ANHUI GUJING DISTILLERY COMPANY LIMITED INTERIM REPORT 2023 August 2023 Interim Report 2023 Part I Important Notes, Table of Contents and Definitions The Board of Directors (or the “Board”), the Supervisory Committee as well as the directors, supervisors and senior management of Anhui Gujing Distillery Company Limited (hereinafter referred to as the “Company”) hereby guarantee the factuality, accuracy and completeness of the contents of this Report and its summary, and shall be jointly and severally liable for any misrepresentations, misleading statements or material omissions therein. Liang Jinhui, the legal representative, and Zhu Jiafeng, the Deputy Chief Accountant and Board Secretary, hereby guarantee that the financial statements carried in this Report are factual, accurate and complete. All the Company’s directors have attended the Board meeting for the review of this Report and its summary. Any plans for the future and other forward-looking statements mentioned in this Report shall NOT be considered as absolute promises of the Company to investors. Investors, among others, shall be sufficiently aware of the risk and shall differentiate between plans/forecasts and promises. Again, investors are kindly reminded to pay attention to possible investment risks. Investors’ attention is kindly directed to the risk factors that might have an adverse impact on the fulfillment of the Company’s development strategies and business objectives for the future, as well as to the countermeasures intended to be taken, which have been detailed in “X Risks Facing the Company and Countermeasures” in “Part III Management Discussion and Analysis” of this Report. The Company has no interim dividend plan, either in the form of cash or stock. This Report and its summary have been prepared in both Chinese and English. Should there be any discrepancies or misunderstandings between the two versions, the Chinese versions shall prevail. ~ 2 ~ Interim Report 2023 Table of Contents Part I Important Notes, Table of Contents and Definitions 2 Part II Corporate Information and Key Financial Information 6 Part III Management Discussion and Analysis 9 Part IV Corporate Governance 29 Part V Environmental and Social Responsibility 31 Part VI Significant Events 39 Part VII Share Changes and Shareholder Information 43 Part VIII Preferred Shares 49 Part IX Corporate Bonds 50 Part X Financial Statements 51 ~ 3 ~ Interim Report 2023 Documents Available for Reference (I) Financial statements signed and sealed by the Company’s legal representative, as well as Deputy Chief Accountant and Board Secretary; (II) All originals of the Company’s documents and announcements that have been publicly disclosed in the Reporting Period on the media designated by the China Securities Regulatory Commission; and (III) The interim report disclosed in other securities markets. ~ 4 ~ Interim Report 2023 Definitions Term Definition The “Company”, “ Gu Jing” or “we” Anhui Gujing Distillery Co., Ltd. Gujing Group Anhui Gujing Group Co., Ltd. Gujing Sales Bozhou Gujing Sales Co., Ltd. Yellow Crane Tower Distillery Yellow Crane Tower Distillery Co., Ltd. Mingguang Distillery Anhui Mingguang Distillery Co., Ltd. Longrui Glass Anhui Longrui Glass Co., Ltd. Intelligent Park Intelligent Brewing Technology Transformation Project ~ 5 ~ Interim Report 2023 Part II Corporate Information and Key Financial Information I Corporate Information Gujing Distillery, Gujing Stock name Stock code 000596, 200596 Distillery-B Stock exchange for stock listing Shenzhen Stock Exchange Company name in Chinese 安徽古井贡酒股份有限公司 Abbr. (if any) 古井 Company name in English (if any) ANHUI GUJING DISTILLERY COMPANY LIMITED Abbr. (if any) GU JING Legal representative Liang Jinhui II Contact Information Board Secretary Securities Representative Name Zhu Jiafeng Mei Jia Gujing Town, Bozhou City, Anhui Gujing Town, Bozhou City, Anhui Address Province, P.R.China Province, P.R.China Tel. (0558)5712231 (0558)5710057 Fax (0558)5710099 (0558)5710099 Email address gjzqb@gujing.com.cn gjzqb@gujing.com.cn III Other Information 1. Contact Information of the Company Indicate by tick mark whether any change occurred to the registered address, office address and their zip codes, website address and email address of the Company in the Reporting Period. □ Applicable Not applicable No change occurred to the said information in the Reporting Period, which can be found in the 2022 Annual Report. 2. Media for Information Disclosure and Place where this Report is Kept Indicate by tick mark whether any change occurred to the information disclosure media and the place for keeping the Company’s periodic reports in the Reporting Period. ~ 6 ~ Interim Report 2023 □ Applicable Not applicable The newspapers designated by the Company for information disclosure, the website designated by the CSRC for disclosing the Company’s periodic reports and the place for keeping such reports did not change in the Reporting Period. The said information can be found in the 2022 Annual Report. 3. Other Information Indicate by tick mark whether any change occurred to other information during the Reporting Period. □ Applicable Not applicable IV Key Financial Information Indicate by tick mark whether there is any retrospectively restated datum in the table below. □ Applicable Not applicable H1 2023 H1 2022 Change (%) Operating revenue (RMB) 11,310,016,495.10 9,002,005,923.42 25.64% Net profit attributable to the listed 2,779,474,367.51 1,918,821,503.75 44.85% company’s shareholders (RMB) Net profit attributable to the listed company’s shareholders before exceptional 2,731,120,890.76 1,889,027,051.06 44.58% gains and losses (RMB) Net cash generated from/used in operating 4,727,836,696.73 4,191,246,799.79 12.80% activities (RMB) Basic earnings per share (RMB/share) 5.26 3.63 44.90% Diluted earnings per share (RMB/share) 5.26 3.63 44.90% Weighted average return on equity (%) 13.96% 10.97% 2.99% 30 June 2023 31 December 2022 Change (%) Total assets (RMB) 34,385,117,534.17 29,789,822,298.65 15.43% Equity attributable to the listed company’s 19,714,682,485.21 18,520,757,973.52 6.45% shareholders (RMB) V Accounting Data Differences under Chinese Accounting Standards (CAS) and International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) and Foreign Accounting Standards 1. Net Profit and Equity Differences under CAS and IFRS □ Applicable Not applicable No such differences for the Reporting Period. ~ 7 ~ Interim Report 2023 2. Net Profit and Equity Differences under CAS and Foreign Accounting Standards □ Applicable Not applicable No such differences for the Reporting Period. XI Exceptional Gains and Losses Applicable □ Not applicable Unit: RMB Item Amount Note Gain or loss on disposal of non-current assets (inclusive of -1,183,887.92 impairment allowance write-offs) Government subsidies charged to current profit or loss (exclusive of government subsidies consistently given in the Company’s 27,104,577.88 ordinary course of business at fixed quotas or amounts as per governmental policies or standards) Gain or loss on fair-value changes in trading financial assets and liabilities & investment income from disposal of trading financial assets and liabilities and available-for-sale financial assets 25,000,400.11 (exclusive of effective portion of hedges that arise in the Company’s ordinary course of business) Reversed portion of impairment allowance for receivables which 98,239.02 are tested individually for impairment Non-operating income and expense other than the above 25,705,304.86 Less: Income tax effects 18,984,822.91 Non-controlling interests effects (net of tax) 9,386,334.29 Total 48,353,476.75 -- Particulars about other items that meet the definition of exceptional gain/loss: □ Applicable Not applicable No such cases for the Reporting Period. Explanation of why the Company reclassifies as recurrent an exceptional gain/loss item listed in the Explanatory Announcement No. 1 on Information Disclosure for Companies Offering Their Securities to the Public—Exceptional Gain/Loss Items: □ Applicable Not applicable No such cases for the Reporting Period. ~ 8 ~ Interim Report 2023 Part III Management Discussion and Analysis I Principal Activity of the Company in the Reporting Period (I) Principal Activity of the Company The Company primarily produces and markets baijiu. According to the Industry Categorization Guide for Listed Companies (Revised in 2012) issued by the CSRC, baijiu making belongs to the “liquor, beverage and refined tea making industry" (C15). The Company’s principal operations remained unchanged in the Reporting Period. (II) Status of the Industry and Position of the Company in the Industry 1. Status of the Baijiu Industry Since the beginning of the 21st century, China's baijiu industry has experienced three development stages. Before 2012, with rapid economic growth, the income of urban and rural residents rose fast, and the demand for baijiu continued to increase, while production and sales of baijiu continuously expanded at a fast pace. As a result, the baijiu industry witnessed booming supply and demand. During that period, national baijiu brands and local regional renowned baijiu enterprises achieved rapid development. In the context of the rise in both the demand and price of baijiu, the sales income and total profits of baijiu enterprises increased quickly. From the second half of 2012 to 2016, China's economy once again entered a period of adjustment, as the Chinese government introduced a string of policies to restrict the spending on official overseas visits, official vehicles and official hospitality, such as the "Eight-point Decision" and "Six Prohibitions", which include restrictions on the consumption of high-end alcohol with public funds. Consumption scenarios such as commercial consumption and government consumption were limited, leading to a drop in consumer demand in a short time. Moreover, baijiu prices were under huge pressure. China's baijiu industry entered a period of profound adjustment. After 2012, both the output growth and income growth of China's baijiu industry slowed down. The baijiu industry began to recover in the second half of 2016, with a rise in consumption demand by end-users, propelling the growth of the overall income and profits of the industry. Since 2017, the overall demand and price of baijiu have increased, and the recovery of mid- and high-end baijiu has picked up. In the future, benefiting from the consumption upgrade and the change of consumption concept, the growth of sub-high-end baijiu will be the key driver for the development of the baijiu industry. The consumption upgrade is the major driving force for the development of the baijiu industry. Baijiu enterprises need to fully grasp the great opportunities from the extensive consumption upgrade and strive to better meet the consumption needs of the market through quality improvement, market segmentation and product innovation and other means, so as to advance the transformation and upgrade of the product structure. 2. Position of the Company in the Industry China has a long history of baijiu. There are a large number of baijiu production enterprises in the country, but the regional distribution of baijiu consumers is particularly evident. The baijiu industry is characterized by full competition, with a high degree of marketization. The market competition is fierce, and the industry adjustments are constantly deepening. In the national market, the competitive edges of the enterprises come from their brand influence, product style and marketing & operation models. In a single regional market, the competitive strengths of the enterprises depend on their brand influence in the region, the recognition of the companies by regional consumers and comprehensive marketing capacity. As one of China’s traditional top eight liquor brands, the Company is the first listed baijiu company with both A and B stocks. It is located in Bozhou City, Anhui Province in China, the hometown of historic figures Cao Cao and Hua Tuo, as well as one of the world’s top 10 liquor-producing areas. No changes have occurred to the main business of the Company in the Reporting Period. As the main product of the Company, the Gujing spirit originated as a “JiuYunChun Spirit”, together with its making secrets, being presented as a hometown specialty by Cao Cao, a famous warlord in China’s history, to Emperor Han Xiandi (name: Liu Xie) in A.D. ~ 9 ~ Interim Report 2023 196, and was continually presented to the royal house since then. With crystalline liquid, rich aroma, a fine flavor and a lingering aftertaste, the Gujing spirit has helped the Company win four national baijiu golden awards, a golden award at the 13th SIAL Paris, the title of China’s “Geographical Indication Product”, the recognition as a “Key Cultural Relics Site under the State Protection”, the recognition with a “National Intangible Cultural Heritage Protection Project”, a Quality Award from the Anhui provincial government, a title of “National Quality Benchmark”, among other honors. In April 2016, Gujing Distillery signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Huanghelou Liquor Co., Ltd., opening a new era of cooperation in China's famous liquor industry. Yellow Crane Tower Baijiu is the only famous Chinese liquor in Hubei. Its unique style is "soft, mellow, elegant and cool, and has a long lingering fragrance". It won the two China gold medal in baijiu appreciation in 1984 and 1989. At present, Huanghelou liquor industry has three bases: Wuhan, Xianning and Suizhou. Among them, Huanghelou Liquor Culture Expo Park in Wuhan base has been approved as national AAA scenic spot, and Huanghelou forest wine town in Xianning base has been approved as national AAAA scenic spot. In January 2021, Gujing Distillery and Mingguang signed a strategic cooperation agreement. The unique mung bean flavor adds to the famous liquor family of Gu Jing. Gu Jing has become a renowned liquor producer in China with three brands, four major flavors and three producing areas. The Company is subject to the disclosure requirements for the “food and liquor & wine production industry” in the Guideline No. 3 of the Shenzhen Stock Exchange for Self-regulation of Listed Companies—Industry-specific Information Disclosure. Brand operation Focusing on "brand, quality and morality", the Company vigorously promotes product development and quality upgrade and gives full play to the leading role of the brand “Gujinggong Liquor”. It proactively participates in the project of China Central Television ("CCTV") titled Promote Chinese Brands to Strengthen China and takes advantage of platforms provided by CCTV, provincial-level satellite TV channels, the Internet and new media to constantly tell the stories of the brand “Gujinggong Liquor”. Additionally, by holding the Gujing Group Enterprise Day of China Pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai, the Company uses "liquor as the medium" to display the beauty of Chinese culture and convey the values of "Be Honest, Offer Quality Liquor, Be Stronger and Be Helpful to the Society" to the world. The Company has been strengthening the building of access to the end market and creating new marketing forms. It has ceaselessly consolidated and deepened the "Gu 20 Toasts the Success" themed event, focused on the core market exploration and comprehensively launched a range of consumer fostering activities. Through the brand communication mode that combines online publicity and offline experience, the Company has offered core consumers an opportunity to watch and experience its liquor-making process and quality. It has organized a series of brand promotion activities, as a result of which the visibility of the brand “Gujinggong Liquor” has continuously increased. Main sales model The Company's key sales model is dealer model. Under the dealer model, the Company will select one or more dealers for sales of a product brand (or product sub-brand) according to the market capacity. Distribution model: Applicable □ Not applicable 1. Operating Performance by Distribution Channel and Product Category Unit: RMB YoY YoY YoY change change change in in By Operating revenue Cost of sales Gross profit margin in cost operating gross of sales revenue profit (%) (%) margin ~ 10 ~ Interim Report 2023 (%) Channel Online 343,597,657.39 83,341,732.21 75.74% 22.92% 38.99% -2.81% Offline 10,966,418,837.71 2,305,269,106.07 78.98% 25.73% 17.43% 1.48% Total 11,310,016,495.10 2,388,610,838.28 78.88% 25.64% 18.07% 1.35% YoY YoY YoY change change change in in By Operating revenue Cost of sales Gross profit margin in cost gross operating of sales profit revenue (%) margin (%) (%) Product series Original Vintage 8,761,231,340.80 1,301,249,321.80 85.15% 30.67% 24.41% 0.75% Gujinggong Liquor 1,111,025,383.77 453,189,460.71 59.21% 23.26% 28.72% -1.73% Yellow Crane Tower and oters 1,108,429,115.03 380,135,089.67 65.71% 1.63% 2.53% -0.30% Total 10,980,685,839.60 2,134,573,872.18 80.56% 26.26% 20.68% 0.90% 2. Distributors Region Ending number Increase or decrease in quantity during the reporting period North China 1,134 2 South China 537 7 Central China 2,649 -72 International 21 5 Total 4,341 -58 3. Principal methods of settlement and distribution with distributors The Company's principal method of settlement with its distributors is on a pay-as-you-go basis, and the method of distribution is authorised distribution. 4. Top five distributors Total sales to top five distributors (RMB) 1,628,072,653.52 Total sales to top five distributors as % of total sales of the 14.40% Reporting Period (%) Total sales to related parties among top five distributors as % of 0.00% total sales of the Reporting Period (%) The Company had no accounts receivable from the top five distributors at the end of the Reporting Period. Proportion of store sales terminal exceeds 10% □ Applicable Not applicable Online direct sales ~ 11 ~ Interim Report 2023 Applicable □ Not applicable The major product varieties sold online are Original Vintage Series, and Gujinggong Liquor Series, among others. The main online sales platforms are Gujing Distillery platform, Tmall, JD.com, and Suning.com. Any over 30% YoY movements in the selling price of main products contributing over 10% of current total operating revenue □ Applicable Not applicable Model and contents of purchase The Company primarily adopts the bidding and strategic cooperation models. It also adopts the base planting model in order to ensure the quality of some raw materials. Purchase contents Purchase contents Purchase model Amount (RMB’0,000) Strategic purchasing 45,690.28 1 Raw materials Tendering purchasing 86,594.84 2 Packing materials Tendering purchasing 115,548.30 Total 247,833.42 The proportion of raw materials purchased from cooperations or farmers to total purchase amount exceeds 30% □ Applicable Not applicable Any over 30% YoY movements in prices of main purchased raw materials □ Applicable Not applicable Main production model The Company's existing production model is sales-based production. Specifically, the Logistics Control Center is responsible for coordinating the implementation of production plans, release of material production plans, and delivery and tracking of products, and prepares balanced production plans on a quarterly basis according to the product inventory. The logistics distribution system is coordinated according to the production schedule and inventory with a view to ensuring timely delivery of products. Commissioned production □ Applicable Not applicable Breakdown of cost of sales H1 2023 H1 2022 Change Item As % of total cost of As % of total cost of Cost of sales (RMB) Cost of sales (RMB) (%) sales sales Direct 1,768,111,648.92 74.02% 1,433,860,216.87 70.88% 23.31% materials Direct labor 206,960,453.62 8.66% 184,982,109.94 9.14% 11.88% cost Manufacturi 104,793,339.67 4.39% 97,606,754.63 4.82% 7.36% ng expenses Fuels 54,708,429.97 2.29% 52,347,941.56 2.59% 4.51% Total 2,134,573,872.18 89.36% 1,768,797,023.00 87.43% 20.68% Output and inventory 1. Output, sales volume and inventory of main products for the Reporting Period and respective YoY changes thereof ~ 12 ~ Interim Report 2023 Unit: ton YoY changes YoY changes YoY changes Main product Output Sales volume inventory of sales of output of inventory volume Original Vintage Series 28,509.33 36,049.87 17,061.72 8.79% 24.73% 53.51% Gujinggong Liquor Series 10,665.13 16,124.62 3,092.37 -48.98% 9.87% -66.04% Yellow Crane Tower Liquor 11,580.01 13,096.01 3,640.69 -45.78% -12.68% -60.82% Series and Others Reasons for change: (1) The inventory of the Original Vintage Series increased 53.51% year on year, primarily because revenue went up and product stocks increased. (2) The output of the Gujinggong Liquor Series decreased48.98%year on year, primarily because previous stocks were sold and the output decreased in the current period. (3) The inventory of the Gujinggong Liquor Series decreased 66.04% year on year, primarily because previous stocks were sold and the output decreased in the current period. (4) The output of the Yellow Crane Tower and Others Liquor Series decreased 45.78% year on year, primarily because previous stocks were sold and the output decreased in the current period. 2. Ending inventory of finished liquor and semi-product Category Ending quantity (ton) Finished liquor 23,794.78 Semi-product 224,286.91 3. Capacity Unit: ton Main product Designed capacity (annual) Actual capacity (H1) Capacity in progress (annual) Finished liquor 115,000 50,754 130,000 II Core Competitiveness Analysis No significant changes occurred to the Company’s core competitiveness in the Reporting Period. III Analysis of Core Businesses Overview Indicate whether it is the same with the contents disclosed under the heading “Principal Activity of the Company in the Reporting Period” above. Yes □ No See contents under the heading “I Principal Activity of the Company in the Reporting Period”. Year-on-year changes in key financial data: Unit: RMB ~ 13 ~ Interim Report 2023 H1 2023 H1 2022 Change (%) Main reason for change Operating revenue 11,310,016,495.10 9,002,005,923.42 25.64% Cost of sales 2,388,610,838.28 2,023,003,861.36 18.07% Selling expense 3,048,015,143.61 2,595,105,420.46 17.45% Administrative expense 583,974,559.37 559,320,542.66 4.41% Finance costs -122,850,639.75 -129,623,959.99 5.23% Income tax expense 964,656,318.72 706,053,183.61 36.63% Increased gross profit Net cash generated from/used in operating 4,727,836,696.73 4,191,246,799.79 12.80% activities Net cash generated Decreased disinvestment from/used in investing -999,774,105.42 2,410,996,182.79 -141.47% in wealth management activities products upon maturity The main reason is the Net cash generated impact of the 2022 from/used in financing 8,867,195.83 -1,250,168,998.75 100.71% dividend distribution in activities July 2023. Decreased disinvestment Net increase in cash and 3,736,929,787.14 5,352,073,983.83 -30.18% in wealth management cash equivalents products upon maturity Material changes to the profit structure or sources of the Company in the Reporting Period: □ Applicable Not applicable No such changes in the Reporting Period. Breakdown of operating revenue: Unit: RMB H1 2023 H1 2022 As % of total As % of total Change (%) Operating revenue operating revenue Operating revenue operating revenue (%) (%) Total 11,310,016,495.10 100.00% 9,002,005,923.42 100.00% 25.64% By operating division Manufacturing 11,310,016,495.10 100.00% 9,002,005,923.42 100.00% 25.64% By product category Baijiu 10,980,685,839.60 97.09% 8,696,974,044.24 96.61% 26.26% Hotel services 44,091,924.96 0.39% 25,249,697.55 0.28% 74.62% Other 285,238,730.54 2.52% 279,782,181.63 3.11% 1.95% By operating segment ~ 14 ~ Interim Report 2023 North China 821,080,901.86 7.26% 608,718,399.33 6.76% 34.89% Central China 9,782,622,497.21 86.49% 7,877,325,509.33 87.51% 24.19% South China 696,179,001.74 6.16% 504,229,987.66 5.60% 38.07% Overseas 10,134,094.29 0.09% 11,732,027.10 0.13% -13.62% Operating division, product category or operating segment contributing over 10% of operating revenue or operating profit: Applicable □ Not applicable Unit: RMB YoY change in YoY change in Gross profit YoY change in Operating revenue Cost of sales operating revenue gross profit margin cost of sales (%) (%) margin (%) By operating division Manufacturing 11,310,016,495.10 2,388,610,838.28 78.88% 25.64% 18.07% 1.35% By product category Baijiu 10,980,685,839.60 2,134,573,872.18 80.56% 26.26% 20.68% 0.90% Hotel services 44,091,924.96 21,836,104.57 50.48% 74.62% 32.31% 15.84% Other 285,238,730.54 232,200,861.53 18.59% 1.95% -2.31% 3.55% By operating segment North China 821,080,901.86 177,942,282.98 78.33% 34.89% 31.17% 0.61% Central China 9,782,622,497.21 2,080,292,659.11 78.73% 24.19% 16.55% 1.39% South China 696,179,001.74 128,233,371.06 81.58% 38.07% 30.77% 1.03% Overseas 10,134,094.29 2,142,525.13 78.86% -13.62% -51.24% 16.31% Core business data of the prior year restated according to the changed statistical caliber for the Reporting Period: □ Applicable Not applicable Any over 30% YoY movements in the data above and why: Applicable □ Not applicable Revenue from hotel services increased 74.62% year on year, primarily driven by the increased room revenue. The Company is subject to the disclosure requirements for the “food and liquor & wine production industry” in the Guideline No. 3 of the Shenzhen Stock Exchange for Self-regulation of Listed Companies—Industry-specific Information Disclosure. Breakdown of selling expense: Unit: RMB Item H1 2023 H1 2022 Change Reason Employment 623,631,139.58 499,313,896.40 24.90% benefitsfees Travel 96,783,184.70 77,211,414.12 25.35% Advertisement 564,290,043.38 557,349,666.49 1.25% fees 1,333,513,264.01 1,057,068,152.23 26.15% promotion costs Service fees 371,761,620.49 352,084,304.93 5.59% Others 58,035,891.45 52,077,986.29 11.44% Total 3,048,015,143.61 2,595,105,420.46 17.45% ~ 15 ~ Interim Report 2023 Details about advertisement No. Main way Amount (RMB’0,000) 1 TV 22,964.52 2 Offline 25,934.44 3 Online 7,530.04 Total 56,429.00 IV Analysis of Non-Core Businesses □ Applicable Not applicable V Analysis of Assets and Liabilities 1. Significant Changes in Asset Composition Unit: RMB 30 June 2023 31 December 2022 Change in Reason for any significant As % of total As % of total percentage Amount Amount change assets assets (%) Monetary assets 16,852,310,217.36 49.01% 13,772,561,141.30 46.23% 2.78% Accounts 101,188,559.18 0.29% 62,688,668.94 0.21% 0.08% receivable Inventories 6,175,047,719.12 17.96% 6,058,106,090.88 20.34% -2.38% Investment 48,535,817.21 0.14% 13,396,881.96 0.04% 0.10% property Long-term equity 10,200,382.24 0.03% 10,154,235.98 0.03% 0.00% investments Fixed assets 2,917,327,570.54 8.48% 2,741,844,586.30 9.20% -0.72% Construction in 3,007,948,340.56 8.75% 2,454,703,251.44 8.24% 0.51% progress Right-of-use 25,290,923.22 0.07% 32,562,171.10 0.11% -0.04% assets Short-term 0.00 0.00% 83,232,176.31 0.28% -0.28% borrowings Contract 3,025,229,971.79 8.80% 826,636,478.35 2.77% 6.03% liabilities Long-term 179,053,388.89 0.52% 44,944,737.91 0.15% 0.37% borrowings ~ 16 ~ Interim Report 2023 Lease liabilities 13,441,957.10 0.04% 18,631,395.93 0.06% -0.02% 2. Major Assets Overseas □ Applicable Not applicable 3. Assets and Liabilities at Fair Value Applicable □ Not applicable Unit: RMB Gain/loss on Cumulative Impairmen fair-value fair-value t allowance Purchased in Sold in the Other Beginning Item changes in changes for the the Reporting Reporting change Ending amount amount the Reporting charged to Reporting Period Period s Period equity Period Financial assets 1. Held-for-tradin g financial 1,782,687,769.6 25,168,981.3 700,000,000.0 717,178,272.7 1,790,678,478.1 assets 0.00 6 0 0 9 7 (excluding derivative financial assets) 2. Investments 4,306,149.3 in other equity 56,447,789.94 0.00 0.00 0.00 60,753,939.28 4 instruments Subtotal of 1,839,135,559.6 25,168,981.3 4,306,149.3 700,000,000.0 717,178,272.7 1,851,432,417.4 financial assets 0 0 4 0 9 5 Total of the 1,839,135,559.6 25,168,981.3 4,306,149.3 700,000,000.0 717,178,272.7 1,851,432,417.4 above 0 0 4 0 9 5 Financial 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 liabilities Significant changes to the measurement attributes of the major assets in the Reporting Period: □ Yes No 4. Restricted Asset Rights as at the Period-End Unit: RMB Item Ending carrying value Reason for restriction Certificate of deposit and cash deposits that are pledged for issuing Monetary assets 10,006,995.00 bank acceptance bills ~ 17 ~ Interim Report 2023 Intangible assets 169,116,600.00 In pledge for loan Total 179,123,595.00 -- VI Investments Made 1. Total Investments Made □ Applicable Not applicable 2. Significant Equity Investments Made in the Reporting Period □ Applicable Not applicable 3. Major Non-Equity Investments Ongoing in the Reporting Period Applicable □ Not applicable Unit: RMB Reaso n for Accum not Accumula Estim ulative reachi Fixed Input tive actual Discl Way Indust Capita ated realized ng the assets amount input osure Disclosu of ry l Prog return revenue sched Item invest in the amount as date re index invest involv resour ress on s as of ule ment Reportin of the (if (if any) ment ed ces invest the and or not g Period period-en any) ment period-e antici d nd pated incom e For details, The please Intellige refer to nt Self-o the Technol Liquo wned 3 Announc ogy Transfor Self-b r 710,030, 3,506,055 funds 42.2 Marc ement Yes N/A N/A N/A mation uilt produ 483.37 ,408.25 and 9% h No. Project ction raised 2020 2020-00 for Liquor funds 2 on Producti Investme on nt in the Intellige nt ~ 18 ~ Interim Report 2023 Technol ogy Transfor mation Project for Liquor Producti on disclose d by the Compan y on the website of Cninfo dated 3 March 2020. 710,030, 3,506,055 Total -- -- -- -- -- N/A N/A -- -- -- 483.37 ,408.25 ~ 19 ~ Interim Report 2023 4. Financial Investments (1) Securities Investments Applicable □ Not applicable Unit: RMB Gain/loss on fair Cumulative Ending Variety Purchased Code of Name of Initial Accounting Beginning value fair value Sold in the Gain/loss in Funding in the of measurement changes in changes Reporting the Reporting carrying Accounting title securities securities investment cost Reporting source model carrying value the charged to Period Period securities Period Reporting equity value Period DAPU Asset Fair value Held-for-trading Self-owned Fund 200,000,000.00 202,334,870.49 -648,400.98 201,686,469.51 -1,293,063.11 0.00 Management method financial assets funds Other ending holding securities -- -- -- investments Total 200,000,000.00 -- 202,334,870.49 -648,400.98 201,686,469.51 -1,293,063.11 0.00 -- -- Disclosure date of the announcement about the board’s Naught consent for the securities investment Disclosure date of the announcement about the general Naught meeting’s consent for the securities investment (if any) ~ 20 ~ Interim Report 2023 (2) Investments in Derivative Financial Instruments Applicable □ Not applicable Unit: RMB’0,000 Proportion of closing Actual Purchased in investment Relationship Initial Beginning Sold in the Impairment Ending gain/loss in Related-party Type of the amount in Operator with the investment Starting date Ending date investment Reporting provision (if investment the transaction derivative Reporting the Company amount amount Period any) amount Reporting Period Company’s Period ending net assets Reverse Reverse repurchase Naught No repurchase of 0.00 2023-06-26 2023-07-03 6,000.00 2,000.00 6,000.00 2,000.00 0.10% 7.59 of national national debt debt Total 0.00 -- -- 6,000.00 2,000.00 6,000.00 2,000.00 0.10% 7.59 Capital source for derivative investment Company’s own funds Lawsuits involved (if applicable) N/A Disclosure date of board announcement approving 30 August 2013 derivative investment (if any) Disclosure date of shareholders’ meeting announcement N/A approving derivative investment (if any) Analysis of risks and control measures associated with derivative investments held in the Reporting Period The Company had controlled the relevant risks strictly according to the Derivatives Investment Management System. (including but not limited to market risk, liquidity risk, credit risk, operational risk, legal risk, etc.) ~ 21 ~ Interim Report 2023 Changes in market prices or fair value of derivative investments during the Reporting Period (fair value Naught analysis should include measurement method and related assumptions and parameters) Significant changes in accounting policies and specific accounting principles adopted for derivative investments Naught in the Reporting Period compared to previous reporting period Based on the sustainable development of the main business and the sufficient free idle money, the Company increased the profits through investing in the reasonable financial derivative instruments, which was in favor of improving the service efficiency of the idle funds; in order to reduce the investment risks of the financial derivative instruments, the Company had set up corresponding Opinion of independent directors on derivative supervision mechanism for the financial derivative instrument business and formulated reasonable accounting policy as well as specific investments and risk control principles of financial accounting; the derivative Investment business developed separately took national debts as mortgage object, which was met with the cautious and steady risks management principle and the interest of the Company and shareholders. Therefore, agreed the Company to develop the derivative Investment business of reverse repurchase of national debt not more than the limit of RMB0.3 billion. 5. Use of Funds Raised Applicable □ Not applicable (1) Overall Usage of Funds Raised Applicable □ Not applicable Unit: RMB’0,000 Total funds used Accumulative Proportion of The usage and Amount of Total funds Accumulative Total funds with Total unused Year Way of raising in the Current funds with accumulative destination of funds raised idle raised fund used usage changed funds Period usage changed funds with unused funds for over two ~ 22 ~ Interim Report 2023 usage changed years Deposited in Private fund raising 2021 placement of 495,434.21 70,287.96 222,230.46 0.00 0.00 0.00% 273,203.75 account and 0.00 stocks cash management Total -- 495,434.21 70,287.96 222,230.46 0.00 0.00 0.00% 273,203.75 -- 0.00 Explanation of overall usage of funds raised Through this issuance, the Company raised total proceeds of RMB5,000,000,000.00. After deducting the expenses related to the issuance of RMB45,657,925.15 (excluding VAT), the actual net proceeds raised were RMB4,954,342,074.85, and the actual amount received was RMB4,957,547,169.81. As of 30 June 2023, the Company cumulatively used raised funds of RMB2,222.3046 million, paid issuance costs of RMB1.2514 million, received interest income of RMB134.5035 million in the raised funds account exclusive of the issuance costs and used raised funds, and used temporarily idle raised funds of RMB1,900 million for cash management. At 30 June 2023, the balance of the raised funds account stood at RMB2,868.4947 million. (2) Commitment Projects of Fund Raised Applicable □ Not applicable Unit: RMB’0,000 Whether Accumulative Investment Changed or Investment Date of Realized Whether occurred Committed Investment investment schedule as Committed investment project not (including amount in the reaching income in the reached significant investment amount after amount as of the and super raise fund arrangement partial Reporting intended use Reporting anticipated changes in amount adjustment (1) the period-end period-end changes) Period of the project Period income project (2) (3)=(2)/(1) feasibility Committed investment project The Intelligent Technology 31 December Transformation Project for Liquor Not 495,434.21 495,434.21 70,287.96 222,230.46 44.86% N/A Not 2024 Production ~ 23 ~ Interim Report 2023 Subtotal of committed investment -- 495,434.21 495,434.21 70,287.96 222,230.46 -- -- -- -- project Total -- 495,434.21 495,434.21 70,287.96 222,230.46 -- -- -- -- Condition and reason for not reaching the schedule and N/A anticipated income (by specific items) Notes of condition of significant changes occurred in project N/A feasibility Amount, usage and schedule of N/A super raise fund Changes in implementation N/A address of investment project Adjustment of implementation N/A mode of investment project Advance investments in projects financed with raised funds and swaps of such advance N/A investments with subsequent raised funds Idle fund supplementing the N/A current capital temporarily Amount of surplus in project N/A implementation and the reasons ~ 24 ~ Interim Report 2023 Usage and destination of unused As of 30 June 2023, the unused raised funds and the interest were deposited in the special account for raised funds, and idle raised funds of RMB1,900 million funds were outstanding for cash management purposes. Problems incurred in fund using N/A and disclosure or other condition (3) Raised Funds Re-purposed □ Applicable Not applicable No such cases in the Reporting Period. VII Sale of Major Assets and Equity Interests 1. Sale of Major Assets □ Applicable Not applicable No such cases in the Reporting Period. 