China Water Affairs : VOLUNTARY ANNOUNCEMENT - FORMATION OF A JOINT VENTURE IN LUSHAN

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(Incorporated in the Cayman Islands and continued in Bermuda with limited liability)

(Stock Code: 855)

VOLUNTARY ANNOUNCEMENT

FORMATION OF A JOINT VENTURE IN LUSHAN

This is a voluntary announcement made by the Company.

On 5 November 2019, Lushan Government and Silver Dragon Water Investment Company Limited ("SDWI"), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company entered into a cooperation agreement pursuant to which the parties agreed to establish a joint venture company ("JV Company") which will be principally engaged in water supply business in Lushan county, Henan province, PRC.

Lushan Government or its designated entity Lushan Water Company will contribute to the capital of the JV Company by injecting appraised water assets and will hold 20% of the equity interest in the JV Company. SDWI will contribute by way of cash and will hold 80% of the equity interest. The total registered capital of the JV Company will be approximately RMB120 million. The JV Company will be granted a concession on water supply in the existing water supply area of Lushan Water Company and such other areas as approved by the government for 30 years. The urban and total population of Lushan county reach approximately 250,000 and 1 million respectively. It is expected that the total designed daily water supply capacity of the JV Company will reach 30,000 tonnes per day.

The Group is currently the water supply operators in multiple locations in Henan province. The cooperation agreement represents a further expansion of the Group's water supply business in Henan province and strengthen the synergy effect in the region and province.

To the best of the Directors' information and belief, and after making all reasonable enquiries, the Lushan Government is a third party independent of the Company and its connected persons and is not a connected person of the Company.

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DEFINITIONS

In this announcement, unless the context otherwise requires, the following words and phrases have the following meanings:

"Board"	the Board of directors of the Company
"Company"	China Water Affairs Group Limited, a company
	incorporated in the Cayman Islands and continued in
	Bermuda with limited liability, the shares of which are
	listed on the Stock Exchange
"Directors"	the directors of the Company
"Group"	the Company and its subsidiaries
"Hong Kong"	the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the
	PRC
"Listing Rules"	the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on the
	Stock Exchange
"PRC"	The People's Republic of China which, for the purpose
	of this announcement, excludes Hong Kong, the Macau
	Special Administrative Region and Taiwan
"RMB"	Renminbi, the lawful currency of the PRC
"Stock Exchange"	The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited
"Lushan Government"	魯山縣人民政府 (The People's Government of
	Lushan), Henan province, the PRC
"Lushan Water Company"	魯山縣城南水業有限公司 (Lushan Water Company), a
	state-owned enterprise under Lushan Government
	By order of the Board
	China Water Affairs Group Limited
	Duan Chuan Liang
	Chairman
Hong Kong, 6 November 2019

As at the date of this announcement, the Board comprises five executive Directors, being Mr. Duan Chuan Liang, Ms. Ding Bin, Ms. Liu Yu Jie, Mr. Li Zhong and Mr. Duan Jerry Linnan, four non-executive Directors, being Mr. Zhao Hai Hu, Mr. Zhou Wen Zhi, Mr. Makoto Inoue and Ms. Wang Xiaoqin, and four independent non-executive Directors, being Mr. Chau Kam Wing, Mr. Ong King Keung, Mr. Siu Chi Ming and Ms. Ho Ping.

• For identification purposes only

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