SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
FORM
6-K
Report
of Foreign Private Issuer
Pursuant
to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16 of
the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
For
the
month of January, 2007
CHINA
SOUTHERN AIRLINES COMPANY LIMITED
(Translation
of registrant's name into English)
Jichang
Road
Guangzhou,
Guangdong 510405
People’s
Republic of China
(Address
of principal executive offices)
(Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under
cover Form 20-F or Form 40-F.)
Form
20-F. x
Form
40-F. o
(Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant by furnishing the information contained
in
this Form is also thereby furnishing the information to the Commission pursuant
to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.)
Yes
. o
No.
x
(If
"Yes"
is marked, indicate below the file number assigned to the registrant in
connection with Rule 12g3-2(b): 82-________.)
China
Southern Airlines Company Limited (the "Company") on January 17, 2007 published
in two local newspapers in Hong Kong an announcement in Chinese and English,
respectively, regarding the reports that CSAHC will receive capital injection
from the PRC government. A copy of the English announcement is included in
this
Form 6-K of the Company.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant
has
duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized.
| CHINA SOUTHERN AIRLINES COMPANY LIMITED | ||
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| By: | /s/ Su Liang | |
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Name: Su Liang |
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| Title: Company Secretary | ||
Date:
January 18, 2007
(a
joint stock limited company incorporated in the People’s Republic of China with
limited liability)
(Stock
Code: 1055)
ANNOUNCEMENT
China
Southern Airlines Company Limited (the “Company”) and all members of its board
of directors hereby warrant the truthfulness, accuracy and completeness of
this
announcement, and jointly and severally accept full responsibility for any
misrepresentation, misleading statement or material omission herein
contained.
This
announcement is made pursuant to Rule 13.09(2) of the Rules Governing the
Listing of Securities on the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited for
simultaneous release of information in Hong Kong and Shanghai.
It
has
been reported in several press media reports recently that the certain
government authorities in the People’s Republic of China (the “PRC”) will inject
funds between RMB10 billion to RMB20 billion into three major airline groups
company in the PRC namely China Aviation Group Company, China Southern Air
Holding Company (“CSAHC”) and China Eastern Air Holding Company.
In
response to the above reports, the Board hereby makes the following
clarification:
The
above
reports only relate to CSAHC, the majority shareholder of the Company, and
have
no direct relevance to the Company. The Board is not in the position to make
any
confirmation of or comment to such reports. After making specific inquiries
to
CSAHC, CSAHC has confirmed that as at the date hereof, it has not received
any
written documents from any government authorities in the PRC with respect to
the
injection of any funds into CSAHC.
Save
for
the above, the Board confirms that there are no matters discloseable under
the
Listing Rules which remain undisclosed of the Company.
The
Board
of the Company also reminds shareholders of the Company and potential investors
to pay attention to the risks associated with investment in the Company’s
shares.
By
Order
of the Board
Su
Liang
Company
Secretary
Guangzhou,
the People’s Republic of China
16
January 2007
As
at the
date of this announcement, the Directors of the Company include Liu Shao Yong,
Wang Quan Hua, Zhao Liu An, Si Xian Min, Xu Jie Bo, Tan Wan Geng and Chen Zhen
You as executive Directors; and Peter Lok, Wei Ming Hai, Wang Zhi and Sui Guang
Jun as independent non-executive
Directors.