Qinhuangdao Port Co., Ltd. provided earnings guidance for the first quarter ending March 31, 2017. The board of directors of the company informed the shareholders and potential investors of the company that based on the preliminary assessment of the company on the group's management accounts for the period from 1 January 2017 to the date of this announcement, the net profit attributable to the shareholders of the parent for the first three months ended 31 March 2017 is expected to increase no less than 200% as compared with the corresponding period of 2016 (the net profit attributable to the shareholders of the parent is RMB 85 million, which is not reviewed or audited by the auditor of the company). The main reasons are as follows: the improvement of the macro market environment, the effective measures taken by the group to attract customers and stabilise the supply of cargoes, leading to the growing throughput volume of the Group, making the increase in the net profit.