief Executive Officer
since August 2010. He is in charge of our operations and strategic development. Mr. Li is also the President and director of CMCC and CMC. Mr. Li previously served as Deputy Director General and Chief Engineer of Tianjin Long-Distance
Telecommunications Bureau, Deputy Director General of Tianjin Posts and Telecommunications Administration, President of Tianjin Mobile Communications Company, Deputy Head of the Preparatory Team of CMCC, Vice President of CMCC, Chairman of Aspire, a
non-executive director of Phoenix Satellite Television Holdings Ltd and Chairman of Union Mobile Pay Limited. Mr. Li graduated from the Correspondence College of Beijing University of Posts and
Telecommunications with a Bachelors Degree in telephone exchange, holds a Masters Degree in business administration from Tianjin University and a doctoral degree in business administration from Hong Kong Polytechnic University. He is a
professor-level senior engineer and has won multiple national, provincial and ministerial level Science and Technology Advancement Awards. Mr. Li has many years of experience in the telecommunications industry, including experience in
telecommunications network operations and maintenance, planning and construction, operational management and development strategies.

Mr. LIU Aili has served as our Executive Director and Vice President since March 2006. Mr. Liu is principally in charge of planning
and construction and human resources. He is also a Vice President of CMCC, a director and vice president of CMC, a Vice President of China Internet Infrastructure Resources Association and the Chairman of China Tower. He previously served as Deputy
Director General of Shandong Mobile Telecommunications Administration, Director General of Shandong Mobile Telecommunications Administration and General Manager of Shandong Mobile Communications Enterprises, Vice President of Shandong Mobile
Communications Company, Director-General of Network Department of CMCC, Chairman and President of China Mobile Group Shandong Co., Ltd. and Zhejiang Mobile, Chairman of CMPak Limited and a non-executive
director of China Communications Services Corporation Limited. Mr. Liu graduated from Heilongjiang Posts and Telecommunications School with an associate degree. Mr. Liu also received a Master of Management degree from Norwegian School of
Management BI and a doctoral degree in business administration from Hong Kong Polytechnic University. He is a professor-level senior engineer with many years of experience in the telecommunications industry.

Mr. SHA Yuejia has served as our Executive Director and Vice President since March 2006. Mr. Sha is principally in charge of
marketing, corporate customers and international businesses. He is also a Vice President of CMCC, a director and vice president of CMC, a non-executive director of PhoenixTV and a non-executive director of SPD Bank. He previously served as Director of the Engineering Construction Department IV Division of Beijing Telecommunications Administration, President of Beijing Telecommunications
Planning Design Institute, Deputy Director General of Beijing Telecommunications Administration, Vice President of Beijing Mobile Communications Company and Chairman and President of Beijing Mobile. Mr. Sha graduated from Beijing University of
Posts and Telecommunications, and received a Masters Degree from the Academy of Posts and Telecommunications of the former Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications and a doctoral degree in business administration from Hong Kong Polytechnic
University. He is a professor-level senior engineer with many years of experience in the telecommunications industry.



-55-



---

##### Table of Contents

Mr. DONG Xin has served as our Executive Director, Vice President and Chief Financial
Officer since March 2017. Mr. Dong is principally in charge of corporate affairs, finance, internal audit, legal matters and investor relations of the Company. He is also a Vice President and General Counsel of CMCC. Mr. Dong formerly
served as a Deputy Director of Corporate Finance Division of Finance Department of the former Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications, a Director of Economic Adjustment Division of the Department of Economic Adjustment and Communication Clearing of
the former Ministry of Information Industry of China, Director General of the Finance Department of CMCC, Chairman and President of China Mobile Group Hainan Company Limited, Director General of the Planning and Construction Department of CMCC,
Chairman and President of China Mobile Group Henan Company Limited and China Mobile Group Beijing Company Limited. Mr. Dong received a Bachelors degree from Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications in 1989, a Masters
degree in financial and accounting management from Australian National University, and a doctoral degree in business administration jointly issued by Shanghai Jiao Tong University and ESC Rennes School of Business, France. Mr. Dong is a senior
engineer and senior accountant with many years of experience in the telecommunications industry and financial management.

Mr. Frank K.S. WONG has served as our Independent Non-Executive Director since August 2002.
Mr. Wong currently serves as a non-executive director of PSA International Pte Ltd, and PSA Corporation Limited in Singapore. Mr. Wong previously served as Vice Chairman of DBS Bank, a member of the
boards of DBS Bank and DBS Group Holdings and Chairman of DBS Bank (Hong Kong) and DBS Bank (China). He held a series of progressively senior positions at Citibank, JP Morgan and NatWest. More recently, he was the Chairman and independent non-executive director of Mapletree Greater China Commercial Trust Management Ltd., an independent non-executive director of Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Limited in
China, Mapletree Investment Pte Ltd and National Healthcare Group Pte Ltd in Singapore. Mr. Wong has also served in various positions with Hong Kongs government bodies including the Chairman of the Hong Kong Futures Exchange between 1993
and 1998 and a member of the Financial Services Development Council of the Hong Kong SAR Government between 2013 and 2015. Mr. Wong has many years of finance and commercial management experience.

Dr. Moses M.C. CHENG has served as our Independent Non-Executive Director since March 2003.
Dr. Cheng is a practising solicitor and a consultant of Messrs. P.C. Woo & Co after serving as its senior partner from 1994 to 2015. Dr. Cheng was a member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong. He is the founder chairman of the
Hong Kong Institute of Directors of which he is now the Honorary President and Chairman Emeritus. Dr. Cheng currently holds directorships in Liu Chong Hing Investment Limited, China Resources Beer (Holdings) Company Limited, Towngas China
Company Limited, Kader Holdings Company Limited, K. Wah International Holdings Limited, Guangdong Investment Limited and Tian An China Investments Company Limited, all of which are publicly-listed companies in Hong Kong. He is also an independent non-executive director of ARA Asset Management Limited, a company with shares listed on the Singapore Exchange Limited. His other directorships in publicly-listed companies in the last three years include Hong Kong
Television Network Limited (formerly known as City Telecom (H.K.) Limited).

Mr. Paul M.Y. CHOW has served as our
Independent Non-Executive Director since May 2013. Mr. Chow currently serves as an independent non-executive director of Julius Baer Group Ltd. and Bank Julius
Baer & Co Ltd. and an independent non-executive director of CITIC Limited. Mr. Chow previously served as an executive director and Chief Executive of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited from
April 2003 to January 2010, a member of the Advisory Committee on Innovation and Technology of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region from April 2015 to March 2017, the Chief Executive of the Asia Pacific Region (ex-Japan) of HSBC Asset Management (Hong Kong) Limited from 1997 to 2003, the Chairman of Hong Kong Cyberport Management Company Limited from June 2010 to May 2016 and an independent
non-executive director of Bank of China Limited from October 2010 to August 2016.

Mr. Stephen K.W. YIU has served as our Independent Non-Executive Director since March 2017.
Mr. Yiu is currently a Non-Executive Director of the Insurance Authority and a Council member of The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. Mr. Yiu currently serves as an Independent Non-Executive Director of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited. He joined the global accounting firm KPMG in Hong Kong in 1983 and was seconded to KPMG in London, the United Kingdom from 1987 to 1989.
Mr. Yiu became a partner of KPMG in 1994, served as the Partner in Charge of Audit of KPMG from 2007 to 2010, and served as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of KPMG China and Hong Kong as well as a member of the Executive Committee and
the Board of KPMG International and KPMG Asia Pacific from April 2011 to March 2015. Mr. Yiu formerly also served as a member of the Audit Profession Reform Advisory Committee and the Mainland Affairs Committee of the HKICPA. Mr. Yiu is a
fellow member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, a fellow member of the HKICPA and a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of England and Wales. Mr. Yiu received a professional diploma in accountancy from The Hong
Kong Polytechnic (now known as The Hong Kong Polytechnic University) in 1983, and holds a Masters degree in business administration from the University of Warwick in the United Kingdom.



-56-



---

##### Table of Contents

Compensation

The amount of compensation that we paid to our executive directors for their services in 2016 was approximately RMB3.88 million (US$0.56
million). The amount of compensation that we paid to our independent non-executive directors for their services in 2016 was approximately HK$1.46 million (US$0.19 million). See note 10 to our consolidated
financial statements included in this annual report on Form 20-F for details of the compensation we paid to our directors on an individual basis.

Board Practices

To enhance our corporate
governance, we have three principal board committees: the audit committee, the remuneration committee and the nomination committee. The audit committee, the remuneration committee and the nomination committee are all comprised solely of independent non-executive directors.

Audit Committee

The members of our audit committee are Mr. Frank K.S. Wong, as chairman of the committee, Dr. Moses M.C. Cheng, Mr. Paul M.Y.
Chow and Mr. Stephen K.W. YIU. The audit committees major responsibilities include:



| |  |  | to review the financial reports, the related report of the independent registered public accounting firm and managements responses to the reports;
| | - |  | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



| |  |  | to discuss the audit procedures with the independent registered public accounting firm as well as any issues arising out of such procedures;
| | - |  | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



| |  |  | to review the appointment of the independent registered public accounting firm, the audit and non-audit fees and any matters relating to the termination or resignation of the
independent registered public accounting firm; and
| | - |  | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



| |  |  | to examine the effectiveness of our internal controls, to review our internal audit plan and to submit relevant reports and recommendations to our Board on a regular basis.
| | - |  | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

The audit committee usually meets five times each year.

Remuneration Committee

The members of our remuneration committee are Dr. Moses M.C. Cheng, as chairman of the committee, Mr. Frank K.S. Wong and
Mr. Paul M.Y. Chow. The remuneration committees major responsibilities include:



| |  |  | to advise the Board in relation to the remuneration structure and payments of our executive directors and executives; and
| | - |  | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



| |  |  | to represent the Board in confirming the individual remuneration packages and employment terms of executive directors and approving their related employment contracts.
| | - |  | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Meetings of the remuneration committee are held at least once a year.

Nomination Committee

The members of our nomination committee are Mr. Paul M.Y. Chow, as chairman of the committee, Mr. Frank K.S. Wong and Dr. Moses
M.C. Cheng. The primary responsibilities of the nomination committee include:



| |  |  | to review, advise and make recommendations to the board on the matters in relation to the appointment and re-appointment of board members; and
| | - |  | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



| |  |  | to ensure the proper and transparent procedures for the appointment and re-appointment of directors.
| | - |  | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Meetings of the nomination committee are held at least once a year.



-57-



---

##### Table of Contents

Employees

See Item 4. Information on the Company  Business Overview  Employees.

Share Ownership

As of March 31,
2017, our directors and senior management who own shares in our company are listed as follows:



|                 |  |                       |         |  |                              |  |        |  
|---------------- |  | --------------------- | ------- |  | ---------------------------- |  | ------ | -
|Director         |  | Number of shares held |         |  | Percentage ofordinary shares | 
|Frank K.S. Wong  |  |                       | 150,000 |  |                              |  | 0.0007 | %
|Moses M.C. Cheng |  |                       | 400,000 |  |                              |  | 0.0020 | %



|* | Including interest of controlled corporation.
|- | ---------------------------------------------

Under our Articles of Association, our
directors and senior management do not have different voting rights when compared to other holders of shares in the same class.



|Item 7. | Major Shareholders and Related Party Transactions.
|------- | --------------------------------------------------

Major Shareholders

As of March 31, 2017, China Mobile Hong Kong (BVI) Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of China Mobile (Hong Kong) Group Limited, held
14,890,116,842 ordinary shares of our Company, representing approximately 72.72% of our issued and outstanding share capital. CMCC, a state-owned company, holds all of the voting shares and economic interest in China Mobile (Hong Kong) Group
Limited. No other persons own 5% or more of our ordinary shares. Between our initial public offering and March 31, 2017, our majority shareholders held, directly or indirectly, between approximately 72.72% and 76.5% of equity interest in us,
except for brief periods following our equity offerings in 1999 and 2000 but before the issuance of consideration shares to our direct shareholder, China Mobile Hong Kong (BVI) Limited, for the related acquisitions, during which periods the
shareholding was temporarily lower. See Item 4. Information on the Company  The History and Development of the Company  Industry Restructuring and Changes in Our Shareholding Structure for changes during the past three years
with respect to our majority shareholders. Under our Articles of Association, our major shareholders do not have different voting rights when compared to other holders of shares in the same class. See Item 9. The Offer and Listing for
the number of our ordinary shares and the number of the holders of our ADSs.

We are not aware of any arrangement which may at a
subsequent date result in a change of control over us.

Related Party Transactions

As of March 31, 2017, CMCC indirectly owned an aggregate of approximately 72.72% of our issued and outstanding share capital.

We and each of our subsidiaries have entered into various related party transactions. The principal terms of the agreements for these related
party transactions are described below.

Certain charges for the services under these agreements are based on tariffs set by the PRC
regulatory authorities. Those transactions where the charges are not set by PRC regulatory authorities are based on commercial negotiation between the parties, in each case on an arms-length basis.

International Roaming Arrangements

Pursuant to an agreement between us and CMCC (the International Roaming Settlement Agreement), CMCC maintains the existing
settlement arrangements with respect to international interconnection and roaming with the relevant telecommunications services providers in foreign countries and regions, and collects the relevant usage fees and other fees from us and pays the same
to the relevant mobile services providers in foreign countries and regions. On September 13, 2012, we entered into an agreement with CMCC, pursuant to which CMCC would gradually transfer its settlement arrangements with certain
telecommunications services providers in foreign countries and regions to China Mobile International, our wholly-owned subsidiary. As a result, our arrangement with CMCC with respect to international interconnection and roaming with those
telecommunications services providers has been gradually phasing out.



-58-



---

##### Table of Contents

Licensing of Trademark

CMCC is the owner of the CHINA MOBILE name and logo, a registered trademark in Mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan, the United
States and the United Kingdom. In addition, CMCC has filed applications to register the CHINA MOBILE name and logo as a trademark in Pakistan, Canada, Malaysia, United Arab Emirates, Thailand, South Africa, Indonesia, Brazil, Chile,
Peru, Sri Lanka, Argentina, Saudi Arabia, Nigeria, Brunei and Yemen for certain goods and services. CMCC has also registered the CHINA MOBILE name and logo as a trademark under the Protocol Relating to the Madrid Agreement Concerning the
International Registration of Marks.

On January 1, 2013, we entered into the 2013 Trademark License Agreement with CMCC, which has a
term of five years. Under the 2013 Trademark License Agreement, we and our operating subsidiaries are granted the right to use the CHINA MOBILE name and logo. No license fee is payable by us to CMCC during the term of the 2013 Trademark
License Agreement.

Spectrum Fees and Numbering Resources

The MIIT and the MOF jointly determine the standardized spectrum fees payable to the MIIT by all mobile operators in Mainland China, including
us. In accordance with a joint circular from the NDRC and the MOF, CMCC entered into an agreement with us that specifies the amount of fees to be paid to the MIIT for spectrum usage by each mobile network operator based on the bandwidth of the
frequency used.

Pursuant to an agreement between us and CMCC (the Spectrum and Numbering Resources Agreement), CMCC will
collect usage fees from us relating to spectrum frequency and numbering resources and make payment to the MIIT (and prior to April 2008, to the Ministry of Information Industry, the predecessor of the MIIT). In addition to transferring to us all
existing frequency spectrum and numbering resources allocated to it by the MIIT, CMCC has also agreed to apply for new frequency spectrum and numbering resources upon our request or notice from time to time and transfer the relevant new frequency
spectrum and numbering resources to us.

Sharing of Inter-Provincial Transmission Line Leasing Fees

Pursuant to an agreement between us and CMCC (the Inter-Provincial Transmission Line Leasing Settlement Agreement), CMCC maintains
the existing settlement arrangements with respect to inter-provincial transmission line leasing with the relevant transmission line providers in Mainland China, and collects inter-provincial transmission line leasing fees from us and pays the same
to the transmission line providers in respect of the inter-provincial transmission lines we lease from such providers.

Platform
Development

Aspire, which is 66.41% owned by us, is our joint venture with Vodafone and Hewlett-Packard Company. Aspire has a
platform development master agreement (the Platform Development Agreement) with CMCC, pursuant to which Aspire (or its subsidiaries) will provide technology platform development and maintenance services to CMCC and its subsidiaries.
These services include system and gateway integration services, hardware, software and system development (including development of applications), technical support and major overhaul services for a standardized, nationwide platform for wireless
data.

Under the Platform Development Agreement, CMCC will pay Aspire equipment charges, systems integration fees, software licensing
fees, technical support fees and/or major overhaul charges, which will be determined according to standards laid down by the relevant governmental departments and/or by reference to market rates.

Leasing of TD-SCDMA Network Capacity

Pursuant to a network capacity leasing agreement between us and CMCC (the Network Capacity Leasing Agreement), we and our operating
subsidiaries lease TD-SCDMA network capacity from CMCC and pay leasing fees to CMCC. The initial term of the Network Capacity Leasing Agreement expired on December 31, 2009 and the agreement has been
renewed for successive one-year periods since that time.



-59-



---

##### Table of Contents

The leasing fees are determined on a basis that reflects our actual usage of CMCCs TD-SCDMA network capacity and compensates CMCC for the costs of such network capacity. The amount of leasing fees payable by us to CMCC under the Network Capacity Leasing Agreement did not exceed
RMB10,000 million in 2016, and it is expected that the amount of leasing fees payable by us to CMCC under the Network Capacity Leasing Agreement (as renewed) will not exceed RMB4,000 million in 2017. The transactions contemplated under the
Network Capacity Leasing Agreement constitute our continuing connected transactions under Rule 14A.31 of the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited, or the Hong Kong Listing Rules, and are subject to the
reporting, annual review and announcement requirements, but are exempt from the independent shareholders approval requirements under the Hong Kong Listing Rules.

Interconnection Settlement Arrangements

China TieTong, which was a then wholly-owned subsidiary of CMCC, was our connected person for purposes of the Hong Kong Listing Rules. Pursuant
to an agreement among us, CMCC and China TieTong (the Tripartite Agreement), we and China TieTong make settlement payments to each other in respect of calls made or received by our respective customers. The initial term of the Tripartite
Agreement expired on December 31, 2009. The Tripartite Agreement provides that unless the parties agree otherwise, upon expiry of its term, the Tripartite Agreement shall automatically be renewed for further terms of one year.

Following the completion of the acquisition of Target Assets and Businesses on December 31, 2015, the business contracts and relevant
transactions between us, CMCC and China TieTong as contemplated under the Tripartite Agreement have been conducted by us and our subsidiaries. As a result, the interconnection settlement arrangements pursuant to the Tripartite Agreement ceased to be
our continuing connected transactions under Chapter 14A of the Hong Kong Listing Rules.

Telecommunications Services Cooperation
Agreement

In order to meet customers demand for one-stop shop telecommunications
services, we and CMCC have entered into a telecommunications services cooperation agreement (the Telecommunications Services Cooperation Agreement) pursuant to which we and CMCC, primarily through its then wholly-owned subsidiary China
TieTong, will provide customer development services to each other by utilizing our respective existing sales channels and resources, such as sales outlets, Internet sales network, sales personnel and local sales units, and cooperate in the provision
of basic telecommunications services and value-added telecommunications services to customers of the other party. The initial term of the Telecommunications Services Cooperation Agreement expired on December 31, 2010, and the agreement had been
renewed annually until December 31, 2016.

Following the completion of the acquisition of Target Assets and Businesses on
December 31, 2015, the aggregate amount of charges paid by us to CMCC and the aggregate amount of charges receivable by us from CMCC under the Telecommunications Services Cooperation Agreement fell below the de minimis level pursuant to Rule
14A.76 of the Hong Kong Listing Rules, and therefore, the transactions contemplated under the Telecommunications Services Cooperation Agreement are fully exempt from shareholders approval, annual review and all disclosure requirements under
the Hong Kong Listing Rules. In light of the above, our Company and CMCC no longer renew this agreement at headquarters level upon expiry of its term in 2016.

Network Assets Leasing Agreement

In order to better position ourselves in the changing landscape of the telecommunications industry in China and to enable us to meet the
customers demand for one-stop shop telecommunications services, we entered into the Network Assets Leasing Agreement with CMCC on August 18, 2011 (the Network Assets Leasing Agreement),
pursuant to which we and CMCC will lease our respective telecommunications network operation assets to each other in return for a leasing fee. The initial term of the Network Assets Leasing Agreement expired on December 31, 2011, and the
agreement has been renewed for successive one-year periods since that time.

The leasing fees will
be determined with reference to the prevailing market rates, but in any event shall not be more than the leasing fees charged to any independent third party for the same kinds of network assets. The amount of leasing fees receivable by us from CMCC
in 2016 under the Network Assets Leasing Agreement did not exceed the de minimis threshold under Chapter 14A of the Hong Kong Listing Rules, and the amount of leasing fees payable by us to CMCC in 2016 under the Network Assets Leasing Agreement did
not exceed RMB5,500 million. It is expected, in 2017, that the amount of leasing fees payable by us to CMCC under the Network Assets Leasing Agreement (as renewed) will not exceed RMB5,000 million, while the aggregate amount of the leasing
fees receivable by us from CMCC will not exceed the de minimis threshold under Rule 14A.76 of the Hong Kong Listing Rules. The transactions contemplated under the Network Assets Leasing Agreement constitute our continuing connected transactions
under Rule 14A.31 of the Hong Kong Listing Rules and are subject to the reporting, annual review and announcement requirements, but are exempt from the independent shareholders approval requirements under the Hong Kong Listing Rules.



-60-



---

##### Table of Contents

Transfer of Tower Assets to China Tower

On October 14, 2015, CMC entered into the Transaction Agreement with CUCL, China Telecom, CRHC and China Tower, pursuant to which CMC,
CUCL and China Telecom shall transfer their then-owned telecommunications towers and related assets to China Tower, China Tower shall issue and allot shares in China Tower and/or pay certain cash as consideration for such transfers and CRHC shall
subscribe for new shares in China Tower in cash. The transaction was completed on October 31, 2015. CMC transferred Tower Assets to China Tower for a final consideration of RMB102,736 million (approximately US$15,859.7 million). In January
2016, seven subsidiaries of CMC and China Tower entered into share subscription agreements to settle the number of shares subscribed by such subsidiaries and the amount of the consideration. As of March 31, 2017, we indirectly owned a 38.0%
equity interest in China Tower through CMC, our wholly-owned subsidiary.

Telecommunications Towers and Related Assets Lease
Arrangement

Upon the completion of the transfer of Tower Assets to China Tower, based on the proposed usage pricing calculation
mechanism and the actual usage of the telecommunications towers, we accrued an expense of approximately RMB5.6 billion in 2015. On July 8, 2016, CMC entered into the Lease Agreement with China Tower, pursuant to which CMC agreed to lease
from China Tower telecommunications towers and related assets acquired and newly constructed by China Tower. Under the Lease Agreement, leasing fees and lease periods are determined on an individualized basis with respect to each telecommunications
tower. We shall pay leasing fees calculated based on a pricing formula taking into account various factors, subject to a pricing adjustment mechanism. In 2016, we paid to China Tower RMB28.1 billion for using the telecommunications towers.

Miscellaneous

Following the completion of our acquisition of the telecommunications assets from CMCC in July 2004, the transactions previously entered into
between our subsidiaries and prior subsidiaries of CMCC which have been acquired by us no longer constitute connected transactions under Chapter 14A of the Hong Kong Listing Rules beginning on July 1, 2004 since such prior subsidiaries of CMCC
became part of us on July 1, 2004. Only those transactions between CMCC and us or its subsidiaries (which have not been acquired by us) remain as connected transactions under Chapter 14A of the Hong Kong Listing Rules. As of the date of this
annual report on Form 20-F, in order to streamline the management of the connected transactions between CMCC and us, we consolidated the agreements between CMCC and us:



| | (i) | the Property Leasing and Management Services Agreement, pursuant to which we rent from CMCC various properties for use as business premises and offices, retail outlets and machining rooms and CMCC and its subsidiaries
provide to us property management services. Under this agreement, for properties owned by CMCC or its subsidiaries, the charges are determined with reference to market rates. For properties leased by CMCC or its subsidiaries from third parties and
sublet to us, the charges are determined according to the actual rent payable by CMCC or its subsidiaries together with any tax payable; and
| | --- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



| | (ii) | the Telecommunications Services Agreement, pursuant to which our subsidiaries obtain telecommunications project planning, design and construction services, telecommunications line and pipeline construction services and
telecommunications line maintenance services from CMCC primarily through its then wholly-owned subsidiary China TieTong. Pursuant to the Telecommunications Services Agreement, subsidiaries of CMCC sell transmission towers and spare parts and provide
related installation and maintenance services to our subsidiaries. Under this agreement, the charges and prices payable are generally determined with reference to and cannot exceed relevant standards set by and revised from time to time by relevant
governmental authorities in Mainland China. Where there are no such standards, the charges and prices are determined with reference to market rates.
| | ---- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

The rental and property management service charges paid by us to CMCC and its subsidiaries under the Property Leasing Agreement did not exceed
RMB2,000 million, RMB2,200 million and RMB2,800 million in 2014, 2015 and 2016, respectively. The transactions contemplated under the Property Leasing Agreement constitute our continuing connected transactions under Rule 14A.31 of the
Hong Kong Listing Rules and are subject to the reporting, annual review and announcement requirements, but are exempt from the independent shareholders approval requirements under the Hong Kong Listing Rules. The rental and property management
service charges payable by us to CMCC and its subsidiaries under the Property Leasing Agreement in 2017 are not expected to exceed RMB2,200 million.



-61-



---

##### Table of Contents

The charges paid by us to CMCC and its subsidiaries under the Telecommunications Services
Agreement did not exceed RMB7,000 million and RMB8,000 million in 2014 and 2015, respectively, while the aggregate annual amount paid by CMCC and its subsidiaries to us in 2014, 2015 and 2016 did not exceed RMB2,300 million,
RMB2,200 million and RMB1,800 million, respectively. Following the completion of the acquisition of Target Assets and Businesses on December 31, 2015, the aggregate annual amount payable by us to CMCC and its subsidiaries under the
Telecommunications Services Agreement in 2016 fell below the de minimis level pursuant to Rule 14A.76 of the Hong Kong Listing Rules, and therefore, the transactions contemplated under the Telecommunications Services Agreement are fully exempt from
shareholders approval, annual review and all disclosure requirements under the Hong Kong Listing Rules. In light of the above, our Company and CMCC no longer renew this agreement at headquarters level upon expiry of its term in 2016.

In 2016, no consideration was paid from us to CMCC or from CMCC to us under the 2013 Trademark License Agreement, the Spectrum and
Numbering Resources Agreement, the Inter-Provincial Transmission Line Leasing Settlement Agreement and the Platform Development Agreement.



|Item 8. | Financial Information.
|------- | ----------------------

Consolidated Financial Statements

Our audited consolidated financial statements are set forth beginning on page F-1. Other than as
disclosed elsewhere in this annual report on Form 20-F, no significant change has occurred since the date of the annual financial statements.

Legal Proceedings

We are not involved in
any material litigation, arbitration or administrative proceedings, and, so far as we are aware, we do not have any pending or threatened litigation, arbitration or administrative proceeding that is expected to have a material effect on our
financial condition and results of operations.

Policy on Dividend Distributions

We hold in the highest regard the interests of our shareholders and the returns achieved for them, especially our minority shareholders. In
consideration of our operating results in 2016 and having taken into account our long-term future development, our board of directors recommended payment of a final dividend of HK$1.243 per share for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2016.
This, together with the interim dividend of HK$1.489 per share that was paid, amounted to an aggregate dividend payment of HK$2.732 per share for the full fiscal year of 2016, representing a dividend payout ratio of 46%, which is higher than the 43%
dividend payout ratio planned for the full fiscal year of 2016.

In 2017, having taken into consideration various relevant factors, such
as our financial position, cash flow generating capabilities and capital demands for future development, we plan to maintain a stable dividend payout ratio for 2017 while we strive to attain a stable-to-rising dividend payout ratio to create higher shareholder value.

Our board of
directors believes that our favorable profitability and healthy cash flow generating capability will be able to provide sufficient support to our future development, while providing our shareholders with a favorable return.



|Item 9. | The Offer and Listing.
|------- | ----------------------

In connection with our initial public offering, our ADSs, each
representing 20 ordinary shares, were listed and commenced trading on the New York Stock Exchange on October 22, 1997 under the symbol CHL. Effective from July 5, 2000, our ADS-to-share ratio has been changed to one-to-five. Our shares were listed and commenced trading on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange
on October 23, 1997. Prior to these listings, there was no public market for our equity securities. The New York Stock Exchange and the Hong Kong Stock Exchange are the principal trading markets for our ADSs and ordinary shares, which are not
listed on any other exchanges in or outside the United States.



-62-



---

##### Table of Contents

As of December 31, 2016 and March 31, 2017, there were 20,475,482,897 and
20,475,482,897, respectively, of our ordinary shares issued and outstanding. As of December 31, 2016 and March 31, 2017, there were, respectively, 457 and 452 registered holders of American depositary receipts evidencing 99,107,859 and
102,306,273 of our ADSs. Since certain of the ADSs are held by nominees, the above number may not be representative of the actual number of U.S. beneficial holders of ADSs or the number of ADSs beneficially held by U.S. persons. The depositary for
the ADSs is The Bank of New York Mellon.

The high and low closing sale prices of the shares on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange and of the
ADSs on the New York Stock Exchange for the periods indicated are as follows:



|                         |  |                       |        |  |                     |  |       |      |  |  |       |  |  |  |       | 
|------------------------ |  | --------------------- | ------ |  | ------------------- |  | ----- | ---- |  |  | ----- |  |  |  | ----- | 
|                         |  | Price per Share (HK$) |        |  | Price per ADS (US$) | 
|                         |  | High                  |        |  | Low                 |  |       | High |  |  | Low   | 
|2012                     |  |                       | 92.55  |  |                     |  | 75.05 |      |  |  | 59.30 |  |  |  | 48.62 | 
|2013                     |  |                       | 91.45  |  |                     |  | 75.05 |      |  |  | 59.53 |  |  |  | 47.74 | 
|2014                     |  |                       | 101.70 |  |                     |  | 64.50 |      |  |  | 64.91 |  |  |  | 41.55 | 
|                         |  |                       |        | 
|2015                     |  |                       |        |  |                     |  |       |      |  |  |       |  |  |  |       | 
|First Quarter            |  |                       | 108.30 |  |                     |  | 88.75 |      |  |  | 69.47 |  |  |  | 56.70 | 
|Second Quarter           |  |                       | 116.10 |  |                     |  | 97.80 |      |  |  | 75.00 |  |  |  | 63.58 | 
|Third Quarter            |  |                       | 102.80 |  |                     |  | 89.30 |      |  |  | 66.03 |  |  |  | 56.91 | 
|Fourth Quarter           |  |                       | 95.95  |  |                     |  | 87.35 |      |  |  | 61.95 |  |  |  | 56.29 | 
|                         |  |                       |        | 
|2016                     |  |                       |        |  |                     |  |       |      |  |  |       |  |  |  |       | 
|First Quarter            |  |                       | 87.50  |  |                     |  | 79.65 |      |  |  | 56.32 |  |  |  | 50.66 | 
|Second Quarter           |  |                       | 91.90  |  |                     |  | 83.40 |      |  |  | 58.95 |  |  |  | 53.68 | 
|Third Quarter            |  |                       | 99.00  |  |                     |  | 86.75 |      |  |  | 63.72 |  |  |  | 56.31 | 
|Fourth Quarter           |  |                       | 97.45  |  |                     |  | 80.50 |      |  |  | 63.12 |  |  |  | 51.92 | 
|October                  |  |                       | 97.45  |  |                     |  | 88.20 |      |  |  | 63.12 |  |  |  | 56.96 | 
|November                 |  |                       | 89.05  |  |                     |  | 83.55 |      |  |  | 57.18 |  |  |  | 53.90 | 
|December                 |  |                       | 85.95  |  |                     |  | 80.50 |      |  |  | 55.09 |  |  |  | 51.92 | 
|                         |  |                       |        | 
|2017                     |  |                       |        |  |                     |  |       |      |  |  |       |  |  |  |       | 
|January                  |  |                       | 88.20  |  |                     |  | 82.00 |      |  |  | 57.00 |  |  |  | 52.87 | 
|February                 |  |                       | 88.80  |  |                     |  | 85.60 |      |  |  | 57.39 |  |  |  | 55.26 | 
|March                    |  |                       | 90.35  |  |                     |  | 83.55 |      |  |  | 58.52 |  |  |  | 53.99 | 
|First Quarter            |  |                       | 90.35  |  |                     |  | 82.00 |      |  |  | 58.52 |  |  |  | 52.87 | 
|April (through April 26) |  |                       | 86.75  |  |                     |  | 82.80 |      |  |  | 55.81 |  |  |  | 53.25 | 



|Item 10. | Additional Information.
|-------- | -----------------------

Articles of Association

According to the Companies Ordinance, we have the capacity and the rights, powers and privileges of a natural person of full age and, in
addition and without limit, we may do anything that we are permitted or required to do by any enactment or rule of law.

Directors

Material Interests. A director (or an entity connected with a director) who is in any way, whether directly or
indirectly, interested in a transaction, arrangement or contract or proposed transaction, arrangement or contract with us shall declare the nature and extent of his interest in accordance with the provisions of the Companies Ordinance and our
Articles of Association. A director shall not vote (nor shall be counted in the quorum), on any resolution of the board in respect of any contract or transaction or arrangement or proposal in which he or any of his Associates (as such term is
defined in the Hong Kong Listing Rules), is to his knowledge, materially interested, and if he shall do so, his vote shall not be counted (nor shall be counted in the quorum for that resolution). The above prohibition shall not apply to any
contract, arrangement or proposal:



| |  |  | for the giving by us of any security or indemnity to the director or his Associates in respect of money lent or obligations incurred or undertaken by him or any of them at the request of, or for, our or any of our
subsidiaries benefit;
| | - |  | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



-63-



---

##### Table of Contents

| |  |  | for the giving by us of any security to a third party in respect of our or any of our subsidiaries debt or obligation for which the director or his Associates has himself or themselves assumed responsibility or
guaranteed or secured in whole or in part whether alone or jointly;
| | - |  | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



| |  |  | concerning an offer of the shares or debentures or other securities of or by us or any other company which we may promote or be interested in for subscription or purchase where the director or his Associates are, or are
to be, interested as a participant in the underwriting or sub-underwriting of the offer;
| | - |  | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



| |  |  | in which the director or his Associates are interested in the same manner as other holders of our shares or debentures or other securities by virtue only of his or their interest in our shares or debentures or other
securities;
| | - |  | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



| |  |  | concerning any other company in which the director or his Associates are interested, whether directly or indirectly, as an officer or a shareholder or in which the director or his Associates are beneficially interested
in shares of that company other than a company in which the director and any of his Associates, are beneficially interested in 5% or more of the issued shares of any class of the equity share capital of such company (or of any third company through
which his interest or that of his Associates is derived) or of the voting rights (excluding for the purpose of calculating such 5% interest any indirect interest of such director or his Associates by virtue of our interest in such company);
| | - |  | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



| |  |  | for the benefit of our or any of our subsidiaries employees, including the adoption, modification or operation of a pension fund or retirement, death or disability benefit scheme which relates both to our, or any
of our subsidiaries, directors, his Associates and employees and does not give the director or his Associates any privilege not generally accorded to the class of persons to whom such scheme or fund relates; and
| | - |  | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



| |  |  | concerning the adoption, modification or operation of any employees share scheme involving the issue or grant of options over shares or other securities by us to, or for the benefit of, our or any of our
subsidiaries employees under which the director or his Associates may benefit.
| | - |  | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Remuneration and
Pension. The directors shall be entitled to receive by way of remuneration for their services such sum as we may determine from time to time in a general meeting. The directors shall also be entitled to be repaid their reasonable traveling,
hotel and other expenses incurred by them in or about the performance of their duties as directors. The directors may award special remuneration out of our funds (by way of salary, commission or otherwise as the directors may determine) to any
director who performs services which, in the opinion of the directors, are outside the scope of the ordinary duties of a director.

