Adama Ltd
Performance Evaluation for the Auditor of the Company
and the Supervisory Responsibilities by the Audit Committee
for the Year of 2025
The Company has engaged KPMG Huazhen Certified Public Accountants LLP (hereinafter referred
to as “KPMG Huazhen” or the “Auditor”) as the auditor for the Company's 2025 financial statements
and internal control. In accordance with the Company Law of the People’s Republic of China the
Securities Law of the People’s Republic of China the Code of Corporate Governance for Listed
Companies the Measures for the Administration of the Engagement of Accounting Firms by State-
owned Enterprises and Listed Companies (Cai Kuai [2023] No. 4) the Self-regulatory Guidelines for
Listed Companies of the Shenzhen Stock Exchange No. 1 – Standardized Operation and the Articles
of Association of the Company the Board of Directors and the Audit Committee have evaluated the
performance of KPMG Huazhen in the course of the audit of the Company’s 2025 annual report.Upon evaluation the Board of Directors is of the view that KPMG Huazhen is compliant and
effective in terms of qualifications and that its internal quality control system can ensure that it
maintains independence exercises due diligence and issues reports appropriate to the specific
circumstances so as to express its opinions fairly in the course of performing its duties. The Audit
Committee of the Board of Directors adhering to the principle of due diligence has faithfully
performed its duties and conscientiously fulfilled its supervisory responsibilities. The specific details
are as follows.I. Basic information of the 2025 annual auditor
1. Qualifications
KPMG Huazhen was established on 18 August 1992 in Beijing. On 5 July 2012 it was approved by
the Ministry of Finance and other authorities to convert its business property into a limited liability
partnership. The business license was obtained on 10 July 2012 and the partnership business officially
started on 1 August 2012.The headquarter office of KPMG Huazhen is located in Beijing with registered address at 8th floor
East Building 2 Oriental Plaza No.1 East Chang'an Avenue Dongcheng District Beijing.The chief partner of KPMG Huazhen is Mr. Zou Jun who is of Chinese nationality and holds the
qualification of a Chinese Certified Public Accountant.As of the end of 2025 KPMG Huazhen had 247 partners and 1412 CPAs among whom more than
330 CPAs have signed audit report for securities services business.
The total revenue from audit business of KPMG Huazhen in 2024 exceeded RMB 4.1 billion of
which revenue from the audit business exceeded RMB 4 billion (including revenue from domestic
statutory securities service exceeding RMB 900 million revenue from other securities services of
approximately RMB 1 billion with the total revenue from securities service exceeding RMB 1.9
billion).KPMG Huazhen provided 2024 annual audit services to 127 listed companies with a total audit
service fee of RMB 682 million. The main industries of the listed companies that KPMG Huazhen
served are manufacturing finance transportation warehousing storage and postal
telecommunication software and information technology real estate electricity heat gas and water
production and supply mining wholesale and retail agriculture forestry animal husbandry fisheries
accommodation and catering scientific research and technology services health and social workwater conservancy environmental and public facility management cultural sports and entertainment
as well as leasing and business services industries. Among the listed companies KPMG Huazhen
served for the 2024 annual audit there are 59 listed companies in the same industry as the Company.
2. Engagement Record
(1) Basic Information
Engagement partner Ms. Wang Jia obtained her Chinese certified public accountant qualification in
2008. She has been practicing with KPMG Huazhen since 2004 and has been engaged in audits of
listed companies since 2004. She has been providing audit services to the Company since 2025. Ms.Wang has not signed or reviewed any audit reports of listed companies in the past three years.Signing certified public accountant Ms. Wang Shan obtained her Chinese certified public accountant
qualification in 2018. She has been practicing with KPMG Huazhen since 2008 and has been engaged
in audits of listed companies since 2008. She has been providing audit services to the Company since
2025. Ms. Wang has signed or reviewed two audit reports of listed companies in the past three years.
Engagement quality control reviewer Ms. Chen Yuhong obtained her Chinese certified public
accountant qualification in 1994. She has been practicing with KPMG Huazhen since 1992 and has
been engaged in audits of listed companies since 1994. She has been providing audit services to the
Company since 2025. Ms. Chen has signed or reviewed four audit reports of listed companies in the
past three years.
