招港B: 2026年一季度报告(英文版)

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China Merchants Port Group Co., Ltd.                                               The Report for the First Quarter of 2026
 Stock Code: 001872/201872             Stock Name: CM Port Group/CM Port Group B            Announcement No. 2026-020
                               CHINA MERCHANTS PORT GROUP CO., LTD.
                             THE REPORT FOR THE FIRST QUARTER OF 2026
         China Merchants Port Group Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as the “Company”)
         and all the members of the Company’s Board of Directors hereby guarantee that the
         contents of this Report are factual, accurate and complete and free of any
         misrepresentations, misleading statements or material omissions.
Important Notes:
guarantee the factuality, accuracy and completeness of the contents of this Report, and shall be jointly and
severally liable for any misrepresentations, misleading statements or material omissions therein.
Liu Shixia, the person-in-charge of the accounting organ hereby guarantee that the financial statements carried in
this Report are factual, accurate and complete.
□Yes √ No
designated by the Company for information disclosure. And all information about the Company shall be subject to
what’s disclosed on the aforesaid media.
This Report has been prepared in both Chinese and English. Should there be any discrepancies or
misunderstandings between the two versions, the Chinese version shall prevail.
I Key Financial Information
(I) Key Accounting Data and Financial Indicators
Indicate by tick mark whether there is any retrospectively restated datum in the table below.
□ Yes √ No
                                             Q1 2026                   Q1 2025                     YoY change
  Total operating income (RMB)             4,407,582,949.96           4,214,355,369.19                           4.58%
  Net profit attributable to
  shareholders of the Company              1,131,939,432.33           1,090,726,175.19                           3.78%
  (RMB)
  Net profit attributable to
  shareholders of the Company              1,090,669,980.44           1,059,858,307.79                           2.91%
  after deducting non-recurring
China Merchants Port Group Co., Ltd.                                                The Report for the First Quarter of 2026
  profit or loss (RMB)
  Net cash inflow from
  operating activities (RMB)
  Basic earnings per share
  (RMB/share)
  Diluted earnings per share
  (RMB/share)
  Weighted average return on
  equity
  Total assets (RMB)                         205,110,704,568.01        205,014,697,494.68                         0.05%
  Equity attributable to
  shareholders of the Company                 65,605,568,538.55         64,365,829,932.20                         1.93%
  (RMB)
The total share capital at the end of the last trading session before the disclosure of this Report:
 Total share capital at the end of the last trading
 session before the disclosure of this Report (share)
Diluted earnings per share based on the latest total share capital above:
 Diluted earnings per share based on the latest total
 share capital above (RMB/share)
(II) Non-recurring profit or loss
                                                                                                                Unit: RMB
                               Item                                       Q1 2026                        Note
 Gains or losses on disposal of non-current assets, including those
 charged off for which provision for impairment of assets has                  3,518,065.17   -
 been made
 Government grants recognised in profit or loss (other than grants
 which are closely related to the Company’s business, in line with
 the national regulations, enjoyed under established standards and
 have a continuous impact on the Company’s profit or loss)
 Gains or losses from changes in fair value of financial assets and
 financial liabilities held by non-financial enterprises other than
 effective hedging operation relating to the Company’s normal                 31,829,623.09   -
 operations, and gains or losses from disposal of financial assets
 and financial liabilities
 Income earned from lending funds to non-financial institutions
 and recognised in profit or loss
 Other non-operating income or expenses other than above                        -163,905.62   -
 Less: Income tax effects                                                     11,482,449.15   -
       Effects of non-controlling interests (after tax)                       32,393,146.78   -
 Total                                                                        41,269,451.89                --
China Merchants Port Group Co., Ltd.                                           The Report for the First Quarter of 2026
Other items that meet the definition of exceptional gain/loss:
□ Applicable √ Not applicable
No such cases.
