EX-23.5 8 dex235.txt CONSENT OF SALLMANNS (FAR EAST) LIMITED Exhibit 23.5 [LOGO] Sallmanns [NAME IN CHINESE CHARACTERS] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Corporate valuation and consultancy 15/F Lucky Centre 165-171 Wanchai Road www.sallmanns.com Hong Kong Tel: (852) 2169 6000 Fax: (852) 2528 5079 5 December, 2003 The Directors China Life Insurance Company Limited No. 16 Chaowai Avenue Chaoyang District Beijing The People's Republic of China Dear Sirs, China Life Insurance Company Limited (the "Company") ---------------------------------------------------- United States Securities and Exchange Commission ------------------------------------------------ Form F-1 Registration Statement under the Securities Act of 1933 ---------------------------------------------------------------- We refer to the prospectus of the Company (the "Prospectus") in relation to the captioned issue. We hereby give our consent to the inclusion in the Prospectus with the inclusion therein of our name and references to our letter, summary of values and valuation certificates for property valuation the form and context in which they respectively appear in the Prospectus. Yours faithfully, for and on behalf of SALLMANNS (FAR EAST) LIMITED /s/ Paul L. Brown Paul L. Brown BSc. FRICS FHKIS Director Hong Kong, Bangkok, Beijing, A member of ATIS REAL-Weatheralls [LOGO] Delhi, Kuala Lumpur, Manila, with offices in UK, Austria, Belgium, Shanghai, Singapore Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Russia, Spain, Australia, New Zealand, Chile, Columbia, Mexico, USA.