StarMine Announces the Top Analysts of 2006
Ping An Securities Ranks Eighth in
Top 10 Most Award-Winning Brokers for Asia

(Hong Kong, June 13, 2007) – StarMine, the leading provider of objective ratings of securities analysts, has announced its annual awards for top analyst performances around the world. Ping An Securities Company, the subsidiary of Ping An Insurance (Group) Company of China, Ltd. (“Ping An” or the “Group”) (Stock Code: HKEx 2318；SSE601318) was presented with four awards in the analyst awards for Asia and seven awards in the analyst awards for Hong Kong and China. It ranked eighth in the Top Ten Most Award-Winning Brokers for Asia and came in fourth in the Top Ten Most Award-Winning Brokers for Hong Kong and China. It shows the strengths of our professional research.

Among the award-winning brokers of Asia (including Mainland China, Hong Kong, Korea, Malaysia, Singapore and Taiwan), Ping An Securities was ranked first of Industry Winners in Consumer Goods & Services, Health Care and Metals & Mining sectors, giving it the same ranking with J.P. Morgan and CIMB-GK in the Top 10 Most Award-Winning Brokers of 2006 for Asia.

Analysts of Ping An Securities awarded in the analyst awards for Asia

Du, Dong Song            No.1 Stock Picker in Health Care Industry

Zhou, Chong        No.1 Stock Picker in Metals & Mining Industry

Liu, Li Li                    No.1 Stock Picker in Consumer Goods & Services Industry

Chen, Xun                   No.2 Stock Picker in Food, Household & Personal Products Industry

All the Top 10 Most Award-Winning Brokers for Hong Kong and China are leading international financial institutions. Ping An Securities swept seven awards in the analyst awards for Hong Kong and China and came in the first of Industry Winners in Food & Beverages, Financials, Health Care, Materials and Retailing Industries. It ranked fourth among the famous sell-side research institutes headed by Deutsche Bank Securities (13 awards), Credit Suisse (10 awards) and Goldman Sachs (9 awards) in this survey. UBS, CIMB-GK, J.P. Morgan, Merrill Lynch, BNP Paribas, China International Capital Corporation, Daiwa Institute of Research and Morgan Stanley ranked fifth to ninth.

Analysts of Ping An Securities awarded in the analyst awards for Hong Kong and China

Chen, Xun                   No.1 Stock Picker and Earnings Estimators in Food & Beverages Industry

Shao, Zi Qin                No.1 Stock Picker in Financials Industry

Du, Dong Song            No.1 Stock Picker in Health Care Industry

Zhou, Chong        No.1 Stock Picker in Materials Industry

Liang, Xi Min              No.3 Stock Picker in   Consumer Discretionary Industry

Liu, Li Li*                   No.1 Stock Picker in Retailing Industry

Ping An Securities was presented four awards in 2005 for its research in the Financials, Food & Beverages, Health Care and Real Estate & Construction Industries. It demonstrates our professional standards and great success in securities research.

Established in 1995, Ping An Securities Company Ltd. a subsidiary of Ping An Insurance (Group) Company of China, Ltd., offers integrated securities services to customers nationwide. In 2006, it met the criteria specified by the Securities Association of China for securities companies to engage in “innovative” businesses, becoming one of the twenty “innovative” securities firms in China. It was also awarded “2006 Best Small and Medium-Sized Investment Team” and “2006 Best Sponsor”. The research department of Ping An Securities has been well recognized within and outside China. In 2005, it ranked second in the accuracy of its earnings estimates in a survey of top securities houses. In 2006, it ranked second in another survey of top securities firms in terms of the number of analysts awarded. In the same year, its analysts were presented “Best Analyst in Industry” and “Top 10 Analysts” awards.

StarMine is a strategic partner of Thomson Financial, a leading global financial information provider. Beginning in 2001, the company has conducted an annual survey to objectively measure the performance of analysts based on the returns of their buy/sell recommendations and the accuracy of their earnings estimates. StarMine uses the GICS (Global Industry Classification System) for its industry definitions. The results of its surveys will be published in major media in the relevant countries/regions, e.g., Forbes in U.S., The Financial Times in U.K. and The South China Morning Post in Hong Kong.

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Top 10 Most Award-Winning Brokers of 2006 for Asia:

Top 10 Most Award-Winning Brokers of 2006 For Hong Kong and China: