CRRC CORPORATION LIMITED
ACTION PLAN FOR
“ENHANCING QUALITY INCREASING EFFICIENCYAND EMPHASIZING RETURNS”
CRRC Corporation Limited (hereinafter referred to as “CRRC” or the “Company”)has actively responded to the Shanghai Stock Exchange’s initiative on the “EnhancingQuality Increasing Efficiency and Emphasizing Returns” campaign among Shanghai-listed companies by formulating Action Plan for “Enhancing Quality IncreasingEfficiency and Emphasizing Returns” (hereafter referred to as the “Action Plan”) so asto earnestly fulfil its responsibilities of “Improving the Quality of the Company whileEnhancing the Returns and the Sense of Gain for the Investors”. The details are as
follows:I. CREATING AN INDUSTRIAL PATTERN OF “TWO TRACKS AND TWOCLUSTERS” TO ENHANCE THE OPERATIONAL QUALITY
Since its establishment CRRC has focused on its principal responsibilities and
major businesses strengthened strategic leadership deeply grasped opportunities
and actively responded to challenges. It has developed into the world’s leading
diverse rolling stock supplier with advanced technology and received great
attention from leaders of the Party and the state. The series of rolling stock
equipment represented by Chinese standard high-speed MUs of “China Fuxing”
EMUs became the “golden card” of China’s high-end equipment going global. The
Company strived to create an industrial pattern of “Two Tracks and Two Clusters”
for the rail transit equipment business and clean energy equipment business.This will establish a system of graded layout positive interaction and cluster
development expediting the enhancement of system solution capabilities and
solidifying the industrial foundation for high-quality development.
1(1) Mapping out strategies optimising layouts strengthening the
construction of new business models and broadening pathways for high-
quality development
Accelerating the upgrading of the rail transit industry. The Company closely
follows the direction of railway market reform in the country with the goals
of achievement of speed heavy load and digital intelligence to establish
an equipment system that meets the development needs of the modern
railway logistics system. We develop multi-mode cost-effective solutions
for medium-to-low-capacity urban transportation systems and promote the
construction of a family-based vehicle platform. We accelerate the launch
of “integration of vehicles and the electromechanical system on the ground”
and full life cycle service plan based on the digital intelligent and green
electromechanical system in order to enhance our capabilities in providing
urban transportation system solutions.Intensifying the improvement of quality for strategic and emerging
industries. The Company strengthens the top-level design of its new energy
industry layout while deepening its focus on key areas and coordinating the
implementation of industrial base layout plans. We intensify the research on
the technologies and equipment required for new power systems and develop
the system solutions of “power sources networks load and storage.” Also
we continuously strengthen our simulation and testing capabilities in order
to support the continuous improvement of product performance and quality
in strategic emerging industries.Expediting the cultivation of future industries. The Company fully leverages
CRRC’s extensive application scenarios to develop system solutions forthe high-end equipment manufacturing industry integrating “intelligentequipment + intelligent factories + intelligent services” thereby fostering the
development of a digital and intelligent industry that integrates automated
operation lean management green production and intelligent technology.
2(2) Exploring new markets expanding incremented volume strengthening
and developing new models as well as laying a solid foundation for high-
quality development
Precisely focusing on the market of rail transit equipment. The Company
strengthens communication and coordination with key customers and
proactively promotes the implementation of order procurement. Also we
focus on the trends of digitalization intelligence and green development
and the Company will expedite the establishment of a modern logistics
equipment system for railways. Besides we continue to leverage our
advantages in the regional markets of urban rail transit consistently expand
“Product+” and “System+” businesses and speed up the research and
formulation of value creation model samples in order to strive to develop
demonstrative and leading projects.Thoroughly focusing on the market of clean energy equipment. The Company
optimises its strategic cooperation governance mechanism and promotes its
strategic market development and the implementation of key cooperation
projects. We seize opportunities in clean energy development accelerate
the construction of market advantages in wind solar hydrogen and storage
enhance our industry presence and strengthen our industry status. Also we
strengthen our capabilities in improving system solutions while proactively
exploring and promoting the integration of transportation and energy in
order to exert certain demonstrative effects.Deeply focusing on the market of international business. The Company
consolidates and expands its market in those countries along the Belt and
Road Initiative provides its services and supports and follows up the
implementation of various overseas projects. We steer the implementation
and particular monitoring of DLS projects to ensure their smooth progress
and effective market expansion strengthen our management capabilities
and supply chain system construction for DLS projects build up a value-
oriented digital and green DLS 2.0 model and continue to strengthen the
establishment of a team with talents specialized in comprehensive DLS
businesses. Leveraging the layout in our advantageous regions we promote
the synergistic development of our “two-track” strategy for us to “goingglobal”.
