This website, i.e., www.bj.cnc.cn, is created and operated by the Beijing Branch Company of China Network Communications (Group) Corporation (hereinafter referred to as "the Company"). Subscribers are reminded to read this Legal Disclaimer carefully after log-in and, should you disagree with the terms and conditions or any changes to them, you may stop accessing, browsing or using this website. Once you use any content provided by this website including but not limited to browsing through its data, downloading its content or using any third party links offered by this website, it shall be construed that you have understood and fully agree to all terms and conditions spelled out in the Legal Disclaimer.

I. Use of the website

II. Links

        When necessary, this website will provide hyperlinks or pointers to other websites operated by third parties or may provide third party content on its site by framing or other methods. Such "content" includes, but is not limited to, any materials, documents, information, communications, software, images, graphics, logos, designs, audio, video, and sounds contained on or available through this website as well as any other information provided from or on this website.
        The links to third party websites are provided for your convenience only. The Company reserves the right to terminate links to third party websites at any time. The linked websites, the content appearing thereon and the products and services described or offered thereon are not under the control of the Company; therefore, the Company is not responsible for any of such websites, or the content, products or services (including any further links in a third party website) thereon. Should you decide to access or use any linked website, you may be subject to restrictions imposed through the terms and conditions applicable to that website. Further, it is your responsibility to take precautions and guard against viruses or other destructive elements when accessing or using any linked website. Any damages incurred due to the access or use of the linked website shall be undertaken by yourself.
        The Company makes no warranty or representation regarding any linked website or the content appearing thereon or any of the products or services described or offered thereon, nor does it endorse, recommend, approve, guarantee or introduce any of the above-mentioned. Unless the Company has otherwise expressly specified or agreed to, it is not a party to any contractual arrangements entered into between the subscriber and the provider of any linked website. The Company shall not be responsible for any damages or losses (whether direct, indirect, special, incidental or consequential) caused by any interruption, delay, defect or omission that may exist in the product, service, information, materials or other content provided in any linked website. The presence of links to third party websites on this website does not imply any affiliation or association between such websites and the Company or website, nor is the Company or website legally authorized to use any trademark, trade name, logo or copyright displayed in or accessible through those links.

III. Forward-looking presentations

        This website may contain certain forward-looking statements that include but are not limited to presentations relating to the business operation strategies of the Company, presentations about network expansion plans (including associated capital investment plans), presentations about the development plan of the new generation of communications technologies as well as other technologies and their applications, presentations about the anticipated impact of tariff changes on the operational performance of the Company, presentations about the impact of competition on the operational performance of the Company, presentations about the future growth (inclusive of sectorial structural adjustment and changes in government policies) of the telecom sector in mainland China, as well as other presentations relating to future business growth and operational performance of the Company. When "anticipate", "believe", "forecast", "expect", "hope" and other similar terms are used in the statements, where relevant to the Company, the objective therein is to specify that the statements are forward-looking in nature.
        These forward-looking statements are subject to significant risks and uncertainties. The Company does not commit to update these forward-looking statements regularly. These forward-looking statements reflect the current views of the Company with respect to future events but do not represent a guarantee of future business performances. Actual performances may exhibit significant discrepancies with the forward-looking statements due to a number of factors including but not limited to further adjustments of the telecom sectorial structure in mainland China; changes in regulatory policies of China's Ministry of Information Industry and other relevant government departments that exert influences on government approvals and permits; joint networks and transmission line arrangements, tariff policies, priority arrangement of capital investment, and spectrum allocation, etc.; impact of competition on the demand and prices of communication services of the Company; changes of communication technologies and other technologies that influence the survival and competition of the communication networks of the Company; as well as changes in politics, economy, law and other social aspects in mainland China such as policy changes regarding governmental permits for telecom sectorial entry, regarding foreign investment in the telecom sector and the role of foreign-equity businesses on China's telecom market, and regarding economic growth, inflation, foreign currencies and available credit limits. In addition, future network expansion as well as other capital investment and development plans of the Company decide on a variety of factors including but not limited to whether sufficient financing can be obtained at acceptable terms, whether necessary lots of field are available at reasonable commercial terms to install network equipment, the Company's capacity to grow and master new technologies and their applications, and whether there are qualified managerial and technical staff, etc.

IV. Privacy policy

        The subscriber may view this website and acquire information anonymously. Before requesting any relevant personal information from the subscriber, the website will explain the purpose of such information. The website collects necessary personal data from the subscriber in a fair and lawful manner only for such legitimate purposes as relevant to the operational services and activities of the Company and under the consent of the subscriber. The website may send subscribers free messages after collecting their names, addresses, phone numbers and email addresses or it may initiate calls to contact subscribers at their truthful and effective phone numbers. The subscriber may exercise his own judgment as to how to handle any messages sent from us and whether to refuse any phone calls initiated by the Company. The Company is not responsible for losses the subscriber suffers and/or causes as a result of his self-judgment or refusal to take our phone calls.
        subscriber should, at website registration, follow the instructions in the service registration form and provide his genuine, correct, latest and complete set of data and make sure that his personal data is updated timely; the Company undertakes no responsibility whatever for any damages caused to the subscriber due to inaccurate, incomplete and untimely updated personal information. Moreover, the Company reserves the right to seek compensation for losses it suffers as a result of inaccurate, incomplete and untimely updated personal information provided by the subscriber.

