China Life Insurance Company Limited provided the preliminary earnings guidance of 2018. According to preliminary statistics of its financial department, the company predicts that the net profit belonging to shareholders of the parent company in 2018 will decrease by between RMB 16,126 million and RMB 22,577 million, with a decrease of between 50% and 70% compared with that in 2017; the net profit belonging to shareholders of the parent company after excluding extraordinary profit and loss in 2018 will decrease by between RMB 16,195 million and RMB 22,673 million with a decrease of between 50% and 70% compared with that in 2017.