(2) Integrity Record
As presented to the Company by the Auditor none of the above-mentioned engagement partner
signing certified public accountant or engagement quality control reviewer of KPMG Huazhen has
been subject to any criminal penalties administrative penalties administrative regulatory measures
self-regulatory measures or disciplinary sanctions in connection with their professional practice in
the past three years.
(3) Independence
KPMG Huazhen and abovementioned engagement partner signing certified public accountants and
engagement quality control reviewer have maintained their independence in accordance with the
requirements of the Code of Professional Ethics and the independence standards.
3. Quality Control SystemKPMG Huazhen in accordance with the relevant provisions of the “Quality Management Standardfor Accounting Firms No. 5101 – Engagement Quality Control Management” has designed
implemented and operated a quality control system for audit engagements of financial statements
review engagements of financial statements other assurance engagements and other related
engagements with the aim of providing reasonable assurance that:
1) The accounting firm and its personnel fulfill their responsibilities and perform engagements
in accordance with laws regulations and professional standards; and
2) The accounting firm and engagement partners issue engagement reports that are appropriate
in the circumstances.KPMG Huazhen has established corresponding policies and procedures for each component required
under the relevant quality control management standards covering the eight elements including risk
assessment process governance and leadership relevant ethical requirements acceptance andcontinuance of client relationships and engagements engagement performance resources
information and communication and monitoring and remediation. Among these the specific policies
and procedures relating to engagement consultation resolution of differences of opinion engagement
quality control review engagement quality inspection and the identification and rectifications of
quality deficiencies are as follows:
(1) Engagement Consultation
KPMG Huazhen has established policies and procedures for consultation and documentation of
significant matters and complex issues. During the 2025 annual audit the engagement team made
timely consultations with the departments of engagement quality control and professional practice on
the Company’s significant matters and complex issues and resolved the Company’s key and difficult
technical issues within the required timeframe.
(2) Resolution of Differences of Opinion
KPMG Huazhen has established a mechanism for handling and resolving differences of opinion.When differences of opinion arise under various circumstances KPMG Huazhen requires the
engagement team to consult with partners at higher levels in accordance with the firm’s prescribed
procedures in order to seek a solution until a consistent and appropriate solution is reached. A report
may only be issued after the differences of opinion have been properly resolved. During the 2025
annual audit no differences of opinion arose regarding this engagement.
(3) Engagement Quality Control Review
KPMG Huazhen has formulated relevant policies and procedures to carry out engagement quality
control reviews for engagements that are required by standards to undergo such reviews.KPMG Huazhen has also established qualification requirements for the appointment of engagement
quality control reviewers. Where such qualification requirements are met KPMG Huazhen assigns
appropriate engagement quality control reviewers to the relevant engagements taking into account
factors such as the industry experience and time schedule required for the specific engagement.The engagement quality control review must be completed before the date of the audit report.Although the engagement partner bears ultimate responsibility for the audit report and audit matters
the engagement partner may issue the audit report only after all significant issues raised by the
engagement quality control reviewer have been satisfactorily resolved.
(4) Engagement Quality Inspection
KPMG Huazhen has established a dedicated team that conducts project-level monitoring and
supervision activities on a risk-oriented basis in order to identify quality issues and risks perform
root cause analysis and achieve continuous optimisation and improvement. Project-level monitoring
and supervision activities mainly include ongoing monitoring and coaching during the course of
engagements as well as engagement quality inspections of completed projects. KPMG Huazhen
carries out engagement quality inspections annually to assess how engagements have been performed
and to identify opportunities to improve engagement quality. Engagement quality inspections are
performed on audit engagements selected on a risk-oriented basis. Experienced and independent
inspection partners are appointed to oversee the inspection process and consistent criteria are applied
to determine engagement ratings and to evaluate the audit work performed while the same criteria are
used to measure future improvement results. The firm communicates the inspection results internally
and where appropriate takes corresponding improvement measures.
(5) Identification and Rectifications of Quality DeficienciesKPMG Huazhen has established internal monitoring and remediation procedures in accordance with
the requirements of the quality control management standards and has formulated the relevant
policies and procedures.Based on KPMG Huazhen’s annual evaluation of its quality control management system as of 30
September 2025 the firm’s quality control management system can provide reasonable assurance that
the objectives of the system are being achieved.
(6) Work Plan
KPMG Huazhen formulates targeted audit work plans based on the Company’s service needs and
actual circumstances. During the audit process KPMG Huazhen maintained full communication and
reporting with the management and those charged with governance regarding matters such as the
audit scope timetable audit plan key audit areas as well as the evaluation at the completion stage
and the audit opinions. It was also able to deliver results on schedule in accordance with the audit
plan fully meeting the timetable requirements for the disclosure of the Company’s annual report.
(7) Human Resources and Other Resources
During its engagement as the Company’s auditor for 2025 KPMG Huazhen provided a dedicated
audit team whose core members all have many years of experience in auditing listed companies and
hold professional qualifications such as PRC Certified Public Accountant.KPMG Huazhen also provided an experienced team of specialists. Depending on project needs the
engagement team involved experts such as information systems audit experts tax specialists
valuation experts and actuarial experts in this engagement.
(8) Information Safety Management
KPMG Huazhen has established policies and control measures relating to information security
confidentiality personal information and data privacy including privacy impact assessments data
security and privacy training a management mechanism for service providers procedures for
handling data subject enquiries end-to-end data security management data classification and grading
management and emergency response among others. This series of policies complies with the
requirements of professional standards and applicable laws and regulations. During the provision of
audit services KPMG Huazhen implements these control measures in accordance with legal
regulatory and policy requirements and fulfills its obligations in protecting the security of audit
information.KPMG Huazhen’s audit data are stored within Mainland China in accordance with the requirements
of PRC laws and regulations. Unless permitted by the relevant PRC government authorities such
audit data will not be provided to any overseas institution organization or individual.
4. Investor protection
The aggregate limit of indemnity under the professional liability insurance purchased by KPMG
Huazhen together with the accumulated professional risk reserve provision exceeds RMB 200
million which is in compliance with relevant regulations. In the past three years with respect to civil
lawsuits related to its professional practice KPMG Huazhen has borne civil liability in bond-related
civil litigation cases that were concluded during this period. In the final instance judgments KPMG
Huazhen was held liable for compensation at a ratio of 2%–3% (approximately RMB 4.6 million)
and the payment has been fully settled.II. Performance of the 2025 annual auditorOn 2 July 2025 the Company entered into an audit engagement letter for the 2025 annual audit
(hereinafter referred to as the “Audit Engagement Letter”) with KPMG Huazhen. In accordance with
the Audit Engagement Letter and following the China Standards on Auditing and other professional
standards as well as the requirements of the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration
Commission (SASAC) for the Company’s accounting work KPMG Huazhen audited the Company’s
2025 annual financial statements and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as
at 31 December 2025 and issued audit reports. At the same time KPMG Huazhen performed
relevant procedures and issued special reports in respect of the occupation of funds by the controlling
shareholder and other related parties the deposits loans and other financial transactions arising from
related-party transactions with the finance company and the deduction of operating revenue. During
the course of the audit and other relevant work KPMG Huazhen maintained the necessary
communications with those charged with governance and the management of the Company.KPMG Huazhen assigned a dedicated audit team whose core members all have many years of
experience in auditing listed companies and hold the professional qualification of PRC Certified
Public Accountant. In addition KPMG Huazhen drew on the work of the firm’s internal specialists
during the audit including experts in taxation information systems audit valuation and actuarial
science and the firm’s accounting and auditing experts were involved throughout the process to
provide support for the audit work.During the 2025 annual audit KPMG Huazhen fully cooperated with the Company’s annual report
work and fully met the timetable requirements for information disclosure by the Company. KPMG
Huazhen formulated detailed audit plans and timelines for the pre-audit and final audit stages and
communicated effectively with the Audit Committee regarding the audit plan and the status of