Explanation of the situation where the non-recurring gains and losses items listed in Interpretative Announcement
No. 1 of Companies Issuing Publicly Traded Securities - Non-Recurring Gains and Losses are classified as
recurring gains and losses items:
□ Applicable √ Not applicable
The Company did not classify any gain or loss item listed in Interpretative Announcement No. 1 of Companies
Issuing Publicly Traded Securities - Non-Recurring Gains and Losses as a recurring gain or loss item.
(III) Changes in Key Financial Statement Line Items and Their Explanation
                                                                                                       Unit: RMB
                                                                                             Explanation of
     Balance sheet items          31 March 2026         31 December 2025    Change
                                                                                                 changes
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  Accounts receivable             2,133,113,071.44       1,297,166,857.70    64.44%     cyclical influence of
                                                                                        payment collection
                                                                                        Mainly due to receipt
  Other receivables                    666,621,068.12    1,012,655,278.64    -34.17%    of dividends from
                                                                                        investees
                                                                                        Mainly due to the
  Other current assets                 274,551,507.83      158,947,975.17    72.73%     increase in prepaid
                                                                                        income tax
                                                                                        Mainly due to the
  Non-current liabilities
  due within one year
                                                                                        due within one year
                                                                                             Explanation of
   Income statement items               Q1 2026             Q1 2025         Change
                                                                                                 changes
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                                                                                        increase in
  Other income                          38,362,454.75       14,993,894.21   155.85%
                                                                                        government grants
                                                                                        received
    Cash flow statement                                                                      Explanation of
                                        Q1 2026             Q1 2025         Change
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  operating activities                                                                  authorities, collected
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 China Merchants Port Group Co., Ltd.                                                       The Report for the First Quarter of 2026
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    Payment for other
    operating activities
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    Proceeds from disposal                                                                           increased redemption
    of investments                                                                                   of structured deposits
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    Payment for acquisition                                                                          increased purchase of
    of investments                                                                                   structured deposits in
                                                                                                     the current period
                                                                                                     Mainly due to the
    Proceeds from                                                                                    decrease in borrowings
    borrowings                                                                                       obtained in the current
                                                                                                     period
 II Use of Raised Funds
 □ Applicable √ Not applicable
 No such cases in the Reporting Period.
 III Shareholder Information
 (I) Numbers of Ordinary Shareholders and Preferred Shareholders with Resumed Voting
 Rights as well as Holdings of Top 10 Shareholders
                                                                                                                         Unit: share
Number of ordinary                                               Number of preferred shareholders with resumed
                                     (17,534 A-shareholders                                                                            0
shareholders at the period-end                                   voting rights at the period-end (if any)
                                   and 9,711 B-shareholders)
                                   Top 10 shareholders (exclusive of shares lent in refinancing)
                                         Nature of    Shareh         Total shares    Restricted       Shares in pledge, marked or
        Name of shareholder
                                        shareholder   olding            held        shares held                  frozen
 China Merchants Port Group Co., Ltd.                                                          The Report for the First Quarter of 2026
                                                        percent
                                                                                                              Status           Shares
                                                          age
China Merchants Port Investment         Overseas
Development Company Limited             legal person
Zhejiang Provincial Seaport
                                        State-owned
Investment & Operation Group Co.,                       23.24%          576,709,537              0    -                                   0
                                        legal person
Ltd.
China Merchants Gangtong                State-owned
Development (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.        legal person
Shenzhen Infrastructure Investment      Fund and
Fund-Shenzhen Infrastructure            wealth
Investment Fund Partnership             management
(Limited Partnership)                   products etc.
