Anhui Province Natural Gas Development Co., Ltd. provided earnings guidance for the year 2018. For the year, according to preliminary statistics of its financial department, the company expects an increase of between RMB 42.3 million and RMB 67.18 million in its net profit in 2018 compared with the same period of the year before, with a year-on-year increase of between 34% and 54% (based on the disclosed statistics according to relevant regulations). The net profit belonging to shareholders of the company after excluding extraordinary profit and loss will increase by between RMB 55.25 million and RMB 76.1 million compared with the same period of the year before, with a year-on-year increase of between 53% and 73% (based on the disclosed statistics according to relevant regulations).