3Focusing on nurturing the market of digital and intelligent industry. The
Company promotes the business model featuring “Product +” and “System+” supported by industrial digitalisation and intelligentisation. We establish
an organization and coordination mechanism for the digital and intelligent
industry accelerate the professional integration of internal digital and
intelligent industry resources and build up a synergistic market expansion
system for the digital and intelligent industry.II. ENHANCING TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION AND ACCELERATING
THE DEVELOPMENT OF NEW QUALITY PRODUCTIVE FORCES
The Company has insisted on self-reliance in science and technology vigorously
implemented the innovation-driven development strategy deepened the reform
of the science and innovation system accelerated the construction of sources of
original technologies continued to advance proprietary innovation capabilities to
achieve a major leap from falling behind and catching up to taking the lead.The Company will continue to prioritize technological innovation among all
the other tasks adhered to the innovation-driven development strategy focused
on developing new quality productive forces and empowered high-quality
development through high-level technological self-reliance and self-strengthening.Focusing on the development of new quality productive forces the Company
will reinforce the deep integration of technological innovation and industrial
innovation to build new industries new business forms and new models
expanding new space for development and cultivating new drivers for growth. The
Company will focus on improving the innovation system maintaining a high level
of technological investment coordinating innovation resources and concentrating
efforts on technical research and project breakthroughs. The Company will
optimize the ecosystem for technological innovation adhere to market orientation
leverage “thirst-quenching” policies and continuously improve the efficiency of
technological outputs. We will strive to enhance our innovative capacity focus on
the construction of source of original technologies and increase the investment
in original technology and research on the disruptive frontier common and basic
technologies. The Company will strengthen collaboration with upstream and
downstream of the industrial chain enhance the coordination of scientific research
projects and deepen the modern industrial chain synergy actions for CRRC’s
rail transit equipment and clean energy equipment. We will focus on translating
innovation results into practice accelerating the application of technological
innovation achievements as well as grasping the trend of digitalization green
development intelligence modularization and platformization and accelerating
the application of the results of key projects and creating typical products. We
4will build a high-quality team of talents while adhering to a combination of talent
introduction and independent training and continuously optimising all aspects of
talent selection cultivation management deployment and training in order to
cultivate sufficient talented personnel with a reasonable structure and excellent
qualities. We will strengthen the construction of teams of talents specialized in
clean energy equipment strategic emerging industries and international business
to better support our corporate development.III. STRENGTHENING INVESTOR COMMUNICATION TO ENHANCE
MARKET RECOGNITIONThe Company strictly adheres to the principles of “Truthfulness AccuracyCompleteness Timeliness and Fairness” in the disclosure of information to ensure
that all shareholders have fair and equal access to information and to safeguard the
interests of all shareholders in particular the interests of small and medium-sized
shareholders. The Company sticks to proactive investor relations management and
actively manages multi-dimensional interactions with investors analysts media
regulatory authorities and the public. With innovative models the Company
has diversified the promotion channels and deepened the roadshows and reverse
roadshows to enhance mutual understanding and trust and convey the Company’s value.The Company’s information disclosure and investor relations management have been
widely recognized by the capital market regulatory authorities and professional
organizations.The Company will continue to proactively strengthen multi-dimensional
multilevel and multi-form investor communication and value management to
enable the capital market to fully recognize the Company’s intrinsic value. First
the Company will strengthen the value promotion to continuously enhance recognition
in the capital market. The Company will hold regular performance briefings actively
organize exclusive presentations for investors and analysts on the annual results
hold regular investor teleconferences by arranging for the participation in person of
the Company’s directors and senior management so as to truly and accurately
interpret the Company’s operating results share business achievements and overall
strategy exchange key information on development opportunities and business
planning and respond truthfully to investors’ questions and concerns. The
Company will conduct high-quality performance roadshows visit domestic and
international investment institutions and engage in one-on-one communication with
key investors. The Company will organize reverse roadshows in an innovative way
to further convey the Company’s value and strengthen recognition in the capital
market. Second the Company will refine daily management to solidify the
foundation of investor relations. The Company will organize the compilation and
publication of daily media monitoring information
5weekly capital market reports and public relations event analyses to provide
timely and accurate information support to our directors and senior management.The Company will continue to update investor profiles establish the capital
market analyst database and convey the Company’s operation and management
philosophy and strategic plans through visiting long-term shareholders and
participating in brokers’ strategy conferences so as to enhance investors’ trust and
understanding on the Company. The Company will prioritize daily communication
with investors arrange for dedicated personnel responsible for answering
investors’ phone calls receiving investors’ e-mails paying attention to investors’
questions on the E-interaction platform and responding patiently to questions
raised by investors. The Company will participate in investment education
activities to remind investors to make rational investments.IV. EMPHASIZING INVESTOR RETURNS AND SHARING OPERATIONAL
ACHIEVEMENTS
Since its establishment CRRC has implemented annual cash dividends
distributing a cumulative total of over RMB50 billion (tax inclusive) in cash
dividends to date. The average annual cash dividend distribution ratio exceeded
40% higher than the average level of the A-share capital market. The Company
has increased the cash dividend to all shareholders per 10 shares from RMB1.5
(tax inclusive) to RMB2.1 (tax inclusive) with the annual total cash dividend
amount rising from RMB4.093 billion (tax inclusive) to RMB6.027 billion (tax
inclusive) the proportion of which to the net profit attributable to ordinary
shareholders of the listed company in the consolidated financial statements
increased to 49%.
