| 28. | SHARE CAPITAL |
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At January 1, 2015 |
23,947 | 179,101 | ||||||||||
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Issuance of share upon exercise of options |
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At December 31, 2015 and 2016 |
23,947 | 179,102 | ||||||||||
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Shares issued |
1 | 6,651 | 74,954 | |||||||||
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At December 31, 2017 |
30,598 | 254,056 | ||||||||||
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On November 28, 2017, the Company issued 6,651,043,262 new shares to Unicom BVI in return for a cash consideration of RMB74,954 million.