Voluntary Announcement Formation of a Joint Venture in Baofeng

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited and The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited take no responsibility for the contents of this announcement, make no representation as to its accuracy or completeness and expressly disclaim any liability whatsoever for any loss howsoever arising from or in reliance upon the whole or any part of the contents of this announcement. (Incorporated in the Cayman Islands and continued in Bermuda with limited liability) (Stock Code: 855) VOLUNTARY ANNOUNCEMENT FORMATION OF A JOINT VENTURE IN BAOFENG This is a voluntary announcement made by the Company. On 6 March 2020, Baofeng 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 Baofeng county, Henan province, the PRC. Baofeng Government or its designated entity Baofeng Water Company will contribute to the capital of the JV Company by injecting appraised water assets and will hold 30% of the equity interest in the JV Company. SDWI will contribute by way of cash and will hold 70% of the equity interest. The total registered capital of the JV Company will be approximately RMB200 million. The JV Company will be granted a concession on water supply in the approved urban planning area of Baofeng county for 30 years. The urban and total population of Baofeng county reach approximately 180,000 and 520,000 respectively. It is expected that the total designed daily water supply capacity of the JV Company will reach 79,000 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 Baofeng Government is a third party independent of the Company and its connected persons and is not a connected person of the Company. 1 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 “Baofeng Government” 寶豐縣人民政府 (The People’s Government of Baofeng), Henan province, the PRC “Baofeng Water Company” 寶豐縣發展投資有限公司 (Baofeng Water Company*), a state-owned enterprise under Baofeng Government By order of the Board China Water Affairs Group Limited Duan Chuan Liang Chairman Hong Kong, 6 March 2020 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 five independent non-executive Directors, being Mr. Chau Kam Wing, Mr. Siu Chi Ming, Ms. Ho Ping, Ms Zhou Nan and Mr. Chan Wai Cheung Admiral. * For identification purposes only 2.

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