6-K

Commission File Number 001-31914

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

December 20, 2017

China Life Insurance Company Limited

(Translation of registrant’s name into English)

16 Financial Street

Xicheng District

Beijing 100033, China

Tel: (86-10) 6363-3333

(Address of principal executive offices)

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Commission File Number 001-31914

China Life Insurance Company Limited issued an announcement on December 20, 2017, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 99.1 hereto.

EXHIBIT LIST

Exhibit	Description
99.1	Announcement, dated December 20, 2017

Commission File Number 001-31914

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 Life Insurance Company Limited
		(Registrant)
	By:	/s/ Lin Dairen
December 20, 2017	Name: Title:	(Signature) Lin Dairen President and Executive Director

EX-99.1

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

RESOLUTIONS PASSED AT

THE FIRST EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING 2017

The board of directors (the “Board”) of China Life Insurance Company Limited (the “Company”) announces the poll results in respect of the resolutions proposed at the first extraordinary general meeting 2017 (the “EGM” or “Meeting”) held on Wednesday, 20 December 2017. All resolutions were duly passed.

VOTING RESULTS AT THE EGM

The EGM was held on Wednesday, 20 December 2017 at 10:00 a.m. at the Multi-function Hall, 2/F, Block A, China Life Plaza, 16 Financial Street, Xicheng District, Beijing, China.

Shareholders holding a total of 28,264,705,000 shares of the Company, representing 100% of the total issued shares of the Company, were entitled to attend and vote on the resolutions proposed at the EGM. There were no restrictions on any shareholder casting votes on any of the proposed resolutions at the EGM.

Shareholders and authorized proxies holding a total of 22,304,483,026 voting shares of the Company, representing 78.912846% of the total voting shares of the Company, attended the EGM. The voting at the Meeting was conducted by way of onsite voting and online voting, and was in compliance with the relevant provisions of laws and regulations including the Company Law of the People’s Republic of China , the Rules for Shareholders’ Meetings of Listed Companies , the Shanghai Stock Exchange Implementation Rules for Online Voting at Shareholders’ Meetings of Listed Companies and the Articles of Association of the Company.

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Total number of shareholders and authorized proxies attending the Meeting	29
including:    number of A Share shareholders	28
number of H Share shareholders	1
Total number of shares with voting rights	22,304,483,026
including:    total number of shares held by A Share shareholders	19,340,810,908
total number of shares held by H Share shareholders	2,963,672,118
Percentage to the total number of shares with voting rights	78.912846
including:    percentage of shares held by A Share shareholders	68.427429
percentage of shares held by H Share shareholders	10.485417

Note: The shareholders attending the Meeting include the shareholders who attended the onsite meeting and the A Share shareholders who attended the Meeting by way of online voting.

Executive Director Mr. Lin Dairen was elected by the Board to chair the Meeting. Four out of the eleven Directors of the Company attended the Meeting, while the Chairman of the Board and Executive Director Mr. Yang Mingsheng, Executive Directors Mr. Xu Hengping and Mr. Xu Haifeng, Non-executive Directors Mr. Wang Sidong and Mr. Liu Huimin and Independent Non-executive Directors Mr. Robinson Drake Pike and Ms. Leung Oi-Sie Elsie were unable to attend due to other business commitments. Two out of the five Supervisors of the Company attended the Meeting, while Supervisors Ms. Xiong Junhong, Ms. Wang Cuifei and Mr. Li Guodong were unable to attend due to other business commitments. Certain members of the senior management and the Board Secretary also attended the Meeting.

The poll results in respect of the resolutions proposed at the EGM are as follows:

Resolutions		Type of Shareholders	For			Against			Abstain			Attending and Voting
				No. of Shares Voted	Percentage %		No. of Shares Voted	Percentage %		No. of Shares Voted	Percentage %		No. of Shares
As ordinary resolutions
1	To consider and approve the election of Mr. Yuan Changqing as a Non- executive Director of the fifth session of the Board of Directors of the Company	A Share shareholders		19,339,564,168	99.993554		674,740	0.003489		572,000	0.002957		19,340,810,908
		H Share shareholders		2,746,972,545	92.688139		195,754,918	6.605148		20,944,655	0.706713		2,963,672,118
		Total		22,086,536,713	99.022859		196,429,658	0.880673		21,516,655	0.096468		22,304,483,026
	The resolution was duly passed as an ordinary resolution. The qualification of Mr. Yuan Changqing as a Director of the Company is subject to the approval of the China Insurance Regulatory Commission (the “CIRC”).
2	To consider and approve the election of Mr. Luo Zhaohui as a Non-employee Representative Supervisor of the fifth session of the Supervisory Committee of the Company	A Share shareholders		19,340,146,864	99.996567		92,044	0.000476		572,000	0.002957		19,340,810,908
		H Share shareholders		2,731,549,908	92.167750		211,165,085	7.125116		20,957,125	0.707134		2,963,672,118
		Total		22,071,696,772	98.956325		211,257,129	0.947151		21,529,125	0.096524		22,304,483,026
	The resolution was duly passed as an ordinary resolution. The qualification of Mr. Luo Zhaohui as a Supervisor of the Company is subject to the approval of the CIRC.

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Pursuant to the relevant laws and regulations of the PRC, the Company announces the poll results of A Share shareholders who individually or in aggregate hold less than 5% of the shares of the Company in respect of the resolutions proposed at the EGM as follows:

Resolutions		For				Against				Abstain
		No. of Shares   Voted		Percentage   %		No. of Shares   Voted		Percentage   %		No. of Shares   Voted		Percentage   %
As ordinary resolutions
1	To consider and approve the election of Mr. Yuan Changqing as a Non-executive Director of the fifth session of the Board of Directors of the Company		16,034,168		92.785449		674,740		3.904540		572,000		3.310011
2	To consider and approve the election of Mr. Luo Zhaohui as a Non-employee Representative Supervisor of the fifth session of the Supervisory Committee of the Company		16,616,864		96.157355		92,044		0.532634		572,000		3.310011

The full text of the resolutions is set out in the circular and notice of the EGM dated 3 November 2017.

Computershare Hong Kong Investor Services Limited, the Company’s H Share registrar, in conjunction with King & Wood Mallesons, the Company’s PRC legal adviser, acted as scrutineers for the vote-taking at the EGM.

By Order of the Board

China Life Insurance Company Limited Heng Victor Ja Wei

Company Secretary

Hong Kong, 20 December 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

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