China Strategic Holdings Ltd. provided preliminary group earnings guidance for the six months ended June 30, 2017. For the period, the Group expects to record a significant decrease in loss for the six months ended June 30, 2017 as compared with the loss recorded by the Group for the six months ended June 30, 2016. Such expected significant decrease in loss was mainly attributable to the decrease in net loss on financial assets at fair value through profit or loss expected to be recorded for the six months ended June 30, 2017 of approximately HKD 197.0 million (which comprised of net unrealised loss and net realised loss of approximately HKD 107.8 million and HKD 89.2 million respectively) as compared with the same recorded by the Group for the six months ended June 30, 2016 of approximately HKD 415.2 million (which comprised of net unrealised loss and net realised loss of approximately HKD 229.4 million and HKD 185.8 million respectively), coupled with the significant increases in profits expected to be generated by the Group's money lending, trading as well as securities brokerage businesses when compared to their respective results for the six months ended June 30, 2016.