CHINA MERCHANTS PORT GROUP CO., LTD. INTERIM REPORT 2020 Date of Disclosure: 29 August 2020 1 China Merchants Port Group Co., Ltd. Interim Report 2020 Part I Important Notes, Table of Contents and Definitions The Board of Directors (or the “Board”), the Supervisory Committee as well as the directors, supervisors and senior management of China Merchants Port Group Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as the “Company”) hereby guarantee the factuality, accuracy and completeness of the contents of this Report and its summary, and shall be jointly and severally liable for any misrepresentations, misleading statements or material omissions therein. Bai Jingtao, the Company’s legal representative, Lu Yongxin, the Company’s Acting Chief Financial Officer, and Sun Ligan, the person-in-charge of the accounting organ hereby guarantee that the financial statements carried in this Report are factual, accurate and complete. All the Company’s directors have attended the Board meeting for the review of this Report and its summary. Any forward-looking statements such as future plans or development strategies mentioned herein shall not be considered as the Company’s promises to investors. And investors are reminded to exercise caution when making investment decisions. Possible risks faced by the Company and countermeasures have been explained in “Part IV Operating Performance Discussion and Analysis” herein, which investors are kindly reminded to pay attention to. Securities Times, Shanghai Securities News, Ta Kung Pao (HK) and www.cninfo.com.cn have been designated by the Company for information disclosure. And all information about the Company shall be subject to what’s disclosed on the aforesaid media. The Company is not subject to any industry-specific disclosure requirements. The Company has no interim dividend plan, either in the form of cash or stock. This Report and its summary have been prepared in both Chinese and English. Should there be any discrepancies or misunderstandings between the two versions, the Chinese versions shall prevail. 2 China Merchants Port Group Co., Ltd. Interim Report 2020 Table of Contents Part I Important Notes, Table of Contents and Definitions .................................... 2 Part II Corporate Information and Key Financial Information ............................ 6 Part III Business Summary ........................................................................................ 9 Part IV Operating Performance Discussion and Analysis .................................... 18 Part V Significant Events .......................................................................................... 40 Part VI Share Changes and Shareholder Information .......................................... 62 Part VII Preference Shares ...................................................................................... 67 Part VIII Convertible Corporate Bonds ................................................................. 68 Part IX Directors, Supervisors and Senior Management ..................................... 69 Part X Corporate Bonds ........................................................................................... 71 Part XI Financial Statements ................................................................................... 75 Part XII Documents Available for Reference ......................................................... 76 3 China Merchants Port Group Co., Ltd. Interim Report 2020 Definitions Term Definition China Merchants Port Group Co., Ltd., formerly known as “Shenzhen Chiwan The “Company”, “CMPort” or “we” Wharf Holdings Limited” CMG China Merchants Group Co., Limited China Merchants Group (H.K.) Limited, a CMG wholly-owned subsidiary in CMG Hong Kong Hong Kong China Merchants Port Investment Development Company Limited (CMID), CMPID renamed as “China Merchants Investment Development Company Limited” on 8 July 2020 CMPort Holdings China Merchants Port Holdings Company Limited (00144.HK) CWH (H.K.) Chiwan Wharf Holdings (Hong Kong) Limited Zhanjiang Port Zhanjiang Port (Group) Co., Ltd. Sinotrans Guangdong Sinotrans Guangdong Co., Ltd. Zhanjiang Infrastructure Investment Zhanjiang Infrastructure Construction Investment Group Co., Ltd. Broadford Global Broadford Global Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of CMG Hong Kong China Merchants Gangtong Development (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd., a Broadford CMGD Global wholly-owned subsidiary in Shenzhen CND Group China Nanshan Development (Group) Inc. CMB China Merchants Bank Co., Ltd. CMSK China Merchants Shekou Industrial Zone Holdings Co., Ltd. CM Qianhai Industrial Shenzhen China Merchants Qianhai Industrial Development Co., Ltd. SIPG Shanghai International Port (Group) Co., Ltd. Zhangzhou Port) Zhangzhou