China United Network Communications (Hong Kong) Co., Ltd. (the “Company”) was incorporated in Hong Kong on February 8, 2000, and listed on the New York Stock Exchange and the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on June 21 and 22, 2000, respectively. On June 1, 2001, the Company's shares were officially included in the Hang Seng Index. The company officially merged with China Netcom Group (Hong Kong) Co., Ltd. on October 15, 2008. China Unicom has branches in 31 domestic provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government) and many overseas countries and regions, and has a modern communication network and global customer service system covering the whole country and reaching the world. The company has been selected as one of the “Fortune 500 Companies” for many years, ranked 267th in the 2023 Fortune Global 500, and was selected as “Asia's Most Admired Telecom Company” by “Institutional Investor” (Institutional Investor) for eight consecutive years in 2023. In order to accelerate to become a world-class technology service enterprise with global competitiveness, the company firmly promotes the two main businesses of networked communication, computing and digital intelligence, resolutely carries out the national mission, comprehensively constructs industry-leading intelligent comprehensive digital information infrastructure with breadth, thickness and depth to clear the information artery and build a new digital foundation for economic and social development; grasp the direction of digitalization, networking, and intelligence around the construction of a “network power country and digital China”, and help thousands of services with technology-leading and highly integrated “full coverage, full online, all-cloud, green and one-stop” Baiye “Goes to the Cloud “Empower wisdom with numbers”; resolutely implement innovation-driven development, focus on core technology, focus on key applications, integrate innovation, turn the company into a scientific and technological innovation enterprise, achieve a high level of self-reliance and self-improvement in digital technology, and become an important part of the country's strategic scientific and technological strength. The company strives to be a “new engine” that empowers social and economic transformation, give full play to the advantages of big data and communication network technology, promote the development of the digital economy and the upgrading of information consumption, help the transformation of old and new energy into economic development, effectively enhance the satisfaction and sense of acquisition of information and communication services among users, and allow the whole society to further enjoy the new results brought about by the development of information and communication technology.