China Merchants Port Group Co., Ltd. The Report for the Third Quarter of 2020 Stock Code: 001872/201872 Stock Name: CM Port Group, CM Port Group B Announcement No. 2020-075 CHINA MERCHANTS PORT GROUP CO., LTD. THE REPORT FOR THE THIRD QUARTER OF 2020 31 October 2020 China Merchants Port Group Co., Ltd. The Report for the Third Quarter of 2020 Part I Important Notes 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. All the Company’s directors have attended the Board meeting for the review of this Report and its summary. 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. 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. 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. 1 China Merchants Port Group Co., Ltd. The Report for the Third Quarter of 2020 Part II Key Corporate Information I Key Financial Information Indicate by tick mark whether there is any retrospectively restated datum in the table below. □ Yes √ No 30 September 2020 31 December 2019 Change (%) Total assets (RMB) 162,430,979,728.70 156,696,917,845.87 3.66% Equity attributable to the listed 35,981,501,820.33 35,972,804,419.42 0.02% company’s shareholders (RMB) Q3 2020 YoY change (%) Q1-Q3 2020 YoY change (%) Operating revenue (RMB) 3,239,264,119.14 1.91% 9,161,761,277.62 1.65% Net profit attributable to the listed 642,339,845.93 275.44% 1,275,138,431.76 -48.38% company’s shareholders (RMB) Net profit attributable to the listed company’s shareholders before 605,513,230.59 289.03% 1,150,105,145.13 58.62% exceptional gains and losses (RMB) Net cash generated from/used in 1,665,387,875.49 18.98% 3,736,814,020.41 -5.55% operating activities (RMB) Basic earnings per share (RMB/share) 0.334 251.58% 0.663 -51.85% Diluted earnings per share 0.334 251.58% 0.663 -51.85% (RMB/share) Weighted average return on equity 1.81% 1.29% 3.54% -4.20% (%) 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 disclosure of this Report 1,922,365,124 (share) Fully diluted earnings per share based on the latest total share capital above: Dividend of preference shares paid No preference shares Fully diluted earnings per share based on the 0.6633 latest total share capital above (RMB/share) 2 China Merchants Port Group Co., Ltd. The Report for the Third Quarter of 2020 Exceptional gains and losses: √ Applicable □ Not applicable Unit: RMB Item Q1-Q3 2020 Note Gain or loss on disposal of non-current assets (inclusive of 693,724,248.54 - impairment allowance write-offs) Government subsidies charged to current profit or loss (exclusive of government subsidies given in the Company’s ordinary course 90,898,183.07 - of business at fixed quotas or amounts as per the government’s uniform standards) Capital occupation charges on non-financial enterprises that are 170,717,524.54 - charged to current profit or loss Gain or loss on fair-value changes in held-for-trading and derivative financial assets and liabilities & income from disposal Gain or loss on fair value of held-for-trading and derivative financial assets and liabilities changes in financial assets and -486,465,335.85 and other investments in debt obligations (exclusive of the liabilities at fair value through effective portion of hedges that arise in the Company’s ordinary profit or loss held in this year course of business) Reversed portions of impairment allowances for accounts receivable and contract assets which are tested individually for 217,699.96 - impairment Non-operating income and expense other than the above -13,554,852.47 - Less: Income tax effects 28,137,168.49 - Non-controlling interests effects (net of tax) 302,367,012.67 - Total 125,033,286.63 -- Explanation of why the Company reclassifies as recurrent an exceptional gain/loss item defined or listed in the Explanatory Announcement No. 1 on Information Disclosure for Companies Offering Their Securities to the Public—Exceptional Gain/Loss Items: □ Applicable √ Not applicable No such cases for the Reporting Period. 3 China Merchants Port Group Co., Ltd. The Report for the Third Quarter of 2020 II Total Number of Shareholders and Holdings of Top 10 of Them as at the End of the Reporting Period 1. Numbe rs of Ordinary Shareholders and Preferred Shareholders with Resume d Voting Rights as well as Holdings of Top 10 Shareholders Unit: share 33,340 Number of preferred shareholders Number of ordinary shareholders 0 (21,839 A-shares, 11,501 B-shares) with resumed voting rights (if any) Top 10 shareholders Nature of Shareholding Restricted shares Shares in pledge Name of shareholder Total shares held shareholder percentage held or frozen China Merchants Port Investment Foreign legal person 59.75% 1,148,648,648 1,148,648,648 0 Development Company Limited China Merchants Gangtong State-owned legal 19.29% 370,878,000 0 0 Development (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. person Shenzhen Infrastructure Investment Fund and wealth Fund Management Co., Ltd.