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CHINA PACIFIC INSURANCE (GROUP) CO., LTD.

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

(Stock Code: 02601)

ANNOUNCEMENT RELATING TO PREMIUM INCOME

This announcement is made by the Company pursuant to provisions regarding disclosure of inside information under Part XIVA of the Securities and Futures Ordinance (Chapter 571 of the Laws of Hong Kong) and Rule 13.09 and Rule 13.10B of the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited in connection with the unaudited accumulated gross premium income of the Company to be released on the website of China Insurance Regulatory Commission.

This announcement is made by China Pacific Insurance (Group) Co., Ltd. (the "Company") pursuant to provisions regarding disclosure of inside information under Part XIVA of the Securities and Futures Ordinance (Chapter 571 of the Laws of Hong Kong) and Rule 13.09 and Rule 13.10B of the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited.
Reference is made to a notice issued by China Insurance Regulatory Commission ("CIRC") in
2004 requiring each of the insurance companies in the PRC to submit to CIRC on a monthly basis a report containing its premium income, i.e. the Monthly Statement of the Major Business Indicators of an Insurance Company. CIRC shall then publish on a monthly basis the accumulated gross premium income of these insurance companies on its own website.
The accumulated gross premium income of China Pacific Life Insurance Co., Ltd. and China Pacific Property Insurance Co., Ltd., both of which are the subsidiaries of the Company, for the period between 1 January 2014 and 31 October 2014 were RMB88.415 billion and RMB77.257 billion, respectively. These figures will be published on the China Insurance Regulatory Commission's website (http://www.circ.gov.cn).

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The accumulated gross premium income referred to above is unaudited. Investors are advised to take note.
By Order of the Board

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

Chairman

Hong Kong, 15 November 2014

As of the date of this announcement, the executive directors of the Company are Mr. GAO Guofu and Mr. HUO Lianhong; the non-executive directors of the Company are Mr. WANG Chengran, Ms. SUN Xiaoning, Mr. YANG Xianghai, Mr. WU Jumin, Mr. WU Junhao, Mr. ZHENG Anguo and Ms. HA Erman; and the independent non-executive directors of the Company are Mr. BAI Wei, Mr. LAM Chi Kuen, Mr. ZHOU Zhonghui, Mr. GAO Shanwen and Mr. FOK Kwong Man.

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