Appointment of Supervisor

Air China Ld
31 August 2005


                               Air China Limited

 (a joint stock limited company incorporated in the People's Republic of China
                            with limited liability)

                               (Stock Code: 753)

                           APPOINTMENT OF SUPERVISOR

The board of directors (the 'Board') of Air China Limited (the 'Company')
announces that Mr. Liu Guo Qing has been appointed as a supervisor of the
Company at the employees' representatives meeting held on 27 August 2005. Upon
his appointment, Mr. Liu has become a representative of employees on the
supervisory committee of the Company (the 'Supervisory Committee').

Mr. Liu Guo Qing, aged 43, is an assistant economist in the sales and marketing
department (Asia Pacific region) of the Company. Mr. Liu graduated from Beijing
Industrial University in July 1984, majoring in automated mechanics. Mr. Liu
joined Air China International Corporation, the predecessor of the Company, in
December 1988 and worked in its Beijing ticketing and seat reservation centre
until 1994. Between 1994 and August 2001, Mr. Liu worked in the passenger
services department, marketing department (Europe), market development
department and human resources department. Mr. Liu is also a committee member of
the trade union of the Company.

Mr. Liu's term of office on the Supervisory Committee will end at the expiry of
the current term of the Supervisory Committee, and he will not receive any
remuneration for his appointment as a supervisor of the Company. Mr. Liu does
not hold any shares of the Company within the meaning of Part XV of the
Securities and Futures Ordinance and does not have any relationship with any
director, supervisor, senior management, substantial or controlling shareholder
of the Company.

By order of the Board
Air China Limited
Zheng Baoan Li Man Kit
Joint Company Secretaries

Beijing, 31 August 2005

As at the date of this announcement, the Directors of the Company are Messrs Li
Jiaxiang, Kong Dong, Wang Shixiang, Yao Weiting, David Muir Turnbull, Ma Xulun,
Cai Jianjiang, Fan Cheng, Hu Hung Lick, Henry*, Wu Zhipan* and Zhang Ke*.

* Independent non-executive Director of the Company


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