New China Life Insurance Company Ltd. provided unaudited earnings guidance for the six months ended June 30, 2018. For the period, the company estimated that the net profit attributable to the shareholders of the Company and the net profit attributable to the shareholders of the Company after deducting the non-recurring profit and loss for the first half of 2018 may increase by around 80% respectively as compared to the same period in 2017. The estimated increase in the interim results 2018 is primarily attributable to the impact of the change of discount rate assumption for traditional insurance liabilities. The Company determined the relevant assumption of insurance contract liabilities based on the current information available as at the date of balance sheet, and included the change of insurance contract liabilities caused by the changes of assumption into the statement of profit or loss.