2. Sale of Major Equity Interests □ Applicable Not applicable VIII Main Controlled and Joint Stock Companies Applicable □ Not applicable Main subsidiaries and joint stock companies with an over 10% influence on the Company’s net profits Unit: RMB Company Relationship Main Registered capital Total assets Net assets Operating revenues Operating profit Net profit name with the business ~ 25 ~ Interim Report 2023 Company scope Wholesales of Baijiu, construction Bozhou materials, Gujing Sales Subsidiary 84,864,497.89 9,627,681,096.25 2,410,686,463.57 10,152,879,375.88 1,533,254,970.86 1,192,630,287.36 feeds, Co., Ltd assistant materials, etc. Anhui Manufacture Longrui and sale of Subsidiary 86,660,268.98 516,572,258.43 424,904,598.50 208,258,246.27 25,298,730.08 24,894,615.63 Glass Co., glass Ltd products, etc. Yellow Crane Tower Production Wine Subsidiary and sales of 400,000,000.00 1,836,722,934.86 949,064,317.44 865,646,272.06 129,521,674.22 103,480,210.38 Industry Baijiu, etc. Co., Ltd Shanghai Hotel Gujing management, Jinhao Hotel Subsidiary 54,000,000.00 166,073,896.56 83,939,104.82 38,494,807.00 6,595,043.96 4,898,037.95 house lease, Management etc. Co., Ltd. Subsidiaries obtained or disposed in the Reporting Period: Applicable □ Not applicable Subsidiary How subsidiary was obtained or disposed Effects on overall operations and performance Anhui Guqi Distillery Co., Ltd. Incorporated with investment Optimizing internal operation structure and enhancing endogenous impetus ~ 26 ~ Interim Report 2023 Wuhan Gulou Junhe Trading Co., Ltd. Incorporated with investment Optimizing internal operation structure and enhancing endogenous impetus Wuhan Gulou Juntai Trading Co., Ltd. Incorporated with investment Optimizing internal operation structure and enhancing endogenous impetus Notes to main controlled and joint stock companies: Not applicable. IX Structured Bodies Controlled by the Company □ Applicable Not applicable X Risks Facing the Company and Countermeasures (I) Risks Facing the Company 1. The strengthened concentration and intensified polarization in the baijiu industry, and continuously escalated competition for production capacity, market, and flavor in the era of famous liquor competition. 2. The more complex, severe and uncertain external environment. (II) Operating Measures 1. Marketing The Company will target a high level to improve the brand-based driving effect. The Company will adhere to the nationwide and sub-high-end strategy that advocates “spiking hard from a high position”. The Company will also continue to deepen the “Three Ones Project” and adhere to the implementation route of “position occupation, market consolidation and customer acquisition” to accelerate its advancement toward the whole country and expansion in markets outside the base province. By making a targeted layout, the Company aims to cultivate the market vitality. By brand resonance, the Company aims to deepen its marketing modes. By making more efforts on terminals, the Company aims to enhance the cultivation of consumers. Meanwhile, the Company will deepen the construction of its marketing system, continue to conduct upgrading regarding its brands, product quality and cultural vitality, continuously expand its brand influence and increase its brand reputation. 2. Product Management The Company aims to implement the call on green and intelligent liquor-making. By actively responding to the national “dual carbon” goal and strictly implementing policies related to environment protection, the Company aims to achieve green production. The Company will also accelerate the progress of the intelligent industrial park project, so that the park can be put into operation sooner. Moreover, the Company will make concerted effort to conduct equipment upgrading and transformation, optimize processes and procedure, and promote intelligent production. 3. Engineering Construction ~ 27 ~ Interim Report 2023 The Company will accelerate the construction of the Intelligent Technology Transformation Project for Liquor Production (the “Intelligent Park”), adhering to high standards and high quality requirements. 4. Informatization Construction The Company will restructure business processes. With the construction of various systems, such as APS, MES, and SCADA, the Company will complete the construction of smart factories that are automatic, information-based, intelligent and driven by the integration of IT and OT. The Company will also build an industrial IoT platform to achieve the interconnection of devices, as well as improve the efficiency of device coordination and the ability of predictive device maintenance. Moreover, the Company will build a data platform to establish a unified big data governance system to provide flexible support for data analysis in the foreground and the background. 5. Safety and Environmental Protection The Company will enhance the inspection and governance of safety hazards, emphasize accountability of duty performance, conduct effective long-term management and ensure the achievement of the objective of “four zeros”. By implementing green and low-carbon production, the Company will systematically implement energy conservation and consumption reduction to ensure that its discharge and emissions will meet the relevant standards. 6. Internal Management The Company also aims to deepen the implementation of the reform of state-owned enterprises. It will consolidate its achievements in the three-year action of the reform of state-owned enterprises and conduct more in-depth and practical reform of the Three Systems. By revitalizing the mechanisms of post competition and employee appraisal, the Company aims to achieve the upward and downward mobility of managers; by revitalizing the mechanisms of remuneration distribution and performance appraisal, the Company aims to achieve the upward and downward mobility of employee income. Moreover, by continuously promote the optimization of cost, models and procedure, the Company aims to improve its operation efficiency. 7. Corporate Culture Construction Additionally, the Company will implement the spirit of the 20th National Congress of the CPC. It will continue to implement the important instructions of General Secretary Xi Jinping, thoroughly conduct themed publicity and education, continue to enhance ideology-related work, and conduct effective defence as a main venue for ideology-related work. It will also make efforts to develop an innovation model with the in-depth integration of Party building and business. Furthermore, it will take advantage of the co-development and exchange platform for Party building to enhance abilities and promote development. Moreover, it will enhance the ideological education of its employees by combining business training with ideological guidance. In 2023, the Company will continue to adhere to the guidance of the Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era and thoroughly implement the spirit of the 20th National Congress of the CPC, as well as the decisions and arrangements of the Party committees and governments of the base province and the base city. It will deepen the reforms, strengthen confidence, stay focused, as well as maintain integrity and innovation. Pursuing progress while ensuring stability, it will strive to achieve operating revenue of more than RMB20 billion in the year and then advance toward a higher objective. ~ 28 ~ Interim Report 2023 Part IV Corporate Governance I Annual and Extraordinary General Meeting Convened during the Reporting Period 1. General Meetings Convened during the Reporting Period Investor Index to disclosed Meeting Type Convened date Disclosure date participation ratio information For details, see Announcement about Resolutions of 2022 Annual General Meeting of the Company disclosed The 2022 Annual Annual General 58.01% 29 June 2023 30 June 2023 on China Securities General Meeting Meeting Journal, Shanghai Securities News, Ta Kung Pao (HK), and http://www.cninfo.com.cn on 30 June 2023. 2. Extraordinary General Meetings Convened at the Request of Preference Shareholders with Resumed Voting Rights □ Applicable Not applicable II Change of Directors, Supervisors and Senior Management Applicable □ Not applicable Name Office title Type of change Date of change Reason for change Li Jing Independent Director Elected 29 June 2023 Song Zifa Supervisor Elected 29 June 2023 Liu Yongxia Employee Supervisor Elected 29 June 2023 Resigned on expiry of Zhang Guiping Independent Director 29 June 2023 the term of office Resigned on expiry of Lu Duicang Supervisor 29 June 2023 the term of office Resigned on expiry of Zhang Bo Employee Supervisor 29 June 2023 the term of office III Interim Dividend Plan □ Applicable Not applicable ~ 29 ~ Interim Report 2023 The Company has no interim dividend plan, either in the form of cash or stock. IV Equity Incentive Plans, Employee Stock Ownership Plans or Other Incentive Measures for Employees □ Applicable Not applicable No such cases in the Reporting Period. ~ 30 ~ Interim Report 2023 Part V Environmental and Social Responsibility I Major Environmental Issues Indicate by tick mark whether the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a heavily polluting business identified by the environmental protection authorities of China. Yes □ No Policies and industry standards pertaining to environmental protection: The Company carries out environmental protection work in strict accordance with the requirements of laws and regulations such as "Environmental Protection Law of the People's Republic of China", "Air Pollution Prevention and Control Law of the People's Republic of China", "Water Pollution Prevention and Control Law of the People's Republic of China", "Solid Waste Pollution Prevention and Control Law of the People's Republic of China" and other laws and regulations, and strictly follows the "Management Measures for the Disclosure of Enterprise Environmental Information According to Law" and "Measures for Self-monitoring and Information Disclosure of National Key Monitoring Enterprises (Trial)". The Company discloses environmental information in a timely manner and consciously accepts social supervision. The Company implements the Emission Standards for Air Pollutants from Boilers (GB13271-2014), Water Pollution Emission Standards for Fermented Alcohol and Baijiu Industry (GB27631-2011) and Environmental Noise Emission Standards for Industrial Enterprises (GB12348-2008) and other relevant standards. Environmental protection administrative licenses: No. Administrative matter Serial number Application time Expiry date Sewage discharge permit for 1 913400001519400083001V 19 July 2022 18 July 2027 Gujing plant Sewage discharge permit for 2 913400001519400083002V 19 July 2022 18 July 2027 Zhangji plant Sewage discharge permit for 3 913400001519400083003V 19 July 2022 18 July 2027 Headquarter plant Sewage discharge permit for 4 913400001519400083004V 17 October 2022 16 October 2027 Intelligent Park plant Sewage discharge permit for 5 91341600151946047T001U 24 July 2023 23 July 2028 Longrui Glass Sewage discharge permit for 6 914201057483467497001R 6 January 2023 5 January 2028 Yellow Crane Tower (Wuhan) Sewage discharge permit for 7 91421200562735332N001V 25 June 2023 24 June 2028 Yellow Crane Tower (Xianning) Sewage discharge permit for 8 9142130077756290XJ001V 23 November 2022 22 November 2027 Yellow Crane Tower (Suizhou) Sewage discharge permit for Anhui 9 91341182781098222U001T 26 November 2022 25 November 2027 Mingguang Distillery The regulations for industrial emissions and the particular requirements for controlling pollutant emissions those are associated with production and operational activities. Type of Name of Number Distributio Discharge Discharge Approved Excessiv Name of Way of Total major major of n of concentratio standards total e ~ 31 ~ Interim Report 2023 polluter pollutant pollutants discharge discharg discharge n implemente discharge discharge discharge s e outlets outlets d Gujing Gujing plant Gujing plant: Gujing ≦50mg/L plant:5.20t 105.916t Anhui plant, 23.29mg/L Zhangji Zhangji Zhangji Gujing Waste Direct Zhangji COD 3 19.19mg/L plant and plant:1.89t plant: Naught Distillery water discharge plant, 27.37mg/L Headquarter Headquarte 26.504t Co., Ltd. Headquarte plant≦ r plant: Headquarte r plant 100mg/L 13.52t r plant: 116.0596t Gujing Gujing plant Gujing plant: Gujing ≦5mg/L plant:0.07t 10.5916t Anhui plant, 0.33mg/L Zhangji Zhangji Zhangji Gujing Waste Direct Zhangji NH3-N 3 0.19mg/L plant and plant:0.02t plant: Naught Distillery water discharge plant, 0.18mg/L Headquarter Headquarte 2.6504t Co., Ltd. Headquarte plant≦ r plant: Headquarte r plant 10mg/L 0.09t r plant: 11.60596t Gujing plant Gujing Gujing Gujing and plant: Organize plant:0.09t Anhui plant, Headquarter 4.301t d 0.52mg/m Zhangji Gujing Waste Zhangji plant≦ Zhangji Smoke discharge 3 1.63mg/m plant:0.03t Naught Distillery gas plant, 10mg/m3 plant:/ through 0.69mg/m Headquarte Co., Ltd. Headquarte Zhangji Headquarte chimney r plant: r plant plant≦ r plant: 0.21t 20mg/ m3 5.01t Gujing plant Gujing Gujing Gujing and plant: Organize plant:1.57t Anhui plant, Headquarter 15.055t d 8.86mg/m Zhangji Gujing Waste Sulfur Dioxid Zhangji plant≦ Zhangji discharge 3 1.18mg/m plant:0.02t Naught Distillery gas e plant, 35mg/m3 plant:/ through 0.58mg/m Headquarte Co., Ltd. Headquarte Zhangji Headquarte chimney r plant: r plant plant≦ r plant: 0.17t 50mg/ m3 17.536t Organize Gujing Gujing plant Gujing Gujing Anhui d plant, 23.56mg/m and plant:4.18t plant: Gujing Waste Nitrogen discharge 3 Zhangji 35.13mg/m Headquarter Zhangji 21.056t Naught Distillery gas oxide through plant, 24.52mg/m plant≦ plant:0.63t Zhangji Co., Ltd. chimney Headquarte 50mg/m3 Headquarte plant: ~ 32 ~ Interim Report 2023 r plant Zhangji r plant: 10.318t plant≦ 7.32t Headquarte 150mg/ m3 r plant: 25.051t Organize Anhui 1# furnace: d Longrui Waste 1# furnace 3.13mg/m 0.33t Smoke discharge 2 ≦10mg/m / Naught Glass Co., gas 2# furnace 1.80mg/m 2# furnace: through Ltd 0.29t chimney Organize Anhui 1# furnace: d Longrui Waste Sulfur Dioxid 1# furnace 10.43mg/m 1.16t discharge 2 ≦50mg/m / Naught Glass Co., gas e 2# furnace 19.10mg/m 2# furnace: through Ltd 3.16t chimney Organize Anhui 1# furnace: d Longrui Waste Nitrogen 1# furnace 66.77mg/m ≦ 7.03t discharge 2 / Naught Glass Co., gas oxide 2# furnace 75.15mg/m 200mg/m 2# furnace: through Ltd 13.31t chimney Yellow Crane Wuhan Waste Indirect Tower COD 1 plant 46mg/L ≦400mg/L 3.75t 11.07t/a Naught water discharge Distillery DW001 Co., Ltd. Yellow Crane Wuhan Waste Indirect Tower NH3-N 1 plant 1.64mg/L ≦30mg/L 0.13t 4.05t/a Naught water discharge Distillery DW001 Co., Ltd. Yellow Organize Crane d Wuhan Waste Sulfur Dioxid Tower discharge 1 plant ND ≦50mg/m3 / 2.3t/a Naught gas e Distillery through DA004 Co., Ltd. chimney Yellow Organize Crane d Wuhan Waste Tower Smoke discharge 1 plant 7.4mg/m3 ≦20mg/m3 0.0123t 0.5t/a Naught gas Distillery through DA004 Co., Ltd. chimney Yellow Waste Indirect Xianning Crane COD 1 11.16 mg/L ≦400 mg/L 0.09851 t 6 t/a Naught water discharge plant Tower ~ 33 ~ Interim Report 2023 Distillery (Xianning) Co., Ltd. Yellow Crane Tower Waste Ammonia Indirect Xianning 1 0.2 mg/L ≦30mg/L 0.001766 t 1 t/a Naught Distillery gas nitrogen discharge plant (Xianning) Co., Ltd. Yellow Crane Tower Waste Indirect Suizhou COD 1 33mg/L ≦400mg/L 0.97t 17.83t/a Naught Distillery water discharge plant (Suizhou) Co., Ltd. Yellow Crane Tower Waste Indirect Suizhou NH3-N 1 0.96mg/L ≦25mg/L 0.029t 91.783t/a Naught Distillery water discharge plant (Suizhou) Co., Ltd. Yellow Organize Crane d Tower Waste Sulfur Dioxid Suizhou discharge 1 ND ≦50mg/m / 0.634t/a Naught Distillery gas e plant through (Suizhou) chimney Co., Ltd. Yellow Organize Crane d Tower Waste Nitrogen Suizhou ≦ discharge 1 50mg/m 0.96t 2.966t/a Naught Distillery gas oxide plant 200mg/m through (Suizhou) chimney Co., Ltd. Yellow Organize Crane d Tower Waste Suizhou Smoke discharge 1 9.43mg/m ≦20mg/m 0.167t 0.382t/a Naught Distillery gas plant through (Suizhou) chimney Co., Ltd. Anhui Organize Waste Nitrogen Mingguan d 1 10t boiler 36.7mg/m ≦50mg/m 0.411t 2.128t Naught gas oxide g discharge ~ 34 ~ Interim Report 2023 Distillery through Co., Ltd. chimney Anhui Mingguan Outlet Waste Indirect g COD 1 outside the 35.75mg/L ≦400mg/L 1.446t 11.07t Naught water discharge Distillery plant Co., Ltd. Anhui Mingguan Outlet Waste Ammonia Indirect g 1 outside the 1.215mg/L ≦30mg/L 0.027t 0.18t Naught water nitrogen discharge Distillery plant Co., Ltd. Treatment of pollutants 1. Sewage treatment (1) The sewage treatment capacity of the sewage treatment station of the Zhangji plant of the Company is about 550 tons per day. IC anaerobic jar, improved A/O and in-depth treatment process has been adopted. The sewage is discharged after treatment and up to the standard, and discharge of sewage is in compliance with the direct discharge requirements in GB27631-2011 Discharge Standard of Water Pollutants for Fermentation Alcohol and Distilled Spirits Industry. (2) The sewage treatment capacity of the sewage treatment station of the headquarter plant of the Company is about 4,300 tons per day. IC anaerobic jar, A/O and in-depth treatment process has been adopted. The sewage is discharged after treatment and up to the standard, and discharge of sewage is in compliance with the direct discharge requirements in GB27631-2011 Discharge Standard of Water Pollutants for Fermentation Alcohol and Distilled Spirits Industry. (3) The sewage treatment capacity of the sewage treatment station of the Gujing plant of the Company is about 2,600 tons per day. IC anaerobic jar, A/O and in-depth treatment process is adopted. The sewage is discharged after treatment and up to the standard, and discharge of sewage is in compliance with the direct discharge requirements in GB27631-2011 Discharge Standard of Water Pollutants for Fermentation Alcohol and Distilled Spirits Industry. (4) The production and domestic sewage of Longrui Glass is discharged into the sewage treatment station of the Zhangji Plant of the Company, and it is discharged after treatment and up to the standard. (5) The production and domestic sewage of the Wuhan plant of Yellow Crane Tower Distillery is discharged into its comprehensive sewage treatment station, of which the sewage treatment capacity is about 150 tons per day. The sewage is discharged to South Taizihu Sewage Treatment Plant after being treated with the AO treatment process to meet the standard. The discharge of sewage is in compliance with the indirect discharge requirements in GB 27631-2011 Discharge Standard of Water Pollutants for Fermentation Alcohol and Distilled Spirits Industry. (6) The design value of the sewage treatment capacity of the sewage treatment station of the Xianning plant of Yellow Crane Tower Distillery is 100 tons per day and the actual average discharge value is 40 tons per day. Secondary A/O treatment process has been adopted. The sewage is discharged after treatment and up to the standard, and discharge of sewage is in compliance with the indirect discharge requirements in GB 27631-2011 Discharge Standard of Water Pollutants for Fermentation Alcohol and Distilled Spirits Industry. (7) The sewage treatment capacity of the sewage treatment station of the Suizhou plant of Yellow Crane Tower Distillery is about 200 tons per day. IC anaerobic jar, A/O and in-depth treatment process has been adopted. The sewage is discharged after treatment and up to the standard, and discharge of sewage is in compliance with the indirect discharge requirements in GB27631-2011 Discharge Standard of Water Pollutants for Fermentation Alcohol and Distilled Spirits Industry. It also meets the water intake indicators of ~ 35 ~ Interim Report 2023 Suizhou Urban Sewage Treatment Plant and is discharged to Suizhou Urban Sewage Treatment Plant. (8) The sewage treatment capacity of the sewage treatment station of Mingguang Distillery is about 500 tons per day. The sewage is discharged after treatment and up to the standard, and discharge of sewage is in compliance with the indirect discharge requirements in GB27631-2011 Discharge Standard of Water Pollutants for Fermentation Alcohol and Distilled Spirits Industry. 2. Waste gas treatment (1) The flue gas control facilities of thermal power stations of the headquarter and Gujing plants run well, and waste gas is discharged through the 65-meter-tall exhaust funnel after the waste gas treatment is up to the standard, adopting the process of cloth-bag dust removal + Limestone - Wet flue gas Desulfurization+ SNCR Denitrification by non-catalytic reduction + SCR Denitrification by catalytic reduction + Wet electrostatic precipitator, and discharge of flue gas meets the super-low discharge requirements (smoke ≤10mg/m3, SO2≤35mg/m3, NOx≤50mg/m3). (2) The gas-fired boilers at the Zhangji plant operate in a steady manner, and waste gas is discharged through the 20-meter-tall exhaust funnel, of which and discharge of flue gas meets the requirements for gas-fired boiler in GB13271-2014 Emission Standard of Air Pollutants for Industrial Kiln and Furnace. (3) 1#, 2# furnace flue gas treatment facilities of Longrui Glass are operating well. For 1# furnace, the company uses bag dust removal + dry desulfurization + SCR catalytic reduction denitrification process. After it meets the standard, the exhaust gas will be discharged through a 48-meter high exhaust pipe. The flue gas emission is in line with the glass industry A-class enterprise emission requirements as set out in Technical Guide for the Development of Emergency Emission Reduction Measures for Key Industries in Heavy Pollution Weather (soot ≤ 10 mg/m3, SO2 ≤ 50 mg/m3, NOx ≤ 200 mg/m3). For 2# furnace, the company adopts bag dust removal + desulfurization tank + SCR low-temperature denitrification process, and the exhaust gas is discharged through a 50-meter high exhaust pipe after it meets the standard. The flue gas emission meets the glass industry A-class enterprise emission requirements as set out in Technical Guide for the Development of Emergency Emission Reduction Measures for Key Industries in Heavy Pollution Weather (soot ≤ 10 mg/m3, SO2 ≤ 50mg/m3, NOx ≤ 200 mg/m3). (4) The coding machine exhaust gas treatment facilities of the finished product workshops of the headquarter and Gujing plants are operating well. By adopting photocatalytic oxidation technology, the flue gas emissions comply with the Table 1 standard requirements of DB12/524-2014 Emission Standard for Industrial Enterprises Volatile Organic Compounds. (5) The odor treatment facilities of the sewage treatment stations of the headquarter and Zhangji plants are operating well. By adopting technologies like photocatalytic oxidation and activated carbon adsorption, the discharge of waste gas meets the requirements of the Discharge Standards for Odor Pollutants. (6) The exhaust gas treatment facilities in the grain crushing and koji making workshops in the Wuhan plant of Yellow Crane Tower Distillery are in good operation. Pulse dust collectors are used for dust control. The exhaust gas emission meets the requirements of the Integrated Emission Standard of Air Pollutants (GB 16297-1996). The steam heat source machines of the low nitrogen combustion equipment in the brewing workshops in Wuhan are in stable operation, and the exhaust gas is discharged through 15-meter exhaust funnels. The exhaust gas emissions comply with the special emission limits for atmospheric pollutants - the gas boiler standards in the Emission Standard of Air Pollutants for Industrial Kiln and Furnace (GB 13271-2014). (7) The natural gas boilers in the Yellow Crane Tower (Xianning) plant are in stable operation. The exhaust gas is discharged through 15-meter high exhaust funnels, and the exhaust gas emissions comply with the gas boiler standards in the Emission Standard of Air Pollutants for Industrial Kiln and Furnace (GB 13271-2014). The odor control facilities of the sewage stations are in sound operation. UV photolysis oxygen + activated carbon adsorption technology are adopted. The exhaust gas emissions comply with the organized emission standards in the Emission Standards for Odour Pollutants. (8) The natural gas boilers in the Yellow Crane Tower (Suizhou) plant are in stable operation. The exhaust gas is discharged through 20-meter high exhaust funnels, and the exhaust gas emissions comply with the gas boiler standards in the Emission Standard of Air Pollutants for Industrial Kiln and Furnace (GB 13271-2014). The odor control facilities of the sewage stations are in sound operation, adopting technologies such as photocatalytic oxidation and spray washing, and the exhaust gas emissions comply with the organized ~ 36 ~ Interim Report 2023 emission standards in the Emission Standards for Odour Pollutants. (9) The natural gas boilers of Mingguang Distillery are in stable operation. The exhaust gas is discharged through 15-meter high exhaust funnels, and the exhaust gas emissions comply with the gas boiler standards in the Emission Standard of Air Pollutants for Industrial Kiln and Furnace (GB 13271-2014). (10) The odor control facilities of the sewage stations of Mingguang Distillery are in sound operation. Technologies such as photocatalytic oxidation are adopted. The exhaust gas is discharged through 15-meter high exhaust funnels, and the exhaust gas emissions comply with the organized emission standards in the Emission Standards for Odour Pollutants. In the first half of 2023, the environment protection facilities of the Company and its subsidiaries ran normally in general, main pollutants can achieve up-to-standard discharge, environment information is opened to the public normally, and they have performed their social responsibilities properly. Emergency plan for sudden environment affairs The Company has formulated the Emergency Plan of Anhui Gujing Distillery Company Limited for Sudden Environmental Pollution Accidents (File No. 341602-2021-006-H), which has been filed with Bureau of Ecology and Environment of Bozhou. Emergency plan drills have been carried out as planned. Longrui Glass has formulated the Emergency Plan of Anhui Longrui Glass Co., Ltd for Sudden Environmental Issues, which has been filed with Bureau of Ecology and Environment of Bozhou (File No. 341602-2021-006-M). Emergency plan drills have been carried out as required. The Wuhan plant of Yellow Crane Tower Distillery has formulated the Emergency Plan of Yellow Crane Tower Distillery Co., Ltd for Sudden Environmental Issues, which has been filed with the Hanyang District branch of the Wuhan Municipal Ecology and Environment Bureau (File No. 420105-2021-005-L). Emergency plan drills have been carried out as required. The plant of Yellow Crane Tower Distillery (Xianning) has formulated the Emergency Plan of Yellow Crane Tower Distillery (Xianning) Co., Ltd for Sudden Environmental Issues, which has been filed with the Xianning High-tech District branch of the Xianning Municipal Environmental Protection Bureau (File No. 421201-2021-014-H). Emergency plan drills have been carried out as required. The plant of Yellow Crane Tower Distillery (Suizhou) has signed a service contract (Contract No. SZ-HB-202208-0040) with a third-party technical unit regarding the emergency plan for sudden environmental issues, which is in preparation. Mingguang Distillery has formulated the Emergency Plan of Anhui Mingguang Distillery Co., Ltd. for Sudden Environmental Issues, which has been filed with the Mingguang Municipal Ecology and Environment Sub-Bureau (File No. 341182-2021-031-M). Emergency plan drills have been carried out as required. Input in environment governance and protection and payment of environmental protection tax In the first half of 2023, the input in environment governance and protection for the Company and its subsidiaries was RMB16.8032 million and payment of environmental protection tax was RMB84.6 thousand. Environmental self-monitoring scheme The Company and its subsidiaries have formulated their environmental self-monitoring schemes and published them on the local websites for self-monitoring information disclosure. Administrative penalties imposed for environmental issues during the Reporting Period Influence on Rectification Name Reason Case Result production and measures operation Naught N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A Other environment information that should be disclosed ~ 37 ~ Interim Report 2023 Naught Measures taken to decrease carbon emission in the Reporting Period and corresponding effects Applicable □ Not applicable 1. Balanced production of thermal power plant: In order to improve the operation efficiency of a boiler, and reduce carbon emission, balanced production was conducted in Gujing plant area. After the execution of balanced production, the efficiency of coal burning was increased by 13%, reducing carbon dioxide emission by approximately 5,000 tons/year. 2. Intensified power conservation of the Company: (1) The Company organized 440 battery-driven vehicles of various types and various entities for peak-shifting charge. (2) The Company conserved power in offices, sufficiently utilized natural light, and prohibited lamps from shining all the time, replaced lamps in passageways with sound-controlled types, and strictly implemented the requirements of temperature setting on air-conditioners. (3) The Company conserved power used by street lamps, and strictly specified turn-off and turn-on time; through the above-mentioned measures, power wasted in offices has been greatly reduced, which has played an active role in the energy conservation and carbon reduction of the Company. Other related environment protection information Naught II Social Responsibility During the Reporting Period, the Company, in strict accordance with the requirements for high-quality development of listed companies in the new era, focused on its established strategies, actively responded to the expectations of society, shareholders and other stakeholders, continuously improved its corporate governance structure, standardized its operations, attached importance to investor relations, and took the initiative to fulfill its social responsibilities in the areas of protection of the rights and interests of suppliers, customers and employees, and environmental protection and sustainable development. The Company upholds the core values of "Be Honest, Offer Quality Liquor, Be Stronger and Be Helpful to the Society", actively builds and develops strategic partnerships with suppliers and customers. Also, the Company focuses on communication and coordination with all relevant parties, jointly builds a platform of trust and cooperation, and effectively fulfills the Company's social responsibility to suppliers and customers. The Company has continuously consolidated its quality management foundation and improved customer service mechanisms. Aside from attaching great importance to green production and discharge compliance, it has constantly created new green products and implemented innovative energy-conservation and emission-reduction technologies. The Company builds dynamic teams through talent development, protects employees' rights and interests, optimizes talent teams and boosts diversified development. Also, it has constantly enhanced the management of workplace safety as well as the inspection of employees' occupational and health risks, thereby creating a diverse, safe and harmonious working environment. ~ 38 ~ Interim Report 2023 Part VI Significant Events I Commitments of the Company’s De Facto Controller, Shareholders, Related Parties and Acquirers, as well as the Company Itself and Other Entities Fulfilled in the Reporting Period or Ongoing at the Period-End □ Applicable Not applicable No such cases in the Reporting Period. II Occupation of the Company’s Capital by the Controlling Shareholder or any of Its Related Parties for Non-Operating Purposes □ Applicable Not applicable No such cases in the Reporting Period. III Irregularities in the Provision of Guarantees □ Applicable Not applicable No such cases in the Reporting Period. IV Engagement and Disengagement of Independent Auditor Are the interim financial statements audited? □ Yes No The interim financial statements have not been audited. V Explanations Given by the Board of Directors and the Supervisory Committee Regarding the Independent Auditor's “Modified Opinion” on the Financial Statements of the Reporting Period □ Applicable Not applicable VI Explanations Given by the Board of Directors Regarding the Independent Auditor's “Modified Opinion” on the Financial Statements of Last Year □ Applicable Not applicable VII Insolvency and Reorganization □ Applicable Not applicable No such cases in the Reporting Period. ~ 39 ~ Interim Report 2023 VIII Legal Matters Significant lawsuits and arbitrations: □ Applicable Not applicable No such cases in the Reporting Period. Other legal matters: □ Applicable Not applicable IX Punishments and Rectifications □ Applicable Not applicable X Credit Quality of the Company as well as its Controlling Shareholder and De Facto Controller □ Applicable Not applicable XI Major Related-Party Transactions 1. Continuing Related-Party Transactions □ Applicable Not applicable No such cases in the Reporting Period. 2. Related-Party Transactions Regarding Purchase or Disposal of Assets or Equity Investments □ Applicable Not applicable No such cases in the Reporting Period. 3. Related-Party Transactions Regarding Joint Investments in Third Parties □ Applicable Not applicable No such cases in the Reporting Period. 4. Amounts Due to and from Related Parties □ Applicable Not applicable No such cases in the Reporting Period. 5. Transactions with Related Finance Companies, or Finance Companies Controlled by the Company □ Applicable Not applicable The Company did not make deposits in, receive loans or credit from and was not involved in any other finance business with any related finance company, finance company controlled by the Company or any other related parties. ~ 40 ~ Interim Report 2023 6. Transactions between Related Parties and Finance Companies Controlled by the Company □ Applicable Not applicable No related parties made deposits in, received loans or credit from and were involved in any other finance business with any finance company controlled by the Company. 7. Other Major Related-Party Transactions □ Applicable Not applicable No such cases in the Reporting Period. XII Major Contracts and Execution thereof 1. Entrustment, Contracting and Leases (1) Entrustment □ Applicable Not applicable No such cases in the Reporting Period. (2) Contracting □ Applicable Not applicable No such cases in the Reporting Period. (3) Leases □ Applicable Not applicable No such cases in the Reporting Period. 2. Major Guarantees □ Applicable Not applicable No such cases in the Reporting Period. 