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

(Stock Code: 01088)


CHANGES IN SENIOR MANAGEMENT


The board of directors (the 'Board') of China Shenhua Energy Company Limited (the 'Company') hereby announces that in accordance with the resolution passed at the 11th meeting of the third session of the Board held on 25 November 2015, Dr. Wu Xiuzhang, Mr. Wang Yongcheng, Mr. Zhang Zifei and Mr. Wang Shumin have been appointed as vice presidents of the Company for a term of three years with immediate effect, subject to re-appointment upon the expiration of their terms of office.


The biographical details of these senior management are set out below:


Dr. Wu Xiuzhang, male, born in July 1966, Chinese, is a senior engineer with the qualification as a professor. Dr. Wu has extensive experience in chemical business management. He graduated from Shandong University in 1986 with a bachelor's degree and obtained a master's degree in applied chemistry from China University of Petroleum in 1989 and a Ph.D. degree in chemical engineering and technology in 2010. Dr. Wu has been serving as the deputy chief engineer in Shenhua Group Corporation Limited since January 2005 and as the chairman of China Shenhua Coal Liquefaction and Chemical Co., Ltd. since April 2010. From May 2009 to March 2013, Dr. Wu was the deputy director of National Institute of Clean-and-Low-Carbon Energy, a research institute set up by Shenhua Group Corporation Limited in Beijing. He had previously served as the deputy general manager and vice chairman of China Shenhua Coal Liquefaction and Chemical Co., Ltd., the director of the research institute of China Shenhua Coal Liquefaction and Chemical Co., Ltd., the deputy manager of the coal liquefaction and chemical engineering department of Shenhua Group Corporation Limited and the deputy chief engineer of Beijing Yanshan Petrochemical Company.


Mr. Wang Yongcheng, male, born in April 1962, Chinese, is a senior economist. Mr. Wang has extensive experience in business management. He obtained an EMBA degree from Nankai University in 2006. Since November 2011, he has been the chairman of Shenhua Logistics Group Corporation Limited. Mr. Wang was the chairman of Shenhua Tianhong Trading Co., Ltd. from August 2002 to November

2011. He had previously served as the deputy manager of the human resources department, the deputy manager in charge of the business development department of Shenhua Group Corporation Limited and the deputy manager of the management administration department of Huaneng Fine Coal Company.


Mr. Zhang Zifei, male, born in May 1958, Chinese, is a senior engineer with the qualification as a professor. Mr. Zhang has extensive experience in coal business management. He graduated from Taiyuan University of Technology with a master's degree in 2004. Mr. Zhang has been serving as the chairman of Shenhua Shendong Coal Group Co., Ltd. since June 2011 and the chairman of Shenhua Xinjie Energy Co., Ltd. since January 2015. He has also been serving as an employee representative director of Shenhua Group Corporation Limited since July 2014. Mr. Zhang had previously served as the chairman of Shenhua Xinjiang Energy Co., Ltd., the assistant to general manager, deputy general manager of Shenhua Shendong Coal Company and deputy director of its business development and coordination division, as well as the chief at Dahaize Mine and Bulianta Mine.


Mr. Wang Shumin, male, born in November 1962, Chinese, is a senior engineer with the qualification as a professor. Mr. Wang has extensive experience in power business management. He graduated from Northeast Dianli University with a bachelor's degree in 1985 and obtained an MBA degree from China Europe International Business School in 2005. Mr. Wang has been serving as the general manager of Guohua Power Branch of the Company since December 2010. Since March 2013, he has been serving as the chairman of Beijing Guohua Power Company Limited, where he served as the general manager from December 2010 to March 2013. Mr. Wang had previously served as the deputy general manager of Guohua Power Branch of the Company, as well as the deputy manager of the integrated planning department of North China Power Group Company.


As at the date of this announcement, none of Dr. Wu Xiuzhang, Mr. Wang Yongcheng, Mr. Zhang Zifei and Mr. Wang Shumin has any interest in the shares of the Company within the meaning of Part XV of the Securities and Futures Ordinance (Chapter 571 of the Laws of Hong Kong).


Save for disclosed above, the Company is not aware of any other matters that need to be brought to attention of shareholders.


By order of the Board

China Shenhua Energy Company Limited

Huang Qing

Secretary to the Board of Directors


Beijing, 25 November 2015


As at the date of this announcement, the Board comprises of the following: Dr. Zhang Yuzhuo, Dr. Ling Wen and Mr. Han Jianguo as executive directors, Mr. Chen Hongsheng as non-executive director, and Ms. Fan Hsu Lai Tai, Mr. Gong Huazhang and Mr. Guo Peizhang as independent non-executive directors.

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