                                        State-owned
Broadford Global Limited                                 2.23%           55,314,208              0    -                                   0
                                        legal person
                                        State-owned
China-Africa Development Fund                            0.63%           15,610,368              0    -                                   0
                                        legal person
Hong Kong Securities Clearing           Overseas
Company Ltd.                            legal person
                                        Domestic
Zou Yanmin                              natural          0.32%            7,981,028              0    -                                   0
                                        person
                                        Domestic
Li Runrong                              natural          0.24%            6,017,675              0    -                                   0
                                        person
Monetary Authority of Macao-Own         Overseas
Funds                                   legal person
                                                   Top 10 unrestricted shareholders
                                                                                                                  Shares by type
                  Name of shareholder                             Unrestricted shares held
                                                                                                              Type             Shares
China Merchants Port Investment Development                                                           RMB ordinary
Company Limited                                                                                       share
Zhejiang Provincial Seaport Investment & Operation                                                    RMB ordinary
Group Co., Ltd.                                                                                       share
China Merchants Gangtong Development                                                                  RMB ordinary
(Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.                                                                                  share
Shenzhen Infrastructure Investment Fund-Shenzhen
                                                                                                      RMB ordinary
Infrastructure Investment Fund Partnership (Limited                                     64,850,182                            64,850,182
                                                                                                      share
Partnership)
 China Merchants Port Group Co., Ltd.                                                       The Report for the First Quarter of 2026
                                                                                                  Domestically
Broadford Global Limited                                                             55,314,208   listed overseas         55,314,208
                                                                                                  share
                                                                                                  RMB ordinary
China-Africa Development Fund                                                        15,610,368                           15,610,368
                                                                                                  share
                                                                                                  RMB ordinary
Hong Kong Securities Clearing Company Ltd.                                           14,925,135                           14,925,135
                                                                                                  share
                                                                                                  Domestically
Zou Yanmin                                                                            7,981,028   listed overseas          7,981,028
                                                                                                  share
                                                                                                  RMB ordinary
Li Runrong                                                                            6,017,675                            6,017,675
                                                                                                  share
                                                                                                  RMB ordinary
Monetary Authority of Macao-Own Funds                                                 5,959,759                            5,959,759
                                                                                                  share
                                        Limited held by China Merchants Holdings (Hong Kong) Company Limited, and China
                                        Merchants Port Investment Development Company Limited is the wholly-owned subsidiary of
Related or acting-in-concert parties    Rainbow Reflection Limited.
among the shareholders above            2. Broadford Global Limited is the controlling shareholder of China Merchants Gangtong
                                        Development (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.
                                        The Company does not know whether the other unrestricted shareholders are related parties or
                                        not.
Top 10 shareholders involved in
                                        N/A
securities margin trading (if any)
 shares lending
 □ Applicable √ Not applicable
 Changes in top 10 shareholders and top 10 unrestricted shareholders due to refinancing shares lending/return
 compared with the prior period
 □ Applicable √ Not applicable
 (II) Number of Preferred Shareholders and Shareholdings of Top 10 of Them
 □ Applicable √ Not applicable
 IV Other Significant Events
 □ Applicable √ Not applicable
China Merchants Port Group Co., Ltd.                                        The Report for the First Quarter of 2026
V Quarterly Financial Statements
(I) Financial Statements
Prepared by China Merchants Port Group Co., Ltd.
