Weichai Power Co. Ltd. expected to record a decline in net profit attributable to the shareholders of the parent for the six months ended 30 June 2012, as compared with that for the corresponding period in 2011. The board estimates that the percentage decline in net profit attributable to the shareholders of the parent for the six months ended 30 June 2012 approximates that for the first quarter of 2012. Such decrease in net profit attributable to the shareholders of the parent is mainly due to the tightening of the macro-economic policy by the Chinese government and the ensuing slowdown in economic growth and fixed asset investment growth, which in turn has caused a decrease in sales and hence the net profit of the Group.