Turnover was up to 2,879 million yuan (€295m) from 1,769m yuan (€181m) during the same period the previous year while net profit swelled from 133m yuan (€13.6m) to 320m yuan (€33m).

Earnings per share were 0.2082 yuan (€0.0213) compared to 0.1453 yuan (€0.0149) in the same quarter in 2004 and assets per share were up to 2.7611 yuan (€0.2825) from 2.6125 yuan (€0.2673).