Hangzhou-based Geely, China's highest-profile automaker globally due to the group's investments in Volvo Cars and Mercedes-Benz, posted January-June profit of 1.55 billion yuan ($228.33 million), versus 2.38 billion yuan in the same period a year earlier.

($1 = 6.7883 Chinese yuan renminbi)

(Reporting by Zhang Yan, Brenda Goh; Editing by Muralikumar Anantharaman)