China Sanjiang Fine Chemicals Company Limited provided earnings guidance for the year ended 31 December 2017. For the year, the company expects its net profit attributable to shareholders will be in a range between approximately RMB 670 million and approximately RMB 700 million, which represents: an increment of more than 80% when comparing with the simple annualised 2017 interim result of the company, an increment of more than 80% when comparing with the net profit attributable to shareholders of the company for the year ended 31 December 2016 of RMB 552.6 million after excluding non-recurring items contributed by a disposed joint venture and an increment of more than 20% when comparing with the net profit attributable to shareholders of the Company for the year ended 31 December 2016 of RMB 552.6 million. The expected increase in net profit attributable to equity holders of the company was primarily attributable to a number of procurement and production measures that the company imposed during the second half of 2017, including but not limited to production adjustments and procurement adjustments as to timing and volume of methanol procurement in response to the slight increment of methanol pricing during 2017.