completion of the audit fully listening to and taking into account the views of the Audit Committee
and completing all work on schedule. In addition KPMG Huazhen developed detailed
communication and cooperation plans and arrangements with component auditors and implemented
them effectively. When significant accounting auditing or other matters were encountered during the
year’s audit KPMG Huazhen made timely consultations with the relevant responsible persons within
the firm appropriately addressed and resolved the Company’s key and difficult issues and reached
consensus on all significant accounting and auditing matters of the Company with no unresolved
differences of opinion.III. Supervisory Responsibilities by the Audit Committee in 2025
The Audit Committee's supervisory responsibilities over the Auditor are as follows:
1. The Audit Committee has conducted a rigorous review and assessment of KPMG Huazhen’s
professional qualifications technical capabilities integrity independence and quality of practice
and is of the view that KPMG Huazhen is qualified and professionally competent to provide audit
services to the Company and can meet the requirements of the Company’s audit work. On 12
March 2025 at the first meeting of the Audit Committee of the tenth session of the Board ofDirectors the proposal on the “Change of Accounting Firm and Appointment of the Auditor forthe 2025 Financial Statements and Internal Control” (the “Proposal”) was approved agreeing to
appoint KPMG Huazhen as the auditor for the Company’s 2025 financial statements and internal
control and further agreeing to submit the Proposal to the Board of Directors for approval.The specific details regarding the change of accounting firm in 2025 are as follows:
(1) Details of the former auditor and the audit opinion for the previous year
Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Certified Public Accountants LLP (“Deloitte Huayong”) the
Company’s former accounting firm had provided annual audit services to the Company foreight consecutive years and issued a standard unqualified audit opinion on the Company’s
2024 financial statements and on the effectiveness of internal control over the 2024 financial
reporting. The Company did not terminate the engagement of the former auditor after having
engaged it to carry out only part of the audit work.
(2) Reason of change of auditorIn accordance with the relevant provisions of the “Measures for the Administration of theEngagement of Accounting Firms by State-owned Enterprises and Listed Companies (CaiKuai [2023] No. 4)” and given that Deloitte Huayong has provided audit services to the
Company for eight consecutive years the Company has after taking into full consideration of
its actual circumstances and future audit service needs decided to appoint KPMG Huazhen as
the auditor of the Company for 2025.
(3) Communication between the former auditor and the successor auditor
The Company has communicated with both the former and the successor auditor regarding the
change of auditor. Both parties have no objection to this change and have carried out the
necessary communications in accordance with the relevant requirements of China Standard on
Auditing No. 1153 – Communications between Predecessor and Successor Auditors and other
applicable provisions.
2. On 19 September 2025 the members of the Audit Committee received a briefing from KPMG
Huazhen on matters including the audit scope audit risks group audit the use of specialist and
independence in respect of the Company’s 2025 annual audit and held preliminary
communications on the Committee’s areas of concern and the 2025 annual audit.
3. On 18 March 2026 the Audit Committee convened its first meeting of 2026 at which it heard
KPMG Huazhen’s report on the 2025 annual audit its findings and conclusions and considered
and approved among others the proposals on the full text and summary of the 2025 annual report
the 2025 financial statements the 2025 internal control self-assessment report and the 2025
assessment report on the performance of duties by the accounting firm and on the performance of
supervisory responsibilities by the Audit Committee and agreed to submit the foregoing
proposals to the Board of Directors of the Company for approval.IV. Overall Evaluation
The Audit Committee of the Board of Directors has strictly complied with the relevant provisions of
the China Securities Regulatory Commission the Shenzhen Stock Exchange and the Articles of
Association of the Company and has given full play to its role as a specialized committee. It has
reviewed the relevant qualifications and practice capabilities of the accounting firm held full
discussions and communications with the accounting firm during the annual audit and urged the
accounting firm to issue the audit report in a timely accurate objective and impartial manner thereby
effectively fulfilling the Audit Committee’s supervisory responsibilities over the accounting firm.The Audit Committee of the Board of Directors is of the view that in the course of the Company’s
annual audit KPMG Huazhen adhered to an impartial and objective attitude in conducting an
independent audit demonstrated good professional ethics and competence completed the relevant
audit work for the Company’s 2025 annual report on schedule carried out its audit work in a
regulated and orderly manner and issued an audit report that was objective complete clear and
timely.Adama Ltd
Board of DirectorsMarch 26 2026



