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Chongqing Machinery & Electric Co., Ltd.*

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

(Stock Code: 02722)

VOLUNTARY ANNOUNCEMENT

ANNOUNCEMENT REGARDING THE RECEIPT OF THE

ADMINISTRATIVE PENALTY DECISION FROM THE STATE ADMIN-

ISTRATION OF FOREIGN EXCHANGE BY THE COMPANY

This announcement is made by Chongqing Machinery & Electric Co., Ltd. (the "Company") on a voluntary basis.

On 25 November 2019, the Company received the administrative penalty decision issued by the Chongqing Department of Administration of Foreign Exchange of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange (Yu Hui Fa [2019] No.11) ( 國家外匯管理局重慶外匯管理部的行政處罰決定書》(渝匯 罰[2019]11)). Under Article 43 of the Regulations on the Foreign Exchange System of the People's Republic of China ( 中華人民共和國外匯管理條例》), the Company was in violation of the regulations of foreign debts administration because it borrowed money from an offshore subsidiary without applying for the registration of foreign debts in 2013. The foreign exchange administration authority issued a warning on the Company and imposed a fine of RMB750,000.

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The Company expects that the administrative penalty and the fine will have no material adverse impact to the Company. The Company will from now on enhance its knowledge of and understanding to the regulations of foreign exchange administration of the state in its operation management, strengthen the monitoring of the compliance of the laws and regulations in relation to foreign exchange remittance and business activities, and will operate strictly in accordance with relevant regulations in order to prevent the recurrence of similar incidents.

By order of the Board

Chongqing Machinery & Electric Co., Ltd.*

Wang Yuxiang

Executive Director and Chairman

Chongqing, the PRC

26 November 2019

As at the date of the announcement, the executive Directors are Mr. Wang Yuxiang, Ms. Chen Ping and Mr. Yang Quan; the non-executive Directors are Mr. Huang Yong, Mr. Zhang Yongchao, Mr. Dou Bo and Mr. Wang Pengcheng; and the independent non-executive Directors are Mr. Lo Wah Wai, Mr. Ren Xiaochang, Mr. Jin Jingyu and Mr. Liu Wei.

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