- management 3.37% 64,850,182 64,850,182 0 Shenzhen Infrastructure Fund products Partnership (Limited Partnership) China-Africa Development Fund State-owned legal person 3.33% 64,102,564 64,102,564 0 Co., Ltd. State-owned legal Broadford Global Limited person 2.88% 55,314,208 0 0 CMBLSA RE FTIF TEMPLETON Foreign legal person 0.80% 15,446,850 0 Unknown ASIAN GRW FD GTI 5496 Hong Kong Securities Clearing Foreign legal person 0.15% 2,919,222 0 Unknown Company Ltd. NORGES BANK Foreign legal person 0.15% 2,802,863 0 Unknown China Merchants Securities (HK) State-owned legal 0.14% 2,599,955 0 Unknown Co., Ltd. person Domestic natural Mai Shuqing 0.11% 2,129,247 0 Unknown person Top 10 unrestricted shareholders Shares by type Name of shareholder Unrestricted ordinary shares held Type Shares China Merchants Gangtong RMB ordinary 370,878,000 370,878,000 Development (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. share 4 China Merchants Port Group Co., Ltd. The Report for the Third Quarter of 2020 Domestically Broadford Global Limited 55,314,208 listed foreign 55,314,208 share Domestically CMBLSA RE FTIF TEMPLETON 15,446,850 listed foreign 15,446,850 ASIAN GRW FD GTI 5496 share Hong Kong Securities Clearing RMB ordinary 2,919,222 2,919,222 Company Ltd. share Domestically NORGES BANK 2,802,863 listed foreign 2,802,863 share Domestically China Merchants Securities (HK) 2,599,955 listed foreign 2,599,955 Co., Ltd. share RMB ordinary Mai Shuqing 2,129,247 2,129,247 share Domestically Shen Huailing 1,630,749 listed foreign 1,630,749 share Industrial and Commercial Bank of China-Fullgoal CSI Dividend RMB ordinary 1,304,401 1,304,401 Index Enhanced Securities share Investment Fund RMB ordinary Lin Jianjuan 1,264,000 1,264,000 share China Merchants Gangtong Development (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. is a controlled subsidiary of Related or acting-in-concert parties Broadford Global Limited, and Broadford Global Limited is the controlling shareholder of among the shareholders above China Merchants Port Investment Development Company Limited. The Company does not know whether the other unrestricted shareholders are related parties or not. Top 10 shareholders engaged in N/A securities margin trading (if any) Indicate by tick mark whether any of the top 10 ordinary shareholders or the top 10 unrestricted ordinary shareholders of the Company conducted any promissory repo during the Reporting Period. □ Yes √ No No such cases in the Reporting Period. 5 China Merchants Port Group Co., Ltd. The Report for the Third Quarter of 2020 2. Number of Preferred Shareholders and Shareholdings of Top 10 of Them □ Applicable √ Not applicable 6 China Merchants Port Group Co., Ltd. The Report for the Third Quarter of 2020 Part III Significant Events I Changes in Key Financial Statement Line Items and Their Explanation √ Applicable □ Not applicable Unit: RMB Change Balance sheet items 30 September 2020 31 December 2019 Explanation of changes (%) Time of payment by clients and slower Accounts receivable 1,793,332,566.08 1,356,460,129.90 32.21% collection of payments at the end of a quarter than at the end of a year Additional receivable government Other receivables 2,821,563,627.82 2,129,378,252.50 32.51% compensation for land acquisition in the current period Non-current assets due within one Extension of non-current assets due 25,707,051.04 808,893,013.06 -96.82% year within one year upon maturity Providing loan for Terminal Link SAS Long-term receivables 4,132,143,210.81 1,098,831,799.90 276.05% (hereinafter referred to as “TL”) in the current period Changes in fair value and new Other non-current financial assets 3,762,812,016.75 2,385,363,537.39 57.75% investments in the current period Dividends payable, which will be paid Other payables 3,539,052,507.96 2,223,754,677.96 59.15% at the end of the year as a usual practice of the Company and its subsidiaries Non-current liabilities due within Repayment of debt due within one year 3,026,870,677.93 6,104,339,856.79 -50.41% one year in the current period New issue of super short-term Other current liabilities 3,198,796,967.04 885,956,581.63 261.06% commercial paper Change Income statement items Q1-Q3 2020 Q1-Q3 2019 Explanation of changes (%) Net effect of a decrease in the interest Financial expenses 1,140,668,376.13 1,512,661,989.99 -24.59% rate and of exchange gains on exchange rate fluctuations Changes in the fair value of financial Gains from changes in fair value -488,315,935.84 278,440,925.78 -275.38% assets in the current period Compensation income from the transfer of land in Qianhai in the same period of Gains on disposal of assets 693,724,248.54 4,171,684,760.29 -83.37% last year, with no comparable income in the current period 7 China Merchants Port Group Co., Ltd. The Report for the Third Quarter of 2020 Income tax on the compensation income from the transfer of land in Qianhai in Income tax expenses 611,495,691.87 2,167,283,540.59 -71.79% the same period of last year, with no comparable income tax in the current period Change Cash flow statement items Q1-Q3 2020 Q1-Q3 2019 Explanation of changes (%) Compensation income from the transfer Net cash received from disposal of of land in Qianhai in the same period of fixed assets, intangible assets and 373,091,292.57 6,135,808,673.12 -93.92% last year, with no comparable income in other long-term assets the current period Recovered principals of structured deposits decreased year-on-year, and the Cash received relating to other same period of last year saw the recovery 978,146,461.61 4,062,782,125.98 -75.92% investing activities of a shareholder loan, with no comparable recovery of loan in the current period Subscription for MCB issued by TL and Cash paid to acquire investments 10,944,362,282.33 7,828,684,852.29 39.80% investment in Northeast Asia Development and Investment Co., Ltd. Cash paid relating to other Payment of loan to TL in the current 3,011,289,010.12 1,303,951,129.78 130.94% investing activities period Increase in short-term borrowings Cash received from borrowings 23,726,548,723.25 12,838,230,272.62 84.81% received in the current period Increase in repayments of mature Repayments of borrowings 17,803,978,213.32 11,791,203,049.88 50.99% borrowings in the current period Cash paid relating to other Payment for the acquisition of a 10% 757,948,189.24 281,985,995.17 168.79% financing activities interest in TCP in the current period II Progress, Influence and Solutions in respect of Significant Events √ Applicable □ Not applicable 1. Index to Information Disclosure In the Reporting Period, the Company disclosed the following significant events: 8 China Merchants Port Group Co., Ltd. The Report for the Third Quarter of 2020 Announcement No. Date Title No. 1 2020-057 9 July 2020 Announcement on Implementation of Dividend Assignation of 2019 2 2020-058 11 July 2020 Announcement on Semi-annual Performance Estimation of 2020 3 2020-059 11 July 2020 Announcement on Voluntary Disclosure of the Business Volume Data of June 2020 4 2020-060 28 July 2020 Reminder of Issuance of Support Letter to Antong Holdings Co., Ltd. 5 2020-061 15 August 2020 Announcement on Voluntary Disclosure of the Business Volume Data of July 2020 6 2020-062 15 August 2020 Announcement on Increase in Information Disclosure Media 7 2020-063 29 August 2020 Announcement on the Resolutions of the 2nd Meeting of the 10th Board of Directors 8 2020-064 29 August 2020 Announcement on the Resolutions of the 2nd Meeting of the 10th Supervisory Committee 2020-065 29 August 2020 Abstract of Interim Report of 2020 9 2020-065 29 August 2020 Abstract of Interim Report of 2020 (English version) 10 2020-066 29 August 2020 Special Report of the Deposit and Use of Semi-annual Raised Funds in 2020 11 2020-067 29 August 2020 Announcement on Issuing the Interim Results of Controlled Subsidiaries in 2020 12 2020-068 29 August 2020 Announcement on Convening Online Communication Meeting of Investors for Semi-annual Performance of 2020 13 2020-069 15 September 2020 Announcement on Voluntary Disclosure of the Business Volume Data of August 2020 14 2020-070 26 September 2020 Announcement on Adjustment of Guarantee Line among Subsidiaries Progress of any share repurchase: □ Applicable √ Not applicable Progress of any reduction of the repurchased shares through centralized bidding: □ Applicable √ Not applicable III Commitme nts that the Company’s Actual Controller, Shareholders, Related Parties, Acquirers, the Company Itself or Other Relevant Parties, Failed to Fulfill on Time during the Reporting Period □ Applicable √ Not applicable No such cases in the Reporting Period. 