The
board may establish and maintain or procure the establishment and maintenance of any contributory or non-contributory pension or superannuation funds for the benefit of, or give or procure the giving of
donations, gratuities, pensions, allowances or emoluments to any persons (1) who are or were at any time in employment or service of our company, or any of our subsidiaries, or is allied or associated with us or with any of our subsidiaries, or
(2) who are or were at any time our or any of our subsidiaries directors or officers, and holding or who have held any salaried employment or office in our company or any of our subsidiaries, and the wives, widows, families and dependents
of any such persons. Any director holding any such employment or office shall be entitled to participate in, and retain for his own benefit, any such donation, gratuity, pension, allowance or emolument.

Borrowing Powers. The directors may exercise all the powers of our company to borrow money and to mortgage or charge all or any
part of the undertaking, property and assets (present and future) and uncalled capital and to issue debentures, debenture stocks, bonds and other securities, whether outright or as collateral security for any debt, liability or obligation of our
company or any third party.

Qualification; Retirement. A director need not hold any of our shares to qualify as a director.
There is no age limit requirement for a directors retirement or non-retirement.



-64-



---

##### Table of Contents

Each director is subject to retirement by rotation and at each general meeting, one-third of the directors for the time being, or, if their number is not three or a multiple of three, then the number nearest to one-third, shall retire from office by
rotation. The directors to retire in every year shall be those who have been longest in office since their last election, but as between persons who became directors on the same day shall be determined by lot unless they otherwise agree between
themselves. The retiring directors shall be eligible for re-election.

Rights Attaching to
Ordinary Shares

Voting Rights. Under the Companies Ordinance, any action to be taken by the shareholders in a
general meeting requires the affirmative vote of either an ordinary or a special resolution passed at the meeting. An ordinary resolution is one passed by the majority of such shareholders as are entitled to, and do, vote in person or by proxy at a
general meeting. A special resolution is one passed by not less than three-quarters of such shareholders as are entitled to, and do, vote in person or by proxy at a general meeting. Generally, resolutions of shareholders are passed by ordinary
resolution. However, the Companies Ordinance stipulates that certain matters may only be passed by special resolutions.

At any general
meeting a resolution put to the vote of the meeting shall be decided on a poll demanded by:



| |  |  | the chairman of the meeting;
| | - |  | ----------------------------



| |  |  | at least three members present in person (or in the case of a member being a corporation, by its duly authorized representative) or by proxy and entitled to vote at the meeting;
| | - |  | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



| |  |  | any member or members present in person (or in the case of a member being a corporation, by its duly authorized representative) or by proxy and representing in the aggregate not less than five per cent. of the total
voting rights of all members having the right to attend and vote at the meeting; or
| | - |  | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



| |  |  | any member or members present in person (or in the case of a member being a corporation, by its duly authorized representative) or by proxy and holding shares conferring a right to attend and vote at the meeting on
which there have been paid up sums in the aggregate equal to not less than five per cent. of the total sum paid up on all shares conferring that right;
| | - |  | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

provided that a resolution put to the vote of the meeting may be decided on a show of hands to the extent permitted by Hong Kong Listing
Rules.

Subject to any special rights, privileges or restrictions as to voting for the time being attached to any class or classes of
shares, every member who (being an individual) is present in person or (being a corporation) is present by a representative duly authorized under Section 606 of the Companies Ordinance at any general meeting shall be entitled, on a show of
hands, to one vote only and, on a poll, to one vote for every fully paid-up share of which he is the holder.

On a poll, votes may be given either personally or by proxy and a member entitled to more than one vote need not use all his votes or cast all
the votes he uses in the same way.

Modification of Rights. All or any of the special rights attached to any class of shares
(unless otherwise provided for by the terms of issue of the shares of that class) for the time being in issue may subject to the provisions of the Companies Ordinance, at any time, as well before as during liquidation, be altered or abrogated either
with the consent in writing of the holders of not less than three-fourths of the issued shares of that class or with the sanction of a special resolution passed at a separate general meeting of the holders of shares of that class.

Issue of Shares.A general meeting resolving upon the creation of any new shares may direct that the same or any of them
shall be offered in the first instance, to all the holders for the time being of any class of shares in the capital of our company, in proportion to the number of shares of such class held by them respectively, or make any other provisions as to the
issue and allotment of the new shares, and in default of any such direction, or so far as the same shall not extend, the new shares shall be at the disposal of the directors, and Article 9 of the Articles of Association shall apply thereto.

Dividends. We may by ordinary resolution declare dividends, but no such dividend shall be declared in excess of the amount
recommended by the directors.



-65-



---

##### Table of Contents

The directors may, if they think fit, from time to time, resolve to pay to the members such
interim dividends as appear to the directors to be justified.

Winding Up. If we shall be wound up, the liquidator (whether
voluntary or official) may, with the sanction of a special resolution, divide among the shareholders in specie or kind the whole or any part of our assets or vest any part of our assets in trustees upon such trusts for the benefit of the members or
any of them as the resolution shall provide.

Miscellaneous. The shareholders are not entitled to any redemption rights,
conversion rights or preemptive rights on the transfer of our securities.

Annual General Meetings and Extraordinary General
Meetings

We must hold, in each year, a general meeting as our annual general meeting in addition to any other meetings in that
year. The annual general meeting must be held within six months after the end of each fiscal year and at such place(s) as may be determined by the directors. All other general meetings are extraordinary general meetings. The directors may proceed to
convene an extraordinary general meeting whenever they think fit, in accordance with the Companies Ordinance.

In general, an annual
general meeting and a meeting called for the passing of a resolution requiring special notice as stipulated under Section 578 of the Companies Ordinance shall be called by not less than 21 days notice in writing, and any other general
meeting shall be called by not less than 14 days notice in writing. The notice must specify the place, date and time of the meeting and, in the case of special business, the general nature of that business.

Miscellaneous

We
keep our share register with our share registrar, which is Hong Kong Registrars Ltd., Shops 1712-1716, 17th Floor, Hopewell Centre, 183 Queens Road East, Wanchai, Hong Kong. In addition, we
also file certain documents with the Registrar of Companies, Hong Kong, China, in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Ordinance. Our company number is 622909.

Material Contracts

See Item 7.
Major Shareholders and Related Party Transactions  Related Party Transactions for certain arrangements we have entered into with CMCC and China Tower.

Exchange Controls

The Renminbi currently
is not a freely convertible currency. Under the capital account, which includes, among others, foreign direct investment, the prior approval of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange should be obtained prior to conversion of
Renminbi into foreign currency. However, under the current account, which includes dividends, trade and service-related foreign currency transactions, the Renminbi is currently freely convertible.

The value of the Renminbi against the U.S. dollar and other currencies may fluctuate and is affected by, among other things, changes in the
PRC and international economic conditions and foreign exchange policies. The conversion of Renminbi into foreign currencies, including U.S. dollars and Hong Kong dollars, is based on rates set by the PBOC. The PRC government allowed the Renminbi to
appreciate by more than 20% against the U.S. dollar between July 2005 and July 2008. Between July 2008 and June 2010, this appreciation halted and the exchange rate between the Renminbi and the U.S. dollar remained within a narrow band. Since June
2010, the Renminbi has fluctuated against the U.S. dollar, at times significantly and unpredictably, and in recent years the Renminbi has depreciated against the U.S. dollar. In August 2015, PBOC announced that the
mid-point exchange rate for the floating range of Renminbi against the U.S. dollar will be determined based on market maker submissions that take into account the
Renminbi-U.S. dollar exchange rate at the previous days closing of the inter-bank spot foreign exchange market, the supply and demand dynamics and the movements of other major currencies. Since
October 1, 2016, the Renminbi has joined the International Monetary Funds basket of currencies that make up the Special Drawing Right, along with the U.S. dollar, the Euro, the Japanese yen and the British pound. With the development of
the foreign exchange market and progress towards interest rate liberalization and Renminbi internationalization, the PRC government may in the future announce further changes to the exchange rate system and there is no guarantee that the Renminbi
will not appreciate or depreciate significantly in value against the U.S. dollar in the future. It is difficult to predict how market forces or PRC or U.S. government policy may impact the exchange rate between the Renminbi and the U.S. dollar in
the future.



-66-



---

##### Table of Contents

There are no limitations on the right of non-resident or
foreign owners to remit dividends or to hold or vote the ordinary shares or the ADSs imposed by Hong Kong law or by our Articles of Association or other constituent documents.

Taxation  PRC

This section
describes certain PRC tax consequences relating to the ownership and disposition of our ordinary shares and ADSs. This section does not address all possible PRC tax considerations that may be relevant to an investment in our ordinary shares or ADSs
in light of an investors specific circumstances, and is based on PRC tax laws and relevant interpretations as in effect as of the date of this annual report on Form 20-F, which are subject to change,
including the possibility of having retroactive effect. Accordingly, you should consult your own tax advisor regarding the PRC and other tax consequences of an investment in our ordinary shares or ADSs under your particular circumstances.

Under the PRC Enterprise Income Tax Law and its implementing rules, which took effect on January 1, 2008, or the PRC income tax law, a non-resident enterprise is generally subject to PRC enterprise income tax with respect to PRC-sourced income. Moreover, the PRC tax authorities have been issuing further
interpretations and notices to enhance the application of the PRC income tax law.

Taxation of Dividends

On April 22, 2009, the PRC State Administration of Taxation, or the SAT, issued the Notice Regarding the Determination of Tax Residence
Status of Chinese-Controlled Offshore-Incorporated Enterprises on the Basis of De Facto Management Bodies, or the 2009 Notice, which had retroactive effect as of January 1, 2008. We are considered a PRC resident enterprise for purposes of the
2009 Notice. In accordance with the 2009 Notice and the PRC income tax law, we are required to withhold enterprise income tax equal to 10% of any dividend when it is distributed to non-resident enterprise
shareholders whose names appeared on our register of members, as of the record date for such dividend, and who were not individuals.

Taxation of Capital Gains

Under the PRC income tax law, a non-resident enterprise is generally subject to PRC enterprise income
tax with respect to PRC-sourced income, but uncertainties remain as to their implementation by the relevant PRC tax authorities. We intend to comply with any interpretation or notice in relation to the
taxation of capital gains issued by the PRC tax authorities in the future.

Other PRC Tax Considerations

Stamp duty.Under the Provisional Regulations of the PRC Concerning Stamp Duty and its implementing rules, both of which became
effective on October 1, 1988, PRC stamp duty should not apply to acquisitions or dispositions of our ordinary shares or ADSs outside of the PRC, as the PRC stamp duty is imposed only on documents executed or received within the PRC that are
legally binding in the PRC and protected under the PRC law.

Estate tax. The PRC does not currently levy estate tax.

Taxation  Hong Kong

The taxation
of income and capital gains of holders of ordinary shares or ADSs is subject to the laws and practices of Hong Kong and of jurisdictions in which holders of ordinary shares or ADSs are resident or otherwise subject to tax. The following summary of
certain relevant taxation provisions under Hong Kong law is based on current law and practice, is subject to changes therein and does not constitute legal or tax advice. The discussion does not deal with all possible tax consequences relating to an
investment in the ordinary shares or ADSs. Accordingly, each prospective investor (particularly those subject to special tax rules, such as banks, dealers, insurance companies, tax-exempt entities and holders
of 10% or more of our voting capital stock) should consult its own tax advisor regarding the tax consequences of an investment in the ordinary shares and ADSs. The discussion is based upon laws and relevant interpretations thereof in effect as of
the date of this annual report on Form 20-F, all of which are subject to change. There is no reciprocal tax treaty in effect between Hong Kong and the United States.



-67-



---

##### Table of Contents

Tax on Dividends

Under the current practices of the Hong Kong Inland Revenue Department, no tax is payable in Hong Kong in respect of dividends paid by us.

Profits Tax

No
tax is imposed in Hong Kong in respect of capital gains from the sale of property (such as the ordinary shares and ADSs). Trading gains from the sale of property by persons carrying on a trade, profession or business in Hong Kong where such gains
are derived from or arise in Hong Kong from such trade, profession or business will be chargeable to Hong Kong profits tax, which is currently imposed at the rate of 16.5% and 15% on corporations and unincorporated businesses, respectively, and at a
maximum rate of 15% on individuals. Gains from sales of the ordinary shares effected on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange may be considered to be derived from or arise in Hong Kong. Liability for Hong Kong profits tax may thus arise in respect of trading
gains from sales of ordinary shares or ADSs realized by persons carrying on a business or trading or dealing in securities in Hong Kong.

Stamp Duty

Hong
Kong stamp duty, currently charged at the rate of HK$1 per HK$1,000 or part thereof on the higher of the consideration for or the value of the ordinary shares, will be payable by the purchaser on every purchase and by the seller on every sale of
ordinary shares (i.e., a total of HK$2 per HK$1,000 or part thereof is currently payable on a typical sale and purchase transaction involving ordinary shares). In addition, a fixed duty of HK$5 is currently payable on any instrument of transfer of
ordinary shares. If one of the parties to the sale is a non-Hong Kong resident and does not pay the required stamp duty, the duty not paid will be assessed on the instrument of transfer (if any) and the
transferee will be liable for payment of such duty. The withdrawal of ordinary shares upon the surrender of ADSs, and the issuance of ADSs upon the deposit of ordinary shares, will also attract stamp duty at the rate described above for sale and
purchase transactions unless the withdrawal or deposit does not result in a change in the beneficial ownership of the ordinary shares under Hong Kong law, in which case only a fixed duty of HK$5 is payable on the transfer. The issuance of the ADSs
upon the deposit of ordinary shares issued directly to the depositary or for the account of the depositary does not attract stamp duty. No Hong Kong stamp duty is payable upon the transfer of ADSs outside Hong Kong.

Estate Duty

The
Revenue (Abolition of Estate Duty) Ordinance 2005 came into effect on February 11, 2006 in Hong Kong. No Hong Kong estate duty is payable and no estate duty clearance papers are needed for an application for a grant of representation in respect
of holders of ordinary shares whose death occurs on or after February 11, 2006.

Taxation  United States Federal Income Taxation

This section describes the material United States federal income tax consequences of the ownership and disposition of our ordinary shares or
ADSs. This section applies to you only if you are a U.S. holder, as defined below, and you hold your ordinary shares or ADSs as capital assets for United States federal income tax purposes. This section does not apply to you if you are a member of a
special class of holders subject to special rules, including:



| |  |  | a dealer in securities or currencies;
| | - |  | -------------------------------------



| |  |  | a trader in securities that elects to use a mark-to-market method of accounting for your securities holdings;
| | - |  | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



| |  |  | a tax-exempt organization;
| | - |  | --------------------------



| |  |  | a life insurance company;
| | - |  | -------------------------



| |  |  | a person liable for alternative minimum tax;
| | - |  | --------------------------------------------



| |  |  | a person that actually or constructively owns 10% or more of our voting stock;
| | - |  | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------



| |  |  | a person that holds ordinary shares or ADSs as part of a straddle or a hedging or conversion transaction;
| | - |  | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



-68-



---

##### Table of Contents

| |  |  | a person that purchases or sells ordinary shares or ADSs as part of a wash sale for tax purposes; or
| | - |  | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



| |  |  | a person whose functional currency is not the U.S. dollar.
| | - |  | ----------------------------------------------------------

This section is based on the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or the Code, its legislative history, existing and proposed regulations, published rulings and court decisions, all as currently in effect, as well as on the agreement between the United States and the PRC
for the avoidance of double taxation (the U.S.-PRC Treaty). These laws are subject to change, possibly on a retroactive basis. In addition, this section is based in part upon the representations of
the Depositary, and the assumption that each obligation in the deposit agreement and any related agreement will be performed in accordance with its terms.

If a partnership holds the ordinary shares or ADSs, the United States federal income tax treatment of a partner will generally depend on the
status of the partner and the tax treatment of the partnership. A partner in a partnership holding the ordinary shares or ADSs should consult its tax advisor with regard to the United States federal income tax treatment of its investment in the
ordinary shares or ADSs.

You are a U.S. holder if you are a beneficial owner of ordinary shares or ADSs and you are:



| |  |  | a citizen or resident of the United States;
| | - |  | -------------------------------------------



| |  |  | a domestic corporation;
| | - |  | -----------------------



| |  |  | an estate whose income is subject to United States federal income tax regardless of its source; or
| | - |  | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



| |  |  | a trust if a United States court can exercise primary supervision over the trusts administration and one or more United States persons are authorized to control all substantial decisions of the trust.
| | - |  | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

You should consult your own tax advisor regarding the United States federal, state and local tax consequences of owning
and disposing of ordinary shares and ADSs in your particular circumstances.

In general, and taking into account the earlier
assumptions, for United States federal income tax purposes, if you hold ADRs evidencing ADSs, you will be treated as the owner of the ordinary shares represented by those ADRs. Exchanges of ordinary shares for ADRs, and ADRs for ordinary shares,
generally will not be subject to the United States federal income tax.

Taxation of Dividends

Under the United States federal income tax laws, and subject to the passive foreign investment company rules discussed below, if you are a U.S.
holder, the gross amount of any dividend we pay out of our current or accumulated earnings and profits (as determined for United States federal income tax purposes) is subject to United States federal income taxation. If you are a non-corporate U.S. holder, dividends that constitute qualified dividend income will be taxable to you at the preferential rates applicable to long-term capital gains provided that you hold the ordinary shares or
ADSs for more than 60 days during the 121-day period beginning 60 days before the ex-dividend date and meet other holding period requirements. Dividends that are paid
with respect to ADSs that are readily tradable on an established securities market in the United States are qualified dividend income. Under this rule, we expect that the dividends we pay with respect to the ADSs will be qualified dividend income.
In addition, dividends paid by a non-U.S. corporation that is eligible for the benefits of a comprehensive income tax treaty with the United States will be qualified dividend income. As our ordinary shares are
not readily tradable on an established securities market in the United States and because we are uncertain as to whether we are eligible for the benefits of the U.S.-PRC Treaty, it is unclear whether dividends
paid with respect to our ordinary shares will also be qualified dividend income.

The dividend is taxable to you when you, in the case of
ordinary shares, or the Depositary, in the case of ADSs, receive the dividend, actually or constructively. The dividend will not be eligible for the dividends-received deduction generally allowed to United States corporations in respect of dividends
received from other United States corporations. The amount of the dividend distribution that you must include in your income as a U.S. holder will be the U.S. dollar value of the Hong Kong dollar payments made, determined at the spot Hong Kong
dollar/U.S. dollar rate on the date the dividend distribution is includible in your income, regardless of whether the payment is, in fact, converted into U.S. dollars. Generally, any gain or loss resulting from currency exchange fluctuations during
the period from the date you include the dividend payment in income to the date you convert the payment into U.S. dollars will be treated as ordinary income or loss and will not be eligible for the special tax rate applicable to qualified dividend
income. The gain or loss generally will be income or loss from sources within the United States for foreign tax credit limitation purposes. Distributions in excess of current and accumulated earnings and profits, as determined for United States
federal income tax purposes, will be treated as a non-taxable return of capital to the extent of your basis in the ordinary shares or ADSs and thereafter as capital gain. However, we do not expect to calculate
earnings and profits in accordance with United States federal income tax principles. Accordingly, you should expect to generally treat distributions we make as dividends.



-69-



---

##### Table of Contents

Special rules apply in determining the foreign tax credit limitation with respect to dividends
that are subject to the preferential tax rates.

Dividends will generally be income from sources outside the United States and, depending
on your circumstances, will be either passive or general income for purposes of computing the foreign tax credit allowable to you. If you are subject to PRC withholding tax (as discussed in Taxation  PRC 
Taxation of Dividends, above), you must include any such tax withheld from the dividend payment in your gross income, even though you do not in fact receive it. Subject to certain limitations, the PRC tax withheld and paid over to the PRC tax
authorities will be creditable against your United States federal income tax liability. To the extent a refund of the tax withheld is available under PRC law, or to the extent that you could have avoided the withholding tax by complying with any
certification, identification requirement or by completing any forms, the amount of tax withheld that is refundable or that could have been avoided will not be eligible for credit against your United States federal income tax liability.

Taxation of Capital Gains

Subject to the passive foreign investment company rules discussed below, if you are a U.S. holder and you sell or otherwise dispose of your
ordinary shares or ADSs, you will recognize capital gain or loss for United States federal income tax purposes equal to the difference between the U.S. dollar value of the amount that you realize and your tax basis, determined in U.S. dollars, in
your ordinary shares or ADSs. Capital gain of a non-corporate U.S. holder is generally taxed at preferential rates where the property is held for more than one year. Subject to the paragraph immediately below
regarding gain subject to PRC tax, the gain or loss will generally be income or loss from sources within the United States for foreign tax credit limitation purposes. Your ability to deduct capital losses is subject to limitations. Any Hong Kong
stamp duty that you pay will not be a creditable tax for United States federal income tax purposes, but you may be able to deduct such stamp duty subject to limitations under the Code.

It is not clear if PRC tax will be imposed on any gain from the disposition of your ordinary shares or ADSs (as discussed above in
Taxation  PRC  Taxation of Capital Gains). Under the U.S.-PRC Treaty, if PRC tax were to be imposed on any gain from the disposition of your ordinary shares or ADSs, then such gain will
be treated as PRC source income if you are eligible for the benefits of the U.S.-PRC Treaty. U.S. holders should consult their tax advisors regarding the possibility of PRC tax being imposed on gain from the
disposition of their ordinary shares or ADSs, the tax consequences if PRC tax were to be imposed on such dispositions, and the availability of the foreign tax credit under their particular circumstances.

PFIC Rules

We
believe that we should not be treated as a passive foreign investment company, or PFIC, for United States federal income tax purposes, but this conclusion is a factual determination that is made annually and thus may be subject to change. In
general, if you are a U.S. holder, we will be a PFIC with respect to you if for any taxable year in which you held our ADSs or ordinary shares:



| |  |  | at least 75% of our gross income for the taxable year is passive income; or
| | - |  | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------



| |  |  | at least 50% of the value, determined on the basis of a quarterly average, of our assets is attributable to assets that produce or are held for the production of passive income.
| | - |  | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Passive income generally includes dividends, interest, royalties, rents (other than certain rents and royalties derived in the active conduct
of a trade or business), annuities and gains from assets that produce passive income. If a foreign corporation owns, directly or indirectly, at least 25% by value of the stock of another corporation, the foreign corporation is treated for purposes
of the PFIC tests as owning its proportionate share of the assets of the other corporation, and as receiving directly its proportionate share of the other corporations income.



-70-



---

##### Table of Contents

If we are treated as a PFIC, and you are a U.S. holder that does not make a mark-to-market election, as described below, you will be subject to special rules with respect to:



| |  |  | any gain you realize on the sale or other disposition of your ordinary shares or ADSs; and
| | - |  | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



| |  |  | any excess distribution that we make to you (generally, any distributions to you during a single taxable year that are greater than 125% of the average annual distributions received by you in respect of the ordinary
shares or ADSs during the three preceding taxable years or, if shorter, your holding period for the ordinary shares or ADSs).
| | - |  | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Under these rules:



| |  |  | the gain or excess distribution will be allocated ratably over your holding period for the ordinary shares or ADSs;
| | - |  | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



| |  |  | the amount allocated to the taxable year in which you realized the gain or excess distribution will be taxed as ordinary income;
| | - |  | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



| |  |  | the amount allocated to each prior year, with certain exceptions, will be taxed at the highest tax rate in effect for that year; and
| | - |  | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



| |  |  | the interest charge generally applicable to underpayments of tax will be imposed in respect of the tax attributable to each such year.
| | - |  | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Special rules apply for calculating the amount of the foreign tax credit with respect to excess distributions by a PFIC.

If we are a PFIC and you own ADSs, then you can make a
mark-to-market election with respect to the ADSs. If we are a PFIC and you own ordinary shares, then you can make a mark-to-market election if the ordinary shares are treated as marketable stock under the applicable regulations. If you make this election, you will not be subject to the PFIC rules described above. Instead,
in general, you will include as ordinary income each year the excess, if any, of the fair market value of your ordinary shares or ADSs at the end of the taxable year over your adjusted basis in your ordinary shares or ADSs. You will also be allowed
to take an ordinary loss in respect of the excess, if any, of the adjusted basis of your ordinary shares or ADSs over their fair market value at the end of the taxable year (but only to the extent of the net amount of previously included income as a
result of the mark-to-market election). Your basis in the ordinary shares or ADSs will be adjusted to reflect any such income or loss amounts. Your gain, if any,
recognized upon the sale of your ordinary shares or ADSs will be taxed as ordinary income.

In addition, notwithstanding any election you
make with regard to the ordinary shares or ADSs, dividends that you receive from us will not constitute qualified dividend income to you if we are a PFIC (or are treated as a PFIC with respect to you) either in the taxable year of the distribution
or the preceding taxable year. Moreover, subject to the following sentence, your ordinary shares or ADSs will be treated as stock in a PFIC if we were a PFIC at any time during your holding period in your ordinary shares or ADSs, even if we are not
currently a PFIC. The rule in the preceding sentence will not apply, however, if you had a mark-to-market election in effect with respect to your ordinary shares or ADSs
in the final year in which we are a PFIC or if you made a special purging election with respect to your ordinary shares or ADSs. Dividends that you receive that do not constitute qualified dividend income are not eligible for taxation at
the preferential rates applicable to qualified dividend income. Instead, you must include the gross amount of any such dividend paid by us out of our accumulated earnings and profits (as determined for United States federal income tax purposes) in
your gross income, and it will be subject to tax at rates applicable to ordinary income.

If you own ordinary shares or ADSs during any
year that we are a PFIC with respect to you, you may be required to file Internal Revenue Service Form 8621.

Documents on Display

You may read and copy documents referred to in this annual report on Form 20-F that have been filed
with the SEC at the SECs public reference room located at 100 F Street, N.E., Room 1580, Washington, D.C. 20549. Please call the SEC at
1-800-SEC-0330 for further information on the public reference room and its copy charges. The SEC also maintains a website at
www.sec.gov that contains reports, proxy statements and other information regarding registrants that file electronically with the SEC.



-71-



---

##### Table of Contents

The SEC allows us to incorporate by reference the information we file with the SEC.
This means that we can disclose important information to you by referring you to another document filed separately with the SEC. The information incorporated by reference is considered to be part of this annual report on Form 20-F.



|Item 11. | Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk.
|-------- | -----------------------------------------------------------

We are subject to market
rate risks due to fluctuations in interest rates. The majority of our debt is in the form of long-term loans with original maturities ranging up to 15 years. Accordingly, fluctuations in interest rates can lead to significant fluctuations in the
fair value of these debt instruments. From time to time, we may enter into interest rate swap agreements designed to mitigate our exposure to interest rate risks, although we did not consider it necessary to do so in 2016.

We are also exposed to foreign currency risk relating to cash and cash equivalents denominated in foreign currencies. We may enter into
foreign exchange forward contracts designed to mitigate our exposure to foreign currency risks. As of December 31, 2016, we had no foreign exchange forward contracts outstanding. We expect our foreign currency hedging activity to be generally
limited to the hedging of specific future commitments in foreign currencies.

The following table provides information regarding our
interest rate-sensitive financial instruments, which consist of fixed and variable rate short-term and long-term debt obligations, as of the dates indicated.



|                                 |  |                                                     |       |   |                        |  |   |                        |  |  |      |  |  |      |   |  |            |  |   |                     |  |  |           |  |  |                     |       |   |           |  |       |  |  |  |       |   |  |  |       | 
|-------------------------------- |  | --------------------------------------------------- | ----- | - | ---------------------- |  | - | ---------------------- |  |  | ---- |  |  | ---- | - |  | ---------- |  | - | ------------------- |  |  | --------- |  |  | ------------------- | ----- | - | --------- |  | ----- |  |  |  | ----- | - |  |  | ----- | 
|                                 |  | Expected Maturity Date                              |       |   | As of December 31,2016 |  |   | As of December 31,2015 | 
|                                 |  | 2017                                                |       |   | 2018                   |  |   | 2019                   |  |  | 2020 |  |  | 2021 |   |  | Thereafter |  |   | TotalRecordedAmount |  |  | FairValue |  |  | TotalRecordedAmount |       |   | FairValue | 
|                                 |  | (RMB equivalent in millions, except interest rates) |      
|Debt:                            |  |                                                     |       |   |                        |  |   |                        |  |  |      |  |  |      |   |  |            |  |   |                     |  |  |           |  |  |                     |       |   |           |  |       |  |  |  |       |   |  |  |       | 
|Bonds issued by Guangdong Mobile |  |                                                     | 4,998 |   |                        |  |  |                        |  |  |     |  |  |      |  |  |            |  |  |                     |  |  |          |  |  |                     | 4,998 |   |           |  | 5,045 |  |  |  | 4,995 |   |  |  | 5,150 | 
|Average interest rate            |  |                                                     | 4.50  | % |                        |  |  |                        |  |  |     |  |  |      |  |  |            |  |  |                     |  |  |          |  |  |                     | 4.50  | % |           |  |      |  |  |  | 4.50  | % |  |  |      | 

The following table provides information regarding our foreign currency-sensitive financial instruments and
transactions, which consist of restricted bank deposits, bank deposits and cash and cash equivalents as of the dates indicated.



|                                       |  |                              |       |  |                        |  |   |                        |  |  |      |  |  |      |   |  |            |  |   |                     |  |  |           |  |  |                     |       |  |           |  |       |  |  |  |       |  |  |  |       | 
|-------------------------------------- |  | ---------------------------- | ----- |  | ---------------------- |  | - | ---------------------- |  |  | ---- |  |  | ---- | - |  | ---------- |  | - | ------------------- |  |  | --------- |  |  | ------------------- | ----- |  | --------- |  | ----- |  |  |  | ----- |  |  |  | ----- | 
|                                       |  | Expected Maturity Date       |       |  | As of December 31,2016 |  |   | As of December 31,2015 | 
|                                       |  | 2017                         |       |  | 2018                   |  |   | 2019                   |  |  | 2020 |  |  | 2021 |   |  | Thereafter |  |   | TotalRecordedAmount |  |  | FairValue |  |  | TotalRecordedAmount |       |  | FairValue | 
|                                       |  | (RMB equivalent in millions) |      
|On-balance sheet financial instruments |  |                              |       |  |                        |  |   |                        |  |  |      |  |  |      |   |  |            |  |   |                     |  |  |           |  |  |                     |       |  |           |  |       |  |  |  |       |  |  |  |       | 
|Restricted bank deposits:              |  |                              |       |  |                        |  |   |                        |  |  |      |  |  |      |   |  |            |  |   |                     |  |  |           |  |  |                     |       |  |           |  |       |  |  |  |       |  |  |  |       | 
|in U.S. dollars                        |  |                              |      |  |                        |  |  |                        |  |  | 1    |  |  |      |  |  |            |  |  |                     |  |  |          |  |  |                     | 1     |  |           |  | 1     |  |  |  | 1     |  |  |  | 1     | 
|in Hong Kong dollars                   |  |                              |      |  |                        |  |  |                        |  |  |     |  |  |      |  |  |            |  |  |                     |  |  |          |  |  |                     |      |  |           |  |      |  |  |  | 42    |  |  |  | 42    | 
|Bank deposits:                         |  |                              |       |  |                        |  |   |                        |  |  |      |  |  |      |   |  |            |  |   |                     |  |  |           |  |  |                     |       |  |           |  |       |  |  |  |       |  |  |  |       | 
|in U.S. dollars                        |  |                              | 428   |  |                        |  |  |                        |  |  |     |  |  |      |  |  |            |  |  |                     |  |  |          |  |  |                     | 428   |  |           |  | 428   |  |  |  | 843   |  |  |  | 843   | 
|in Hong Kong dollars                   |  |                              | 2,748 |  |                        |  |  |                        |  |  |     |  |  |      |  |  |            |  |  |                     |  |  |          |  |  |                     | 2,748 |  |           |  | 2,748 |  |  |  | 2,763 |  |  |  | 2,763 | 
|Cash and cash equivalents:             |  |                              |       |  |                        |  |   |                        |  |  |      |  |  |      |   |  |            |  |   |                     |  |  |           |  |  |                     |       |  |           |  |       |  |  |  |       |  |  |  |       | 
|in U.S. dollars                        |  |                              | 1,285 |  |                        |  |  |                        |  |  |     |  |  |      |  |  |            |  |  |                     |  |  |          |  |  |                     | 1,285 |  |           |  | 1,285 |  |  |  | 1,097 |  |  |  | 1,097 | 
|in Hong Kong dollars                   |  |                              | 683   |  |                        |  |  |                        |  |  |     |  |  |      |  |  |            |  |  |                     |  |  |          |  |  |                     | 683   |  |           |  | 683   |  |  |  | 777   |  |  |  | 777   | 



|Item 12. | Description of Securities Other than Equity Securities.
|-------- | -------------------------------------------------------

The Bank of New York Mellon,
located at 101 Barclay Street, New York, New York 10286, USA as the depositary of our ADSs, collects its fees for delivery and surrender of ADSs directly from investors depositing shares or surrendering ADSs for the purpose of withdrawal. The
depositary collects fees for making distributions to investors by deducting those fees from the amounts distributed or by selling a portion of distributable property to pay the fees. The depositary may refuse to provide delivery of ADSs or deposited
shares or to provide any distributions until its fees for those services are paid.



