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(Stock Code: 0762) Announcement Expansion of TD-LTE/LTE FDD Hybrid Network Trial

This announcement is made pursuant to Rule 13.09 of the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited and Part XIVA of the Securities and Futures Ordinance (Cap. 571).
On 28 August 2014, China Unicom (Hong Kong) Limited (the "Company") was notified by its ultimate parent company, China United Network Communications Group Company
Limited (�i]gpftMirlil§"�II)��0i'I) ("Unicom Group"), that, on the basis that
Unicom Group has obtained the approval to conduct TD-LTE/LTE FDD hybrid network trial
in 16 cities (including Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Chongqing, Zhengzhou, Wuhan, Chengdu, Xi'an, Changsha, Jinan, Hangzhou, Shenyang, Harbin, Fuzhou, Nanjing and Shijiazhuang), the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of the People's Republic of China has approved Unicom Group to expand the TD-LTE/LTE FDD hybrid network trial to 40 cities. The 24 additional cities include Beijing, Tianjin, Suzhou, Qingdao, Dongguan, Dalian, Ningbo, Changchun, Haikou, Taiyuan, Nanning, Yantai, Xiamen, Kunming, Hefei, Guiyang, Luoyang, Tangshan, Hohhot, Yulin, Lanzhou, Xining, Nanchang and Yinchuan.
China United Network Communications Corporation Limited (�i]gpftMirlil§"��0i'I),
a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, will continue to be responsible for the hybrid
network trial.
Hong Kong, 28 August 2014
By Order of the Board

CHINA UNICOM (HONG KONG) LIMITED CHU KA YEE

Company Secretary

As of the date of this announcement, the board of directors of the Company comprises:
Executive directors : Chang Xiaobing, Lu Yimin, Li Fushen and Zhang Junan
Non-executive director : Cesareo Alierta Izuel
Independent non-executive directors
: Cheung Wing Lam Linus, Wong Wai Ming,
John Lawson Thornton, Chung Shui Ming Timpson, Cai Hongbin and Law Fan Chiu Fun Fanny

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