3. Cash Entrusted for Wealth Management Applicable □ Not applicable Unit: RMB’0,000 Unrecovered Unrecovered overdue amount Specific type Capital resources Amount incurred Undue balance overdue amount with provision for impairment ~ 41 ~ Interim Report 2023 Bank financial Self-owned funds 175,000.00 175,000.00 0.00 0.00 products Others Self-owned funds 20,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 Total 195,000.00 175,000.00 0.00 0.00 High-risk wealth management transactions with a significant single amount, low security, or low liquidity: □ Applicable Not applicable Situation where the principal is expectedly irrecoverable or an impairment may be incurred: □ Applicable Not applicable 4. Other Significant Contracts □ Applicable Not applicable No such cases in the Reporting Period. XIII Other Significant Events □ Applicable Not applicable No such cases in the Reporting Period. XIV Significant Events of Subsidiaries □ Applicable Not applicable ~ 42 ~ Interim Report 2023 Part VII Share Changes and Shareholder Information I Share Changes 1. Share Changes Unit: share Before Increase/decrease (+/-) After Percentage New Shares as Shares as Percentage Shares Other Subtotal Shares (%) issues dividend dividend (%) converted converted I. Restricted shares from from 1. Shares held by the state profit capital reserves 2. Shares held by state-owned corporations 3. Shares held by other domestic investors Among which: Shares held by domestic corporations Shares held by domestic individuals 4. Shares held by foreign investors Among which: Shares held by foreign corporations Shares held by foreign individuals II. Non-restricted shares 528,600,000 100.00% 528,600,000 100.00% 1. RMB ordinary shares 408,600,000 77.30% 408,600,000 77.30% 2. Domestically listed 120,000,000 22.70% 120,000,000 22.70% foreign shares 3. Overseas listed foreign shares 4. Other III. Total shares 528,600,000 100.00% 528,600,000 100.00% ~ 43 ~ Interim Report 2023 Reasons for share changes: □ Applicable Not applicable Approval of share changes: □ Applicable Not applicable Transfer of share ownership: □ Applicable Not applicable Progress on any share repurchase: □ Applicable Not applicable Progress on reducing the repurchased shares by means of centralized bidding: □ Applicable Not applicable Effects of share changes on the basic and diluted earnings per share, equity per share attributable to the Company’s ordinary shareholders and other financial indicators of the prior year and the prior accounting period, respectively: □ Applicable Not applicable Other information that the Company considers necessary or is required by the securities regulator to be disclosed: □ Applicable Not applicable 2. Changes in Restricted Shares □ Applicable Not applicable II Issuance and Listing of Securities □ Applicable Not applicable III Shareholders and Their Shareholdings at the Period-End Unit: share Number of ordinary Number of preferred shareholders with 27,533 0 shareholders resumed voting rights (if any) (see note 8) 5% or greater ordinary shareholders or the top 10 ordinary shareholders Total Shares in pledge, Restricted ordinary Increase/decrease Non-restricted marked or frozen Name of Nature of Shareholding ordinary shares held in the Reporting ordinary shares shareholder shareholder percentage shares at the Period held Status Shares held period-end ANHUI GUJING GROUP State-owned In 51.07% 269,969,322 269,969,322 30,000,000 COMPANY legal person pledge LIMITED BANK OF CHINA-CHINA Other 1.90% 10,043,104 10,043,104 MERCHANTS ~ 44 ~ Interim Report 2023 CHINA SECURITIES BAIJIU INDEX CLASSIFICATION SECURITIES INVESTMENT FUND HONG KONG SECURITIES Foreign legal 1.89% 10,006,382 10,006,382 CLEARING person COMPANY LTD. INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL BANK OF CHINA LIMITED- INVESCO GREAT WALL Other 1.89% 9,999,951 9,999,951 EMERGING GROWTH HYBRID SECURITIES INVESTMENT FUND GAOLING Foreign legal 1.71% 9,015,002 9,015,002 FUND,L.P. person AGRICULTURAL BANK OF CHINA - E FUND CONSUMPTION Other 1.64% 8,666,908 8,666,908 SECTOR STOCK SECURITIES INVESTMENT FUND CHINA INTERNATIONAL CAPITAL Foreign legal 1.43% 7,539,863 7,539,863 CORPORATION person HONG KONG SECURITIES LTD UBS (LUX) Foreign legal 1.30% 6,896,661 6,896,661 EQUITY FUND - person ~ 45 ~ Interim Report 2023 CHINA OPPORTUNITY (USD) GREENWOODS Foreign legal CHINA ALPHA 1.14% 6,020,760 6,020,760 person MASTER FUND BANK OF CHINA- INVESCO GREAT WALL DINGYI Other 0.95% 5,017,603 5,017,603 HYBRID SECURITIES INVESTMENT FUND (LOF) Strategic investor or general legal person becoming a top-10 ordinary N/A shareholder due to rights issue (if any) (see note 3) Among the shareholders above, the Company’s controlling shareholder—Anhui Gujing Group Company Limited—is not a related party of other shareholders; nor are they parties acting in Related or acting-in-concert concert as defined in the Administrative Measures on Information Disclosure of Changes in parties among the shareholders Shareholding of Listed Companies. As for the other shareholders, the Company does not know above whether they are related parties or whether they belong to parties acting in concert as defined in the Administrative Measures on Information Disclosure of Changes in Shareholding of Listed Companies. Explain if any of the shareholders above was involved in entrusting/being entrusted with N/A voting rights or waiving voting rights Special account for share repurchases (if any) among the top N/A 10 shareholders (see note 11) Top 10 non-restricted ordinary shareholders Shares by type Name of shareholder Non-restricted shares held at the period-end Type Shares ANHUI GUJING GROUP RMB-denominated 269,969,322 269,969,322 COMPANY LIMITED ordinary share BANK OF CHINA-CHINA RMB-denominated MERCHANTS CHINA 10,043,104 10,043,104 ordinary share SECURITIES BAIJIU INDEX ~ 46 ~ Interim Report 2023 CLASSIFICATION SECURITIES INVESTMENT FUND HONG KONG SECURITIES RMB-denominated 10,006,382 10,006,382 CLEARING COMPANY LTD. ordinary share INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL BANK OF CHINA LIMITED- INVESCO RMB-denominated GREAT WALL EMERGING 9,999,951 9,999,951 ordinary share GROWTH HYBRID SECURITIES INVESTMENT FUND Domestically GAOLING FUND,L.P. 9,015,002 9,015,002 listed foreign share AGRICULTURAL BANK OF CHINA - E FUND RMB-denominated CONSUMPTION SECTOR 8,666,908 8,666,908 ordinary share STOCK SECURITIES INVESTMENT FUND CHINA INTERNATIONAL Domestically CAPITAL CORPORATION 7,539,863 7,539,863 listed foreign share HONG KONG SECURITIES LTD UBS (LUX) EQUITY FUND - Domestically 6,896,661 6,896,661 CHINA OPPORTUNITY (USD) listed foreign share GREENWOODS CHINA ALPHA Domestically 6,020,760 6,020,760 MASTER FUND listed foreign share BANK OF CHINA- INVESCO GREAT WALL DINGYI HYBRID RMB-denominated 5,017,603 5,017,603 SECURITIES INVESTMENT ordinary share FUND (LOF) Among the shareholders above, the Company’s controlling shareholder—Anhui Gujing Group Related or acting-in-concert Company Limited—is not a related party of other shareholders; nor are they parties acting in parties among top 10 unrestricted concert as defined in the Administrative Measures on Information Disclosure of Changes in ordinary shareholders, as well as Shareholding of Listed Companies. As for the other shareholders, the Company does not know between top 10 unrestricted whether they are related parties or whether they belong to parties acting in concert as defined in ordinary shareholders and top 10 the Administrative Measures on Information Disclosure of Changes in Shareholding of Listed ordinary shareholders Companies. Top 10 ordinary shareholders Since October 2021, the Company's controlling shareholder Gujing Group has conducted the involved in securities margin business of "Refinancing by Lending Securities", and as of 30 June 2023, 1,434,700 lent shares trading (if any) (see note 4) were outstanding with no transfer of the ownership of these shares. Indicate by tick mark whether any of the top 10 ordinary shareholders or the top 10 unrestricted ordinary shareholders of the Company conducted any promissory repo during the Reporting Period. ~ 47 ~ Interim Report 2023 □ Yes No No such cases in the Reporting Period. IV Change in Shareholdings of Directors, Supervisors and Senior Management □ Applicable Not applicable No changes occurred to the shareholdings of the directors, supervisors and senior management in the Reporting Period. See the 2022 Annual Report for more details. V Change of the Controlling Shareholder or the De Facto Controller Change of the controlling shareholder in the Reporting Period □ Applicable Not applicable No such cases in the Reporting Period. Change of the de facto controller in the Reporting Period □ Applicable Not applicable No such cases in the Reporting Period. ~ 48 ~ Interim Report 2023 Part VIII Preference Shares □ Applicable Not applicable No preference shares in the Reporting Period. ~ 49 ~ Interim Report 2023 Part IX Bonds □ Applicable Not applicable ~ 50 ~ Interim Report 2023 Part X Financial Statements I Independent Auditor’s Report Are these interim financial statements audited by an independent auditor? □ Yes No These interim financial statements have not been audited by an independent auditor. II Financial Statements Currency unit for the financial statements and the notes thereto: RMB 1. Consolidated Balance Sheet Prepared by Anhui Gujing Distillery Company Limited 30 June 2023 Unit: RMB Item 30 June 2023 1 January 2023 Current assets: Monetary assets 16,852,310,217.36 13,772,561,141.30 Settlement reserve Interbank loans granted Held-for-trading financial assets 1,790,678,478.17 1,782,687,769.66 Derivative financial assets Notes receivable Accounts receivable 101,188,559.18 62,688,668.94 Accounts receivable financing 835,279,520.98 217,419,441.32 Prepayments 98,003,390.46 233,995,661.69 Premiums receivable Reinsurance receivables Receivable reinsurance contract reserve Other receivables 65,401,034.51 73,337,415.74 Including: Interest receivable Dividends receivable Financial assets purchased under resale agreements Inventories 6,175,047,719.12 6,058,106,090.88 Contract assets 546,215.81 1,855,188.15 Assets held for sale ~ 51 ~ Interim Report 2023 Current portion of non-current assets Other current assets 106,351,403.36 125,568,725.51 Total current assets 26,024,806,538.95 22,328,220,103.19 Non-current assets: Loans and advances to customers Investments in debt obligations Investments in other debt obligations Long-term receivables Long-term equity investments 10,200,382.24 10,154,235.98 Investments in other equity 60,753,939.28 56,447,789.94 instruments Other non-current financial assets Investment property 48,535,817.21 13,396,881.96 Fixed assets 2,917,327,570.54 2,741,844,586.30 Construction in progress 3,007,948,340.56 2,454,703,251.44 Productive living assets Oil and gas assets Right-of-use assets 25,290,923.22 32,562,171.10 Intangible assets 1,118,011,558.93 1,108,125,157.05 Development costs Goodwill 561,364,385.01 561,364,385.01 Long-term prepaid expense 45,675,216.78 51,012,977.31 Deferred income tax assets 559,368,861.45 425,120,227.37 Other non-current assets 5,834,000.00 6,870,532.00 Total non-current assets 8,360,310,995.22 7,461,602,195.46 Total assets 34,385,117,534.17 29,789,822,298.65 Current liabilities: Short-term borrowings 0.00 83,232,176.31 Borrowings from the central bank Interbank loans obtained Held-for-trading financial liabilities Derivative financial liabilities Notes payable 212,480,000.00 695,740,000.00 Accounts payable 1,856,969,204.46 2,054,063,559.15 Advances from customers Contract liabilities 3,025,229,971.79 826,636,478.35 Financial assets sold under repurchase agreements Customer deposits and interbank deposits Payables for acting trading of ~ 52 ~ Interim Report 2023 securities Payables for underwriting of securities Employee benefits payable 876,644,424.31 795,138,305.63 Taxes payable 1,032,068,219.10 1,205,028,130.02 Other payables 4,527,536,360.10 3,261,763,838.80 Including: Interest payable Dividends payable 1,585,800,000.00 0.00 Handling charges and commissions payable Reinsurance payables Liabilities directly associated with assets held for sale Current portion of non-current 9,907,322.54 42,237,345.11 liabilities Other current liabilities 1,667,679,631.26 1,044,664,441.58 Total current liabilities 13,208,515,133.56 10,008,504,274.95 Non-current liabilities: Insurance contract reserve Long-term borrowings 179,053,388.89 44,944,737.91 Bonds payable Including: Preferred shares Perpetual bonds Lease liabilities 13,441,957.10 18,631,395.93 Long-term payables Long-term employee benefits payable Provisions Deferred income 100,910,143.95 103,714,978.95 Deferred income tax liabilities 293,098,621.11 281,173,154.70 Other non-current liabilities Total non-current liabilities 586,504,111.05 448,464,267.49 Total liabilities 13,795,019,244.61 10,456,968,542.44 Owners’ equity: Share capital 528,600,000.00 528,600,000.00 Other equity instruments Including: Preferred shares Perpetual bonds Capital reserves 6,224,747,667.10 6,224,747,667.10 Less: Treasury stock Other comprehensive income 658,883.79 408,739.61 Specific reserve Surplus reserves 269,402,260.27 269,402,260.27 General reserve ~ 53 ~ Interim Report 2023 Retained earnings 12,691,273,674.05 11,497,599,306.54 Total equity attributable to owners of the 19,714,682,485.21 18,520,757,973.52 Company as the parent Non-controlling interests 875,415,804.35 812,095,782.69 Total owners’ equity 20,590,098,289.56 19,332,853,756.21 Total liabilities and owners’ equity 34,385,117,534.17 29,789,822,298.65 Legal representative: Liang Jinhui The Company’s chief accountant: Zhu Jiafeng Head of the Company’s financial department: Zhu Jiafeng 2. Balance Sheet of the Company as the Parent Unit: RMB Item 30 June 2023 1 January 2023 Current assets: Monetary assets 8,314,231,562.07 7,338,284,192.52 Held-for-trading financial assets 1,790,678,478.17 1,267,195,966.38 Derivative financial assets Notes receivable Accounts receivable Accounts receivable financing 763,560,940.83 233,465,242.96 Prepayments 50,463,721.87 39,599,180.34 Other receivables 315,299,233.76 202,279,154.63 Including: Interest receivable Dividends receivable Inventories 4,757,417,302.70 4,670,562,760.80 Contract assets Assets held for sale Current portion of non-current assets Other current assets 49,404,468.34 63,929,024.28 Total current assets 16,041,055,707.74 13,815,315,521.91 Non-current assets: Investments in debt obligations Investments in other debt obligations Long-term receivables Long-term equity investments 1,602,792,715.28 1,586,749,613.68 Investments in other equity instruments Other non-current financial assets Investment property 48,535,817.21 13,396,881.96 Fixed assets 1,823,715,954.46 1,715,114,776.31 ~ 54 ~ Interim Report 2023 Construction in progress 2,369,477,803.71 1,597,185,086.35 Productive living assets Oil and gas assets Right-of-use assets 24,512,082.87 31,004,490.39 Intangible assets 495,965,895.33 483,601,950.48 Development costs Goodwill Long-term prepaid expense 13,739,526.29 22,817,228.71 Deferred income tax assets 36,402,716.22 28,512,224.61 Other non-current assets Total non-current assets 6,415,142,511.37 5,478,382,252.49 Total assets 22,456,198,219.11 19,293,697,774.40 Current liabilities: Short-term borrowings Held-for-trading financial liabilities Derivative financial liabilities Notes payable Accounts payable 978,174,656.49 950,887,301.03 Advances from customers Contract liabilities 1,499,003,266.18 3,432,162.83 Employee benefits payable 345,823,740.08 276,482,563.00 Taxes payable 528,967,559.45 548,241,724.13 Other payables 2,312,285,403.33 726,494,649.90 Including: Interest payable Dividends payable 1,585,800,000.00 0.00 Liabilities directly associated with assets held for sale Current portion of non-current 9,082,789.95 10,574,121.12 liabilities Other current liabilities 202,536,122.23 16,403,036.11 Total current liabilities 5,875,873,537.71 2,532,515,558.12 Non-current liabilities: Long-term borrowings Bonds payable Including: Preferred shares Perpetual bonds Lease liabilities 13,441,957.10 18,631,395.93 Long-term payables Long-term employee benefits payable Provisions Deferred income 37,839,957.48 38,926,909.02 ~ 55 ~ Interim Report 2023 Deferred income tax liabilities 52,487,213.61 43,726,162.12 Other non-current liabilities Total non-current liabilities 103,769,128.19 101,284,467.07 Total liabilities 5,979,642,665.90 2,633,800,025.19 Owners’ equity: Share capital 528,600,000.00 528,600,000.00 Other equity instruments Including: Preferred shares Perpetual bonds Capital reserves 6,176,504,182.20 6,176,504,182.20 Less: Treasury stock Other comprehensive income -1,662,634.78 -529,354.77 Specific reserve Surplus reserves 264,300,000.00 264,300,000.00 Retained earnings 9,508,814,005.79 9,691,022,921.78 Total owners’ equity 16,476,555,553.21 16,659,897,749.21 Total liabilities and owners’ equity 22,456,198,219.11 19,293,697,774.40 3. Consolidated Income Statement Unit: RMB Item H1 2023 H1 2022 1. Revenue 11,310,016,495.10 9,002,005,923.42 Including: Operating revenue 11,310,016,495.10 9,002,005,923.42 Interest income Insurance premium income Handling charge and commission income 2. Costs and expenses 7,533,156,217.79 6,352,382,128.23 Including: Cost of sales 2,388,610,838.28 2,023,003,861.36 Interest expense Handling charge and commission expense Surrenders Net insurance claims paid Net amount provided as insurance contract reserve Expenditure on policy dividends Reinsurance premium expense Taxes and surcharges 1,605,442,141.06 1,276,738,897.80 ~ 56 ~ Interim Report 2023 Selling expense 3,048,015,143.61 2,595,105,420.46 Administrative expense 583,974,559.37 559,320,542.66 R&D expense 29,964,175.22 27,837,365.94 Finance costs -122,850,639.75 -129,623,959.99 Including: Interest 771,499.92 2,498,008.94 expense Interest 122,996,635.75 131,378,962.32 income Add: Other income 27,104,577.88 26,209,081.15 Return on investment (“-” for loss) -27,346,113.37 -17,449,121.42 Including: Share of profit or loss 46,146.26 144,074.52 of joint ventures and associates Income from the derecognition of financial assets at amortized cost (“-” for loss) Exchange gain (“-” for loss) Net gain on exposure hedges (“-” for loss) Gain on changes in fair value (“-” 25,168,981.30 318,569.02 for loss) Credit impairment loss (“-” for 84,454.20 -1,258,781.36 loss) Asset impairment loss (“-” for -17,556,673.87 4,343,131.74 loss) Asset disposal income (“-” for 203,366.67 191,652.74 loss) 3. Operating profit (“-” for loss) 3,784,518,870.12 2,661,978,327.06 Add: Non-operating income 44,676,493.06 24,988,936.35 Less: Non-operating expense 20,358,442.79 8,351,463.17 4. Profit before tax (“-” for loss) 3,808,836,920.39 2,678,615,800.24 Less: Income tax expense 964,656,318.72 706,053,183.61 5. Net profit (“-” for net loss) 2,844,180,601.67 1,972,562,616.63 5.1 By operating continuity 5.1.1 Net profit from continuing 2,844,180,601.67 1,972,562,616.63 operations (“-” for net loss) 5.1.2 Net profit from discontinued operations (“-” for net loss) 5.2 By ownership 5.2.1 Net profit attributable to shareholders of the Company as the 2,779,474,367.51 1,918,821,503.75 parent (“-” for net loss) ~ 57 ~ Interim Report 2023 5.2.1 Net profit attributable to 64,706,234.16 53,741,112.88 non-controlling interests (“-” for net loss) 6. Other comprehensive income, net of 1,494,571.29 2,228,819.05 tax Attributable to owners of the 250,144.18 1,836,134.17 Company as the parent 6.1 Items that will not be 1,937,767.20 911,837.54 reclassified to profit or loss 6.1.1 Changes caused by remeasurements on defined benefit schemes 6.1.2 Other comprehensive income that will not be reclassified to profit or loss under the equity method 6.1.3 Changes in the fair value of 1,937,767.20 911,837.54 investments in other equity instruments 6.1.4 Changes in the fair value arising from changes in own credit risk 6.1.5 Other 6.2 Items that will be reclassified to -1,687,623.02 924,296.63 profit or loss 6.2.1 Other comprehensive income that will be reclassified to profit or loss under the equity method 6.2.2 Changes in the fair value of investments in other debt obligations 6.2.3 Other comprehensive income arising from the reclassification -1,687,623.02 924,296.63 of financial assets 6.2.4 Credit impairment allowance for investments in other debt obligations 6.2.5 Reserve for cash flow hedges 6.2.6 Differences arising from the translation of foreign currency-denominated financial statements 6.2.7 Other Attributable to non-controlling 1,244,427.11 392,684.88 interests 7. Total comprehensive income 2,845,675,172.96 1,974,791,435.68 Attributable to owners of the 2,779,724,511.69 1,920,657,637.92 Company as the parent ~ 58 ~ Interim Report 2023 Attributable to non-controlling 65,950,661.27 54,133,797.76 interests 8. Earnings per share 8.1 Basic earnings per share 5.26 3.63 8.2 Diluted earnings per share 5.26 3.63 Legal representative: Liang Jinhui The Company’s chief accountant: Zhu Jiafeng Head of the Company’s financial department: Zhu Jiafeng 4. Income Statement of the Company as the Parent Unit: RMB Item H1 2023 H1 2022 1. Operating revenue 5,688,977,006.98 4,472,856,893.79 Less: Cost of sales 2,033,053,131.03 1,613,199,963.51 Taxes and surcharges 1,375,276,190.77 1,082,081,569.06 Selling expense 18,124,000.75 29,981,877.64 Administrative expense 390,026,657.42 371,905,439.74 R&D expense 11,525,750.69 11,378,186.74 Finance costs -90,964,543.78 -75,657,865.69 Including: Interest expense 637,086.51 847,873.69 Interest income 91,541,910.22 76,111,832.12 Add: Other income 1,828,952.83 4,509,784.26 Return on investment (“-” for loss) -18,401,784.46 -17,430,120.00 Including: Share of profit or loss 43,101.60 0.00 of joint ventures and associates Income from the derecognition of financial assets at amortized cost (“-” for loss) Net gain on exposure hedges (“-” for loss) Gain on changes in fair value (“-” 25,168,981.30 318,569.02 for loss) Credit impairment loss (“-” for 148,348.99 -165,730.36 loss) Asset impairment loss (“-” for -17,141,448.76 1,913,585.91 loss) Asset disposal income (“-” for 14,302.24 0.00 loss) 2. Operating profit (“-” for loss) 1,943,553,172.24 1,429,113,811.62 Add: Non-operating income 15,599,716.85 18,141,888.35 Less: Non-operating expense 17,213,516.15 5,121,167.93 ~ 59 ~ Interim Report 2023 3. Profit before tax (“-” for loss) 1,941,939,372.94 1,442,134,532.04 Less: Income tax expense 538,348,288.93 358,374,033.46 4. Net profit (“-” for net loss) 1,403,591,084.01 1,083,760,498.58 4.1 Net profit from continuing 1,403,591,084.01 1,083,760,498.58 operations (“-” for net loss) 4.2 Net profit from discontinued operations (“-” for net loss) 5. Other comprehensive income, net of -1,133,280.01 109,851.14 tax 5.1 Items that will not be reclassified to profit or loss 5.1.1 Changes caused by remeasurements on defined benefit schemes 5.1.2 Other comprehensive income that will not be reclassified to profit or loss under the equity method 5.1.3 Changes in the fair value of investments in other equity instruments 5.1.4 Changes in the fair value arising from changes in own credit risk 5.1.5 Other 5.2 Items that will be reclassified to -1,133,280.01 109,851.14 profit or loss 5.2.1 Other comprehensive income that will be reclassified to profit or loss under the equity method 5.2.2 Changes in the fair value of investments in other debt obligations 5.2.3 Other comprehensive income arising from the reclassification of -1,133,280.01 109,851.14 financial assets 5.2.4 Credit impairment allowance for investments in other debt obligations 5.2.5 Reserve for cash flow hedges 5.2.6 Differences arising from the translation of foreign currency-denominated financial statements 5.2.7 Other 6. Total comprehensive income 1,402,457,804.00 1,083,870,349.72 7. Earnings per share 7.1 Basic earnings per share 2.66 2.05 ~ 60 ~ Interim Report 2023 7.2 Diluted earnings per share 2.66 2.05 5. Consolidated Cash Flow Statement Unit: RMB Item H1 2023 H1 2022 1. Cash flows from operating activities: Proceeds from sale of commodities 12,967,342,850.81 10,536,436,947.68 and rendering of services Net increase in customer deposits and interbank deposits Net increase in borrowings from the central bank Net increase in loans from other financial institutions Premiums received on original insurance contracts Net proceeds from reinsurance Net increase in deposits and investments of policy holders Interest, handling charges and commissions received Net increase in interbank loans obtained Net increase in proceeds from repurchase transactions Net proceeds from acting trading of securities Tax rebates 1,875,811.35 3,593,014.59 Cash generated from other operating 1,056,647,876.21 416,874,433.62 activities Subtotal of cash generated from 14,025,866,538.37 10,956,904,395.89 operating activities Payments for commodities and 2,160,026,046.33 1,429,207,252.95 services Net increase in loans and advances to customers Net increase in deposits in the central bank and in interbank loans granted Payments for claims on original insurance contracts Net increase in interbank loans granted Interest, handling charges and ~ 61 ~ Interim Report 2023 commissions paid Policy dividends paid Cash paid to and for employees 1,885,616,624.31 1,636,020,699.63 Taxes paid 3,995,204,357.05 2,928,271,586.95 Cash used in other operating activities 1,257,182,813.95 772,158,056.57 Subtotal of cash used in operating 9,298,029,841.64 6,765,657,596.10 activities Net cash generated from/used in 4,727,836,696.73 4,191,246,799.79 operating activities 2. Cash flows from investing activities: Proceeds from disinvestment 760,098,239.02 4,587,477,639.71 Return on investment 1,221,108.96 1,067,121.16 Net proceeds from the disposal of fixed assets, intangible assets and other 276,793.00 1,244,063.80 long-lived assets Net proceeds from the disposal of subsidiaries and other business units Cash generated from other investing activities Subtotal of cash generated from 761,596,140.98 4,589,788,824.67 investing activities Payments for the acquisition of fixed assets, intangible assets and other 1,027,930,984.35 714,217,547.21 long-lived assets Payments for investments 720,000,000.00 1,464,575,094.67 Net increase in pledged loans granted Net payments for the acquisition of 13,439,262.05 0.00 subsidiaries and other business units Cash used in other investing activities Subtotal of cash used in investing 1,761,370,246.40 2,178,792,641.88 activities Net cash generated from/used in -999,774,105.42 2,410,996,182.79 investing activities 3. Cash flows from financing activities: Capital contributions received 4,000,000.00 0.00 Including: Capital contributions by 4,000,000.00 0.00 non-controlling interests to subsidiaries Borrowings raised 134,000,000.00 20,000,000.00 Cash generated from other financing activities Subtotal of cash generated from 138,000,000.00 20,000,000.00 financing activities Repayment of borrowings 113,000,000.00 94,851,054.01 ~ 62 ~ Interim Report 2023 Interest and dividends paid 7,626,554.97 1,166,060,059.13 Including: Dividends paid by 5,304,511.69 0.00 subsidiaries to non-controlling interests Cash used in other financing activities 8,506,249.20 9,257,885.61 Subtotal of cash used in financing 129,132,804.17 1,270,168,998.75 activities Net cash generated from/used in 8,867,195.83 -1,250,168,998.75 financing activities 4. Effect of foreign exchange rates changes on cash and cash equivalents 5. Net increase in cash and cash 3,736,929,787.14 5,352,073,983.83 equivalents Add: Cash and cash equivalents, 13,105,373,435.22 6,057,550,178.60 beginning of the period 6. Cash and cash equivalents, end of the 16,842,303,222.36 11,409,624,162.43 period 6. Cash Flow Statement of the Company as the Parent Unit: RMB Item H1 2023 H1 2022 1. Cash flows from operating activities: Proceeds from sale of commodities 9,423,877,589.29 9,789,484,776.84 and rendering of services Tax rebates Cash generated from other operating 684,649,476.89 849,250,330.86 activities Subtotal of cash generated from 10,108,527,066.18 10,638,735,107.70 operating activities Payments for commodities and 1,600,410,168.91 1,357,709,777.54 services Cash paid to and for employees 579,079,631.71 535,086,542.33 Taxes paid 2,341,187,694.15 1,871,802,206.80 Cash used in other operating activities 3,320,490,019.02 5,008,612,241.81 Subtotal of cash used in operating 7,841,167,513.79 8,773,210,768.48 activities Net cash generated from/used in 2,267,359,552.39 1,865,524,339.22 operating activities 2. Cash flows from investing activities: Proceeds from disinvestment 210,098,239.02 4,436,593,245.00 Return on investment 92,948,040.53 78,111,847.94 Net proceeds from the disposal of 14,800.00 0.00 fixed assets, intangible assets and other ~ 63 ~ Interim Report 2023 long-lived assets Net proceeds from the disposal of subsidiaries and other business units Cash generated from other investing activities Subtotal of cash generated from 303,061,079.55 4,514,705,092.94 investing activities Payments for the acquisition of fixed assets, intangible assets and other 854,427,751.14 592,574,549.94 long-lived assets Payments for investments 719,000,000.00 713,900,000.00 Net payments for the acquisition of 13,439,262.05 0.00 subsidiaries and other business units Cash used in other investing activities Subtotal of cash used in investing 1,586,867,013.19 1,306,474,549.94 activities Net cash generated from/used in -1,283,805,933.64 3,208,230,543.00 investing activities 3. Cash flows from financing activities: Capital contributions received Borrowings raised Cash generated from other financing activities Subtotal of cash generated from financing activities Repayment of borrowings Interest and dividends paid 0.00 1,162,518,220.56 Cash used in other financing activities 7,606,249.20 7,907,885.61 Subtotal of cash used in financing 7,606,249.20 1,170,426,106.17 activities Net cash generated from/used in -7,606,249.20 -1,170,426,106.17 financing activities 4. Effect of foreign exchange rates changes on cash and cash equivalents 5. Net increase in cash and cash 975,947,369.55 3,903,328,776.05 equivalents Add: Cash and cash equivalents, 7,338,284,192.52 1,571,949,499.06 beginning of the period 6. Cash and cash equivalents, end of the 8,314,231,562.07 5,475,278,275.11 period ~ 64 ~ Interim Report 2023 7. Consolidated Statements of Changes in Owners’ Equity H1 2023 Unit: RMB H1 2023 Equity attributable to owners of the Company as the parent Other equity Item Gener instruments Less: Other Specifi Non-controlli Total owners’ Capital Surplus al Retained Othe Share capital Perpetu Treasur comprehensi c Subtotal ng interests equity Preferre Othe reserves reserves reserv earnings r al y stock ve income reserve d shares r e bonds 1. Balance as at the end of 528,600,000. 6,224,747,667. 269,402,260. 11,497,599,306. 18,520,757,973. 812,095,782. 19,332,853,756. 408,739.61 the period of 00 10 27 54 52 69 21 prior year Add: Adjustment for change in accounting policy Adjustment for correction of previous error ~ 65 ~ Interim Report 2023 Adjustment for business combination under common control Other adjustments 2. Balance as at the beginning of 528,600,000. 6,224,747,667. 269,402,260. 11,497,599,306. 18,520,757,973. 812,095,782. 19,332,853,756. 408,739.61 the 00 10 27 54 52 69 21 Reporting Period 3. Increase/ decrease in 1,193,674,367.5 1,193,924,511.6 63,320,021.6 1,257,244,533.3 the period 250,144.18 1 9 6 5 (“-” for decrease) 3.1 Total 2,779,474,367.5 2,779,724,511.6 65,950,661.2 2,845,675,172.9 comprehensi 250,144.18 1 9 7 6 ve income 3.2 Capital increased 4,000,000.00 4,000,000.00 and reduced by owners 3.2.1 4,000,000.00 4,000,000.00 Ordinary ~ 66 ~ Interim Report 2023 shares increased by owners 3.2.2 Capital increased by holders of other equity instruments 3.2.3 Share-based payments included in owners’ equity 3.2.4 Other 3.3 Profit -1,585,800,000. -1,585,800,000. -1,592,430,639. -6,630,639.61 distribution 00 00 61 3.3.1 Appropriatio n to surplus reserves 3.3.2 Appropriatio n to general reserve 3.3.3 -1,585,800,000. -1,585,800,000. -6,630,639.61 -1,592,430,639. Appropriatio ~ 67 ~ Interim Report 2023 n to owners 00 00 61 (or shareholders ) 3.3.4 Other 3.4 Transfers within owners’ equity 3.4.1 Increase in capital (or share capital) from capital reserves 3.4.2 Increase in capital (or share capital) from surplus reserves 3.4.3 Loss offset by surplus reserves ~ 68 ~ Interim Report 2023 3.4.4 Changes in defined benefit schemes transferred to retained earnings 3.4.5 Other comprehensi ve income transferred to retained earnings 3.4.6 Other 3.5 Specific reserve 3.5.1 Increase in the period 3.5.2 Used in the period 3.6 Other 4. Balance as 528,600,000. 6,224,747,667. 658,883.79 269,402,260. 12,691,273,674. 19,714,682,485. 875,415,804. 20,590,098,289. at the end of ~ 69 ~ Interim Report 2023 the 00 10 27 05 21 35 56 Reporting Period H1 2022 Unit: RMB H1 2022 Equity attributable to owners of the Company as the parent Other equity Item Gener instruments Less: Other Specifi Non-controlli Total owners’ Capital Surplus al Retained Othe Share capital Perpetu Treasur comprehensi c Subtotal ng interests equity Preferre Othe reserves reserves reserv earnings r al y stock ve income reserve d shares r e bonds 1. Balance as at the end of 528,600,000. 6,224,747,667. -2,735,058.1 269,402,260. 9,517,374,574.4 16,537,389,443. 715,471,437. 17,252,860,881. the period of 00 10 9 27 6 64 89 53 prior year Add: Adjustment for change in accounting policy Adjustment for correction of previous error ~ 70 ~ Interim Report 2023 Adjustment for business combination under common control Other adjustments 2. Balance as at the beginning of 528,600,000. 6,224,747,667. -2,735,058.1 269,402,260. 9,517,374,574.4 16,537,389,443. 715,471,437. 17,252,860,881. the 00 10 9 27 6 64 89 53 Reporting Period 3. Increase/ decrease in 54,133,797.7 the period 1,836,134.17 755,901,503.75 757,737,637.92 811,871,435.68 6 (“-” for decrease) 3.1 Total 1,918,821,503.7 1,920,657,637.9 54,133,797.7 1,974,791,435.6 comprehensi 1,836,134.17 5 2 6 8 ve income 3.2 Capital increased and reduced by owners 3.2.1 Ordinary ~ 71 ~ Interim Report 2023 shares increased by owners 3.2.2 Capital increased by holders of other equity instruments 3.2.3 Share-based payments included in owners’ equity 3.2.4 Other 3.3 Profit -1,162,920,000. -1,162,920,000. -1,162,920,000. distribution 00 00 00 3.3.1 Appropriatio n to surplus reserves 3.3.2 Appropriatio n to general reserve 3.3.3 -1,162,920,000. -1,162,920,000. -1,162,920,000. Appropriatio ~ 72 ~ Interim Report 2023 n to owners 00 00 00 (or shareholders ) 3.3.4 Other 3.4 Transfers within owners’ equity 3.4.1 Increase in capital (or share capital) from capital reserves 3.4.2 Increase in capital (or share capital) from surplus reserves 3.4.3 Loss offset by surplus reserves ~ 73 ~ Interim Report 2023 3.4.4 Changes in defined benefit schemes transferred to retained earnings 3.4.5 Other comprehensi ve income transferred to retained earnings 3.4.6 Other 3.5 Specific reserve 3.5.1 Increase in the period 3.5.2 Used in the period 3.6 Other 4. Balance as 528,600,000. 6,224,747,667. -898,924.02 269,402,260. 10,273,276,078. 17,295,127,081. 769,605,235. 