-72-



---

##### Table of Contents

|  |  |                                                                                                                                                                                           |  |   |  |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
|- |  | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |  | - |  | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|  |  | ADR holders must pay:                                                                                                                                                                     |  |   |  | For:                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
|  |  |                                                                                                                                                                                           | 
| |  | US$5 (or less) per 100 ADSs (or portion thereof)                                                                                                                                          |  |  |  | Each issuance of an ADS, including as a result of a distribution of shares or rights or other property                                                                                                                            
|  |  |                                                                                                                                                                                           | 
|  |  |                                                                                                                                                                                           |  |  |  | Each cancellation of an ADS, including if the deposit agreement terminates                                                                                                                                                        
|  |  |                                                                                                                                                                                           | 
|  |  |                                                                                                                                                                                           |  |  |  | Each distribution of securities, other than shares or ADSs, treating the securities as if they were shares for the purpose of calculating fees                                                                                    
|  |  |                                                                                                                                                                                           | 
| |  | US$0.02 (or less) per ADS                                                                                                                                                                 |  |  |  | Any cash distribution (not including cash dividend distribution)                                                                                                                                                                  
|  |  |                                                                                                                                                                                           | 
| |  | Registration or transfer fees                                                                                                                                                             |  |  |  | Transfer and registration of shares on the share register of our transfer agent and the registrar in Hong Kong from an ADR holders name to the name of the depositary or its agent when the ADR holder deposit or withdraw
shares
|  |  |                                                                                                                                                                                           | 
| |  | Expenses of the depositary                                                                                                                                                                |  |  |  | Conversion of Hong Kong dollars to U.S. dollars                                                                                                                                                                                   
|  |  |                                                                                                                                                                                           | 
|  |  |                                                                                                                                                                                           |  |  |  | Cable, telex and facsimile transmission expenses                                                                                                                                                                                  
|  |  |                                                                                                                                                                                           | 
| |  | Taxes and other governmental charges the depositary or the custodian has to pay on any ADS or share underlying an ADS; for example, stock transfer taxes, stamp duty or withholding taxes |  |  |  | As necessary                                                                                                                                                                                                                      

The Bank of New York Mellon, as the depositary, has agreed to pay for certain expenses incurred in connection
with our shareholders meetings. The amount of such expenses paid by the Bank of New York Mellon in 2016 was US$185,582.96, net of withholding tax. The Bank of New York Mellon has also agreed to waive certain fees for standard costs associated
with the administration of the ADR program, and the amount of such fees waived in 2016 was US$131,959.72.



-73-



---

##### Table of Contents

PART II



|Item 13. | Defaults, Dividend Arrearages and Delinquencies.
|-------- | ------------------------------------------------

None.



|Item 14. | Material Modifications to the Rights of Security Holders and Use of Proceeds.
|-------- | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------

None.



|Item 15. | Controls and Procedures.
|-------- | ------------------------

Disclosure Controls and Procedures.Our
disclosure controls and procedures are designed to provide reasonable assurance that information required to be disclosed by us in the reports that we file or submit under the Exchange Act, is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the
time periods specified in the SECs rules and forms, including, without limitation, that such information is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, to allow timely
decisions regarding required disclosure.

As of December 31, 2016, an evaluation was carried out by our management, with the
participation of our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, of the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) under the Exchange Act). Based on that
evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that, as of December 31, 2016, our disclosure controls and procedures were effective at a reasonable assurance level.

Managements Annual Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting.Managements Report on Internal Control Over
Financial Reporting is set forth below.

Managements Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

Management of China Mobile Limited (together with its consolidated subsidiaries, the Company) is responsible for establishing and
maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended). The Companys internal control over financial reporting
is a process designed under the supervision of the Companys Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of the Companys
financial statements for external reporting purposes in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards, as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board.

As of December 31, 2016, the Companys management, with the participation of the Companys Chief Executive Officer and Chief
Financial Officer, conducted an assessment of the effectiveness of the Companys internal control over financial reporting using criteria set forth in Internal Control  Integrated Framework (2013) issued by the Committee of
Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO). Based on this assessment, the Companys management has concluded that the Companys internal control over financial reporting was effective as of December 31, 2016.

The effectiveness of the Companys internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2016 has been audited by
PricewaterhouseCoopers Zhong Tian LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm, as stated in their report dated April 27, 2017 appearing on page F-2 of this annual report on Form 20-F.



|           |  |                                                |  |              |  |        |  |                                                               
|---------- |  | ---------------------------------------------- |  | ------------ |  | ------ |  | --------------------------------------------------------------
|/s/ LI Yue |  |                                                |  | /s/ DONG Xin
|Name:      |  | LI Yue                                         |  |              |  | Name:  |  | DONG Xin                                                      
|Title:     |  | Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer |  |              |  | Title: |  | Executive Director, Vice President and Chief Financial Officer



-74-



---

##### Table of Contents

Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting. During 2016, no change
to our internal control over financial reporting occurred that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.



|Item 16A. | Audit Committee Financial Expert.
|--------- | ---------------------------------

All members of our audit committee have extensive
management experience. In particular, Mr. Frank K.S. WONG has many years of finance and commercial management experience and expertise, and Mr. Stephen K.W. YIU has many years of accounting and finance experience and expertise.
For detailed biographical information of Mr. Wong and Mr. Yiu, see Item 6. Directors, Senior Management and Employees  Directors and Senior Management. Our board of directors has determined that each of Mr. Wong and
Mr. Yiu is qualified as an audit committee financial expert, as defined in Item 16A of Form 20-F. Both Mr. Wong and Mr. Yiu satisfy the independence requirements of
Section 303A of the New York Stock Exchange Listed Company Manual.



|Item 16B. | Code of Ethics.
|--------- | ---------------

We have adopted a code of ethics that applies to our Chief Executive
Officer, Chief Financial Officer, Deputy Chief Financial Officer, Assistant Chief Financial Officer and our other designated senior officers. A copy of our Code of Ethics for Covered Officers was filed as Exhibit 11.1 to our annual report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2003, and may also be downloaded from our website at http://www.chinamobileltd.com/en/about/cg/ethics.pdf. Information contained on that website is not a part of this
annual report on Form 20-F. Copies of our Code of Ethics for Covered Officers may also be obtained at no charge by writing to our investor relations department at 60/F, The Center, 99 Queens Road
Central, Hong Kong.



|Item 16C. | Principal Accountant Fees and Services.
|--------- | ---------------------------------------

The following table sets forth the aggregate
audit fees, audit-related fees, tax fees of our principal accountants and all other fees billed for products and services provided by our principal accountants other than the audit fees, audit-related fees and tax fees in 2015 and 2016:



|     |  |                      |     |  |                    |  |   |             |  |  |                   |  |  |  |   | 
|---- |  | -------------------- | --- |  | ------------------ |  | - | ----------- |  |  | ----------------- |  |  |  | - | 
|     |  | Audit Fees(1)        |     |  | Audit-Related Fees |  |   | Tax Fees(2) |  |  | All Other Fees(2) | 
|     |  | (in millions of RMB) |    
|2015 |  |                      | 97  |  |                    |  |  |             |  |  | 1                 |  |  |  | 4 | 
|2016 |  |                      | 103 |  |                    |  |  |             |  |  | 1                 |  |  |  | 9 | 



|(1) | Includes the fees for services rendered in connection with the audit of internal control over financial reporting as required by Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
|--- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

|(2) | Includes the fees for tax compliance and advisory services, risk assessment and compliance advisory services and performance improvement and business process optimization advisory services.
|--- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Before our principal accountants were engaged by us or our subsidiaries to render audit or non-audit
services, the engagement was approved by our audit committee as required by applicable rules and regulations of the SEC.



|Item 16D. | Exemptions from the Listing Standards for Audit Committees.
|--------- | -----------------------------------------------------------

Not applicable.



|Item 16E. | Purchases of Equity Securities by the Issuer and Affiliated Purchasers.
|--------- | -----------------------------------------------------------------------

None.



|Item 16F. | Change in Registrants Certifying Accountant.
|--------- | ---------------------------------------------

Not applicable.



|Item 16G. | Corporate Governance.
|--------- | ---------------------

As a foreign private issuer (as defined in Rule 3b-4 under the Exchange Act), we are permitted to follow home country practices in lieu of some of the corporate governance practices required to be followed by U.S. companies listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
As a result, our corporate governance practices differ in some respects from those required to be followed by U.S. companies listed on the New York Stock Exchange.



-75-



---

##### Table of Contents

The significant differences between our corporate governance practices and those required to be
followed by U.S. companies under the New York Stock Exchanges listing standards include:

Section 303A.01 of the New York Stock
Exchange Listed Company Manual provides that listed companies must have a majority of independent directors. As a listed company in Hong Kong, we are subject to the requirement under the Hong Kong Listing Rules that at least one-third of our board of directors be independent non-executive directors as determined under the Hong Kong Listing Rules. We currently have four independent directors out of
a total of nine directors. The Hong Kong Listing Rules set forth standards for establishing independence, which differ from those set forth in the New York Stock Exchange Listed Company Manual.

Section 303A.03 of the New York Stock Exchange Listed Company Manual provides that listed companies must schedule regular executive sessions
in which non-management directors meet without management participation. As a listed company in Hong Kong, we are subject to the requirement under the Hong Kong Listing Rules that our Chairman should hold
meetings at least annually with the non-executive directors (including independent non-executive directors) without the presence of the executive directors.

Section 303A.04 of the New York Stock Exchange Listed Company Manual provides that the nominating/corporate governance committee of a listed
company must have a written charter that addresses the committees purpose and responsibilities, which include, among others, the development and recommendation of corporate governance guidelines to the listed companys board of directors.
Our board of directors is responsible for performing the corporate governance duties, including developing and reviewing our policies and practices on corporate governance guidelines.

Section 303A.07 of the New York Stock Exchange Listed Company Manual provides that if an audit committee member simultaneously serves on the
audit committee of more than three public companies, and the listed company does not limit the number of audit committees on which its audit committee members serve to three or less, then in each case, the board of directors must determine that such
simultaneous service would not impair the ability of such member to effectively serve on the listed companys audit committee and disclose such determination. We are not required, under the applicable Hong Kong law, to make such determination.

Section 303A.10 of the New York Stock Exchange Listed Company Manual provides that listed companies must adopt and disclose a code of
business conduct and ethics for directors, officers and employees. While we are not required, under the Hong Kong Listing Rules, to adopt such a similar code, as required under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, we have adopted a code of ethics that is
applicable to our principal executive officer, principal financial officer, principal accounting officer or persons performing similar functions.

Section 303A.12(a) of the New York Stock Exchange Listed Company Manual provides that each listed companys chief executive officer must
certify to the New York Stock Exchange each year that he or she is not aware of any violation by the company of New York Stock Exchange corporate governance listing standards. Our Chief Executive Officer is not required, under the applicable Hong
Kong law, to make similar certifications.



|Item 16H. | Mine Safety Disclosure.
|--------- | -----------------------

Not applicable.



-76-



---

##### Table of Contents

PART III



|Item 17. | Financial Statements.
|-------- | ---------------------

Not applicable.



|Item 18. | Financial Statements.
|-------- | ---------------------

The following financial statements are filed as part of this
annual report on Form 20-F.

China Mobile Limited:



|                                                        |  |  |      | 
|------------------------------------------------------- |  |  | ---- | 
|Index to Consolidated Financial Statements              |  |  | F-1  | 
|Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm |  |  | F-2  | 
|Consolidated statements of comprehensive income         |  |  | F-4  | 
|Consolidated balance sheets                             |  |  | F-6  | 
|Consolidated statements of changes in equity            |  |  | F-9  | 
|Consolidated statements of cash flows                   |  |  | F-12 | 
|Notes to the consolidated financial statements          |  |  | F-16 | 



|Item 19. | Exhibits.
|-------- | ---------



| | (a) | See Item 18 for a list of the financial statements filed as part of this annual report on Form 20-F.
| | --- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



| | (b) | Exhibits to this annual report on Form 20-F:
| | --- | --------------------------------------------



|              |  |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         
|------------- |  | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|ExhibitNumber |  | Description of Exhibit                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
|              | 
|1.1           |  | Articles of Association (as amended).(10)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
|              | 
|2.1           |  | We agree to provide the SEC, upon request, copies of instruments defining the rights of holders of our long-term debt.                                                                                                                                                                                  
|              | 
|2.2           |  | Letter of Guarantee from China Mobile Communications Corporation for the RMB3,000 million guaranteed bonds due 2007 and RMB5,000 million guaranteed bonds due 2017, both issued by Guangdong Mobile in 2002 (with English
translation).(1)                                                              
|              | 
|4.1           |  | Agreement on Sharing of Administrative Services and Administrative Costs, dated April 27, 2004, between China Mobile Communication Co., Ltd. and China Mobile Communications Corporation (with English translation).(2)                                                                                 
|              | 
|4.2           |  | Agreement regarding Settlement of Interconnection and Roaming, Transmission Line Leasing, Usage of Spectrum Frequency and Numbering Resources, dated July 1, 2004, between China Mobile (Hong Kong) Limited and China Mobile
Communications Corporation (with English translation).(3)                  
|              | 
|4.3           |  | Tripartite Agreement on the Transfer of Rights and Obligations Relating to the Interconnection and Settlement Arrangements, dated November 13, 2008, among China Mobile Communications Corporation, China TieTong
Telecommunications Corporation and China Mobile Limited (with English translation).(4)
|              | 
|4.4           |  | TD-SCDMA Network Capacity Leasing Agreement, dated December 29, 2008, between China Mobile Communications Corporation and China Mobile Limited (with English translation).(4)                                                                                                                           
|              | 
|4.5           |  | Telecommunications Services Cooperation Agreement, dated November 6, 2009, between China Mobile Communications Corporation and China Mobile Limited (with English translation).(5)                                                                                                                      
|              | 
|4.6           |  | Share Subscription Agreement, dated March 10, 2010, between China Mobile Group Guangdong Co., Ltd. and Shanghai Pudong Development Bank Co., Ltd. (with English
summary).(5)                                                                                                                            
|              | 
|4.7           |  | Property Leasing and Management Services Agreement for the Years from 2011 to 2013, dated December 21, 2010, between China Mobile Limited and China Mobile Communications Corporation (with English translation).(6)                                                                                    
|              | 
|4.8           |  | Telecommunications Services Agreement for the Years from 2011 to 2013, dated December 21, 2010, between China Mobile Limited and China Mobile Communications Corporation (with English translation).(6)                                                                                                 



-77-



---

##### Table of Contents

|     |  |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
|---- |  | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|     | 
|4.9  |  | Network Assets Leasing Agreement, dated August 18, 2011, between China Mobile Communications Corporation and China Mobile Limited (with English translation).(7)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
|     | 
|4.10 |  | Amendment and Transfer Agreement in connection with the Agreement regarding Settlement of Interconnection and Roaming, Transmission Line Leasing, Usage of Spectrum Frequency and Numbering Resources, dated September 13, 2012,
between China Mobile Limited, China Mobile International Limited, China Mobile Communications Corporation and China Mobile Communication Co., Ltd. (with English translation).(8)
|     | 
|4.11 |  | Trademark License Agreement, dated January 1, 2013, between China Mobile Communications Corporation, China Mobile Limited and China Mobile Communications Limited (with English translation).(9)                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
|     | 
|4.12 |  | Property Leasing and Management Services Agreement for the Years from 2014 to 2016, dated August 15, 2013, between China Mobile Limited and China Mobile Communications Corporation (with English translation).(9)                                                                                                                                                                                                
|     | 
|4.13 |  | Telecommunications Services Agreement for the Years from 2014 to 2016, dated August 15, 2013, between China Mobile Limited and China Mobile Communications Corporation (with English translation).(9)                                                                                                                                                                                                             
|     | 
|4.14 |  | Promoters Agreement, dated July 11, 2014, among China Mobile Communication Co., Ltd., China United Network Communications Corporation Limited, and China Telecom Corporation Limited (with English translation).(10)                                                                                                                                                                                             
|     | 
|4.15 |  | Agreement on Purchase of Existing Telecommunications Towers and Related Assets by Issuing Shares and Paying Cash Consideration, dated October 14, 2015, among China Mobile Communication Co., Ltd., China United Network
Communications Corporation Limited, China Telecom Corporation Limited, China Reform Holdings Corporation Limited and China Tower Corporation Limited (with English translation).(11)     
|     | 
|4.16 |  | Agreement on the Transfer of Business and Assets of China TieTong Telecommunications Corporation, dated November 27, 2015, between China Mobile TieTong Company Limited and China TieTong Telecommunications Corporation (with English
translation).(11)                                                                                                                                                          
|     | 
|4.17 |  | Share Subscription Agreement, dated January 30, 2016, between China Mobile Group Anhui Co., Ltd. and China Tower Corporation Limited (with English translation).(11)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
|     | 
|4.18 |  | Share Subscription Agreement, dated January 30, 2016, between China Mobile Group Henan Co., Ltd. and China Tower Corporation Limited (with English translation).(11)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
|     | 
|4.19 |  | Share Subscription Agreement, dated January 30, 2016, between China Mobile Group Hebei Co., Ltd. and China Tower Corporation Limited (with English translation).(11)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
|     | 
|4.20 |  | Share Subscription Agreement, dated January 30, 2016, between China Mobile Group Guangdong Co., Ltd. and China Tower Corporation Limited (with English
translation).(11)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
|     | 
|4.21 |  | Share Subscription Agreement, dated January 30, 2016, between China Mobile Group Jiangsu Co., Ltd. and China Tower Corporation Limited (with English
translation).(11)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
|     | 
|4.22 |  | Share Subscription Agreement, dated January 30, 2016, between China Mobile Group Shandong Co., Ltd. and China Tower Corporation Limited (with English
translation).(11)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
|     | 
|4.23 |  | Share Subscription Agreement, dated January 30, 2016, between China Mobile Group Zhejiang Co., Ltd. and China Tower Corporation Limited (with English
translation).(11)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
|     | 
|4.24 |  | Commercial Pricing Agreement, dated July 8, 2016, between China Mobile Communication Company Limited and China Tower Corporation Limited (with English translation).                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              



-78-



---

##### Table of Contents

|     |  |                                                                                                                                                                                                                
|---- |  | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|     | 
|4.25 |  | Property Leasing and Management Services Agreement for the Years from 2017 to 2019, dated August 11, 2016, between China Mobile Limited and China Mobile Communications Corporation (with English translation).
|     | 
|8.1  |  | List of Major Subsidiaries.                                                                                                                                                                                    
|     | 
|11.1 |  | Code of Ethics.(2)                                                                                                                                                                                             
|     | 
|12.1 |  | Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a).                                                                                                                                           
|     | 
|12.2 |  | Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a).                                                                                                                                           
|     | 
|13.1 |  | Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(b).                                                                                                                                           
|     | 
|13.2 |  | Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(b).                                                                                                                                           



|(1) | Incorporated by reference to our Annual Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2002 (File No. 1-14696), filed
with the SEC on June 17, 2003.
|--- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

|(2) | Incorporated by reference to our Annual Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2003 (File No. 1-14696), filed
with the SEC on June 17, 2004.
|--- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

|(3) | Incorporated by reference to our Annual Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2004 (File No. 1-14696), filed
with the SEC on June 13, 2005.
|--- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

|(4) | Incorporated by reference to our Annual Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008 (File No. 1-14696), filed
with the SEC on June 23, 2009.
|--- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

|(5) | Incorporated by reference to our Annual Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009 (File No. 1-14696), filed
with the SEC on June 7, 2010.
|--- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

|(6) | Incorporated by reference to our Annual Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2010 (File No. 1-14696), filed
with the SEC on April 27, 2011.
|--- | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

|(7) | Incorporated by reference to our Annual Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2011 (File No. 1-14696), filed
with the SEC on April 25, 2012.
|--- | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

|(8) | Incorporated by reference to our Annual Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2012 (File No. 1-14696), filed
with the SEC on April 25, 2013.
|--- | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

|(9) | Incorporated by reference to our Annual Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2013 (File No. 1-14696), filed
with the SEC on April 25, 2014.
|--- | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

|(10) | Incorporated by reference to our Annual Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2014 (File No. 1-14696), filed
with the SEC on April 24, 2015.
|---- | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

|(11) | Incorporated by reference to our Annual Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2015 (File No. 1-14696), filed
with the SEC on April 26, 2016.
|---- | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



-79-



---

##### Table of Contents

SIGNATURES

The registrant hereby certifies that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form 20-F and that
it has duly caused and authorized the undersigned to sign this annual report on Form 20-F on its behalf.



CHINA MOBILE LIMITEDBy:

/s/ LI YueName:

LI YueTitle:

Executive Director and Chief Executive
Officer


Date: April 27, 2017



---

##### Table of Contents

Index to Consolidated Financial Statements



|                                                        |  |          |      | 
|------------------------------------------------------- |  | -------- | ---- | 
|                                                        |  | Page No. |     
|                                                        | 
|Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm |  |          | F-2  | 
|Consolidated statements of comprehensive income         |  |          | F-4  | 
|Consolidated balance sheets                             |  |          | F-6  | 
|Consolidated statements of changes in equity            |  |          | F-9  | 
|Consolidated statements of cash flows                   |  |          | F-12 | 
|Notes to consolidated financial statements              |  |          | F-16 | 



F-1



---

##### Table of Contents

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND SHAREHOLDERS OF

CHINA MOBILE LIMITED

In our opinion, the accompanying consolidated balance sheets and the
related consolidated statements of comprehensive income, the consolidated statements of changes in equity and the consolidated statements of cash flows present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of China Mobile Limited and its
subsidiaries (collectively, the Company) at December 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015, and the results of their operations and their cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2016 in conformity
with International Financial Reporting Standards as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board. Also in our opinion, the Company maintained, in all material respects, effective internal control over financial reporting as of
December 31, 2016, based on criteria established in Internal Control - Integrated Framework (2013) issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO). The Companys management is
responsible for these financial statements, for maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting and for its assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting, included in the Managements Report on
Internal Control Over Financial Reporting included in Item 15 of this Annual Report on Form 20-F. Our responsibility is to express opinions on these financial statements and on the Companys internal
control over financial reporting based on our integrated audits. We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audits
to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement and whether effective internal control over financial reporting was maintained in all material respects. Our audits of the financial statements
included examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement
presentation. Our audit of internal control over financial reporting included obtaining an understanding of internal control over financial reporting, assessing the risk that a material weakness exists, and testing and evaluating the design and
operating effectiveness of internal control based on the assessed risk. Our audits also included performing such other procedures as we considered necessary in the circumstances. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our
opinions.



F-2



---

##### Table of Contents

A companys internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable
assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. A companys internal control over financial reporting
includes those policies and procedures that (i) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the company; (ii) provide reasonable
assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the company are being made only in accordance with
authorizations of management and directors of the company; and (iii) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of the companys assets that could have a material
effect on the financial statements.

Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect
misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may
deteriorate.

/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers Zhong Tian LLP

Beijing, the Peoples Republic of China

April 27, 2017



F-3



---

##### Table of Contents

Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income

for the year ended December 31

(Expressed in Renminbi (RMB))



|                                                                     |  |      |       |  |         |  |         |         |  |  |         |   |  |  |         |  
|-------------------------------------------------------------------- |  | ---- | ----- |  | ------- |  | ------- | ------- |  |  | ------- | - |  |  | ------- | -
|                                                                     |  |      |       |  | 2016    |  |         | 2015    |  |  | 2014    |  
|                                                                     |  | Note |       |  | Million |  |         | Million |  |  | Million |  
|                                                                     |  |      |       | 
|Operating revenue                                                    |  |      | 4     |  |         |  |         |         |  |  |         |   |  |  |         |  
|                                                                     |  |      |       | 
|Revenue from telecommunications services                             |  |      |       |  |         |  | 623,422 |         |  |  | 584,089 |   |  |  | 591,602 |  
|Revenue from sales of products and others                            |  |      |       |  |         |  | 84,999  |         |  |  | 84,246  |   |  |  | 59,907  |  
|                                                                     |  |      |       |  |         |  |         |         |  |  |         |   |  |  |         |  
|                                                                     |  |      |       |  |         |  | 708,421 |         |  |  | 668,335 |   |  |  | 651,509 |  
|                                                                     |  |      |       |  |         |  |         |         |  |  |         |   |  |  |         |  
|                                                                     |  |      |       | 
|Operating expenses                                                   |  |      |       |  |         |  |         |         |  |  |         |   |  |  |         |  
|                                                                     |  |      |       | 
|Leased lines and network assets                                      |  |      |       |  |         |  | 39,083  |         |  |  | 20,668  |   |  |  | 15,843  |  
|Interconnection                                                      |  |      |       |  |         |  | 21,779  |         |  |  | 21,668  |   |  |  | 23,502  |  
|Depreciation                                                         |  |      |       |  |         |  | 138,090 |         |  |  | 136,832 |   |  |  | 122,805 |  
|Employee benefit and related expenses                                |  |      | 5     |  |         |  | 79,463  |         |  |  | 74,805  |   |  |  | 70,385  |  
|Selling expenses                                                     |  |      |       |  |         |  | 57,493  |         |  |  | 59,850  |   |  |  | 75,655  |  
|Cost of products sold                                                |  |      |       |  |         |  | 87,352  |         |  |  | 89,297  |   |  |  | 74,495  |  
|Other operating expenses                                             |  |      | 6     |  |         |  | 167,073 |         |  |  | 162,293 |   |  |  | 151,504 |  
|                                                                     |  |      |       |  |         |  |         |         |  |  |         |   |  |  |         |  
|                                                                     |  |      |       |  |         |  | 590,333 |         |  |  | 565,413 |   |  |  | 534,189 |  
|                                                                     |  |      |       |  |         |  |         |         |  |  |         |   |  |  |         |  
|                                                                     |  |      |       | 
|Profit from operations                                               |  |      |       |  |         |  | 118,088 |         |  |  | 102,922 |   |  |  | 117,320 |  
|                                                                     |  |      |       | 
|Gain on the transfer of Tower Assets                                 |  |      | 7     |  |         |  |        |         |  |  | 15,525  |   |  |  |        |  
|                                                                     |  |      |       | 
|Other gains                                                          |  |      | 8     |  |         |  | 1,968   |         |  |  | 1,800   |   |  |  | 1,171   |  
|                                                                     |  |      |       | 
|Interest income                                                      |  |      |       |  |         |  | 16,005  |         |  |  | 15,852  |   |  |  | 16,270  |  
|                                                                     |  |      |       | 
|Finance costs                                                        |  |      | 9     |  |         |  | (235    | )       |  |  | (455    | ) |  |  | (487    | )
|                                                                     |  |      |       | 
|Share of profit of investments accounted for using the equity method |  |      |       |  |         |  | 8,636   |         |  |  | 8,090   |   |  |  | 8,248   |  
|                                                                     |  |      |       |  |         |  |         |         |  |  |         |   |  |  |         |  
|                                                                     |  |      |       | 
|Profit before taxation                                               |  |      |       |  |         |  | 144,462 |         |  |  | 143,734 |   |  |  | 142,522 |  
|                                                                     |  |      |       | 
|Taxation                                                             |  |      | 12(a) |  |         |  | (35,623 | )       |  |  | (35,079 | ) |  |  | (33,179 | )
|                                                                     |  |      |       |  |         |  |         |         |  |  |         |   |  |  |         |  
|                                                                     |  |      |       | 
|PROFIT FOR THE YEAR                                                  |  |      |       |  |         |  | 108,839 |         |  |  | 108,655 |   |  |  | 109,343 |  

The notes on pages F-16 to F-93 are an
integral part of these consolidated financial statements.



F-4



---

##### Table of Contents

Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (Continued)

for the year ended December 31

(Expressed in
RMB)



|                                                                                                |  |      |       |  |         |  |         |         |  |  |         |  |  |  |         |  
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |  | ---- | ----- |  | ------- |  | ------- | ------- |  |  | ------- |  |  |  | ------- | -
|                                                                                                |  |      |       |  | 2016    |  |         | 2015    |  |  | 2014    | 
|                                                                                                |  | Note |       |  | Million |  |         | Million |  |  | Million | 
|                                                                                                |  |      |       | 
|Other comprehensive (loss)/income for the year, net of tax:                                     |  |      |       |  |         |  |         |         |  |  |         |  |  |  |         |  
|                                                                                                |  |      |       | 
|Item that will not be subsequently reclassified to profit or loss                               |  |      |       |  |         |  |         |         |  |  |         |  |  |  |         |  
|Share of other comprehensive loss of investments accounted for using the equity method          |  |      |       |  |         |  | (16     | )       |  |  |        |  |  |  |        |  
|                                                                                                |  |      |       | 
|Items that may be subsequently reclassified to profit or loss                                   |  |      |       |  |         |  |         |         |  |  |         |  |  |  |         |  
|Change in value of available-for-sale financial
assets                                          |  |      |       |  |         |  | 24      |         |  |  |        |  |  |  |        |  
|Exchange differences on translation of financial statements of overseas entities                |  |      |       |  |         |  | 774     |         |  |  | 603     |  |  |  | (169    | )
|Share of other comprehensive (loss)/income of investments accounted for using the equity method |  |      |       |  |         |  | (1,043  | )       |  |  | 901     |  |  |  | 1,224   |  
|                                                                                                |  |      |       |  |         |  |         |         |  |  |         |  |  |  |         |  
|                                                                                                |  |      |       | 
|TOTAL COMPREHENSIVE INCOME FOR THE YEAR                                                         |  |      |       |  |         |  | 108,578 |         |  |  | 110,159 |  |  |  | 110,398 |  
|                                                                                                |  |      |       |  |         |  |         |         |  |  |         |  |  |  |         |  
|                                                                                                |  |      |       | 
|Profit attributable to:                                                                         |  |      |       |  |         |  |         |         |  |  |         |  |  |  |         |  
|                                                                                                |  |      |       | 
|Equity shareholders of the Company                                                              |  |      |       |  |         |  | 108,741 |         |  |  | 108,539 |  |  |  | 109,218 |  
|Non-controlling interests                                                                       |  |      |       |  |         |  | 98      |         |  |  | 116     |  |  |  | 125     |  
|                                                                                                |  |      |       |  |         |  |         |         |  |  |         |  |  |  |         |  
|                                                                                                |  |      |       | 
|PROFIT FOR THE YEAR                                                                             |  |      |       |  |         |  | 108,839 |         |  |  | 108,655 |  |  |  | 109,343 |  
|                                                                                                |  |      |       |  |         |  |         |         |  |  |         |  |  |  |         |  
|                                                                                                |  |      |       | 
|Total comprehensive income attributable to:                                                     |  |      |       |  |         |  |         |         |  |  |         |  |  |  |         |  
|                                                                                                |  |      |       | 
|Equity shareholders of the Company                                                              |  |      |       |  |         |  | 108,480 |         |  |  | 110,043 |  |  |  | 110,273 |  
|Non-controlling interests                                                                       |  |      |       |  |         |  | 98      |         |  |  | 116     |  |  |  | 125     |  
|                                                                                                |  |      |       |  |         |  |         |         |  |  |         |  |  |  |         |  
|                                                                                                |  |      |       | 
|TOTAL COMPREHENSIVE INCOME FOR THE YEAR                                                         |  |      |       |  |         |  | 108,578 |         |  |  | 110,159 |  |  |  | 110,398 |  
|                                                                                                |  |      |       |  |         |  |         |         |  |  |         |  |  |  |         |  
|                                                                                                |  |      |       | 
|Earnings per share  Basic                                                                      |  |      | 13(a) |  |         |  | RMB5.31 |         |  |  | RMB5.30 |  |  |  | RMB5.38 |  
|                                                                                                |  |      |       |  |         |  |         |         |  |  |         |  |  |  |         |  
|                                                                                                |  |      |       | 
|Earnings per share  Diluted                                                                    |  |      | 13(b) |  |         |  | RMB5.31 |         |  |  | RMB5.30 |  |  |  | RMB5.35 |  
|                                                                                                |  |      |       |  |         |  |         |         |  |  |         |  |  |  |         |  

The notes on pages F-16 to F-93 are an
integral part of these consolidated financial statements.



