FINANCIAL SUMMARY

For the five-year ended 31 December 2020

(All amounts in RMB millions, except per share data)

Selected financial summary for 2016 to 2020, including selected consolidated statement of income data and consolidated statement of financial position data for 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020 were prepared in accordance with IFRSs/HKFRSs.

RESULTS

Selected Statement of Income Data

2020

2019

2018

2017

2016

Revenue

303,838

290,515

290,877

274,829

274,197

Interconnection charges

(10,574)

(11,513)

(12,579)

(12,617)

(12,739)

Depreciation and amortisation

(83,017)

(83,080)

(75,777)

(77,492)

(76,805)

Network, operation and support expenses

(46,286)

(43,236)

(55,077)

(54,507)

(51,167)

Employee benefit expenses

(55,740)

(50,516)

(48,143)

(42,471)

(36,907)

Costs of telecommunications products sold

(26,862)

(26,412)

(27,604)

(26,643)

(39,301)

Other operating expenses

(70,237)

(64,480)

(62,561)

(57,166)

(54,585)

Finance costs

(1,747)

(2,123)

(1,625)

(5,734)

(5,017)

Interest income

1,366

1,272

1,712

1,647

1,160

Share of net profit of associates

1,588

1,359

2,477

893

204

Share of net profit of joint ventures

787

646

598

574

153

Other income — net

2,911

1,735

783

1,280

1,591

Profit before income tax

16,027

14,167

13,081

2,593

784

Income tax expenses

(3,450)

(2,795)

(2,824)

(743)

(154)

Profit for the year

12,577

11,372

10,257

1,850

630

Profit attributable to:

Equity shareholders of the Company

12,493

11,330

10,197

1,828

625

Non-controlling interests

84

42

60

22

5

Earnings per share for profit attributable to equity shareholders of the Company:

— basic (RMB)

0.41

0.37

0.33

0.07

0.03

— diluted (RMB)

0.41

0.37

0.33

0.07

0.03

Property, plant and equipment

364,187

367,401

384,475

416,596

451,115

Right-of-use assets

37,960

43,073

Financial assets measured at fair value

27,682

4,093

4,673

4,446

4,449

Current assets

108,636

83,595

75,909

76,722

82,218

Accounts receivable

16,287

17,233

14,433

13,964

13,622

Cash and cash equivalents

23,085

34,945

30,060

32,836

23,633

Total assets

580,616

562,499

540,320

571,983

614,154

Lease liabilities (non-current portion)

16,458

21,535

Current liabilities

222,028

205,190

214,910

242,622

342,655

Accounts payable and accrued liabilities

134,437

117,525

122,458

125,211

143,156

Short-term bank loans

740

5,564

15,085

22,500

76,994

Lease liabilities (current portion)

11,503

10,790

Commercial papers

7,000

8,995

8,991

35,958

Current portion of promissory notes

17,960

18,976

Current portion of corporate bonds

1,000

16,994

2,000

Current portion of long-term bank loans

418

437

441

410

161

Long-term bank loans

2,482

2,869

3,173

3,473

4,495

Promissory notes

998

998

17,906

Corporate bonds

1,999

2,998

999

17,981

17,970

Total liabilities

253,096

241,744

226,034

267,636

386,472

Total equity

327,520

320,755

314,286

304,347

227,682