China Shenhua Energy Co. Ltd. provided earnings results for the first half of 2017. The company reported according to the preliminary estimation, profit for the period of the group attributable to the equity holders of the company in the first half of 2017 is estimated to be approximately RMB 26.28 billion (the first half of 2016: RMB 10.827 billion), representing a year-on-year increase of approximately 143%. The change in operating results was mainly due to: benefiting from the rising trend at a stable pace in the domestic economy and the satisfactory outcome brought by various policies such as the supply-side structural reform of the coal industry, in the first half of 2017, the market price of coal saw a significant increase as compared to the first half of 2016. Given the greater endeavor of the Group in the integration of coal sources, the strengthened production and procurement of coal and the organization of transportation, during the reporting period, the sales volume and average selling price of coal achieved a year-on-year growth and business volume in the transportation segment also achieved a year-on-year growth.