F-5



---

##### Table of Contents

Consolidated Balance Sheets

as of December 31

(Expressed in RMB)



|                                                     |  |      |    |  |                       |  |           |                       |  |  |           | 
|---------------------------------------------------- |  | ---- | -- |  | --------------------- |  | --------- | --------------------- |  |  | --------- | 
|                                                     |  |      |    |  | As ofDecember 31,2016 |  |           | As ofDecember 31,2015 | 
|                                                     |  | Note |    |  | Million               |  |           | Million               | 
|                                                     |  |      |   
|Assets                                               |  |      |    |  |                       |  |           |                       |  |  |           | 
|                                                     |  |      |   
|Non-current assets                                   |  |      |    |  |                       |  |           |                       |  |  |           | 
|                                                     |  |      |   
|Property, plant and equipment                        |  |      | 14 |  |                       |  | 622,356   |                       |  |  | 585,631   | 
|Construction in progress                             |  |      | 15 |  |                       |  | 89,853    |                       |  |  | 88,012    | 
|Land lease prepayments and others                    |  |      | 16 |  |                       |  | 26,720    |                       |  |  | 26,773    | 
|Goodwill                                             |  |      | 17 |  |                       |  | 35,343    |                       |  |  | 35,343    | 
|Other intangible assets                              |  |      |    |  |                       |  | 1,708     |                       |  |  | 768       | 
|Investments accounted for using the equity method    |  |      | 19 |  |                       |  | 124,039   |                       |  |  | 115,933   | 
|Deferred tax assets                                  |  |      | 20 |  |                       |  | 29,767    |                       |  |  | 25,423    | 
|Available-for-sale financial
assets                  |  |      | 21 |  |                       |  | 35        |                       |  |  | 3         | 
|Proceeds receivable for the transfer of Tower Assets |  |      | 7  |  |                       |  |          |                       |  |  | 56,737    | 
|Restricted bank deposits                             |  |      | 22 |  |                       |  | 4,528     |                       |  |  | 4,575     | 
|                                                     |  |      |    |  |                       |  |           |                       |  |  |           | 
|                                                     |  |      |    |  |                       |  | 934,349   |                       |  |  | 939,198   | 
|                                                     |  |      |    |  |                       |  |           |                       |  |  |           | 
|                                                     |  |      |   
|Current assets                                       |  |      |    |  |                       |  |           |                       |  |  |           | 
|                                                     |  |      |   
|Inventories                                          |  |      | 23 |  |                       |  | 8,832     |                       |  |  | 9,994     | 
|Accounts receivable                                  |  |      | 24 |  |                       |  | 19,045    |                       |  |  | 17,743    | 
|Other receivables                                    |  |      | 25 |  |                       |  | 25,693    |                       |  |  | 26,186    | 
|Proceeds receivable for the transfer of Tower Assets |  |      | 7  |  |                       |  | 57,152    |                       |  |  |          | 
|Prepayments and other current assets                 |  |      | 25 |  |                       |  | 16,801    |                       |  |  | 11,427    | 
|Amount due from ultimate holding company             |  |      | 26 |  |                       |  | 221       |                       |  |  | 247       | 
|Tax recoverable                                      |  |      |    |  |                       |  | 1,097     |                       |  |  | 746       | 
|Available-for-sale financial
assets                  |  |      | 21 |  |                       |  | 31,897    |                       |  |  | 19,167    | 
|Restricted bank deposits                             |  |      | 22 |  |                       |  | 197       |                       |  |  | 15        | 
|Bank deposits                                        |  |      | 27 |  |                       |  | 335,297   |                       |  |  | 323,330   | 
|Cash and cash equivalents                            |  |      | 28 |  |                       |  | 90,413    |                       |  |  | 79,842    | 
|                                                     |  |      |    |  |                       |  |           |                       |  |  |           | 
|                                                     |  |      |   
|                                                     |  |      |    |  |                       |  | 586,645   |                       |  |  | 488,697   | 
|                                                     |  |      |    |  |                       |  |           |                       |  |  |           | 
|                                                     |  |      |   
|Total assets                                         |  |      |    |  |                       |  | 1,520,994 |                       |  |  | 1,427,895 | 
|                                                     |  |      |    |  |                       |  |           |                       |  |  |           | 



F-6



---

##### Table of Contents

Consolidated Balance Sheets (Continued)

as of December 31

(Expressed in RMB)



|                                          |  |      |    |  |                       |  |         |                       |  |  |         | 
|----------------------------------------- |  | ---- | -- |  | --------------------- |  | ------- | --------------------- |  |  | ------- | 
|                                          |  |      |    |  | As ofDecember 31,2016 |  |         | As ofDecember 31,2015 | 
|                                          |  | Note |    |  | Million               |  |         | Million               | 
|                                          |  |      |   
|Equity and liabilities                    |  |      |    |  |                       |  |         |                       |  |  |         | 
|                                          |  |      |   
|Liabilities                               |  |      |    |  |                       |  |         |                       |  |  |         | 
|                                          |  |      |   
|Current liabilities                       |  |      |    |  |                       |  |         |                       |  |  |         | 
|                                          |  |      |   
|Interest-bearing borrowings               |  |      | 32 |  |                       |  | 4,998   |                       |  |  |        | 
|Accounts payable                          |  |      | 29 |  |                       |  | 250,838 |                       |  |  | 243,579 | 
|Bills payable                             |  |      |    |  |                       |  | 1,206   |                       |  |  | 645     | 
|Deferred revenue                          |  |      | 30 |  |                       |  | 84,289  |                       |  |  | 78,100  | 
|Accrued expenses and other payables       |  |      | 31 |  |                       |  | 180,950 |                       |  |  | 163,404 | 
|Amount due to ultimate holding company    |  |      | 26 |  |                       |  | 5,563   |                       |  |  | 7,276   | 
|Current taxation                          |  |      |    |  |                       |  | 8,545   |                       |  |  | 8,034   | 
|                                          |  |      |    |  |                       |  |         |                       |  |  |         | 
|                                          |  |      |   
|                                          |  |      |    |  |                       |  | 536,389 |                       |  |  | 501,038 | 
|                                          |  |      |    |  |                       |  |         |                       |  |  |         | 
|                                          |  |      |   
|Non-current liabilities                   |  |      |    |  |                       |  |         |                       |  |  |         | 
|                                          |  |      |   
|Interest-bearing borrowings  non-current |  |      | 32 |  |                       |  |        |                       |  |  | 4,995   | 
|Deferred revenue  non-current            |  |      | 30 |  |                       |  | 2,175   |                       |  |  | 1,291   | 
|Deferred tax liabilities                  |  |      | 20 |  |                       |  | 292     |                       |  |  | 203     | 
|                                          |  |      |    |  |                       |  |         |                       |  |  |         | 
|                                          |  |      |   
|                                          |  |      |    |  |                       |  | 2,467   |                       |  |  | 6,489   | 
|                                          |  |      |    |  |                       |  |         |                       |  |  |         | 
|                                          |  |      |   
|Total liabilities                         |  |      |    |  |                       |  | 538,856 |                       |  |  | 507,527 | 
|                                          |  |      |    |  |                       |  |         |                       |  |  |         | 



F-7



---

##### Table of Contents

Consolidated Balance Sheets (Continued)

as of December 31

(Expressed in RMB)



|                                                                |  |      |       |  |                       |  |           |                       |  |  |           | 
|--------------------------------------------------------------- |  | ---- | ----- |  | --------------------- |  | --------- | --------------------- |  |  | --------- | 
|                                                                |  |      |       |  | As ofDecember 31,2016 |  |           | As ofDecember 31,2015 | 
|                                                                |  | Note |       |  | Million               |  |           | Million               | 
|                                                                |  |      |      
|Equity                                                          |  |      |       |  |                       |  |           |                       |  |  |           | 
|                                                                |  |      |      
|Share capital                                                   |  |      | 34(b) |  |                       |  | 402,130   |                       |  |  | 402,130   | 
|Reserves                                                        |  |      |       |  |                       |  | 576,891   |                       |  |  | 515,206   | 
|                                                                |  |      |       |  |                       |  |           |                       |  |  |           | 
|                                                                |  |      |      
|Total equity attributable to equity shareholders of the Company |  |      |       |  |                       |  | 979,021   |                       |  |  | 917,336   | 
|                                                                |  |      |      
|Non-controlling interests                                       |  |      |       |  |                       |  | 3,117     |                       |  |  | 3,032     | 
|                                                                |  |      |       |  |                       |  |           |                       |  |  |           | 
|                                                                |  |      |      
|Total equity                                                    |  |      |       |  |                       |  | 982,138   |                       |  |  | 920,368   | 
|                                                                |  |      |       |  |                       |  |           |                       |  |  |           | 
|                                                                |  |      |      
|Total equity and liabilities                                    |  |      |       |  |                       |  | 1,520,994 |                       |  |  | 1,427,895 | 
|                                                                |  |      |       |  |                       |  |           |                       |  |  |           | 

The notes on pages F-16 to F-93 are an
integral part of these consolidated financial statements.



F-8



---

##### Table of Contents

Consolidated Statements of Changes in Equity

for the year ended December 31

(Expressed in RMB)



|                                                                                         |  |                                                    |         |  |               |  |          |                 |  |  |                 |   |  |                  |    |  |                        |  |      |                  |  |  |         |  |  |                            |         |   |              |  |         |   |  |  |       |   |  |  |         |  
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |  | -------------------------------------------------- | ------- |  | ------------- |  | -------- | --------------- |  |  | --------------- | - |  | ---------------- | -- |  | ---------------------- |  | ---- | ---------------- |  |  | ------- |  |  | -------------------------- | ------- | - | ------------ |  | ------- | - |  |  | ----- | - |  |  | ------- | -
|                                                                                         |  | Attributable to equity shareholders of the Company |         |  |               |  |          |                 | 
|                                                                                         |  | Share capital                                      |         |  | Share premium |  |          | Capital reserve |  |  | General reserve |   |  | Exchange reserve |    |  | PRC statutory reserves |  |      | Retained profits |  |  | Total   |  |  | Non- controlling interests |         |   | Total equity | 
|                                                                                         |  | Million                                            |         |  | Million       |  |          | Million         |  |  | Million         |   |  | Million          |    |  | Million                |  |      | Million          |  |  | Million |  |  | Million                    |         |   | Million      | 
|                                                                                         |  |                                                    |         |  |               |  |          |                 |  | 
|As of January 1, 2014                                                                    |  |                                                    | 2,142   |  |               |  | 387,243  |                 |  |  | (230,014        | ) |  |                  | 72 |  |                        |  | (607 | )                |  |  | 235,770 |  |  |                            | 424,565 |   |              |  | 819,171 |   |  |  | 1,952 |   |  |  | 821,123 |  
|                                                                                         |  |                                                    |         |  |               |  |          |                 |  | 
|Changes in equity for 2014:                                                              |  |                                                    |         |  |               |  |          |                 |  |  |                 |   |  |                  |    |  |                        |  |      |                  |  |  |         |  |  |                            |         |   |              |  |         |   |  |  |       |   |  |  |         |  
|Profit for the year                                                                      |  |                                                    |        |  |               |  |         |                 |  |  |                |   |  |                  |   |  |                        |  |     |                  |  |  |        |  |  |                            | 109,218 |   |              |  | 109,218 |   |  |  | 125   |   |  |  | 109,343 |  
|Currency translations differences                                                        |  |                                                    |        |  |               |  |         |                 |  |  |                |   |  |                  |   |  |                        |  | (169 | )                |  |  |        |  |  |                            |        |   |              |  | (169    | ) |  |  |      |   |  |  | (169    | )
|Share of other comprehensive income of investments accounted for using the equity method |  |                                                    |        |  |               |  |         |                 |  |  | 1,224           |   |  |                  |   |  |                        |  |     |                  |  |  |        |  |  |                            |        |   |              |  | 1,224   |   |  |  |      |   |  |  | 1,224   |  
|                                                                                         |  |                                                    |         |  |               |  |          |                 |  |  |                 |   |  |                  |    |  |                        |  |      |                  |  |  |         |  |  |                            |         |   |              |  |         |   |  |  |       |   |  |  |         |  
|Total comprehensive income/(loss) for the year                                           |  |                                                    |        |  |               |  |         |                 |  |  | 1,224           |   |  |                  |   |  |                        |  | (169 | )                |  |  |        |  |  |                            | 109,218 |   |              |  | 110,273 |   |  |  | 125   |   |  |  | 110,398 |  
|                                                                                         |  |                                                    |         |  |               |  |          |                 |  | 
|Dividends approved in respect of previous year (note34(a)(ii))                           |  |                                                    |        |  |               |  |         |                 |  |  |                |   |  |                  |   |  |                        |  |     |                  |  |  |        |  |  |                            | (26,044 | ) |              |  | (26,044 | ) |  |  | (10   | ) |  |  | (26,054 | )
|Dividends declared in respect of current year (note34(a)(i))                             |  |                                                    |        |  |               |  |         |                 |  |  |                |   |  |                  |   |  |                        |  |     |                  |  |  |        |  |  |                            | (24,880 | ) |              |  | (24,880 | ) |  |  |      |   |  |  | (24,880 | )
|Shares issued under share option scheme (note34(b))                                      |  |                                                    | 9,279   |  |               |  | 2,073    |                 |  |  | (3,137          | ) |  |                  |   |  |                        |  |     |                  |  |  |        |  |  |                            |        |   |              |  | 8,215   |   |  |  |      |   |  |  | 8,215   |  
|Transfer to PRC statutory reserves (note34(c)(ii))                                       |  |                                                    |        |  |               |  |         |                 |  |  |                |   |  |                  |   |  |                        |  |     |                  |  |  | 23,172  |  |  |                            | (22,991 | ) |              |  | 181     |   |  |  |      |   |  |  | 181     |  
|Transfer between reserves upon expiry of options                                         |  |                                                    |        |  |               |  |         |                 |  |  | (27             | ) |  |                  |   |  |                        |  |     |                  |  |  |        |  |  |                            | 27      |   |              |  |        |   |  |  |      |   |  |  |        |  
|Transition to no-par value regime                                                        |  |                                                    | 389,316 |  |               |  | (389,316 | )               |  |  |                |   |  |                  |   |  |                        |  |     |                  |  |  |        |  |  |                            |        |   |              |  |        |   |  |  |      |   |  |  |        |  
|Others                                                                                   |  |                                                    |        |  |               |  |         |                 |  |  |                |   |  |                  |   |  |                        |  | 8    |                  |  |  |        |  |  |                            | (8      | ) |              |  |        |   |  |  |      |   |  |  |        |  
|                                                                                         |  |                                                    |         |  |               |  |          |                 |  |  |                 |   |  |                  |    |  |                        |  |      |                  |  |  |         |  |  |                            |         |   |              |  |         |   |  |  |       |   |  |  |         |  
|                                                                                         |  |                                                    |         |  |               |  |          |                 |  | 
|As of December 31, 2014                                                                  |  |                                                    | 400,737 |  |               |  |         |                 |  |  | (231,954        | ) |  |                  | 72 |  |                        |  | (768 | )                |  |  | 258,942 |  |  |                            | 459,887 |   |              |  | 886,916 |   |  |  | 2,067 |   |  |  | 888,983 |  
|                                                                                         |  |                                                    |         |  |               |  |          |                 |  |  |                 |   |  |                  |    |  |                        |  |      |                  |  |  |         |  |  |                            |         |   |              |  |         |   |  |  |       |   |  |  |         |  

The notes on pages F-16 to F-93 are an
integral part of these consolidated financial statements.



F-9



---

##### Table of Contents

Consolidated Statements of Changes in Equity (Continued)

for the year ended December 31

(Expressed in
RMB)



|                                                                                         |  |                                                    |         |  |                |  |          |                |  |  |                 |  |  |                      |      |   |                 |  |         |         |  |  |                           |   |  |              |         |   |  |  |       |   |  |  |         |  
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |  | -------------------------------------------------- | ------- |  | -------------- |  | -------- | -------------- |  |  | --------------- |  |  | -------------------- | ---- | - | --------------- |  | ------- | ------- |  |  | ------------------------- | - |  | ------------ | ------- | - |  |  | ----- | - |  |  | ------- | -
|                                                                                         |  | Attributable to equity shareholders of the Company |         |  |                |  |          |                | 
|                                                                                         |  | Sharecapital                                       |         |  | Capitalreserve |  |          | Generalreserve |  |  | Exchangereserve |  |  | PRCstatutoryreserves |      |   | Retainedprofits |  |         | Total   |  |  | Non-
controllinginterests |   |  | Total equity |        
|                                                                                         |  | Million                                            |         |  | Million        |  |          | Million        |  |  | Million         |  |  | Million              |      |   | Million         |  |         | Million |  |  | Million                   |   |  | Million      |        
|                                                                                         |  |                                                    |         |  |                |  |          |                | 
|As of January 1, 2015                                                                    |  |                                                    | 400,737 |  |                |  | (231,954 | )              |  |  | 72              |  |  |                      | (768 | ) |                 |  | 258,942 |         |  |  | 459,887                   |   |  |              | 886,916 |   |  |  | 2,067 |   |  |  | 888,983 |  
|                                                                                         |  |                                                    |         |  |                |  |          |                | 
|Changes in equity for 2015:                                                              |  |                                                    |         |  |                |  |          |                |  |  |                 |  |  |                      |      |   |                 |  |         |         |  |  |                           |   |  |              |         |   |  |  |       |   |  |  |         |  
|Profit for the year                                                                      |  |                                                    |        |  |                |  |         |                |  |  |                |  |  |                      |     |   |                 |  |        |         |  |  | 108,539                   |   |  |              | 108,539 |   |  |  | 116   |   |  |  | 108,655 |  
|Currency translation differences                                                         |  |                                                    |        |  |                |  |         |                |  |  |                |  |  |                      | 603  |   |                 |  |        |         |  |  |                          |   |  |              | 603     |   |  |  |      |   |  |  | 603     |  
|Share of other comprehensive income of investments accounted for using the equity method |  |                                                    |        |  |                |  | 901      |                |  |  |                |  |  |                      |     |   |                 |  |        |         |  |  |                          |   |  |              | 901     |   |  |  |      |   |  |  | 901     |  
|                                                                                         |  |                                                    |         |  |                |  |          |                |  |  |                 |  |  |                      |      |   |                 |  |         |         |  |  |                           |   |  |              |         |   |  |  |       |   |  |  |         |  
|Total comprehensive income for the year                                                  |  |                                                    |        |  |                |  | 901      |                |  |  |                |  |  |                      | 603  |   |                 |  |        |         |  |  | 108,539                   |   |  |              | 110,043 |   |  |  | 116   |   |  |  | 110,159 |  
|                                                                                         |  |                                                    |         |  |                |  |          |                | 
|Dividends approved in respect of previous year (note 34(a)(ii))                          |  |                                                    |        |  |                |  |         |                |  |  |                |  |  |                      |     |   |                 |  |        |         |  |  | (22,283                   | ) |  |              | (22,283 | ) |  |  | (21   | ) |  |  | (22,304 | )
|Dividends declared in respect of current year (note 34(a)(i))                            |  |                                                    |        |  |                |  |         |                |  |  |                |  |  |                      |     |   |                 |  |        |         |  |  | (25,629                   | ) |  |              | (25,629 | ) |  |  |      |   |  |  | (25,629 | )
|Shares issued under share option scheme (note 34(b))                                     |  |                                                    | 1,393   |  |                |  | (369     | )              |  |  |                |  |  |                      |     |   |                 |  |        |         |  |  |                          |   |  |              | 1,024   |   |  |  |      |   |  |  | 1,024   |  
|Transfer to PRC statutory reserves (note 34(c)(ii))                                      |  |                                                    |        |  |                |  |         |                |  |  |                |  |  |                      |     |   |                 |  | 20,542  |         |  |  | (20,502                   | ) |  |              | 40      |   |  |  |      |   |  |  | 40      |  
|Transfer between reserves upon expiry of options                                         |  |                                                    |        |  |                |  | (92      | )              |  |  |                |  |  |                      |     |   |                 |  |        |         |  |  | 92                        |   |  |              |        |   |  |  |      |   |  |  |        |  
|Consideration for business combination under common control                              |  |                                                    |        |  |                |  | (31,967  | )              |  |  |                |  |  |                      |     |   |                 |  |        |         |  |  |                          |   |  |              | (31,967 | ) |  |  |      |   |  |  | (31,967 | )
|Transfer of assets of entities under common control to the ultimate holding company      |  |                                                    |        |  |                |  | (808     | )              |  |  |                |  |  |                      |     |   |                 |  |        |         |  |  |                          |   |  |              | (808    | ) |  |  |      |   |  |  | (808    | )
|Capital injection from non-controlling interests of a subsidiary                         |  |                                                    |        |  |                |  |         |                |  |  |                |  |  |                      |     |   |                 |  |        |         |  |  |                          |   |  |              |        |   |  |  | 870   |   |  |  | 870     |  
|                                                                                         |  |                                                    |         |  |                |  |          |                |  |  |                 |  |  |                      |      |   |                 |  |         |         |  |  |                           |   |  |              |         |   |  |  |       |   |  |  |         |  
|                                                                                         |  |                                                    |         |  |                |  |          |                | 
|As of December 31, 2015                                                                  |  |                                                    | 402,130 |  |                |  | (264,289 | )              |  |  | 72              |  |  |                      | (165 | ) |                 |  | 279,484 |         |  |  | 500,104                   |   |  |              | 917,336 |   |  |  | 3,032 |   |  |  | 920,368 |  
|                                                                                         |  |                                                    |         |  |                |  |          |                |  |  |                 |  |  |                      |      |   |                 |  |         |         |  |  |                           |   |  |              |         |   |  |  |       |   |  |  |         |  

The notes on pages F-16 to F-93 are an
integral part of these consolidated financial statements.



F-10



---

##### Table of Contents

Consolidated Statements of Changes in Equity (Continued)

for the year ended December 31

(Expressed in
RMB)



|                                                                                       |  |                                                    |         |  |                |  |          |                |  |  |                 |  |  |                      |      |   |                 |  |         |         |  |  |                           |   |  |              |         |   |  |  |       |   |  |  |         |  
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |  | -------------------------------------------------- | ------- |  | -------------- |  | -------- | -------------- |  |  | --------------- |  |  | -------------------- | ---- | - | --------------- |  | ------- | ------- |  |  | ------------------------- | - |  | ------------ | ------- | - |  |  | ----- | - |  |  | ------- | -
|                                                                                       |  | Attributable to equity shareholders of the Company |         |  |                |  |          |                | 
|                                                                                       |  | Sharecapital                                       |         |  | Capitalreserve |  |          | Generalreserve |  |  | Exchangereserve |  |  | PRCstatutoryreserves |      |   | Retainedprofits |  |         | Total   |  |  | Non-
controllinginterests |   |  | Total equity |        
|                                                                                       |  | Million                                            |         |  | Million        |  |          | Million        |  |  | Million         |  |  | Million              |      |   | Million         |  |         | Million |  |  | Million                   |   |  | Million      |        
|                                                                                       |  |                                                    |         |  |                |  |          |                | 
|As of January 1, 2016                                                                  |  |                                                    | 402,130 |  |                |  | (264,289 | )              |  |  | 72              |  |  |                      | (165 | ) |                 |  | 279,484 |         |  |  | 500,104                   |   |  |              | 917,336 |   |  |  | 3,032 |   |  |  | 920,368 |  
|                                                                                       |  |                                                    |         |  |                |  |          |                | 
|Changes in equity for 2016:                                                            |  |                                                    |         |  |                |  |          |                |  |  |                 |  |  |                      |      |   |                 |  |         |         |  |  |                           |   |  |              |         |   |  |  |       |   |  |  |         |  
|Profit for the year                                                                    |  |                                                    |        |  |                |  |         |                |  |  |                |  |  |                      |     |   |                 |  |        |         |  |  | 108,741                   |   |  |              | 108,741 |   |  |  | 98    |   |  |  | 108,839 |  
|Change in value of available-for-sale financial
assets                                 |  |                                                    |        |  |                |  | 24       |                |  |  |                |  |  |                      |     |   |                 |  |        |         |  |  |                          |   |  |              | 24      |   |  |  |      |   |  |  | 24      |  
|Currency translation differences                                                       |  |                                                    |        |  |                |  |         |                |  |  |                |  |  |                      | 774  |   |                 |  |        |         |  |  |                          |   |  |              | 774     |   |  |  |      |   |  |  | 774     |  
|Share of other comprehensive loss of investments accounted for using the equity method |  |                                                    |        |  |                |  | (1,043   | )              |  |  |                |  |  |                      |     |   |                 |  |        |         |  |  | (16                       | ) |  |              | (1,059  | ) |  |  |      |   |  |  | (1,059  | )
|                                                                                       |  |                                                    |         |  |                |  |          |                |  |  |                 |  |  |                      |      |   |                 |  |         |         |  |  |                           |   |  |              |         |   |  |  |       |   |  |  |         |  
|Total comprehensive income for the year                                                |  |                                                    |        |  |                |  | (1,019   | )              |  |  |                |  |  |                      | 774  |   |                 |  |        |         |  |  | 108,725                   |   |  |              | 108,480 |   |  |  | 98    |   |  |  | 108,578 |  
|                                                                                       |  |                                                    |         |  |                |  |          |                | 
|Dividends approved in respect of previous year (note 34(a)(ii))                        |  |                                                    |        |  |                |  |         |                |  |  |                |  |  |                      |     |   |                 |  |        |         |  |  | (20,764                   | ) |  |              | (20,764 | ) |  |  | (13   | ) |  |  | (20,777 | )
|Dividends declared in respect of current year (note 34(a)(i))                          |  |                                                    |        |  |                |  |         |                |  |  |                |  |  |                      |     |   |                 |  |        |         |  |  | (26,227                   | ) |  |              | (26,227 | ) |  |  |      |   |  |  | (26,227 | )
|Transfer to PRC statutory reserves (note 34(c)(ii))                                    |  |                                                    |        |  |                |  |         |                |  |  |                |  |  |                      |     |   |                 |  | 25,721  |         |  |  | (25,525                   | ) |  |              | 196     |   |  |  |      |   |  |  | 196     |  
|                                                                                       |  |                                                    |         |  |                |  |          |                |  |  |                 |  |  |                      |      |   |                 |  |         |         |  |  |                           |   |  |              |         |   |  |  |       |   |  |  |         |  
|                                                                                       |  |                                                    |         |  |                |  |          |                | 
|As of December 31, 2016                                                                |  |                                                    | 402,130 |  |                |  | (265,308 | )              |  |  | 72              |  |  |                      | 609  |   |                 |  | 305,205 |         |  |  | 536,313                   |   |  |              | 979,021 |   |  |  | 3,117 |   |  |  | 982,138 |  
|                                                                                       |  |                                                    |         |  |                |  |          |                |  |  |                 |  |  |                      |      |   |                 |  |         |         |  |  |                           |   |  |              |         |   |  |  |       |   |  |  |         |  

The notes on pages F-16 to F-93 are an
integral part of these consolidated financial statements.



F-11



---

##### Table of Contents

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

for the year ended December 31

(Expressed in RMB)



|                                                                       |  |      |    |  |         |  |         |         |  |  |         |   |  |  |         |  
|---------------------------------------------------------------------- |  | ---- | -- |  | ------- |  | ------- | ------- |  |  | ------- | - |  |  | ------- | -
|                                                                       |  |      |    |  | 2016    |  |         | 2015    |  |  | 2014    |  
|                                                                       |  | Note |    |  | Million |  |         | Million |  |  | Million |  
|                                                                       |  |      |    | 
|Operating activities                                                   |  |      |    |  |         |  |         |         |  |  |         |   |  |  |         |  
|                                                                       |  |      |    | 
|Profit before taxation                                                 |  |      |    |  |         |  | 144,462 |         |  |  | 143,734 |   |  |  | 142,522 |  
|Adjustments for:                                                       |  |      |    |  |         |  |         |         |  |  |         |   |  |  |         |  
|- Depreciation of property, plant and equipment                        |  |      |    |  |         |  | 138,090 |         |  |  | 136,832 |   |  |  | 122,805 |  
|- Amortization of other intangible assets                              |  |      | 6  |  |         |  | 499     |         |  |  | 274     |   |  |  | 112     |  
|- Amortization of land lease prepayments                               |  |      | 16 |  |         |  | 443     |         |  |  | 426     |   |  |  | 407     |  
|- Gain on the transfer of Tower Assets                                 |  |      | 7  |  |         |  |        |         |  |  | (15,525 | ) |  |  |        |  
|- Gain on disposal of property, plant and equipment                    |  |      | 6  |  |         |  | (180    | )       |  |  | (4      | ) |  |  | (1      | )
|- Write-off and impairment of property, plant and equipment            |  |      | 6  |  |         |  | 7,216   |         |  |  | 7,614   |   |  |  | 2,383   |  
|- Impairment loss of doubtful accounts                                 |  |      | 6  |  |         |  | 3,734   |         |  |  | 4,839   |   |  |  | 5,536   |  
|- Write-down of inventories                                            |  |      | 6  |  |         |  | 282     |         |  |  | 272     |   |  |  | 293     |  
|- Interest income                                                      |  |      |    |  |         |  | (16,005 | )       |  |  | (15,852 | ) |  |  | (16,270 | )
|- Finance costs                                                        |  |      | 9  |  |         |  | 235     |         |  |  | 455     |   |  |  | 487     |  
|- Dividend income from unlisted securities                             |  |      | 8  |  |         |  |        |         |  |  | (11     | ) |  |  |        |  
|- Share of profit of investments accounted for using the equity method |  |      |    |  |         |  | (8,636  | )       |  |  | (8,090  | ) |  |  | (8,248  | )
|- Unrealized exchange loss, net                                        |  |      |    |  |         |  | 115     |         |  |  | 182     |   |  |  | 80      |  
|- Impairment loss of goodwill                                          |  |      | 6  |  |         |  |        |         |  |  |        |   |  |  | 1,594   |  
|- Gain on disposal of other financial assets                           |  |      |    |  |         |  |        |         |  |  | (14     | ) |  |  |        |  
|                                                                       |  |      |    |  |         |  |         |         |  |  |         |   |  |  |         |  
|                                                                       |  |      |    | 
|Operating cash flows before changes in working capital                 |  |      |    |  |         |  | 270,255 |         |  |  | 255,132 |   |  |  | 251,700 |  
|Decrease/(increase) in inventories                                     |  |      |    |  |         |  | 886     |         |  |  | (1,005  | ) |  |  | (271    | )
|Increase in accounts receivable                                        |  |      |    |  |         |  | (4,930  | )       |  |  | (5,830  | ) |  |  | (8,165  | )
|Increase in other receivables                                          |  |      |    |  |         |  | (4,668  | )       |  |  | (1,341  | ) |  |  | (960    | )
|(Increase)/decrease in prepayments and other current assets            |  |      |    |  |         |  | (5,071  | )       |  |  | 276     |   |  |  | (8,010  | )
|Decrease/(increase) in amount due from ultimate holding company        |  |      |    |  |         |  | 26      |         |  |  | (135    | ) |  |  | (18     | )
|Increase/(decrease) in accounts payable                                |  |      |    |  |         |  | 11,931  |         |  |  | (6,832  | ) |  |  | 8,191   |  
|Increase/(decrease) in bills payable                                   |  |      |    |  |         |  | 227     |         |  |  | 12      |   |  |  | (144    | )
|Increase in deferred revenue                                           |  |      |    |  |         |  | 7,231   |         |  |  | 14,005  |   |  |  | 1,200   |  
|Increase in accrued expenses and other payables                        |  |      |    |  |         |  | 17,545  |         |  |  | 18,633  |   |  |  | 7,722   |  
|Increase/(decrease) in amount due to ultimate holding company          |  |      |    |  |         |  | 10      |         |  |  | (32     | ) |  |  | 4,249   |  
|                                                                       |  |      |    |  |         |  |         |         |  |  |         |   |  |  |         |  
|                                                                       |  |      |    | 
|Cash generated from operations                                         |  |      |    |  |         |  | 293,442 |         |  |  | 272,883 |   |  |  | 255,494 |  
|Tax paid                                                               |  |      |    |  |         |  |         |         |  |  |         |   |  |  |         |  
|- Hong Kong profits tax paid                                           |  |      |    |  |         |  | (236    | )       |  |  | (232    | ) |  |  | (272    | )
|- PRC enterprise income tax paid                                       |  |      |    |  |         |  | (39,505 | )       |  |  | (37,562 | ) |  |  | (38,784 | )
|                                                                       |  |      |    |  |         |  |         |         |  |  |         |   |  |  |         |  
|                                                                       |  |      |    | 
|Net cash generated from operating activities                           |  |      |    |  |         |  | 253,701 |         |  |  | 235,089 |   |  |  | 216,438 |  
|                                                                       |  |      |    |  |         |  |         |         |  |  |         |   |  |  |         |  



F-12



---

##### Table of Contents

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (Continued)

for the year ended December 31

(Expressed in
RMB)



|                                                                                   |  |      |    |  |         |  |          |         |  |  |          |   |  |  |          |  
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |  | ---- | -- |  | ------- |  | -------- | ------- |  |  | -------- | - |  |  | -------- | -
|                                                                                   |  |      |    |  | 2016    |  |          | 2015    |  |  | 2014     |  
|                                                                                   |  | Note |    |  | Million |  |          | Million |  |  | Million  |  
|                                                                                   |  |      |    | 
|Investing activities                                                               |  |      |    |  |         |  |          |         |  |  |          |   |  |  |          |  
|                                                                                   |  |      |    | 
|Capital expenditure                                                                |  |      |    |  |         |  | (188,209 | )       |  |  | (172,243 | ) |  |  | (174,673 | )
|Land lease prepayments                                                             |  |      |    |  |         |  | (1,157   | )       |  |  | (1,450   | ) |  |  | (1,028   | )
|Acquisition of other intangible assets                                             |  |      |    |  |         |  | (1,399   | )       |  |  | (212     | ) |  |  | (23      | )
|Proceeds from disposal of property, plant and equipment                            |  |      |    |  |         |  | 564      |         |  |  | 7        |   |  |  | 2        |  
|(Increase)/decrease in bank deposits                                               |  |      |    |  |         |  | (11,967  | )       |  |  | 30,177   |   |  |  | 21,620   |  
|(Increase)/decrease in restricted bank deposits                                    |  |      |    |  |         |  | (135     | )       |  |  | 4,877    |   |  |  | (2,609   | )
|Interest received                                                                  |  |      |    |  |         |  | 13,862   |         |  |  | 15,655   |   |  |  | 14,513   |  
|Payment for investment accounted for using the equity method                       |  |      |    |  |         |  | (2,451   | )       |  |  | (376     | ) |  |  | (9,508   | )
|Dividends received from associates                                                 |  |      | 19 |  |         |  | 1,944    |         |  |  | 2,842    |   |  |  | 2,476    |  
|Dividends received from unlisted securities                                        |  |      | 8  |  |         |  |         |         |  |  | 11       |   |  |  |         |  
|Purchase of available-for-sale financial
assets                                    |  |      |    |  |         |  | (77,320  | )       |  |  | (24,965  | ) |  |  | (2,000   | )
|Maturity of available-for-sale financial
assets                                    |  |      |    |  |         |  | 65,881   |         |  |  | 8,294    |   |  |  |         |  
|Short-term loans granted by China Mobile Finance and other investments             |  |      |    |  |         |  | (1,650   | )       |  |  | (5,500   | ) |  |  |         |  
|Maturity of short-term loans granted by China Mobile Finance and other investments |  |      |    |  |         |  | 2,500    |         |  |  |         |   |  |  |         |  
|Proceeds from disposal of other financial assets                                   |  |      |    |  |         |  |         |         |  |  | 140      |   |  |  |         |  
|Receipt of consideration from China Tower                                          |  |      | 7  |  |         |  | 5,000    |         |  |  |         |   |  |  |         |  
|Others                                                                             |  |      |    |  |         |  | 14       |         |  |  |         |   |  |  |         |  
|                                                                                   |  |      |    |  |         |  |          |         |  |  |          |   |  |  |          |  
|                                                                                   |  |      |    | 
|Net cash used in investing activities                                              |  |      |    |  |         |  | (194,523 | )       |  |  | (142,743 | ) |  |  | (151,230 | )
|                                                                                   |  |      |    |  |         |  |          |         |  |  |          |   |  |  |          |  



F-13



---

##### Table of Contents

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (Continued)

for the year ended December 31

(Expressed in
RMB)



|                                                                    |  |      |    |     |         |  |         |         |  |  |         |   |  |  |         |  
|------------------------------------------------------------------- |  | ---- | -- | --- | ------- |  | ------- | ------- |  |  | ------- | - |  |  | ------- | -
|                                                                    |  |      |    |     | 2016    |  |         | 2015    |  |  | 2014    |  
|                                                                    |  | Note |    |     | Million |  |         | Million |  |  | Million |  
|                                                                    |  |      |    |    
|Financing activities                                                |  |      |    |     |         |  |         |         |  |  |         |   |  |  |         |  
|                                                                    |  |      |    |    
|Proceeds from issuance of shares under share option scheme          |  |      |    |     |         |  |        |         |  |  | 1,024   |   |  |  | 8,215   |  
|Capital injection from non-controlling shareholders of a subsidiary |  |      |    |     |         |  |        |         |  |  | 870     |   |  |  |        |  
|Interest paid                                                       |  |      |    |     |         |  | (232    | )       |  |  | (442    | ) |  |  | (480    | )
|Dividends paid to the Companys equity shareholders                 |  |      | 34 | (a) |         |  | (46,991 | )       |  |  | (47,912 | ) |  |  | (50,924 | )
|Dividends paid to non-controlling shareholders of subsidiaries      |  |      |    |     |         |  | (13     | )       |  |  | (21     | ) |  |  | (10     | )
|Consideration for business combination under common control         |  |      |    |     |         |  |        |         |  |  | (31,880 | ) |  |  |        |  
|Proceeds from entrusted loans                                       |  |      | 35 | (a) |         |  |        |         |  |  | 8,592   |   |  |  | 10,242  |  
|Repayment of entrusted loans                                        |  |      | 35 | (a) |         |  |        |         |  |  | (18,834 | ) |  |  | (9,573  | )
|Short-term deposits placed by ultimate holding company              |  |      | 35 | (a) |         |  | 5,552   |         |  |  | 7,274   |   |  |  |        |  
|Maturity of short-term deposits placed by ultimate holding company  |  |      | 35 | (a) |         |  | (7,274  | )       |  |  | (4,181  | ) |  |  |        |  
|Repayment of bonds                                                  |  |      |    |     |         |  |        |         |  |  | (1,000  | ) |  |  |        |  
|                                                                    |  |      |    |     |         |  |         |         |  |  |         |   |  |  |         |  
|                                                                    |  |      |    |    
|Net cash used in financing activities                               |  |      |    |     |         |  | (48,958 | )       |  |  | (86,510 | ) |  |  | (42,530 | )
|                                                                    |  |      |    |     |         |  |         |         |  |  |         |   |  |  |         |  
|                                                                    |  |      |    |    
|Net increase in cash and cash equivalents                           |  |      |    |     |         |  | 10,220  |         |  |  | 5,836   |   |  |  | 22,678  |  
|                                                                    |  |      |    |    
|Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year                      |  |      |    |     |         |  | 79,842  |         |  |  | 73,812  |   |  |  | 51,180  |  
|                                                                    |  |      |    |    
|Effect of changes in foreign exchange rate                          |  |      |    |     |         |  | 351     |         |  |  | 194     |   |  |  | (46     | )
|                                                                    |  |      |    |     |         |  |         |         |  |  |         |   |  |  |         |  
|                                                                    |  |      |    |    
|Cash and cash equivalents at end of year                            |  |      | 28 |     |         |  | 90,413  |         |  |  | 79,842  |   |  |  | 73,812  |  
|                                                                    |  |      |    |     |         |  |         |         |  |  |         |   |  |  |         |  



F-14



---

##### Table of Contents

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (Continued)

for the year ended December 31

(Expressed in
RMB)



Significant non-cash transactions

The Group recorded payables of RMB103,940,000,000 (2015: RMB125,210,000,000; 2014: RMB120,327,000,000) to equipment suppliers as of December 31, 2016
for additions of construction in progress during the year then ended.

