Company Name: Ping An Insurance (Group) Company of China, Ltd. (Ping An of China ) ( 中国平安保险 ( 集团 ) 股份有限公司 ( 中国平安 )  )

Ownership Type: Joint-stock

Industry: Financial and Insurance

Rank (ranked by the total sales revenue in 2004): 33

Headquarters' Location (Zip code): Ping An Building, Bagua No. 3 Road, Shenzhen , Guangdong , China ( 中国广东深圳八卦三路平安大厦 (518029) )

Legal Representative and President & CEO: Mr. Ma Mingzhe

Telephone: 86-755-82262888

Fax: 86-755-82414817

Total Revenue (2004): RMB 63.251 billion

Number of Employees (2004): Over 200,000sales agents, 40,000 staff

Net Profit (2004): RMB 3.116 billion

Registered Capital: RMB 2.4 billion

Total Asset (2004): RMB 264.496 billion

Total Issued Shares: 6,195,053,334 shares

Company website: www.pingan.com.cn

Ping An Insurance (Group) Company of China, Ltd. ("Ping An") is the first Chinese insurance company that integrates securities, trusts, banking, asset management and annuity services into a close-knit, efficient and diversified financial holding group. The Company was founded in 1988 and is headquartered in Shenzhen. Ping An is listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange with the stock name of "Ping An of China" and the stock number of "2318".

The group company is the holding company of the following subsidiary companies: Ping An Life Insurance Company of China, Ltd., Ping An Property & Casualty Insurance Company of China, Ltd., Ping An Annuity Insurance Company of China, Ltd., China Ping An Insurance Overseas (Holdings) Limited, China Ping An Trust & Investment Co., Ltd, which holds an equity interest in Ping An Bank Limited and Ping An Securities Company, Ltd.

Ping An is China 's first nation-wide insurance company to receive strategic investment from overseas companies. It has a well-established system of corporate governance, with half of the senior management members being expatriate professionals.

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Taking insurance as its core business and integrating securities, trusts, banking, asset management and annuity services into a close-knit, efficient and diversified financial holding group.

Ma Mingzhe: Chairman and CEO. Mr. Ma has been the Chairman of the Board of Directors (the "Board") and Chief Executive Officer since April 1994 and April 2001 respectively. Since the establishment of Ping An Insurance Company in March 1988, he has held various positions, including President, Director and Chairman of the Board. Prior to that, Mr. Ma was the Deputy Manager of China Merchants Shekou Industrial Zone Social Insurance Company. Mr. Ma has a Doctorate degree in Money and Banking from Zhongnan University of Economics and Law of China.

Zhang Zixin: Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Zhang served as COO and CFO in Pin An since October 2003 and February 2003 respectively. Since joining in February 2000, Mr. Zhang has been Senior Advisor to the Chairman, Chief Information Officer, Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. From 1993 to 2000, Mr. zhang was a management consultant and later became a global partner of McKinsey & Company, advising mainly financial services clients throughout Asia . Mr. Zhang has a Ph.D. degree in Business Information Systems from the University of Cambridge .

Gu Minshen: Vice-President and Chief Human Resources Officer since February 2003. Mr. Gu joined Ping An in May 2001 and served as the Head of Human Resources from June 2001 to February 2003. From 1995 to 2001, Mr. Gu served as Vice Chairman and President of Shanghai Van Den Bergh Company, Ltd., a joint venture between Unilever and Shanghai Sugar Cigarette and Wine (Group) Company, Ltd. and the Human Resources Director of Unilever HPC China. Mr. Gu has a Bachelor's degree in Educational Psychology from Fu Jen Catholic University of Taiwan.

Yang Wenbin: Vice President and Chief Investment Officer since August 2003. Mr. Yang joined Ping An in July 2003. From 2000 to 2003, he served as a managing director and Chief Investment Officer of Aetna Life Insurance Company ( Tokyo , Japan ), which following an acquisition became MassMutual Life Insurance Company ( Tokyo , Japan ). From 1998 to 1999, he served as the Chief Investment Officer of Aetna International Inc. Hong Kong to cover the greater China region. From 1994 to 1998, he worked in Nomura Asset Management ( Hong Kong ) Company as the Chief Investment Officer, later became co-managing director. Mr. Yang has an MBA from the University of Chicago .

Stephen Thomas Meldrum: Vice President and Chief Actuarial Officer from February 2003 until now. Mr. Meldrum joined our Company in September 1999. From 1999 to 2003, Mr. Meldrum served as the Chief Actuary. From 1995 to 1998, Mr. Meldrum was a Vice President and the Division Head of the International Strategy Division of Lincoln National Corporation. From 1979 to 1995, Mr. Meldrum worked at Lincoln National (UK) plc., and his position was the Chief Actuary and the Head of the Finance Division and the Head of the Investment Division. Mr. Meldrum has a Master's degree in Computer Science from the University of London and a Master's degree in Mathematics from the University of Cambridge .