                                                                                                        Unit: RMB
                      Item                     31 March 2026                          1 January 2026
 Current assets:
   Cash and bank balances                               14,909,569,111.17                      15,374,846,360.79
   Settlement reserve
   Interbank loans granted
   Financial assets held for trading                     7,490,315,001.38                        7,578,824,365.75
   Derivative financial assets
   Bills receivable                                       128,173,785.23                           151,029,884.15
   Accounts receivable                                   2,133,113,071.44                        1,297,166,857.70
   Receivables under financing                             98,086,956.97                           114,680,738.25
   Prepayments                                             99,935,525.19                            82,819,198.95
   Premiums receivable
   Reinsurance receivables
   Receivable reinsurance contract
   reserve
   Other receivables                                      666,621,068.12                         1,012,655,278.64
      Including: Interest receivable
                   Dividends receivable                   222,448,002.38                           576,943,449.36
   Purchased and resold financial assets
   Inventories                                            293,328,363.02                           307,216,425.15
      Including: Data resources
   Contract assets
   Assets held for sale
   Non-current assets due within one year                      539,722.23
   Other current assets                                   274,551,507.83                           158,947,975.17
 Total current assets                                   26,094,234,112.58                      26,078,187,084.55
 Non-current assets:
   Loans and advances to customers
   Investments in debt obligations
   Investments in other debt obligations
China Merchants Port Group Co., Ltd.                                  The Report for the First Quarter of 2026
   Long-term receivables                           3,918,230,599.11                        3,874,516,647.46
   Long-term equity investments                  103,694,237,073.27                     103,073,100,064.87
   Investments in other equity
   instruments
   Other non-current financial assets                 28,768,810.95                           28,768,810.95
   Investment properties                           3,125,685,879.17                        3,157,951,323.78
   Fixed assets                                   29,942,617,568.14                      30,442,884,297.82
   Construction in progress                        3,621,815,548.77                        3,403,583,431.48
   Productive living assets
   Oil and gas assets
   Right-of-use assets                             8,770,384,879.32                        8,965,304,928.17
   Intangible assets                              17,460,004,048.88                      17,643,855,579.95
      Including: Data resources
   Development costs                                  25,164,148.35                           34,234,599.73
      Including: Data resources
   Goodwill                                        6,241,975,686.74                        6,176,416,050.77
   Long-term deferred expenses                      899,657,788.34                           919,719,245.18
   Deferred tax assets                              341,387,221.90                           355,487,521.84
   Other non-current assets                         804,774,837.32                           718,921,542.98
 Total non-current assets                        179,016,470,455.43                     178,936,510,410.13
 Total assets                                    205,110,704,568.01                     205,014,697,494.68
 Current liabilities:
   Short-term borrowings                          18,003,053,865.15                      19,775,820,831.32
   Borrowings from the central bank
   Interbank loans obtained
   Financial liabilities held for trading
   Derivative financial liabilities
   Bills payable
   Accounts payable                                 710,443,348.32                           739,900,492.35
   Advance payments received                          17,668,105.68                           12,191,454.52
   Contract liabilities                             513,421,974.73                           446,822,948.79
   Financial assets sold under repurchase
    agreements
   Customer deposits and interbank
    deposits
   Payables for acting trading of
    securities
   Payables for underwriting of securities
   Employee benefits payable                       1,081,376,555.27                        1,297,834,679.20
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   Taxes payable                                  953,966,958.36                           913,284,472.54
   Other payables                                1,975,755,753.40                        2,034,923,078.95
      Including: Interest payable
                     Dividends payable            135,169,470.79                           135,169,470.79
   Handling charges and commissions
    payable
   Reinsurance payables
   Liabilities held for sale
   Non-current liabilities due within one
    year
   Other current liabilities                     2,171,442,975.42                        2,199,301,417.02
 Total current liabilities                      33,678,108,828.50                      33,462,602,060.02
 Non-current liabilities:
   Insurance contract reserve
   Long-term borrowings                          5,450,380,208.17                        7,439,956,123.50
   Bonds payable                                20,561,021,648.78                      20,709,787,532.29
      Including: Preference shares
                     Perpetual bonds
   Lease liabilities                             1,681,592,370.07                        1,690,860,832.08
