Tender Notice of Procurement of Legal Services for

China Investment Corporation

Project Name: Procurement of Legal Services for China Investment Corporation

Bid No.: 0733-****2834

Date: July 24th, 2024

1. With regard to the Procurement of Legal Services for China Investment Corporation (hereinafter referred to as the "Bidding Project"), China Investment Corporation (CIC), the project implementing agency (hereinafter referred to as the "Tenderee") of this Bidding Project, intends to apply its own funds to shortlist domestic and overseas law firms (hereinafter referred to as the "Bidders") by means of international open bidding for providing legal services (hereinafter referred to as the "Services") on the related overseas businesses of the Tenderee and its subsidiaries and branches.

2. CITIC International Tendering Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as the "Tendering Agent"), entrusted by the Tenderee of this Bidding Project, hereby invites bids from qualified Bidders for the Bidding Project. There are four (4) tender lots under this Bidding Project as follows:

A Bidder may bid for one or multiple tender lots at the same time, and may be shortlisted for one or more of these tender lots if the Bidder meets the selection requirements of the respective tender lot(s); a Bidder’s failure being shortlisted for one tender lot does not impact its being shortlisted for another tender lot.

The duration of services in the above table refers shall be three (3) years since the date of issuing the Notice of Shortlisting Results. If the Bidder starts to provide services for any specific legal service assignment, its service duration for that specific assignment shall be consistent with the duration of the corresponding legal service project/assignment/agreement;

For more details of the service requirements, please refer to Section V. Procurement Requirements of this Bidding Documents.

3. Bids submitted by the Consortium are not acceptable for the Bidding Project.

4. Bidders shall meet the following qualification requirements:

Lot 1: Legal Services for Funds, Co-investment Accounts and Co-investment Transactions

(1) The Bidder and its Service Partner (if any) shall be legal persons or other organizations from the People's Republic of China (“the PRC”) or countries/regions having normal trade relations with the PRC, legally established in accordance with the laws of their own countries/regions, legally and financially independent, legally operating, and independent from the Tenderee and/or the Tendering Agent;

(2) The Bidder shall have the authority to sign contracts independently and capable of fully performing the contracts;

(3) Each of the Bidder and its Service Partner (if any) shall have not been investigated or punished by any court or regulatory agency for violations of laws or regulations in the past three (3) years (From August 22nd, 2021 to the deadline for Bid submission);

(4) The Bidder (and not the individual lawyer(s) employed by the Bidder) shall be ranked on “Chambers”, “The Legal 500” or “IFLR 1000” in the practice areas of investment funds, private equity investment, or M A in any year from 2021 to 2024;

(5) The Bidder shall have professional service capabilities in all specialties such as US tax laws, US Bank Holding Company Act, Volcker rule, US securities laws and the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), or have a Service Partner with the same qualifications that are capable of providing such specialty professional services;

(6) The lead service team of the Bidder shall have at least five (5) years of experience representing general partners or limited partners of offshore funds;

(7) The Bidder and its Service Partner (if any) shall have offices, branches or representative offices, etc. in cities or regions of major overseas economic or trade hubs (including but not limited to New York, London, Singapore, Hong Kong SAR, or other cities or regions).

Lot 2: Legal Services for Hedge Funds

(1) The Bidder and its Service Partner (if any) shall be legal persons or other organizations from the People's Republic of China ("PRC") or countries/regions having normal trade relations with PRC, legally established in accordance with the laws of their own countries/regions, legally and financially independent, legally operating, and independent from the Tenderee and/or the Tendering Agent;

(2) The Bidder shall have the authority to sign contracts independently and capable of fully performing the contracts;

(3) Each of the Bidder and its Service Partner (if any) shall have not been investigated or punished by any court or regulatory agency for violations of laws or regulations in the past three (3) years (From August 22nd, 2021 to the deadline for Bid submission);

(4) The Bidder (and not the individual lawyer(s) employed by the Bidder) shall be ranked on “Chambers”, “The Legal 500” or “IFLR 1000” in the practice areas of hedge funds or private equity funds in any year from 2021 to 2024;

(5) Bidders shall have professional service capabilities in all specialties such as US tax laws, US Bank Holding Company Act, Volcker rule, US securities laws and the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), or have a Service Partner with the same qualifications that are capable of providing such specialty professional services;

(6) The lead service team of the Bidder shall have at least five years of experience representing managers (general partners) or investors (limited partners) of offshore hedge funds or PE funds;

(7) The Bidder and its Service Partner (if any) shall have offices, branches or representative offices, etc. in cities or regions of major overseas economic and trade hubs (including but not limited to New York, London, Singapore, Hong Kong SAR or other cities or regions).