9 China Merchants Port Group Co., Ltd. The Report for the Third Quarter of 2020 IV Financial Investments 1. Securities Investments √ Applicable □ Not applicable Unit: RMB Cu mul Gain/loss ative Account on fair fair Sold in Gain/los Variety Code Purchased Name of Initial ing Beginning value value the s in the Ending Capital of of in the Account securitie investment measure carrying changes change Reporti Reporti carrying resourc securitie securi Reporting ing title s cost ment value in the s ng ng value es s ties Period method Reportin recorde Period Period g Period d into equity Trading Ningbo 2,057,581,70 Fair value 1,548,914, -39,005,4 1,465,398,6 53,304, 2,946,245, Self-ow Stock 601018 - - financia Port 6.69 method 671.20 01.15 11.55 320.49 980.67 ned l assets Trading Qingdao 124,405,138. Fair value 204,263,9 -38,291,8 8,145,3 163,101,0 Self-ow Stock 6198 - - - financia Port 80 method 17.11 71.63 87.45 87.02 ned l assets Trading Qingdao 331,404,250. Fair value 616,000,0 21,280,0 22,433, 637,280,0 Self-ow Stock 601298 - - - financia Port 30 method 00.00 00.00 600.00 00.00 ned l assets Other investm Jiangsu Fair value 11,220,00 -114,90 460,00 11,066,80 ents in Self-ow Stock 600377 Exp ress 1,120,000.00 - - - method 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 equity ned way instrum ents Other investm Petroche Fair value 382,200.0 382,200.0 ents in Self-ow Stock 400032 mical 3,500,000.00 - - - - - method 0 0 equity ned A1 instrum ents Other investm Guang Fair value ents in Self-ow Stock 400009 27,500.00 17,000.00 - - - - 17,000.00 Jian 1 method equity ned instrum ents 2,518,038,5 -- 2,380,797, -56,017,2 -114,90 1,465,398,6 0.00 84,343, 3,758,093, Total -- -- 95.79 788.31 72.78 0.00 11.55 307.94 067.69 2. Investments in Derivative Financial Instrume nts □ Applicable √ Not applicable No such cases in the Reporting Period. 10 China Merchants Port Group Co., Ltd. The Report for the Third Quarter of 2020 V Progress of Projects Financed with Raised Funds √ Applicable □ Not applicable 1. Funds Raised through Private Placement of Shares Pursuant to the Reply of China Securities Regulatory Commission on the Approval of Shenzhen Chiwan Wharf Holdings Limited Offering Shares to China Merchants Investment Development Company Limited for Asset Acquisition and Raising the Matching Funds (ZJXK [2018] No. 1750) dated 31 October 2018, the Company issued, in a private placement, a total of 128,952,746 shares of RMB-denominated ordinary shares (A-shares) to two entities including China-Africa Development Fund at RMB17.16/share, raising a total of RMB2,212,829,121.36 (with the net amount after deducting issuance costs being RMB2,185,997,340.15). Following the arrival of the aforesaid funds, BDO China Shu Lun Pan Certified Public Accountants LLP issued a Capital Verification Report (XKSBZ [2019] No. ZI10673). As of 30 September 2020, a total of RMB1,167,720,741.26 of raised funds have been used, including: (1) RMB582,722,414.48 as the replacement for the self-financings that had been in advance input into project to be financed by raised funds; (2) RMB558,166,545.57 (after the arrival of the raised funds) for the Haixing Harbor Renovation Project (Phase II), with RMB324,533,139.29 in 2019 and RMB233,633,406.28 in Q1-Q3 2020; and (3) RMB26,831,781.21 as issuance costs. As of 30 September 2020, the interest income in the account of raised funds during Q1-Q3 2020 minus service charges stood at RMB928,902.57. And the income from structured deposits during Q1-Q3 2020 stood at RMB24,059,315.07. Therefore, as of 30 September 2020, the balance in the account of raised funds amounted to RMB1,071,194,838.63. The use and balance of the raised funds are as follows: 11 China Merchants Port Group Co., Ltd. The Report for the Third Quarter of 2020 Unit: RMB Item Amount Opening balance of raised funds (31 December 2019) 1,279,840,027.27 Less: raised funds that were directly used for project to be 233,633,406.28 financed by raised funds Add: Income from structured deposits in Q1-Q3 2020 24,059,315.07 Net interest income from raised funds in Q1-Q3 2020 928,902.57 Closing balance of raised funds (30 September 2020) 1,071,194,838.63 2. Funds Raised through Corporate Bonds On 7 July 2020, the Company issued RMB 2 billion of corporate bonds at the Shenzhen Stock Exchange, with a coupon rate of 3.36% and a term of three years. The funds raised would be used to acquire 1,606,855,919 ordinary shares in Zhanjiang Port (Group) Co., Ltd. (accounting for 27.3544% of Zhanjiang Port’s total issued shares) from the issuer’s wholly-owned subsidiary Chiwan Wharf Holdings (Hong Kong) Limited. As of 30 September 2020, the handover of the said equity interests has been completed. VI 2020 Annual Operating Performance Forecast Warning of a forecast loss on or a forecast significant year-on-year change in the 2020 annual net profit, as well as their explanation. □ Applicable √ Not applicable VII Significant Contracts Arising from the Company’s Ordinary Course of Business □ Applicable √ Not applicable VIII Cash Entrusted for Wealth Manage ment □ Applicable √ Not applicable No such cases in the Reporting Period. 