B. Use of personal data

        The Company is entitled to use the personal data you offer for purposes of internal business. These purposes include internal business facilitation and the routine administration and operation of the services and products the Company offers its customers; monitoring the use and safety of this website; internal control implementation and compilation of statistics and numbers for planning and study purposes; design of services and products for our customers and for promotion purposes (including direct marketing and market research); confirming, checking, and/or recording and maintaining contact lists of communications and promotions; dispute resolution, problem elimination and execution of this Disclaimer; evaluation over relevant transfer, program participation, subsidiary program participation or transfer by any participant, subsidiary participant, or transferee of any business or operational activity of the Company; or any other purpose directly relevant to any of the above-stated.
       Legitimate users of subscriber personal data for purposes stated above range from the Company to any subsidiaries, joint-operation companies, business partners and professional consultants that are lawfully authorized by the Company and are relevant to the business and operational activities of the Company as well as to any agents, contractors and third party vendors that offer administration, telecom, computer, payment, content, data and other services relevant to the business and operational activities of the Company.

        The website shall adopt reasonable safety measures to protect personal data subscribers provide and shall not disclose any personal information to any irrelevant third party without the prior permission of the subscriber except for under one of the following circumstances:

V. Protection of intellectual property rights

        The domain names, trade marks, logos, information, text, graphics, images, sounds, links, software and all other contents published or otherwise contained on the website are provided by the Company, its content providers and third party licensors; the intellectual property rights in and to such contents belong to the Company, its content providers or third party licensors, as the case may be.
        Unless otherwise provided by law or agreed by the parties and except for under prior permission of the Company and/or other right-holders, no person should reproduce, display, modify, transfer, distribute, republish, download, post or transmit the content of the website in any form or by any means (including but not limited to electronic, mechanical photocopying or recording).
        Unless under the prior permission of the Company or trademark owners, no entity or person shall use, copy, modify, distribute or bundle-use any part of the trade marks, logos, or signs on the website.

VI. Disclaimer

        Data provided on this website is reference only and not suitable for any commercial purpose. This website does not warrant the accuracy, effectiveness, timeliness or completeness of such data. The Company or its employees have no responsibility, direct or indirect, what-so-ever to subscribers or other persons, for any erroneous, incorrect or wrongful transmission of any data in any manner. Within the scope permitted by law, the Company does not undertake to compensate for any direct, indirect, incidental, tributary, special or punitive damages (including but not limited to loss of income and anticipated profit, lost business, unrealized anticipated cost cuts) to subscribers or any persons for use or nonuse of the content, any links or programs provided by this website. The Company reserves the right to correct in its sole discretion any errors or omissions in any portion of the website. The Company may make any other changes to the website, the content and the products, programs, services or prices described in the website at any time without notice.
        This website, the information and content on the website, and the software and materials made available on the website, are provided "as is" and without any representation or warranty, express or implied, of any kind. To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, the Company disclaims all representations and warranties, express or implied, including but not limited to, warranties as to security, accuracy, completeness, merchantability, non-infringement, fitness for any particular purpose or freedom from computer viruses. You assume total responsibility and risk for your use of the site.
        This website undertakes no legal liabilities for direct or indirect losses to subscribers under the following circumstances:

        1. interruption of business;
        2. inability to access, access delays or access interruptions to the website;
        3. data non-delivery, misdelivery, corruption, destruction or other modification;
        4. loss or damages of any sort incurred as a result of dealings with or the presence of off-site links on the website;
        5. computer viruses, system failure or malfunction which may occur in connection with your use of the website, including during hyperlinks to or from third party websites;
        6. disclosure or leakage of subscriber personal data caused by the six situations described in the C section of the IV part of this Disclaimer;
        7. other subscriber losses caused by force majeure or other reasons the Company can not reasonably control.

VII. Service modification, discontinuity or termination

        Where web services need to be halted due to the needs of system maintenance or upgrade, this website will do its best to give prior notification.
        Under one of the following circumstances, this website reserves the right to discontinue or terminate the provision of network service to subscribers at no prior notice and to refuse such subscribers to use the full part or any portion of the services this website offers at present or in the future: one, the subscriber provides any erroneous, untruthful, out-dated, incomplete or misleading data or this website has good reasons to suspect that the afore-described data is erroneous, untruthful, out-dated, incomplete or misleading; two, the subscriber violates this Legal Disclaimer or rules of use prescribed in relevant subscriber agreement.
        Apart from the above-described circumstances, this website at the same time reserves the right to discontinue or terminate at any time partial or full network services without prior notice to subscribers and, unless otherwise prescribed by applicable law or otherwise agreed between the parties, the Company undertakes no liability to subscribers or any third party for any losses incurred by such service discontinuity or termination.

VIII. Changes

         The Company reserves the right, at its own discretion, to modify, add, or delete any content in this Disclaimer at any time. Each time you access or use the website, it is construed that you agree to be bound by this Disclaimer as it then reads. Therefore, each time you access or use the website you are recommended to check the date of the Disclaimer and review any changes since the previous version.

IX. Applicable law and jurisdiction

         The institution, execution, interpretation, and dispute resolution of this Disclaimer follow applicable laws of the People's Republic of China. For disputes risen from the use of this website that are not settled through negotiation, any party may file a complaint at the people's court where the Company is located.