18,064,732,317. at the end of ~ 74 ~ Interim Report 2023 the 00 10 27 21 56 65 21 Reporting Period 8. Statements of Changes in Owners’ Equity of the Company as the Parent H1 2023 Unit: RMB H1 2023 Other equity instruments Less: Other Specifi Item Surplus Retained Othe Total owners’ Share capital Preferre Perpetua Othe Capital reserves Treasur comprehensiv c reserves earnings r equity d shares l bonds r y stock e income reserve 1. Balance as at the end of 528,600,000.0 6,176,504,182.2 264,300,000.0 16,659,897,749.2 -529,354.77 9,691,022,921.78 the period of 0 0 0 1 prior year Add: Adjustment for change in accounting policy Adjustment for correction of previous error Other adjustments 528,600,000.0 6,176,504,182.2 264,300,000.0 16,659,897,749.2 2. Balance as -529,354.77 9,691,022,921.78 0 0 0 1 ~ 75 ~ Interim Report 2023 at the beginning of the Reporting Period 3. Increase/ decrease in -1,133,280.01 -182,208,915.99 -183,342,196.00 the period (“-” for decrease) 3.1 Total comprehensiv -1,133,280.01 1,403,591,084.01 1,402,457,804.00 e income 3.2 Capital increased and reduced by owners 3.2.1 Ordinary shares increased by owners 3.2.2 Capital increased by holders of other equity instruments 3.2.3 Share-based payments ~ 76 ~ Interim Report 2023 included in owners’ equity 3.2.4 Other 3.3 Profit -1,585,800,000.0 -1,585,800,000.0 distribution 0 0 3.3.1 Appropriation to surplus reserves 3.3.2 Appropriation -1,585,800,000.0 -1,585,800,000.0 to owners (or 0 0 shareholders) 3.3.3 Other 3.4 Transfers within owners’ equity 3.4.1 Increase in capital (or share capital) from capital reserves 3.4.2 ~ 77 ~ Interim Report 2023 Increase in capital (or share capital) from surplus reserves 3.4.3 Loss offset by surplus reserves 3.4.4 Changes in defined benefit schemes transferred to retained earnings 3.4.5 Other comprehensiv e income transferred to retained earnings 3.4.6 Other 3.5 Specific reserve 3.5.1 ~ 78 ~ Interim Report 2023 Increase in the period 3.5.2 Used in the period 3.6 Other 4. Balance as at the end of 528,600,000.0 6,176,504,182.2 264,300,000.0 16,476,555,553.2 -1,662,634.78 9,508,814,005.79 the Reporting 0 0 0 1 Period H1 2022 Unit: RMB H1 2022 Other equity instruments Less: Other Item Specific Surplus Total owners’ Share capital Preferred Perpetual Capital reserves Treasury comprehensive Retained earnings Other Other reserve reserves equity shares bonds stock income 1. Balance as at the end of the period of 528,600,000.00 6,176,504,182.20 -1,385,311.78 264,300,000.00 8,904,467,073.30 15,872,485,943.72 prior year Add: Adjustment for change in accounting policy Adjustment for correction of previous error Other adjustments 2. Balance as at the 528,600,000.00 6,176,504,182.20 -1,385,311.78 264,300,000.00 8,904,467,073.30 15,872,485,943.72 beginning of the ~ 79 ~ Interim Report 2023 Reporting Period 3. Increase/ decrease in the period (“-” for 109,851.14 -79,159,501.42 -79,049,650.28 decrease) 3.1 Total 109,851.14 1,083,760,498.58 1,083,870,349.72 comprehensive income 3.2 Capital increased and reduced by owners 3.2.1 Ordinary shares increased by owners 3.2.2 Capital increased by holders of other equity instruments 3.2.3 Share-based payments included in owners’ equity 3.2.4 Other 3.3 Profit -1,162,920,000.00 -1,162,920,000.00 distribution 3.3.1 Appropriation to surplus reserves 3.3.2 Appropriation to -1,162,920,000.00 -1,162,920,000.00 owners (or shareholders) ~ 80 ~ Interim Report 2023 3.3.3 Other 3.4 Transfers within owners’ equity 3.4.1 Increase in capital (or share capital) from capital reserves 3.4.2 Increase in capital (or share capital) from surplus reserves 3.4.3 Loss offset by surplus reserves 3.4.4 Changes in defined benefit schemes transferred to retained earnings 3.4.5 Other comprehensive income transferred to retained earnings 3.4.6 Other 3.5 Specific reserve 3.5.1 Increase in the period 3.5.2 Used in the period 3.6 Other ~ 81 ~ Interim Report 2023 4. Balance as at the end of the Reporting 528,600,000.00 6,176,504,182.20 -1,275,460.64 264,300,000.00 8,825,307,571.88 15,793,436,293.44 Period ~ 82 ~ Interim Report 2023 Anhui Gujing Distillery Company Limited Notes to Financial Statements for H1 2023 (Currency Unit Is RMB Unless Otherwise Stated) 1. BASIC INFORMATION ABOUT THE COMPANY 1.1 Corporate Information Authorized by document WGZGZ (1996) No.053 of Anhui Administrative Bureau of State-owned Property, Anhui Gujing Distillery Company Limited (“the Company”) was established as a limited liability company with net assets of RMB377,167,700 and state-owned shares of 155,000,000 shares and considered Anhui Gujing Company as the only promoter. The registration place was Bozhou Anhui China. The Company was established on 5 March 1996 by document of WZM (1996) No.42 of Anhui People’s Government. The Company set up plenary session on 28 May 1996 and registered in Anhui on 30 May 1996. The Company has issued 60,000,000 domestic listed foreign shares (“B” shares) in June 1996 and 20,000,000 ordinary shares (“A shares) on September 1996, ordinary shares are listed in national and par value is RMB1.00 per share. Those A shares and B shares are listed in Shenzhen Stock exchange. Headquarter of the Company is located in Gujing Bozhou Anhui. The Company and its subsidiaries (the Company) specialize in producing and selling baijiu and belong to food manufacturing industry. Registered capitals of the Company were RMB235,000,000 with stocks of 235,000,000, of which 155,000,000 shares were issued in China, B shares of 60,000,000 shares and A shares of 20,000,000 shares. The book value of the stocks of the Company was of RMB1 per share. On 29 May 2006, a shareholder meeting was held to discuss and approval a program of equity division of A share, the program was implement in June 2006. After implementation, all shares are outstanding share, which include 147,000,000 shares with restrict condition on disposal, represent 62.55% of total equity, and 88,000,000 shares without restrict condition on disposal, represent 37.45% of total equity. The Company issuedon 27 June 2007, 11,750,000 outstanding shares with restrict condition on disposal are listed in stock market on 29 June 2007. Up to that day, outstanding shares with restrict condition on disposal are 135,250,000, representing 57.55% of total equity, the share without restrict condition are 99,750,000, representing 42.45% of total equity. The Company issued on 17 July 2008, 11,750,000 outstanding shares with restrict condition on disposal are listed in stock market on 18 July 2008. Up to that day, outstanding shares with restrict condition on disposal are 123,500,000, representing 52.55% of total equity, the share without restrict condition are 111,500,000, representing 47.45% of total equity. The Company issued on 24 July 2009, 123,500,000 outstanding shares with restrict condition on disposal are listed in stock market on ~ 83 ~ Interim Report 2023 29 July 2009. Up to that day, the Company’s all shares are all tradable. Approved by the CSRC Document Zheng-Jian-Xu-Ke [2011] No. 943, the Company privately offered 16,800,000 ordinary shares (A-shares) to special investors on 15 July 2011, with a par value of RMB1 and the price of RMB75.00 per share, raising RMB1,260,000,000.00 in total, the net amount of raised funds stood at RMB1,227,499,450.27 after deducting RMB32,500,549.73 of various issuance expenses. Certified Public Accountants verified the raised capital upon its arrival and issued the Capital Verification Report Reanda-Yan-Zi [2011] No. 1065. After private issuance, the share capital of the Company increased to RMB251.8 million. Pursuant to the Resolution of The 2011 Annual General Meeting, the Company that considered 251,800,000 shares as base number on 31 December 2011 transferred capital reserve into share capital at a rate of “10 shares for per 10 shares” accounting for 251,800,000 shares and implemented in the year of 2012. Upon the transference, the registered capitals increased to RMB503,600,000. Approved by the China Securities Regulatory Commission under CSRC Permit [2021] No. 1422, the Company privately issued RMB25,000,000 ordinary shares (A shares) with the par value of RMB1 per share to specific targets on 22 July 2021 at an issuing price of RMB200.00 per share, raising total proceeds of RMB5,000,000,000.00. After deducting the expenses related to the issue of RMB45,657,925.15, the actual net proceeds raised were RMB4,954,342,074.85. RSM (special ordinary partnership) has audited the availability of the funds raised from the non-public offering of shares of the Company and issued Capital Verification Report R.C.Y.Z [2021] No. 518Z0050. The share capital of the Company increased to RMB528,600,000 after the non-public offering. By 30 June 2023, the Company issued 528,600,000 shares. See Note 5.33 for details. The Company is registered at Gujing Town, Bozhou City, Anhui Province. The approved business of the Company including procurement of grain (operating with business license), manufacture of baijiu, wine distilling facilities, packaging material, bottles, alcohol, grease (limited to byproducts from wine manufacture), and research and development of high-tech, biotechnology development, agricultural and sideline products deep processing, as well as sale of self-manufacturing products. Disclosure date of financial statement approved: Financial statement of the Company will be released on 30 August 2023 by the Board of Directors. 1.2 Scope of Consolidation and Changes Thereof (1) Incorporated subsidiaries of the Company Proportion of Shareholding (or No. Name of Subsidiaries Abbreviation similar equity interest) (%) Direct Indirect 1 Bozhou Gujing Sales Co., Ltd. Gujing Sales 100.00 2 Anhui Jinyunlai Culture & Media Co., Ltd. Jinyunlai 100.00 ~ 84 ~ Interim Report 2023 3 Anhui Ruisiweier Technology Co., Ltd. Ruisiweier 100.00 4 Anhui Longrui Glass Co., Ltd Longrui Glass 100.00 5 Shanghai Gujing Jinhao Hotel Management Co., Ltd. Jinhao Hotel 100.00 6 Bozhou Gujing Hotel Co., Ltd Gujing Hotel 100.00 Yuanqing 7 Anhui Yuanqing Environmental Protection Co., Ltd. Environmental 100.00 - Protection 8 Anhui Gujing Yunshang E-commerce Co., Ltd. Gujing E-commerce 100.00 9 Anhui RunAnXinKe Testing Technology Co., Ltd. RunAnXinKe 100.00 Jiuan Mechanical 10 Anhui Jiuan Mechanical Electrical Equipment Co., Ltd. 100.00 Electrical 11 Anhui Jiudao Culture Media Co., Ltd. Jiudao Culture 100.00 Anhui Gujinggong Liquor Original Vintage Theme Hotel 12 Theme Hotel 100.00 Management Co., Ltd. 13 Anhui Anjie Technology Co., Ltd. Anjie Technology 70.00 14 Anhui Guqi Distillery Co., Ltd. Guqi Distillery 60.00 Anhui Jiuhao China Railway Construction Engineering 15 Jiuhao China Railway 52.00 Co., Ltd. 16 Anhui Zhenrui Construction Engineering Co., Ltd Zhenrui Engineering 52.00 Yellow Crane Tower 17 Yellow Crane Tower Distillery Co., Ltd. 51.00 Distillery Yellow Crane Tower 18 Yellow Crane Tower Distillery (Suizhou) Co., Ltd. 51.00 (Suizhou) 19 Hubei Junlou Cultural Tourism Co., Ltd. Junlou Cultural 51.00 Yellow Crane Tower 20 Hubei Yellow Crane Tower Beverage Co., Ltd. 51.00 Beverage Yellow Crane Tower 21 Yellow Crane Tower Distillery (Xianning) Co., Ltd. 51.00 (Xianning) 22 Wuhan Yashibo Technology Co., Ltd. Yashibo 51.00 23 Hubei Xinjia Testing Technology Co., Ltd. Xinjia Testing 51.00 24 Wuhan Tianlong Jindi Technology Development Co., Tianlong Jindi 51.00 25 Ltd Wuhan Junya Sales Co., Ltd Junya Sales 51.00 26 Xianning Junhe Sales Co., Ltd. Xianning Junhe 51.00 27 Suizhou Junhe Commercial Co., Ltd. Suizhou Junhe 51.00 28 Huanggang Junya Trading Co., Ltd. Huanggang Junya 51.00 ~ 85 ~ Interim Report 2023 29 Wuhan Gulou Junhe Trading Co., Ltd. Gulou Junhe 51.00 30 Wuhan Gulou Juntai Trading Co., Ltd. Gulou Juntai 51.00 Renhuai Maotai Town Zhencang Winery Industry Co., Zhencang Winery 31 60.00 Ltd. Industry 32 Anhui Mingguang Wine Co., Ltd. Mingguang Wine 60.00 33 Mingguang Tiancheng Ming Wine Sales Co., Ltd. Tiancheng Sales 60.00 Fengyang Xiaogang Village Ming Wine Distillery Co., Fengyang Xiaogang 34 42.00 Ltd. Village 35 Anhui Gujing Health Technology Co., Ltd. Health Technology 60.00 36 Anhui Maiqi Biotechnology Co., Ltd. Maiqi Biotechnology 60.00 37 Anhui Yangshengtianxia Brand Operation Co., Ltd. Brand Operation 60.00 38 Hainan Yangshengtianxia Biotechnology Development Biotechnology 60.00 For details Co.,theLtd.subsidiaries mentioned above, please refer to Note 7 INTEREST IN OTHER ENTITIES of (2) Change of the scope of consolidation Compared with the previous period, the newly incorporated subsidiaries during the reporting period were Guqi Distillery, Gulou Junhe and Gulou Juntai. 2. BASIS OF PREPARATION OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 2.1 Basis for Preparation On the basis of continuous operations, the Company shall confirm and measure actual transactions and events in accordance with the Accounting Standards for Business Enterprises and its Application Guidelines and Interpretation of the Standards, and prepare financial statements. Besides, the Company also discloses relevant financial information in accordance with the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) Rules No. 15 on the Compilation and Reporting of Corporate Information on Public Offerings -- General Provisions on Financial Reports (2014 Revision). 2.2 Continuation The Company has assessed its ability to continually operate for the next twelve months from the end of the reporting period, and no any matters that may result in doubt on its ability as a going concern were noted. Therefore, it is reasonable for the Company to prepare financial statements on the going concern basis. 3. IMPORTANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES AND ESTIMATIONS It is required to comply with disclosure requirements for food and liquor & wine production industry in the Guideline No. 3 of the Shenzhen Stock Exchange for Self-regulation of Listed Companies—Industry-specific ~ 86 ~ Interim Report 2023 Information Disclosure. Specific accounting policies and accounting estimates: The contents disclosed below cover the specific accounting policies and accounting estimates formulated by the Company according to the actual production and operation characteristics. 3.1 Statement of Compliance with the Accounting Standards for Business Enterprises The financial statements prepared by the Company are in compliance with in compliance with the Accounting Standards for Business Enterprises, which factually and completely present the Company’s financial positions, changes of owners’ equity, business results and cash flows and other relevant information. 3.2 Fiscal Period The accounting year of the Company is from January 1 to December 31 in calendar year. 3.3 Operating Cycle The normal operating cycle of the Company is one year. 3.4 Currency Used in Bookkeeping The Company's functional currency is RMB, and its overseas subsidiaries are operated in the currency of the main economic environment in which they operate. 3.5 Accounting Treatment of Business Combinations under and not under Common Control (a) Business combinations under common control The assets and liabilities that the Company obtains in a business combination under common control shall be measured at their carrying amount of the acquired entity at the combination date. If the accounting policy adopted by the acquired entity is different from that adopted by the acquiring entity, the acquiring entity shall, according to accounting policy it adopts, adjust the relevant items in the financial statements of the acquired party based on the principal of materiality. As for the difference between the carrying amount of the net assets obtained by the acquiring entity and the carrying amount of the consideration paid by it, the capital reserve (capital premium or share premium) shall be adjusted. If the capital reserve (capital premium or share premium) is not sufficient to absorb the difference, any excess shall be adjusted against retained earnings. For the accounting treatment of business combination under common control by step acquisitions, please refer to Note 3.6 (6). (b) Business combinations not under common control The assets and liabilities that the Company obtains in a business combination not under common control shall be measured at their fair value at the acquisition date. If the accounting policy adopted by the acquired entity is different from that adopted by the acquiring entity, the acquiring entity shall, according to accounting policy it adopts, adjust the relevant items in the financial statements of the acquired entity based on the principal of materiality. The acquiring entity shall recognise the positive balance between the combination costs and the fair ~ 87 ~ Interim Report 2023 value of the identifiable net assets it obtains from the acquired entity as goodwill. The acquiring entity shall, pursuant to the following provisions, treat the negative balance between the combination costs and the fair value of the identifiable net assets it obtains from the acquired entity: (i) It shall review the measurement of the fair values of the identifiable assets, liabilities and contingent liabilities it obtains from the acquired entity as well as the combination costs; (ii) If, after the review, the combination costs are still less than the fair value of the identifiable net assets it obtains from the acquired entity, the balance shall be recognised in profit or loss of the reporting period. For the accounting treatment of business combination under the same control by step acquisitions, please refer to Note 3.6 (f). (c) Treatment of business combination related costs The intermediary costs such as audit, legal services and valuation consulting and other related management costs that are directly attributable to the business combination shall be charged in profit or loss in the period in which they are incurred. The costs to issue equity or debt securities for the consideration of business combination shall be recorded as a part of the value of the respect equity or debt securities upon initial recognition. 3.6 Method of Preparing the Consolidated Financial Statements (a) Scope of consolidation The scope of consolidated financial statements shall be determined on the basis of control. It not only includes subsidiaries determined based on voting power (or similar) or other arrangement, but also structured entities under one or several contract arrangements. Control exists when the Company has all the following: power over the investee; exposure, or rights to variable returns from the Company’s involvement with the investee; and the ability to use its power over the investee to affect the amount of the investor’s returns. Subsidiaries are the entities that controlled by the Company (including enterprise, a divisible part of the investee, and structured entity controlled by the enterprise). A structured entity (sometimes called a Special Purpose Entity) is an entity that has been designed so that voting or similar rights are not the dominant factor in deciding who controls the entity. (b) Special requirement as the parent company is an investment entity If the parent company is an investment entity, it should measure its investments in particular subsidiaries as financial assets at fair value through profit or loss instead of consolidating those subsidiaries in its consolidated and separate financial statements. However, as an exception to this requirement, if a subsidiary provides investment-related services or activities to the investment entity, it should be consolidated. The parent company is defined as investment entity when meets following conditions: a. Obtains funds from one or more investors for the purpose of providing those investors with investment management services; b. Commits to its investors that its business purpose is to invest funds solely for returns from capital appreciation, ~ 88 ~ Interim Report 2023 investment income or both; and c. Measures and evaluates the performance of substantially all of its investments on a fair value basis. If the parent company becomes an investment entity, it shall cease to consolidate its subsidiaries at the date of the change in status, except for any subsidiary which provides investment-related services or activities to the investment entity shall be continued to be consolidated. The deconsolidation of subsidiaries is accounted for as though the investment entity partially disposed subsidiaries without loss of control. When the parent company previously classified as an investment entity ceases to be an investment entity, subsidiary that was previously measured at fair value through profit or loss shall be included in the scope of consolidated financial statements at the date of the change in status. The fair value of the subsidiary at the date of change represents the transferred deemed consideration in accordance with the accounting for business combination not under common control. (c) Method of preparing the consolidated financial statements The consolidated financial statements shall be prepared by the Company based on the financial statements of the Company and its subsidiaries, and using other related information. When preparing consolidated financial statements, the Company shall consider the entire group as an accounting entity, adopt uniform accounting policies and apply the requirements of Accounting Standard for Business Enterprises related to recognition, measurement and presentation. The consolidated financial statements shall reflect the overall financial position, operating results and cash flows of the group. (i) Like items of assets, liabilities, equity, income, expenses and cash flows of the parent are combined with those of the subsidiaries. (ii) The carrying amount of the parent’s investment in each subsidiary is eliminated (off-set) against the parent’s portion of equity of each subsidiary. (iii) Eliminate the impact of intragroup transactions between the Company and the subsidiaries or between subsidiaries, and when intragroup transactions indicate an impairment of related assets, the losses shall be recognised in full. (iv) Make adjustments to special transactions from the perspective of the group. (d) Method of preparation of the consolidated financial statements when subsidiaries are acquired or disposed in the reporting period (i) Acquisition of subsidiaries or business Subsidiaries or business acquired through business combination under common control When preparing consolidated statements of financial position, the opening balance of the consolidated balance sheet shall be adjusted. Related items of comparative financial statements shall be adjusted as well, deeming that the combined entity has always existed ever since the ultimate controlling party began to control. Incomes, expenses and profits of the subsidiary incurred from the beginning of the reporting period to the end of ~ 89 ~ Interim Report 2023 the reporting period shall be included into the consolidated statement of profit or loss. Related items of comparative financial statements shall be adjusted as well, deeming that the combined entity has always existed ever since the ultimate controlling party began to control. Cash flows from the beginning of the reporting period to the end of the reporting period shall be included into the consolidated statement of cash flows. Related items of comparative financial statements shall be adjusted as well, deeming that the combined entity has always existed ever since the ultimate controlling party began to control. Subsidiaries or business acquired through business combination not under common control When preparing the consolidated statements of financial position, the opening balance of the consolidated statements of financial position shall not be adjusted. Incomes, expenses and profits of the subsidiary incurred from the acquisition date to the end of the reporting period shall be included into the consolidated statement of profit or loss. Cash flows from the acquisition date to the end of the reporting period shall be included into the consolidated statement of cash flows. (ii) Disposal of subsidiaries or business When preparing the consolidated statements of financial position, the opening balance of the consolidated statements of financial position shall not be adjusted. Incomes, expenses and profits incurred from the beginning of the subsidiary to the disposal date shall be included into the consolidated statement of profit or loss. Cash flows from the beginning of the subsidiary to the disposal date shall be included into the consolidated statement of cash flows. (e) Special consideration in consolidation elimination (i) Long-term equity investment held by the subsidiaries to the Company shall be recognised as treasury stock of the Company, which is offset with the owner’s equity, represented as “treasury stock” under “owner’s equity” in the consolidated statement of financial position. Long-term equity investment held by subsidiaries between each other is accounted for taking long-term equity investment held by the Company to its subsidiaries as reference. That is, the long-term equity investment is eliminated (off- set) against the portion of the corresponding subsidiary’s equity. (ii) Due to not belonging to paid-in capital (or share capital) and capital reserve, and being different from retained earnings and undistributed profit, “Specific reserves” and “General risk provision” shall be recovered based on the proportion attributable to owners of the parent company after long-term equity investment to the subsidiaries is eliminated with the subsidiaries’ equity. (iii) If temporary timing difference between the book value of the assets and liabilities in the consolidated statement of financial position and their tax basis is generated as a result of elimination of unrealized inter-company transaction profit or loss, deferred tax assets of deferred tax liabilities shall be recognised, and ~ 90 ~ Interim Report 2023 income tax expense in the consolidated statement of profit or loss shall be adjusted simultaneously, excluding deferred taxes related to transactions or events directly recognised in owner’s equity or business combination. (iv) Unrealised inter-company transactions profit or loss generated from the Company selling assets to its subsidiaries shall be eliminated against “net profit attributed to the owners of the parent company” in full. Unrealized inter-company transactions profit or loss generated from the subsidiaries selling assets to the Company shall be eliminated between “net profit attributed to the owners of the parent company” and “non-controlling interests” pursuant to the proportion of the Company in the related subsidiaries. Unrealized inter-company transactions profit or loss generated from the assets sales between the subsidiaries shall be eliminated between “net profit attributed to the owners of the parent company” and “non-controlling interests” pursuant to the proportion of the Company in the selling subsidiaries. (v) If loss attributed to the minority shareholders of a subsidiary in current period is more than the proportion of non-controlling interest in this subsidiary at the beginning of the period, non-controlling interest is still to be written down. (f) Accounting for Special Transactions (i) Purchasing of non-controlling interests Where, the Company purchases non-controlling interests of its subsidiary, in the separate financial statements of the Company, the cost of the long-term equity investment obtained in purchasing non-controlling interests is measured at the fair value of the consideration paid. In the consolidated financial statements, difference between the cost of the long-term equity investment newly obtained in purchasing non-controlling interests and share of the subsidiary’s net assets from the acquisition date or combination date continuingly calculated pursuant to the newly acquired shareholding proportion shall be adjusted into capital reserve (capital premium or share premium). If capital reserve is not enough to be offset, surplus reserve and undistributed profit shall be offset in turn. (ii) Gaining control over the subsidiary in stages through multiple transactions Business combination under common control in stages through multiple transactions On the combination date, in the separate financial statement, initial cost of the long-term equity investment is determined according to the share of carrying amount of the acquiree’s net assets in the ultimate controlling entity’s consolidated financial statements after combination. The difference between the initial cost of the long-term equity investment and the carrying amount of the long -term investment held prior of control plus book value of additional consideration paid at acquisition date is adjusted into capital reserve (capital premium or share premium). If the capital reserve is not enough to absorb the difference, any excess shall be adjusted against surplus reserve and undistributed profit in turn. In the consolidated financial statements, the assets and liabilities acquired during the combination should be recognized at their carrying amount in the ultimate controlling entity’s consolidated financial statements on the combination date unless any adjustment is resulted from the difference in accounting policies. The difference ~ 91 ~ Interim Report 2023 between the carrying amount of the investment held prior of control plus book value of additional consideration paid on the acquisition date and the net assets acquired through the combination is adjusted into capital reserve (capital premium or share premium). If the capital reserve is not enough to absorb the difference, any excess shall be adjusted against retained earnings. If the acquiring entity holds equity investment in the acquired entity prior to the combination date and the equity investment is accounted for under the equity method, related profit or loss, other comprehensive income and other changes in equity which have been recognised during the period from the later of the date of the Company obtaining original equity interest and the date of both the acquirer and the acquiree under common control of the same ultimate controlling party to the combination date should be offset against the opening balance of retained earnings at the comparative financial statements period respectively. Business combination not under common control in stages through multiple transactions On the consolidation date, in the separate financial statements, the initial cost of long-term equity investment is determined according to the carrying amount of the original long-term investment plus the cost of new investment. In the consolidated financial statements, the equity interest of the acquired entity held prior to the acquisition date shall be re-measured at its fair value on the acquisition date. Difference between the fair value of the equity interest and its book value is recognised as investment income. The other comprehensive income related to the equity interest held prior to the acquisition date calculated through equity method, should be transferred to current investment income of the acquisition period, excluding other comprehensive income resulted from the remeasurement of the net assets or net liabilities under defined benefit plan. The Company shall disclose acquisition-date fair value of the equity interest held prior to the acquisition date, and the related gains or losses due to the remeasurement based on fair value. (iii) Disposal of investment in subsidiaries without a loss of control For partial disposal of the long-term equity investment in the subsidiaries without a loss of control, when the Company prepares consolidated financial statements, difference between consideration received from the disposal and the corresponding share of subsidiary’s net assets cumulatively calculated from the acquisition date or combination date shall be adjusted into capital reserve (capital premium or share premium). If the capital reserve is not enough to absorb the difference, any excess shall be offset against retained earnings. (iv) Disposal of investment in subsidiaries with a loss of control Disposal through one transaction If the Company loses control in an investee through partial disposal of the equity investment, when the consolidated financial statements are prepared, the retained equity interest should be re-measured at fair value at the date of loss of control. The difference between i) the fair value of consideration received from the disposal plus non-controlling interest retained; ii) share of the former subsidiary’s net assets cumulatively calculated from ~ 92 ~ Interim Report 2023 the acquisition date or combination date according to the original proportion of equity interest, shall be recognised in current investment income when control is lost. Moreover, other comprehensive income and other changes in equity related to the equity investment in the former subsidiary shall be transferred into current investment income when control is lost, excluding other comprehensive income resulted from the remeasurement of the movement of net assets or net liabilities under defined benefit plan. Disposal in stages In the consolidated financial statements, whether the transactions should be accounted for as “a single transaction” needs to be decided firstly. If the disposal in stages should not be classified as “a single transaction”, in the separate financial statements, for transactions prior of the date of loss of control, carrying amount of each disposal of long-term equity investment need to be recognized, and the difference between consideration received and the carrying amount of long-term equity investment corresponding to the equity interest disposed should be recognized in current investment income; in the consolidated financial statements, the disposal transaction should be accounted for according to related policy in “Disposal of long-term equity investment in subsidiaries without a loss of control”. If the disposal in stages should be classified as “a single transaction”, these transactions should be accounted for as a single transaction of disposal of subsidiary resulting in loss of control. In the separate financial statements, for each transaction prior of the date of loss of control, difference between consideration received and the carrying amount of long-term equity investment corresponding to the equity interest disposed should be recognised as other comprehensive income firstly, and transferred to profit or loss as a whole when control is lost; in the consolidated financial statements, for each transaction prior of the date of loss of control, difference between consideration received and proportion of the subsidiary’s net assets corresponding to the equity interest disposed should be recognised in profit or loss as a whole when control is lost. In considering of the terms and conditions of the transactions as well as their economic impact, the presence of one or more of the following indicators may lead to account for multiple transactions as a single transaction: (a) The transactions are entered into simultaneously or in contemplation of one another. (b) The transactions form a single transaction designed to achieve an overall commercial effect. (c) The occurrence of one transaction depends on the occurrence of at least one other transaction. (d) One transaction, when considered on its own merits, does not make economic sense, but when considered together with the other transaction or transactions would be considered economically justifiable. (v) Diluting equity share of parent company in its subsidiaries due to additional capital injection by the subsidiaries’ minority shareholders. Other shareholders (minority shareholders) of the subsidiaries inject additional capital in the subsidiaries, which resulted in the dilution of equity interest of parent company in these subsidiaries. In the consolidated financial ~ 93 ~ Interim Report 2023 statements, difference between share of the corresponding subsidiaries’ net assets calculated based on the parent’s equity interest before and after the capital injection shall be adjusted into capital reserve (capital premium or share premium). If the capital reserve is not enough to absorb the difference, any excess shall be adjusted against retained earnings. 3.7 Classification of Joint Arrangements and Accounting for Joint Operation A joint arrangement is an arrangement of which two or more parties have joint control. Joint arrangement of the Company is classified as either a joint operation or a joint venture. (a) Joint operation A joint operation is a joint arrangement whereby the parties that have joint control of the arrangement have rights to the assets, and obligations for the liabilities, relating to the arrangement. The Company shall recognise the following items in relation to shared interest in a joint operation, and account for them in accordance with relevant accounting standards of the Accounting Standards for Business Enterprises: (i) its assets, including its share of any assets held jointly; (ii) its liabilities, including its share of any liabilities incurred jointly; (iii) its revenue from the sale of its share of the output arising from the joint operation; (iv) its share of the revenue from the sale of the output by the joint operation; and (v) its expenses, including its share of any expenses incurred jointly. (b) Joint venture A joint venture is a joint arrangement whereby the parties that have joint control of the arrangement have rights to the net assets of the arrangement. The Company accounts for its investment in the joint venture by applying the equity method of long-term equity investment. 3.8 Cash and Cash Equivalents Cash comprises cash on hand and deposits that can be readily withdrawn on demand. Cash equivalents include short-term (generally within three months of maturity at acquisition), highly liquid investments that are readily convertible into known amounts of cash and which are subject to an insignificant risk of changes in value. 3.9 Foreign Currency Transactions and Translation of Foreign Currency Financial Statements (a) Determination of the exchange rate for foreign currency transactions At the time of initial recognition of a foreign currency transaction, the amount in the foreign currency shall be translated into the amount in the functional currency at the spot exchange rate of the transaction date, or at an exchange rate which is determined through a systematic and reasonable method and is approximate to the spot exchange rate of the transaction date (hereinafter referred to as the approximate exchange rate). (b) Translation of monetary items denominated in foreign currency on the balance sheet date The foreign currency monetary items shall be translated at the spot exchange rate on the balance sheet date. The ~ 94 ~ Interim Report 2023 balance of exchange arising from the difference between the spot exchange rate on the balance sheet date and the spot exchange rate at the time of initial recognition or prior to the balance sheet date shall be recorded into the profits and losses at the current period. The foreign currency non-monetary items measured at the historical cost shall still be translated at the spot exchange rate on the transaction date; for the foreign currency non-monetary items restated to a fair value measurement, shall be translated into the at the spot exchange rate at the date when the fair value was determined, the difference between the restated functional currency amount and the original functional currency amount shall be recorded into the profits and losses at the current period. (c) Translation of foreign currency financial statements Before translating the financial statements of foreign operations, the accounting period and accounting policy shall be adjusted so as to conform to the Company. The adjusted foreign operation financial statements denominated in foreign currency (other than functional currency) shall be translated in accordance with the following method: (i) The asset and liability items in the statement of financial position shall be translated at the spot exchange rates at the date of that statement of financial position. The owners’ equity items except undistributed profit shall be translated at the spot exchange rates when they are incurred. (ii) The income and expense items in the statement of profit and other comprehensive income shall be translated at the spot exchange rates or approximate exchange rate at the date of transaction. (iii)Foreign currency cash flows and cash flows of foreign subsidiaries shall be translated at the spot exchange rate or approximate exchange rate when the cash flows are incurred. The effect of exchange rate changes on cash is presented separately in the statement of cash flows as an adjustment item. (iv) The differences arising from the translation of foreign currency financial statements shall be presented separately as “other comprehensive income” under the owners’ equity items of the consolidated statement of financial position. When disposing a foreign operation involving loss of control, the cumulative amount of the exchange differences relating to that foreign operation recognised under other comprehensive income in the statement of financial position, shall be reclassified into current profit or loss according to the proportion disposed. 