On December 19, 2024, the 14th Hong Kong International Finance Forum & China Securities Golden Bauhinia Awards Ceremony, co-hosted by Hong Kong Ta Kung Wen Wei Media Group together with the Hong Kong Chinese Enterprises Association, Chinese Financial Association of Hong Kong, Chinese Securities Association of Hong Kong, and the Hong Kong Chartered Governance Institute, took place at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre. Recognized for its outstanding operational performance and continuous social contributions, China Telecom Corporation Limited was honored with two significant awards: the “Outstanding Contribution Enterprise Award for the 75th Anniversary of the Founding of the People’s Republic of China” and “Best Listed Company in Investment Value” in China Securities Golden Bauhinia Awards.
China Telecom Corporation was voted as “Most Honored Company” once again in the “2024 Asia Pacific (ex-Japan) Executive Team Rankings” by the internationally renowned financial magazine Institutional Investor. This marks the 14th consecutive year the Company has received this prestigious award.
The 2024 rankings were determined by the votes from 4,943 portfolio managers and buy-side analysts, and 951 sell-side analysts. China Telecom stood out as the “Most Honored Company” out of 1,699 companies that received votes. China Telecom also achieved top-three rankings across various categories in the Telecommunications Sector. In addition to being ranked 1st in “Most Honored Company” of Telecommunications Sector, the Company also took the first place in Best Investor Relations and Best Company Board of Directors.
China Telecom ranked 135th by revenue in "Fortune Global 500" for the year 2024. (Fortune August 2024 issue)
China Telecom Corporation Limited was voted by investors and financial analysts and attained the following four awards at the “Asia’s Best Managed Companies Poll 2024” by FinanceAsia, a reputable financial magazine in Asia:
- “Best Investor Relations in China” – Gold Award
- “Best Managed Company in China” – Silver Award
- “Best Telecommunication Services Company” – Sliver Award
- “Best Large-Cap Company in China” – Bronze Award
FinanceAsia’s “Asia’s Best Managed Companies” poll was based on nomination by Asia’s active community of influential investors and financial analysts. The poll evaluates the corporate behaviour and performance of Asian peers over the past 12 months.
China Telecom ranked 164th in "The Forbes Global 2000" for the year 2024, which was based on a composite ranking from four metrics: sales, profit, assets and market value.
China Telecom Corporation Limited was honoured with the following corporate governance grand awards in “Asian Excellence Award 2024” organised by Corporate Governance Asia, a prestigious regional journal on corporate governance, of which Asia’s Best CSR award was attained for 5 consecutive years:
- Asia’s Best CSR
- Best Corporate Communications
- Sustainable Asia Award
- Best Investor Relations Company
“Asian Excellence Awards” recognises corporates’ achievements and excellence in management acumen, financial performance, corporate social responsibility, environmental practices and investor relations. These awards are in the tradition of the high standards set and upheld by Corporate Governance Asia. The accolades are based both on the scores from the data that was submitted by readers and from interviews conducted with investors.
The print and online versions of China Telecom Corporation Limited’s 2022 Annual Report “Go For Smart Future, Grow with China Telecom Cloud” received 20 platinum and gold awards in total in various international competitions this year, which include Galaxy Awards, International ARC Awards, LACP Vision Awards and W³ Awards. Moreover, the online version annual report stood out from a number of award-wining works and snatched a grand award.
China Telecom ranked No.18 of "Top 100 Reports Worldwide" in this year’s LACP Vision Awards by the League of American Communications Professionals LLC (LACP).