12 China Merchants Port Group Co., Ltd. The Report for the Third Quarter of 2020 IX Irregularities in the Provision of Guarantees □ Applicable √ Not applicable No such cases in the Reporting Period. X Occupation of the Company’s Capital by the Controlling Shareholder or any of Its Related Parties for Non-Operating Purposes □ Applicable √ Not applicable No such cases in the Reporting Period. XI Communications with the Investment Community such as Researches, Inquiries and Interviews Received during the Reporting Period √ Applicable □ Not applicable Type of Index to basic Way of Date Place communic Communication party information of communication ation party researches China One-on-one Haitong Securities, Golden Eagle 9 July 2020 Merchants Institution meeting Fund Port Building Changjiang Securities, Huaxi Securities, Haitong Securities, China Zheshang Securities, Huarong Basic business 31 August 2020 Merchants Teleconferencing Institution Securities, Golden Eagle Fund, condition, Port Building Baoying Fund, Lion Fund, Zeyuan investments and the Capital, Xianhu Investment, financial condition of Shanyuan Fund, Guanghuiyuan the Company; 10 September Strategic Meeting Materials provided: Shanghai Institution Changjiang Securities 2020 of Brokers None; China Index: SZSE EasyIR 22 September Ping An Insurance Asset Merchants By phone Institution (http://irm.cninfo.co 2020 Management Port Building m.cn/ircs/index) By phone, or 1 July 2020 to China written inquiry 30 September Merchants (the EasyIR Individual - 2020 Port Building platform of SZSE or email) Times of communications 24 13 China Merchants Port Group Co., Ltd. The Report for the Third Quarter of 2020 Number of institutions communicated with 16 Number of individuals communicated with 20 Number of other communication parties 0 Tip-offs or leakages of substantial confidential information during the communications No XII Progress Made on Internal Control The focuses of risk control for Q3 2020 are as follows: 1. Establishme nt and Evaluation of Internal Control System (1) Establishme nt of internal control system In Q3 2020, the Company issued six related systems including the Regulations for Marketing and Business of China Merchants Port Group Co., Ltd. (Interim) and Provisions on Establishment and Management of Rules and Regulations of China Merchants Port Group Co., Ltd., which helped to improve its management level control, organized the Company and its subsidiaries to attend the risk management and internal control training so as to enhance their practical ability for risk control and continuously promoted the Company to perfect and optimize twenty business control flows. (2) Launching circular carding of manage ment for three core businesses The Company further deepened the integration of internal control and business and strengthened the internal control capacity. In Q3 2020, all units had completed the revision of systems regarding three core businesses (procurement management, investment management and sales management) and planned to accomplish the carding and perfecting of related business process manuals before the end of the year. (3) Carrying out the establishment and evaluation of internal control system on a regular basis In Q3 2020, all units conducted system carding and self-evaluation by sampling regarding internal control pursuant to the annual internal control system establishment and evaluation work program. 14 China Merchants Port Group Co., Ltd. The Report for the Third Quarter of 2020 The Company’s work group of risk control reexamined all units’ working papers regar ding internal control and reported problems in risk control so as to continuously promote all units’ internal control system establishment and evaluation more regulated. During Q3 2020, the Company and its subsidiaries completed the amendments to 86 systems, increased 51 systems and found 47 defects of internal control among which 40 have been rectified. For the defects not rectified, the rectification plan has been formulated. (4) Conducting the supervision of internal control system as planne d The Company worked out the “Three-year Coverage” work plan for supervising and inspecting internal control systems for 22 subsidiaries incorporated into the Company’s internal control system and intended to conduct the supervision and inspection of five units of the m in 2020. In the first half of the year, the Company had accomplished the supervision and inspection of Shunde, SCCT, Haixing and Zhanjiang Port Project, given the defect lists of internal control evaluation, specified the rectification responsibility assignment in accordance with the defect lists and tracked the rectification progress on a quarterly basis. 