3.10 Financial Instruments Financial instrument is any contract which gives rise to both a financial asset of one entity and a financial liability or equity instrument of another entity. (a) Recognition and derecognition of financial instrument A financial asset or a financial liability should be recognised in the statement of financial position when, and only when, an entity becomes party to the contractual provisions of the instrument. A financial asset can only be derecognised when meets one of the following conditions: (i) The rights to the contractual cash flows from a financial asset expire ~ 95 ~ Interim Report 2023 (ii) The financial asset has been transferred and meets one of the following derecognition conditions: Financial liabilities (or part thereof) are derecognised only when the liability is extinguished—i.e., when the obligation specified in the contract is discharged or cancelled or expires. An exchange of the Company (borrower) and lender of debt instruments that carry significantly different terms or a substantial modification of the terms of an existing liability are both accounted for as an extinguishment of the original financial liability and the recognition of a new financial liability. Purchase or sale of financial assets in a regular-way shall be recognised and derecognised using trade date accounting. A regular-way purchase or sale of financial assets is a transaction under a contract whose terms require delivery of the asset within the time frame established generally by regulations or convention in the market place concerned. Trade date is the date at which the entity commits itself to purchase or sell an asset. (b) Classification and measurement of financial assets At initial recognition, the Company classified its financial asset based on both the business model for managing the financial asset and the contractual cash flow characteristics of the financial asset: financial asset at amortised cost, financial asset at fair value through profit or loss (FVTPL) and financial asset at fair value through other comprehensive income (FVTOCI). Reclassification of financial assets is permitted if, and only if, the objective of the entity’s business model for managing those financial assets changes. In this circumstance, all affected financial assets shall be reclassified on the first day of the first reporting period after the changes in business model; otherwise the financial assets cannot be reclassified after initial recognition. Financial assets shall be measured at initial recognition at fair value. For financial assets measured at FVTPL, transaction costs are recognised in current profit or loss. For financial assets not measured at FVTPL, transaction costs should be included in the initial measurement. Notes receivable or accounts receivable that arise from sales of goods or rendering of services are initially measured at the transaction price defined in the accounting standard of revenue where the transaction does not include a significant financing component. Subsequent measurement of financial assets will be based on their categories: (i)Financial asset at amortised cost The financial asset at amortised cost category of classification applies when both the following conditions are met: the financial asset is held within the business model whose objective is to hold financial assets in order to collect contractual cash flows, and the contractual term of the financial asset gives rise on specified dates to cash flows that are solely payment of principal and interest on the principal amount outstanding. These financial assets are subsequently measured at amortised cost by adopting the effective interest rate method. Any gain or loss arising from derecognition according to the amortization under effective interest rate method or impairment are recognised in current profit or loss. (ii)Financial asset at fair value through other comprehensive income (FVTOCI) The financial asset at FVTOCI category of classification applies when both the following conditions are met: the ~ 96 ~ Interim Report 2023 financial asset is held within the business model whose objective is achieved by both collecting contractual cash flows and selling financial assets, and the contractual term of the financial asset gives rise on specified dates to cash flows that are solely payment of principle and interest on the principal amount outstanding. All changes in fair value are recognised in other comprehensive income except for gain or loss arising from impairment or exchange differences, which should be recognised in current profit or loss. At derecognition, cumulative gain or loss previously recognised under OCI is reclassified to current profit or loss. However, interest income calculated based on the effective interest rate is included in current profit or loss. The Company make an irrevocable decision to designate part of non-trading equity instrument investments as measured through FVTOCI. All changes in fair value are recognised in other comprehensive income except for dividend income recognised in current profit or loss. At derecognition, cumulative gain or loss are reclassified to retained earnings. (iii)Financial asset at fair value through profit or loss (FVTPL) Financial asset except for above mentioned financial asset at amortised cost or financial asset at fair value through other comprehensive income (FVTOCI), should be classified as financial asset at fair value through profit or loss (FVTPL). These financial assets should be subsequently measured at fair value. All the changes in fair value are included in current profit or loss. (c) Classification and measurement of financial liabilities The Company classified the financial liabilities as financial liabilities at fair value through profit or loss (FVTPL), loan commitments at a below-market interest rate and financial guarantee contracts and financial asset at amortised cost. Subsequent measurement of financial assets will be based on the classification: (i)Financial liabilities at fair value through profit or loss (FVTPL) Held-for-trading financial liabilities (including derivatives that are financial liabilities) and financial liabilities designated at FVTPL are classified as financial liabilities at FVTP. After initial recognition, any gain or loss (including interest expense) are recognised in current profit or loss except for those hedge accounting is applied. For financial liability that is designated as at FVTPL, changes in the fair value of the financial liability that is attributable to changes in the own credit risk of the issuer shall be presented in other comprehensive income. At derecognition, cumulative gain or loss previously recognised under OCI is reclassified to retained earnings. (ii)Loan commitments and financial guarantee contracts Loan commitment is a commitment by the Company to provide a loan to customer under specified contract terms. The provision of impairment losses of loan commitments shall be recognised based on expected credit losses model. Financial guarantee contract is a contract that requires the Company to make specified payments to reimburse the holder for a loss it incurs because a specified debtor fails to make payment when due in accordance with the ~ 97 ~ Interim Report 2023 original or modified terms of a debt instrument. Financial guarantee contracts liability shall be subsequently measured at the higher of: The amount of the loss allowance recognised according to the impairment principles of financial instruments; and the amount initially recognised less the cumulative amount of income recognised in accordance with the revenue principles. (iii)Financial liabilities at amortised cost After initial recognition, the Company measured other financial liabilities at amortised cost using the effective interest method. Except for special situation, financial liabilities and equity instrument should be classified in accordance with the following principles: (i) If the Company has no unconditional right to avoid delivering cash or another financial instrument to fulfill a contractual obligation, this contractual obligation meet the definition of financial liabilities. Some financial instruments do not comprise terms and conditions related to obligations of delivering cash or another financial instrument explicitly, they may include contractual obligation indirectly through other terms and conditions. (ii) If a financial instrument must or may be settled in the Company's own equity instruments, it should be considered that the Company’s own equity instruments are alternatives of cash or another financial instrument, or to entitle the holder of the equity instruments to sharing the remaining rights over the net assets of the issuer. If the former is the case, the instrument is a liability of the issuer; otherwise, it is an equity instrument of the issuer. Under some circumstances, it is regulated in the contract that the financial instrument must or may be settled in the Company's own equity instruments, where, amount of contractual rights and obligations are calculated by multiplying the number of the equity instruments to be available or delivered by its fair value upon settlement. Such contracts shall be classified as financial liabilities, regardless that the amount of contractual rights and liabilities is fixed, or fluctuate totally or partially with variables other than market price of the entity’s own equity instruments (d) Derivatives and embedded derivatives At initial recognition, derivatives shall be measured at fair value at the date of derivative contracts are signed and subsequently measured at fair value. The derivative with a positive fair value shall be recognized as an asset, and with a negative fair value shall be recognised as a liability. Gains or losses arising from the changes in fair value of derivatives shall be recognised directly into current profit or loss except for the effective portion of cash flow hedges which shall be recognised in other comprehensive income and reclassified into current profit or loss when the hedged items affect profit or loss. An embedded derivative is a component of a hybrid contract with a financial asset as a host, the Company shall apply the requirements of financial asset classification to the entire hybrid contract. If a host that is not a financial asset and the hybrid contract is not measured at fair value with changes in fair value recognised in profit or loss, and the economic characteristics and risks of the embedded derivative are not closely related to the economic ~ 98 ~ Interim Report 2023 characteristics and risks of the host, and a separate instrument with the same terms as the embedded derivative would meet the definition of a derivative, the embedded derivative shall be separated from the hybrid instrument and accounted for as a separate derivative instrument. If the Company is unable to measure the fair value of the embedded derivative at the acquisition date or subsequently at the balance sheet date, the entire hybrid contract is designated as financial assets or financial liabilities at fair value through profit or loss. (e) Impairment of financial instrument The Company shall recognise a loss allowance based on expected credit losses on a financial asset that is measured at amortised cost, a debt investment at fair value through other comprehensive income, a contract asset, a lease receivable, a loan commitment and a financial guarantee contract. (i) Measurement of expected credit losses Expected credit losses are the weighted average of credit losses of the financial instruments with the respective risks of a default occurring as the weights. Credit loss is the difference between all contractual cash flows that are due to the Company in accordance with the contract and all the cash flows that the Company expects to receive, discounted at the original effective interest rate or credit- adjusted effective interest rate for purchased or originated credit-impaired financial assets. Lifetime expected credit losses are the expected credit losses that result from all possible default events over the expected life of a financial instrument. 12-month expected credit losses are the portion of lifetime expected credit losses that represent the expected credit losses that result from default events on a financial instrument that are possible within the 12 months after the reporting date (or the expected lifetime, if the expected life of a financial instrument is less than 12 months). At each reporting date, the Company classifies financial instruments into three stages and makes provisions for expected credit losses accordingly. A financial instrument of which the credit risk has not significantly increased since initial recognition is at stage 1. The Company shall measure the loss allowance for that financial instrument at an amount equal to 12-month expected credit losses. A financial instrument with a significant increase in credit risk since initial recognition but is not considered to be credit-impaired is at stage 2. The Company shall measure the loss allowance for that financial instrument at an amount equal to the lifetime expected credit losses. A financial instrument is considered to be credit-impaired as at the end of the reporting period is at stage 3. The Company shall measure the loss allowance for that financial instrument at an amount equal to the lifetime expected credit losses. The Company may assume that the credit risk on a financial instrument has not increased significantly since initial recognition if the financial instrument is determined to have low credit risk at the reporting date and measure the loss allowance for that financial instrument at an amount equal to 12-month expected credit losses. For financial instrument at stage 1, stage 2 and those have low credit risk, the interest revenue shall be calculated by applying the effective interest rate to the gross carrying amount of a financial asset. For financial instrument at ~ 99 ~ Interim Report 2023 stage 3, interest revenue shall be calculated by applying the effective interest rate to the amortised cost after deducting of impairment loss. For notes receivable, accounts receivable and accounts receivable financing, no matter it contains a significant financing component or not, the Company shall measure the loss allowance at an amount equal to the lifetime expected credit losses. Receivables For the notes receivable, accounts receivable, other receivables, accounts receivable financing and long-term receivables which are demonstrated to be impaired by any objective evidence, or applicable for individual assessment, the Company shall individually assess for impairment and recognise the loss allowance for expected credit losses. If the Company determines that no objective evidence of impairment exists for notes receivable, accounts receivable, other receivables, accounts receivable financing and long-term receivables, or the expected credit loss of a single financial asset cannot be assessed at reasonable cost, such notes receivable, accounts receivable, other receivables, accounts receivable financing and long-term receivables shall be divided into several groups with similar credit risk characteristics and collectively calculated the expected credit loss. The determination basis of groups is as following: Determination basis of notes receivable is as following: Group 1: Commercial acceptance bills Group 2: Bank acceptance bills For each group, the Company calculates expected credit losses through default exposure and the lifetime expected credit losses rate, taking reference to historical experience for credit losses and considering current condition and expectation for the future economic situation. Determination basis of accounts receivable is as following: Group 1: Accounts receivables due from the company within the scope of consolidation Group 2: Accounts receivables due from other customers For each group, the Company calculates expected credit losses through preparing an aging analysis schedule with the lifetime expected credit losses rate, taking reference to historical experience for credit losses and considering current condition and expectation for the future economic situation. Determination basis of other receivables is as following: Group 1: Other receivables due from the company within the scope of consolidation Group 2: Other receivables due from others For each group, the Company calculates expected credit losses through default exposure and the 12-months or lifetime expected credit losses rate, taking reference to historical experience for credit losses and considering current condition and expectation for the future economic situation. Debt investment and other debt investment ~ 100 ~ Interim Report 2023 For debt investment and other debt investment, the Company shall calculate the expected credit loss through the default exposure and the 12-month or lifetime expected credit loss rate based on the nature of the investment, counterparty and the type of risk exposure. (ii) Low credit risk If the financial instrument has a low risk of default, the borrower has a strong capacity to meet its contractual cash flow obligations in the near term and adverse changes in economic and business conditions in the longer term may, but will not necessarily, reduce the ability of the borrower to fulfill its contractual cash flow obligations. (iii) Significant increase in credit risk The Company shall assess whether the credit risk on a financial instrument has increased significantly since initial recognition, using the change in the risk of a default occurring over the expected life of the financial instrument, through the comparison of the risk of a default occurring on the financial instrument as at the reporting date with the risk of a default occurring on the financial instrument as at the date of initial recognition. To make that assessment, the Company shall consider reasonable and supportable information, that is available without undue cost or effort, and that is indicative of significant increases in credit risk since initial recognition, including forward-looking information. The information considered by the Company are as following: Significant changes in internal price indicators of credit risk as a result of a change in credit risk since inception Existing or forecast adverse change in the business, financial or economic conditions of the borrower that results in a significant change in the borrower’s ability to meet its debt obligations; An actual or expected significant change in the operating results of the borrower; An actual or expected significant adverse change in the regulatory, economic, or technological environment of the borrower; Significant changes in the value of the collateral supporting the obligation or in the quality of third-party guarantees or credit enhancements, which are expected to reduce the borrower’s economic incentive to make scheduled contractual payments or to otherwise have an effect on the probability of a default occurring; Significant change that are expected to reduce the borrower’s economic incentive to make scheduled contractual payments; Expected changes in the loan documentation including an expected breach of contract that may lead to covenant waivers or amendments, interest payment holidays, interest rate step-ups, requiring additional collateral or guarantees, or other changes to the contractual framework of the instrument; Significant changes in the expected performance and behaviour of the borrower; Contractual payments are more than 30 days past due. Depending on the nature of the financial instruments, the Company shall assess whether the credit risk has increased significantly since initial recognition on an individual financial instrument or a group of financial instruments. When assessed based on a group of financial instruments, the Company can group financial ~ 101 ~ Interim Report 2023 instruments on the basis of shared credit risk characteristics, for example, past due information and credit risk rating. Generally, the Company shall determine the credit risk on a financial asset has increased significantly since initial recognition when contractual payments are more than 30 days past due. The Company can only rebut this presumption if the Company has reasonable and supportable information that is available without undue cost or effort, that demonstrates that the credit risk has not increased significantly since initial recognition even though the contractual payments are more than 30 days past due. (iv) Credit-impaired financial asset The Company shall assess at each reporting date whether the credit impairment has occurred for financial asset at amortised cost and debt investment at fair value through other comprehensive income. A financial asset is credit-impaired when one or more events that have a detrimental impact on the estimated future cash flows of that financial asset have occurred. Evidences that a financial asset is credit-impaired include observable data about the following events: Significant financial difficulty of the issuer or the borrower;a breach of contract, such as a default or past due event; the lender(s) of the borrower, for economic or contractual reasons relating to the borrower’s financial difficulty, having granted to the borrower a concession(s) that the lender(s) would not otherwise consider;it is becoming probable that the borrower will enter bankruptcy or other financial reorganisation;the disappearance of an active market for that financial asset because of financial difficulties;the purchase or origination of a financial asset at a deep discount that reflects the incurred credit losses. (v) Presentation of impairment of expected credit loss In order to reflect the changes of credit risk of financial instrument since initial recognition, the Company shall at each reporting date remeasure the expected credit loss and recognise in profit or loss, as an impairment gain or loss, the amount of expected credit losses addition (or reversal). For financial asset at amortised cost, the loss allowance shall reduce the carrying amount of the financial asset in the statement of financial position; for debt investment at fair value through other comprehensive income, the loss allowance shall be recognised in other comprehensive income and shall not reduce the carrying amount of the financial asset in the statement of financial position. (vi) Write-off The Company shall directly reduce the gross carrying amount of a financial asset when the Company has no reasonable expectations of recovering the contractual cash flow of a financial asset in its entirety or a portion thereof. Such write-off constitutes a derecognition of the financial asset. This circumstance usually occurs when the Company determines that the debtor has no assets or sources of income that could generate sufficient cash flow to repay the write-off amount. Recovery of financial asset written off shall be recognised in profit or loss as reversal of impairment loss. ~ 102 ~ Interim Report 2023 (f) Transfer of financial assets Transfer of financial assets refers to following two situations: Transfers the contractual rights to receive the cash flows of the financial asset; Transfers the entire or a part of a financial asset and retains the contractual rights to receive the cash flows of the financial asset, but assumes a contractual obligation to pay the cash flows to one or more recipients. (i) Derecognition of transferred assets If the Company transfers substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership of the financial asset, or neither transfers nor retains substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership of the financial asset but has not retained control of the financial asset, the financial asset shall be derecognised. Whether the Company has retained control of the transferred asset depends on the transferee’s ability to sell the asset. If the transferee has the practical ability to sell the asset in its entirety to an unrelated third party and is able to exercise that ability unilaterally and without needing to impose additional restrictions on the transfer, the Company has not retained control. The Company judges whether the transfer of financial asset qualifies for derecognition based on the substance of the transfer. If the transfer of financial asset qualifies for derecognition in its entirety, the difference between the following shall be recognised in profit or loss: The carrying amount of transferred financial asset; The sum of consideration received and the part derecognised of the cumulative changes in fair value previously recognised in other comprehensive income (The financial assets involved in the transfer are classified as financial assets at fair value through other comprehensive income in accordance with Article 18 of the Accounting Standards for Business Enterprises No.22 - Recognition and Measurement of Financial Instruments). If the transferred asset is a part of a larger financial asset and the part transferred qualifies for derecognition, the previous carrying amount of the larger financial asset shall be allocated between the part that continues to be recognised (For this purpose, a retained servicing asset shall be treated as a part that continues to be recognised) and the part that is derecognised, based on the relative fair values of those parts on the date of the transfer. The difference between following two amounts shall be recognised in profit or loss: The carrying amount (measured at the date of derecognition) allocated to the part derecognised; The sum of the consideration received for the part derecognised and part derecognised of the cumulative changes in fair value previously recognised in other comprehensive income (The financial assets involved in the transfer are classified as financial assets at fair value through other comprehensive income in accordance with Article 18 of the Accounting Standards for Business Enterprises No.22 - Recognition and Measurement of Financial Instruments). ~ 103 ~ Interim Report 2023 (ii) Continuing involvement in transferred assets If the Company neither transfers nor retains substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership of a transferred asset, and retains control of the transferred asset, the Company shall continue to recognise the transferred asset to the extent of its continuing involvement and also recognise an associated liability. The extent of the Company’s continuing involvement in the transferred asset is the extent to which it is exposed to changes in the value of the transferred asset (iii) Continue to recognise the transferred assets If the Company retains substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership of the transferred financial asset, the Company shall continue to recognise the transferred asset in its entirety and the consideration received shall be recognised as a financial liability. The financial asset and the associated financial liability shall not be offset. In subsequent accounting period, the Company shall continuously recognise any income (gain) arising from the transferred asset and any expense (loss) incurred on the associated liability. (g) Offsetting financial assets and financial liabilities Financial assets and financial liabilities shall be presented separately in the statement of financial position and shall not be offset. When meets the following conditions, financial assets and financial liabilities shall be offset and the net amount presented in the statement of financial position: The Company currently has a legally enforceable right to set off the recognised amounts; The Company intends either to settle on a net basis, or to realise the asset and settle the liability simultaneously. In accounting for a transfer of a financial asset that does not qualify for derecognition, the Company shall not offset the transferred asset and the associated liability. (h) Determination of fair value of financial instruments Determination of financial assets and financial liabilities please refer to Note 3.11 3.11 Fair Value Measurement Fair value refers to the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. The Company determines fair value of the related assets and liabilities based on market value in the principal market, or in the absence of a principal market, in the most advantageous market price for the related asset or liability. The fair value of an asset or a liability is measured using the assumptions that market participants would use when pricing the asset or liability, assuming that market participants act in their economic best interest. The principal market is the market in which transactions for an asset or liability take place with the greatest volume and frequency. The most advantageous market is the market which maximizes the value that could be received from selling the asset and minimizes the value which is needed to be paid in order to transfer a liability, considering the effect of transport costs and transaction costs both. ~ 104 ~ Interim Report 2023 If the active market of the financial asset or financial liability exists, the Company shall measure the fair value using the quoted price in the active market. If the active market of the financial instrument is not available, the Company shall measure the fair value using valuation techniques. A fair value measurement of a non-financial asset takes into account a market participant’s ability to generate economic benefits by using the asset in its highest and best use or by selling it to another market participant that would use the asset in its highest and best use. Valuation techniques The Company uses valuation techniques that are appropriate in the circumstances and for which sufficient data are available to measure fair value, including the market approach, the income approach and the cost approach. The Company shall use valuation techniques consistent with one or more of those approaches to measure fair value. If multiple valuation techniques are used to measure fair value, the results shall be evaluated considering the reasonableness of the range of values indicated by those results. A fair value measurement is the point within that range that is most representative of fair value in the circumstances. When using the valuation technique, the Company shall give the priority to relevant observable inputs. The unobservable inputs can only be used when relevant observable inputs is not available or practically would not be obtained. Observable inputs refer to the information which is available from market and reflects the assumptions that market participants would use when pricing the asset or liability. Unobservable Inputs refer to the information which is not available from market and it has to be developed using the best information available in the circumstances from the assumptions that market participants would use when pricing the asset or liability. Fair value hierarchy To Company establishes a fair value hierarchy that categorises into three levels the inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair value. The fair value hierarchy gives the highest priority to Level 1 inputs and second to the Level 2 inputs and the lowest priority to Level 3 inputs. Level 1 inputs are quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets for identical assets or liabilities that the entity can access at the measurement date. Level 2 inputs are inputs other than quoted prices included within Level 1 that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly. Level 3 inputs are unobservable inputs for the asset or liability. 3.12 Inventories (a) Classification of inventories Inventories are finished goods or products held for sale in the ordinary course of business, in the process of production for such sale, or in the form of materials or supplies to be consumed in the production process or in the rendering of services, including raw materials, work in progress, semi-finished goods, finished goods, goods in stock, turnover material, etc. (b) Measurement method of cost of inventories sold or used ~ 105 ~ Interim Report 2023 Inventories are initially measured at the actual cost. Cost of inventories includes purchase cost, processing cost, and other costs. Cost of the issue is measured using the weighted average method. (c) Inventory system The perpetual inventory system is adopted. The inventories should be counted at least once a year, and surplus or losses of inventory stocktaking shall be included in current profit and loss. (d) Provision for impairment of inventory Inventories are stated at the lower of cost and net realizable value. The excess of cost over net realizable value of the inventories is recognised as provision for impairment of inventory, and recognised in current profit or loss. Net realizable value of the inventory should be determined on the basis of reliable evidence obtained, and factors such as purpose of holding the inventory and impact of post balance sheet event shall be considered. (i) In normal operation process, finished goods, products and materials for direct sale, their net realizable values are determined at estimated selling prices less estimated selling expenses and relevant taxes and surcharges; for inventories held to execute sales contract or service contract, their net realizable values are calculated on the basis of contract price. If the quantities of inventories specified in sales contracts are less than the quantities held by the Company, the net realizable value of the excess portion of inventories shall be based on general selling prices. Net realizable value of materials held for sale shall be measured based on market price. (ii) For materials in stock need to be processed, in the ordinary course of production and business, net realisable value is determined at the estimated selling price less the estimated costs of completion, the estimated selling expenses and relevant taxes. If the net realisable value of the finished products produced by such materials is higher than the cost, the materials shall be measured at cost; if a decline in the price of materials indicates that the cost of the finished products exceeds its net realisable value, the materials are measured at net realisable value and differences shall be recognised at the provision for impairment. (iii) Provisions for inventory impairment are generally determined on an individual basis. For inventories with large quantity and low unit price, the provisions for inventory impairment are determined on a category basis. (iv) If any factor rendering write-downs of the inventories has been eliminated at the reporting date, the amounts written down are recovered and reversed to the extent of the inventory impairment, which has been provided for. The reversal shall be included in profit or loss. (e) Amortization method of low-value consumables Low-value consumables: One-off writing off method is adopted Package material: One-off writing off method is adopted 3.13 Contract assets and contract liabilities Contract assets and contract liabilities are reocgnised on the basis of fulfilment of performance obligations and payment received from clients. A right to receive a promised consideration from a client resulting from goods transferred to or services provided to the client (where the right to consideration is dependent on factors other than ~ 106 ~ Interim Report 2023 the passage of time) is reocgnised a contract asset. A payment received from a client for which goods shall be transferred to or services shall be provided to the client is recognised as a contract liability. See Note 3.10 for the determination method and accounting treatment method of impairment of contract assets. Contract assets and contract liabilities are presentd as line items on the statement of financial position. A contract asset and contract liability arising from one contract are presented in net; while the net amount is a debit balance, it is presented in contract assets or other non-current assets depending on liquidity; while the net amount is a credit balance, it is presented in contract liabilities or other non-current liabilities depending on liquidity. Contract assets and contract liabilities arising form different contracts are not be offset. 