Wednesday, March 19, 2008

China Telecom Corporation Limited

中国电信股份有限公司

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

(Stock Code: 0728)

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DATE OF BOARD MEETING

The board of directors (the “Board”) of China Telecom Corporation Limited (the “Company”) announces that a meeting of the Board of the Company will be held on Monday, 31 March 2008 to approve, among other matters, the annual results of the Company and its subsidiaries and to consider the payment of the final dividend for the year ended 31 December 2007.

As of the date of this announcement, the Board consists of Mr. Wang Xiaochu as the chairman and chief executive officer, Mr. Leng Rongquan as the president and chief operating officer, Madam Wu Andi as the executive vice president and chief financial officer, Mr. Zhang Jiping, Mr. Zhang Chenshuang, Mr. Li Ping, Mr. Yang Jie, Mr. Sun Kangmin as the executive vice presidents, Mr. Li Jinming as the non-executive director, and Mr. Zhang Youcai, Mr. Lo Hong Sui, Vincent, Mr. Shi Wanpeng, Mr. Xu Erming and Mr. Tse Hau Yin, Aloysius as the independent non-executive directors.

By Order of the Board

China Telecom Corporation Limited

Yung Shun Loy, Jacky

Company Secretary

Beijing, PRC, 17 March 2008

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