Lot 3: Perennial Legal Services (Public Market)

(1) The Bidder shall be legal persons or other organizations from the People's Republic of China ("the PRC") or countries/regions having normal trade relations with the PRC, legally established in accordance with the laws of their own countries/regions, legally and financially independent, legally operating, and independent from the Tenderee and/or the Tendering Agent;

(2) The Bidder shall have the authority to sign contracts independently and capable of fully performing the contracts;

(3) The Bidder shall have not been investigated or punished by any court or regulatory agency for violations of laws or regulations in the past three (3) years (From August 22nd, 2021 to the deadline for Bid submission);

(4) The Bidder (and not the individual lawyer(s) employed by the Bidder) shall be selected as Tier 1 (Band 1) or Tier 2 (Band 2) law firm in the legal service area of derivatives in the United States, United Kingdom (London Practice Areas), or Hong Kong SAR, China in the latest annual law firm ranking lists of “Chambers (Global)” or “The Legal 500” or “IFLR 1000”;

(5) The Bidder shall have a license to practice law in the United States, the United Kingdom (London Practice Areas) and Hong Kong SAR, and it shall be eligible for issuing legal opinions on matters concerning the United States, the United Kingdom (London Practice Areas) and Hong Kong SAR. The Bidder shall have professional service capabilities in US tax laws.

Lot 4: Perennial Legal Services (Offshore)

(1) The Bidder shall be legal persons or other organizations from the People's Republic of China ("the PRC") or countries/regions having normal trade relations with the PRC, legally established in accordance with the laws of their own countries/regions, legally and financially independent, legally operating, independent from the Tenderee and/or the Tendering Agent;

(2) The Bidder shall have the authority to sign contracts independently and capable of fully performing the contracts;

(3) The Bidder shall have not been investigated or punished by any court or regulatory agency for violations of laws or regulations in the past three (3) years (From August 22nd, 2021 to the deadline for Bid submission);

(4) The Bidder (and not the individual lawyer(s) employed by the Bidder) shall be selected into the latest annual law firm ranking lists of “Chambers” (Global) or “The Legal 500” (Asia Pacific-Hong Kong SAR) or “IFLR 1000” (Financial and Corporate or Investment Funds) in the practice areas of “Offshore” or “Offshore Firms”;

(5) The Bidder shall have a license to practice law in major offshore jurisdictions (at least in one of Cayman or BVI) as well as it shall have (an) office(s) there accordingly.

5. In accordance with the comprehensive evaluation procedures specified in the Bidding Documents, the shortlisted Bidder for each tender lot under this Bidding Project will be separately selected.

The Bidding Documents include the following sections:

Section I- Invitation for Bids

Section II- Instructions to Bidders and Data Sheet

Section III- Evaluation Methods and Criteria

Section IV- Standard Forms of the Bid

Section V- Procurement Requirements

Section VI- Key Terms of Contract

Section VII- Annexes

6. Interested Bidders may obtain the Bidding Documents of this Bidding Project at 9:00~11:30 a.m. and 1:00~5:00 p.m. CST(China Standard Time), from July 24th, 2024 to August 2nd, 2024 (excluding weekends and public holidays) in the way listed below:

Contact the Tendering Agent (contact details are provided below) to obtain the "Registration Form" and "Information Confidentiality Commitment Letter" (or download them in the attachments of the Invitation for Bids) (the content of the "Information Confidentiality Commitment Letter" shall not be modified), fill in and sign them with official seal or signature, and then send back to the Tendering Agent's email address, attaching a scanned copy of the Power of Attorney issued by the Bidder, as well as a scanned copy of the proof of payment for the cost of the Bidding Documents of RMB 800/USD 110 for each tender lot from the Bidder's company account to the Tendering Agent's account. Please simply indicate the name of the Bidding Project, Bid No. and Lot No. in the transaction postscript when remitting the cost. After having received the above information, the Tendering Agent will send the Bidding Documents to the reserved email address of the Bidder by email.

