China Telecom was selected by the Investors as the First of ¡°the Best Asia Corporate Governance¡± in the evaluation of the Asia Best Corporate Governance organized by the magazine of ¡°Corporate Governance Asia¡± in 2009.

China Telecom was awarded as the ¡°2009 Best Lawyer within the Chinese Invested Companies¡± and the ¡°2009 Best Lawyer within China¡± by the magazine of ¡°Asia Legal Business¡±, being the only one Chinese company that won the two prizes at the same time.

In the Asia¡¯s Investor Relations evaluation organized by the ¡°Finance Asia¡± magazine, China Telecom was awarded as the First of the ¡°Best Investor Relations Awards¡± within China in 2009.

China Telecom was awarded as the¡°Most Potential Chinese Company¡± by the ¡°The Asset¡± magazine in 2009.

In 2009, China Telecom was awarded as the CDMA Operator Leadership by the CDG (CDMA Development Group).

China Telecom was awarded with the prize as the ¡°Social Responsibility Model of the Significant Value Company¡± by the 9th China Annual Management Conference in 2009.

China Telecom was awarded with the ¡°Special Prize for the Chinese Enterprise Social Responsibility in 2009¡± by the China Enterprise CSR Research Centre.

China Telecom was awarded with the title of ¡°One of the 60 Most Influential Brands in 60 Years in the People¡¯s Republic of China¡± and the title of ¡°One of the 10 China Magnificent Chinese Brands in 2009¡±.

China Telecom was awarded as the ¡°Advanced Unit for Actively Participating in the AIDS Prevention Work¡± by China AIDS and Venereal Disease Prevention Foundation.

China Telecom was awarded as one of ¡°2009 Ten Businesses for Public Welfare¡± by the newspaper of China Times.

China Telecom won the title of ¡°One of the 60 Love Model Enterprises at the 60th Anniversary of the New China¡± for its strong support to the China Poverty Relief Foundation in building the Modern Management Platform for Serving the Communities.

In the China Electronic Government Excellence Application Achievements Exhibition released in October 2009, China Telecom was awarded with seven prizes such as one of the ¡°Ten Best Electronic Government Efficient Management Application Study Cases (Prefecture Level)¡±, one of the ¡°Ten Best Electronic Government Efficient Management Application Study Cases (District Level)¡±, one of the ¡°Ten Best Electronic Government Efficient Management Application Study Cases in the Middle and West China Area (Comprehensive)¡± and one of the ¡°Ten Best Electronic Government Excellence Solutions¡±, etc.

China Telecom was awarded as one of the National Ten Best Successful ¡°Innovation and Integrity¡± Enterprises for Brand Marketing Study Cases.

China Telecom was awarded with the ¡°2009 Excellent Contribution for Digital Urban Construction by the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development.

China Telecom was awarded with the 2009 Brand China ¡°Huapu Medal¡± by China Council for the Promotion of International Trade and the Industry Alliance of China.