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.

China Resources Group (“CR”) Chairman Wang Xiangming and the Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (“HKSAR”) Carrie Lam had a video conference on 26 March 2021 to exchange views on the development of Hong Kong as an International Centre for Innovation and Technology and the city’s participation in the national strategy of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (“GBA”). In Shenzhen and Hong Kong respectively, Wang and Lam had successfully reached consensus on establishing a mechanism to strengthen communication and collaboration.

China Resources Group (“CR”) Chairman Wang Xiangming virtually attended the "China Development Forum 2021" from Shenzhen and addressed the forum with a keynote speech on "Release the New Consumption Potential" at the economic summit on 20 March 2021 morning. Themed "China’s New Journey of Modernization", the forum was hosted by the Development Research Center of the State Council in Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing in both online and offline formats during 20-22 March 2021.

The Fourth Session of the 13th National People's Congress (NPC) started in the Great Hall of the People on 5 March 2021. According to the agenda, the meeting will review the motion of the Standing Committee of the NPC (NPCSC) on submitting the "Draft Decision of the National People's Congress on Improving the Electoral System of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region" for deliberation.

China Resources Group (CR) Chairman Wang Xiangming visited the Vice Chairmen of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) Mr Tung Chee Hwa and Mr CY Leung, and Acting Commissioner of the Office of the Special Commissioner of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) Mr Yang Yirui during 25 February-1 March 2021 in Hong Kong.

Chinese Resources (CR) Chairman Wang Xiangming met with Ms Carol Liao, Managing Director and Senior Partner of Boston Consulting Group (BCG) and her team in Shenzhen on 5 February 2021 to exchange views on the collaboration of both organizations and the mindset governing the development of CR during the “14th Five-Year Plan”.