Harbin Bank : ANNOUNCEMENT ON APPROVAL OF THE AMENDMENTS TO THE ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION BY HEILONGJIANG REGULATORY BUREAU OF CBIRC

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Harbin Bank Co., Ltd.

哈 爾 濱 銀 行 股 份 有 限 公 司 *

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

(Stock Code: 6138)

ANNOUNCEMENT ON APPROVAL OF THE AMENDMENTS TO THE ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION BY HEILONGJIANG REGULATORY BUREAU OF CBIRC

References are made to the announcement dated 21 March 2019, the circular of the 2018 annual general meeting dated 1 April 2019 and the poll results announcement of 2018 annual general meeting dated 17 May 2019 published by Harbin Bank Co., Ltd. (the "Bank"), in relation to, among other matters, the amendments to the articles of association of the Bank (the "Articles of Association").

The Bank hereby announces that, the Bank has recently received the Approval of the Heilongjiang Regulatory Bureau of CBIRC in relation to the Amendments to the Articles of Association of Harbin Bank Co., Ltd. (Hei Yin Bao Jian Fu [2019] No. 400) from the Heilongjiang Regulatory Bureau of China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission (the "CBIRC"), and the amendments to the Articles of Association were approved.

For the full text of the amended Articles of Association, please refer to the websites of The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (www.hkexnews.hk) and the Bank (http://www.hrbb.com.cn), respectively.

By order of the Board of Directors

Harbin Bank Co., Ltd.

Guo Zhiwen

Chairman

Harbin, the PRC, 30 September 2019

As at the date of this announcement, the Board of the Bank comprises Guo Zhiwen, Lyu Tianjun and Sun Feixia as executive directors; Zhang Taoxuan, Ma Pao-Lin, Chen Danyang and Peng Xiaodong, as non-executive directors; Wan Kam To, Kong Siu Chee, Ma Yongqiang, Sun Yan, Zhang Zheng and Hou Bojian as independent non-executive directors.

• Harbin Bank Co., Ltd. is not an authorized institution within the meaning of the Banking Ordinance (Chapter 155 of Laws of Hong Kong), not subject to the supervision of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority, and not authorized to carry on banking/deposit-taking business in Hong Kong.