FORM 2 - Corporate Substantial Shareholder Notice
 
Form Serial No: CS20040628000117
1. Name of listed corporation: Ping An Insurance (Group) Co. of China, Ltd. - H Shares 
2. Stock code: 02318
3. Class of shares: H Shares 
4. Number of issued shares in class: 2,558,643,698
5. Name of substantial shareholder: Goldman Sachs (Asia) L L C 
6. Registered office: Corporation Trust Center, 1209 Orange Street, Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware 19801, U.S.A.
7. Principal place of business in Hong Kong: 68th Floor, Cheung Kong Center, 2 Queen's Road Central, Hong Kong 
13. Exchange on which listed: Nil
14. Name of listed parent and exchange on which parent is listed: The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. - listed on New York Stock Exchange 
15. Date of relevant event: 24/06/2004
(dd/mm/yyyy)
16. Date when the substantial shareholder became aware of the relevant event/ interest in the shares (if later):
17. Details of relevant event:
  Relevant event code describing circumstances Code describing capacity in which shares were/are held Number of shares bought/sold or involved Currency of transaction On Exchange Off Exchange
Before relevant event After relevant event Highest price per share Average price per share Average consideration per share Consideration code
Long position 108 201 208,183,000 HKD
18. Total shares immediately before the relevant event:
 Total number of sharesPercentage figure (%)
Long Position00.00
19. Total shares immediately after the relevant event:
 Total number of sharesPercentage figure (%)
Long Position208,183,0008.14
20. Capacity in which interests disclosed in Box 19 are held:
Code describing capacityNumber of shares
201
Long position208,183,000

21. Further information in respect of derivative interests:
Code describing derivativesNumber of shares
403
Long position208,183,000
22. Further information in relation to interests of corporations controlled by substantial shareholder:
Name of controlled corporationAddress and place of incorporationName of controlling shareholder% controlDirect interestNumber of shares
Nil   

23. Further information in relation to interests held by substantial shareholder jointly with another person:
Name of joint shareholderAddressNumber of shares
BOCI Asia Limited35/F., Bank of China Tower, 1 Garden Road, Hong Kong
Long position208,183,000
The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation LimitedLevel 15, 1 Queen's Road Central, Hong Kong
Long position208,183,000
Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Asia Limited30th Floor, Three Exchange Square, Central, Hong Kong
Long position208,183,000
24. Further information from a trustee, or beneficiary of a trust, or a founder of a Discretionary Trust:
Names of TrustAddressStatus codeNumber of shares
Nil  
25. Further information from a party to an agreement under Section 317:
Names of other partiesAddressNumber of shares
Nil 
Total number of shares in which substantial shareholder is interested under section 317 and 318:
26. Details of person(s) in accordance with whose directions the substantial shareholder or its directors are accustomed to act:
NamesAddressRelationship Code%
The Goldman Sachs Group, IncAddresses of individuals are not displayed.603100.00
 
27. Date of filing this Form 2: 28/06/2004
(dd/mm/yyyy)
29. Number of attachments: