The board of directors Guangdong Yueyun Transportation Company Limited announced that based on the financial information currently available to the Company, it is expected that the net profit attributable to Shareholders of the Company for the year ended 31 December 2017 will record an increase of not less than 20% as compared to that for the same period in 2016. The expected increase in the net profit attributable to Shareholders of the Company for the year 2017 was mainly due to the increased gross profit from the modern logistics business resulting from the year-on-year increase in the settlement price of materials due to market impacts; the year-on-year increase in the gross profit from the self-operated energy business resulting from the promotion of the construction of self-built and self-operated gas stations; and the increased investment income resulting from the year-on-year increase in the net profit for the year of Southern United Assets and Equity Exchange Company Limited, an associate of the Company.