3.14 Contract costs Costs for a contract include costs to fulfill the contract and costs to obtain the contract. An asset is recognised for the costs incurred to fulfill a contract on if those costs meet all of the following criteria: I. the costs are directly associated with a contract or an anticipated contract, explicitly chargeable to the client under the contract, incurred only for the contract; II. the costs generate or enhance resouces of the Company that will be used in satisfying performance obligations in the future; and III. the costs are expected to be recovered. An asset is recognised for the costs incurred to obtained a contract with a client if those costs are expected to be recovered. An asset recognised for the costs of a contract are amortised on a systematic basis that is consistent with recognition of revenue arising from the contract. Where the costs incurred to obtain a contract would be amortised for a period less than one year should they be recognised as an asset, the costs are recognised in the current profit or loss as incurred. An impairment is recognised for an asset recognised for the costs of a contract to the extent that the carrying amount of the asset exceeds: I. the remaining amount of consideration that is expected to be received in exchange for the goods or services to which the asset relates; less II. the costs that relate directly to providing those goods or services and that have not been recognised as expenses. Upon recognition of the impairment, further consideration is given for provision for an onerous contract, in necessary. A reversal of some or all of an impairment loss previously recognised for an asset for the costs of a contract when ~ 107 ~ Interim Report 2023 the impairment conditions no longer exist or have improved. The increased carrying amount of the asset is cappted by the amount that would have been determined (net of amortisation) if no impairment loss had been recognised previously. An asset recognised for the costs to fulfill a contract is presented in inventories if its amortisation is not longer than 1 year or an operating cycle upon initial recognition; otherwise, it is presented in other non-current assets. An asset recognised for the costs to obtain a contract is presented in other current assets if its amortisation is not longer than 1 year or an operating cycle upon initial recognition; otherwise, it is presented in other non-current assets. 3.15 Long-term Equity Investments Long-term equity investments refer to equity investments where an investor has control of, or significant influence over, an investee, as well as equity investments in joint ventures. Associates of the Company are those entities over which the Company has significant influence. (a) Determination basis of joint control or significant influence over the investee Joint control is the relevant agreed sharing of control over an arrangement, and the arranged relevant activity must be decided under unanimous consent of the parties sharing control. In assessing whether the Company has joint control of an arrangement, the Company shall assess first whether all the parties, or a group of the parties, control the arrangement. When all the parties, or a group of the parties, considered collectively, are able to direct the activities of the arrangement, the parties control the arrangement collectively. Then the Company shall assess whether decisions about the relevant activities require the unanimous consent of the parties that collectively control the arrangement. If two or more groups of the parties could control the arrangement collectively, it shall not be assessed as have joint control of the arrangement. When assessing the joint control, the protective rights are not considered. Significant influence is the power to participate in the financial and operating policy decisions of the investee but is not control or joint control of those policies. In determination of significant influence over an investee, the Company should consider not only the existing voting rights directly or indirectly held but also the effect of potential voting rights held by the Company and other entities that could be currently exercised or converted, including the effect of share warrants, share options and convertible corporate bonds that issued by the investee and could be converted in current period. If the Company holds, directly or indirectly 20% or more but less than 50% of the voting power of the investee, it is presumed that the Company has significant influence of the investee, unless it can be clearly demonstrated that in such circumstance, the Company cannot participate in the decision-making in the production and operating of the investee. (b) Determination of initial investment cost ~ 108 ~ Interim Report 2023 (i) Long-term equity investments generated in business combinations For a business combination involving enterprises under common control, if the Company makes payment in cash, transfers non-cash assets or bears liabilities as the consideration for the business combination, the share of carrying amount of the owners’ equity of the acquiree in the consolidated financial statements of the ultimate controlling party is recognised as the initial cost of the long-term equity investment on the combination date. The difference between the initial investment cost and the carrying amount of cash paid, non-cash assets transferred and liabilities assumed shall be adjusted against the capital reserve; if capital reserve is not enough to be offset, undistributed profit shall be offset in turn. For a business combination involving enterprises under common control, if the Company issues equity securities as the consideration for the business combination, the share of carrying amount of the owners’ equity of the acquiree in the consolidated financial statements of the ultimate controlling party is recognised as the initial cost of the long-term equity investment on the combination date. The total par value of the shares issued is recognised as the share capital. The difference between the initial investment cost and the carrying amount of the total par value of the shares issued shall be adjusted against the capital reserve; if capital reserve is not enough to be offset, undistributed profit shall be offset in turn. For business combination not under common control, the assets paid, liabilities incurred or assumed and the fair value of equity securities issued to obtain the control of the acquiree at the acquisition date shall be determined as the cost of the business combination and recognised as the initial cost of the long-term equity investment. The audit, legal, valuation and advisory fees, other intermediary fees, and other relevant general administrative costs incurred for the business combination, shall be recognised in profit or loss as incurred. (ii) Long-term equity investments acquired not through the business combination, the investment cost shall be determined based on the following requirements: For long-term equity investments acquired by payments in cash, the initial cost is the actually paid purchase cost, including the expenses, taxes and other necessary expenditures directly related to the acquisition of long-term equity investments. For long-term equity investments acquired through issuance of equity securities, the initial cost is the fair value of the issued equity securities. For the long-term equity investments obtained through exchange of non-monetary assets, if the exchange has commercial substance, and the fair values of assets traded out and traded in can be measured reliably, the initial cost of long-term equity investment traded in with non-monetary assets are determined based on the fair values of the assets traded out together with relevant taxes. Difference between fair value and book value of the assets traded out is recorded in current profit or loss. If the exchange of non-monetary assets does not meet the above criterion, the book value of the assets traded out and relevant taxes are recognised as the initial investment cost. For long-term equity investment acquired through debt restructuring, the initial cost is determined based on the ~ 109 ~ Interim Report 2023 fair value of the equity obtained and the difference between initial investment cost and carrying amount of debts shall be recorded in current profit or loss. (c) Subsequent measurement and recognition of profit or loss Long-term equity investment to an entity over which the Company has ability of control shall be accounted for at cost method. Long-term equity investment to a joint venture or an associate shall be accounted for at equity method. (i) Cost method For Long-term equity investment at cost method, cost of the long-term equity investment shall be adjusted when additional amount is invested or a part of it is withdrawn. The Company recognises its share of cash dividends or profits which have been declared to distribute by the investee as current investment income. (ii) Equity method If the initial cost of the investment is in excess of the share of the fair value of the net identifiable assets in the investee at the date of investment, the difference shall not be adjusted to the initial cost of long-term equity investment; if the initial cost of the investment is in short of the share of the fair value of the net identifiable assets in the investee at the date investment, the difference shall be included in the current profit or loss and the initial cost of the long-term equity investment shall be adjusted accordingly. The Company recognises the share of the investee’s net profits or losses, as well as its share of the investee’s other comprehensive income, as investment income or losses and other comprehensive income respectively, and adjusts the carrying amount of the investment accordingly. The carrying amount of the investment shall be reduced by the share of any profit or cash dividends declared to distribute by the investee. The investor’s share of the investee’s owners’ equity changes, other than those arising from the investee’s net profit or loss, other comprehensive income or profit distribution, shall be recognised in the investor’s equity, and the carrying amount of the long-term equity investment shall be adjusted accordingly. The Company recognises its share of the investee’s net profits or losses after making appropriate adjustments of investee’s net profit based on the fair values of the investee’s identifiable net assets at the investment date. If the accounting policy and accounting period adopted by the investee is not in consistency with the Company, the financial statements of the investee shall be adjusted according to the Company’s accounting policies and accounting period, based on which, investment income or loss and other comprehensive income, etc., shall be adjusted. The unrealized profits or losses resulting from inter-company transactions between the company and its associate or joint venture are eliminated in proportion to the company’s equity interest in the investee, based on which investment income or losses shall be recognised. Any losses resulting from inter-company transactions between the investor and the investee, which belong to asset impairment, shall be recognised in full. Where the Company obtains the power of joint control or significant influence, but not control, over the investee, due to additional investment or other reason, the relevant long-term equity investment shall be accounted for by ~ 110 ~ Interim Report 2023 using the equity method, initial cost of which shall be the fair value of the original investment plus the additional investment. Where the original investment is classified as investments in other equity instrument, difference between its fair value and the carrying value, in addition to the cumulative gains or losses previously recorded in other comprehensive income, shall be transferred from other comprehensive income and recorded in retained earnings during the current period using equity method. If the Company loses the joint control or significant influence of the investee for some reasons such as disposal of equity investment, the retained interest shall be measured at fair value and the difference between the carrying amount and the fair value at the date of loss the joint control or significant influence shall be recognised in profit or loss. When the Company discontinues the use of the equity method, the Company shall account for all amounts previously recognised in other comprehensive income under equity method in relation to that investment on the same basis as would have been required if the investee had directly disposed of the related assets or liabilities. (d) Equity investment classified as held for sale Any retained interest in the equity investment not classified as held for sale, shall be accounted for using equity method. When an equity investment in an associate or a joint venture previously classified as held for sale no longer meets the criteria to be so classified, it shall be accounted for using the equity method retrospectively as from the date of its classification as held for sale. Financial statements for the periods since classification as held for sale shall be amended accordingly. (f) Impairment testing and provision for impairment loss For investment in subsidiaries, associates or a joint venture, provision for impairment loss please refer to Note 3.22. 3.16 Investment Properties (a) Classification of investment properties Investment properties are properties to earn rentals or for capital appreciation or both, including: (i)Land use right leased out (ii)Land held for transfer upon appreciation (iii)Buildings leased out (b) The measurement model of investment property The Company adopts the cost model for subsequent measurement of investment properties. For provision for impairment please refer to Note 3.22. The Company calculates the depreciation or amortization based on the net amount of investment property cost less the accumulated impairment and the net residual value using straight-line method. 3.17 Fixed Assets Fixed assets refer to the tangible assets with higher unit price held for the purpose of producing commodities, ~ 111 ~ Interim Report 2023 rendering services, renting or business management with useful lives exceeding one year. (a) Recognition criteria of fixed assets Fixed assets will only be recognised at the actual cost paid when obtaining as all the following criteria are satisfied: (i) It is probable that the economic benefits relating to the fixed assets will flow into the Company; (ii) The costs of the fixed assets can be measured reliably. Subsequent expenditure for fixed assets shall be recorded in cost of fixed assets, if recognition criteria of fixed assets are satisfied, otherwise the expenditure shall be recorded in current profit or loss when incurred. (b) Depreciation methods of fixed assets The Company begins to depreciate the fixed asset from the next month after it is available for intended use using the straight-line-method. The estimated useful life and annual depreciation rates which are determined according to the categories, estimated economic useful lives and estimated net residual rates of fixed assets are listed as followings: Estimated useful life Residual Annual depreciation Category Depreciation method (year) rates (%) rates (%) Buildings and straight-line-method 8.00-35.00 3.00-5.00 2.70-12.10 constructions Machinery equipment straight-line-method 8.00-10.00 3.00-5.00 9.50-12.10 Vehicles straight-line-method 4.00 3.00 24.25 Office equipment and straight-line-method 3.00 3.00 32.33 others For the fixed assets with impairment provided, the impairment provision should be excluded from the cost when calculating depreciation. At the end of reporting period, the Company shall review the useful life, estimated net residual value and depreciation method of the fixed assets. Estimated useful life of the fixed assets shall be adjusted if it is changed compared to the original estimation. (c) Recognition criteria, valuation and depreciation methods of fixed assets obtained through a finance lease If the entire risk and rewards related to the leased assets have been substantially transferred, the Company shall recognise the lease as a finance lease. The cost of the fixed assets obtained through a finance lease is determined at the lower of the fair value of the leased assets and the present value of the minimum lease payment on the date of the lease. The fixed assets obtained by a finance lease are depreciated in the method which is consistent with the self-owned fixed assets of the Company. For fixed assets obtained through a finance lease, if it is reasonably ~ 112 ~ Interim Report 2023 certain that the ownership of the leased assets will be transferred to the lessee by the end of the lease term, they shall be depreciated over their remaining useful lives; otherwise, the leased assets shall be depreciated over the shorter of the lease terms or their remaining useful lives. 3.18 Construction in Progress (a) Classification of construction in progress Construction in progress is measured on an individual project basis. (b) Recognition criteria and timing of transfer from construction in progress to fixed assets The initial book values of the fixed assets are stated at total expenditures incurred before they are ready for their intended use, including construction costs, original price of machinery equipment, other necessary expenses incurred to bring the construction in progress to get ready for its intended use and borrowing costs of the specific loan for the construction or the proportion of the general loan used for the constructions incurred before they are ready for their intended use. The construction in progress shall be transferred to fixed asset when the installation or construction is ready for the intended use. For construction in progress that has been ready for their intended use but relevant budgets for the completion of projects have not been completed, the estimated values of project budgets, prices, or actual costs should be included in the costs of relevant fixed assets, and depreciation should be provided according to relevant policies of the Company when the fixed assets are ready for intended use. After the completion of budgets needed for the completion of projects, the estimated values should be substituted by actual costs, but depreciation already provided is not adjusted. 3.19 Right-of-use assets The Company initially measures right-of-use assets at cost, which includes: (1) The initial measurement amount of the lease obligation. (2) If a lease incentive exists for lease payments made on or before the commencement date of the lease term, the amount related to the lease incentive already taken is deducted. (3) Initial direct costs incurred by the Company. (4) Costs expected to be incurred by the Company to disassemble and remove the leasehold property, restore the site where the leasehold property is located, or restore the leasehold property to the condition agreed upon under the terms of the lease (excluding costs incurred to produce inventory). Subsequent to the commencement date of the lease term, the Company uses the cost model for subsequent measurement of right-of-use assets. If it is reasonably certain that ownership of the leasehold property will be obtained at the end of the lease term, the Company depreciates the leasehold property over its remaining service life. If it may not be reasonably ascertained that ownership of the leasehold property can be obtained at the end of the lease term, the Company will depreciate the leasehold property over the shorter of ~ 113 ~ Interim Report 2023 the lease term or the remaining service life of the leasehold property. Right-of-use assets for which depreciation reserves have been made are depreciated in future periods at their carrying amounts net of depreciation reserves, with reference to the above principles. 3.20 Borrowing Costs (a) Recognition criteria and period for capitalization of borrowing costs The Company shall capitalize the borrowing costs that are directly attributable to the acquisition, construction or production of qualifying assets when meet the following conditions: (i) Expenditures for the asset are being incurred; (ii) Borrowing costs are being incurred, and; (iii) Acquisition, construction or production activities that are necessary to prepare the assets for their intended use or sale are in progress. Other borrowing cost, discounts or premiums on borrowings and exchange differences on foreign currency borrowings shall be recognized into current profit or loss when incurred. Capitalization of borrowing costs is suspended during periods in which the acquisition, construction or production of a qualifying asset is interrupted abnormally and the interruption is for a continuous period of more than 3 months. Capitalization of such borrowing costs ceases when the qualifying assets being acquired, constructed or produced become ready for their intended use or sale. The expenditure incurred subsequently shall be recognised as expenses when incurred. (b) Capitalization rate and measurement of capitalized amounts of borrowing costs When funds are borrowed specifically for purchase, construction or manufacturing of assets eligible for capitalization, the Company shall determine the amount of borrowing costs eligible for capitalisation as the actual borrowing costs incurred on that borrowing during the period less any interest income on bank deposit or investment income on the temporary investment of those borrowings. Where funds allocated for purchase, construction or manufacturing of assets eligible for capitalization are part of a general borrowing, the eligible amounts are determined by the weighted-average of the cumulative capital expenditures in excess of the specific borrowing multiplied by the general borrowing capitalization rate. The capitalization rate will be the weighted average of the borrowing costs applicable to the general borrowing. 3.21 Intangible Assets (a) Measurement method of intangible assets Intangible assets are recognised at actual cost at acquisition. (b) The useful life and amortisation of intangible assets (i) The estimated useful lives of the intangible assets with finite useful lives are as follows: Category Estimated useful life Basis ~ 114 ~ Interim Report 2023 Category Estimated useful life Basis Land use right 40-50 years Legal life The service life is determined by reference to the period that Patent right 10 years can bring economic benefits to the Company The service life is determined by reference to the period that Software 3-5 years can bring economic benefits to the Company The service life is determined by reference to the period that Trademark 10 years can bring economic benefits to the Company For intangible assets with finite useful life, the estimated useful life and amortisation method are reviewed annually at the end of each reporting period and adjusted when necessary. No change incurred in current year in the estimated useful life and amortisation method upon review. (ii) Assets of which the period to bring economic benefits to the Company are unforeseeable are regarded as intangible assets with indefinite useful lives. The Company reassesses the useful lives of those assets at every year end. If the useful lives of those assets are still indefinite, impairment test should be performed on those assets at the balance sheet date. (iii) Amortisation of the intangible assets For intangible assets with finite useful lives, their useful lives should be determined upon their acquisition and systematically amortised on a straight-line basis over the useful life. The amortisation amount shall be recognized into current profit or loss according to the beneficial items. The amount to be amortised is cost deducting residual value. For intangible assets which has impaired, the cumulative impairment provision shall be deducted as well. The residual value of an intangible asset with a finite useful life shall be assumed to be zero unless: there is a commitment by a third party to purchase the asset at the end of its useful life; or there is an active market for the asset and residual value can be determined by reference to that market; and it is probable that such a market will exist at the end of the asset’s useful life. Intangible assets with indefinite useful lives shall not be amortised. The Company reassesses the useful lives of those assets at every year end. If there is evidence to indicate that the useful lives of those assets become finite, the useful lives shall be estimated and the intangible assets shall be amortised systematically and reasonably within the estimated useful lives. (c) Criteria of classifying expenditures on internal research and development projects into research phase and development phase Preparation activities related to materials and other relevant aspects undertaken by the Company for the purpose of further development shall be treated as research phase. Expenditures incurred during the research phase of internal research and development projects shall be recognised in profit or loss when incurred. Development activities after the research phase of the Company shall be treated as development phase. ~ 115 ~ Interim Report 2023 (d) Criteria for capitalization of qualifying expenditures during the development phase Expenditures arising from development phase on internal research and development projects shall be recognised as intangible assets only if all of the following conditions have been met: (i) Technical feasibility of completing the intangible assets so that they will be available for use or sale; (ii) Its intention to complete the intangible asset and use or sell it; (iii) The method that the intangible assets generate economic benefits, including the Company can demonstrate the existence of a market for the output of the intangible assets or the intangible assets themselves or, if it is to be used internally, the usefulness of the intangible assets; (iv) The availability of adequate technical, financial and other resources to complete the development and to use or sell the intangible asset; and (v) Its ability to measure reliably the expenditure attributable to the intangible asset. 3.22 Impairment of Long-Term Assets Impairment loss of long-term equity investment in subsidiaries, associates and joint ventures, investment properties, fixed assets and constructions in progress subsequently measured at cost, intangible assets, shall be determined according to following method: The Company shall assess at the end of each reporting period whether there is any indication that an asset may be impaired. If any such indication exists, the Company shall estimate the recoverable amount of the asset and test for impairment. Irrespective of whether there is any indication of impairment, the Company shall test for impairment of goodwill acquired in a business combination, intangible assets with an indefinite useful life or intangible assets not yet available for use annually. The recoverable amounts of the long-term assets are the higher of their fair values less costs to dispose and the present values of the estimated future cash flows of the long-term assets. The Company estimate the recoverable amounts on an individual basis. If it is difficult to estimate the recoverable amount of the individual asset, the Company estimates the recoverable amount of the groups of assets that the individual asset belongs to. Identification of an group of asset is based on whether the cash inflows from it are largely independent of the cash inflows from other assets or groups of assets. If, and only if, the recoverable amount of an asset or a group of assets is less than its carrying amount, the carrying amount of the asset shall be reduced to its recoverable amount and the provision for impairment loss shall be recognised accordingly. For the purpose of impairment testing, goodwill acquired in a business combination shall, from the acquisition date, be allocated to relevant group of assets based on reasonable method; if it is difficult to allocate to relevant group of assets, good will shall be allocated to relevant combination of asset groups. The relevant group of assets or combination of asset groups is a group of assets or combination of asset groups that is benefit from the synergies of the business combination and is not larger than the reporting segment determined by the Company. ~ 116 ~ Interim Report 2023 When test for impairment, if there is an indication that relevant group of assets or combination of asset groups may be impaired, impairment testing for group of assets or combination of asset groups excluding goodwill shall be conducted first, and calculate the recoverable amount and recognize the impairment loss. Then the group of assets or combination of asset groups including goodwill shall be tested for impairment, by comparing the carrying amount with its recoverable amount. If the recoverable amount is less than the carrying amount, the Company shall recognise the impairment loss. The mentioned impairment loss will not be reversed in subsequent accounting period once it had been recognised. 3.23 Long-term Deferred Expenses Long-term deferred expenses are various expenses already incurred, which shall be amortised over current and subsequent periods with the amortisation period exceeding one year. Long-term deferred expenses are evenly amortised over the beneficial period 3.24 Employee Benefits Employee benefits refer to all forms of consideration or compensation given by the Company in exchange for service rendered by employees or for the termination of employment relationship. Employee benefits include short-term employee benefits, post-employment benefits, termination benefits and other long-term employee benefits. Benefits provided to an employee's spouse, children, dependents, family members of decreased employees, or other beneficiaries are also employee benefits. According to liquidity, employee benefits are presented in the statement of financial position as “Employee benefits payable” and “Long-term employee benefits payable”. (a) Short-term employee benefits (i) Employee basic salary (salary, bonus, allowance, subsidy) The Company recognises, in the accounting period in which an employee provides service, actually occurred short-term employee benefits as a liability, with a corresponding charge to current profit except for those recognised as capital expenditure based on the requirement of accounting standards. (ii) Employee welfare The Company shall recognise the employee welfare based on actual amount when incurred into current profit or loss or related capital expenditure. Employee welfare shall be measured at fair value as it is a non-monetary benefit. (iii) Social insurance such as medical insurance and work injury insurance, housing funds, labor union fund and employee education fund Payments made by the Company of social insurance for employees, such as medical insurance and work injury insurance, payments of housing funds, and labor union fund and employee education fund accrued in accordance with relevant requirements, in the accounting period in which employees provide services, is calculated according to required accrual bases and accrual ratio in determining the amount of employee benefits and the related ~ 117 ~ Interim Report 2023 liabilities, which shall be recognised in current profit or loss or the cost of relevant asset. (iv) Short-term paid absences The company shall recognise the related employee benefits arising from accumulating paid absences when the employees render service that increases their entitlement to future paid absences. The additional payable amounts shall be measured at the expected additional payments as a result of the unused entitlement that has accumulated. The Company shall recognise relevant employee benefit of non-accumulating paid absences when the absences actually occurred. (v) Short-term profit-sharing plan The Company shall recognise the related employee benefits payable under a profit-sharing plan when all of the following conditions are satisfied: (i) The Company has a present legal or constructive obligation to make such payments as a result of past events; and (ii) A reliable estimate of the amounts of employee benefits obligation arising from the profit- sharing plan can be made. (b) Post-employment benefits (i) Defined contribution plans The Company shall recognise, in the accounting period in which an employee provides service, the contribution payable to a defined contribution plan as a liability, with a corresponding charge to the current profit or loss or the cost of a relevant asset. When contributions to a defined contribution plan are not expected to be settled wholly before twelve months after the end of the annual reporting period in which the employees render the related service, they shall be discounted using relevant discount rate (market yields at the end of the reporting period on high quality corporate bonds in active market or government bonds with the currency and term which shall be consistent with the currency and estimated term of the defined contribution obligations) to measure employee benefits payable. (ii) Defined benefit plan The present value of defined benefit obligation and current service costs Based on the expected accumulative welfare unit method, the Company shall make estimates about demographic variables and financial variables in adopting the unbiased and consistent actuarial assumptions and measure defined benefit obligation, and determine the obligation period. The Company shall discount the obligation arising from defined benefit plan using relevant discount rate (market yields at the end of the reporting period on high quality corporate bonds in active market or government bonds with the currency and term which shall be consistent with the currency and estimated term of the defined benefit obligations) in order to determine the present value of the defined benefit obligation and the current service cost. The net defined benefit liability or asset ~ 118 ~ Interim Report 2023 The net defined benefit liability (asset) is the deficit or surplus recognised as the present value of the defined benefit obligation less the fair value of plan assets (if any). When the Company has a surplus in a defined benefit plan, it shall measure the net defined benefit asset at the lower of the surplus in the defined benefit plan and the asset ceiling. The amount recognised in the cost of asset or current profit or loss Service cost comprises current service cost, past service cost and any gain or loss on settlement. Other service cost shall be recognised in profit or loss unless accounting standards require or allow the inclusion of current service cost within the cost of assets. Net interest on the net defined benefit liability (asset) comprising interest income on plan assets, interest cost on the defined benefit obligation and interest on the effect of the asset ceiling, shall be included in profit or loss. The amount recognised in other comprehensive income Changes in the net liability or asset of the defined benefit plan resulting from the remeasurements including: Actuarial gains and losses, the changes in the present value of the defined benefit obligation resulting from experience adjustments or the effects of changes in actuarial assumptions; Return on plan assets, excluding amounts included in net interest on the net defined benefit liability or asset; Any change in the effect of the asset ceiling, excluding amounts included in net interest on the net defined benefit liability (asset). Remeasurements of the net defined benefit liability (asset) recognised in other comprehensive income shall not be reclassified to profit or loss in a subsequent period. However, the Company may transfer those amounts recognised in other comprehensive income within equity. (c) Termination benefits The Company providing termination benefits to employees shall recognise an employee benefits liability for termination benefits, with a corresponding charge to the profit or loss of the reporting period, at the earlier of the following dates: (i) When the Company cannot unilaterally withdraw the offer of termination benefits because of an employment termination plan or a curtailment proposal. (ii) When the Company recognises costs or expenses related to a restructuring that involves the payment of termination benefits. If the termination benefits are not expected to be settled wholly before twelve months after the end of the annual reporting period, the Company shall discount the termination benefits using relevant discount rate (market yields at the end of the reporting period on high quality corporate bonds in active market or government bonds with the currency and term which shall be consistent with the currency and estimated term of the defined benefit obligations) to measure the employee benefits. (d) Other long-term employee benefits ~ 119 ~ Interim Report 2023 (i) Meet the conditions of the defined contribution plan When other long-term employee benefits provided by the Company to the employees satisfies the conditions for classifying as a defined contribution plan, all those benefits payable shall be accounted for as employee benefits payable at their discounted value. (ii) Meet the conditions of the defined benefit plan At the end of the reporting period, the Company recognised the cost of employee benefit from other long-term employee benefits as the following components: Service costs; Net interest cost for net liability or asset of other long-term employee benefits Changes resulting from the remeasurements of the net liability or asset of other long-term employee benefits In order to simplify the accounting treatment, the net amount of above items shall be recognised in profit or loss or relevant cost of assets. 