China International Marine Containers (Group) Co., Ltd. provided earnings guidance for the third quarter and nine months ended 30 September 2017. For the third quarter, the Group is expected to record net profit attributable to shareholders and other equity holders of the company is to be in the range of RMB 403,102,000 to RMB 553,102,000 compared to the RMB 188,403,000 reported a year ago. The company expects basic earnings per share is to be in the range of RMB 0.1266 to RMB 0.1769 against RMB 0.0545 reported a year ago. For the nine months, the Group is expected to record a consolidated net profit attributable to shareholders and other equity holders of the company for the nine months ended 30 September 2017 is to be in the range of RMB 1,200,000,000 to RMB 1,350,000,000 compared to the loss of RMB 189,631,000 reported a year ago. The company expects basic earnings per share is to be in the range of RMB 0.3820 to RMB 0.4323 against basic loss per share of RMB 0.3820 reported a year ago. The expected turnaround to profit in the company's consolidated operating results for the nine months ended 30 September 2017 as compared with the corresponding period of last year was mainly due to the factors: for the first three quarters of this year, revenue and profits from the Group's container manufacturing business rapidly picked up, as a result of the revitalization of the global container shipping industry, the improvement in operation conditions for shipping enterprises and the recovery in container market demands. The corresponding period of last year represented a slump for the container manufacturing business, with relatively low revenue and profit basis. Meanwhile, the Group's road transportation vehicle business also performed satisfyingly for the first three quarters of the year, benefiting from various positive factors such as the lingering effect of the domestic new anti-over-loading policy and the healthy growth in the European markets. For the first three quarters of last year, the results of the Group recorded a loss as CIMC Enric Holdings Limited, a non-wholly owned subsidiary, made a substantial provision for asset impairment as a result of terminating its acquisition of (SinoPacific Offshore & Engineering Co. Ltd.) and relevant financial aids. In July of this year, CIMC Enric made a restructuring investment in SOE. Based on the Repayment Capability Analysis provided by the receiver of SOE, CIMC Enric recognized a further impairment provision of approximately RMB 106 million for the outstanding amount of the above financial aids for the first three quarters of this year, which did not materially and adversely affect the Group's current financial position.