The Board of Directors of CITIC Securities has continued to drive improvements in the Company's management systems for environmental, social and corporate governance (hereinafter referred to as "ESG") and strengthen its supervision of, and its participation in, the Company's ESG matters, in accordance with the requirements of the Environmental, Social and Governance Reporting Guide issued by the Hong Kong Stock Exchange Limited (hereinafter referred to as "HKEx"). The Board of Directors confirms that this Report includes detailed disclosures of the Company's key progress and achievements in ESG during the reporting period, and undertakes that this Report is free from false information, misleading statements and material omissions. The Board of Directors makes the following statement in relation to its supervision and management of ESG matters: [...] CITIC Securities has established a relatively sound ESG governance structure. The Development Strategy and ESG Committee under the Board of Directors is responsible for ESG management and regularly reviews the Company's ESG policies and strategies, receives briefings on ESG-related work, and implements relevant resolutions of the Board of Directors. It evaluates, prioritises and manages key ESG topics, and monitors how the Company's key ESG targets are set and achieved.