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Hanhua Financial Holding Co., Ltd.*

瀚華金控股份有限公司

(A joint stock limited liability company incorporated in the People's Republic of China)

(Stock Code: 3903)

PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO

THE ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION

AND

RULES OF GENERAL MEETING

The board of directors (the "Board") of Hanhua Financial Holding Co., Ltd. (the "Company") hereby announces the proposed amendments to the Company's articles of association and the rules of general meeting.

According to the Reply of the State Council on the Adjustment of the Notice Period of the General Meeting and Other Matters Applicable to the Overseas Listed Companies (Guo Han[2019] No. 97)( 關於調整適用在境外上市公司召開股東大會通知期限等事項規定 的批復》(國函〔201997 號), the requirements on the notice period of the general meeting, shareholders' proposal right and convening procedures for joint stock companies incorporated in China and listed overseas shall be governed by the relevant provisions under the Company Law of the People's Republic of China, instead of the provisions under the Articles 20 to 22 of the Special Provisions of the State Council on Overseas Share Raising and Listing of Joint Stock Companies(國務院關於股份有限公司境外募集股份及上市的 特 別規 定 》). Accordingly, the Company intends to amend the relevant provisions in the Articles of Association as follows:

Before amendment

After amendment

1

Article 2

Article 2

Established through sponsorship, the

Established through sponsorship, the

Company was registered with the

Company was registered with the

Chongqing Administration for Industry

Chongqing Administration for Industry

and Commerce on March 13, 2013 and

and Commerce on March 13, 2013 and

obtained the business license of an

obtained the business license of an

enterprise with legal personality. The

enterprise with legal personality. The

registration number of the Company's

unified social credit code of the

business license is 500000000002364.

Company is 915000007626938433.

2

Article 66

Article 66

When the Company is to hold a

When the Company is to hold a

General Meeting of Shareholders, it

General Meeting of Shareholders, it

shall issue a written notice 45 days

shall inform all Shareholders of the

before the meeting, notifying all the

time and venue of the meeting and

registered shareholders of the issues to

the matters to be considered thereat

be reviewed at, and the date and venue,

20 days before the meeting is held,

of the meeting. Shareholders who

and if it is an Extraordinary General

intend to attend the relevant meeting

Meeting, 15 days before the meeting

shall deliver the written reply on the

is held. If bearer shares are to be

meeting attendance on the Company

issued by the Company, it shall

20 days before the meeting is held.

announce the time and venue of the

When calculating the number of days

meeting and the matters to be

for the issuance of notices of General

considered thereat 30 days before

Meeting of Shareholders, neither the

the meeting is held.

meeting date nor the day the relevant

When calculating the number of

notice is issued shall be included.

days for the issuance of notices of

The issuance date of the notice sent as

General Meeting of Shareholders,

per this article shall be the date on

neither the meeting date nor the day

which the Company or the share

the relevant notice is issued shall be

registry engaged by the Company

included.

delivers the relevant notice to the post

The issuance date of the notice sent

office for posting.

as per this article shall be the date

on which the Company or the share

registry engaged by the Company

delivers the relevant notice to the

post office for posting.

If there are special provisions in the

listing rules of the place where the

company's shares are listed, such

provisions shall prevail.

3

Article 68

Article 68

The Company shall, based on the

This Article shall be deleted in its

written replies received 20 days before

entirety.

the General Meeting of Shareholder is

Article 69 of the original Articles of

held, calculate the number of voting

Association shall change to Article

shares represented by the shareholders

68 and the sequence numbers of the

who intend to attend the meeting If the

remaining Articles shall be revised

number of voting shares represented by

accordingly.

the shareholders intending to attend the

meeting exceeds more than half of the

total number of the Company's voting

shares, the Company may convene the

General Meeting of Shareholders;

otherwise, the Company shall within 5

days notify the shareholders once again

of the issues to be reviewed, and the

date and the venue of the meeting in

the form of public announcement.

After such notification by public

announcement, the Company may

convene the General Meeting

of .Shareholders.

Issues not set out in the notice of

Extraordinary General Meeting of

Shareholders shall not be resolved at

the meeting.

4

Article 70

Article 69

Notice of the General Meeting of

Notice of the General Meeting of

Shareholders shall be delivered to the

Shareholders shall be delivered to the

shareholders (whether or not entitled to

shareholders (whether or not entitled to

vote thereat) by courier or prepaid mail

vote thereat) by courier or prepaid mail

at the recipient's address shown in the

at the recipient's address shown in the

register of shareholder, or given by

register of shareholder, or given by

way of a public announcement

way of a public announcement

(including announcement published on

(including announcement published on

the Company's website) provided that

the Company's website) provided that

the Company has obtained prior

the Company has obtained prior

written consent or implied consent

written consent or implied consent

from the shareholders pursuant to

from the shareholders pursuant to

relevant laws and regulations and the

relevant laws and regulations and the

amended Listing Rules of Hong Kong.

amended Listing Rules of Hong Kong.

For holders of domestic share, the

For holders of domestic share, the

notice of the General Meeting of

notice of the General Meeting of

Shareholders may also be given by

Shareholders may also be given by

public announcement. Such notice

public announcement. Such notice

shall be published in one or more

shall be published in one or more

media designated by the securities

media designated by the securities

regulator of the State Council and on

regulator of the State Council and

the Company's website during the

on the Company's website during

period between 45 and 50 days before

the period between 20 and 25 days

the meeting is held. Once such

before the General Meeting of

announcement is published, all holders

Shareholders is held or during the

of domestic share shall be deemed to

period between 15 and 20 days

have received notice of the General

before the Extraordinary General

Meeting of Shareholders.

Meeting is held. Once such

announcement is published, all holders

of domestic share shall be deemed to

have received notice of the General

Meeting of Shareholders.

5

Article 115

Article 114

When the Company is to hold a class

When the Company is to hold a class

shareholders' meeting, it shall issue a

shareholders' meeting, it shall

written notice 45 days before the

inform all Shareholders of the time

meeting, notifying all the registered

and venue of the meeting and the

shareholders of that class of the

matters to be considered thereat 20

matters to be reviewed at and the date

days before the meeting is held, and

and venue of the meeting.

if it is an Extraordinary General

Shareholders that intend to attend the

Meeting, 15 days before the meeting

meeting shall serve a written reply on

is held.

the meeting attendance on the

If there are special provisions in the

Company 20 days before the meeting

listing rules of the place where the

is held.

company's shares are listed, such

If the number of shares carrying the

provisions shall prevail.

right to vote at the meeting represented

by the shareholders intending to attend

the meeting is more than half of the

total number of shares of that class

carrying the right to vote at the

meeting, the Company may hold the

class shareholders' meeting.

Otherwise, the Company shall, within

five days, inform the shareholders once

again of the matters to be considered at

and the date and place of the meeting

in the form of a public announcement.

After such notification by public

announcement, the Company may hold

the class shareholder's meeting.

Corresponding amendments will be proposed to be made to the Rules of General Meeting. Specific amendments have been set out in the circular of the Company dated 29 November 2019.

The First Extraordinary General Meeting in 2020 of the Company will be held at Conference Room, 7th Floor, Building 2, 11 East Honghu Road, Yubei District, Chongqing, the PRC on Wednesday, 15 January 2020, at 10:00 a.m. to consider and, if thought fit, approve the proposed amendments. Please also refer to the Notice of the First Extraordinary General Meeting in 2020 dated 29 November 2019 for further details.

The Board considers that the proposed amendments are in the interests of the Company and the Shareholders as a whole. Accordingly, the Board recommends you to vote in favor of the resolutions at the First Extraordinary General Meeting in 2020 as set out in the Notice of the First Extraordinary General Meeting in 2020.

By order of the Board

Hanhua Financial Holding Co., Ltd.

Zhang Guoxiang

Chairman of the Board

Beijing, the PRC, 2 December 2019

As at the date of this announcement, the executive directors of the Company are Mr. ZHANG Guoxiang, Mr. WANG Dayong and Mr. CUI Weilan; the non-executive directors of the Company are Mr. TU Jianhua, Ms. LIU Jiaoyang, Ms. LIU Tingrong, Ms. WANG Fangfei, Mr. FENG Yongxiang and Mr. LIU Bolin; and the independent non-executive directors of the Company are Mr. BAI Qinxian, Mr. DENG Zhaoyu, Mr. QIAN Shizheng, Mr. NG Leung Sing

and Mr. YUAN Xiaobin.

* For identification purpose only

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