11:08     CHINA UNICOM<00762> - Announcement (3)                              

                                                    votes were                
                                                    cast in favour            
                                                    of the                    
                                                    resolution,               
                                                    the resolution            
                                                    was duly                  
                                                    passed.                   
    7.              To extend the   10,589,246,533  24,332,316                
                    general         (99.7707%)      (0.2293%)                 
                    mandate                                                   
                    granted to the                                            
                    Directors to                                              
                    issue, allot                                              
                    and deal with                                             
                    shares by the                                             
                    number of                                                 
                    shares                                                    
                    repurchased.                                              
                                                    As more than              
                                                    50% of the                
                                                    votes were                
                                                    cast in favour            
                                                    of the                    
                                                    resolution,               
                                                    the resolution            
                                                    was duly                  
                                                    passed.                   
                                                                              
                                                                              
                                                                              
    As of the date of the AGM, the total number of issued shares              
    entitling the shareholders of the Company to attend and vote at the       
    meeting is 12,569,251,270 shares. There are no restrictions on any        
    shareholders casting votes on any of the resolutions at the AGM.          
                                                                              
    The scrutineer for the vote-taking of the poll of the AGM was the         
    share registrar of the Company, Hong Kong Registrars Limited.             
                                                                              
    Poll Results at the EGM                                                   
                                                                              
    INTRODUCTION                                                              
    Reference is made to the announcement issued by the Company on 24         
    March 2005 and the circular (the `Circular') sent to the Shareholders     
    on 18 April 2005. The Circular sets out detailed information on (i)       
    the terms of the New Agreements, (ii) the caps for each of the            
    financial years ending 31 December 2005 and 2006 on the Capped            
    Continuing Connected Transactions and (iii) the No Caps Continuing        
    Connected Transactions not being subject to Caps, and includes a          
    notice (the `Notice') convening an extraordinary general meeting (the     
    `EGM') held on 12 May 2005 for the purpose of considering and, if         
    thought fit, approving (i) the terms of the New Agreements, (ii) the      
    caps for each of the financial years ending 31 December 2005 and 2006     
    on the Capped Continuing Connected Transactions and (iii) the No Cap      
    Continuing Connected Transactions not being subject to caps.              
                                                                              
    The words and expressions used in this section of the Announcement        
    shall have the same meanings as set out in the Circular.                  
                                                                              
    APPROVAL BY THE INDEPENDENT SHAREHOLDERS                                  
    The Board is pleased to announce that the Independent Shareholders        
    of the Company passed by way of poll at the EGM the ordinary              
    resolutions set out in the Notice. The poll results are as follows:-      
                                                                              
                                                                              
                    Agenda                          No. of Votes              
                                                    (%)                       
    For             Against                                                   
    1.              The transfer    689,626,079     298,798,100               
                    agreement of    (69.7703%)      (30.2297%)                
                    the New CDMA                                              
                    Lease (as                                                 
                    defined in the                                            
                    Circular) be                                              
                    and are hereby                                            
                    generally and                                             
                    unconditionally                                           
                                                                              
                    approved.                                                 
                                                    As more than              
                                                    50% of the                
                                                    votes were                
                                                    cast in favour            
                                                    of the                    
                                                    resolution,               
                                                    the resolution            
                                                    was duly                  
                                                    passed.                   
    2.              The transfer    689,626,079     298,798,100               
                    agreement of    (69.7703%)      (30.2297%)                
                    the New                                                   
                    Comprehensive                                             
                    Services                                                  
                    Agreements (as                                            
                    defined in the