The notes on pages F-16 to F-93 are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.



F-15



---

##### Table of Contents

Notes to the consolidated financial statements

(Expressed in RMB unless otherwise indicated)



|1 | GENERAL INFORMATION
|- | -------------------

China Mobile Limited (the Company) was incorporated in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (Hong Kong) of the Peoples Republic of China (the PRC) on
September 3, 1997. The principal activities of the Company and its subsidiaries (together referred to as the Group) are the provision of telecommunications and related services in Mainland China and in Hong Kong (for the purpose of
preparing these consolidated financial statements, Mainland China refers to the PRC excluding Hong Kong, Macau Special Administrative Region of the PRC and Taiwan). The Companys immediate holding company is China Mobile Hong Kong (BVI) Limited
(incorporated in British Virgin Islands), and the Companys ultimate holding company is China Mobile Communications Corporation (CMCC). The address of the Companys registered office is 60thFloor, The Center, 99 Queens Road Central, Hong Kong.

The shares of the Company were listed on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the HKEX) on October 23,
1997 and the American Depositary Shares of the Company were listed on the New York Stock Exchange on October 22, 1997.



|2 | SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
|- | -------------------------------



| | (a) | Statement of compliance
| | --- | -----------------------

These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with all applicable International Financial Reporting Standards
(IFRSs) issued by the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB), which collective term includes all applicable individual International Financial Reporting Standards, International Accounting Standards
(IASs) and Interpretations issued by the IASB. A summary of the significant accounting policies adopted by the Group is set out below.



F-16



---

##### Table of Contents

|2 | SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED)
|- | -------------------------------------------



| | (b) | Basis of preparation
| | --- | --------------------

The consolidated financial statements comprise the Group and the Groups interest in associates and joint ventures.

The measurement basis used in the preparation of the financial statements is the historical cost basis, as modified by the revaluation of
available-for-sale financial assets which are carried at fair value.

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with IFRSs requires management to make judgements, estimates and assumptions that affect the application of policies and reported amounts of assets,
liabilities, income and expenses. The estimates and associated assumptions are based on historical experience and various other factors that are believed to be reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which form the basis of making the
judgements about carrying values of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. Actual results may differ from these estimates.

The estimates and underlying assumptions are reviewed on an ongoing basis. Revisions to accounting estimates are recognized in the period in which the estimate is revised if the revision affects only that
period, or in the period of the revision and future periods if the revision affects both current and future periods.

Judgements made by management in the application of IFRSs that have significant effect on the financial statements and major sources of
estimation uncertainty are discussed in note 39.

Acquisition of Target Assets and Businesses from China Tietong
Telecommunications Corporation

On November 27, 2015, China Mobile TieTong Company Limited (CM TieTong), a
wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, entered into an acquisition agreement with China Tietong Telecommunications Corporation (TieTong), a wholly-owned subsidiary of CMCC, under which CM TieTong has agreed to acquire, and TieTong has
agreed to sell, certain assets, businesses and related liabilities as well as its related employees in relation to the fixed-line telecommunications operations (Target Assets and Businesses). The final consideration for the acquisition
of the Target Assets and Businesses based on the acquisition agreement was RMB31,967,000,000. The acquisition was completed on December 31, 2015.

The acquisition of the Target Assets and Businesses was considered as a business combination under common control as CM TieTong and the Target Assets and Businesses are both ultimately controlled by CMCC.
Under IFRSs, the acquisition of the Target Assets and Businesses was accounted for using merger accounting in accordance with the Accounting Guideline 5 Merger Accounting for Common Control Combinations (AG 5) issued by the
Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants (note 2(c)(iii)).



F-17



---

##### Table of Contents

|2 | SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED)
|- | -------------------------------------------



| | (c) | Subsidiaries and non-controlling interests
| | --- | ------------------------------------------



| | (i) | Subsidiaries
| | --- | ------------

Subsidiaries are all entities (including structured entities) over which the Group has control. The Group controls an entity when the
Group is exposed to, or has rights to, variable returns from its involvement with the entity and has the ability to affect those returns through its power over the entity.

An investment in a subsidiary is consolidated into the consolidated financial statements from the date that control commences until the date that control ceases. Intra-group balances and transactions and
any unrealized gains arising from intra-group transactions are eliminated in full in preparing the consolidated financial statements. Unrealized losses resulting from intra-group transactions are eliminated in the same way as unrealized gains but
only to the extent that there is no evidence of impairment. Accounting policies of subsidiaries would be changed where necessary in the consolidated financial statements to ensure consistency with the policies adopted by the Group.

Non-controlling interests represent the equity in a subsidiary not attributable directly or
indirectly to the Company, and in respect of which the Group has not agreed any additional terms with the holders of those interests which would result in the Group as a whole having a contractual obligation in respect of those interests that meets
the definition of a financial liability. For each business combination, the Group can elect to measure any non-controlling interests either at fair value or at their proportionate share of the
subsidiarys net identifiable assets.

Non-controlling interests are presented in
the consolidated balance sheets within equity, separately from equity attributable to the equity shareholders of the Company. Non-controlling interests in the results of the Group are presented on the face of
the consolidated statements of comprehensive income as an allocation of the total profit or loss and total comprehensive income for the year between non-controlling interests and the equity shareholders of the
Company.

Changes in the Groups interests in a subsidiary that do not result in a loss of control are accounted for as
equity transactions, whereby adjustments are made to the amounts of controlling and non-controlling interests within consolidated equity to reflect the change in relative interests, but no adjustments are made
to goodwill and no gain or loss is recognized.

When the Group loses control of a subsidiary, it is accounted for as a
disposal of the entire interest in that subsidiary, with a resulting gain or loss being recognized in profit or loss. Any interest retained in that former subsidiary at the date when control is lost is recognized at fair value and this amount is
regarded as the fair value on initial recognition of a financial asset or, when appropriate, the cost on initial recognition of an investment in an associate or a joint venture.



F-18



---

##### Table of Contents

|2 | SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED)
|- | -------------------------------------------



| | (c) | Subsidiaries and non-controlling interests (Continued)
| | --- | ------------------------------------------------------



| | (ii) | Business combination other than under common control
| | ---- | ----------------------------------------------------

The Group applies the acquisition method to account for business combination of entities and businesses which are not under common control. The consideration transferred for the acquisition of a
subsidiary is the fair values of the assets transferred, the liabilities incurred to the former owners of the acquiree and the equity interests issued by the Group. The consideration transferred includes the fair value of any asset or liability
resulting from a contingent consideration arrangement. Identifiable assets acquired and liabilities and contingent liabilities assumed in a business combination are measured initially at their fair values at the acquisition date. Acquisition-related
costs are expensed as incurred.



| | (iii) | Business combination under common control
| | ----- | -----------------------------------------

Under IFRSs, the Group use merger accounting to account for the business combination of entities and businesses under common control in accordance with AG 5.

The consolidated financial statements incorporate the financial statements of the combining entities or businesses in which the common
control combination occurs as if they had been combined from the date when the combining entities or businesses first came under the control of the controlling party.

The assets and liabilities of the combining entities or businesses are combined using the carrying book values from the controlling parties perspective. No amount is recognized in consideration for
goodwill or excess of acquirers interest in the net fair value of acquirees identifiable assets, liabilities and contingent liabilities over the consideration at the time of common control combination, to the extent of the continuation
of the controlling partys interest.

The consolidated statements of comprehensive income includes the results of each of
the combining entities or businesses from the earliest date presented or since the date when the combining entities or businesses first came under the common control, where there is a shorter period, regardless of the date of the common control
combination. Transaction costs, including professional fees, registration fees, costs of furnishing information to shareholders, costs or losses incurred in combining operations of the previously separate businesses, etc., incurred in relation to
the common control combination that is to be accounted for by using merger accounting is recognized as an expense in the period in which they were incurred.



F-19



---

##### Table of Contents

|2 | SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED)
|- | -------------------------------------------



| | (d) | Investments accounted for using the equity method
| | --- | -------------------------------------------------

Investments accounted for using the equity method include investment in associates and joint ventures.

An associate is an entity in which the Group has significant influence, but not control or joint control, over its management, including participation in the financial and operating policy decisions.

The Group has applied IFRS 11 to all joint arrangements. Under IFRS 11, investments in joint arrangements are classified as
either joint operations or joint ventures depending on the contractual rights and obligations of each investor. The Group has assessed the nature of its joint arrangements and determined them to be joint ventures.

Under the equity method, the investment is initially recorded at cost. Thereafter, the investment is adjusted for the post-acquisition
change in the Groups share of the investees net assets and any impairment loss relating to the investment (see note 2(i)). The Groups share of the post-acquisition post-tax results of the
investee for the year is recognized as share of profit or loss of investments accounted for using the equity method in the consolidated statements of comprehensive income, whereas the Groups share of the post-acquisition post-tax items of the
investees other comprehensive income is recognized as its share of other comprehensive income in the consolidated statements of comprehensive income.

When the Groups share of losses exceeds its interest in the associate or joint ventures, the Groups interest is reduced to nil and recognition of further losses is discontinued except to the
extent that the Group has incurred legal or constructive obligations or made payments on behalf of the investee. For this purpose, the Groups interest in the investee is the carrying amount of the investment under the equity method together
with the Groups long-term interests that in substance form part of the Groups net investment in the associates or joint ventures.

Unrealized profits and losses resulting from transactions between the Group and its associates or joint ventures are eliminated to the extent of the Groups interest in the investee, except where
unrealized losses provide evidence of an impairment of the asset transferred, in which case they are recognized immediately in profit or loss. Accounting policies of associates or joint ventures would be changed where necessary in the consolidated
financial statements to ensure consistency with the policies adopted by the Group.

Gain or loss on dilution of equity interest
in associates and joint ventures are recognized in profit or loss.



F-20



---

##### Table of Contents

|2 | SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED)
|- | -------------------------------------------



| | (e) | Goodwill
| | --- | --------

Goodwill
represents the excess of



| | (i) | the aggregate of the fair value of the consideration transferred, the amount of any non-controlling interest in the acquiree and
the fair value of the Groups previously held equity interest in the acquiree; over
| | --- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



| | (ii) | the net fair value of the acquirees identifiable assets and liabilities measured as of the acquisition date.
| | ---- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

When (ii) is greater than (i), then this excess is recognized immediately in profit or loss as a gain on a bargain
purchase.

Goodwill is stated at cost less accumulated impairment losses. Goodwill arising on a business combination is
allocated to each cash-generating unit, or groups of cash-generating units, that is expected to benefit from the synergies of the combination and is tested annually for impairment (see note 2(i)). Each unit or groups of units to which the goodwill
is allocated represents the lowest level within the Group at which the goodwill is monitored for internal management purpose. Goodwill is monitored at the operating segment level.

On disposal of a cash-generating unit during the year, any attributable amount of purchased goodwill is included in the calculation of the
gain or loss on disposal.



| | (f) | Other intangible assets
| | --- | -----------------------

Other intangible assets that are acquired by the Group are stated in the balance sheets at cost less accumulated amortization (where the
estimated useful life is finite) and impairment losses (see note 2(i)). Amortization of intangible assets with finite useful lives is recorded in other operating expenses on a straight-line basis over the assets estimated useful lives, from
the date they are available for use. Both the period and method of amortization are reviewed annually.

Intangible assets are
not amortized where their useful lives are assessed to be indefinite. The useful life of an intangible asset that is not being amortized is reviewed annually to determine whether events and circumstances continue to support the indefinite useful
life assessment for that asset. Otherwise, the change in useful life assessment from indefinite to finite is accounted for prospectively from the date of change and in accordance with the policy for amortization of intangible assets with finite
lives as set out above.



F-21



---

##### Table of Contents

|2 | SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED)
|- | -------------------------------------------



| | (g) | Property, plant and equipment
| | --- | -----------------------------

Property, plant and equipment are stated in the balance sheets at cost less accumulated depreciation and impairment losses (see note 2(i)).

The cost of property, plant and equipment comprises the purchase price and any directly attributable costs of bringing the asset to its
working location and condition for its intended use. Subsequent expenditure relating to an item of property, plant and equipment that has already been recognized is added to the carrying amount of the asset when it is probable that future economic
benefits, in excess of the originally assessed standard of performance of the existing asset, will flow to the entity. All other subsequent expenditure is recognized as an expense in the period in which it is incurred.

Gains or losses arising from the retirement or disposal of an item of property, plant and equipment are determined as the difference
between the net disposal proceeds and the carrying amount of the item and are recognized in profit or loss on the date of retirement or disposal.

Depreciation is calculated to write off the cost of items of property, plant and equipment, less their estimated residual value, if any, using the straight-line method over their estimated useful lives as
follows:



|                                                                                             |  |  |              | 
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |  |  | ------------ | 
|Buildings                                                                                    |  |  | 8 - 30 years | 
|Telecommunications transceivers, switching centers, transmission and other network equipment |  |  | 5 - 10 years | 
|Office equipment, furniture, fixtures and others                                             |  |  | 3 - 10 years | 

Both the assets useful lives and residual values, if any, are reviewed annually.



F-22



---

##### Table of Contents

2 SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED)



| | (h) | Leased assets
| | --- | -------------

An
arrangement, comprising a transaction or a series of transactions, is or contains a lease if the Group determines that the arrangement conveys a right to use a specific asset or assets for an agreed period of time in return for a payment or a series
of payments. Such a determination is made based on an evaluation of the substance of the arrangement and is regardless of whether the arrangement takes the legal form of a lease.



| | (i) | Classification of assets leased to the Group
| | --- | --------------------------------------------

Assets that are held by the Group under leases which transfer to the Group substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership are classified as being held under finance leases. Leases which do not
transfer substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership to the Group are classified as operating leases.



| | (ii) | Assets acquired under finance leases
| | ---- | ------------------------------------

Where the Group acquires the use of assets under finance leases, the amounts representing the fair value of the leased asset, or, if lower, the present value of the minimum lease payments of such assets
is included in property, plant and equipment and the corresponding liabilities, net of finance charges, are recorded as obligations under finance leases. Depreciation is provided for at rates, which write off the cost of the assets over the term of
the relevant lease or, where it is likely the Group will obtain ownership of the asset, the useful life of the asset as set out in note 2(g). Impairment losses are accounted for in accordance with the accounting policy as set out in note 2(i).
Finance charges implicit in the lease payments are charged to profit or loss over the period of the leases so as to produce an approximately constant periodic rate of charge on the remaining balance of the obligations for each accounting period.
Contingent rentals are charged to profit or loss in the accounting period in which they are incurred.



| | (iii) | Leased lines and network assets and operating lease charges
| | ----- | -----------------------------------------------------------

Where the Group has the use of assets held under operating leases, payments made under the leases are charged to profit or loss in equal instalments over the accounting periods covered by the lease term,
except where an alternative basis is more representative of the pattern of benefits to be derived from the leased asset. Lease incentives received are recognized in profit or loss as an integral part of the aggregate net lease payments made.
Contingent rentals are charged to profit or loss in the accounting period in which they are incurred.

The cost of acquiring
land held under an operating lease is amortized on a straight-line basis over the period of the lease term.



F-23



---

##### Table of Contents

|2 | SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED)
|- | -------------------------------------------



| | (h) | Leased assets (Continued)
| | --- | -------------------------



| | (iv) | Sale and leaseback
| | ---- | ------------------

A
sale and leaseback transaction involves the sale of an asset and the leasing back of the same asset. The accounting treatment of a sale and leaseback transaction depends upon the type of lease involved. If a sale and leaseback transaction results in
a finance lease, any excess of sales proceeds over the carrying amount shall not be immediately recognized as income by a seller-lessee. Instead, it shall be deferred and amortized over the lease term. If a sale and leaseback transaction results in
an operating lease, and it is clear that the transaction is established at fair value, any profit or loss shall be recognized immediately. If the sale price is below fair value, any profit or loss shall be recognized immediately except that, if the
loss is compensated for by future lease payments at below market price, it shall be deferred and amortized in proportion to the lease payments over the period for which the asset is expected to be used. If the sale price is above fair value, the
excess over fair value shall be deferred and amortized over the period for which the asset is expected to be used.



| | (i) | Impairment of assets
| | --- | --------------------



| | (i) | Impairment of investments in equity securities, available-for-sale financial assets
and receivables
| | --- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Investments in equity securities (other than investments in subsidiaries), available-for-sale financial assets and receivables are reviewed at the end of each reporting date to determine whether there is objective evidence of impairment. Objective
evidence of impairment includes observable data that comes to the attention of the Group about one or more of the following loss events:



| |  |  | significant financial difficulty of the entity;
| | - |  | -----------------------------------------------



| |  |  | a breach of contract, such as a default or delinquency in interest or principal payments;
| | - |  | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



| |  |  | it becoming probable that the entity will enter bankruptcy or other financial reorganization;
| | - |  | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



| |  |  | significant changes in the technological, market, economic or legal environment that have an adverse effect on the entity; and
| | - |  | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



| |  |  | a significant or prolonged decline in the fair value of an investment in an equity instrument below its cost.
| | - |  | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



F-24



---

##### Table of Contents

|2 | SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED)
|- | -------------------------------------------



| | (i) | Impairment of assets (Continued)
| | --- | --------------------------------



| | (i) | Impairment of investments in equity securities, available-for-sale financial assets
and receivables (Continued)
| | --- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

If any such evidence exists, any impairment loss is determined and recognized
as follows:



| |  |  | For investment accounted for using the equity method (see note 2(d)), the impairment loss is measured by comparing the recoverable amount of the
investment with its carrying amount in accordance with note 2(i)(ii). The impairment loss is reversed if there has been a favorable change in the estimates used to determine the recoverable amount in accordance with note 2(i)(ii).
| | - |  | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



| |  |  | For unquoted equity securities carried at cost, the impairment loss is measured as the difference between the carrying amount of the financial asset
and the estimated future cash flows, discounted at the current market rate of return for a similar financial asset where the effect of discounting is material. Impairment losses for such equity securities are not reversed.
| | - |  | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



| |  |  | For debt instruments classified as available-for-sale financial assets,
if any impairment evidence exists, the cumulative loss (measured as the difference between the acquisition cost (net of any principal repayment and amortization) and the current fair value, less any impairment loss on that financial asset previously
recognized in profit or loss) is reclassified from equity and recognized in profit or loss. If, in a subsequent period, the fair value of a debt instrument classified as
available-for-sale increases and the increase can be objectively related to an event occurring after the impairment loss was recognized in profit or loss, the impairment
loss is reversed through profit or loss. For equity instruments classified as available-for-sale financial assets, a significant or prolonged decline in the fair value
of the security below its cost is also evidence that the assets are impaired. If any impairment evidence exists, the cumulative loss (measured as the difference between the acquisition cost and the current fair value, less any impairment loss on
that financial asset previously recognized in profit or loss) is reclassified from equity and recognized in profit or loss. Impairment losses recognized in profit or loss on equity instruments are not reversed through profit or loss.
| | - |  | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



F-25



---

##### Table of Contents

|2 | SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED)
|- | -------------------------------------------



| | (i) | Impairment of assets (Continued)
| | --- | --------------------------------



| | (i) | Impairment of investments in equity securities, available-for-sale financial assets
and receivables (Continued)
| | --- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



| |  |  | For trade and other current receivables carried at amortized cost, the impairment loss is measured as the difference between the assets carrying
amount and the present value of estimated future cash flows, discounted at the financial assets original effective interest rate (i.e. the effective interest rate computed at initial recognition of these assets), where the effect of
discounting is material. This assessment is made collectively where these financial assets share similar risk characteristics, such as similar past due status, and have not been individually assessed as impaired. Future cash flows for financial
assets which are assessed for impairment collectively are based on historical loss experience for assets with credit risk characteristics similar to the collective group. If in a subsequent period the amount of an impairment loss decreases and the
decrease can be linked objectively to an event occurring after the impairment loss was recognized, the impairment loss is reversed through profit or loss. A reversal of an impairment loss shall not result in the assets carrying amount
exceeding that which would have been determined had no impairment loss been recognized in prior years.
| | - |  | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Impairment losses are written off against the corresponding assets directly, except for impairment losses recognized in respect of
debtors included within trade and other receivables, whose recovery is considered doubtful but not remote. In this case, the impairment losses for doubtful debts are recorded using an allowance account. When the Group is satisfied that recovery is
remote, the amount considered irrecoverable is written off against trade debtors directly and any amounts held in the allowance account relating to that debt are reversed. Subsequent recoveries of amounts previously charged to the allowance account
are reversed against the allowance account. Other changes in the allowance account and subsequent recoveries of amounts previously written off directly are recognized in profit or loss.



F-26



---

##### Table of Contents

|2 | SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED)
|- | -------------------------------------------



| | (i) | Impairment of assets (Continued)
| | --- | --------------------------------



| | (ii) | Impairment of other assets
| | ---- | --------------------------

Internal and external sources of information are reviewed at the end of each reporting period to identify indications that the following assets may be impaired or, except in the case of goodwill and
intangible assets with indefinite useful lives, an impairment loss previously recognized no longer exists or may have decreased:



| |  |  | property, plant and equipment;
| | - |  | ------------------------------



| |  |  | construction in progress;
| | - |  | -------------------------



| |  |  | prepaid interests in leasehold land classified as being held under an operating lease;
| | - |  | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



| |  |  | investments in subsidiaries;
| | - |  | ----------------------------



| |  |  | goodwill; and
| | - |  | -------------



| |  |  | other intangible assets.
| | - |  | ------------------------

If any such indication exists, the assets recoverable amount is estimated. For goodwill and other intangible assets that have indefinite useful lives, the recoverable amount is estimated annually
whether or not there is any indication of impairment.



| |  |  | Calculation of recoverable amount
| | - |  | ---------------------------------

The recoverable amount of an asset is the greater of its fair value less costs of disposal and value in use. In assessing value in use, the estimated future cash flows are discounted to their present
value using a pre-tax discount rate that reflects current market assessments of the time value of money and the risks specific to the asset. Where an asset does not generate cash inflows largely independent of
those from other assets, the recoverable amount is determined for the smallest group of assets that generates cash inflows independently (i.e. a cash-generating unit).



F-27



---

##### Table of Contents

|2 | SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED)
|- | -------------------------------------------



| | (i) | Impairment of assets (Continued)
| | --- | --------------------------------



| | (ii) | Impairment of other assets (Continued)
| | ---- | --------------------------------------



| |  |  | Recognition of impairment losses
| | - |  | --------------------------------

An impairment loss is recognized in profit or loss if the carrying amount of an asset, or the cash-generating unit to which it belongs, exceeds its recoverable amount. Impairment losses recognized in
respect of cash-generating units are allocated first to reduce the carrying amount of any goodwill allocated to the cash-generating unit (or group of units) and then, to reduce the carrying amount of the other assets in the unit (or group of units)
on a pro rata basis, except that the carrying value of an asset will not be reduced below its individual fair value less costs of disposal, or value in use, if determinable.



| |  |  | Reversals of impairment losses
| | - |  | ------------------------------

In respect of assets other than goodwill, an impairment loss is reversed if there has been a favorable change in the estimates used to determine the recoverable amount. An impairment loss in respect of
goodwill is not reversed.

A reversal of an impairment loss is limited to the assets carrying amount that would have
been determined had no impairment loss been recognized in prior years. Reversals of impairment losses are credited to profit or loss in the year in which the reversals are recognized.



| | (j) | Construction in progress
| | --- | ------------------------

Construction in progress is stated at cost less impairment losses (see note 2(i)). Cost comprises direct costs of construction as well as
interest expense and exchange differences capitalized during the periods of construction and installation. Capitalization of these costs ceases and the construction in progress is transferred to property, plant and equipment when substantially all
the activities necessary to prepare the assets for their intended use are completed. No depreciation is provided for in respect of construction in progress until it is completed and ready for its intended use.



F-28



---

##### Table of Contents

|2 | SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED)
|- | -------------------------------------------



| | (k) | Inventories
| | --- | -----------

Inventories
are carried at the lower of cost and net realizable value. Cost represents purchase cost of goods calculated using the weighted average cost method. Net realizable value is determined by reference to the sales proceeds of items sold in the ordinary
course of business or to managements estimates based on prevailing market conditions.

When inventories are sold, the
carrying amount of those inventories is recognized as cost of products sold. The amount of any write-down of inventories to net realizable value and all losses of inventories are recognized as an expense in the period the write-down or loss occurs.
The amount of any reversal of any write-down of inventories, arising from an increase in net realizable value, is recognized as a reduction in the amount of inventories recognized as an expense in the period in which the reversal occurs. No reversal
of any write-down of inventories occurred during the years presented.



| | (l) | Accounts receivable and other receivables
| | --- | -----------------------------------------

Accounts receivable and other receivables are initially recognized at fair value and thereafter stated at amortized cost using the effective interest method less allowance for impairment loss (see note
2(i)), except where the effect of discounting would be immaterial.



| | (m) | Available-for-sale financial assets
| | --- | -----------------------------------

Available-for-sale financial assets are non-derivatives that are either designated in this category or not classified in any of the other categories. They are included in non-current assets unless the investment
matures or management intends to dispose of it within 12 months of the end of the reporting period.

Regular way purchases and
sales of available-for-sale financial assets are recognized on the trade-date (the date on which the Group commits to purchase or sell the asset). The investments are
initially recognized at fair value plus transaction costs and are subsequently carried at fair value. Changes in the fair value of available-for-sale financial assets
are recognized in other comprehensive income.

Available-for-sale financial assets are derecognized when
the rights to receive cash flows from the investments have expired or have been transferred and the Group has transferred substantially all risks and rewards of ownership.

When available-for-sale financial assets are sold, the accumulated fair value adjustments recognized in equity is removed
and recognized in profit or loss.

Interest on
available-for-sale debt instruments calculated using the effective interest method is recognized in profit or loss. Dividends on available-for-sale equity instruments are recognized in profit or loss when the Groups right to receive payments is established.



F-29



---

##### Table of Contents

|2 | SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED)
|- | -------------------------------------------



| | (n) | Deferred revenue
| | --- | ----------------

Deferred revenue consists primarily of prepaid service fees received from customers which are generally not refundable and revenue
deferred for unredeemed point rewards under Customer Point Reward Program (Reward Program, see note 2(r)(iv)).

The
prepaid service fees are stated at the amount of proceeds received less the amount already recognized as revenue.



| | (o) | Interest-bearing borrowings
| | --- | ---------------------------

Interest-bearing borrowings are recognized initially at fair value less attributable transaction costs. Subsequent to initial recognition, interest-bearing borrowings are stated at amortized cost with any
difference between the amount initially recognized and redemption value being recognized in profit or loss over the period of the borrowings, together with any interest and fees payable, using the effective interest method.



| | (p) | Accounts payable and other payables
| | --- | -----------------------------------

Accounts payable and other payables are initially recognized at fair value and subsequently stated at amortized cost unless the effect of discounting would be immaterial.



| | (q) | Cash and cash equivalents
| | --- | -------------------------

Cash and cash equivalents comprise bank deposits with original maturity within three months, cash at banks and in hand, demand deposits
with banks, and short-term, highly liquid investments that are readily convertible into known amounts of cash and which are subject to an insignificant risk of changes in value, having been within three months of maturity at acquisition.



F-30



---

##### Table of Contents

|2 | SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED)
|- | -------------------------------------------



| | (r) | Revenue recognition
| | --- | -------------------

Revenue is measured at the fair value of the consideration received or receivable. Provided it is probable that the economic benefits will
flow to the Group and the revenue and costs, if applicable, can be measured reliably, revenue is recognized in profit or loss as follows:



| | (i) | revenue derived from voice and data services are recognized when the service is rendered;
| | --- | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



| | (ii) | sales of products are recognized when the title is passed to the buyer;
| | ---- | -----------------------------------------------------------------------



| | (iii) | for offerings which include the provision of services and sale of mobile handset, the Group determines the revenue from the sale of the mobile handset by deducting the
fair value of the service element from the total contract consideration; and
| | ----- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



| | (iv) | for transactions which offer customer points reward when services are provided, the consideration allocated to the customer points reward is based on its fair value
which is recorded as deferred revenue when the rewards are granted and recognized as revenue when the points are redeemed or expired.
| | ---- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



| | (s) | Interest income
| | --- | ---------------

Interest income is recognized as it accrues using the effective interest method.



| | (t) | Income tax
| | --- | ----------

Income tax
for the year comprises current tax and movements in deferred tax assets and liabilities. Current tax and movements in deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized in profit or loss except items recognized in other comprehensive income or
directly in equity, in which case the relevant amounts of tax are recognized in other comprehensive income or directly in equity, respectively.

Current tax is the expected tax payable on the taxable income for the year, using tax rates enacted or substantively enacted at the balance sheet date, and any adjustment to tax payable in respect of
previous years.

Deferred tax assets and liabilities arise from deductible and taxable temporary differences respectively,
being the differences between the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities for financial reporting purposes and their tax bases. Deferred tax assets also arise from unused tax losses and unused tax credits.



F-31



---

##### Table of Contents

|
|

|2 | SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED)
|- | -------------------------------------------



| | (t) | Income tax (Continued)
| | --- | ----------------------

Apart from certain limited exceptions, all deferred tax liabilities, and all deferred tax assets to the extent that it is probable that
future taxable profits will be available against which the asset can be utilized, are recognized. Future taxable profits that may support the recognition of deferred tax assets arising from deductible temporary differences include those that will
arise from the reversal of existing taxable temporary differences, provided those differences relate to the same taxation authority and the same taxable entity, and are expected to reverse either in the same period as the expected reversal of the
deductible temporary difference or in periods into which a tax loss arising from the deferred tax asset can be carried back or forward. The same criteria are adopted when determining whether existing taxable temporary differences support the
recognition of deferred tax assets arising from unused tax losses and credits, that is, those differences are taken into account if they relate to the same taxation authority and the same taxable entity, and are expected to reverse in a period, or
periods, in which the tax loss or credit can be utilized.

The limited exceptions to recognition of deferred tax assets and
liabilities are those temporary differences arising from initial recognition of goodwill, the initial recognition of assets or liabilities that affect neither accounting nor taxable profit (provided they are not part of a business combination), and
temporary differences relating to investments in subsidiaries and associates to the extent that, in the case of taxable temporary differences, the Group controls the timing of the reversal and it is probable that the differences will not reverse in
the foreseeable future, or in the case of deductible differences, unless it is probable that they will reverse in the future.

The amount of deferred tax recognized is measured based on the expected manner of realization or settlement of the carrying amount of the
assets and liabilities, using tax rates enacted or substantively enacted at the balance sheet date. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are not discounted.

The carrying amount of a deferred tax asset is reviewed at the end of each reporting period and is reduced to the extent that it is no longer probable that sufficient taxable profits will be available to
allow the related tax benefit to be utilized. Any such reduction is reversed to the extent that it becomes probable that sufficient taxable profits will be available.



F-32



---

##### Table of Contents

|2 | SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED)
|- | -------------------------------------------



| | (t) | Income tax (Continued)
| | --- | ----------------------

Current tax balances and deferred tax balances, and movements therein, are presented separately from each other and are not offset.
Current tax assets are offset against current tax liabilities, and deferred tax assets against deferred tax liabilities, if the Group has the legally enforceable right to set off current tax assets against current tax liabilities and the following
additional conditions are met:



| |  |  | in the case of current tax assets and liabilities, the Group intends either to settle on a net basis, or to realize the asset and settle the liability
simultaneously; or
| | - |  | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



| |  |  | in the case of deferred tax assets and liabilities, if they relate to income taxes levied by the same taxation authority on either:
| | - |  | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



| |  |  | the same taxable entity; or
| | - |  | ---------------------------



| |  |  | different taxable entities, which, in each future period in which significant amounts of deferred tax liabilities or assets are expected to be settled
or recovered, intend to realize the current tax assets and settle the current tax liabilities on a net basis or realize and settle simultaneously.
| | - |  | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



| | (u) | Provisions and contingent liabilities
| | --- | -------------------------------------

Provisions are recognized for liabilities of uncertain timing or amount when the Group has a legal or constructive obligation arising as a result of a past event, it is probable that an outflow of
economic benefits will be required to settle the obligation and the amount can be estimated reliably. Where the time value of money is material, provisions are stated at the present value of the expenditures expected to settle the obligation.

Where it is not probable that an outflow of economic benefits will be required, or the amount cannot be estimated reliably,
the obligation is disclosed as a contingent liability, unless the probability of outflow of economic benefits is remote. Possible obligations, whose existence will only be confirmed by the occurrence or
non-occurrence of one or more future events, are also disclosed as contingent liabilities unless the probability of outflow of economic benefits is remote.



| | (v) | Employee benefits
| | --- | -----------------



| | (i) | Short-term employee benefits and contributions to defined contribution retirement plans
| | --- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Salaries, annual bonuses, paid annual leave, leave passage, contributions to defined contribution retirement plans and the cost of non-monetary benefits are accrued in the year in which the associated services are rendered by employees. Where payment or settlement is deferred and the effect would be material, these amounts are stated at their
present values.



F-33



---

##### Table of Contents

|2 | SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED)
|- | -------------------------------------------



| | (v) | Employee benefits (Continued)
| | --- | -----------------------------



| | (i) | Short-term employee benefits and contributions to defined contribution retirement plans (Continued)
| | --- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

The Company and subsidiaries incorporated in Hong Kong are required to make contributions to Mandatory Provident Funds under the Hong
Kong Mandatory Provident Fund (MPF) Schemes Ordinance. Under the MPF scheme, the employer and its employees are each required to make contributions to the scheme at 5% of the employees relevant income, subject to a cap of monthly
relevant income of HK$30,000 (HK$25,000 prior to June 2014). Such contributions are recognized as an expense in profit or loss as incurred.

The employees of the subsidiaries in Mainland China participate in the defined contribution retirement plans managed by the local government authorities whereby the subsidiaries are required to contribute
to the schemes at fixed rates of the employees salary costs. In addition to the local governmental defined contribution retirement plans, the subsidiaries also participate in a pension scheme launched by the Group managed by an independent
insurance company whereby the subsidiaries are required to make contributions to the retirement plans at fixed rates of the employees salary costs or in accordance with the terms of the plans. The Groups contributions to these plans are
charged to profit or loss when incurred.