China Merchants Port Co., Ltd. Xiamen Port Zhangzhou China Merchants Xiamen Port Affairs Co., Ltd. Haixing Harbor Shenzhen Haixing Harbor Development Co., Ltd. Shantou Port Shantou CMPort Group Co., Ltd. Dalian Port Dalian Port (PDA) Company Limited Tianjin Port Container Terminal Tianjin Port Container Terminal Co., Ltd. Chiwan Container Terminal Co., Ltd., a majority-owned subsidiary of the CCT Company TCP TCP Participações S.A. CICT Colombo International Container Terminals Ltd. HIPG Hambantota International Port Group TICT Tin-Can Island Container Terminal Ltd. PDSA Port de Djibouti S.A. TL Terminal Link S.A.S. Kumport Kumport Liman Hizmetleri ve Lojistik Sanayi ve Ticaret Anonim Sirketi Port of Newcastle Port of Newcastle State-Owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State SASAC of the State Council Council 4 China Merchants Port Group Co., Ltd. Interim Report 2020 CSRC China Securities Regulation Commission SZSE Shenzhen Stock Exchange CMG Finance China Merchants Group Finance Co., Ltd. The “Articles of Association” The Articles of Association of China Merchants Port Group Co., Ltd. The “Stock Listing Rules” The Stock Listing Rules of the Shenzhen Stock Exchange The cninfo website www.cninfo.com.cn RTG Rubber Tyre Gantry CM ePort The wharf e-commerce platform, i.e. the unified customer service platform TEU Twenty Foot Equivalent Unit Expressed in the Chinese currency of Renminbi RMB Expressed in tens of thousands of Renminbi RMB’0,000 Expressed in hundreds of millions of Renminbi RMB’00,000,000 (unless otherwise specified) 5 China Merchants Port Group Co., Ltd. Interim Report 2020 Part II Corporate Information and Key Financial Information I Corporate Information CM Port Group/ Stock name Stock code 001872/201872 CM Port Group B Stock exchange for stock listing Shenzhen Stock Exchange Company name in Chinese 招商局港口集团股份有限公司 Abbr. (if any) 招商港口 Company name in English (if any) China Merchants Port Group Co., Ltd. Abbr. (if any) CMPort Legal representative Bai Jingtao II Contact Information Board Secretary Securities Representative Name Huang Chuanjing Hu Jingjing 24/F, China Merchants Port Plaza, 1 Gongye 24/F, China Merchants Port Plaza, 1 Address 3rd Road, Zhaoshang Street, Nanshan, Gongye 3rd Road, Zhaoshang Street, Shenzhen, PRC Nanshan, Shenzhen, PRC Tel. +86 755 26828888 +86 755 26828888 Fax +86 755 26886666 +86 755 26886666 Email address [email protected] [email protected] III Other Information 1. Contact Information of the Company Indicate by tick mark whether any change occurred to the registered address, office address and their zip codes, website address and email address of the Company in the Reporting Period. □ Applicable √ Not applicable No change occurred to the said information in the Reporting Period, which can be found in the 2019 Annual Report. 2. Media for Information Disclosure and Place where this Report is Lodged Indicate by tick mark whether any change occurred to the information disclosure media and the place for lodging the Company’s periodic reports in the Reporting Period. □ Applicable √ Not applicable The newspapers designated by the Company for information disclosure, the website designated by the CSRC for 6 China Merchants Port Group Co., Ltd. Interim Report 2020 disclosing the Company’s periodic reports and the place for lodging such reports did not change in the Reporting Period. The said information can be found in the 2019 Annual Report. IV Key Financial Information Indicate by tick mark whether there is any retrospectively restated datum in the table below. □ Yes √ No H1 2020 H1 2019 Change (%) Operating revenue (RMB) 5,922,497,158.48 5,834,353,421.33 1.51% Net profit attributable to the listed 632,798,585.83 2,299,181,330.61 -72.48% company’s shareholders (RMB) Net profit attributable to the listed company’s shareholders before 544,591,914.54 569,405,330.09 -4.36% exceptional gains and losses (RMB) Net cash generated from/used in 2,071,426,144.92 2,556,861,915.52 -18.99% operating activities (RMB) Basic earnings per share (RMB/share) 0.33 1.28 -74.22% Diluted earnings per share (RMB/share) 0.33 1.28 -74.22% Weighted average return on equity (%) 1.77% 7.24% -5.47% 30 June 2020 31 December 2019 Change (%) Total assets (RMB) 163,011,419,765.59 156,696,917,845.87 4.03% Equity attributable to the listed 35,116,599,672.07 35,972,804,419.42 -2.38% company’s shareholders (RMB) The total share capital at the end of the last trading session before the disclosure of this Report: Total share capital at the end of the last trading session before the 1,922,365,124 disclosure of this Report (share) Fully diluted earnings per share based on the latest total share capital above: Fully diluted earnings per share based on the latest total share capital 0.3292 above (RMB/share) V Accounting Data Differences under