Recently, caixin.com published a news report titled “Guo Wengui’s Overseas Funding Sources and How Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair Is Involved” (written by: Wang Duan, Yang Yanwen, Li Zengxin, An Ning and Yu Ning). The report contained the descriptions that “Guo raised about USD 3 billion from the royal family of Abu Dhabi, with which he established a series of investment platforms including the UAE-China Fund and the UAE-China Capital”. It also mentioned “the UAE-China Fund jointly invested and managed by Mubadala, a state-owned UAE company, CDB Capital Co., Ltd. and the State Administration of Foreign Exchange (SAFE) of China”.

We hereby state that the “UAE-China Joint Investment Cooperation Fund” co-founded by CDB Capital Co., Ltd., Mubadala and SAFE is in no way related to the “UAE-China Fund” established by Guo Wengui as referred to in the said news report.

We hereby issue this statement to clarify the fact.

China Development Bank Capital Co., Ltd.

2017.5.25.