The "Best ESG" Award is intended to pay tribute to listed companies with outstanding performance in the environmental, social and governance (ESG) which produce positive impacts. The winning of the "Best ESG" Award demonstrates that China Water Affairs' excellent ESG performance has been widely appraised and recognized by the capital market. It also confirms that the Company is moving on the right track by proactively developing premier tap water and pipeline direct drinking water services to drive high-quality urban development, as well as taking the multi-pronged approach to achieve the "dual carbon" targets. In the future, with years of cultivation in water industry and strategic planning, China Water Affairs is poised to grasp the invaluable opportunities arising from the urban-rural water supply integration and the water supply-drainage integration.