HC Group Inc. provided consolidated earnings guidance for the six months ended 30 June 2018. The board of directors of the Company wishes to inform the shareholders and potential investors of the Company that based on a preliminary assessment of the unaudited consolidated management accounts of the Group and information currently available to the Board, the Company is expected to record a significant increase in revenue of approximately over 170% and an increase in the profit attributable to equity holders of the Company of approximately 30% to 50% for the six months ended 30 June 2018, as compared to the corresponding period in 2017. Based on the information currently available, the Board believes that the increase in revenue is mainly attributable to a significant growth in the revenue from the transaction service segment as the layout of the Group's industrial internet has shown preliminary effective results and transaction scenarios started to emerge, which has also driven rapid growth of the data service segment at the same time. The increase in profit attributable to equity holders of the Company is mainly attributable to the stable growth of the information services segment and data service segment and the gains generated from investments.