09:12 DAQING PECHEM<00362> - Announcement & Resumption (3) Court of Mudanjiang City, Heilongjiang Province, to oversee the liquidation of the PVC Factory by disposing the fixed assets and land use rights of the PVC Factory. The Company confirms that, to the best of the Directors' knowledge, information and belief having made all reasonable enquiry, the Liquidation Committee is a third party independent of the Company and its connected persons. DISCLOSEABLE TRANSACTION As MDGC is an indirectly wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company and each of the assets ratio and the consideration ratio (as defined in the Listing Rules) is 5% or more but less than 25%, the Acquisition constitutes a discloseable transaction for the Company under Chapter 14 of the Listing Rules and the Company will send a circular containing further details regarding the Acquisition as soon as practicable and in accordance with the Listing Rules. SUSPENSION AND RESUMPTION OF TRADINGS Trading in the shares of the Company was suspended from 9:30 a.m. on 17 May 2005. An application has been made by the Company to the Stock Exchange for resumption of trading in its shares with effect from 9:30 a.m. on 18 May 2005. DEFINITIONS "Acquisition" the subsequent acquisition of the fixed assets and land use rights in the PVC Factory from the Liquidation Committee pursuant to the Auction "Announcements" the announcements dated 10 March 2005 and 5 May 2005 issued by the Company relating to the Auction "Auction" the auction of the fixed assets and land use rights of the PVC Factory) on 15 May 2005 in the auction hall of the Auction Agent in Mudanjiang, the PRC "Auction Agent" * (Mudanjiang City Auction House), which was authorised by the Liquidation Committee to handle the auction properties of the PVC Factory in accordance with * (Auction Law of the PRC) "Board" the board of Directors "Company" Daqing Petroleum & Chemical Group Limited, a company incorporated in the Cayman Islands with limited liability and the shares of which are listed on the main board of the Stock Exchange and together with its subsidiaries, the "Group" "Consideration" RMB78.7 millions, being the highest bid offered to the Liquidation Committee at the Auction, excluding the RMB20 millions expected to be paid as development funds to an account designated by the Economic Committee for use in technological improvements and environmental protection in respect of the operations of the assets of the PVC Factory "Directors" the directors of the Company "Economic Committee" * (Mudanjiang City Economic Committee), a committee of the People's Government of Mudanjiang City, Heilongjiang Province, PRC