3.25 Lease Liabilities The Company initially measures the lease obligation at the present value of the lease payments outstanding at the commencement date of the lease term. When calculating the present value of lease payments,the Company uses the interest rate implicit in lease as the rate of discount. If the interest rate implicit in lease cannot be determined, the Company's incremental lending rate is used as the rate of discount. Lease payments include: (1) The amount of fixed payments, net of amounts related to lease incentives, and the amount of substantive fixed payments. (2) Variable lease payments that depend on indexation or ratio. (3) The lease payment amount includes the exercise price of the purchase option if the Company is reasonably certain that the option will be exercised. (4) Where the lease term reflects that the Company will exercise the option to terminate the lease, the lease payment amount includes the amount required to be paid to exercise the option to terminate the lease. (5) Estimated amount payable based on the residual value of the guarantee provided by the Company. The Company calculates the interest expense on the lease obligation for each period of the lease term at a fixed rate of discount and includes it in the current profit or loss or cost of the related assets. Variable lease payments that are not included in the measurement of the lease obligation should be charged to current profit or loss or the cost of the related assets when they are actually incurred. 3.26 Estimated Liabilities (a) Recognition criteria of estimated liabilities The Company recognises the estimated liabilities when obligations related to contingencies satisfy all the following conditions: (i) That obligation is a current obligation of the Company; ~ 120 ~ Interim Report 2023 (ii) It is likely to cause any economic benefit to flow out of the Company as a result of performance of the obligation; and (iii) The amount of the obligation can be measured reliably. (b) Measurement method of estimated liabilities The estimated liabilities of the Company are initially measured at the best estimate of expenses required for the performance of relevant present obligations. The Company, when determining the best estimate, has had a comprehensive consideration of risks with respect to contingencies, uncertainties and the time value of money. The carrying amount of the estimated liabilities shall be reviewed at the end of every reporting period. If conclusive evidences indicate that the carrying amount fails to be the best estimate of the estimated liabilities, the carrying amount shall be adjusted based on the updated best estimate. 3.27 Revenue Recognition Principle and Measurement 3.27.1 General principle Revenue is the total inflow of economic benefits formed in the company's daily activities that will increase shareholders' equity and does not relate to the capital invested by shareholders. The Company has fulfilled the performance obligation in the contract, that is, the revenue is recognised when the customer obtains the control right of relevant goods. To obtain the control right of the relevant commodity means to be able to dominate the use of the commodity and obtain almost all the economic benefits from it. If there are two or more performance obligations in the contract, the Company will allocate the transaction price to each performance obligation based on the relative proportion of the separate selling price of the goods or services promised by each performance obligation on the start date of the contract, and measure the income based on the transaction price allocated to each single performance obligation. The transaction price refers to the amount of consideration that the Company is expected to be entitled to receive due to the transfer of goods or services to customers, excluding payments collected on behalf of third parties. When determining the transaction price of the contract, the Company determines the transaction price according to the terms of the contract and in combination with its historical practices. When determining the transaction price, the Company takes into account the influence of variable considerations, significant financing elements in the contract, the non-cash considerations, the considerations payable to customers and other factors. The Company determines the transaction price including variable consideration at an amount that does not exceed the amount at which the accumulated recognized income is unlikely to have a significant reversal when the relevant uncertainty is eliminated. If there is a significant financing component in the contract, the Company will determine the transaction price based on the amount payable in cash when the customer obtains the control right ~ 121 ~ Interim Report 2023 of the commodity. The difference between the transaction price and the contract consideration will be amortised by the effective interest method during the contract period. If the interval between the control right transfer and the customer's payment is less than one year, the company will not consider the financing component. If one of the following conditions is met, the performance obligation shall be fulfilled within a certain period of time; otherwise, the performance obligation shall be fulfilled at a certain point of time: (a) The customer obtains and consumes the economic benefits brought by the Company's fulfillment of contract when the Company performs the obligations; (b) The customer can control the commodities under construction during the Company's execution of the contract; (c) The commodities produced by the Company during the performance of the contract have irreplaceable uses, and the Company has the right to collect payment for the cumulative performance part that has been completed so far during the entire contract period. For performance obligations fulfilled within a certain period of time, the Company recognises revenue in accordance with the performance progress during that period, except where the performance progress cannot be reasonably determined. The Company determines the progress of the performance of services in accordance with the input method (or output method). When the progress of the contract performance cannot be reasonably determined, if the cost incurred by the Company is expected to be compensated, the revenue shall be recognised according to the amount of the cost incurred until the progress of the contract performance can be reasonably determined. For performance obligations fulfilled at a certain point in time, the Company recognises revenue at the point when the customer obtains control of the relevant commodities. The Company considers the following signs when judging whether a customer has obtained control of goods or services: (a)The Company has the current right to receive payment for the goods or services, that is, the customer has the current obligation to pay for the goods; (b) The Company has transferred the legal ownership of the goods to the customer, that is, the customer has the legal ownership of the goods; (c) The Company has transferred the goods in kind to the customer, that is, the customer has possessed the goods in kind; (d) The company has transferred the main risks and rewards of the ownership of the goods to the customers, that is, the customers have obtained the main risks and rewards of the ownership of the goods; (e) The customer has accepted the goods or services. ~ 122 ~ Interim Report 2023 (f) Other indications that the customer has obtained control of the product 3.27.2 Specific methods The specific methods of the Company's revenue recognition are as follows: (a) Revenue from sale of goods The sale contract between the Company and its customers is an obligation fulfilled within a certain period in time. The following requirements shall be met to recognize the revenue of products: The Company has delivered the goods to the customer in accordance with the contract and the customer has accepted the goods. The payment has been recovered or the receipt voucher has been obtained, and the relevant economic benefits are likely to flow in. The main risks and rewards of product ownership have been transferred. The legal ownership of the goods has been transferred. (b) Revenue from rendering of services The customer simultaneously receives and consumes the economic benefits provided by the Company’s performance as the Company fulfills obligation. For the performance obligations fulfilled within a certain period of time, the Company recognizes the revenue according to the performance progress when providing technical services. If the customer is unable to immediately obtain and consume the economic benefits provided by the Company’s performance as the Company fulfills obligation, and the Company has no right to receive the revenue from the accumulated performance that has been completed so far throughout the entire contract period, the Company will consider it as a performance obligation to be fulfilled at a certain point in time. When the Company completes technical services according to the contract agreement, the company recognizes revenue. (c) Revenue from alienating the right to use assets When the economic benefits relevant to the transaction are likely to flow into the Company and the amount of revenue can be reliably measured, the transfer of asset use rights shall be recognized as the amount of revenue. The revenue from the transfer of asset use rights by the Company mainly comes from the rental of premises and tenements, which is calculated and recognized according to the charging time and method stipulated in relevant contracts or agreements. 3.28 Government Grants (a) Recognition of government grants A government grant shall not be recgonised until there is reasonable assurance that: (i) The Company will comply with the conditions attaching to them; and ~ 123 ~ Interim Report 2023 (ii) The grants will be received. (b) Measurement of government grants Monetary grants from the government shall be measured at amount received or receivable, and non-monetary grants from the government shall be measured at their fair value or at a nominal value of RMB 1.00 when reliable fair value is not available. (c) Accounting for government grants (i) Government grants related to assets Government grants pertinent to assets mean the government grants that are obtained by the Company used for purchase or construction, or forming the long-term assets by other ways. Government grants pertinent to assets shall be recognised as deferred income, and should be recognised in profit or loss on a systematic basis over the useful lives of the relevant assets. Grants measured at their nominal value shall be directly recognised in profit or loss of the period when the grants are received. When the relevant assets are sold, transferred, written off or damaged before the assets are terminated, the remaining deferred income shall be transferred into profit or loss of the period of disposing relevant assets. (ii) Government grants related to income Government grants other than related to assets are classified as government grants related to income. Government grants related to income are accounted for in accordance with the following principles: If the government grants related to income are used to compensate the enterprise’s relevant expenses or losses in future periods, such government grants shall be recognised as deferred income and included into profit or loss in the same period as the relevant expenses or losses are recognised; If the government grants related to income are used to compensate the enterprise’s relevant expenses or losses incurred, such government grants are directly recognised into current profit or loss For government grants comprised of part related to assets as well as part related to income, each part is accounted for separately; if it is difficult to identify different part, the government grants are accounted for as government grants related to income as a whole. Government grants related to daily operation activities are recognised in other income in accordance with the nature of the activities, and government grants irrelevant to daily operation activities are recognised in non-operating income. (iii) Loan interest subsidy When loan interest subsidy is allocated to the bank, and the bank provides a loan at lower-market rate of interest to the Company, the loan is recognised at the actual received amount, and the interest expense is calculated based on the principal of the loan and the lower-market rate of interest. When loan interest subsidy is directly allocated to the Company, the subsidy shall be recognised as offsetting the relevant borrowing cost. ~ 124 ~ Interim Report 2023 (iv) Repayment of the government grants Repayment of the government grants shall be recorded by increasing the carrying amount of the asset if the book value of the asset has been written down, or reducing the balance of relevant deferred income if deferred income balance exists, any excess will be recognised into current profit or loss; or directly recognised into current profit or loss for other circumstances. 3.29 Deferred Tax Assets and Deferred Tax Liabilities Temporary differences are differences between the carrying amount of an asset or liability in the statement of financial position and its tax base at the balance sheet date. The Company recognise and measure the effect of taxable temporary differences and deductible temporary differences on income tax as deferred tax liabilities or deferred tax assets using liability method. Deferred tax assets and deferred tax liabilities shall not be discounted. (a) Recognition of deferred tax assets Deferred tax assets should be recognised for deductible temporary differences, the carryforward of unused tax losses and the carryforward of unused tax credits to the extent that it is probable that taxable profit will be available against which the deductible temporary differences, the carryforward of unused tax losses and the carryforward of unused tax credits can be utilised at the tax rates that are expected to apply to the period when the asset is realised, unless the deferred tax asset arises from the initial recognition of an asset or liability in a transaction that: (i) Is not a business combination; and (ii) At the time of the transaction, affects neither accounting profit nor taxable profit (tax loss) The Company shall recognise a deferred tax asset for all deductible temporary differences arising from investments in subsidiaries, associates and joint ventures, only to the extent that, it is probable that: (i) The temporary difference will reverse in the foreseeable future; and (ii) Taxable profit will be available against which the deductible temporary difference can be utilised. At the end of each reporting period, if there is sufficient evidence that it is probable that taxable profit will be available against which the deductible temporary difference can be utilized, the Company recognises a previously unrecognised deferred tax asset. The carrying amount of a deferred tax asset shall be reviewed at the end of each reporting period. The Company shall reduce the carrying amount of a deferred tax asset to the extent that it is no longer probable that sufficient taxable profit will be available to allow the benefit of part or all of that deferred tax asset to be utilised. Any such reduction shall be reversed to the extent that it becomes probable that sufficient taxable profit will be available. (b) Recognition of deferred tax liabilities A deferred tax liability shall be recognised for all taxable temporary differences at the tax rate that are expected to apply to the period when the liability is settled. ~ 125 ~ Interim Report 2023 (i) No deferred tax liability shall be recognised for taxable temporary differences arising from: The initial recognition of goodwill; or The initial recognition of an asset or liability in a transaction which: is not a business combination; and at the time of the transaction, affects neither accounting profit nor taxable profit (tax loss) (ii) An entity shall recognise a deferred tax liability for all taxable temporary differences associated with investments in subsidiaries, associates, and joint ventures, except to the extent that both of the following conditions are satisfied: The Company is able to control the timing of the reversal of the temporary difference; and It is probable that the temporary difference will not reverse in the foreseeable future. (c) Recognition of deferred tax liabilities or assets involved in special transactions or events (i) Deferred tax liabilities or assets related to business combination For the taxable temporary difference or deductible temporary difference arising from a business combination not under common control, a deferred tax liability or a deferred tax asset shall be recognised, and simultaneously, goodwill recognised in the business combination shall be adjusted based on relevant deferred tax expense (income). (ii) Items directly recognised in equity Current tax and deferred tax related to items that are recognised directly in equity shall be recognised in equity. Such items include: other comprehensive income generated from fair value fluctuation of investments in other debt obligations; an adjustment to the opening balance of retained earnings resulting from either a change in accounting policy that is applied retrospectively or the correction of a prior period (significant) error; amounts arising on initial recognition of the equity component of a compound financial instrument that contains both liability and equity component. (iii) Unused tax losses and unused tax credits Unsused tax losses and unused tax credits generated from daily operation of the Company itself Deductible loss refers to the loss calculated and permitted according to the requirement of tax law that can be offset against taxable income in future periods. The criteria for recognising deferred tax assets arising from the carryforward of unused tax losses and tax credits are the same as the criteria for recognising deferred tax assets arising from deductible temporary differences. The Company recognises a deferred tax asset arising from unused tax losses or tax credits only to the extent that there is convincing other evidence that sufficient taxable profit will be available against which the unused tax losses or unused tax credits can be utilised by the Company. Income taxes in current profit or loss shall be deducted as well. Unsused tax losses and unused tax credits arising from a business combination Under a business combination, the acquiree’s deductible temporary differences which do not satisfy the criteria at the acquisition date for recognition of deferred tax asset shall not be recognised. Within 12 months after the ~ 126 ~ Interim Report 2023 acquisition date, if new information regarding the facts and circumstances exists at the acquisition date and the economic benefit of the acquiree’s deductible temporary differences at the acquisition is expected to be realised, the Company shall recognise acquired deferred tax benefits and reduce the carrying amount of any goodwill related to this acquisition. If goodwill is reduced to zero, any remaining deferred tax benefits shall be recognised in profit or loss. All other acquired deferred tax benefits realised shall be recognised in profit or loss. (iv) Temporary difference generated in consolidation elimination When preparing consolidated financial statements, if temporary difference between carrying value of the assets and liabilities in the consolidated financial statements and their taxable bases is generated from elimination of inter-company unrealized profit or loss, deferred tax assets or deferred tax liabilities shall be recognised in the consolidated financial statements, and income taxes expense in current profit or loss shall be adjusted as well except for deferred tax related to transactions or events recognised directly in equity and business combination. (v) Share-based payment settled by equity If tax authority permits tax deduction that relates to share-based payment, during the period in which the expenses are recognised according to the accounting standards, the Company estimates the tax base in accordance with available information at the end of the accounting period and the temporary difference arising from it. Deferred tax shall be recognised when criteria of recognition are satisfied. If the amount of estimated future tax deduction exceeds the amount of the cumulative expenses related to share-based payment recognised according to the accounting standards, the tax effect of the excess amount shall be recognised directly in equity. 3.30 Leases (1) Identification of a lease At inception of a contract, the Company assesses whether the contract is, or contains, a lease. A contract is, or contains, a lease if the contract conveys the right to control the use of an identified asset for a period of time in exchange for consideration. To assess whether a contract conveys the right to control the use of an identified asset for a period of time, the Company assesses whether, throughout the period of use, the customer has the right to obtain substantially all of the economic benefits from use of the identified asset, and the right to direct the use of the identified asset. (2) Identification of separate leases If a contract contains multiple separate leases, the Company divides the contract and perform separate accounting treatment for each separate lease. The right to use an identified asset is a separate lease component if simultaneously: a) the lessee can benefit from use of the asset either on its own or together with other resources that are readily ~ 127 ~ Interim Report 2023 available to the lessee; and b) the asset is neither highly dependent on, nor highly interrelated with, other assets in the contract. (3) Accounting treatment of a lease in which the Company is the lessee On its commencement date, the Company recognizes a lease that has a lease term of 12 months or less and does not contain a purchase option as a short-term lease, and recognizes a lease for which the underlying asset is of low value when it is brand new as a lease of a low-value asset. If the Company subleases an asset leased, or expects to sublease an asset leased, the head lease does not qualify as a lease of a low-value asset. For all short-term leases and leases of low-value assets, the Company shall record the lease payments in the underlying asset costs or current profits and losses with a straight-line method during each period of the lease term. Except for short-term leases and leases of low-value assets, which are treated using a simplified approach, for each lease, the Company recognizes the right-of-use assets and lease liabilities on the commencement date of the lease term. ①Right-of-use assets Right-of-use assets refer to the right of the lessees to use the leasehold property in the lease term. After the commencement date of the lease term, the Group uses the cost for initial measurement of right-of-use assets. The cost includes: The initial measurement amount of lease liabilities; Lease payments made on or before the start date of the lease term (if a lease incentive exists, the amount related to the lease incentive already taken shall be deducted); Initial direct costs incurred by the lessee; Costs expected to be incurred by the Company for dismantling and removing the leased assets, restoring the premises where the leased assets are located, or restoring the leased assets to the status agreed in the leasing clauses. The costs shall be recognized and measured by the Company according to the recognition criteria and measurement method of provisions. Please refer to “12. Provisions” in Note 3 for details. If the aforementioned costs are incurred for inventory production, the costs shall be included in inventory costs. The Company depreciates the right-of-use assets with the straight-line method. If it is reasonably certain that the ownership of the leasehold property will be obtained at the end of the lease term, the Company will determine the depreciation rate in accordance with the types of right-of-use assets and estimated net residual value rates over its ~ 128 ~ Interim Report 2023 estimated remaining service life. If it is not reasonably certain that the ownership of the leasehold property will be obtained at the end of the lease term, the Company will determine the depreciation rate in accordance with the types of right-of-use assets over the lease term or the remaining service life, whichever is shorter. ②Lease liabilities Lease liabilities are initially measured at the present value of the lease payments outstanding at the commencement date of the lease term. The lease payments include the following five items: Fixed lease payments and substantial fixed lease payments (if a lease incentive exists, the amount related to the lease incentive shall be deducted); Variable lease payments that depend on indexation or ratio; Exercise price of the purchase option, provided that the lessee is reasonably certain that the option will be exercised; Payments required to be made for exercising the option to terminate the lease if the lease term reflects that the lessee will exercise such an option; The estimated amount payable based on the secured residual value provided by the lessee. The Company uses the interest rate implicit in lease as the rate of discount when calculating the present value of the lease payments. The incremental interest rate on borrowing of the lessee will be used as the rate of discount, if the interest rate implicit in lease cannot be determined. The difference between the lease payment and its present value is regarded as an unrecognized financing expense. Interest expense is recognized at the discount rate of the present value of the recognized lease payment during each period of the lease term and is recorded in the profit and loss for the current period. Variable lease payments that are not covered in the measurement of the lease liabilities are included in current profit or loss when actually incurred. The Company will re-calculate the lease liabilities using the present value of the changed lease payments and adjust the book value of right-of-use assets accordingly, if the substantial fixed payment, the estimated payments due to the guaranteed residual value, the index or rate used to determine the lease payments, or the assessment result of the call option, the renewal option, or the termination option, or the actual exercise changes, after the commencement date of the lease term. (4) Accounting treatment of lease change Where an operating lease changes, the accounting treatment is conducted for it which is regarded as a new lease from the effective date of the change, and receivables in advance or lease receivables related to lease before ~ 129 ~ Interim Report 2023 change are deemed as the receivables in the new lease. (5) Sale and leaseback The Company assesses whether the asset transfer in a sale and leaseback transaction is a sale in accordance with the Note 3.27. ①The Company as seller (the lessee) If the asset transfer in a sale and leaseback transaction is not a sale, the Company continues to recognize the transferred asset and at the same time recognizes a financial liability equivalent to the transfer revenue, and conducts corresponding accounting treatment for the financial liability in accordance with “10. Provisions” in Note 3. If the asset transfer in a sale and leaseback transaction is a sale, the Company measures the right-of-use assets formed by the sale and leaseback based on the portion of the original asset’s carrying value that is related to the use right acquired by the leaseback, and recognizes related gains or losses only for the right transferred to the lessor. ②The Company as the buyer (the lessor) If the asset transfer in a sale and leaseback transaction is not a sale, the Company does not recognize the transferred asset, but recognizes a financial asset equivalent to the transfer revenue, and conducts corresponding accounting treatment for the financial asset in accordance with the Note 3.10. If the asset transfer in a sale and leaseback transaction is a sale, the Company applies other accounting standards for business enterprises to the accounting treatment for asset purchase, and conducts corresponding accounting treatment for asset lease. 3.31 Changes in Significant Accounting Policies and Accounting Estimates (1) Changes in accounting polices Applicable □ Not applicable Changes to the accounting policies and Remark Approval process why On 30 December 2021, the Ministry of Finance (MOF) issued Accounting Standard for Business Enterprises Interpretation No. 15 (C.K. [2021] No. 35) ("Interpretation No. 15"), in which "Accounting for the sale of products or Deliberated and approved by the 2nd See the Announcement on Changes in by-products produced by an enterprise Meeting of the 10th Board of Directors Accounting Policies disclosed by the before the fixed assets reach their and the 2nd Meeting of the 10th Company on Cninfo dated 31 August intended useable state or in the course of Supervisory Committee of the Company 2023 for details. research and development" and "Judgment on loss-making contracts" came into force on 1 January 2022 and “Presentation of centralized capital management” came into force on the date ~ 130 ~ Interim Report 2023 of publication. On 30 November 2022, the Ministry of Finance ("MOF") issued Accounting Standard for Business Enterprises Interpretation No. 16 (C.K. [2022] No. 31) ("Interpretation No. 16"), in which “Accounting treatment for deferred income tax relating to assets and liabilities arising from a single Deliberated and approved by the 2nd See the Announcement on Changes in transaction that is not subject to the Meeting of the 10th Board of Directors Accounting Policies disclosed by the initial recognition exemption” came into and the 2nd Meeting of the 10th Company on Cninfo dated 31 August force on 1 January 2023, “Accounting Supervisory Committee of the Company 2023 for details. method of the income tax effects of dividends on financial instruments classified as equity instruments by the issuer" and "Accounting method of the revision of share-based payment settled in cash to share-based payment settled in equity by an enterprise" came into force on the date of publication. (2) Changes in Accounting Estimates □ Applicable Not applicable (3) Adjustments to Financial Statement Items at the Beginning of the Year of the First Implementation of the New Accounting Standards Implemented since 2023 □ Applicable Not applicable 4. TAXATION 4.1 Main Taxes and Tax Rate Category of taxes Basis of tax assessment Tax rate VAT are paid on added value of VAT 13%, 9%, 6% product sales Consumption taxes are paid Sales of baijiu RMB1 per 1000 ml or per kg to calculate the amount of Consumption tax onsales volume of taxable consumption tax, a flat rate, 20% of the annual turnover to calculate the consumer goods amount of consumption tax at valorem. Urban maintenance and Urban maintenance and construction taxes are paid on 7%、5% construction tax turnover taxes Education expenses Educational surcharges are paid 3% surcharge on turnover taxes Local education Local educational surcharges are 2% surcharge paid on turnover taxes Business taxes are calculated Enterprise income tax 25% and paid on taxable revenues The basic rate of enterprise income tax of the Company is 25%, and the actual income tax rates of some of its ~ 131 ~ Interim Report 2023 subsidiaries with different tax rates are as follows: Name of the entities Actual income tax rate Anhui Longrui Glass Co., Ltd 15.00% Anhui Ruisiweier Technology Co., Ltd 15.00% Anhui RunAnXinKe Testing Technology Co., Ltd. 15.00% Wuhan Yashibo Technology Co., Ltd 5.00% Bozhou Gujing Hotel Co., Ltd 5.00% Hubei Junlou Cultural Tourism Co., Ltd. 5.00% Hubei Yellow Crane Tower Beverage Co., Ltd. 5.00% Hubei Xinjia Testing Technology Co., Ltd. 5.00% Wuhan Gulou Junhe Trading Co., Ltd. 5.00% Wuhan Gulou Juntai Trading Co., Ltd. 5.00% Anhui Guqi Distillery Co., Ltd. 5.00% Anhui Jiuan Mechanical Electrical Equipment Co., 5.00% Ltd. Anhui Jiuhao China Railway Construction 5.00% Engineering Co., Ltd. Anhui Anjie Technology Co., Ltd. 5.00% Anhui Gujinggong Liquor Original Vintage Theme 5.00% Hotel Management Co., Ltd. Anhui Gujing Health Technology Co., Ltd. 15.00% 4.2 Tax Preference (1) According to the Notice on Announcing the List of First Batch of High-tech Enterprises in Anhui Province for 2022 (wankeqimi [2022] No.482) issued by Department of Science and Technology of Anhui province, the subsidiary Ruisiweier was identified as a high-tech enterprise in 2022, therefore was given High-tech Enterprise Certificate (Certificate Number: GR202234000476) which is valid for 3 years. According to Enterprise Income Tax Law and other relevant regulations, the company is subject to a national high-tech enterprise income tax rate at 15% for three years from 1 January 2022 to 31 December 2024. (2) According to the Notice on Filing and Publicity for the First Batch of High-tech Enterprises Recognized by the Certifing Body in Anhui Province for 2022 jointly issued by Department of Science and Technology of Anhui province, Department of Finance of Anhui province, and Anhui Provincial Taxation Bureau of State Administration of Taxation, the subsidiary Longrui Glass was identified as a high-tech enterprise in 2022, therefore was given High-tech Enterprise Certificate (Certificate Number: GR202234004359) which is valid for 3 years. According to Enterprise Income Tax Law and other relevant regulations, the company is subject to a ~ 132 ~ Interim Report 2023 national high-tech enterprise income tax rate at 15% for three years from 1 January 2022 to 31 December 2024. (3) According to Notice on Announcing the List of Two Batches of Supplementary Filing High-tech Enterprises in Anhui Province for 2021 (wankegaomi [2022] No.49) issued by Department of Science and Technology of Anhui province, Department of Finance of Anhui province, and Anhui Provincial Taxation Bureau of State Administration of Taxation, the subsidiary Anhui RunAnXinKe Testing Technology Co., Ltd. was identified as a high-tech enterprise in 2021, therefore was given High-tech Enterprise Certificate (Certificate Number: GR202134004920) which is valid for 3 years. According to Enterprise Income Tax Law and other relevant regulations, the company is subject to a national high-tech enterprise income tax rate at 15% for three years from 1 January 2021 to 31 December 2023. (4) According to the Announcement on the Filing of the Second Batch of High-tech Enterprises Identified by the Anhui Province in 2021 issued by the Office of the National Leading Group for the Identification and Management of High-tech Enterprises, the subsidiary Anhui Gujing Health Technology Co., Ltd. (“Health Technology”) has been recognized as the second batch of high-tech enterprises in Anhui Province in 2021, and obtained the High-tech Enterprise Certificate (Certificate No.: GR202134004641) with a valid period from 2021 to 2023. According to relevant regulations such as the Enterprise Income Tax Law, the Health Technology shall enjoy an income tax rate of 15% for national high-tech enterprises from 1 January 2021 to 31 December 2023. (5) As per the Announcement on Further Implementing the Preferential Income Tax Policy for Small and Micro Enterprises (Announcement No. 13 of 2022 of the Ministry of Finance and the State Taxation Administration), from 1 January 2022 to 31 December 2024, the portion of the annual taxable income of small- and micro-sized enterprises exceeding RMB 1 million but not exceeding RMB 3 million, the taxable income shall be reduced by 25% and subject to enterprise income tax at a rate of 20%. According to the Announcement of the State Taxation Administration and the Ministry of Finance on the Implementation of Preferential Income Tax Policies for Small- and Micro-sized Enterprises and Individual Industrial and Commercial Entities (Announcement No. 6 of 2023 of the Ministry of Finance and the State Taxation Administration), from 1 January 2023 to 31 December 2024, for the portion of the annual taxable income of small- and micro-sized enterprises not exceeding RMB 1 million, the taxable income shall be reduced by 25% and subject to enterprise income tax at a rate of 20%. Subsidiaries Anjie Technology, Gujing Hotel, Theme Hotel, Junlou Cultural, Yellow Crane Tower Beverage, Yashibo, Xinjia Testing, Jiuan Mechanical Electrical, Gulou Junhe, Gulou Juntai, Guqi Distillery and Jiuhao China Railway shall observe the relevant provisions of the preferential income tax policy for small micro-profit enterprises. 