   Long-term payables                            3,570,001,374.42                        3,721,605,292.07
   Long-term employee benefits payable            536,919,153.18                           546,386,377.62
   Provisions                                     186,616,455.54                           185,493,182.45
   Deferred income                                911,242,939.13                           923,349,449.41
   Deferred tax liabilities                      4,931,787,202.38                        4,869,165,969.03
   Other non-current liabilities                  158,623,915.64                           164,442,477.36
 Total non-current liabilities                  37,988,185,267.31                      40,251,047,235.81
 Total liabilities                              71,666,294,095.81                      73,713,649,295.83
 Shareholders’ equity:
   Share capital                                 2,481,897,185.00                        2,481,842,185.00
   Other equity instruments
      Including: Preferred shares
                     Perpetual bonds
   Capital reserve                              36,817,343,364.09                      36,816,586,615.98
   Less: Treasury shares
   Other comprehensive income                     -872,765,431.30                         -969,163,426.51
   Specific reserve                                67,868,081.09                            57,278,650.39
   Surplus reserve                               1,249,537,330.50                        1,249,537,330.50
   General reserve
   Retained earnings                            25,861,688,009.17                      24,729,748,576.84
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 Total equity attributable to shareholders
 of the Company
 Non-controlling interests                         67,838,841,933.65                      66,935,218,266.65
 Total shareholders’ equity                    133,444,410,472.20                        131,301,048,198.85
 Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity    205,110,704,568.01                        205,014,697,494.68
Legal Representative: Xu Song
Chief Financial Officer: Huang Zhenzhou
Head of Accounting Department: Liu Shixia
China Merchants Port Group Co., Ltd.                                             The Report for the First Quarter of 2026
                                                                                                             Unit: RMB
                             Item                                Q1 2026                          Q1 2025
   Including:   Operating income                                   4,407,582,949.96                   4,214,355,369.19
                Interest income
                Premium income
                Handling charge and commission income
   Including:   Operating costs                                    2,312,689,964.55                   2,245,844,139.20
                Interest expense
                Handling charge and commission expense
                Surrenders
                Net claims paid
                Net amount provided as policy reserve
                Expenditure on policy dividends
                Reinsurance premium expense
                Taxes and surcharges                                  98,178,667.09                      90,627,401.15
                Selling and distribution expenses
                General and administrative expenses                  363,864,513.72                     367,556,368.59
                Research and development expenses                     50,141,771.44                      46,195,951.47
                Financial expenses                                   322,673,220.89                     438,814,204.93
                   Including: Interest expenses                      450,799,969.08                     544,396,368.32
                              Interest income                         82,099,984.99                      97,076,599.76
   Add: Other income                                                  38,362,454.75                      14,993,894.21
          Investment income ("-"for losses)                        1,303,646,891.83                   1,421,217,121.49
             Including: Income from investments in
             associates and joint ventures
                        Income arising from the
                        derecognition of financial assets
                        measured at amortized cost
        Foreign exchange gain ("-"for losses)
        Net exposure hedging income (“-” for losses)
        Gains from changes in fair value ("-"for losses)              11,091,537.00                      11,616,449.31
        Reversal of credit impairment                                  2,625,868.77                       5,383,101.47
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        Impairment losses ("-"for losses)
        Gains from asset disposals ("-"for losses)                      4,674,155.13                         581,588.58
   Add: Non-operating income                                            5,542,197.56                       7,563,676.87
   Less: Non-operating expenses                                         6,862,193.14                       5,566,153.52
   Less: Income tax expenses                                         409,567,050.22                      343,740,895.76
   Other comprehensive income (net of tax) attributable
   to shareholders of the Company
      under the equity method
      equity instruments
      risk
                                                                           -2,453.09
      under the equity method
      investments
      other comprehensive income
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     of foreign currency financial statements
   Other comprehensive income (net of tax) attributable
                                                               -102,469,578.01                      303,297,460.30
   to non-controlling interests
   Attributable to shareholders of the Company                 1,228,337,427.54                   1,257,815,520.47
