Everbright International Granted Most Honored Company for Fourth Consecutive Year, with CEO Wang Tianyi Awarded Asia's Best CEO for Third Consecutive Year, in 2020 All-Asia Executive Team Rankings

10 August 2020, Hong Kong – China Everbright International Limited ("Everbright International" or "Company") (HKSE: 257) is pleased to announce that Everbright International was recognised as Asia's Most Honored Company for the fourth consecutive year, for its outstanding operating results, stable financial performance, effective corporate governance and a strong sense of social responsibility, according to the results of the 2020 All-Asia Executive Team Rankings that was recently published by Institutional Investor, an internationally renowned finance magazine. Mr. Wang Tianyi, CEO of Everbright International, was awarded the "All-Asia's Best CEO" in the rankings, marking the third consecutive year that Mr. Wang Tianyi has been awarded honors of Asia's best CEO by renowned international organisations. In addition, Mr. Raymond Wong, CFO of the Company, was awarded "All-Asia's Best CFO", in the rankings. The Company also ranked top in several other categories, including "Best IR Team", "Best IR Program", "Best IR Professionals" and "Best ESG".

The Institutional Investor Magazine, established over 50 years ago, has been named one of the most influential financial magazines worldwide. The magazine assesses executive teams across the Asia-Pacific region every year, which leads in terms of its independence, objectivity and professionalism – making it an important benchmark for global investment. The 2020 All-Asia Executive Team Rankings cover nearly 1,500 Asian companies nominated across 18 sectors. The results are determined by votes from over 2,500 portfolio managers, buy-side analysts and sell-side analysts, and are rated on several major areas including accessibility of senior executives, execution of strategy, whether the IR team is well informed and empowered, business and market knowledge, environment, social and governance (ESG) information, as well as timeliness of disclosure.