Commission File Number 001-31914

Exhibit 99.1

CHINA LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED

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

(Stock code: 2628)

ANNOUNCEMENT OF PREMIUM INCOME

This announcement is made to publish the information on the unaudited accumulated premium income of the Company to be released on China Insurance Regulatory Commission (“CIRC”)’s website.

Reference is made to the Company’s announcement dated 27 August 2004.

The accumulated premium income of the Company for the period from 1 January 2017 to 31 October 2017 was about RMB469.6 billion. The figure is to be released on CIRC’s website at www.circ.gov.cn.

The above information on premium income is unaudited.

By Order of the Board

China Life Insurance Company Limited

Heng Victor Ja Wei

Company Secretary

Hong Kong, 13 November 2017

As at the date of this announcement, the Board of the Company comprises:

Executive Directors:	Yang Mingsheng, Lin Dairen, Xu Hengping, Xu Haifeng
Non-executive Directors:	Wang Sidong, Liu Huimin, Yin Zhaojun
Independent Non-executive Directors:	Chang Tso Tung Stephen, Robinson Drake Pike, Tang Xin, Leung Oi-Sie Elsie