7. Deadline for Bid submission and time of Bid opening:

10:00 AM (CST(China Standard Time)), August 22nd, 2024. In the event that both the electronic version and the paper version of the Bids are submitted, the submission time of the electronic version of the Bid shall prevail.

8. Address and method of Bid submission:

Address for submission of paper version of the Bid: Room 1803, 18/F, No.59 East Third Ring Middle Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing

Submission method of paper version of the Bid: on-site submission or by mail

Address for submission of electronic version of the Bid: tongxue@ck.****.com

Submission method of electronic version of the Bid: electronically (by email)

Bidders may choose to submit either paper version or electronic version of the Bid, or they may choose to submit both paper version and electronic version of the Bid simultaneously.

9. Sealing and quantity requirements of the Bid:

(1) Paper version of the Bid: Number of the original Bid: one (1); Number of the copies of the Bid: four (4). The original and the copies of the Bid shall be separately bound into volumes and sealed in the same envelope;

(2) Electronic version of the Bid: one (1) electronic encrypted version;

(3) In case of any discrepancy between the electronic version and the paper version of the Bid, the electronic version shall prevail.

10. Contact information:

Tenderee: China Investment Corporation

Address: New Poly Plaza, No. 1, Chaoyangmen North Street, Dongcheng District, Beijing, P.R.China

Tendering Agent: CITIC International Tendering Co., Ltd.

Address: Room 1803, 18/F, No.59 East Third Ring Middle Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing, P.R.China

Contact person: Ms.Guo, Ms.Tong, Ms.Zhang, Ms.Fu

Tel:86 10-****5198-510、86 10-****5198-609、86 10-****5198-508、

86 10-****5198-606

E-mail: tongxue@ck.****.com

Bank Name: CITIC Bank, Beijing Jingchengdasha Sub-branch

Account Name: CITIC International Tendering Co., Ltd.

Account No.: 711********00030709

Swift code：CIBKCNBJ100

IFB Attachment 1:

REGISTRATION FORM

FOR PURCHASING BIDDING DOCUMENTS

IFB Attachment 2:

Information Confidentiality Commitment Letter

China Investment Corporation

New Poly Plaza, No. 1, Chaoyangmen North Street, Dongcheng District, Beijing, China

In view of [ ] ("We") participating in Procurement of Legal Services for China Investment Corporation ("Bidding Project") of China Investment Corporation ("CIC"), it is inevitable that we will come into contact with confidential information related to the Bidding Project (as defined below). We hereby commit to the confidentiality requirements as follows:

1. Confidential information means all non-public information (including written or unwritten form) related to CIC and its affiliates provided by CIC and its officially entrusted institutions or that we obtained during participation in the Bidding Project, as well as any derivative information generated based on the above information. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary herein, the following information will not be considered as confidential information, if the information (1) was already in our possession on a non-confidential basis before being disclosed by CIC; (2) became publicly known for reasons other than our violation of this confidentiality commitment or other confidentiality obligations; or (3) was obtained by us on a non-confidential basis from any source outside of CIC, and such source disclosed that information to us without being prohibited by any legal, contractual, or fiduciary obligations owed to CIC.

2. Regarding confidential information, we hereby promise:

(1) We agree to take all necessary measures at our own expense to properly preserve and reasonably use the confidential information, and to keep it strictly confidential.

(2) Except for the necessary Project participants and internal managers responsible for Bidding Project review, evaluation and supervision, no other personnel from our side are allowed to have access to or be informed of relevant confidential information. We commit to causing all of our informed personnel to adhere to the confidentiality obligations under this confidentiality commitment letter, and hold our personnel accountable for any breach of the confidentiality commitment letter.

(3) The confidential information obtained by us will only be used for the purpose of the Bidding Project. Without the prior written consent of CIC and its officially entrusted institutions, we promise not to disclose the confidential information to any third party in any form (including but not limited to direct or indirect, express or implied, intentional or negligent, tangible or intangible ways), and we shall not use the confidential information for our own benefit or for the benefit of any third party.