The Company and subsidiaries have no obligations for the payment of retirement and
other post-retirement benefits of staff other than the contributions described above.



| | (ii) | Share-based payments
| | ---- | --------------------

The fair value of share options granted to employees is recognized as an employee cost with a corresponding increase in a capital reserve
within equity. The fair value is measured at grant date using the binomial lattice model, taking into account the terms and conditions upon which the options were granted. Where the employees have to meet vesting conditions before becoming
unconditionally entitled to the options, the total estimated fair value of the options is spread over the vesting period, taking into account the probability that the options will vest.



F-34



---

##### Table of Contents

|
|



|2 | SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED)
|- | -------------------------------------------



| | (v) | Employee benefits (Continued)
| | --- | -----------------------------



| | (ii) | Share-based payments (Continued)
| | ---- | --------------------------------

During the vesting period, the number of share options that is expected to vest is reviewed at each balance sheet date. Any resulting adjustment to the cumulative fair value recognized in prior years is
credited/charged to the profit or loss for the year of the review, unless the original employee expenses qualify for recognition as an asset, with a corresponding adjustment to the capital reserve. On vesting date, the amount recognized as an
expense is adjusted to reflect the actual number of share options that vest (with a corresponding adjustment to the capital reserve). The equity amount is recognized in the capital reserve until either the option is exercised (when it is transferred
to the share capital account) or the option expires (when it is released directly to retained profits).



| | (iii) | Termination benefits
| | ----- | --------------------

Termination benefits are recognized when, and only when, the Group demonstrably commits itself to terminate employment which is without
realistic possibility of withdrawal or to provide benefits as a result of voluntary redundancy by having a detailed formal plan which is without realistic possibility of withdrawal.



| | (w) | Borrowing costs
| | --- | ---------------

Borrowing costs that are directly attributable to the acquisition, construction or production of an asset which necessarily takes a
substantial period of time to get ready for its intended use or sale are capitalized as part of the cost of that asset. Other borrowing costs are expensed in the period in which they are incurred.

The capitalization of borrowing costs as part of the cost of a qualifying asset commences when expenditure for the asset is being
incurred, borrowing costs are being incurred and activities that are necessary to prepare the asset for its intended use or sale are in progress. Capitalization of borrowing costs is suspended or ceased when substantially all the activities
necessary to prepare the qualifying asset for its intended use or sale are interrupted or completed.



F-35



---

##### Table of Contents

|2 | SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED)
|- | -------------------------------------------



| | (x) | Translation of foreign currencies
| | --- | ---------------------------------

The functional currency of major entities within the Group is RMB. The Group adopted RMB as its presentation currency in the preparation of the financial statements, which is the currency of the primary
economic environment in which most of the Groups entities operate.

Foreign currency transactions during the year are
translated at the foreign exchange rates ruling at the transaction dates. Monetary assets and liabilities denominated in currencies other than the functional currency are retranslated at the foreign exchange rates ruling at the balance sheet date.
Exchange gains and losses are recognized in profit or loss.

Non-monetary assets and
liabilities that are measured in terms of historical cost in a foreign currency are translated using the foreign exchange rates ruling at the transaction dates. Non-monetary assets and liabilities denominated
in foreign currencies that are stated at fair value are translated using the foreign exchange rates ruling at the dates the fair value was determined.

The results of overseas entities are translated into RMB at the exchange rates approximating the foreign exchange rate ruling at the dates of transactions. Balance sheet items are translated into RMB at
the exchange rates ruling at the balance sheet date. The resulting exchange differences are recognized in other comprehensive income and accumulated separately in equity in the exchange reserve. On disposal of an overseas entity, the cumulative
amount of the exchange differences relating to that particular foreign operation is reclassified from equity to profit or loss.

For the purpose of the consolidated statements of cash flows, the cash flows of overseas entities within the Group are translated into RMB
by using the exchange rates approximating the foreign exchange rate ruling at the dates of the cash flows.



F-36



---

##### Table of Contents

|2 | SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED)
|- | -------------------------------------------



| | (y) | Related parties
| | --- | ---------------



| | (a) | A person, or a close member of that persons family, is related to the Group if that person:
| | --- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



| | (i) | has control or joint control of the Group;
| | --- | ------------------------------------------



| | (ii) | has significant influence over the Group; or
| | ---- | --------------------------------------------



| | (iii) | is a member of the key management personnel of the Group or the Groups parent.
| | ----- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------



| | (b) | An entity is related to the Group if any of the following conditions applies:
| | --- | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------



| | (i) | The entity and the Group are members of the same group (which means that each parent, subsidiary and fellow subsidiary is related to the others);
| | --- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



| | (ii) | One entity is an associate or joint venture of the other entity (or an associate or joint venture of a member of a group of which the other entity is a member);
| | ---- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



| | (iii) | Both entities are joint ventures of the same third party;
| | ----- | ---------------------------------------------------------



| | (iv) | One entity is a joint venture of a third entity and the other entity is an associate of the third entity;
| | ---- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



| | (v) | The entity is a post-employment benefit plan for the benefit of employees of either the Group or an entity related to the Group;
| | --- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



| | (vi) | The entity is controlled or jointly controlled by a person identified in note 2(y)(a); or
| | ---- | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



| | (vii) | A person identified in note 2(y)(a)(i) has significant influence over the entity or is a member of the key management personnel of the entity (or of a parent of the
entity).
| | ----- | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Close members of the family of a person are those family members who may be expected to influence, or
be influenced by, that person in their dealings with the entity.



F-37



---

##### Table of Contents

|2 | SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED)
|- | -------------------------------------------



| | (z) | Segment reporting
| | --- | -----------------

An
operating segment is a component of the Group that engages in business activities from which the Group may earn revenue and incur expenses, and is identified on the basis of the internal financial reports that are provided to and regularly reviewed
by the Groups Chief Operating Decision Maker (CODM) in order to allocate resources and assess performance of the segment. The CODM has been identified as the Executive Directors of the Company. For the years presented, the Group as
a whole is an operating segment since the Group is only engaged in telecommunications and related businesses. No geographical information has been disclosed as the majority of the Groups operating activities are carried out in Mainland China.
The Groups assets located and operating revenue derived from activities outside Mainland China are less than 5% of the Groups assets and operating revenue, respectively.



| | (aa) | Dividend distribution
| | ---- | ---------------------

Dividend distribution to the Companys shareholders is recognized as a liability in the Groups financial statements in the
period in which the dividends are approved by the Companys shareholders or directors, where appropriate.



|3 | CHANGES IN ACCOUNTING POLICIES
|- | ------------------------------

The Group has adopted certain amended IFRS effective for accounting period beginning on January 1, 2016. Details of the adoption are as follows:



| |  |  | Amendment to IFRS 11, Joint Arrangements.
| | - |  | -------------------------------------------



| |  |  | Amendment to IAS 16, Property, Plant and Equipment.
| | - |  | -----------------------------------------------------



| |  |  | Amendment to IAS 38, Intangible Assets.
| | - |  | -----------------------------------------



| |  |  | Amendment to IFRS 10, Consolidated Financial Statements.
| | - |  | ----------------------------------------------------------



| |  |  | Amendment to IAS 28, Investments in Associates and Joint Ventures.
| | - |  | --------------------------------------------------------------------



| |  |  | Amendment to IAS 27, Separate Financial Statements.
| | - |  | -----------------------------------------------------



| |  |  | Annual Improvement to IFRSs 2012-2014 cycle.
| | - |  | --------------------------------------------

The adoption of the above amended standards did not have any significant impact on the Groups financial statements. The Group did not apply any other amendments, new standards or interpretation that
is not yet effective for the current accounting year (see note 40).



F-38



---

##### Table of Contents

|4 | OPERATING REVENUE
|- | -----------------



2016


2015


2014Million


Million


MillionRevenue from telecommunications servicesVoice services


209,949



261,896



313,476Data services


394,937



303,425



258,462Others


18,536



18,768



19,664623,422



584,089



591,602Revenue from sales of products and others


84,999



84,246



59,907708,421



668,335



651,509


On April 29, 2014, a notification (the Cai Shui [2014] No. 43) was jointly
issued by the Ministry of Finance and the State Administration of Taxation of the Peoples Republic of China (SAT), and as approved by the State Council of the Peoples Republic of China, the telecommunications industry would
be included in the scope of the pilot program for the transformation from business tax to value-added tax (the VAT Program) from June 1, 2014. According to the Cai Shui [2014] No. 43, the value-added tax rates for the provision
of basic telecommunications services and value-added telecommunications services are 11% and 6%, respectively. With the implementation of the VAT Program from June 1, 2014, the Group is not required to pay the business tax of 3% on the
telecommunications services.



F-39



---

##### Table of Contents

|5 | EMPLOYEE BENEFIT AND RELATED EXPENSES
|- | -------------------------------------



2016


2015


2014Million


Million


MillionSalaries, wages, labor service expenses and other benefits


69,546



67,622



64,715Retirement costs: contributions to defined contribution retirement plans


9,917



7,183



5,67079,463



74,805



70,385




F-40



---

##### Table of Contents

|6 | OTHER OPERATING EXPENSES
|- | ------------------------



2016


2015


2014Note

Million


Million


MillionMaintenance




53,852



53,991



52,883Impairment loss of doubtful accounts




3,734



4,839



5,536Impairment loss of goodwill












1,594Write-down of inventories




282



272



293Amortization of other intangible assets




499



274



112Operating lease charges- land and buildings




11,628



13,447



12,722- others

(i)


4,248



6,186



4,834Gain on disposal of property, plant and equipment




(180
)


(4
)


(1
)Write-off and impairment of property, plant and equipment (note 14)




7,216



7,614



2,383Power and utilities expenses




29,461



27,134



25,086Auditors remuneration- audit services

(ii)


103



97



91- tax services




1



1



- other services




9



4



6Others

(iii)


56,220



48,438



45,965167,073



162,293



151,504


Note:



| | (i) | Other operating lease charges represent the operating lease charges for motor vehicles, computer and other office equipment.
| | --- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

| | (ii) | Audit services include reporting on the Groups internal control over financial reporting pursuant to Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of the United
States of America with the service fee amount of RMB22,000,000 (2015: RMB20,000,000; 2014: RMB20,000,000).
| | ---- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

| | (iii) | Others consist of office expenses, travelling expenses, entertainment expenses, spectrum charges, consultancy and professional fees, consumables and supplies, and other
miscellaneous expenses.
| | ----- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



F-41



---

##### Table of Contents

|7 | PROCEEDS RECEIVABLE FOR THE TRANSFER OF TOWER ASSETS
|- | ----------------------------------------------------



On October 14, 2015, China Mobile Communication Co., Ltd. (CMC), a
wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, jointly with China United Network Communications Corporation Limited (China Unicom), China Telecom Corporation Limited (China Telecom), and China Reform Holdings Corporation Ltd.
(CRHC), entered into an agreement with China Tower Corporation Limited (China Tower), pursuant to which China Tower (i) purchased telecommunications towers and related assets (Tower Assets) from CMC, China
Unicom and China Telecom and (ii) issued new equity shares to CRHC. The consideration of Tower Assets was determined based on the appraised value and subject to adjustment in accordance with the terms of the transaction agreement by each party
as of the date of delivery. China Tower agreed to settle the consideration by way of issuing its equity shares to each party, plus cash consideration equalling to the excess of total consideration over the amount settled by equity shares. Upon
completion of the above transactions, China Tower would be owned by CMC, China Unicom, China Telecom and CRHC with their respective shares of equity interests of 38.0%, 28.1%, 27.9% and 6.0%.

On October 31, 2015, CMC completed the transfer of Tower Assets to China Tower. In return, China Tower issued equity shares to CMC
and shall pay CMC the remaining cash consideration within which China Tower has made the first payment of RMB5,000,000,000 in February 2016. The remaining balance of cash consideration was deferred and to be settled before December 31, 2017. In
addition, China Tower will pay interest associated with the unpaid cash consideration to CMC from November 1, 2015 at a pre-determined interest rate, which is 90% of the financial institutions one
year benchmark lending rate announced by the Peoples Bank of China (PBOC) on the completion date of the transaction, i.e. October 31, 2015.

The gain arising from the transfer of CMCs Tower Assets, which has eliminated unrealized profits due to the Groups interest in China Tower, is recorded as Gain on the transfer of Tower
Assets in the consolidated statements of comprehensive income for the year ended December 31, 2015.



F-42



---

##### Table of Contents

|8 | OTHER GAINS
|- | -----------



2016


2015


2014Million


Million


MillionPenalty income


764



658



515Dividend income from unlisted securities






11



Others


1,204



1,131



6561,968



1,800



1,171




|9 | FINANCE COSTS
|- | -------------



2016


2015


2014Million


Million


MillionInterest on bonds


228



257



274Interest on entrusted loans and bank deposits (note 35(a))


7



194



211Others






4



2235



455



487




|10 | DIRECTORS REMUNERATION
|-- | -----------------------

Directors remuneration during 2016 is as follows:



|                                                                    |  |                |         |  |                                |  |         |                                                                           |  |  |           |  |  |  |         | 
|------------------------------------------------------------------- |  | -------------- | ------- |  | ------------------------------ |  | ------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------- |  |  | --------- |  |  |  | ------- | 
|                                                                    |  | Directorsfees |         |  | Salaries,allowancesand bonuses |  |         | Contributionsrelating tosocial insurance,housing fundand retirementscheme |  |  | 2016Total | 
|                                                                    |  | 000           |         |  | 000                           |  |         | 000                                                                      |  |  | 000      | 
|                                                                    |  |                |         | 
|Executive directors (Expressed in RMB)                              |  |                |         |  |                                |  |         |                                                                           |  |  |           |  |  |  |         | 
|                                                                    |  |                |         | 
|SHANG Bing*                                                         |  |                |        |  |                                |  | 497.7   |                                                                           |  |  | 122.1     |  |  |  | 619.8   | 
|LI Yue (Chief Executive Officer)                                    |  |                |        |  |                                |  | 717.3   |                                                                           |  |  | 146.5     |  |  |  | 863.8   | 
|LIU Aili                                                            |  |                |        |  |                                |  | 661.7   |                                                                           |  |  | 141.4     |  |  |  | 803.1   | 
|XUE Taohai**                                                        |  |                |        |  |                                |  | 645.7   |                                                                           |  |  | 143.3     |  |  |  | 789.0   | 
|SHA Yuejia                                                          |  |                |        |  |                                |  | 661.7   |                                                                           |  |  | 141.4     |  |  |  | 803.1   | 
|                                                                    |  |                |         |  |                                |  |         |                                                                           |  |  |           |  |  |  |         | 
|                                                                    |  |                |        |  |                                |  | 3,184.1 |                                                                           |  |  | 694.7     |  |  |  | 3,878.8 | 
|                                                                    |  |                |         |  |                                |  |         |                                                                           |  |  |           |  |  |  |         | 
|                                                                    |  |                |         | 
|Independent non-executive directors (Expressed in Hong Kong
dollar) |  |                |         |  |                                |  |         |                                                                           |  |  |           |  |  |  |         | 
|                                                                    |  |                |         | 
|LO Ka Shui***                                                       |  |                | 130.4   |  |                                |  |        |                                                                           |  |  |          |  |  |  | 130.4   | 
|WONG Kwong Shing, Frank                                             |  |                | 470.0   |  |                                |  |        |                                                                           |  |  |          |  |  |  | 470.0   | 
|CHENG Mo Chi, Moses                                                 |  |                | 452.0   |  |                                |  |        |                                                                           |  |  |          |  |  |  | 452.0   | 
|CHOW Man Yiu, Paul                                                  |  |                | 404.9   |  |                                |  |        |                                                                           |  |  |          |  |  |  | 404.9   | 
|                                                                    |  |                |         |  |                                |  |         |                                                                           |  |  |           |  |  |  |         | 
|                                                                    |  |                | 1,457.3 |  |                                |  |        |                                                                           |  |  |          |  |  |  | 1,457.3 | 
|                                                                    |  |                |         |  |                                |  |         |                                                                           |  |  |           |  |  |  |         | 



F-43



---

##### Table of Contents

|10 | DIRECTORS REMUNERATION (CONTINUED)
|-- | -----------------------------------



Directors remuneration during 2015 is as follows:



|                                                                    |  |                |         |  |                                |  |         |                                                                           |  |  |           |  |  |  |         | 
|------------------------------------------------------------------- |  | -------------- | ------- |  | ------------------------------ |  | ------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------- |  |  | --------- |  |  |  | ------- | 
|                                                                    |  | Directorsfees |         |  | Salaries,allowancesand bonuses |  |         | Contributionsrelating tosocial insurance,housing fundand retirementscheme |  |  | 2015Total | 
|                                                                    |  | 000           |         |  | 000                           |  |         | 000                                                                      |  |  | 000      | 
|                                                                    |  |                |         | 
|Executive directors (Expressed in RMB)                              |  |                |         |  |                                |  |         |                                                                           |  |  |           |  |  |  |         | 
|                                                                    |  |                |         | 
|SHANG Bing#                                                         |  |                |        |  |                                |  | 106.7   |                                                                           |  |  | 30.0      |  |  |  | 136.7   | 
|XI Guohua##                                                         |  |                |        |  |                                |  | 376.6   |                                                                           |  |  | 113.0     |  |  |  | 489.6   | 
|LI Yue (Chief Executive Officer)                                    |  |                |        |  |                                |  | 437.1   |                                                                           |  |  | 137.8     |  |  |  | 574.9   | 
|LIU Aili                                                            |  |                |        |  |                                |  | 365.4   |                                                                           |  |  | 132.7     |  |  |  | 498.1   | 
|XUE Taohai                                                          |  |                |        |  |                                |  | 386.9   |                                                                           |  |  | 134.6     |  |  |  | 521.5   | 
|HUANG Wenlin###                                                     |  |                |        |  |                                |  | 138.8   |                                                                           |  |  | 21.6      |  |  |  | 160.4   | 
|SHA Yuejia                                                          |  |                |        |  |                                |  | 365.4   |                                                                           |  |  | 132.7     |  |  |  | 498.1   | 
|                                                                    |  |                |         |  |                                |  |         |                                                                           |  |  |           |  |  |  |         | 
|                                                                    |  |                |        |  |                                |  | 2,176.9 |                                                                           |  |  | 702.4     |  |  |  | 2,879.3 | 
|                                                                    |  |                |         |  |                                |  |         |                                                                           |  |  |           |  |  |  |         | 
|                                                                    |  |                |         | 
|Independent non-executive directors (Expressed in Hong Kong
dollar) |  |                |         |  |                                |  |         |                                                                           |  |  |           |  |  |  |         | 
|                                                                    |  |                |         | 
|LO Ka Shui                                                          |  |                | 325.0   |  |                                |  |        |                                                                           |  |  |          |  |  |  | 325.0   | 
|WONG Kwong Shing, Frank                                             |  |                | 470.0   |  |                                |  |        |                                                                           |  |  |          |  |  |  | 470.0   | 
|CHENG Mo Chi, Moses                                                 |  |                | 440.0   |  |                                |  |        |                                                                           |  |  |          |  |  |  | 440.0   | 
|CHOW Man Yiu, Paul                                                  |  |                | 330.0   |  |                                |  |        |                                                                           |  |  |          |  |  |  | 330.0   | 
|                                                                    |  |                |         |  |                                |  |         |                                                                           |  |  |           |  |  |  |         | 
|                                                                    |  |                | 1,565.0 |  |                                |  |        |                                                                           |  |  |          |  |  |  | 1,565.0 | 
|                                                                    |  |                |         |  |                                |  |         |                                                                           |  |  |           |  |  |  |         | 

Directors remuneration during 2014 is as follows:



Directorsfees


Salaries,allowancesand benefitsin kind


Performancerelatedbonuses


Retirementschemecontributions


2014Total(Expressed in Hong Kong dollar)

000


000


000


000


000Executive directorsXI Guohua


180



1,174



565



256



2,175LI Yue (Chief Executive Officer)


180



1,067



513



234



1,994LIU Aili


180



960



462



210



1,812XUE Taohai


180



960



462



210



1,812HUANG Wenlin


180



960



462



210



1,812SHA Yuejia


180



960



462



210



1,812Independent non-executive directorsLO Ka Shui


325















325WONG Kwong Shing, Frank


470















470CHENG Mo Chi, Moses


440















440CHOW Man Yiu, Paul


330















3302,645



6,081



2,926



1,330



12,982




F-44



---

##### Table of Contents

|10 | DIRECTORS REMUNERATION (CONTINUED)
|-- | -----------------------------------



| | * | The unpaid portion of executive directors performance related bonuses for 2015 was included in executive directors salaries, allowances and bonuses in 2016.
Mr. SHANG Bing has been serving the Company since September 2015.
| | - | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



| | ** | Mr. XUE Taohai resigned from the position as executive director of the Company with effect from March 23, 2017.
| | -- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



| | *** | Mr. LO Ka Shui resigned from the position as independent non-executive director of the Company with effect from
May 26, 2016.
| | --- | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



| | # | Mr. SHANG Bing was appointed as an executive director and chairman of the Company with effect from September 10, 2015.
| | - | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



| | ## | Mr. XI Guohua resigned from the position as executive director and chairman of the Company with effect from August 24, 2015.
| | -- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



| | ### | Madam HUANG Wenlin resigned from the position as executive director of the Company with effect from March 19, 2015.
| | --- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Mr. DONG Xin was appointed as an executive director of the Company and Mr. Stephen YIU Kin Wah was appointed as an independent non-executive director of the Company with effect from March 23, 2017.

In 2016 and
2015, executive directors of the Company voluntarily waived their directors fees.

The unpaid portion of executive
directors performance related bonuses for 2016 will be paid based on the evaluation conducted in 2017, and the additional bonuses related to their term of service will be paid based on the evaluation conducted upon the completion of three-year
evaluation period.



F-45



---

##### Table of Contents

|11 | INDIVIDUALS WITH HIGHEST EMOLUMENTS
|-- | -----------------------------------

For the year ended December 31, 2014, all of the five individuals with the highest emoluments are directors whose emoluments are disclosed in note 10.

For the year ended December 31, 2015 and 2016, none of the five individuals with the highest emoluments in the Group are directors.
The emoluments payable to the five individuals with highest emoluments during 2015 and 2016 are as follows:



2016


2015000


000Salaries, allowances and benefits in kind


5,602.4



8,134.8Performance related bonuses


2,029.2



1,814.1Retirement scheme contributions


157.2



148.27,788.8



10,097.1


The emoluments fell within the following bands:



2016


2015Number ofindividuals


Number ofindividualsEmolument bands1,500,001 - 2,000,000


5



42,000,001 - 2,500,000






1




F-46



---

##### Table of Contents

|12 | TAXATION
|-- | --------



| | (a) | Taxation in the consolidated statements of comprehensive income represents:
| | --- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------



2016


2015


2014Note


Million


Million


MillionCurrent taxProvision for Hong Kong profits tax on the estimated assessable profits for the year


(i)



193



164



113Provision for the PRC enterprise income tax on the estimated taxable profits for the year


(ii)



39,709



39,588



36,20439,902



39,752



36,317Deferred taxOrigination and reversal of temporary differences (note 20)


(iii)



(4,279
)


(4,673
)


(3,138
)35,623



35,079



33,179


Note:



| | (i) | The provision for Hong Kong profits tax is calculated at 16.5% (2015: 16.5%; 2014: 16.5%) of the estimated assessable profits for the year ended December 31, 2016.
| | --- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



| | (ii) | The provision for the PRC enterprise income tax is based on the statutory tax rate of 25% (2015: 25%; 2014: 25%) on the estimated taxable profits determined in
accordance with the relevant income tax rules and regulations of the PRC for the year ended December 31, 2016. Certain subsidiaries of the Company enjoy the preferential tax rate of 15% (2015: 15%; 2014: 15%).
| | ---- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



| | (iii) | Deferred taxes of the Group are recognized based on tax rates that are expected to apply to the periods when the temporary differences are realized or settled.
| | ----- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



| | (iv) | On April 22, 2009, SAT issued the Notice regarding Matters on Determination of Tax Residence Status of Chinese-controlled Offshore Incorporated Enterprises
under Rules of Effective Management (2009 Notice). The Company is qualified as a PRC offshore-registered resident enterprise for purposes of the 2009 Notice. In accordance with the 2009 Notice and the PRC enterprise income tax law,
the dividend income of the Company from its subsidiaries in the PRC is exempted from PRC enterprise income tax.
| | ---- | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



F-47



---

##### Table of Contents

|12 | TAXATION (CONTINUED)
|-- | --------------------



| | (b) | Reconciliation between income tax expense and accounting profit at applicable tax rates:
| | --- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



2016


2015


2014Million


Million


MillionProfit before taxation


144,462



143,734



142,522Notional tax on profit before tax, calculated at the PRCs statutory tax rate of 25% (Note)


36,116



35,934



35,631Tax effect of non-taxable items- Share of profit of associates


(2,159
)


(2,023
)


(2,062
)- Interest income


(22
)


(31
)


(26
)Tax effect of non-deductible expenses on the PRC operations


798



986



693Tax effect of non-deductible expenses on Hong Kong operations


76



68



46Rate differential of certain PRC operations (note 12(a)(ii))


(1,580
)


(1,576
)


(1,329
)Rate differential on Hong Kong operations


(133
)


(122
)


(107
)Tax effect of goodwill impairment loss










398Tax effect of deductible temporary difference for which no deferred tax asset was recognized


1,562



98



Tax effect of deductible tax loss for which no deferred tax asset was recognized


1,349



356



116Tax effect on the eliminated unrealized profits related to the transfer of Tower Assets






1,547



Others


(384
)


(158
)


(181
)Taxation


35,623



35,079



33,179


Note: The PRCs statutory tax rate is adopted as the majority of the Groups operations
are subject to this rate.



F-48



---

##### Table of Contents

|12 | TAXATION (CONTINUED)
|-- | --------------------



| | (c) | The tax charge relating to components of other comprehensive income is as follows:
| | --- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------



2016


2015


2014Beforetax


Taxcharge


Aftertax


Beforetax


Taxcharge


Aftertax


Beforetax


Taxcharge


AftertaxMillion


Million


Million


Million


Million


Million


Million


Million


MillionChange in value of available-for-sale financial
assets


32



(8
)


24























Share of other comprehensive (loss)/income of investments accounted for using equity method


(1,059
)






(1,059
)


901







901



1,224







1,224Currency translation differences


774







774



603







603



(169
)






(169
)Other comprehensive (loss)/income


(253
)


(8
)


(261
)


1,504







1,504



1,055







1,055Current tax






























Deferred tax






(8
)






















(8
)



























F-49



---

##### Table of Contents

|13 | EARNINGS PER SHARE
|-- | ------------------



| | (a) | Basic earnings per share
| | --- | ------------------------

The calculation of basic earnings per share for the year is based on the profit attributable to equity shareholders of the Company of
RMB108,741,000,000 (2015: RMB108,539,000,000; 2014: RMB109,218,000,000) and the weighted average number of 20,475,482,897 shares (2015: 20,473,119,088 shares; 2014: 20,293,253,516 shares) in issue during the year, calculated as follows:

Weighted average number of shares



2016


2015


2014Number of shares


Number of shares


Number of sharesIssued shares as of January 1


20,475,482,897



20,438,426,514



20,102,539,665Effect of share options exercised






34,692,574



190,713,851Weighted average number of shares in issue during the year


20,475,482,897



20,473,119,088



20,293,253,516




| | (b) | Diluted earnings per share
| | --- | --------------------------

The calculation of diluted earnings per share for the year is based on the profit attributable to equity shareholders of the Company of
RMB108,741,000,000 (2015: RMB108,539,000,000; 2014: RMB109,218,000,000) and the weighted average number of 20,475,482,897 shares (2015: 20,479,705,763 shares; 2014: 20,408,441,343 shares), calculated as follows:

Weighted average number of shares (diluted)



2016


2015


2014Number of shares


Number of shares


Number of sharesWeighted average number of shares in issue during the year


20,475,482,897



20,473,119,088



20,293,253,516Dilutive equivalent shares arising from share options






6,586,675



115,187,827Weighted average number of shares (diluted) during the year


20,475,482,897



20,479,705,763



20,408,441,343


In 2016, there was no share options outstanding (note 33). Therefore, there was no dilution impact
on weighted average number of shares (diluted) of the Company.



F-50



---

##### Table of Contents

|14 | PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT
|-- | -----------------------------



Buildings


Telecommunicationstransceivers,switching centers,transmission andother networkequipment


Officeequipment,furniture,fixturesand others


TotalMillion


Million


Million


MillionCost:As of January 1, 2015


143,602



1,154,848



21,537



1,319,987Transferred from construction in progress


13,225



178,285



2,099



193,609Other additions


119



837



580



1,536Transfer of Tower Assets to China Tower (note 7)


(25,014
)


(133,164
)


(212
)


(158,390
)Disposals


(1
)


(84
)


(24
)


(109
)Assets written-off


(2,588
)


(26,130
)


(1,199
)


(29,917
)Exchange differences


117



211



3



331As of December 31, 2015


129,460



1,174,803



22,784



1,327,047As of January 1, 2016


129,460



1,174,803



22,784



1,327,047Transferred from construction in progress


8,476



172,502



2,267



183,245Other additions


214



2,367



287



2,868Disposals


(1,048
)


(5,017
)


(138
)


(6,203
)Assets written-off


(308
)


(58,650
)


(2,210
)


(61,168
)Exchange differences


129



262



1



392As of December 31, 2016


136,923



1,286,267



22,991



1,446,181Accumulated depreciation and impairment:As of January 1, 2015


40,399



660,835



13,730



714,964Charge for the year


6,542



127,888



2,428



136,858Transfer of Tower Assets to China Tower (note 7)


(8,317
)


(80,765
)


(97
)


(89,179
)Written back on disposals


(1
)


(84
)


(21
)


(106
)Assets written-off and impairment loss


(1,813
)


(18,456
)


(1,014
)


(21,283
)Exchange differences


15



146



1



162As of December 31, 2015


36,825



689,564



15,027



741,416As of January 1, 2016


36,825



689,564



15,027



741,416Charge for the year


5,310



129,915



2,945



138,170Written back on disposals


(446
)


(2,336
)


(68
)


(2,850
)Assets written-off and impairment loss


(203
)


(51,108
)


(1,805
)


(53,116
)Exchange differences


16



186



3



205As of December 31, 2016


41,502



766,221



16,102



823,825Net book value:As of December 31, 2016


95,421



520,046



6,889



622,356As of December 31, 2015


92,635



485,239



7,757



585,631




F-51



---

##### Table of Contents

|14 | PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT (CONTINUED)
|-- | -----------------------------------------



For the year ended December 31, 2015, with the rapid growth of the Groups 4G
operation, the strategy of ramping up the internet connection speed with lower tariff, continuing technology changes, and further development of wireline broadband business, management anticipates more pressure on the growth and profitability of the
Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) business. Therefore, based on the impairment testing results, management recognized an impairment loss of RMB5,967,000,000 (2014: nil) on the WLAN and related terminal transmission equipment.



|15 | CONSTRUCTION IN PROGRESS
|-- | ------------------------



2016


2015Million


MillionAs of January 1


88,012



95,110Additions


185,086



192,737Transferred to property, plant and equipment


(183,245
)


(193,609
)Transfer of Tower Assets to China Tower (note 7)






(6,226
)As of December 31


89,853



88,012


Construction in progress primarily comprises expenditure incurred on the network expansion projects
but not yet completed as of December 31, 2016.



|16 | LAND LEASE PREPAYMENTS AND OTHERS
|-- | ---------------------------------

For the year ended December 31, 2016, the amortization of land lease prepayments expensed in the profit or loss amounted to approximately RMB443,000,000 (2015: approximately RMB426,000,000; 2014:
approximately RMB407,000,000).



F-52



---

##### Table of Contents

|17 | GOODWILL
|-- | --------



2016


2015Million


MillionCost and carrying amount:As of January 1 and December 31


35,343



35,343


Impairment tests for goodwill

As set out in IAS 36 Impairment of Assets, a cash-generating unit is the smallest identifiable group of assets that generate
cash inflows from continuing use that are largely independent of the cash flows from other assets or groups of assets. For the purpose of impairment tests of goodwill, goodwill is allocated to groups of cash-generating units (being subsidiaries
acquired in each acquisition). Such groups of cash-generating units represent the lowest level within the Group for which the goodwill is monitored for internal management purposes.

As of December 31, 2016, the goodwill of RMB35,300,000,000 is attributable to the cash-generating unit in relation to the operation
in Mainland China which management currently monitors. The recoverable amount of the cash-generating unit is determined based on the value-in-use calculations by using
the discounted cash flow method. This method considers the pre-tax cash flows of the subsidiaries (cash-generating unit) for the five years ending December 31, 2021 with subsequent transition to
perpetuity. For the five years ending December 31, 2021, the average growth rate is assumed 1.5% while for the years beyond December 31, 2021, the assumed continual growth rate to perpetuity is 1%. The present value of cash flows is
calculated by discounting the cash flow using pre-tax interest rates of approximately 12%. The management performed impairment test for the goodwill in relation to the operation in Mainland China and
determined such goodwill was not impaired. Reasonably possible changes in key assumptions will not lead to the goodwill impairment loss.



F-53



---

##### Table of Contents

|18 | SUBSIDIARIES
|-- | ------------

The
following list contains only the particulars of subsidiaries as of December 31, 2016, which principally affected the results, assets or liabilities of the Group. The class of shares held is ordinary unless otherwise stated.



Place of



Proportion ofincorporation/

Particulars

ownership interestestablishment

of issued and

Held by the

Held by aName of company*

and operation

paid up capital

Company

subsidiary

Principal activityChina Mobile Communication (BVI) Limited

British Virgin Islands (BVI)

HK$1

100%



Investment holding companyCMC **

PRC

RMB1,641,848,326



100%

Network and business coordination centerChina Mobile Group Guangdong Co., Ltd. (Guangdong Mobile)

PRC

RMB5,594,840,700



100%

Telecommunications operatorChina Mobile Group Zhejiang Co., Ltd.

PRC

RMB2,117,790,000



100%

Telecommunications operatorChina Mobile Group Jiangsu Co., Ltd.

PRC

RMB2,800,000,000



100%

Telecommunications operatorChina Mobile Group Fujian Co., Ltd.

PRC

RMB5,247,480,000



100%

Telecommunications operatorChina Mobile Group Henan Co., Ltd.

PRC

RMB4,367,733,641



100%

Telecommunications operatorChina Mobile Group Hainan Co., Ltd.

PRC

RMB643,000,000



100%

Telecommunications operatorChina Mobile Group Beijing Co., Ltd.

PRC

RMB6,124,696,053



100%

Telecommunications operatorChina Mobile Group Shanghai Co., Ltd. (Shanghai Mobile)

PRC

RMB6,038,667,706



100%

Telecommunications operatorChina Mobile Group Tianjin Co., Ltd.

PRC

RMB2,151,035,483



100%

Telecommunications operatorChina Mobile Group Hebei Co., Ltd.

