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NEW CHINA LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY LTD.

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

(Stock Code:1336) ANNOUNCEMENT ON RESIgNATION OF DIRECTOR AND SENIOR MANAgER

New China Life Insurance Company Ltd. (the "Company") announces that Mr. HE Zhiguang has tendered his resignation as an executive director of the fifth session of the board of directors of the Company (the "Board"), a member of the strategy and investment committee of the Board, a member of the risk management committee of the Board, the Chief Operating Officer (President), a member of the executive committee and all the other posts he held with the Company and all the subsidiaries of the Company, by submitting his resignation report to the Board on 31 December
2013 due to personal reasons. Mr. HE Zhiguang confirmed that he had no disagreement with the Board, nor was there any matter relating to his resignation that needs to be brought to the attention of the shareholders of the Company.
The Company would like to take this opportunity to express its sincere gratitude to Mr. HE Zhiguang for his contribution to the Company during his term of office.
The Company will handle the relevant issues in accordance with procedures as set forth in the Articles of Association of New China Life Insurance Company Ltd., the Working Rules of the Executive Committee of New China Life Insurance Company Ltd. and other documents.
By Order of the Board

New China Life Insurance Company Ltd. KANg Dian

Chairman

Beijing, China, 3 January 2014

As at the date of this announcement, the Executive Director of the Company is KANG Dian; the Non-executive Directors are ZHAO Haiying, MENG Xingguo, LIU Xiangdong, WANG Chengran, CHEN Johnny and ZHAO John Huan; and the Independent Non-executive Directors are CAMPBELL Robert David, CHEN Xianping, WANG Yuzhong, ZHANG Hongxin, ZHAO Hua and FONG Chung Mark.

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