Beijing North Star Company Limited provided earnings guidance for the year ended 31 December 2017. For the year, the company expected Profit of the company (excluding gains from changes in fair value of investment properties) attributable to equity holders for the year of 2017 is estimated to record an increase in the range of RMB 450 million to RMB 540 million (or an increase in the range of 61% to 73%), as compared with the corresponding period of the preceding year. Profit of the company (excluding gains from changes in fair value of investment properties and after deduction of non-recurring profit and loss) attributable to equity holders for the year of 2017 is estimated to record an increase in the range of RMB 630 million to RMB 720 million (or an increase in the range of 88% to 100%), as compared with the corresponding period of the preceding year. The profit attributable to equity holders of the company was RMB 806,811,000 (or RMB 743,429,000 if excluding gains from changes in fair value of investment properties, or RMB7 16,791,000 if excluding gains from changes in fair value of investment properties and after deduction of non-recurring profit and loss). Earnings per share was RMB 0.2396 (or RMB 0.2208 if excluding gains from changes in fair value of investment properties, or RMB 0.2129 if excluding gains from changes in fair value of investment properties and after deduction of non-recurring profit and loss). During the year of 2017, the non-recurring profit and loss is mainly: the company's operating results in commercial sector has been in downtrend for years in the face of competition from e-commerce. The company has been arranging staff re-employment in accordance with the requirements and procedures of the laws and regulations, which is estimated to have a relatively large impact on the non-recurring profit and loss.