Air China Regulatory News (AIRC)

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AIR CHINA LIMITED

 中國國際航空股份有限公司

（stock code: 753.HK）

ELECTION OF EMPLOYEE REPRESENTATIVE DIRECTOR

The board of directors (the "Board") of Air China Limited (the "Company") hereby announces that, in accordance with the relevant requirements of the Company Law of the People's Republic of China, the articles of association and the rules and procedure of meetings of the board of directors of the Company, the Company recently held the meeting of the second session of the employeerepresentatives, in which the resolution regarding the election of Mr. Xue Yasong (薛亞松) ("Mr. Xue") as the employee representative director of the Company was passed. Mr. Xue's term of office shall take effect from the date of appointment until the date of expiry of term of office of the fifth session of the Board. According to the articles of association of the Company, the employee representative director shall be elected by the meeting of the employee representatives of the Company and is not subject to the shareholders' approval.

The biographical details of Mr. Xue are set out below:

Mr. Xue Yasong, aged 56, is the chairman of the Labour Union of the Company. He is an economist and lecturer who majored in Finance and graduated from the Institute of Financial Science under the Ministry of Finance with a master degree in Economics. From September 1978 to July 1982, Mr. Xue studied in the Department of Mathematics, Henan Normal University. From July 1982 to July 1986, he taught in the Zhumadian Normal School, Henan Province. From August 1986 to August 1991, he taught in the training centre of the Regional Taxation Bureau of Zhumadian, Henan Province. From September 1991 to July 1994, Mr. Xue studied his master course in the Postgraduate Department of the Institute of Financial Science under the Ministry of Finance. He joined Guangdong Yuecai Trust & Investment Co., Ltd. in July 1994 and consecutively served as a project manager of the Investment Department, Manager of Trading Department of Guangdong Property Rights Trading Centre, Assistant to the General Manager of the International Finance Department, Head of the Asset Reorganization Group and Head of Preparatory Group for the Securities Company. He has been a director, Executive Deputy General Manager and Secretary of the Board of Directors of Guangdong

Guanhao High-tech Co., Ltd. since March 1999. He served as the Deputy General Manager of China National Aviation Holding Corporation Limited (the "CNAHC") from November 2004 to August 2009, during which he served concurrently as Chairman of China National Aviation Travel Co., Ltd. from January 2005 to November 2006 and Secretary of the Party Committee of China National Aviation Construction and Development Co., Ltd. under temporary assignment from November 2006 to August 2009. He was elected as the chairman of the Labour Union of CNAHC in August 2009, and served concurrently as the Secretary of the Party Committee of CNAHC from January 2016 to June 2017. He was elected as the chairman of the Labour Union of the Company in October 2016. In December 2017, he served as employee representative director of CNAHC.

Save as disclosed above and as at the date of this announcement, Mr. Xue does not have any relationships with any directors, senior management, substantial or controlling shareholder(s) of the Company, or holds any other positions in the Company or any of its subsidiaries, or any directorships in other listed companies in the last three years.

As at the date of this announcement, Mr. Xue does not have any interest in shares of the Company within the meaning of Part XV of the Securities and Futures Ordinance (Chapter 571 of the Laws of Hong Kong).

Upon due appointment as employee representative director, Mr. Xue will enter into a service contract with the Company for a term commencing from the date of appointment and ending on the expiration of the term of the fifth session of the Board. Mr. Xue will not receive any remuneration for serving as a director of the Company.

Save as disclosed above, the Board is not aware of any other matters in relation to the appointment of Mr. Xue as employee representative director that need to be brought to the attention of the shareholders of the Company nor any information that is required to be disclosed pursuant to Rules 13.51(2)(h) to (v) of the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited.

By Order of the Board

Air China Limited

Zhou Feng Tam Shuit Mui

Joint Company Secretaries

Beijing, the PRC, 3 April 2018

As at the date of this announcement, the directors of the Company are Mr. Cai Jianjiang, Mr. Song Zhiyong, Mr. John Robert Slosar, Mr. Xue Yasong, Mr. Wang Xiaokang*, Mr. Liu Deheng*, Mr. Stanley Hui Honchung* and Mr. Li Dajin*.

* Independent non-executive director of the Company