3. Unless CIC terminates this confidentiality commitment letter in written instrument, our obligations hereunder will remain in effect.

4. We agree that this confidentiality commitment letter and all matters arising out of and related to this confidentiality commitment letter (whether in contract, tort or others) shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the People's Republic of China. If we or our personnel violate this commitment letter, CIC shall have the right to hold us accountable in accordance with the law. If the parties are unable to settle any dispute arising out of or in connection with this confidentiality commitment letter through negotiation within 30 days, such dispute shall be submitted to the China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission ("CIETAC") for arbitration in Beijing, subject to its rules of arbitration in effect at the time of the submission to arbitration, unless otherwise expressly provided herein. The arbitral tribunal shall consist of three arbitrators, each party shall appoint one arbitrator and the third arbitrator shall be appointed by both parties with mutual agreement as the presiding arbitrator. If no agreement can be reached within the time period required by CIETAC, the presiding arbitrator shall be appointed by the Chairman of CIETAC. The arbitral award shall be final and binding upon both parties.

This confidentiality commitment letter shall become effective upon our signing and delivery.

Name of Bidder:

****法律服务采购招标公告

项目名称：****法律服务采购

招标编号：0733-****2834

日期：2024年7月24日

1. 关于“****法律服务采购”（以下简称“本招标项目”），本招标项目的实施机构****（以下简称“招标人”）拟利用自有资金采用国际公开招标方式入****事务所（以下简称“投标人”），****公司、分支机构等的境外相关业务提供法律服务（以下简称“服务”）。

2. 本招标项目的招标代理****（以下简称“招标代理”）受招标人的委托，现诚邀符合资格要求的投标人对本招标项目提交投标文件。本招标项目共分为四个标包，具体如下：

投标人可同时就上表中一个或多个标包分别递交投标文件，并且可在分别满足各标包入选条件的前提下同时被宣布入围；如投标人未入围某一标包，不影响其是否入围其他标包。

上表中服务期限指供应商入围期限，均为自入围结果公告发布之日起3年整。如投标人开始为具体法律服务事项提供委托服务，则其就相关项目的服务期限应与对应法律服务项目/事项/协议的存续期一致；

其他更多关于本次服务的细节要求详见本招标文件第五章采购需求。

3. 本招标项目不接受联合体递交投标文件。

4. 投标人应符合以下资格要求：

第1包：基金、跟投账户和跟投项目法律服务

(1) 投标人和**伙伴（如有）应为来自中华人民**国或是与中华人民**国有正常贸易往来的国家或地区的法人或其他组织，按照所在国家或地区的法律依法成立，在法律和财务上独立、合法运作，并独立于招标人和招标代理机构；

(2) 投标人应具有独立签订合同的资格和完全履行合同的能力；

(3) 投标人和**伙伴（如有）近三年（自2021年8月22日起至投标截止日）****法院、监管机构等的调查、处罚；

(4) 投标人（非投标人的律师个人）于2021年至2024年中任意一年在钱伯斯或法律500或IFLR 1000的基金或私募股权投资领域或并购领域相关榜单中上榜；

(5) 投标人拥有美国税法、****公司法及沃克尔规则、美国证券法以及美国外资安全审查（CFIUS）等全部领域的专业服务能力或者在前述领域具有同等资质的**伙伴能够提供服务；

(6) 投标人主要提供服务团队具有至少五年代表境外基金的普通合伙人或有限合伙人的项目经验；

(7) 投标人和**伙伴（如有****贸易中心****办公室或分支机构、代表处等（包括但不限于纽约或伦敦或新加坡或**区或其他城市或地区）。

第2包：对冲基金项目法律服务

(1) 投标人和**伙伴（如有）应为来自中华人民**国或是与中华人民**国有正常贸易往来的国家或地区的法人或其他组织，按照所在国家或地区的法律依法成立，在法律和财务上独立、合法运作，并独立于招标人和招标代理机构；

