4月29日，中国建设银行股份有限公司发布公告，该行董事会已于2010年第三次会议上，提名任志刚和赵锡军先生为独立非执行董事候选人。

任志刚先生曾担任香港金融管理局首任总裁、香港外汇基金管理局局长，拥有丰富的金融机构监管经验，熟悉金融市场风险控制，在国际金融界享有良好的专业声誉。任志刚先生长期关注国际国内金融市场改革和发展，曾领导香港地区多项重要货币金融政策改革，特别是他在1983年以来协助制定并有效执行了香港的联系汇率制度，保障了香港地区货币金融体系稳定和发展。任志刚先生以其卓越的职业成就先后在市场上获得多项嘉奖，并获香港及海外多所大学颁授荣誉博士和荣誉教授，以及特区政府颁授大紫荆勋章。

赵锡军先生是国内知名学者，熟悉中国银行业改革发展历程和具体的经营管理情况，在资本市场和国际金融市场风险控制方面拥有深厚的理论功底和丰富的实践经验。

建设银行新闻发言人表示，任志刚和赵锡军先生的任职将在股东大会审议批准，并经银监会核准后生效，相信他们的加入，能够进一步提升建设银行董事会的战略决策和风险管理能力。

Joseph Yam and Zhao Xijun to be Appointed

CCB Independent Directors

29 April 2010 -- China Construction Bank Corporation (“CCB”) announced that, at the third Board meeting of 2010, Joseph Yam and Zhao Xijun were nominated to be independent non-executive directors of the bank.

Mr. Yam has served as the chief executive of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority and the director of the Office of the Exchange Fund of Hong Kong. He has extensive financial institution regulatory experience, is familiar with risk control in financial markets and enjoys an excellent professional reputation in the international financial sector. Mr. Yam has long been concerned with the reform and development of the international and domestic financial markets. He has spearheaded a number of important monetary and financial policies and reforms in Hong Kong. In particular, he has helped with the formulation and effective execution of the Hong Kong Dollar Linked Exchange Rate system since 1983, thereby guaranteeing the stability and development of Hong Kong’s monetary and financial system. For the outstanding achievements throughout his career, Mr. Yam has won many awards and has been conferred a number of honorary doctoral degrees and professorships from Hong Kong and overseas universities. He has also been awarded the Grand Bauhinia Medal by the Hong Kong SAR Government.

Mr. Zhao is a well-known scholar in China and is conversant with the reform and development of China’s banking sector and the specifics of its operation and management. He has a solid theoretical foundation and rich practical experience in the risk control of capital markets and the international financial markets.

CCB’s spokesperson says that the appointments of Mr. Yam and Mr. Zhao will be considered and approved by CCB’s shareholders’ general meeting and are subject to the approbation from the China Banking Regulatory Commission. Their joining the Board will surely further enhance CCB’s capabilities in strategy formulation and risk management.