According to preliminary statistics of its financial department, Gansu Jiu Steel Group Hongxing Iron & Steel Co. Ltd. predicts the net profit belonging to shareholders of the listed company in the first half of 2018 will be about RMB 584 million, with an increase of about RMB 233.23 million and about 66.5% compared with the same period of the year before. The net profit belonging to shareholders of the listed company after excluding extraordinary profit and loss will be about RMB 576 million, with an increase of about RMB 260.51 million and about 82.5% compared with the same period of the year before.