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CHINA MOBILE LIMITED ʕ਷୅ਗϞࠢʮ̡

(Incorporated in Hong Kong with limited liability under the Companies Ordinance)

(Stock Code: 941)

ANNOUNCEMENT

APPOINTMENT OF EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND CHAIRMAN

Reference is made to the announcement dated 4 March 2019 of China Mobile Limited (the "Company") in which the Company announced, among others, the resignation of Mr. Shang Bing as an Executive Director and the Chairman of the Company with effect from 4 March 2019.

The Board of Directors (the "Board") of the Company is pleased to announce that, as proposed by the Nomination Committee of the Company and after review and approval by the Board, Mr. Yang Jie has been appointed as an Executive Director and the Chairman of the Company with effect from 21 March 2019.

Mr. Yang Jie, age 56, is currently the Chairman and Secretary of the CPC Committee of China Mobile Communications Group Co., Ltd., the ultimate controlling shareholder of the Company, and a Director and the Chairman of China Mobile Communication Company Limited. Mr. Yang formerly served as Deputy Director General of Shanxi Posts and Telecommunications Administration, General Manager of Shanxi Telecommunications Corporation, Vice President of China Telecom Beijing Research Institute, General Manager of Business Department of the Northern Telecom of former China Telecommunications Corporation, President and Chairman of China Telecommunications Corporation, and President and Chief Operating Officer, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of China Telecom Corporation Limited. Mr. Yang graduated from the Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications majoring in radio engineering in 1984 and obtained a doctorate degree in business administration from the ESC Rennes School of Business in 2008. Mr. Yang is a professor-level senior engineer with extensive experience in management and telecommunications industry.

The Company has not entered into any service contract with Mr. Yang Jie which provides for a specified length of service. Mr. Yang will retire at the next annual general meeting of the Company and then be eligible for re-election and thereafter Mr. Yang will be duly subject to retirement by rotation and re-election at the annual general meetings of the Company in accordance with the Articles of Association of the Company. As proposed by the Board, Mr. Yang will receive an annual director's fee of HK$180,000 as approved by the shareholders of the Company. Such fees are payable on a time pro-rata basis for any non-full year's service. The remuneration of Mr. Yang has been determined by the Board with reference to his duties, responsibilities and experience, prevailing market conditions and so forth. Mr. Yang has voluntarily waived his annual director's fee of HK$180,000.

The Board firmly believes that, with Mr. Yang as its Chairman, the Company will further reinforce its development based on its existing solid foundation. The Company takes this opportunity to welcome him as a member of the Board.

Save as disclosed above, Mr. Yang Jie does not have any relationship with any director, senior management, substantial shareholder or controlling shareholder of the Company. Mr. Yang does not have any interest in shares of the Company within the meaning of Part XV of the Securities and Futures Ordinance (Chapter 571 of the Laws of Hong Kong).

Save as disclosed above, there is no other information required to be disclosed pursuant to any of the requirements of Rule 13.51(2) of the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited and there is no other matter relating to the appointment of Mr. Yang Jie that needs to be brought to the attention of the shareholders of the Company.

By Order of the Board China Mobile Limited Wong Wai Lan, Grace

Company Secretary

Hong Kong, 21 March 2019

As at the date of this announcement, the Board of Directors of the Company comprises Mr.

Yang Jie, Mr. Li Yue and Mr. Dong Xin as executive directors and Dr. Moses Cheng Mo Chi, Mr. Paul Chow Man Yiu, Mr. Stephen Yiu Kin Wah and Dr. Yang Qiang as independent non-executive directors.

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