PRC

RMB4,314,668,600



100%

Telecommunications operatorChina Mobile Group Liaoning Co., Ltd.

PRC

RMB5,140,126,680



100%

Telecommunications operatorChina Mobile Group Shandong Co., Ltd.

PRC

RMB6,341,851,146



100%

Telecommunications operatorChina Mobile Group Guangxi Co., Ltd.

PRC

RMB2,340,750,100



100%

Telecommunications operatorChina Mobile Group Anhui Co., Ltd.

PRC

RMB4,099,495,494



100%

Telecommunications operatorChina Mobile Group Jiangxi Co., Ltd.

PRC

RMB2,932,824,234



100%

Telecommunications operatorChina Mobile Group Chongqing Co., Ltd.

PRC

RMB3,029,645,401



100%

Telecommunications operator




F-54



---

##### Table of Contents

|18 | SUBSIDIARIES (CONTINUED)
|-- | ------------------------



Place of



Proportion ofincorporation/

Particulars

ownership interestestablishment

of issued and

Held by the

Held by aName of company*

and operation

paid up capital

Company

subsidiary

Principal activityChina Mobile Group Sichuan Co., Ltd.

PRC

RMB7,483,625,572



100%

Telecommunications operatorChina Mobile Group Hubei Co., Ltd.

PRC

RMB3,961,279,556



100%

Telecommunications operatorChina Mobile Group Hunan Co., Ltd.

PRC

RMB4,015,668,593



100%

Telecommunications operatorChina Mobile Group Shaanxi Co., Ltd.

PRC

RMB3,171,267,431



100%

Telecommunications operatorChina Mobile Group Shanxi Co., Ltd.

PRC

RMB2,773,448,313



100%

Telecommunications operatorChina Mobile Group Neimenggu Co., Ltd.

PRC

RMB2,862,621,870



100%

Telecommunications operatorChina Mobile Group Jilin Co., Ltd.

PRC

RMB3,277,579,314



100%

Telecommunications operatorChina Mobile Group Heilongjiang Co., Ltd.

PRC

RMB4,500,508,035



100%

Telecommunications operatorChina Mobile Group Guizhou Co., Ltd.

PRC

RMB2,541,981,749



100%

Telecommunications operatorChina Mobile Group Yunnan Co., Ltd.

PRC

RMB4,137,130,733



100%

Telecommunications operatorChina Mobile Group Xizang Co., Ltd.

PRC

RMB848,643,686



100%

Telecommunications operatorChina Mobile Group Gansu Co., Ltd.

PRC

RMB1,702,599,589



100%

Telecommunications operatorChina Mobile Group Qinghai Co., Ltd.

PRC

RMB902,564,911



100%

Telecommunications operatorChina Mobile Group Ningxia Co., Ltd.

PRC

RMB740,447,232



100%

Telecommunications operatorChina Mobile Group Xinjiang Co., Ltd.

PRC

RMB2,581,599,600



100%

Telecommunications operatorChina Mobile Group Design Institute Co., Ltd.

PRC

RMB160,232,500



100%

Provision of telecommunications network planning design and consulting
services




F-55



---

##### Table of Contents

|18 | SUBSIDIARIES (CONTINUED)
|-- | ------------------------



Place of



Proportion ofincorporation/

Particulars

ownership interestestablishment

of issued and

Held by the

Held by aName of company*

and operation

paid up capital

Company

subsidiary

Principal activityChina Mobile Holding Company Limited **

PRC

US$30,000,000

100%



Investment holding companyChina Mobile (Shenzhen) Limited * *

PRC

US$7,633,000



100%

Provision of roaming clearance servicesAspire Holdings Limited

Cayman Islands

HK$93,964,583

66.41%



Investment holding companyAspire (BVI) Limited#

BVI

US$1,000



100%

Investment holding companyAspire Technologies (Shenzhen) Limited * *#

PRC

US$10,000,000



100%

Technology platform development and maintenanceAspire Information Network (Shenzhen) Limited**#

PRC

US$5,000,000



100%

Provision of mobile data solutions, system integration and developmentAspire Information Technologies (Beijing) Limited **#

PRC

US$5,000,000



100%

Technology platform development and maintenanceFujian FUNO Mobile Communication Technology Company Limited ***

PRC

US$3,800,000



51%

Network construction and maintenance, network planning and optimizing, training and communication servicesAdvanced Roaming & Clearing House Limited

BVI

US$2

100%



Provision of roaming clearance servicesFit Best Limited

BVI

US$1

100%



Investment holding companyChina Mobile Hong Kong Company Limited

Hong Kong

HK$951,046,930



100%

Provision of telecommunications and related servicesChina Mobile International
Holdings Limited

Hong Kong

HK$13,095,670,000

100%



Investment holding companyChina Mobile International
Limited

Hong Kong

HK$3,000,000,000



100%

Provision of voice and roaming clearance services, internet services and value-added servicesChina Mobile Group Device Co., Ltd.

PRC

RMB6,200,000,000



99.97%

Provision of electronic communication products design and sale of related
products




F-56



---

##### Table of Contents

|18 | SUBSIDIARIES (CONTINUED)
|-- | ------------------------



Place of



Proportion ofincorporation/

Particulars

ownership interestestablishment

of issued and

Held by the

Held by aName of company*

and operation

paid up capital

Company

subsidiary

Principal activityChina Mobile Group Finance Co., Ltd. (China Mobile Finance)

PRC

RMB11,627,783,669



92%

Provision of non-banking financial servicesChina Mobile IoT Company Limited

PRC

RMB1,000,000,000



100%

Provision of network servicesChina Mobile (Suzhou) Software Technology Co., Ltd.

PRC

RMB830,000,000



100%

Provision of computer hardware and software research and development servicesChina Mobile (Hangzhou) Information Technology Co., Ltd.

PRC

RMB900,000,000



100%

Provision of computer hardware and software research and development servicesChina Mobile Online Services Co., Ltd.

PRC

RMB50,000,000



100%

Provision of call center servicesMIGU Company Limited

PRC

RMB7,000,000,000



100%

Provision of Mobile Internet digital content servicesCM TieTong

PRC

RMB31,880,000,000



100%

Provision of telecommunications servicesChina Mobile Internet Company Limited

PRC

RMB2,000,000,000



100%

Provision of value added telecommunications servicesChina Mobile Investment Holdings Company Limited (CM Investment)##

PRC

RMB20,000,000,000



100%

Investment holding company




| | * | The nature of all the legal entities established in the PRC is limited liability company.
| | - | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



| | ** | Companies registered as wholly owned foreign enterprises in the PRC.
| | -- | --------------------------------------------------------------------



| | *** | Company registered as a sino-foreign equity joint venture in the PRC.
| | --- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------



| | # | Effective interest held by the Group is 66.41%.
| | - | -----------------------------------------------



| | # # | CM Investment was established as of December 9, 2016, while the paid up capital has not been paid as of December 31, 2016.
| | --- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



F-57



---

##### Table of Contents

|19 | INVESTMENTS ACCOUNTED FOR USING THE EQUITY METHOD
|-- | -------------------------------------------------

The amounts recognized in the consolidated balance sheets are as follows:



As of


As ofDecember 31,2016


December 31,2015Million


MillionAssociates


123,255



115,558Joint ventures


784



375124,039



115,933


Details of major associates are as follows:



Name of associate

Note


Place ofincorporation/establishmentand operation


Proportion 
ofownershipinterest heldby the Company orits subsidiary


Principal ActivityUnlisted companyChina Tower






PRC



38%


Construction,maintenance and
operation of
telecommunications
towersListed companyShanghai Pudong Development Bank Co., Ltd. (SPD Bank)


(i)



PRC



19%


Provision ofbanking servicesIFLYTEK Co., Ltd. (IFLYTEK)






PRC



14%


Provision ofChinese speech and
language    technology products and servicesTrue Corporation Public Company Limited (True Corporation)


(ii)



Thailand



18%


Provision oftelecommunications
services


Note:



| | (i) | The Groups shareholding percentage in SPD Bank has been diluted from 20.00% to 18.98% as a result from SPD Banks issuance of new ordinary shares to other
companies in March 2016.
| | --- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



| | (ii) | In June 2016, the Group completed the subscription of additional 1,510 million new ordinary shares issued by True Corporation at the price of Baht7.15 per share
with a total consideration of approximately Baht10.8 billion (equivalent to approximately RMB2.0 billion). Upon the completion of the subscription, the Groups shareholding percentage in True Corporation remains unchanged.
| | ---- | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



F-58



---

##### Table of Contents

|19 | INVESTMENTS ACCOUNTED FOR USING THE EQUITY METHOD (CONTINUED)
|-- | -------------------------------------------------------------



Summary financial information on principal associates:



|                                                                             |  |                   |           |  |         |  |           | 
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------- |  | ----------------- | --------- |  | ------- |  | --------- | 
|                                                                             |  | SPD Bank          |          
|                                                                             |  | As of December 31 |          
|                                                                             |  | 2016              |           |  | 2015    | 
|                                                                             |  | Million           |           |  | Million | 
|Total assets                                                                 |  |                   | 5,857,263 |  |         |  | 5,044,352 | 
|Total liabilities                                                            |  |                   | 5,484,329 |  |         |  | 4,725,752 | 
|Total equity                                                                 |  |                   | 372,934   |  |         |  | 318,600   | 
|                                                                             |  |                   |           |  |         |  |           | 
|Total equity attributable to ordinary equity shareholders                    |  |                   | 338,027   |  |         |  | 285,250   | 
|Percentage of ownership of the Group                                         |  |                   | 19%       |  |         |  | 20%       | 
|                                                                             |  |                   |           |  |         |  |           | 
|Total equity attributable to the Group                                       |  |                   | 64,158    |  |         |  | 57,050    | 
|The impact of fair value adjustments at the time of acquisition and goodwill |  |                   | 7,780     |  |         |  | 9,361     | 
|                                                                             |  |                   |           |  |         |  |           | 
|Interest in associates                                                       |  |                   | 71,938    |  |         |  | 66,411    | 
|                                                                             |  |                   |           |  |         |  |           | 



|                                                                                                  |  |                   |       |  |                   |  |       |                   |  |  |         |  |  |         |        |  |         |  |         |   |  |  |         |  
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |  | ----------------- | ----- |  | ----------------- |  | ----- | ----------------- |  |  | ------- |  |  | ------- | ------ |  | ------- |  | ------- | - |  |  | ------- | -
|                                                                                                  |  | IFLYTEK           |       |  | True Corporation  |  |       | China Tower       | 
|                                                                                                  |  | As of December 31 |       |  | As of December 31 |  |       | As of December 31 | 
|                                                                                                  |  | 2016              |       |  | 2015              |  |       | 2016              |  |  | 2015    |  |  | 2016    |        |  | 2015    | 
|                                                                                                  |  | Million           |       |  | Million           |  |       | Million           |  |  | Million |  |  | Million |        |  | Million | 
|Total current assets                                                                              |  |                   | 5,533 |  |                   |  | 4,767 |                   |  |  | 23,135  |  |  |         | 14,038 |  |         |  | 39,565  |   |  |  | 38,586  |  
|Total non-current assets                                                                          |  |                   | 4,881 |  |                   |  | 3,623 |                   |  |  | 61,532  |  |  |         | 36,959 |  |         |  | 272,103 |   |  |  | 231,793 |  
|Total current liabilities                                                                         |  |                   | 2,521 |  |                   |  | 1,601 |                   |  |  | 30,333  |  |  |         | 20,158 |  |         |  | 171,568 |   |  |  | 47,717  |  
|Total non-current liabilities                                                                     |  |                   | 674   |  |                   |  | 266   |                   |  |  | 29,492  |  |  |         | 17,279 |  |         |  | 14,548  |   |  |  | 96,535  |  
|Total equity                                                                                      |  |                   | 7,219 |  |                   |  | 6,523 |                   |  |  | 24,842  |  |  |         | 13,560 |  |         |  | 125,552 |   |  |  | 126,127 |  
|                                                                                                  |  |                   |       |  |                   |  |       |                   |  |  |         |  |  |         |        |  |         |  |         |   |  |  |         |  
|Total equity attributable to equity shareholders                                                  |  |                   | 7,061 |  |                   |  | 6,268 |                   |  |  | 24,714  |  |  |         | 13,441 |  |         |  | 125,552 |   |  |  | 126,127 |  
|Percentage of ownership of the Group                                                              |  |                   | 14%   |  |                   |  | 14%   |                   |  |  | 18%     |  |  |         | 18%    |  |         |  | 38%     |   |  |  | 38%     |  
|                                                                                                  |  |                   |       |  |                   |  |       |                   |  |  |         |  |  |         |        |  |         |  |         |   |  |  |         |  
|Total equity attributable to the Group                                                            |  |                   | 962   |  |                   |  | 878   |                   |  |  | 4,449   |  |  |         | 2,419  |  |         |  | 47,710  |   |  |  | 47,928  |  
|The impact of fair value adjustments at the time of acquisition and goodwill                      |  |                   | 814   |  |                   |  | 827   |                   |  |  | 2,847   |  |  |         | 3,077  |  |         |  |        |   |  |  |        |  
|Elimination of unrealized profits resulting from the transfer of Tower Assets and its realization |  |                   |      |  |                   |  |      |                   |  |  |        |  |  |         |       |  |         |  | (5,474  | ) |  |  | (5,989  | )
|                                                                                                  |  |                   |       |  |                   |  |       |                   |  |  |         |  |  |         |        |  |         |  |         |   |  |  |         |  
|Interest in associates                                                                            |  |                   | 1,776 |  |                   |  | 1,705 |                   |  |  | 7,296   |  |  |         | 5,496  |  |         |  | 42,236  |   |  |  | 41,939  |  
|                                                                                                  |  |                   |       |  |                   |  |       |                   |  |  |         |  |  |         |        |  |         |  |         |   |  |  |         |  



F-59



---

##### Table of Contents

|19 | INVESTMENTS ACCOUNTED FOR USING THE EQUITY METHOD (CONTINUED)
|-- | -------------------------------------------------------------



Summary financial information on principal associates (Continued):



|                                                                 |  |          |         |   |         |  |         |         |  |  |         |  |  |         |       |  |         |  |       |  |  |  |       | 
|---------------------------------------------------------------- |  | -------- | ------- | - | ------- |  | ------- | ------- |  |  | ------- |  |  | ------- | ----- |  | ------- |  | ----- |  |  |  | ----- | 
|                                                                 |  | SPD Bank |         |   | IFLYTEK | 
|                                                                 |  | 2016     |         |   | 2015    |  |         | 2014    |  |  | 2016    |  |  | 2015    |       |  | 2014    | 
|                                                                 |  | Million  |         |   | Million |  |         | Million |  |  | Million |  |  | Million |       |  | Million | 
|Revenue                                                          |  |          | 160,792 |   |         |  | 146,550 |         |  |  | 123,181 |  |  |         | 3,320 |  |         |  | 2,501 |  |  |  | 1,775 | 
|Profit before taxation                                           |  |          | 69,975  |   |         |  | 66,877  |         |  |  | 62,030  |  |  |         | 561   |  |         |  | 465   |  |  |  | 434   | 
|Profit attributable to ordinary equity shareholders for the year |  |          | 51,374  |   |         |  | 49,704  |         |  |  | 47,026  |  |  |         | 484   |  |         |  | 425   |  |  |  | 379   | 
|Other comprehensive (loss)/income                                |  |          | (5,480  | ) |         |  | 4,458   |         |  |  | 6,119   |  |  |         |      |  |         |  |      |  |  |  |      | 
|Total comprehensive income                                       |  |          | 45,894  |   |         |  | 54,162  |         |  |  | 53,145  |  |  |         | 484   |  |         |  | 425   |  |  |  | 379   | 
|Dividends received from associates                               |  |          | 1,921   |   |         |  | 2,824   |         |  |  | 2,462   |  |  |         | 18    |  |         |  | 18    |  |  |  | 14    | 



|                                   |  |                  |        |   |             |  |        |         |  |  |         |   |  |         |        |   |         |  |        |   |  |  |      |  
|---------------------------------- |  | ---------------- | ------ | - | ----------- |  | ------ | ------- |  |  | ------- | - |  | ------- | ------ | - | ------- |  | ------ | - |  |  | ---- | -
|                                   |  | True Corporation |        |   | China Tower | 
|                                   |  | 2016             |        |   | 2015        |  |        | 2014    |  |  | 2016    |   |  | 2015    |        |   | 2014    | 
|                                   |  | Million          |        |   | Million     |  |        | Million |  |  | Million |   |  | Million |        |   | Million | 
|Revenue                            |  |                  | 23,520 |   |             |  | 21,416 |         |  |  | 20,447  |   |  |         | 54,474 |   |         |  | 10,325 |   |  |  |     |  
|(Loss)/profit before taxation      |  |                  | (437   | ) |             |  | 839    |         |  |  | (129    | ) |  |         | (776   | ) |         |  | (3,864 | ) |  |  | (114 | )
|(Loss)/profit for the year         |  |                  | (531   | ) |             |  | 795    |         |  |  | 267     |   |  |         | (575   | ) |         |  | (2,944 | ) |  |  | (114 | )
|Other comprehensive loss           |  |                  | (87    | ) |             |  |       |         |  |  |        |   |  |         |       |   |         |  |       |   |  |  |     |  
|Total comprehensive (loss)/income  |  |                  | (618   | ) |             |  | 795    |         |  |  | 267     |   |  |         | (575   | ) |         |  | (2,944 | ) |  |  | (114 | )
|Dividends received from associates |  |                  | 5      |   |             |  |       |         |  |  |        |   |  |         |       |   |         |  |       |   |  |  |     |  

The fair values of the interests in SPD Bank, IFLYTEK and True Corporation are disclosed as follows:



|                              |  |                         |        |  |                         |  |        |                 |  |  |            |  |  |  |        | 
|----------------------------- |  | ----------------------- | ------ |  | ----------------------- |  | ------ | --------------- |  |  | ---------- |  |  |  | ------ | 
|                              |  | As of December 
31,2016 |        |  | As of December 
31,2015 | 
|                              |  | Carrying amount         |        |  | Fair value              |  |        | Carrying amount |  |  | Fair value | 
|                              |  | Million                 |        |  | Million                 |  |        | Million         |  |  | Million    | 
|SPD Bank                      |  |                         | 71,938 |  |                         |  | 66,522 |                 |  |  | 66,411     |  |  |  | 68,160 | 
|IFLYTEK                       |  |                         | 1,776  |  |                         |  | 4,854  |                 |  |  | 1,705      |  |  |  | 6,639  | 
|True Corporation              |  |                         | 7,296  |  |                         |  | 8,297  |                 |  |  | 5,496      |  |  |  | 5,339  | 
|                              |  |                         |        |  |                         |  |        |                 |  |  |            |  |  |  |        | 
|                              |  |                         |        | 
|Interest in listed associates |  |                         | 81,010 |  |                         |  | 79,673 |                 |  |  | 73,612     |  |  |  | 80,138 | 
|                              |  |                         |        |  |                         |  |        |                 |  |  |            |  |  |  |        | 



F-60



---

##### Table of Contents

|19 | INVESTMENTS ACCOUNTED FOR USING THE EQUITY METHOD (CONTINUED)
|-- | -------------------------------------------------------------



The fair values of interest in SPD Bank, IFLYTEK and True Corporation are based on
quoted market prices (level 1: quoted price (unadjusted) in active markets) at the balance sheet date without any deduction for transaction costs.

The Group assesses at the end of each reporting period whether there is objective evidence that interest in associates are impaired.

As of December 31, 2016, the fair value of investment in SPD Bank was RMB66,522,000,000 (2015: RMB68,160,000,000), below its
carrying amount by approximately 7.5% (2015: exceeding approximately 2.6%). Management performed impairment test accordingly considering such impairment indicator. The recoverable amount of the interest in SPD Bank is determined by value-in-use. The calculation used pre-tax cash flow projections for the five years ending December 31, 2021 with subsequent
extrapolation to perpetuity. The discount rate used was based on a cost of capital used to evaluate investments in Mainland China. Management judgement is required in estimating the future cash flows of SPD Bank. The key assumptions are determined
with reference to external sources of information. Based on managements assessment results, there was no impairment as of December 31, 2016. Reasonably possible changes in key assumptions will not lead to the impairment loss.

As of December 31, 2016, the fair value of investment in True Corporation was RMB8,297,000,000 (2015: RMB5,339,000,000), exceeding
its carrying amount by approximately 13.7% (2015: approximately 2.9% below). The management has determined that there was no impairment indicator of the Groups interests in True Corporation as of December 31, 2016.

Based on the current operation status and business prospects of China Tower, there was no objective evidence of impairment associated
with the investment in China Tower as of December 31, 2016.

In 2015, CMC together with State Development &
Investment Corporation and China Mobile State Development & Investment Management Company Limited (45% of its registered capital is owned by CMCC), established China Mobile Innovative Business Fund (Shenzhen) Partnership (Limited
Partnership) (the Fund). The Group recognized the investment as interest in a joint venture. CMC committed to invest RMB1,500,000,000 in cash, which represents 58.8% equity interest in the Fund. As of December 31, 2016, CMC has
contributed RMB721,000,000 (2015: RMB360,000,000) to the Fund and has a commitment to invest RMB779,000,000 (2015: RMB1,140,000,000) to the Fund upon the request by the Fund. There are no contingent liabilities relating to the Groups interest
in the joint ventures.



F-61



---

##### Table of Contents

|20 | DEFERRED TAX ASSETS AND LIABILITIES
|-- | -----------------------------------

The analysis of deferred tax assets and liabilities are as follows:



As ofDecember 31,2016


As ofDecember 31,2015Million


MillionDeferred tax assets:- Deferred tax asset to be recovered after 12 months


6,607



4,935- Deferred tax asset to be recovered within 12 months


23,160



20,48829,767



25,423Deferred tax liabilities:- Deferred tax liabilities to be settled after 12 months


(248
)


(166
)- Deferred tax liabilities to be settled within 12 months


(44
)


(37
)(292
)


(203
)




F-62



---

##### Table of Contents

|20 | DEFERRED TAX ASSETS AND LIABILITIES (CONTINUED)
|-- | -----------------------------------------------



Deferred tax assets and liabilities recognized and the movements during 2016



As ofJanuary 1,2016


(Charged)/credited toprofit or loss


Charged toothercomprehensiveincome


Exchangedifferences


As ofDecember 31,2016Million


Million


Million


Million


MillionDeferred tax assets arising from:Write-down for obsolete inventories


217



(42
)










175Write-off and impairment of certain network equipment and related assets


4,152



386











4,538Accrued operating expenses


14,125



3,844











17,969Deferred revenue from Reward Program


5,350



446











5,796Impairment loss for doubtful accounts


1,579



(282
)










1,297Change in value of available-for-sale financial
assets










(8
)






(8
)25,423



4,352



(8
)






29,767Deferred tax liabilities arising from:Depreciation allowance in excess of related depreciation


(203
)


(73
)






(16
)


(292
)Total


25,220



4,279



(8
)


(16
)


29,475




F-63



---

##### Table of Contents

|20 | DEFERRED TAX ASSETS AND LIABILITIES (CONTINUED)
|-- | -----------------------------------------------



Deferred tax assets and liabilities recognized and the movements during 2015



As ofJanuary 1,2015


Credited/(charged) toprofit or loss


Exchangedifferences


As ofDecember 31,2015Million


Million


Million


MillionDeferred tax assets arising from:Write-down for obsolete inventories


188



29







217Write-off and impairment of certain network equipment and related assets


2,624



1,528







4,152Accrued operating expenses


10,641



3,484







14,125Deferred revenue from Reward Program


5,621



(271
)






5,350Impairment loss for doubtful accounts


1,580



(1
)






1,57920,654



4,769







25,423Deferred tax liabilities arising from:Depreciation allowance in excess of related depreciation


(98
)


(96
)


(9
)


(203
)Total


20,556



4,673



(9
)


25,220


Deferred tax assets are recognized for deductible temporary differences and tax losses
carry-forwards only to the extent that the realization of the related tax benefit through future taxable profits is probable. Certain subsidiaries of the Group did not recognize deferred tax assets of RMB1,562,000,000 (2015: RMB98,000,000) and
RMB1,349,000,000 (2015: RMB395,000,000) in respect of deductible temporary differences and tax losses amounting to RMB6,249,000,000 (2015: RMB391,000,000) and RMB5,504,000,000 (2015: RMB1,581,000,000) respectively that can be carried forward against
future taxable income as of December 31, 2016. The tax losses are allowed to be carried forward in next five years to against the future taxable profits.



F-64



---

##### Table of Contents

|21 | AVAILABLE-FOR-SALE FINANCIAL ASSETS
|-- | -----------------------------------



As ofDecember 31,2016


As ofDecember 31,2015Note


Million


MillionEquity investment


(i)



35



3Wealth management products issued by banks


(ii)



31,897



19,16731,932



19,170Less: current portion






(31,897
)


(19,167
)Non-current portion






35



3


Note:



| | (i) | The equity investment represents Shanghai Mobiles investment in Bank of Shanghai Co., Ltd. (Bank of Shanghai), the latter of which has been listed in
November 2016. The equity investment is accounted for using its fair value based on quoted market price (level 1: quoted price (unadjusted) in active markets) as of December 31, 2016 without any deduction for transaction costs.
| | --- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



| | (ii) | The wealth management products issued by banks will mature within one year with variable return rates indexed to the performance of underlying assets. As of
December 31, 2016, the carrying amount approximated the fair value (level 3: inputs for the assets or liability that are not based on observable market data (that is, unobservable inputs)). The fair values are based on cash flow discounted
using the judgement that expected return will be obtained upon maturity.
| | ---- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



|22 | RESTRICTED BANK DEPOSITS
|-- | ------------------------



As of December 31, 2016


As of December 31, 2015Non-currentassets


Currentassets


Total


Non-currentassets


Currentassets


TotalMillion


Million


Million


Million


Million


MillionRestricted bank deposits- Statutory deposit reserves (Note)


4,527







4,527



4,526







4,526- Pledged bank deposits


1



197



198



49



15



644,528



197



4,725



4,575



15



4,590




| | Note: | The statutory deposit reserves are deposited by China Mobile Finance with PBOC as required, which are not available for use in the Groups daily operations.
| | ----- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



F-65



---

##### Table of Contents

|23 | INVENTORIES
|-- | -----------



As of


As ofDecember 31,2016


December 31,2015Million


MillionSIM cards and handsets


7,696



8,604Other consumables


1,136



1,3908,832



9,994




|24 | ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE
|-- | -------------------



| | (a) | Aging analysis
| | --- | --------------

Aging
analysis of accounts receivable, net of allowance for impairment loss of doubtful accounts is as follows:



As of


As ofDecember 31,2016


December 31,2015Million


MillionWithin 30 days


10,974



10,34331 - 60 days


2,726



2,08261 - 90 days


1,540



1,457Over 90 days


3,805



3,86119,045



17,743


Accounts receivable primarily comprise receivables from customers and telecommunications operators.
Accounts receivable from the provision of telecommunications services to customers are mainly due for payment within one month from date of billing. Customers with balances that are overdue or exceed credit limits are required to settle all
outstanding balances before any further telecommunications services can be provided.

Accounts receivable are expected to be
recovered within one year.



F-66



---

##### Table of Contents

|24 | ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE (CONTINUED)
|-- | -------------------------------



| | (b) | Impairment of accounts receivable
| | --- | ---------------------------------

Impairment loss in respect of accounts receivable is recorded using an allowance account unless the Group is satisfied that recovery of the amount is remote, in which case the impairment loss is written
off against accounts receivable directly.

The following table summarizes the changes in impairment loss of doubtful accounts:



2016


2015Million


MillionAs of January 1


6,549



6,575Impairment loss recognized


3,797



4,921Accounts receivable written off


(4,584
)


(4,947
)As of December 31


5,762



6,549




| | (c) | Accounts receivable that are not impaired
| | --- | -----------------------------------------

Accounts receivable that are neither individually nor collectively considered to be impaired are as follows:



As of


As ofDecember 31,2016


December 31,2015Million


MillionNeither past due nor impaired


18,468



17,240Less than 1 month past due


577



50319,045



17,743


Receivables that were neither past due nor impaired relate to a wide range of customers for which
there was no recent history of default.

Receivables that were past due but not impaired relate to a number of independent
customers that have a good track record with the Group. Based on past experience, management believes that no impairment allowance is necessary in respect of these balances as there has not been a significant change in credit quality and the
balances are still considered fully recoverable. The Group does not hold any collateral over these balances.



F-67



---

##### Table of Contents

|25 | OTHER RECEIVABLES, PREPAYMENTS AND OTHER CURRENT ASSETS
|-- | -------------------------------------------------------

Other receivables comprise certain items which are expected to be recovered within one year, primarily including interest receivable from banks, utilities deposits and rental deposits, and short-term
loans of RMB4,650,000,000 (2015: RMB5,000,000,000) granted to other companies through China Mobile Finance at the interest rate agreed by each party with reference to the market interest rate.

Prepayments and other current assets primarily consist of rental prepayments, maintenance prepayments and input VAT to be deducted.

As of December 31, 2015 and 2016, there were no significant overdue amounts for other receivables.



|26 | AMOUNTS DUE FROM/TO ULTIMATE HOLDING COMPANY
|-- | --------------------------------------------

Amount due from ultimate holding company is unsecured, interest free, repayable on demand and arising in the ordinary course of business.

As of December 31, 2016, amount due to ultimate holding company comprises the short-term deposits of CMCC in China Mobile Finance
amounting to RMB5,552,000,000 (2015: RMB7,274,000,000) and the corresponding interest payable arising from the deposits. The deposits are unsecured and carry interest at prevailing market rate.



F-68



---

##### Table of Contents

|27 | BANK DEPOSITS
|-- | -------------

Bank
deposits represent term deposits with banks with original maturity exceeding three months. The applicable interest rate is determined in accordance with the benchmark interest rate published by PBOC.



|28 | CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS
|-- | -------------------------



As of


As ofDecember 31,2016


December 31,2015Million


MillionBank deposits with original maturity within three months


15,115



7,312Cash at banks and in hand


75,298



72,53090,413



79,842




|29 | ACCOUNTS PAYABLE
|-- | ----------------

Accounts payable primarily include payables for network expansion projects expenditure, maintenance and interconnection expenses.

The aging analysis of accounts payable is as follows:



As of


As ofDecember 31,2016


December 31,2015Million


MillionShould be paid in the periods below:Within 1 month or on demand


215,775



205,724After 1 month but within 3 months


14,677



17,002After 3 months but within 6 months


8,231



8,980After 6 months but within 9 months


4,342



3,488After 9 months but within 12 months


7,813



8,385250,838



243,579


All of the accounts payable are expected to be settled within one year or are repayable on demand.



F-69



---

##### Table of Contents

|30 | DEFERRED REVENUE
|-- | ----------------

Deferred revenue primarily includes prepaid service fees received from customers and unredeemed point rewards.



2016


2015Million


MillionAs of January 1


79,391



65,386- Current portion


78,100



63,916- Non-current portion


1,291



1,470Additions during the year


359,626



321,417Recognized in the consolidated statements of comprehensive income


(352,553
)


(307,412
)As of December 31


86,464



79,391Less: Current portion


(84,289
)


(78,100
)Non-current portion


2,175



1,291




|31 | ACCRUED EXPENSES AND OTHER PAYABLES
|-- | -----------------------------------



As of


As ofDecember 31,2016


December 31,2015Million


MillionReceipts-in-advance


75,819



74,040Other payables


24,523



21,789Accrued salaries, wages, labor service expenses and other benefits


6,241



5,776Accrued expenses


74,367



61,799180,950



163,404




F-70



---

##### Table of Contents

|32 | INTEREST-BEARING BORROWINGS
|-- | ---------------------------



As of


As ofDecember 31,2016


December 31,2015Million


MillionBonds


4,998



4,995Less: current portion


(4,998
)


Non-current portion






4,995


Note:

As of December 31, 2016, the bonds represent the balance of fifteen-year guaranteed bonds issued by Guangdong Mobile, a subsidiary of the Company, with a principal amount of RMB5,000,000,000, at an
issue price equal to the face value of the bonds. The bonds are unsecured and bear interest at the rate of 4.5% per annum which is payable annually. The bonds, redeemable at 100% of the principal amount, will mature on October 28, 2017.

The Company has issued a joint and irrevocable guarantee (the Guarantee) for the performance of the bonds. CMCC,
the ultimate holding company, has also issued a further guarantee in relation to the performance by the Company of its obligations under the Guarantee.



F-71



---

##### Table of Contents

|33 | EQUITY SETTLED SHARE-BASED TRANSACTIONS
|-- | ---------------------------------------

Pursuant to a resolution passed at the Annual General Meeting held on June 24, 2002, the current share option scheme (the Current Scheme) was adopted.

Under the Current Scheme, the directors of the Company may, at their discretion, invite employees, including executive directors and non-executive directors of the Company, any of its holding companies and any of their respective subsidiaries and any entity in which the Company or any of its subsidiaries holds an equity interest, to receive
options to subscribe for shares of the Company. The consideration payable for the grant of option under the Current Scheme is HK$1.00.

The maximum aggregate number of shares which can be subscribed for pursuant to options that are or may be granted under the above scheme equals to 10% of the total issued share capital of the Company as
of the date of adoption of the Current Scheme. Options lapsed or cancelled in accordance with the terms of the Current Scheme will not be counted for the purpose of calculating this 10% limit.

The HKEX requires the exercise price of options to be at least the higher of the closing price of the shares on the HKEX on the date on
which the option was granted and the average closing price of the shares on the HKEX for the five trading days immediately preceding the date on which the option was granted.

For options granted under the Current Scheme, the exercise price of options shall be determined by the directors of the Company at their discretion provided that such price may not be set below a minimum
price which is the highest of:



| | (i) | the closing price of the shares on the HKEX on the date on which the option was granted; and
| | --- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



| | (ii) | the average closing price of the shares on the HKEX for the five trading days immediately preceding the date on which the option was granted.
| | ---- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Under the Current Scheme, the term of the option is determined by the directors at their discretion, provided that all options shall be
exercised within 10 years after the date on which the option is granted.

The number and weighted average exercise prices of
share options are as follows:



2016


2015WeightedaverageexercisepriceHK$


Number ofsharesinvolved in theoptions


WeightedaverageexercisepriceHK$


Number ofshares involved
in the optionsAs of January 1










34.87



46,233,422Exercised










34.87



(37,056,383
)Expired










34.87



(9,177,039
)As of December 31














Options vested as of December 31



















F-72



---

##### Table of Contents

|34 | CAPITAL, RESERVES AND DIVIDENDS
|-- | -------------------------------



| | (a) | Dividends
| | --- | ---------



| | (i) | Dividends attributable to the year:
| | --- | -----------------------------------



2016


2015


2014Million


Million


MillionOrdinary interim dividend declared and paid of HK$1.489 (equivalent to approximately RMB1.273) (2015: HK$1.525 (equivalent to
approximately RMB1.203); 2014: HK$1.540 (equivalent to approximately RMB1.222)) per share


26,227



25,629



24,880Ordinary final dividend proposed after the balance sheet date of HK$1.243 (equivalent to approximately RMB1.112) (2015: HK$1.196
(equivalent to approximately RMB1.002); 2014: HK$1.380 (equivalent to approximately RMB1.089)) per share


22,766



20,516



22,29048,993



46,145



47,170


The proposed ordinary final dividend which is declared in Hong Kong dollar is translated into RMB
at the rate HK$1 = RMB0.89451, being the rate announced by the State Administration of Foreign Exchange in the PRC on December 31, 2016 (2015: HK$1 = RMB0.83778; 2014: HK$1 = RMB0.78887). As the ordinary final dividend is declared after the
balance sheet date, such dividend is not recognized as liability as of December 31, 2016.

