China Telecom : RESIGNATION AND PROPOSED APPOINTMENT OF SUPERVISOR

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中国电信股份有限公司

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

The board of directors (the "Board") of China Telecom Corporation Limited (the "Company") announces that due to adjustment of work division, Mr. Shao Chunbao has resigned from his position as a supervisor and the chairman of the supervisory committee of the Company with effect from 18 February 2015. Mr. Shao has confirmed that he has no disagreement with the Board and the supervisory committee, and did not have any matters in relation to his resignation that should be brought to the attention of the shareholders of the Company. The Board and the supervisory committee would like to express its sincere gratitude to Mr. Shao Chunbao for his valuable contribution to the Company during his tenure of office. Meanwhile, Mr. Sui Yixun has been nominated as a supervisor of the Company. The Company will seek approval for the proposed appointment from the shareholders of the Company at the annual general meeting for the year 2014. The notice of the annual general meeting containing, among others, the details of such appointment will be despatched to the shareholders of the Company in due course.
Mr. Sui Yixun, aged 51, is currently the managing director of audit department of the Company and a supervisor of Tianyi Telecom Terminals Company Limited. Mr. Sui received a bachelor degree from Beijing Institute of Posts and Telecommunications and a master degree in business administration from Tsinghua University. Mr. Sui served as Deputy General Manager of China Telecom Shandong branch, Deputy General Manager of the Northern Telecom of China Telecommunications Corporation and General Manager of China Telecom Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region branch. Mr. Sui is a senior economist and has extensive experience in financial management and telecommunications industry.
Save as disclosed in this announcement, Mr. Sui Yixun did not hold any directorship in any other listed companies nor take up any post in any affiliated companies of the Company in the past three years, nor have any relationship with any other director, supervisor, senior management, substantial shareholder or controlling shareholder of the Company. Furthermore, Mr. Sui Yixun does not have any equity interest in the Company within the meaning of Part XV of the Securities and Futures Ordinance of Hong Kong. Save as disclosed herein, there is no other information relating to the proposed appointment of Mr.

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Sui Yixun that shall be disclosed pursuant to Rule 13.51(2)(h)to(v) of the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited nor any matters
which need to be brought to the attention of the shareholders of the Company.

By Order of the Board

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

Beijing, PRC, 18 February 2015

As of the date of this announcement, the Board consists of Mr. Wang Xiaochu as the chairman and chief executive officer, Mr. Yang Jie as the president and chief operating officer, Mr. Zhang Jiping, Mr. Yang Xiaowei, Mr. Sun Kangmin and Mr. Ke Ruiwen as the executive vice presidents, Mr. Zhu Wei as the non-executive director, and Mr. Tse Hau Yin, Aloysius, Madam Cha May Lung, Laura, Mr. Xu Erming and Madam Wang Hsuehming as the independent non-executive directors.

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