On 17 September 2021, the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council (“SASAC”) and the Tibet Autonomous Region (“TAR”) held the "Central Enterprises Aid Tibet Work Conference and State-owned Central Enterprises Helping Tibet’s High-quality Development Conference" in Lhasa in order to conscientiously implement General Secretary Xi Jinping’s important instructions on Tibet work and the Party’s strategy for governing Tibet in the new era, display the achievements of central enterprises’ aid to Tibet, and unveil a new chapter of Tibet’s development. Wang Xiangming, Chairman of China Resources Group (“CR”), attended the conference.

On 10 September 2021, the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council (“SASAC”), Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (“XUAR”), and Xinjiang Production and Construction (“XPCC”) Corps jointly organized a special event in Urumqi for State-owned Central Enterprises to facilitate Xinjiang’s high-quality development as part of the efforts to effectively implement the spirit of the Third Central Xinjiang Work Forum and the Eighth National Meeting on Pairing-Assistance to Xinjiang , as well as to completely adhere to the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping’s key instructions on Xinjiang and the Party’s strategy for governing Xinjiang in the new era, and to orchestrate the effort of State-owned Central Enterprises in support of Xinjiang in the new era.

On 20 August 2021, China Resources Land (“CR Land”; 01109.HK) was selected as a constituent stock of the Hang Seng Corporate Sustainability Index (“HSSUS”), according to the results of the review of the Hang Seng Index series as of June 30, 2021 announced by Hang Seng Indexes Co., Ltd. (“Hang Seng Indexes”). CR Land ranks among the top 30 in the sustainability category with its outstanding performance in sustainability practices that enables the company to be selected as HSSUS’ constituent member again after its inclusion in 2018 and 2019. At the same time, CR Land has been selected as a constituent stock of the Hang Seng ESG50 Index (“HSESG50”) for the second consecutive year and a constituent stock of the Hang Seng Sustainability Benchmark Index (“HSSUSB”) for the fourth consecutive year.

The ground-breaking ceremony for new construction projects commencing in the third quarter of 2021 and Snow Beer Headquarters Base was held onsite in Xin'an Street, Bao'an District, Shenzhen, on 4 August morning. Wang Xiangming, Chairman of China Resources Group (“CR”), Yu Gang, Vice Mayor of Shenzhen Municipal, and Wang Lide, Deputy Secretary of the Baoan District Party Committee and District mayor, officiated at the event to mark the commencement of construction at the Snow Beer Headquarters Base.

On 2 August 2021, Fortune magazine released the latest Fortune Global 500 list in which China Resources Group (“CR”) ranked 69th with a turnover of US$99.438 billion, jumping by 10 places from the last year. China Resources Land (“CR Land”) is enlisted for the first time, ranking 470th with a turnover of US$26.027 billion.

China Resources Group made an emergency donation of RMB 20 million to the Henan Charity Federation to help with flood prevention and post-disaster reconstruction in Henan Province on 22 July afternoon.

The latest rainstorms in Zhengzhou, Jiaozuo and Xinxiang, Henan Province, caused unprecedently severe floods, in particular Zhengzhou. The precipitation has recorded a new high in China, posing a tremendous threat to the safety of local people's lives and property. China Resources Group's (“CR”) enterprises in Henan timely initiated emergency response and actively organized rescue and disaster relief work.

Recently, the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council (“SASAC”) announced a list of benchmarking enterprises, benchmarking projects, and benchmarking models ("three benchmarks") for the management of key state-owned enterprises. Five benchmarks of China Resources Group (“CR”) were selected. Among them, CR Power, CR Gas, and CR Sanjiu were selected as benchmarking enterprises; its "5C value-based financial management system" was selected as the benchmark project; its "World-class strategic-oriented management model" was selected as the benchmark model.

On 29 June, CR’s CSR Report 2020 was published online. For the second year in a row, the report was rated as “Five-Star Best” by the Chinese Expert Committee on CSR Report Rating, and it continued to achieve five-star ratings in the 7 rating dimensions of process, materiality, completeness, balance, comparability, readability, and innovation.

On 22 June, the "2021 (18th) World Brand Conference and 2021 (18th) China’s 500 Most Valuable Brands Conference" hosted by World Brand Lab was held in Beijing. China Resources Group (“CR”) ranked 10th in China's 500 Most Valuable Brands with a brand value of RMB355.96 billion as announced in the conference.