In accordance with the 2009
Notice and the PRC enterprise income tax law, the Company is required to withhold enterprise income tax equal to 10% of any dividend when it is distributed to non-resident enterprise shareholders whose names
appeared on the Companys register of members, as of the record date for such dividend, and who were not individuals.



| | (ii) | Dividends attributable to the previous financial year, approved and paid during the year:
| | ---- | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



2016


2015


2014Million


Million


MillionOrdinary final dividend in respect of the previous financial year, approved and paid during the year, of HK$1.196 (equivalent to
approximately RMB1.002) (2015: HK$1.380 (equivalent to approximately RMB1.089); 2014: HK$1.615(equivalent to approximately RMB1.270)) per share


20,764



22,283



26,044




F-73



---

##### Table of Contents

|34 | CAPITAL, RESERVES AND DIVIDENDS (CONTINUED)
|-- | -------------------------------------------



| | (b) | Share capital
| | --- | -------------

Ordinary shares, issued and fully paid:



2016


2015Equivalent








EquivalentNumber


HK$


RMB


Number


HK$


RMBof shares


Million


Million


of shares


Million


MillionAs of January 1


20,475,482,897



382,263



402,130



20,438,426,514



380,590



400,737Shares issued under share option scheme














37,056,383



1,673



1,393As of December 31


20,475,482,897



382,263



402,130



20,475,482,897



382,263



402,130


The holders of ordinary shares are entitled to receive dividends as declared from time to time and
are entitled to one vote per share at meetings of the Company. All ordinary shares rank equally with regard to the Companys residual assets.



| | (c) | Nature and purpose of reserves
| | --- | ------------------------------



| | (i) | Capital reserve
| | --- | ---------------

The
capital reserve mainly comprises the following:



| |  | The fair value of unexercised share options granted to employees of the Group recognized in accordance with the accounting policy adopted for share-based payments in
note 2(v)(ii);
| | - | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



| |  | RMB295,665,000,000 debit balance brought forward as a result of the elimination of goodwill arising on the acquisition of subsidiaries before January 1, 2001
against the capital reserve;
| | - | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



| |  | The changes in fair value of available-for-sale financial assets through other
comprehensive income, net of tax, until the financial assets are derecognised; and
| | - | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



| |  | The difference between the consideration and the aggregate carrying amounts of Target Assets and Businesses acquired from the controlling party under business
combinations under common control (see note 2(b)).
| | - | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



F-74



---

##### Table of Contents

|34 | CAPITAL, RESERVES AND DIVIDENDS (CONTINUED)
|-- | -------------------------------------------



| | (c) | Nature and purpose of reserves (Continued)
| | --- | ------------------------------------------



| | (ii) | PRC statutory reserves
| | ---- | ----------------------

PRC statutory reserves mainly include statutory surplus reserve and discretionary surplus reserve.

In accordance with the Company Law of the PRC, domestic enterprises in Mainland China are required to transfer 10% of their profit after
taxation, as determined under accounting principles generally accepted in the PRC (PRC GAAP), to the statutory surplus reserve until such reserve balance reaches 50% of the registered capital of relevant subsidiaries. Moreover, upon a
resolution made by the shareholders, a certain percentage of domestic enterprises profit after taxation, as determined under PRC GAAP, is transferred to the discretionary surplus reserve. During the year, appropriations were made by such
subsidiaries to the statutory surplus reserves and discretionary surplus reserves accordingly.

The statutory and
discretionary surplus reserves can be used to reduce previous years losses, if any, and may be converted into paid-up capital, provided that the statutory reserve after such conversion is not less than
25% of the registered capital of relevant subsidiaries.

In accordance with relevant regulations issued by the Ministry of
Finance of the PRC, a subsidiary of the Company, China Mobile Finance, is required to set aside a reserve through appropriations of profit after tax according to a certain ratio of the ending balance of its gross risk-bearing assets to cover
potential losses against such assets.



| | (iii) | Exchange reserve
| | ----- | ----------------

The
exchange reserve comprises all foreign exchange differences arising from the translation of the financial statements of overseas entities. The reserve is dealt with in accordance with the accounting policies set out in note 2(x).



F-75



---

##### Table of Contents

|34 | CAPITAL, RESERVES AND DIVIDENDS (CONTINUED)
|-- | -------------------------------------------



| | (d) | Capital management
| | --- | ------------------

The
Groups primary objectives of capital management are to maintain a reasonable capital structure and to safeguard the Groups ability to continue as a going concern in order to provide returns for shareholders. The Group actively and
regularly reviews and manages its capital structure to stabilize the capital position and prevent operation risk. Meanwhile, the Group will maximize the shareholders return when having high level of borrowings and will make adjustment on the
capital structure in accordance with the changes in economic conditions.

The Group monitors capital on the basis of total debt-to-book capitalization ratio. This ratio is calculated as total borrowings divided by book capitalization (equal to the total equity attributable to equity shareholders
of the Company as shown in the consolidated balance sheets and total borrowings).

As of December 31, 2016, the
Groups total debt-to-book capitalization ratio was 0.5% (2015: 0.5%).

Except China Mobile Finance, the Company and its subsidiaries are not subject to externally imposed capital requirements.



F-76



---

##### Table of Contents

|35 | RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
|-- | --------------------------



| | (a) | Transactions with CMCC Group
| | --- | ----------------------------

The following is a summary of principal related party transactions entered into by the Group with CMCC and its subsidiaries (CMCC Group), for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2015 and
2016.



2016


2015


2014Note

Million


Million


MillionTelecommunications services revenue

(i)


159



474



869Telecommunications services charges

(i)










66Property leasing and management services revenue

(ii)


197



191



181Property leasing and management services charges

(ii)


976



956



923Network assets leasing charges

(iii)


2,738



4,376



4,617Network capacity leasing charges

(iii)


2,696



4,757



5,012Entrusted loans received

(iv)






8,592



10,242Entrusted loans repaid

(iv)






18,834



9,573Short-term bank deposits received

(iv)


5,552



7,274



4,181Short-term bank deposits repaid

(iv)


7,274



4,181



Interest expenses

(iv)


7



194



211


Note:



| | (i) | The amounts represent telecommunications services settlement received/receivable from or paid/payable to CMCC Group for the telecommunications project planning, design
and construction services, telecommunications line and pipeline construction services, telecommunications line maintenance services, and installation and maintenance services in respect of transmission towers.
| | --- | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

| | (ii) | The amount represents the rental and property management fees received/receivable from or paid/payable to CMCC Group in respect of business premises and offices, retail
outlets and warehouses.
| | ---- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



F-77



---

##### Table of Contents

|35 | RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS (CONTINUED)
|-- | --------------------------------------



| | (a) | Transactions with CMCC Group (Continued)
| | --- | ----------------------------------------



| | (iii) | The amounts represent the network assets leasing settlement received/receivable from or paid/payable to CMCC Group and the
TD-SCDMA network capacity charges paid/ payable to CMCC Group. On December 29, 2008, the Company entered into a network capacity leasing agreement with CMCC Group for the provision of TD-SCDMA related services. Based on the lease classification assessments, the Group does not substantially bear the risks and reward incidental to the ownership of the leased network assets, and accordingly the
Group accounts for the network assets leasing and the network capacity leasing as operating leases.
| | ----- | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

| | (iv) | The amounts represent the entrusted loans/bank deposits received from or repaid to CMCC and interest expenses paid/payable to CMCC in respect of the entrusted
loans/bank deposits.
| | ---- | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



| | (b) | Amounts due from/to CMCC Group
| | --- | ------------------------------

Amounts due from/to CMCC Group, other than amount due from/to ultimate holding company, are included in the following accounts captions summarized as follows:



|                                    |  |                       |       |  |                       |  |       | 
|----------------------------------- |  | --------------------- | ----- |  | --------------------- |  | ----- | 
|                                    |  | As ofDecember 31,2016 |       |  | As ofDecember 31,2015 | 
|                                    |  | Million               |       |  | Million               | 
|                                    |  |                      
|Accounts receivable                 |  |                       | 354   |  |                       |  | 558   | 
|Other receivables                   |  |                       | 105   |  |                       |  | 519   | 
|Accounts payable                    |  |                       | 4,251 |  |                       |  | 4,564 | 
|Accrued expenses and other payables |  |                       | 88    |  |                       |  | 181   | 
|                                    |  |                       |       |  |                       |  |       | 

The amounts are unsecured, interest-free, repayable on demand/on contract terms and arise in the ordinary
course of business.



F-78



---

##### Table of Contents

|35 | RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS (CONTINUED)
|-- | --------------------------------------



| | (c) | Significant transactions with associates of the Group and of CMCC Group
| | --- | -----------------------------------------------------------------------

The Group has entered into transactions with associates over which the Group or CMCC Group can exercise significant influence. The major transactions entered into by the Group and the associates and
amount due from/to the associates are follows:



|                                                              |  |      |      |  |                        |  |        |                        |  |  |        | 
|------------------------------------------------------------- |  | ---- | ---- |  | ---------------------- |  | ------ | ---------------------- |  |  | ------ | 
|                                                              |  |      |      |  | As of December 31,2016 |  |        | As of December 31,2015 | 
|                                                              |  | Note |      |  | Million                |  |        | Million                | 
|                                                              |  |      |     
|Bank deposits                                                 |  |      |      |  |                        |  | 37,631 |                        |  |  | 33,888 | 
|Available-for-sale financial
assets                           |  |      |      |  |                        |  | 17,222 |                        |  |  | 9,300  | 
|Interest receivable                                           |  |      |      |  |                        |  | 2,134  |                        |  |  | 1,187  | 
|Accounts payable                                              |  |      |      |  |                        |  | 225    |                        |  |  | 358    | 
|Accrued expenses                                              |  |      | (i)  |  |                        |  | 5,277  |                        |  |  | 5,563  | 
|Other payable                                                 |  |      |      |  |                        |  | 2,759  |                        |  |  | 128    | 
|Proceeds receivable for the transfer of Tower Assets (note 7) |  |      |      |  |                        |  | 57,152 |                        |  |  | 56,737 | 
|Other receivables                                             |  |      | (ii) |  |                        |  | 9,862  |                        |  |  | 8,907  | 
|                                                              |  |      |      |  |                        |  |        |                        |  |  |        | 



|                                                 |  |       |  |         |        |  |         |  |        |         |  |  |       | 
|------------------------------------------------ |  | ----- |  | ------- | ------ |  | ------- |  | ------ | ------- |  |  | ----- | 
|                                                 |  |       |  | 2016    |        |  | 2015    |  |        | 2014    | 
|                                                 |  | Note  |  | Million |        |  | Million |  |        | Million | 
|                                                 |  |       |  |        
|Interest income                                  |  | (iii) |  |         | 4,140  |  |         |  | 1,699  |         |  |  | 1,659 | 
|Telecommunications services revenue              |  | (iv)  |  |         | 637    |  |         |  | 767    |         |  |  | 127   | 
|Telecommunications services charges              |  | (v)   |  |         | 422    |  |         |  | 774    |         |  |  | 1,839 | 
|Gain on the transfer of Tower Assets             |  | (i)   |  |         |       |  |         |  | 15,525 |         |  |  |      | 
|Charges for use of tower assets                  |  | (i)   |  |         | 28,144 |  |         |  | 5,563  |         |  |  |      | 
|Dividend income                                  |  |       |  |         | 1,944  |  |         |  | 2,842  |         |  |  | 2,476 | 
|Property leasing and management services revenue |  | (vi)  |  |         | 1      |  |         |  | 6      |         |  |  | 6     | 
|                                                 |  |       |  |         |        |  |         |  |        |         |  |  |       | 



F-79



---

##### Table of Contents

|35 | RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS (CONTINUED)
|-- | --------------------------------------



| | (c) | Significant transactions with associates of the Group and of CMCC Group (Continued)
| | --- | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Note:



| | (i) | The amounts represent the gain arising from the transfer of Tower Assets on October 31, 2015 (note 7) and the charges payable to China Tower for the use of
telecommunications tower and related assets (Leased Tower). On July 8, 2016, CMC and China Tower finalized the leasing and pricing arrangement in relation to the lease of Leased Tower, and entered into an agreement (the Lease
Agreement). Accordingly, the respective provincial companies of CMC and China Tower enter into provincial company service agreements for the leasing of individual Leased Tower based on their actual service requirements. Pursuant to the
managements assessment, the 5 years lease terms of the Lease Agreement does not account for the major part of the economic lives of the Leased Tower and the present value of the minimum lease payments is not considered substantial comparing to
the fair value of the corresponding Leased Tower. At the end of the lease term, there is no purchase option granted to the Group to purchase the Leased Tower. The Group also does not bear any gains or losses in the fluctuation in the fair value of
the Leased Tower at the end of the lease terms. As a result, the Group does not substantially bear the risks and reward incidental to the ownership of the Leased Tower, and hence the Group accounts for the Leased Tower leasing as operating leases.
| | --- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

| | (ii) | Other receivables primarily represent the short-team loans granted by China Mobile Finance to China Tower and receivable due from China Tower in connection with the
transfer of Tower Assets. The loans will mature by December 2017.
| | ---- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

| | (iii) | Interest income primarily represents interest earned from deposits placed with SPD Bank and interest earned from the proceeds receivable for the transfer of Tower
Assets (note 7). The interest rate of deposits placed with SPD Bank is determined in accordance with the benchmark interest rate published by PBOC.
| | ----- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

| | (iv) | The amount represents the telecommunications services revenue received/receivable from SPD Bank and China Tower.
| | ---- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

| | (v) | The amount represents the telecommunications services charges paid/payable to Union Mobile Pay Co., Ltd., an associate of CMCC Group until July 2016.
| | --- | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

| | (vi) | The amount represents the property leasing services revenue received/ receivable from SPD Bank.
| | ---- | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



F-80



---

##### Table of Contents

|35 | RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS (CONTINUED)
|-- | --------------------------------------



| | (d) | Transactions with other government-related entities in the PRC
| | --- | --------------------------------------------------------------

The Group is a government-related enterprise and operates in an economic regime currently dominated by entities directly or indirectly controlled by the PRC government through government authorities,
agencies, affiliations and other organization (collectively referred to as government-related entities).

Apart
from transactions with CMCC Group (notes 26 and 35(a)) and associates (note 35(c)) and the transaction to increase contribution to the Fund (note 19), the Group has collectively, but not individually, significant transactions with other
government-related entities which include but not limited to the following:



| |  |  | rendering and receiving telecommunications services, including interconnection revenue/charges
| | - |  | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



| |  |  | purchasing of goods, including use of public utilities
| | - |  | ------------------------------------------------------



| |  |  | placing of bank deposits
| | - |  | ------------------------

These transactions are conducted in the ordinary course of the Groups business on terms comparable to the terms of transactions with other entities that are not government-related. The Group prices
its telecommunications services and products in accordance with rules and regulations stipulated by related authorities of the PRC Government, where applicable, or based on commercial negotiations. The Group has also established its procurement
policies and approval processes for purchases of products and services, which do not depend on whether the counterparties are government-related entities or not.



| | (e) | For key management personnel remuneration, please refer to note 10.
| | --- | -------------------------------------------------------------------



F-81



---

##### Table of Contents

|36 | FINANCIAL RISK MANAGEMENT AND FAIR VALUES
|-- | -----------------------------------------

Exposure to credit, liquidity, interest rate and foreign currency risks arises in the normal course of the Groups business. The Groups exposure to these risks and the financial risk management
policies and practices used by the Group to manage these risks are described below:



| | (a) | Credit risk and concentration risk
| | --- | ----------------------------------

The Groups credit risk is primarily attributable to the financial assets in the consolidated balance sheets, which mainly include deposits with banks, wealth management products issued by banks,
accounts receivable, other receivables and deferred consideration for the transfer of Tower Assets. The maximum exposure to credit risk is represented by the carrying amount of the financial assets.

Substantially all the Groups cash at banks and bank deposits are deposited in financial institutions in Mainland China and Hong
Kong. The credit risk on liquid funds is limited as the majority of counterparties are financial institutions with high credit ratings assigned by international credit-rating agencies and large state-controlled financial institutions. Wealth
management products are issued by major domestic banks investing in low risk underlying assets, which mainly consist of bank deposits, treasury bond, central bank bill, local government debt, corporate bond or debt with high credit ratings and low
credit risks.

The accounts receivable of the Group is primarily comprised of receivables due from customers and
telecommunications operators. Accounts receivable from customers are spread among an extensive number of customers and the majority of the receivables from customers are due for payment within one month from the date of billing. Other receivables
primarily comprise interest receivable from banks, utilities deposits and rental deposits. Management has a credit policy in place and the exposures to these credit risks are monitored on an ongoing basis, taking into account the counter
parties financial position, the Groups past experience and other factors. As such, management considers the aggregate risks arising from the possibility of credit losses is limited and to be acceptable.

Except for the deferred consideration for the transfer of Tower Assets, concentrations of credit risk with respect to accounts receivable
are limited due to the Groups customer base being large and unrelated. As such, management does not expect any significant losses of accounts receivable that have not been provided for by way of allowances as shown in note 24(c).

The deferred consideration for the transfer of Tower Assets are due from China Tower, which is the Companys associate. China Tower
is expected to generate stable cash flows from its principal business of leasing tower related assets. Therefore, management considers the risk that the deferred consideration for the transfer of Tower Assets are uncollectible is low.



F-82



---

##### Table of Contents

|36 | FINANCIAL RISK MANAGEMENT AND FAIR VALUES (CONTINUED)
|-- | -----------------------------------------------------



| | (b) | Liquidity risk
| | --- | --------------

Liquidity
risk refers to the risk that funds will not be available to meet liabilities as they fall due, and results from timing and amount mismatches of cash inflow and outflow. The Group manages liquidity risk by maintaining sufficient cash balances and
bank deposits (which are readily convertible to known amounts of cash) to meet its funding needs, including working capital, principal and interest payments on debts, dividend payments and capital expenditures.

The following table sets out the remaining contractual maturities at the balance sheet date of the Groups financial liabilities,
which are based on the undiscounted cash flows (including interest payments computed using contractual rates or, if floating, based on prevailing rates at the balance sheet date) and the earliest date the Group would be required to repay:



As of December 31, 2016Carryingamount


Totalcontractualundiscountedcash flow


Within 1year or ondemand


More than1 year butless than3 years


More than 3years butless than
5 yearsMillion


Million


Million


Million


MillionAccounts payable


250,838



250,838



250,838







Bills payable


1,206



1,206



1,206







Accrued expenses and other payables


180,950



180,950



180,950







Amount due to ultimate holding company


5,563



5,563



5,563







Interest-bearing borrowings


4,998



5,185



5,185







443,555



443,742



443,742







As of December 31, 2015Carryingamount


Totalcontractualundiscountedcash flow


Within 1year or ondemand


More than1 year butless than3 years


More than 3years butless than
5 yearsMillion


Million


Million


Million


MillionAccounts payable


243,579



243,579



243,579







Bills payable


645



645



645







Accrued expenses and other payables


163,404



163,404



163,404







Amount due to ultimate holding company


7,276



7,339



7,339







Interest-bearing borrowings


4,995



5,410



225



5,185



419,899



420,377



415,192



5,185








F-83



---

##### Table of Contents

|36 | FINANCIAL RISK MANAGEMENT AND FAIR VALUES (CONTINUED)
|-- | -----------------------------------------------------



| | (c) | Interest rate risk
| | --- | ------------------

The
Group consistently monitors the current and potential fluctuation of interest rates to monitor the interest rate risk on a reasonable level. As of December 31, 2016, the Group did not have any interest-bearing borrowings at variable rates, but
had RMB5,000,000,000 (2015: RMB5,000,000,000) of bonds and RMB5,552,000,000 (2015: RMB7,274,000,000) of short-term bank deposits placed by CMCC, both of which were at fixed rate and expose the Group to fair value interest rate risk. The Group
determines the amount of its fixed rate borrowings depending on the prevailing market condition. Management does not expect fair value interest rate risk to be high as the interest involved will not be significant.

As of December 31, 2016, total cash and bank balances of the Group amounted to RMB430,435,000,000 (2015: RMB407,762,000,000), and
interest-bearing receivables amounted to RMB62,235,000,000 (2015: RMB63,085,000,000), which mainly included undiscounted deferred consideration of RMB57,585,000,000 in connection with the transfer of Tower Assets and short-term loans of RMB
4,650,000,000 (2015: RMB5,000,000,000) provided to other companies. The interest income for 2016 was RMB16,005,000,000 (2015: RMB15,852,000,000; 2014: RMB16,270,000,000) and the average interest rate was 3.44% (2015: 3.75%; 2014: 3.74%). Assuming
the total cash and bank balances and interest-bearing receivables are stable in the coming year and interest rate increases/decreases by 100 basis points, the profit for the year and total equity would approximately increase/decrease by
RMB3,695,000,000 (2015: RMB3,531,000,000; 2014: RMB3,276,000,000).



| | (d) | Foreign currency risk
| | --- | ---------------------

The Group has foreign currency risk as certain cash and deposits with banks are denominated in foreign currencies, principally US dollars
and Hong Kong dollars. As the amount of the Groups foreign currency cash and deposits with banks represented 1.2% (2015: 1.4%) of the total cash and deposits with banks and predominantly all of the business operations of the Group are
transacted in RMB, the Group does not expect the appreciation or depreciation of the RMB against foreign currency will materially affect the Groups financial position and result of operations.



F-84



---

##### Table of Contents

|36 | FINANCIAL RISK MANAGEMENT AND FAIR VALUES (CONTINUED)
|-- | -----------------------------------------------------



| | (e) | Fair values
| | --- | -----------

All
financial instruments are carried at amounts not materially different from their fair values as of December 31 except as follows:



As of December 31, 2016


As of December 31, 2015CarryingAmount


Fairvalue


Carryingamount


FairvalueMillion


Million


Million


MillionInterest-bearing borrowings  bonds


4,998



5,045



4,995



5,150


The fair value of bonds is based on quoted market prices (level 1: quoted price (unadjusted) in
active markets) at the balance sheet date without any deduction for transaction costs.



|37 | COMMITMENTS
|-- | -----------



| | (a) | Capital commitments
| | --- | -------------------

The
Groups capital expenditure contracted for as of December 31, but not provided in the consolidated financial statements were as follows:



|                             |  |         |        |  |         |  |        | 
|---------------------------- |  | ------- | ------ |  | ------- |  | ------ | 
|                             |  | 2016    |        |  | 2015    | 
|                             |  | Million |        |  | Million | 
|                             |  |        
|Land and buildings           |  |         | 8,788  |  |         |  | 9,054  | 
|Telecommunications equipment |  |         | 26,147 |  |         |  | 25,612 | 
|                             |  |         |        |  |         |  |        | 
|                             |  |        
|                             |  |         | 34,935 |  |         |  | 34,666 | 
|                             |  |         |        |  |         |  |        | 



F-85



---

##### Table of Contents

|37 | COMMITMENTS (CONTINUED)
|-- | -----------------------



| | (b) | Operating lease commitments
| | --- | ---------------------------

The total future minimum lease payments under non-cancellable operating leases as of December 31 are as follows:



Land andbuildings


Leased linesand networkassets


Others


TotalMillion


Million


Million


MillionAs of December 31, 2016Within one year


9,222



40,078



1,184



50,484After one year but within five years


18,182



119,628



812



138,622After five years


4,810



860



45



5,71532,214



160,566



2,041



194,821As of December 31, 2015Within one year


9,785



14,776



1,197



25,758After one year but within five years


19,211



6,446



1,211



26,868After five years


5,375



2,666



73



8,11434,371



23,888



2,481



60,740


The Group leases certain land and buildings, leased lines and network assets, motor vehicles,
computer and other office equipment under operating leases.



| | (c) | Investment commitments
| | --- | ----------------------

The Group has an investment commitment to a joint venture (see note 19).



|38 | POST BALANCE SHEET EVENT
|-- | ------------------------

After the balance sheet date, the Board of Directors proposed a final dividend for the year ended December 31, 2016. Further details
are disclosed in note 34(a)(i).



F-86



---

##### Table of Contents

|39 | ACCOUNTING ESTIMATES AND JUDGEMENTS
|-- | -----------------------------------

Key sources of estimation uncertainty

Note 17 contains information
about the assumptions relating to goodwill impairment, and note 35 contains information about the judgements on the lease classification of leasing of TD-SCDMA network capacity and Leased Tower. Other key
sources of estimation uncertainty are as follows:

Impairment loss for doubtful accounts

The Group assesses impairment loss for doubtful accounts based upon evaluation of the recoverability of the accounts receivable and other
receivables at each balance sheet date. The estimates are based on the aging of the accounts receivable and other receivables balances and the historical write-off experience, net of recoveries. If the
financial conditions of the customers were to deteriorate, additional impairment may be required.

Depreciation

Depreciation is calculated to write off the cost of items of property, plant and equipment, less their estimated
residual value, if any, using the straight-line method over their estimated useful lives. The Group reviews the estimated useful lives and residual values of the assets annually in order to determine the amount of depreciation expense to be recorded
during any reporting period. The useful lives and residual values are determined based on the Groups historical experience with similar assets and take into account anticipated technological changes. The depreciation expense for future periods
is adjusted if there are significant changes from previous estimates.

Taxation

The Group is subject to income taxes mainly in Mainland China and Hong Kong. Significant judgment is required in determining the provision
for income taxes. There are many transactions and calculations for which the ultimate tax determination is uncertain during the ordinary course of business. The Group recognizes liabilities for anticipated tax audit issues based on estimates of
whether additional taxes will be due. Where the final tax outcome of these matters is different from the amounts that were initially recorded, such differences will impact the income tax and deferred tax provisions in the period in which such
determination is made.

For temporary differences which give rise to deferred tax assets, the Group assesses the likelihood
that the deferred tax assets could be recovered. Deferred tax assets are recognised based on the Groups estimates and assumptions that they will be recovered from taxable income arising from continuing operations in the foreseeable future.



F-87



---

##### Table of Contents

|39 | ACCOUNTING ESTIMATES AND JUDGEMENTS (CONTINUED)
|-- | -----------------------------------------------



Impairment of property, plant and equipment, goodwill, other intangible assets and
investments accounted for using the equity method

The Groups property, plant and equipment comprise a
significant portion of the Groups total assets. Changes in technology or industry conditions may cause the estimated period of use or the value of these assets to change. Property, plant and equipment, other intangible assets subject to
amortization and investments accounted for using the equity method, are reviewed at least annually to determine whether there is any indication of impairment. The recoverable amount is estimated whenever events or changes in circumstances have
indicated that their carrying amounts may not be recoverable. In addition, for goodwill and other intangible assets with indefinite useful lives, the recoverable amount is estimated annually whether or not there is any indication of impairment.

The recoverable amount of an asset is the greater of its fair value less costs of disposal and
value-in-use. In assessing value-in-use, the estimated future cash flows are discounted
to their present value using a pre-tax discount rate that reflects current market assessments of the time value of money and the risks specific to the asset, which requires significant judgement relating to
level of revenue and amount of operating costs. The Group uses all readily available information in determining an amount that is a reasonable estimation of the recoverable amount, including estimates based on reasonable and supportable assumptions
and projections of revenue and operating costs. Changes in these estimates could have a significant impact on the carrying value of the assets and could result in further impairment charge or reversal of impairment in future periods. Additional
information for the impairment assessment of property, plant and equipment, goodwill and investments accounted for using the equity method is disclosed in notes 14, 17 and 19, respectively.

Classification of leases

The Group has a number of lease arrangements. The Group follows the guidance of IAS 17 Leases to determine the classification of leases as operating leases versus finance leases. Significant
judgements and assumptions are required in the assessment of the classification. The determination of classification depends on whether the lease transfers substantially all the risks and rewards of the assets to the Group. In particular, during the
assessment, the management estimates (i) economic lives of lease assets, (ii) the discount rate used in the calculation of present value of minimum lease payments, and (iii) the fair value of the leased assets. Any future changes to
these judgements or assumptions will affect the classification and hence the results of operation and financial position of the Group.



F-88



---

##### Table of Contents

|40 | POSSIBLE IMPACT OF AMENDMENTS, NEW STANDARDS, INTERPRETATIONS AND DISCLOSURES ISSUED BUT NOT YET EFFECTIVE FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2016
|-- | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Up to the date of issue of these consolidated financial statements, the IASB has issued a number of
amendments and new standards and interpretations which are not yet effective for the year ended December 31, 2016 and which have not been adopted in these consolidated financial statements.

Of these developments, the following relate to matters that may be relevant to the Groups operations and financial statements:



Effective for
accounting periodsbeginning on or afterIFRS 15 Revenue from Contracts with Customers


January 1, 2018IFRS 9 Financial Instrument


January 1, 2018IFRS 16 Leases


January 1. 2019


IFRS 15 Revenue from contracts with customers

IFRS 15 will replace IAS 18 which covers contracts for goods and services and IAS 11 which covers construction contracts. The new standard
is based on the principle that revenue is recognized when control of a good or service transfers to a customer. IFRS 15 specifies how and when the Group will recognize revenue as well as requiring the Group to provide users of financial statements
with more informative and relevant disclosures.

The Group has been analyzing the impact of the new standard on the
Groups financial statements and has initially identified areas which are likely to be affected, including the identification of separate performance obligations, the capitalization of sales commission, the determination of stand-alone selling
price and its relative allocation. The Group will continue to assess the impact on the Groups consolidated financial statements. In addition, the Group has started to upgrade the accounting systems and the processes of the business to reflect
the impact of this standard.

IFRS 15 is mandatory for financial years commencing on or after January 1, 2018. The
standard permits either a full retrospective or a modified retrospective approach for the adoption. The Group plans to adopt the modified retrospective approach. At this stage, the Group does not intend to adopt the standard before its effective
date.



F-89



---

##### Table of Contents

|40 | POSSIBLE IMPACT OF AMENDMENTS, NEW STANDARDS, INTERPRETATIONS AND DISCLOSURES ISSUED BUT NOT YET EFFECTIVE FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2016 (CONTINUED)
|-- | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



IFRS 9 Financial instruments

The new standard addresses the classification, measurement and derecognition of financial assets and financial liabilities, and a new
impairment model for financial assets.

The Group has been in the process of assessment of the classification and measurement
of financial assets, management anticipates the application of IFRS 9 may affect the classification and measurement of the Groups available-for-sale
investments and may have an impact on amounts reported in respect of the Groups other financial assets and financial liabilities. However, it is not practicable to provide a reasonable estimate of that effect until a detailed review has been
completed.

The new impairment model requires the recognition of impairment provisions based on expected credit losses (ECL)
rather than only incurred credit losses as is the case under IAS 39. The Group has been in the process of assessment of how its impairment provisions would be affected by the new model, it may result in an earlier recognition of credit losses.

The new standard also introduces expanded disclosure requirements and changes in presentation. These are expected to change
the nature and extent of the Groups disclosures about its financial instruments particularly in the year of the adoption of the new standard.

IFRS 9 must be applied for financial years commencing on or after January 1, 2018. Based on the transitional provisions in the completed IFRS 9, early adoption in phases was only permitted for annual
reporting periods beginning before February 1, 2015. After that date, the new rules must be adopted in their entirety. The Group does not intend to adopt IFRS 9 before its mandatory date.



F-90



---

##### Table of Contents

|40 | POSSIBLE IMPACT OF AMENDMENTS, NEW STANDARDS, INTERPRETATIONS AND DISCLOSURES ISSUED BUT NOT YET EFFECTIVE FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2016 (CONTINUED)
|-- | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



IFRS 16 Leases

IFRS 16 will result in almost all leases being recognized on the balance sheets, as the distinction between operating and finance leases
is removed. Under the new standard, an asset (the right to use the leased item) and a financial liability to pay rentals are recognized. The only exceptions are short-term and low-value leases. This accounting
treatment is significantly different from the lessee accounting for leases that are classified as operating leases under the predecessor standard, IAS 17. The accounting for lessors will not significantly change.

Upon initial evaluation, given that the Group leases certain telecommunication facilities for time periods longer than a year, the
application of IFRS 16 Leases in 2019 is expected to have impact on the Groups consolidated financial statements to certain extent because present values of lease liabilities and leased assets will be recorded on the balance sheets
when the standard is applied. Accordingly, the Group expects a corresponding increase in its assets and liabilities. In addition, related operating lease expenses will be reclassified as depreciation and financial expenses.

IFRS 16 is mandatory for financial years commencing on or after January 1, 2019. At this stage, the Group does not intend to adopt
the standard before its effective date.

There are no other IFRSs or IFRIC interpretations that are not yet effective that
would be expected to have a material impact on the Group.



F-91



---

##### Table of Contents

|41 | CONDENSED FINANCIAL INFORMATION OF THE COMPANY
|-- | ----------------------------------------------



| | (a) | Condensed statements of comprehensive income
| | --- | --------------------------------------------



2016


2015


2014Million


Million


MillionDividend income


49,080



43,848



50,451Operating expenses


(71
)


(77
)


(81
)Interest income


11



25



53Other gains/(losses)


57



61



(93
)Finance costs


(3
)


(3
)


(2
)Profit before taxation


49,074



43,854



50,328Taxation


(1
)






PROFIT FOR THE YEAR


49,073



43,854



50,328Other comprehensive income for the year










TOTAL COMPREHENSIVE INCOME FOR THE YEAR


49,073



43,854



50,328




F-92



---

##### Table of Contents

|41 | CONDENSED FINANCIAL INFORMATION OF THE COMPANY (CONTINUED)
|-- | ----------------------------------------------------------



| | (b) | Condensed balance sheets
| | --- | ------------------------



As ofDecember 31,2016


As ofDecember 31,2015Million


MillionNon-current assets


487,290



485,109Current assets


2,144



2,103Current liabilities


5,415



281Non-current liabilities






4,995NET ASSETS


484,019



481,936TOTAL EQUITY


484,019



481,936


In the Companys balance sheets, an investment in a subsidiary is stated at cost less
impairment losses. The results of subsidiaries are accounted for by the Company on the basis of dividends received and receivable.



| | (c) | Condensed statements of cash flows
| | --- | ----------------------------------



2016


2015


2014Million


Million


MillionNet cash used in operating activities


(69
)


(78
)


(81
)Net cash generated from investing activities


12,900



9,760



7,431Net cash used in financing activities


(12,813
)


(11,964
)


(5,515
)Net increase/(decrease) in cash and cash equivalents


18



(2,282
)


1,835Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year


753



3,030



1,295Effect of changes in foreign exchange rate


25



5



(100
)Cash and cash equivalents at end of year


796



753



3,030




F-93