(A joint stock company incorporated in the People's Republic of China with limited liability) Stock Code : 0788 Environmental, Social and Governance Report 2020 Environmental, Social and Governance Report 2020 Environmental, ABOUT THE REPORT Introduction This Report seeks to disclose information regarding the environmental, social and governance (ESG) performance of China Tower Corporation Limited (hereinafter referred to as “China Tower”, “Company” or “we/us”) in 2020. This Report is prepared in accordance with Appendix 27 “Environmental, Social and Governance Reporting Guide” (“ESG Reporting Guide”) to the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (“Listing Rules”) to help stakeholders acquire a better understanding of the Company. This Report is in compliance with the “comply or explain” provision set out in the ESG Reporting Guide. Scope of Report The organizations covered by this Report include the headquarters of China Tower Corporation Limited, as well as its branches and subsidiaries. The scope of data, and statistics and calculation methods are specified in the Report. Reporting period The reporting period of this Report is from 1 January 2020 to 31 December 2020 (hereinafter referred to as “This Year”). Certain information contained herein may concern events, etc. occurred before or after the reporting period to make this Report more relevant and complete. Reference guide The content of this Report conforms to Appendix 27 “ESG Reporting Guide” to the Listing Rules issued by the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, as indexed in the appendix of this Report. Confirmation and approval This Report was approved by the Board of Directors on 8 March 2021. Environmental, Social and Governance Report 2020 • China Tower Corporation Limited 1 40 Generating New Energy for High-quality Development 41 Stepping up innovation-driven development 52 Striving for consistent improvement in management 61 Focusing on enhancing service quality 68 Starting a New Chapter for Harmonious Development CONTENTS 69 Committed to promoting ecological integration 2 Chairman’s Statement 80 Proactively fulfilling social responsibility 6 Introduction to China Tower 92 Caring and empowering employee 10 Management System of ESG development 12 Embarking on a New Journey 98 Prospects for Sustainable to Support China’s “Cyberpower” Development Strategy 100 Appendix: Index List 13 Effectively supporting the 5G infrastructure construction 21 Empowering digital economy on multiple fronts 33 Serving people’s livelihoods with Certain phrases in this Report are translated from proper nouns in smart energy operation Chinese. The English translation is for your reference only. Environmental, Social and Governance Report 2020 • China Tower Corporation Limited 1 40 Generating New Energy for High-quality Development 41 Stepping up innovation-driven development 52 Striving for consistent improvement in management 61 Focusing on enhancing service quality 68 Starting a New Chapter for Harmonious Development CONTENTS 69 Committed to promoting ecological integration 2 Chairman’s Statement 80 Proactively fulfilling social responsibility 6 Introduction to China Tower 92 Caring and empowering employee 10 Management System of ESG development 12 Embarking on a New Journey 98 Prospects for Sustainable to Support China’s “Cyberpower” Development Strategy 100 Appendix: Index List 13 Effectively supporting the 5G infrastructure construction 21 Empowering digital economy on multiple fronts 33 Serving people’s livelihoods with Certain phrases in this Report are translated from proper nouns in smart energy operation Chinese. The English translation is for your reference only. 2 China Tower Corporation Limited • Environmental, Social and Governance Report 2020 Chairman’s Statement The year 2020 was the last year for China in building a moderately prosperous society in all respects and concluding the 13th Five-Year Plan. It was also the year of the extensive commercial rollout of 5G networks, and the crucial year for China Tower to implement its business transformation and upgrading and the “One Core and Two Wings” strategy. This year has been a challenging year, not only because of the impacts from the COVID-19 epidemic, but also major changes in internal and external situations. Against such a backdrop, China Tower strives to create a new development pattern for high quality growth by accelerating its business transformation and upgrading, working tirelessly to promote the sharing of telecommunications infrastructure, and facilitating the deployment of 5G networks. The Company adhered to its mission of “serving the industry and the society through sharing” at all times. By integrating into the national development strategy, the Company endeavored to serve the society and support the economic development. The Company also fulfilled its social responsibilities and demonstrated commitments while contributing to the collaborative development of the industry. Tong Jilu Chairman of the Board China Tower Corporation Limited 2 Environmental, Social and Governance Report 2020 • China Tower Corporation Limited 3 Chairman’s Statement Strengthening resource sharing to support the implementation of the “Cyberpower” strategy. The development of telecommunications infrastructure is the cornerstone for implementing the strategy of “Cyberpower” and for advancing the national economic growth as well as for the informatization of society. As the “national team” and “main force” in the construction and operation of telecommunications infrastructure, the Company upheld the principle of “prioritizing co-location and sticking to sharing philosophy in building up new site”, focused on shared growth, fully utilized existing sites and social resources, and unified development with coordinated sources to prop up the construction of the world’s largest mobile broadband network in China. As of the end of 2020, the Company had completed a total of 2.8 million tower construction projects, improving the co-location ratio of newly-built towers from 14.3% to 80%, and facilitating the 1.3-fold increase in the total number of sites available to Telecommunication Service Providers (TSPs). Meanwhile, the Company had achieved network coverage over high- speed railway tunnels and subways of more than 26,000 kilometers, and the area of buildings covered by indoor Distribution Antenna System (DAS) business was approximately 4.1 billion square meters. Since the commercialization of 5G networks a year ago, we effectively seized opportunities arising from the implementation of the 5G and new infrastructure strategies, overcame the impacts caused by the epidemic, generously shared existing resources, widely leveraged social resources, innovated flexible service models, worked to lower construction and operating costs, we were hereby able to reduce costs, improve efficiency and create values for the industry. We had received an aggregate of 766,000 5G base station projects demand, 97% of which were satisfied by sharing of existing sites, laying a solid foundation for the large-scale commercial use of 5G networks. Focusing on key sectors to boost the development of digital economy. The new digital economy is taking shape with the advancement of information and communication technologies. The development of a new generation of information and communication technologies represented by the mobile Internet, big data and artificial intelligence, are in full swing, demonstrating that the digital economy is merging with the real economy at an accelerating pace. Leveraging our site resources and strong service capabilities, we firmly seized opportunities created by economic and social transformation and the increased applications of information technology. Through relying on tower resources and the Internet, we were able to transform “telecommunication towers” into “digital towers”. Thus, we managed to develop our capabilities on providing nationwide video surveillance and digital information services, to support the national economy and people’s livelihoods, and to continuously empower the development of the digital economy. We proactively built a platform for socialized energy application through utilizing site resources and expertise in ensuring power supply. We provided “green, safe and convenient” energy services, including battery exchange and power backup to all walks of life, contributed to the optimization of the social energy structure and supported the green and sustainable development of the energy economy. 4 China Tower Corporation Limited • Environmental, Social and Governance Report 2020 Chairman’s Statement Deepening reforms and innovation to lead high-quality development. Embarking on a new development stage, we committed to a new development philosophy and built a new pattern of development. Adhering to high-quality development, by setting innovation as our essential driving force, we built on deepening transformation and market- oriented reforms, implemented the “One Core and Two Wings” strategy, extended the philosophy of resource sharing, and steadily promoted the Company in being an enterprise with the best potential for growth and value creation. Leading by promoting innovation, we concentrated on improving technologies, products, services, procurement and management innovations, escalated the transformation from investment-driven to innovation-driven, and made effective efforts to enhance our competitiveness. We accelerated digital transformation to improve our capabilities of