Notes to the Report

This report is a genuine representation of China Development Bank’s efforts in implementing the Global Compact and its commitment to sustainable development.

Reporting period From January 1 to December 31 2009, with some contents exceeding the abovementioned period.

Publication cycle This report is an annual publication.

Organizational coverage This report covers China Development Bank Corp’s Head Office, 35 branches, and three representative offices. For convenience of expression, they are referred to as “China Development Bank Corporation”, “China Development Bank”, “CDB”, “this bank” and “we”.

Reporting guidelines The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) Guidelines for Sustainable Development Report 2006 and the supplementary guidelines for financial service sector (www.globalreporting.org); the AA1000 Series of Standards released by AccountAbility, a UK social responsibility research institute (www.accountability21.net); the Opinions on Strengthening Social Responsibilities of Banking Financial Institutions of China Banking Regulatory Commission (CBRC) and the Guidelines for Corporate Social Responsibilities of Chinese Banking Institutions of China Banking Association.

Data used in the report Financial data used in this report came from the financial statements in the Annual Report 2009, and was independently audited by the accounting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers; and Ernst & Young Hua Ming has performed independent assurance on other key performance data.

Report guarantee Ernst and Young Hua Ming has performed assurance on the report in accordance with the AA1000 Assurance Standard (2008) and the International Standards on Assurance Engagements 3000 (ISAE 3000) to ensure its authenticity and reliability, and provided an independent assurance statement.

Access to this report Please visit “www.cdb.com.cn/csr” for the electronic version of this report. In the report, the term”www “indicates that relevant and detailed information is available on the CDB website.

Report contact person Sun Xuchen, Education and Training Department, China Development Bank.