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中國中鐵股份有限公司

CHINA RAILWAY GROUP LIMITED

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

(Stock Code: 390)

This overseas regulatory announcement is made pursuant to Rule 13.10B of the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited.

Please refer to the attached "Announcement of China Railway Group Limited on Major Operating Information for the Fourth Quarter of 2016" published by China Railway Group Limited on the Shanghai Stock Exchange website on 24 January 2017 for your information.

By Order of the Board

China Railway Group Limited LI Changjin

Chairman

24 January 2017

As at the date of this announcement, the executive directors of the Company are LI Changjin (Chairman), YAO Guiqing and ZHANG Zongyan; and the independent non-executive directors are GUO Peizhang, WEN Baoman, ZHENG Qingzhi and NGAI Wai Fung.

A Shares Stock Name: China Railway

A Shares Stock Code: 601390

Announcement No.: Lin 2017-006

H Shares Stock Name: China Railway

H Shares Stock Code: 00390

Announcement No.: Lin 2017-006

Announcement of China Railway Group Limited on Major Operating Information for the Fourth Quarter of 2016

The board of directors of China Railway Group Limited (the "Company") and all the directors hereby undertake that this announcement does not have any false or misleading statements or any material omissions, and assume the joint and several liability for the truthfulness, accuracy and completeness of the contents.

The Company hereby announces its major operating information for the fourth quarter of 2016 as set out below for your information.

  1. Major operating information
    1. Calculated according to business segments

      Business segment

      October to December 2016

      Aggregate amount for 2016

      Number of newly- signed projects

      Value of newly- signed contracts (RMB'00,0 00,000)

      Number of newly- signed projects

      Value of newly- signed contracts (RMB'00,0 00,000)

      Increase/ decrease over same period last year

      Infrastructure construction

      1196

      3478.4

      3812

      9827.2

      27.8%

      Including

      Railway

      378

      1018.4

      1218

      3340.1

      16.9%

      Highway

      141

      498.6

      377

      1261.9

      40.4%

      Municipal works and others

      677

      1961.4

      2217

      5225.2

      32.9%

      Including: urban rail transit

      /

      1018.8

      /

      2523.3

      79.0%

      Survey, design and consulting services

      N/A

      36

      N/A

      155.6

      1.2%

      Engineering equipment and component manufacturing

      N/A

      75.7

      N/A

      260.7

      6.9%

      Property development

      N/A

      96.4

      N/A

      291.9

      8.4%

      Other businesses

      N/A

      1401.2

      N/A

      1814.6

      49.4%

      Total

      /

      5087.7

      /

      12350.0

      29.0%

    2. Calculated according to regions

      Region

      Value of newly-signed contracts (RMB'00,000,000)

      Increase/ decrease over same period last year

      Domestic

      11324.9

      27.5%

      Overseas

      1025.1

      49.6%

      Total

      12350.0

      29.0%

      Major operating information on property development is set out below:

      October to December 2016

      Aggregate amount for 2016

      Area/value

      Area/value

      Increase/ decrease over same period last year

      Newly acquired land reserve ('0,000 m2)

      151.37

      176.19

      87.9%

      Area that has commenced construction ('0,000 m2)

      167

      336

      48.9%

      Area that has completed construction ('0,000 m2)

      120

      318

      0.7%

      Contract area ('0,000 m2)

      102

      303

      10.8%

      Contract value (RMB'00,000,000)

      96.4

      291.9

      8.4%

      Notes:

      1. The "value of new contracts" for property development represents the value of the property sales contracts signed by the Company.

      2. The above operating indicators and data are preliminary statistics and for reference only, and may vary from the data disclosed in the periodic reports due to various uncertainties.

      3. Progress of material projects signed but not yet implemented

        4. The Company currently does not have any material projects signed but not yet implemented.

        Notice is hereby given.

        The Board of Directors of China Railway Group Limited

        25 January 2017

      China Railway Group Limited published this content on 25 January 2017 and is solely responsible for the information contained herein.
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