China Mobile Limited
Annual Report 2012
96
Notes to the Financial Statements
(Expressed in Renminbi unless otherwise indicated)
1 Significant Accounting Policies (Continued)
(x) Related parties
(a) A person, or a close member of that person’s family, is related to the Group if that person:
(i)
has control or joint control over the Group;
(ii) has significant influence over the Group; or
(iii) is a member of the key management personnel of the Group or the Group’s parent.
(b) An entity is related to the Group if any of the following conditions applies:
(i)
The entity and the Group are members of the same Group (which means that each parent, subsidiary
and fellow subsidiary is related to the others);
(ii)
One entity is an associate or joint venture of the other entity (or an associate or joint venture of a
member of a Group of which the other entity is a member);
(iii) Both entities are joint ventures of the same third party;
(iv) One entity is a joint venture of a third entity and the other entity is an associate of the third entity;
(v) The entity is a post-employment benefit plan for the benefit of employees of either the Group or an
entity related to the Group;
(vi) The entity is controlled or jointly controlled by a person identified in (a); or
(vii) A person identified in (a)(i) has significant influence over the entity or is a member of the key
management personnel of the entity (or of a parent of the entity).
Close members of the family of a person are those family members who may be expected to influence, or be
influenced by, that person in their dealings with the entity.