The Global Commerical Economic Forum with “Golden Kunpeng” China Financial Value Ranking Awards Ceremony, co-organized by the Global Commercial Newspapers Union and the Hong Kong Commercial Daily, was grandly held at the banquet hall of the Sheraton Hong Kong Hotel in the afternoon on 26 September 2025.

CITIC Telecom International Holdings Limited distinguished itself among the participating enterprises through its prudent business strategy, innovative technological expertise, and outstanding brand management. As a result, the company was honored with the prestigious awards of “Best Listed Company” and “Most Valuable Listed Brand.”

The Global Commercial Economic Forum has been convened for seven consecutive years. The theme for this year’s Forum and the “Golden Kunpeng” China Financial Value Ranking was “Embracing New Opportunities in a Changing World.” This initiative seeks to highlight the emerging driving forces behind China’s economic development and to recognize exemplary benchmark enterprises.  The Forum aims to leverage Hong Kong’s unique strategic advantages to assist Chinese companies in identifying new opportunities for global expansion.

The forum gathered over 300 distinguished participants, comprising government officials from both Mainland China and the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, senior executives from securities firms, representatives of investment institutions, listed companies, and leaders in venture capital.  Among the notable attendees were Mr. Zhang Yihao, Deputy Director of the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council Press Center; Mr. Chan Ho-lim,  Financial Services and the Treasury of the Hong Kong SAR Government; Ms. Lillian Cheong, the Secretary for Innovation, Technology and Industry Bureau of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region; Mr. Lan An, Executive Vice President and Executive Editor of Hong Kong Commercial Daily and Mr. Xu Jianqiang, Co-CEO of CITIC Securities International Company Limited, along with other prominent figures.

“Golden Kunpeng” China Financial Value Ranking aims to select outstanding companies and individuals who lead the industry’s development and reform, and serve as role model in the industry. The six core dimensions of “innovation, corporate governance, value, strategic foresight, growth, social responsibility and sustainable development” are applied as the evaluation criteria. Based on the recommendations of the organizing committee and the sponsoring organization, the shortlisted companies and professional consulting agencies are scored based on two data indicators: objective indicators and subjective indicators. After the initial review of applications, data collection and approval, evaluation by the expert advisory group and the ranking by the organizing committee, the final list of winners of the China Financial Value Ranking was released.

The selection of “Best Listed Companies” is based on a comprehensive evaluation of multiple indicators, including core dimensions such as financial performance, corporate governance, ESG and social responsibility, brand value and market influence. The selection criteria for “Most Valuable Listed Brand” is based on brand influence, market performance, social responsibility and innovative vitality. CITIC Telecom has performed outstandingly in all aspects and ultimately won these two awards, which fully demonstrated the company’s strength and the high recognition from the capital market.

Looking ahead, CITIC Telecom remains committed to advancing its strategy of “Transformation and Development, Reform and Innovation” with a steadfast focus on “International Development and Pursuing Technological Innovation”. The company will concentrate on key business sectors, core technologies, and critical scenarios, strengthen strategic deployment in key areas, deepen integrated cooperation in professional fields, create a digital and intelligent industry ecosystem, further enhance its capabilities in integrated intelligent information services, proactively and prudently explore expanding emerging markets, and strive to become “a leading digital and intelligent telecommunications company in the Asia-Pacific region.”