Dongfang Electric Corporation Limited provided earnings guidance for the year 2018. The board of directors of the Company announced that, based on a preliminary review of the consolidated management accounts of the Company, the net profit attributable to the shareholders of the Company in 2018 is expected to increase by 65% to 95% as compared to the corresponding period of 2017 (being approximately RMB 670 million). It is mainly due to the fact that the Company completed the acquisition of the assets of Dongfang Electric Corporation ("DEC") in 2018, details of which are set in the announcement of the Company dated 16 November 2018, the net profit attributable to the shareholders of the Company in 2018 is expected to increase by 0% to 25% as compared to the restated amount of the net profit attributable to the shareholders of the Company in 2017. The Board also expects that, the net profit attributable to the shareholders of the Company after non-recurring profit and loss in 2018 will increase by 45% to 68% as compared to the corresponding period of 2017 (the corresponding period of last year: approximately RMB 490 million). As a result of the acquisition of the assets of DEC made by the Company in 2018, the net profit attributable to the shareholders of the Company after non-recurring profit and loss in 2018 is expected to increase by 45% to 68% as compared to the restated amount of the net profit attributable to the shareholders of the Company after non-recurring profit and loss for 2017.