(2) 投标人应具有独立签订合同的资格和完全履行合同的能力；

(3) 投标人和**伙伴（如有）近三年（自2021年8月22日起至投标截止日）****法院、监管机构等的调查、处罚；

(4) 投标人（非投标人的律师个人）于2021年至2024年中任意一年在钱伯斯或法律500或IFLR 1000的对冲基金或私募基金领域相关榜单中上榜；

(5) 投标人拥有美国税法、****公司法及沃克尔规则、美国证券法以及美国外资安全审查（CFIUS）等全部领域的专业服务能力或者在前述领域具有同等资质的**伙伴能够提供服务；

(6) 投标人主要提供服务团队具有至少五年代表境外对冲基金或私募基金的管理人（普通合伙人）或投资人（有限合伙人）的项目经验；

(7) 投标人和**伙伴（如有****贸易中心****办公室或分支机构、代表处等（包括但不限于纽约或伦敦或新加坡或**区或其他城市或地区）。

第3包：常年法律服务（公开市场）

(1) 投标人应为来自中华人民**国或是与中华人民**国有正常贸易往来的国家或地区的法人或其他组织，按照所在国家或地区的法律依法成立，在法律和财务上独立、合法运作，并独立于招标人和招标代理机构；

(2) 投标人应具有独立签订合同的资格和完全履行合同的能力；

(3) 投标人近三年（自2021年8月22日起至投标截止日）****法院、监管机构等的调查、处罚；

(4) 投标人（非投标人的律师个人）在钱伯斯(Global)或法律500或IFLR 1000的最新年度律所排名榜单的美国或英国（伦敦执业地区）或**区的衍生品（Derivatives）法律服务领域被评为Tier 1(Band 1)或Tier 2（Band 2）律所；

(5) 投标人具有开展美国、英国（伦敦执业地区）和**区法律业务的执业许可，可就美国、英国（伦敦执业地区）和**区的相关事项出具法律意见，投标人拥有美国税法领域的专业服务能力。

第4包：常年法律服务（离岸）

(1) 投标人应为来自中华人民**国或是与中华人民**国有正常贸易往来的国家或地区的法人或其他组织，按照所在国家或地区的法律依法成立，在法律和财务上独立、合法运作，并独立于招标人和招标代理机构；

(2) 投标人应具有独立签订合同的资格和完全履行合同的能力；

(3) 投标人近三年（自2021年8月22日起至投标截止日）****法院、监管机构等的调查、处罚；

(4) 投标人（非投标人的律师个人）在钱伯斯(Global)或法律500（Asia Pacific-Hong Kong SAR）或IFLR 1000(Financial and Corporate或Investment Funds)最新年度律所排名榜单的离岸（指Offshore或Offshore Firms）法律服务领域上榜；

(5) 投标人具有主要离岸司法权区（开曼或BVI至少一处）开展法律****办公室。

5. 本招标项目按照招标文件中规定的综合评估程序分别选聘各标包的入围中标人。

本招标文件包括以下文件：

第一章 - 投标邀请函

第二章 - 投标人须知及资料表

第三章 - 评审办法及标准

第四章 - 投标文件标准格式

第五章 - 采购需求

第六章 - 合同关键条款

第七章 - 附件

6. 凡有意参加的投标人，请于2024年7月24日起到2024年8月2日**时间上午9:00-11:30，下午1:00-5:00（**时间，周末和法定节假日除外），以下列方式获取本招标项目的招标文件：

联系招标代理（联系方式详见下附）获取《购买标书登记表》和《信息保密承诺函》（或在招标公告附件中下载）（信息保密承诺函内容不允许修改），填妥并签署后将扫描件发送至招标代理电邮地址，附上投标人出具的委托授权书扫描****公司账户向招标代理账户汇款缴纳招标文件费用人民币800元/110美元（每标包）的凭证扫描件。汇款时交易附言请简单注明本招标项目名称及招标编号、包号。收妥上述资料后，招标代理将以电邮方式将招标文件发送至投标人预留电邮地址。

