West China Cement Limited provided unaudited earnings guidance for the year ended 31 December 2016. For the period, the company expects to record a net profit for the year ended 31 December 2016 as compared to the corresponding period of 2015 due to the following factors: Cement average selling prices have increased gradually during the fourth quarter of 2016. As a result, revenue of the Group for the year ended 31 December 2016 recorded a modest increase as compared to that for the year ended 31 December 2015. The Company recorded a significant write off of property, plant and equipment for the year ended 31 December 2015 in the amount of RMB 124.4 million. The Group currently does not expect to record similar significant write off of PPE for the year ended 31 December 2016.