Central China Real Estate Limited announced that based on a preliminary assessment of the unaudited consolidated management accounts of the Group and other information currently available, the Group expects to record an increase in profit attributable to the Shareholders of not less than 40% than that as compared to the profit attributable to the Shareholders recorded in the consolidated financial statements of the Company for the year ended 31 December 2017. This was primarily attributable to (i) an increase in gross profit; and (ii) an increase in net valuation gain on investment properties, for the year ended 31 December 2018 as compared with the same period in 2017.