   Attributable to non-controlling interests                    975,139,663.61                    1,349,937,371.61
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                                                                                                    Unit: RMB
                     Item                    Q1 2026                                 Q1 2025
   Proceeds from sale of goods and
   rendering of services
   Net increase in customer deposits and
   interbank deposits
   Net increase in borrowings from the
   central bank
   Net increase in loans from other
   financial institutions
   Premiums received on original
   insurance contracts
   Net proceeds from reinsurance
   Net increase in deposits and
   investments of policy holders
   Interest, handling charges and
   commissions received
   Net increase in interbank loans
   obtained
   Net increase in proceeds from
   repurchase transactions
   Net proceeds from acting trading of
   securities
   Refund of taxes                                       5,459,926.39                           21,188,158.05
   Proceeds from other operating
   activities
 Sub-total of cash inflows                          3,916,878,995.54                         4,134,269,331.35
   Payment for goods and services                   1,094,668,329.64                         1,220,236,580.43
   Net increase in loans and advances to
   customers
   Net increase in deposits in the central
   bank and in interbank loans granted
   Payment for claims on original
   insurance contracts
   Net increase in interbank loans granted
China Merchants Port Group Co., Ltd.                                  The Report for the First Quarter of 2026
   Interest, handling charges and
   commissions paid
   Policy dividends paid
   Payment to and for employees                    1,129,948,964.74                        1,140,462,905.40
   Payment of various taxes                         478,282,631.84                           318,312,963.18
   Payment for other operating activities           143,284,334.59                           282,954,748.90
 Sub-total of cash outflows                        2,846,184,260.81                        2,961,967,197.91
 Net cash inflow from operating activities         1,070,694,734.73                        1,172,302,133.44
   Proceeds from disposal of investments          15,974,000,000.00                        8,540,000,000.00
   Investment returns received                      780,256,034.63                           794,287,190.17
   Net proceeds from disposal of fixed
   assets, intangible assets and other                 2,477,710.89                           51,104,425.10
   long-term assets
   Net proceeds from disposal of
   subsidiaries and other business units
   Proceeds from other investing
   activities
 Sub-total of cash inflows                        16,786,733,745.52                        9,385,391,615.27
   Payment for acquisition of fixed
   assets, intangible assets and other              432,485,210.63                           574,353,180.71
   long-term assets
   Payment for acquisition of
   investments
   Net increase in pledged loans granted
   Net payment for acquisition of
   subsidiaries and other business units
   Payment for other investing activities                  4,423.77                            2,079,654.20
 Sub-total of cash outflows                       16,312,489,634.40                       11,960,039,127.63
 Net cash inflow from investing activities          474,244,111.12                        -2,574,647,512.36
   Proceeds from investors                              852,096.11                             3,332,285.00
      Including: Proceeds from
      non-controlling shareholders of
      subsidiaries
   Proceeds from borrowings                        2,441,363,299.60                        3,850,487,443.47
   Proceeds from other financing                        501,160.12                               378,149.55
China Merchants Port Group Co., Ltd.                                  The Report for the First Quarter of 2026
   activities
 Sub-total of cash inflows                         2,442,716,555.83                        3,854,197,878.02
   Repayments of borrowings                        3,719,666,476.32                        3,570,274,776.80
   Payment for dividends, profits
   distributions or interest
      Including: Dividends and profits
      paid to non-controlling shareholders           81,229,900.00                            77,947,496.42
      of subsidiaries
   Payment for other financing activities           171,265,510.60                           189,188,006.31
 Sub-total of cash outflows                        4,319,637,829.14                        4,275,259,090.12
 Net cash outflow from financing
                                                  -1,876,921,273.31                         -421,061,212.10
 activities
                                                     -77,295,006.67                           41,731,404.51
 changes on cash and cash equivalents
                                                    -409,277,434.13                       -1,781,675,186.51
 equivalents
   Add: Cash and cash equivalents at the
   beginning of the year
 of the period
China Merchants Port Group Co., Ltd.                                            The Report for the First Quarter of 2026
(II) Adjustments to Financial Statement Items at the Beginning of the Year of the First
Implementation of the New Accounting Standards Implemented since 2026
□ Applicable √ Not applicable
(III) Independent Auditor’s Report
Indicate by tick mark whether the financial statements above have been audited by an independent auditor.
□Yes √ No
These financial statements have not been audited by such an auditor.
                                                                              The Board of Directors
                                                                       China Merchants Port Group Co., Ltd.

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