2. Risk Management (1) Major risks for 2020 were monitored In 2020, we combined the top ten risk matters and annual emphasis of the Company together, clarified the division of responsibility of each unit for risk prevention and control, tracked and reported the implementation and control effects on a quarterly basis. The Company completed the evaluation of its top ten major risks of 2021, formulated corresponding response plans, and organized all units to complete the evaluation of and response to special risks for five types (liquidity/product design/bulk business/IT/foreign-related). Currently, the Company is working out the emergency plans. (2) Continuously following up the risk prevention and control brought by COVID-19 epidemic and Sino-US trade 15 China Merchants Port Group Co., Ltd. The Report for the Third Quarter of 2020 In the post-epidemic era, the global trade pattern is accelerating its differentiation. Sino-US trade frictions have brought changes in the shipping line structure, the volume structure of businesses including container and bulk cargo and supply-demand imbalance in various trade regions. The Company’s work group of epidemic prevention and control kept an eye on the impact of the epidemic and set up relevant emergency plans. In addition, the Company monitored the compliance risks from sanctions by US, timely grasped the risk exposure of emergencies, formulated response plans in advance, and took necessary preventive measures. (3) Continuously improving the establishme nt of systems regarding customer credit ratings and early warning of accounts receivable risks During the Reporting Period, the project of customer credit rating system development entered the final stage of sprinting. The trial implementation and optimization of functions of the customer credit rating system were conducted simultaneously. In accordance with the guidelines for customer credit rating work, the first online credit rating for customers was fully launched to effectively improve the capacity to identify the credit risks of customers. (4) Specifically promoting the quantitative management of overseas risks During the Reporting Period, the Company accomplished the overall plan design for the quantitative management for overseas risks in which the Company set up the early warning indicators and thresholds for specific overseas risks, selected top 10 major overseas risks of the Company and matched them with appropriate indicators. Furthermore, the Company optimized the quantitative scoring template for risk indicators and data indexes (increasing the evaluation indicator from the dimension of the Company) and continuously followed up the countermeasures of indexes for preventing and controlling overseas risks. XIII Deposits in and Loans Provided by a Finance Company The Proposal on Signing Financial Service Agreement with Sinotrans & CSC Finance Co., Ltd. was reviewed and approved on the 2nd Meeting of the 9th Board of Directors held by the Company on 23 16 China Merchants Port Group Co., Ltd. The Report for the Third Quarter of 2020 August 2017, in which, the Company was agreed to signed the Financial Service Agreement with Sinotrans & CSC Finance Co., Ltd. (renamed China Merchants Group Finance Co., Ltd. from August 2017) with the period of three years. The Proposal on Adjusting Limit of Deposits and Loans and Signing S upplementary Agreement to Financial Service Agreement with China Merchants Group Finance Co., Ltd and the Related-party Transactions was reviewed and approved on the 5 th Meeting of the 9th Board of Directors held by the Company on 28 March 2019, in which, the Company was agreed to signed Supplementary Agreement to Financial Service Agreement with China Merchants Group Finance Co., Ltd. The Proposal on Adjusting Limit of Deposits and Loans and Signing Supplementary Agreement II to Financial Service Agreement with China Merchants Group Finance Co., Ltd and the Related-party Transactions was reviewed and approved on the 4 th Extraordinary General Meeting of 2019 held by the Company on 11 December 2019, in which, the Company was agreed to signed Supplementary Agreement II to Financial Service Agreement with China Merchants Group Finance Co., Ltd. At the end of the Reporting Period, deposits in and loans provided by China Merchants Group Finance Co., Ltd. were as follows: Unit: RMB’0,000 Item 31 December 2019 Q1-Q3 Increase Q1-Q3 Decrease Closing balance I. Deposits in China Merchants Group Finance Co., 89,006.52 496,106.36 485,087.75 100,025.13 Ltd. II. Loans provided by China Merchants Group Finance 121,756.34 91,103.95 122,407.94 90,452.35 Co., Ltd. The Board of Directors China Merchants Port Group Co., Ltd 31 October 2020 17