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          China Communications Services Corporation Limited Annual Report 2015
        
        
          
            CORPORATE GOVERNANCE REPORT
          
        
        
          
            AMENDMENTS TO THE ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION
          
        
        
          During the 2015 first EGM, the shareholders of the Company approved the amendments to the Articles of Association, including
        
        
          the amendments of the Company’s scope of business and composition of the Board of the Company. The amended Articles of
        
        
          Association is published on the websites of the Company and the Stock Exchange.
        
        
          
            COMPANY SECRETARY
          
        
        
          The Company Secretary, Mr. Chung Wai Cheung, Terence, is an employee of the Company and has appropriate understanding
        
        
          of the Company’s business. The Company Secretary is responsible for supporting the daily operation of the Board and ensuring
        
        
          the compliance with the policies and procedures of the Board. All of the directors can access to opinions of the Company
        
        
          Secretary to ensure that the procedures of the Board conform to the applicable laws and regulations. The profile of the Company
        
        
          Secretary is set out in the section of “Profiles of Directors, Supervisors and Senior Management” in this annual report. The
        
        
          Company Secretary met the requirement on professional training under the Rule 3.29 of the Listing Rules in 2015.
        
        
          
            REMUNERATION OF THE AUDITORS
          
        
        
          The international and domestic auditors of the Company are Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu and Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Certified
        
        
          Public Accountants LLP, respectively. The external auditors have provided audit services to the Company for three consecutive
        
        
          years since they were initially appointed at the 2012 annual general meeting on 27 June 2013. The remuneration received by the
        
        
          external auditors for the audit services provided to the Company during the year amounted to RMB34,395 thousand. No non-
        
        
          audit services were provided to the Company by the external auditors during the year.
        
        
          
            DIRECTORS’ RESPONSIBILITY FOR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
          
        
        
          The directors are responsible for the preparation of financial statements. The directors are not aware of any material uncertainties
        
        
          relating to events or conditions that may cast significant doubt on the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern,
        
        
          therefore the directors continue to adopt the going concern approach in preparing financial statements.
        
        
          The responsibility statement of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, our external auditors, regarding its Independent Auditor’s Report on
        
        
          the financial statements of the Group is set out on pages 92 to 93 of this annual report.