6The Company will adhere to the Articles of Association and relevant provisionsof the “CRRC Corporation Limited Medium and Long-Term Shareholders’ ReturnPlan” emphasizing investor returns conducting timely research on measures such
as the promotion of interim dividends to enhance the stability and sustainability
of dividend distributions as well as sharing operational achievements with
shareholders. The Company will continuously uphold the philosophy of better
protecting shareholder rights and creating greater value for shareholders. The
Company will scientifically manage its market capitalisation improve its
market capitalisation management system and mechanisms enhance the quality
of information disclosure actively strengthen investor relations and stabilise
investors’expectation on returns. It will earnestly fulfil its primary responsibility
for market capitalisation management and maintain market stability.V. OPTIMIZING CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND ADHERING TO
STANDARDIZED OPERATIONS
Focusing on the development of a modern enterprise system with Chinese
characteristics the Company has improved its corporate governance system
forming a basic system that includes the Articles of Association Rules of
Procedure for Board of Directors Information Disclosure Management Measures
and Investor Relations Management Measures supplemented by specialized
systems such as the Terms of Reference of Special Committees of the Board
of Directors Information Disclosure Implementation Rules and Market
Capitalization Management Measures thereby establishing a corporate governance
mechanism that is legally defined transparent coordinated and effectively
balanced. The Company precisely manages the regulated operations refines
the governance bodies’ authority and responsibility details the list of authority
and responsibility promotes the reciprocity of authority and responsibility and
ensures effective performance of duties; the Company accurately controls the
quality of board proposals establishes a proposal quality control procedure
and for important proposals the Company establishes a joint mechanism with
relevant departments at headquarters to intervene in advance and provide advice
and recommendations on decision-making procedures and information disclosure
compliance.
7The Company will continue to adhere to its compliance-oriented and efficient and
standardized operations and will continue to improve its corporate governance
standards and effectively protect the interests of investors. The Company will
firmly refrain from touching the regulatory red line and comply with the relevant
requirements of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China the State
Council the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of
the State Council (hereinafter referred to as the “SASAC”) and the rules governing
the listing of stocks in the listing places focusing on matters such as related
party transactions major investment and financing projects external guarantees
and other matters. The Company will strictly adhere to the bottom line of
compliance follow rules and exercise the functions and roles of each governance
body especially the board of directors in accordance with the rules powers and
responsibilities. The Company will further improve its mechanism and system
continuously refine its corporate governance system especially in aspects such as
board building information disclosure and market capitalization management and
strengthen the institutional support to ensure that compliance is integrated into
the process and mechanism and that the system is adequately safeguarded and
functioning. The Company will continue to optimize the relationship among the
governance bodies and persistently improve the corporate governance mechanism
that is legally defined transparent coordinated and effectively balanced. The
Company will comprehensively refine the management of the meeting process
focusing on the communication with external directors and optimizing the
efficiency of the operation of the board of directors.VI. STRENGTHENING THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE “KEY MINORITIES”
The Company maintains close communication with its actual controller the
controlling shareholder shareholders holding more than 5% directors and
senior management of the Company and others in order to convey regulatory
requirements in a timely manner. The Company organizes the participation of its
directors and senior management in trainings hosted by the SASAC securities
regulatory authorities and listed company associations to study and understand
important policy documents and meeting spirits of the Central Committee of
the Communist Party of China and the State Council grasp new regulatory
requirements and corporate governance demands and continuously improve policy
comprehension strategic insight risk identification and scientific decision-
making abilities.
8The Company will continue to enhance the sense of the responsibility among the
“Key Minorities” and work together to promote their diligence. The Company
will organize its directors and senior management to participate in work meetings
training courses and other activities organized by regulatory authorities and
professional associations in strict accordance with regulatory requirements and
actual needs enhancing the “Key Minorities” understanding of capital market laws
and regulations and professional business knowledge and continuously improving
self-discipline awareness to promote high-quality development of the listed
company.The Company will continue to evaluate the specific measures of the Action Plan
and fulfil its information disclosure obligations in a timely manner. Investors
should be aware that the forward-looking statements included in the Action Plan
in relation to future plans and development strategies among others do not
constitute any substantive commitment to investors by the Company and investors
shall pay attention to the investment risks.
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