7. 投标文件递交截止以及投标文件开启时间：

2024年8月22日上午10：00（**时间），选择同时递交电子版投标文件和纸质版投标文件的，以电子版投标文件递交时间为准。

8. 投标文件递交地址及递交方式：

纸质版文件递交地址：**市**区东三环中路59号京城机电大厦18层1803室

递交方式：现场递交或邮寄

电子版文件递交地址：tongxue@ck.****.com

递交方式：电子方式（发送邮件）

投标人可以选择仅递交纸质版投标文件或仅递交电子版投标文件，也可以选择同时采用两种方式递交投标文件。

9. 投标文件密封及数量要求：

（1）纸质版投标文件：正本投标文件份数：1份；副本投标文件份数：4份。投标文件正副本应分别装订成册并密封在同一信封内；

（2）电子版投标文件：1份电子加密版。

（3）如果电子版投标文件与纸质版有冲突，以电子版为准。

10. 联系方式：

招标人：****

地址：**市东****门北大街1号新保利大厦

招标代理：****

地址：**市**区东三环中路59号京城机电大厦18层1803室

联系人：郭欣悦、佟雪、张玥、符群慕

联系电话：86 10-****5198-510、86 10-****5198-609、86 10-****5198-508、

86 10-****5198-606

电子邮箱：tongxue@ck.****.com

开户行：中信银行**京城大厦支行

开户行名称：****

账号：711********00030709

Swift code：CIBKCNBJ100

公告附件1：购买标书登记表

REGISTRATION FORM

FOR PURCHASING BIDDING DOCUMENTS

公告附件2：信息保密承诺函

****

中国**市东****门北大街1号新保利大厦

鉴于[ ]（“我方”）参与****（“公司”）法律服务采购（“本招标项目”），将不可避免接触保密信息（定义见下文）。现就保密要求承诺如下：

1、 公司及其正式委托的机构提供给我方、或我方参与本招标项目过****公司****公司或本招标项目有关的非公开信息（包括书面或非书面形式），以及我方在该等信息基础上生成的任何衍生信息，属保密信息。尽管有本保密承诺函中任何相反的规定，下列信息不会被认为是保密信息：如果该信息（1）在公司披露前就被我方在非保密的基础上拥有；（2）不是因为我方对本保密承诺函或其它保密义务的违反而成为公众知晓的信息；或者（3）由我方在非保****公司以外的信息源获得的，且该信息源向我方披露该等****公司负有的法律的、合同的或信义义务所禁止。

2、 对于保密信息，我方在此承诺：

（1）我方同意自行承担费用采取所有必要的措施，将保密信息进行妥善保存和合理使用，并严格保密。

（2）除必要的本招标项目参与人员及我方内部负责本招标项目审核、评估、监督的管理人员外，我方其他人员一律不得接触或获悉相关保密信息，且我方承诺要求我方所有知情人员遵守本保密承诺函下的保密义务，并对我方人员的任何违反本保密承诺函的行为负责。

（3）我方取得的保密信息仅限于本招标项目投标之目的使用，未经公司及其正式委托的机构事先书面同意，我方承诺不以任何形式向（包括但不限于通过或采用直接或间接、明示或默示、故意或过失、有形或无形的方式）向任何第三方泄露保密信息，也不得为己方或任何第三方的利益使用保密信息。

3、除非公司以书面形式明确终止本保密承诺函，我方在本保密承诺函下的义务将持续有效。

4、我方同意，本保密承诺函、因本保密承诺函产生的和与本保密承诺函相关的所有事宜（无论合同的、侵权的或其它）受中华人民**国法律管辖，并依中华人民**国法律解释。如我方或我方人员违反本承诺函，公司有权依法追究我方责任。如果双方无法在30日内通过谈判解决因本保密承诺函产生的或与本保密承诺函相关的任何纠纷，则该等纠纷应提交中国****委员会（“CIETAC”）在**进行仲裁。除非本信函另有明确规定，仲裁应依据在提交仲裁时有效的CIETAC仲裁规则进行。仲裁庭应由三位仲裁员组成；各方当事人应任命一名仲裁员，第三名仲裁员应由双方当事人商定并担任首席仲裁员。如果在CIETAC规定的时间内无法达成一致，则首席仲裁员应由CIETAC的主席任命。仲裁裁定具有终局性，并对双方当事人具有约束力。

本保密承诺函自我方签署并送达时生效。