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CHINA COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES CORPORATION LIMITED

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

(Stock Code: 552) Appointment of Executive Vice President

The board of directors (the "Board") of China Communications Services Corporation Limited (the "Company") hereby announces that the Board has appointed Mr. Cheng Hongyan and Mr. Xu Chuguo as an Executive Vice President of the Company, with effect from 21 July 2014.
Mr. Cheng Hongyan, age 53, is a researcher-level senior engineer. Before being appointed as an Executive Vice President of the Company, Mr. Cheng was the General Manager of Jiangsu Communications Services Company Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company. Mr. Cheng graduated from Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications in 1982 with a bachelor degree in telecommunications engineering, and received an MBA degree from China University of Mining and Technology in 2002 and an MBA degree from University of Quebec at Montreal in 2003. Mr. Cheng previously served as the Assistant Director of Suzhou Municipal Posts and Telecommunications Bureau in Jiangsu Province, the Deputy Director and the Chief Engineer of Xuzhou Municipal Telecommunications Bureau, the Deputy General Manager and the Chief Engineer of Xuzhou branch of China Telecom Corporation Limited, the General Manager of Huaian branch of China Telecom Corporation Limited, the Deputy General Manager and General Manager of Jiangsu Telecom Industry Group Co., Ltd.. Mr. Cheng has over 30 years of operational and managerial experience in telecommunications industry.
Mr. Xu Chuguo, age 50, is a professor-level senior engineer. Before being appointed as an Executive Vice President of the Company, Mr. Xu was the General Manager of China International Telecommunications Construction Corporation, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company. Mr. Xu graduated from Chongqing University of Posts and Telecommunications in 1987 with a bachelor degree in telecommunications engineering and received an EMBA degree from Peking University Guanghua School of Management in 2006. Mr. Xu previously served as the Director of The 3rd Engineering Bureau and the Deputy General Manager of the predecessor of China International Telecommunications Construction Corporation. Mr. Xu has over 25 years of market development, operational and managerial experience in domestic and overseas telecommunications industry.

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The Board would like to take this opportunity to welcome Mr. Cheng and Mr. Xu in joining as new members of the Company's management.
By Order of the Board

China Communications Services Corporation Limited Li Ping

Chairman

Beijing, PRC, 21 July 2014

As at the date of this announcement, our executive directors are Mr. Li Ping (Chairman), Mr. Si Furong (President), and Ms. Hou Rui (Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer), our non-executive directors are Mr. Li Zhengmao and Mr. Zhang Junan, and our independent non-executive directors are Mr. Wang Jun, Mr. Zhao Chunjun, Mr. Wei Leping and Mr. Siu Wai Keung, Francis.

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