5. NOTES TO MAJOR ITEMS IN THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF THE COMPANY 5.1 Monetary Assets Item Ending balance Beginning balance Cash on hand 100,681.01 111,642.11 Cash in bank 16,852,074,031.88 13,698,187,278.75 ~ 133 ~ Interim Report 2023 Item Ending balance Beginning balance 135,504.47 Other monetary assets 74,262,220.44 16,852,310,217.36 13,772,561,141.30 Total At 30 June 2023, in monetary assets, the certificates of deposit pledged for opening bank acceptance bills amounted to RMB10 million, and the security deposit that cannot be withdrawn in advance amounted to RMB6,995.00. Except for that, no other monetary funds are restricted to use or in some potential risks of recovery due to the mortgage, pledge or freezing. Liquor manufacturing enterprises shall disclose whether there exists special interest arrangements such as establishing a joint fund account with related parties □ Applicable Not applicable 5.2 Trading Financial Assets Item Ending balance Beginning balance Financial assets at fair value through profit or 1,790,678,478.17 1,782,687,769.66 loss Including: bank financial products 1,790,678,478.17 1,580,352,899.17 Fund investment 0.00 202,334,870.49 1,790,678,478.17 1,782,687,769.66 Total 5.3 Accounts Receivable (1) Disclosure by aging Aging Ending balance Beginning balance Within one year 100,905,875.04 60,886,443.44 Of which: 1-6 months 98,696,120.05 57,829,416.75 7-12 months 2,209,754.99 3,057,026.69 1-2 years 9,238,124.00 10,382,550.23 2-3 years 158,653.64 405,162.30 Over 3 years 107,451.79 137,464.27 Subtotal 110,410,104.47 71,811,620.24 Less: Bad debt provision 9,221,545.29 9,122,951.30 Total 101,188,559.18 62,688,668.94 (2) Disclosure by withdrawal method of bad debt provision ~ 134 ~ Interim Report 2023 ①Ending balance Ending balance Carrying amount Bad debt provision Category Withdrawal Carrying value Amount Proportion (%) Amount proportion (%) Bad debt provision withdrawn 7,792,783.72 7.06 7,792,783.72 100.00 0.00 separately Bad debt provision withdrawn by 102,617,320.75 92.94 1,428,761.57 1.39 101,188,559.18 group Of which: Group 1 Group 2 102,617,320.75 92.94 1,428,761.57 1.39 101,188,559.18 Total 110,410,104.47 100.00 9,221,545.29 8.35 101,188,559.18 ②Beginning balance Beginning balance Carrying amount Bad debt provision Category Withdrawal Carrying value Amount Proportion (%) Amount proportion (%) Bad debt provision withdrawn 7,792,783.72 10.85 7,792,783.72 100.00 0.00 separately Bad debt provision withdrawn by 64,018,836.52 89.15 1,330,167.58 2.08 62,688,668.94 group Of which: Group 1 Group 2 64,018,836.52 89.15 1,330,167.58 2.08 62,688,668.94 Total 71,811,620.24 100.00 9,122,951.30 12.70 62,688,668.94 On 30 June 2023, Accounts receivable with bad debt provision withdrawn by group 2 Ending balance Aging Withdrawal proportion Carrying amount Bad debt provision (%) Within one year 100,905,875.04 1,097,448.94 1.09 Of which: 1-6 months 98,696,120.05 986,961.20 1.00 7-12 months 2,209,754.99 110,487.74 5.00 1-2 years 1,445,340.28 144,534.02 10.00 2-3 years 158,653.64 79,326.82 50.00 ~ 135 ~ Interim Report 2023 Ending balance Aging Withdrawal proportion Carrying amount Bad debt provision (%) Over 3 years 107,451.79 107,451.79 100.00 Total 102,617,320.75 1,428,761.57 1.39 On 1 January 2023, Accounts receivable with bad debt provision withdrawn by group 2 Beginning balance Aging Withdrawal proportion Carrying amount Bad debt provision (%) Within one year 60,886,443.44 731,145.50 1.20 Of which: 1-6 months 57,829,416.75 578,294.17 1.00 7-12 months 3,057,026.69 152,851.33 5.00 1-2 years 2,589,766.51 258,976.65 10.00 2-3 years 405,162.30 202,581.16 50.00 Over 3 years 137,464.27 137,464.27 100.00 Total 64,018,836.52 1,330,167.58 2.08 (3) Changes of bad debt provision during the Reporting Period Changes in the Reporting Period Increase from Beginning business Category Recovery or Ending balance amount Withdrawal combination not Write-off reversal under the same control Accounts receivable with 7,792,783.72 significant amount but bad 7,792,783.72 debt provision withdrawn separately Accounts receivable with insignificant amount but bad debt provision withdrawn separately Group 2: Bad debt provision 1,330,167.58 98,593.99 1,428,761.57 withdrawn by aging group Total 9,122,951.30 98,593.99 9,221,545.29 (4) Top five ending balances by entity ~ 136 ~ Interim Report 2023 Proportion to total ending balance Ending balance of Entity name Ending balance of accounts receivable (%) bad debt provision No. 1 13,568,287.20 12.29 135,682.87 No. 2 10,547,127.95 9.55 105,471.28 No. 3 7,792,783.72 7.06 7,792,783.72 No. 4 7,673,301.89 6.95 76,733.02 No. 5 7,600,000.00 6.88 76,000.00 Total 47,181,500.76 42.73 8,186,670.89 5.4 Accounts Receivable Financing Ending balance Beginning balance Category Bad debt Bad debt Carrying amount Carrying value Carrying amount Carrying value provision provision Bank acceptance 835,279,520.98 835,279,520.98 217,419,441.32 217,419,441.32 bills Commercial acceptance bills Total 835,279,520.98 835,279,520.98 217,419,441.32 217,419,441.32 (1) The Company’s notes receivable discounted or endorsed to third parties but not yet matured as of 30 June 2022 Items Amount of derecognition Amount of unrecognition Bank acceptance bills 4,226,921,148.01 0.00 Total 4,226,921,148.01 0.00 The issuing bank of the bank acceptance bill of the Company presented as accounts receivable financing are commercial banks with higher credit. Therefore, when the bank acceptance bills are mature, they are likely to get paid. The interest rate risk related to the bill has been transferred to the bank, so it can be judged that the main risks and rewards of the bill ownership have been transferred, so need to be derecogised. (2) The Company has no notes receivable transferred to accounts receivable due to drawers’ inability of fulfillment at 30 June 2023 (3) Notes receivable by bad debt provision method Ending balance Category Carrying amount Bad debt provision Carrying value ~ 137 ~ Interim Report 2023 Withdrawal Amount Proportion (%) Amount proportion (%) Bad debt provision withdrawn separately Bad debt provision 835,279,520.98 100.00 835,279,520.98 withdrawn by group Of which: Group 1 Group 2 835,279,520.98 100.00 835,279,520.98 Total 835,279,520.98 100.00 835,279,520.98 (Continued) Beginning balance Carrying amount Bad debt provision Category Withdrawal Carrying value Amount Proportion (%) Amount proportion (%) Bad debt provision withdrawn separately Bad debt provision 217,419,441.32 100.00 217,419,441.32 withdrawn by group Of which: Group 1 - Group 2 217,419,441.32 100.00 217,419,441.32 Total 217,419,441.32 100.00 217,419,441.32 ①Notes receivable with provision for bad debt recognised by group 1 None. ②Notes receivable with provision for bad debt recognised by group 2 On 30 June 2023, the Company measured provision for bad debt of bank acceptance bill according to the lifetime expected credit loss. The Company believes that no significant credit risk exists in the bank acceptance bills and no significant losses arise from default risk of banks or other issuer’ failure of fulfillment. (4) Changes of bad debt provision during the Reporting Period None. 5.5 Prepayment (1) Disclosure by aging Ending balance Beginning balance Aging Amount Proportion (%) Amount Proportion (%) ~ 138 ~ Interim Report 2023 Ending balance Beginning balance Aging Amount Proportion (%) Amount Proportion (%) Within one year 94,633,298.42 96.56 233,344,417.80 99.72 1 to 2 years 3,243,149.88 3.31 631,243.89 0.27 2 to 3 years 126,942.16 0.13 20,000.00 0.01 Over 3 years Total 98,003,390.46 100.00 233,995,661.69 100.00 (2) Top five ending balances by entity Proportion of the balance to the Entity name Ending balance total prepayment (%) No. 1 11,020,206.90 11.24 No. 2 10,132,079.38 10.34 No. 3 3,820,133.01 3.90 No. 4 3,309,248.95 3.38 No. 5 1,940,000.00 1.98 Total 30,221,668.24 30.84 5.6 Other Receivables (1) Listed by category Item Ending balance Beginning balance Interest receivable Dividend receivable Other receivables 65,401,034.51 73,337,415.74 Total 65,401,034.51 73,337,415.74 (2) Other Receivables ①Disclosure by aging Aging Ending balance Beginning balance Within one year 60,805,550.23 68,032,959.87 Of which: 1-6 months 56,954,905.73 66,026,552.80 7-12 months 3,850,644.50 2,006,407.07 1-2 years 5,361,866.84 5,801,770.49 2-3 years 1,063,770.81 1,686,854.49 ~ 139 ~ Interim Report 2023 Aging Ending balance Beginning balance Over 3 years 44,816,198.92 44,645,231.37 Subtotal 112,047,386.80 120,166,816.22 Less: Bad debt provision 46,646,352.29 46,829,400.48 Total 65,401,034.51 73,337,415.74 ②Disclosure by nature Nature Ending balance Beginning balance Investment in securities 38,336,008.08 38,434,247.10 Deposit and guarantee 10,046,065.16 9,840,126.80 Borrowing for business trip expenses 1,364,558.50 1,172,804.12 Rent, utilities and gasoline charges 8,846,028.79 5,206,927.45 Other 53,454,726.27 65,512,710.75 Subtotal 112,047,386.80 120,166,816.22 Less: Bad debt provision 46,646,352.29 46,829,400.48 Total 65,401,034.51 73,337,415.74 ③Disclosure by withdrawal method of bad debt provision A. As of 30 June 2023, bad debt provision withdrawn based on three stages model: Stage Carrying amount Bad debt provision Carrying value Stage 1 73,711,378.72 8,310,344.21 65,401,034.51 Stage 2 Stage 3 38,336,008.08 38,336,008.08 0.00 Total 112,047,386.80 46,646,352.29 65,401,034.51 A1. As of 30 June 2023, bad debt provision at stage 1: 12-month expected Category Carrying amount credit losses rate Bad debt provision Carrying value (%) Bad debt provision withdrawn separately Bad debt provision withdrawn by group 73,711,378.72 11.27 8,310,344.21 65,401,034.51 Of which: Group 1 Group 2 73,711,378.72 11.27 8,310,344.21 65,401,034.51 ~ 140 ~ Interim Report 2023 12-month expected Category Carrying amount credit losses rate Bad debt provision Carrying value (%) Total 73,711,378.72 11.27 8,310,344.21 65,401,034.51 On 30 June 2023, other receivables with bad debt provision withdrawn by group 2 Ending balance Aging Withdrawal proportion Carrying amount Bad debt provision (%) Within one year 60,805,550.23 762,081.28 1.25 Of which: 1-6 months 56,954,905.73 569,549.05 1.00 7-12 months 3,850,644.50 192,532.23 5.00 1-2 years 5,361,866.84 536,186.68 10.00 2-3 years 1,063,770.81 531,885.41 50.00 Over 3 years 6,480,190.84 6,480,190.84 100.00 Total 73,711,378.72 8,310,344.21 11.27 A2. As of 30 June 2023, bad debt provision at stage 3: Expected credit Category Carrying amount loss rate for the Bad debt provision Carrying value entire duration (%) Bad debt provision withdrawn separately 38,336,008.08 100.00 38,336,008.08 Bad debt provision withdrawn by group - Of which: Group 1 Group 2 - Total 38,336,008.08 100.00 38,336,008.08 On 30 June 2023, other receivables with bad debt provision withdrawn separately: Ending balance Name Withdrawal Carrying amount Bad debt provision Withdrawal reason proportion (%) The enterprise is bankrupt and Hengxin Securities Co., Ltd. 28,635,660.22 28,635,660.22 100.00 liquidated The enterprise is bankrupt and Jianqiao Securities Co., Ltd. 9,700,347.86 9,700,347.86 100.00 liquidated Total 38,336,008.08 38,336,008.08 100.00 -- ~ 141 ~ Interim Report 2023 B. As of 1 January 2023, bad debt provision withdrawn based on three stages model: Stage Carrying amount Bad debt provision Carrying value Stage 1 81,732,569.12 8,395,153.38 73,337,415.74 Stage 2 Stage 3 38,434,247.10 38,434,247.10 0.00 Total 120,166,816.22 46,829,400.48 73,337,415.74 B1. On 1 January 2023, bad debt provision at stage 1: 12-month expected Category Carrying amount credit losses rate Bad debt provision Carrying value (%) Bad debt provision withdrawn separately Bad debt provision withdrawn by group 81,732,569.12 10.27 8,395,153.38 73,337,415.74 Of which: Group 1 Group 2 81,732,569.12 10.27 8,395,153.38 73,337,415.74 Total 81,732,569.12 10.27 8,395,153.38 73,337,415.74 On 1 January 2023, other receivables with bad debt provision withdrawn by group 2 Beginning balance Aging Withdrawal proportion Carrying amount Bad debt provision (%) Within one year 68,032,959.87 760,564.80 1.12 Of which: 1-6 months 66,026,552.80 660,244.43 1.00 7-12 months 2,006,407.07 100,320.37 5.00 1-2 years 5,801,770.49 580,177.04 10.00 2-3 years 1,686,854.49 843,427.27 50.00 Over 3 years 6,210,984.27 6,210,984.27 100.00 Total 81,732,569.12 8,395,153.38 10.27 B2. As of 1 January 2023, bad debt provision at stage 3: Expected credit Category Carrying amount loss rate for the Bad debt provision Carrying value entire duration (%) Bad debt provision withdrawn separately 38,434,247.10 100.00 38,434,247.10 ~ 142 ~ Interim Report 2023 Expected credit Category Carrying amount loss rate for the Bad debt provision Carrying value entire duration (%) Bad debt provision withdrawn by group Of which: Group 1 Group 2 Total 38,434,247.10 100.00 38,434,247.10 On 1 January 2023, other receivables with bad debt provision withdrawn separately: Beginning balance Name Withdrawal Carrying amount Bad debt provision Withdrawal reason proportion (%) Hengxin Securities Co., Ltd. The enterprise is bankrupt and 28,733,899.24 28,733,899.24 100.00 liquidated Jianqiao Securities Co., Ltd. The enterprise is bankrupt and 9,700,347.86 9,700,347.86 100.00 liquidated Total 38,434,247.10 38,434,247.10 100.00 -- ④Changes of bad debt provision during the Reporting Period Changes in the Reporting Period Increase from Beginning business Category Recovery or Ending balance balance Write-off Withdrawal combination not reversal under the same control Bad debt provision 38,434,247.10 0.00 98,239.02 38,336,008.08 withdrawn separately Bad debt provision 8,395,153.38 -84,809.17 0.00 8,310,344.21 withdrawn by group Total 46,829,400.48 -84,809.17 98,239.02 46,646,352.29 ⑤Top five ending balances by entity Proportion of the balance to the total Entity name Nature Ending balance Aging Bad debt provision other receivables (%) ~ 143 ~ Interim Report 2023 No. 1 Securities 28,635,660.22 Over 3 years 25.56 28,635,660.22 investment No. 2 Within 6 Other 12,484,975.39 11.14 124,849.75 months No. 3 Securities 9,700,347.86 Over 3 years 8.66 9,700,347.86 investment No. 4 Within 6 Other 5,822,913.66 5.20 58,229.14 months Within 6 No. 5 Other 5,585,130.77 4.98 55,851.31 months Total 62,229,027.90 55.54 38,574,938.28 5.7 Inventories (1) Category of inventories Ending balance Item Carrying amount Falling price reserves Carrying value Raw materials and package 213,152,150.86 18,503,008.69 194,649,142.17 materials Semi-finished goods and work 5,033,783,996.41 0.00 5,033,783,996.41 in process Finished goods 967,084,041.00 20,469,460.46 946,614,580.54 Total 6,214,020,188.27 38,972,469.15 6,175,047,719.12 (Continued) Beginning balance Item Carrying amount Falling price reserves Carrying value Raw materials and package 384,626,636.25 16,449,308.79 368,177,327.46 materials Semi-finished goods and work 4,263,603,307.09 0.00 4,263,603,307.09 in process Finished goods 1,431,913,213.36 5,587,757.03 1,426,325,456.33 Total 6,080,143,156.70 22,037,065.82 6,058,106,090.88 (2) Falling price reserves of inventories ~ 144 ~ Interim Report 2023 Increase Decrease Beginning Items Increase from Ending balance balance Reversal or Withdrawal business Other recovery combination Raw materials and 16,449,308.79 2,432,862.49 379,162.59 18,503,008.69 package materials Finished goods 5,587,757.03 15,123,811.38 242,107.95 20,469,460.46 Total 22,037,065.82 17,556,673.87 621,270.54 38,972,469.15 5.8 Contract Assets Item Ending balance Beginning balance Completed and unliquidated assets 546,215.81 1,855,188.15 Total 546,215.81 1,855,188.15 5.9 Other Current Assets Item Ending balance Beginning balance Pledge-style repo of treasury bonds 20,000,000.00 60,000,000.00 Accrued Interests on deposits 12,313,701.79 3,579,838.89 Deductible tax 74,037,701.57 61,988,886.62 Total 106,351,403.36 125,568,725.51 5.10 Long-term Equity Investment Changes in the Reporting Period Profit and loss on Adjustment of Investees Beginning balance Additional Reduced investments other Changes in investments investments confirmed according comprehensive other equity to equity law income I. Associated enterprises Beijing Guge Trading 5,484,525.73 3,044.66 Co., Ltd. Anhui Xunfei Jiuzhi 4,669,710.25 43,101.60 Technology Co., Ltd. Total 10,154,235.98 46,146.26 (Continued) Investees Changes in the Reporting Period Ending balance Balance of ~ 145 ~ Interim Report 2023 impairment Declaration of cash Withdrawal of provision dividends or impairment Other distribution of profit provision I. Associated enterprises Beijing Guge Trading 5,487,570.39 Co., Ltd. Anhui Xunfei Jiuzhi 4,712,811.85 Technology Co., Ltd. Total 10,200,382.24 5.11 Other Equity Instrument Investment Item Ending balance Beginning balance Anhui Mingguang Rural Commercial Bank Co., 60,753,939.28 56,447,789.94 Ltd. Total 60,753,939.28 56,447,789.94 Disclosure of non-trading equity instrument investment by items Reason for assigning to Amount of other Reason for other measure in fair comprehensive comprehensive Dividend income Accumulative Accumulative value and the Item income income recognized gains losses changes included transferred to transferred to in other retained earnings retained earnings comprehensive income Assigned to measure in fair value and the Anhui Mingguang changes included Rural in other 747,200.50 6,905,241.48 Commercial Bank comprehensive Co., Ltd. income according to the holding purpose of the management 5.12 Investment Property (1) Investment property adopting cost measurement mode Items Building and plants Land use rights Total ~ 146 ~ Interim Report 2023 Items Building and plants Land use rights Total I. Original carrying value 1. Beginning balance 20,473,989.11 2,644,592.00 23,118,581.11 2. Increase during the Reporting Period 63,563,661.47 0.00 63,563,661.47 (1) Transfer from fixed assets 63,563,661.47 0.00 63,563,661.47 3. Decrease during the Reporting Period 4. Ending balance 84,037,650.58 2,644,592.00 86,682,242.58 II. Accumulated depreciation and amortization: 1. Beginning balance 8,853,919.61 867,779.54 9,721,699.15 2. Increase during the Reporting Period 28,396,712.94 28,013.28 28,424,726.22 (1) Withdrawal or amortization 674,786.99 28,013.28 702,800.27 (2) Transfer from fixed assets 27,721,925.95 0.00 27,721,925.95 3. Decrease during the Reporting Period 4. Ending balance 37,250,632.55 895,792.82 38,146,425.37 III. Impairment provision 1. Beginning balance 2. Increase during the Reporting Period 3. Decrease during the Reporting Period 4. Ending balance IV. Carrying value 1. Ending carrying value 46,787,018.03 1,748,799.18 48,535,817.21 2. Beginning carrying value 11,620,069.50 1,776,812.46 13,396,881.96 5.13 Fixed Assets (1) Listed by category Item Ending balance Beginning balance Fixed assets 2,917,327,570.54 2,741,844,586.30 Disposal of fixed assets 0.00 0.00 2,917,327,570.54 2,741,844,586.30 Total (2) Fixed assets ①General information of fixed assets Buildings and Machinery Office equipment Items Vehicles Total constructions equipments and other I. Original carrying value ~ 147 ~ Interim Report 2023 Buildings and Machinery Office equipment Items Vehicles Total constructions equipments and other 1. Beginning balance 2,726,822,355.63 1,665,445,833.44 79,609,320.00 408,442,822.46 4,880,320,331.53 2. Increase during the 189,332,235.24 153,214,225.89 3,146,790.96 8,530,952.51 354,224,204.60 Reporting Period (1) Acquisition 7,640,841.97 10,515,314.72 3,146,790.96 7,446,607.79 28,749,555.44 (2) Transfer from 181,691,393.27 142,698,911.17 0.00 1,084,344.72 325,474,649.16 construction in progress 3. Decrease during the 65,837,210.31 4,420,667.45 1,927,237.02 1,894,694.66 74,079,809.44 Reporting Period (1) Disposal or scrap 2,273,548.84 4,420,667.45 1,927,237.02 1,894,694.66 10,516,147.97 (2) Transfer to investment 63,563,661.47 0.00 0.00 0.00 63,563,661.47 property 4. Ending balance 2,850,317,380.56 1,814,239,391.88 80,828,873.94 415,079,080.31 5,160,464,726.69 II. Accumulated depreciation 1. Beginning balance 993,719,532.71 832,439,496.35 67,958,168.40 239,273,719.06 2,133,390,916.52 2. Increase during the 55,103,687.04 60,554,019.10 2,616,111.61 22,788,081.62 141,061,899.37 Reporting Period (1) Withdrawal 55,103,687.04 60,554,019.10 2,616,111.61 22,788,081.62 141,061,899.37 3. Decrease during the 29,247,651.69 3,752,545.41 1,508,111.52 1,803,368.33 36,311,676.95 Reporting Period (1) Disposal or scrap 1,525,725.74 3,752,545.41 1,508,111.52 1,803,368.33 8,589,751.00 (2) Transfer to investment 27,721,925.95 0.00 0.00 0.00 27,721,925.95 property 4. Ending balance 1,019,575,568.06 889,240,970.04 69,066,168.49 260,258,432.35 2,238,141,138.94 III. Impairment provision 1. Beginning balance 2,596,209.90 1,907,219.92 0.00 581,398.89 5,084,828.71 2. Increase during the Reporting Period (1) Withdrawal 3. Decrease during the 0.00 88,811.50 0.00 0.00 88,811.50 Reporting Period (1) Disposal or scrap 0.00 88,811.50 0.00 0.00 88,811.50 4. Ending balance 2,596,209.90 1,818,408.42 0.00 581,398.89 4,996,017.21 IV. Carrying value 1. Ending carrying value 1,828,145,602.60 923,180,013.42 11,762,705.45 154,239,249.07 2,917,327,570.54 ~ 148 ~ Interim Report 2023 Buildings and Machinery Office equipment Items Vehicles Total constructions equipments and other 2. Beginning carrying 1,730,506,613.02 831,099,117.17 11,651,151.60 168,587,704.51 2,741,844,586.30 value ②Idle fixed assets Original carrying Accumulated Item Impairment provision Carrying value Note value depreciation Buildings and 7,453,258.02 4,767,039.34 2,596,209.90 90,008.78 constructions Machinery equipments 9,642,767.65 7,684,779.01 1,818,408.42 139,580.22 Office equipment and 867,531.26 260,172.43 581,398.89 25,959.94 others Total 17,963,556.93 12,711,990.78 4,996,017.21 255,548.94 ③Fixed assets without certificate of title Items Carrying value Reason Buildings and constructions 1,124,786,340.32 In process Total 1,124,786,340.32 5.14 Construction in Progress (1) Listed by category Item Ending balance Beginning balance Construction in progress 3,007,948,340.56 2,454,703,251.44 Project materials 0.00 0.00 Total 3,007,948,340.56 2,454,703,251.44 (2) Construction in progress ①General information of construction in progress Ending balance Beginning balance Deprecia Deprecia Item Carrying Carrying Carrying Carrying tion tion amount value amount value reserve reserve 2,490,287,9 2,490,287,9 2,043,434,9 2,043,434,9 Smart park project 37.34 37.34 53.17 53.17 326,028,72 326,028,72 252,169,60 252,169,60 Theme hotel project 9.00 9.00 3.40 3.40 Gujing plant 79,054,102. 79,054,102. 48,337,480. 48,337,480. ~ 149 ~ Interim Report 2023 area 12# 51 51 17 17 liquor warehouse Flexible and automated technology transformation project for 23,558,436. 23,558,436. 0.00 0.00 glass bottle production line 29 29 73,415,307. 73,415,307. 57,312,769. 57,312,769. Suizhou new plant project 93 93 08 08 39,162,263. 39,162,263. 29,890,009. 29,890,009. Other individual project 78 78 33 33 3,007,948,3 3,007,948,3 2,454,703,2 2,454,703,2 Total 40.56 40.56 51.44 51.44 ②Changes in significant projects of construction in progress Decrease Increase during Amount Budget during the Project Beginning balance the Reporting transferred to Ending balance (RMB’0,000) Reporting Period fixed asset Period Smart park project 828,965.74 2,043,434,953.17 664,193,932.50 217,340,948.33 2,490,287,937.34 Theme hotel project 49,900.00 252,169,603.40 74,666,205.25 807,079.65 326,028,729.00 Gujing plant area 12# 16,250.00 48,337,480.17 30,716,622.34 0.00 79,054,102.51 liquor warehouse Flexible and automated technology transformation project 5,940.00 23,558,436.29 14,352,263.60 37,910,699.89 0.00 for glass bottle production line Suizhou new plant 60,000.00 57,312,769.08 88,559,657.56 64,500,140.63 7,956,978.08 73,415,307.93 project Other individual 11,753.47 29,890,009.33 16,994,599.67 4,915,780.66 2,806,564.56 39,162,263.78 project Total 972,809.21 2,454,703,251.44 889,483,280.92 325,474,649.16 10,763,542.64 3,007,948,340.56 (Continued) Interest Cumulative Of which: Interest Proportion of capitalization amount of capitalized during Project project input to Schedule (%) during the Source of funds interest the reporting budgets (%) Reporting capitalization period Period (%) ~ 150 ~ Interim Report 2023 Interest Cumulative Of which: Interest Proportion of capitalization amount of capitalized during Project project input to Schedule (%) during the Source of funds interest the reporting budgets (%) Reporting capitalization period Period (%) Self-owned Smart park project 37.93 42.29 fund and raised fund Self-owned Theme hotel project 65.49 65.49 fund Gujing plant Self-owned area 12# 75.09 75.09 fund liquor warehouse Flexible and automated technology transformation Self-owned 63.82 100.00 project for glass bottle fund production line Self-owned Suizhou new plant project 80.50 90.00 5,954,414.42 1,302,024.04 3.35 fund and borrowings Self-owned Other individual project 39.89 39.89 fund Total —— —— 5,954,414.42 1,302,024.04 5.15 Right-of-use Assets Items Buildings and constructions Machinery equipments Total I. Original carrying value 1. Beginning balance 58,410,080.67 1,330,929.57 59,741,010.24 2. Increase during the Reporting Period 3. Decrease during the Reporting Period 4. Ending balance 58,410,080.67 1,330,929.57 59,741,010.24 II. Accumulated depreciation 1. Beginning balance 26,291,552.70 887,286.44 27,178,839.14 2. Increase during the Reporting 7,049,426.28 221,821.60 7,271,247.88 Period ~ 151 ~ Interim Report 2023 3. Decrease during the Reporting Period 4. Ending balance 33,340,978.98 1,109,108.04 34,450,087.02 III. Impairment provision 1. Beginning balance 2. Increase during the Reporting Period 3. Decrease during the Reporting Period 4. Ending balance IV. Carrying value 1. Ending carrying value 25,069,101.69 221,821.53 25,290,923.22 2. Beginning carrying value 32,118,527.97 443,643.13 32,562,171.10 5.16 Intangible Assets (1) General information of intangible assets Patents and Item Land use rights Software Total trademark I. Original carrying value 1. Beginning balance 1,088,480,720.77 122,263,823.72 254,995,277.12 1,465,739,821.61 2. Increase during the Reporting 29,354,733.96 2,187,948.92 37,735.84 31,580,418.72 Period (1) Acquisition 29,354,733.96 574,479.89 37,735.84 29,966,949.69 (2) Transfer from construction in 0.00 1,613,469.03 0.00 1,613,469.03 progress 3. Decrease during the Reporting Period (1) Disposal 4. Ending balance 1,117,835,454.73 124,451,772.64 255,033,012.96 1,497,320,240.33 II. Accumulated amortization: 1. Beginning balance 204,751,419.36 80,821,700.01 71,874,672.80 357,447,792.17 2. Increase during the Reporting 11,732,524.92 9,848,670.89 112,821.03 21,694,016.84 Period (1) Withdrawal 11,732,524.92 9,848,670.89 112,821.03 21,694,016.84 3. Decrease during the Reporting Period ~ 152 ~ Interim Report 2023 Patents and Item Land use rights Software Total trademark (1) Disposal 4. Ending balance 216,483,944.28 90,670,370.90 71,987,493.83 379,141,809.01 III. Impairment provision 1. Beginning balance 0.00 166,872.39 0.00 166,872.39 2. Increase during the Reporting Period (1) Withdrawal 3. Decrease during the Reporting Period 4. Ending balance 0.00 166,872.39 0.00 166,872.39 IV. Carrying value 1. Ending carrying value 901,351,510.45 33,614,529.35 183,045,519.13 1,118,011,558.93 2. Beginning carrying value 883,729,301.41 41,275,251.32 183,120,604.32 1,108,125,157.05 (2) Intangible assets used for mortgage or pledge at 30 June 2023 Original carrying Accumulated Item Impairment provision Carrying value Note value amortization Trademark right 176,630,692.63 7,514,092.63 169,116,600.00 Total 176,630,692.63 7,514,092.63 169,116,600.00 (3) Intangible assets without certificate of title Item Carrying value Reason Land use rights 29,212,240.17 In progress Total 29,212,240.17 -- 5.17 Goodwill (1) Original carrying value of goodwill Increase Decrease Investees or matters that Formed by goodwill arising from Beginning balance Ending balance business Other Disposal Other combination Yellow Crane Tower Distillery 478,283,495.29 478,283,495.29 Co., Ltd. Anhui Mingguang Distillery Co., 60,686,182.07 60,686,182.07 Ltd. ~ 153 ~ Interim Report 2023 Increase Decrease Investees or matters that Formed by goodwill arising from Beginning balance Ending balance business Other Disposal Other combination Renhuai Maotai Town Zhencang 22,394,707.65 22,394,707.65 Winery Industry Co., Ltd. Total 561,364,385.01 561,364,385.01 5.18 Long-term Deferred Expenses Beginning Decrease Item Increase Ending balance balance Amortization Other decrease Experience center 18,055,386.32 156,139.05 6,946,176.16 11,265,349.21 Sewage treatment project 999,508.20 0.00 461,311.48 538,196.72 Yellow Crane Tower chateau and 770,053.59 0.00 739,326.23 30,727.36 museum Gujing party building cultural 1,181,818.18 0.00 590,909.09 590,909.09 center Outdoor auxiliary projects 16,586,539.00 4,604,396.05 1,115,312.37 20,075,622.68 Other individual project with 13,419,672.02 4,229,749.26 4,475,009.56 13,174,411.72 insignificant amounts Total 51,012,977.31 8,990,284.36 14,328,044.89 45,675,216.78 5.19 Deferred Tax Assets and Deferred Tax Liabilities (1) Deferred tax assets before offsetting Ending balance Beginning balance Item Deductible Deductible temporary temporary Deferred tax assets Deferred tax assets differences differences Asset impairment provision 44,135,358.75 11,017,152.45 27,288,766.92 6,642,674.57 Credit impairment provision 55,867,897.58 13,966,974.39 55,952,351.78 13,967,271.03 Unrealized intergroup profit 52,435,871.27 13,108,967.82 100,142,928.48 25,035,732.12 Deferred income 100,910,143.95 25,227,535.99 103,714,978.95 25,483,351.68 Deductible losses 383,255,423.61 88,916,471.40 337,681,202.44 77,041,463.86 Carry-over of payroll payables deductible during the next 0.00 0.00 6,380,952.10 957,142.82 period ~ 154 ~ Interim Report 2023 Accrued expenses and 1,601,881,132.90 400,470,283.23 1,104,571,137.01 275,740,361.64 discount Lease liabilities 23,349,279.64 5,837,319.91 0.00 0.00 Change in fair value of 3,343,717.82 824,156.26 1,024,977.31 252,229.65 accounts receivable financing Total 2,265,178,825.52 559,368,861.45 1,736,757,294.99 425,120,227.37 (2) Deferred tax liabilities before offsetting Ending balance Beginning balance Item Taxable Deferred tax temporary Taxable temporary differences Deferred tax liabilities liabilities differences Difference in accelerated depreciation of fixed 144,758,293.39 36,189,573.35 157,708,682.09 39,427,170.52 assets Assets appreciation arising from business 685,401,126.74 165,822,949.79 697,149,707.15 168,589,543.40 combination not under the same control Changes in fair value of 40,678,478.17 10,169,619.54 32,687,769.66 8,171,942.42 trading financial assets Right-of-use assets 25,290,923.22 6,322,730.81 0.00 0.00 Unrealized intergroup 291,469,749.00 72,867,437.25 257,338,901.32 64,334,725.33 profit Changes in fair value of investments in other 6,905,241.48 1,726,310.37 2,599,092.14 649,773.03 equity instruments Total 1,194,503,812.00 293,098,621.11 1,147,484,152.36 281,173,154.70 3.20 Other Non-current Assets Item Ending balance Beginning balance Prepayments for equipment 5,834,000.00 6,870,532.00 Total 5,834,000.00 6,870,532.00 3.21 Short-term Borrowings Category Ending balance Beginning balance Mortgage borrowings 0.00 34,267,952.97 Guarantee borrowings 0.00 48,964,223.34 Total 0.00 83,232,176.31 ~ 155 ~ Interim Report 2023 3.22 Notes Payable (1) Listed by nature Category Ending balance Beginning balance Bank acceptance bills 212,480,000.00 695,740,000.00 Commercial acceptance bills 0.00 0.00 Total 212,480,000.00 695,740,000.00 (2) At the end of the reporting period, there is no notes payable matured but not yet paid. 5.23 Accounts Payable (1) Listed by nature Item Ending balance Beginning balance Payments for goods 949,500,340.00 1,123,707,643.38 Payments for constructions and equipment 511,432,073.23 539,292,035.62 Other 396,036,791.23 391,063,880.15 Total 1,856,969,204.46 2,054,063,559.15 (2) Significant accounts payable aging over one year Item Ending balance Reason No. 1 981,100.63 Payments for goods No. 2 862,858.85 Final payment No. 3 598,255.90 Final payment No. 4 517,243.00 Final payment No. 5 490,485.32 Final payment Total 3,449,943.70 -- 5.24 Contract Liabilities Item Ending balance Beginning balance Payment for goods 3,025,229,971.79 826,636,478.35 Total 3,025,229,971.79 826,636,478.35 5.25 Employee Benefits Payable (1) List of employee benefits payable Item Beginning balance Increase Decrease Ending balance ~ 156 ~ Interim Report 2023 Item Beginning balance Increase Decrease Ending balance I. Short-term employee benefits 793,591,539.55 1,891,342,619.23 1,810,041,140.28 874,893,018.50 II. Post-employment 1,546,766.08 82,066,395.28 81,861,755.55 1,751,405.81 benefits-defined contribution plans III. Termination benefits 0.00 121,127.34 121,127.34 0.00 IV. Other benefits due within one year Total 795,138,305.63 1,973,530,141.85 1,892,024,023.17 876,644,424.31 (2) List of short-term employee benefits Item Beginning balance Increase Decrease Ending balance I. Salaries, bonuses, allowances and 711,371,745.69 1,672,419,568.80 1,586,243,702.43 797,547,612.06 subsidies II. Employee benefits 0.00 54,951,784.82 54,951,784.82 0.00 III. Social insurance 420,184.43 44,471,544.83 44,661,581.87 230,147.39 Of which: Health insurance 419,281.03 41,825,990.32 42,015,999.21 229,272.14 Injury insurance 903.40 2,645,554.51 2,645,582.66 875.25 IV. Housing accumulation fund 6,773,970.41 55,878,131.43 57,342,446.51 5,309,655.33 V. Labor union funds and employee 71,814,254.14 18,689,814.10 21,936,590.34 68,567,477.90 education funds VI. Enterprise annuity 3,211,384.88 44,931,775.25 44,905,034.31 3,238,125.82 Total 793,591,539.55 1,891,342,619.23 1,810,041,140.28 874,893,018.50 (3) Defined contribution plans Item Beginning balance Increase Decrease Ending balance 1. Basic endowment insurance 1,545,352.88 78,912,453.57 78,708,034.44 1,749,772.01 2. Unemployment insurance 1,413.20 3,153,941.71 3,153,721.11 1,633.80 Total 1,546,766.08 82,066,395.28 81,861,755.55 1,751,405.81 5.26 Taxes Payable Item Ending balance Beginning balance VAT 254,255,476.34 256,705,264.84 ~ 157 ~ Interim Report 2023 Item Ending balance Beginning balance Consumption tax 291,097,865.81 502,091,276.19 Enterprise income tax 408,778,673.72 335,723,169.21 Individual income tax 3,398,625.33 12,550,946.18 Urban maintenance and construction tax 28,272,630.16 40,572,819.42 Stamp duty 4,296,747.25 4,553,890.84 Educational surcharge 27,096,659.93 37,594,377.10 Other 14,871,540.56 15,236,386.24 Total 1,032,068,219.10 1,205,028,130.02 5.27 Other Payables (1) Listed by category Item Ending balance Beginning balance Interest payable Dividends payable 1,585,800,000.00 0.00 Other payables 2,941,736,360.10 3,261,763,838.80 Total 4,527,536,360.10 3,261,763,838.80 (2) Other payables ①Listed by nature Item Ending balance Beginning balance Security deposit and guarantee 2,451,019,568.08 2,752,404,989.26 Warranty 64,044,176.35 58,897,431.31 Personal housing fund paid by company 5,468,646.73 5,465,938.41 Other 421,203,968.94 444,995,479.82 Total 2,941,736,360.10 3,261,763,838.80 ②Significant other payables aging over one year Other payables balance aging over one year are mainly security deposit and warranty not yet matured. 5.28 Non-current Liabilities due within one year Item Ending balance Beginning balance Lease liabilities due within one year 9,907,322.54 12,204,345.11 Long-term borrowings 0.00 30,033,000.00 ~ 158 ~ Interim Report 2023 Item Ending balance Beginning balance Total 9,907,322.54 42,237,345.11 5.29 Other Current Liabilities Item Ending balance Beginning balance Accrued expenses 1,273,818,015.34 942,387,734.28 The VAT tax liability has not yet occurred and needs to be recognized as the value-added tax of 393,861,615.92 102,276,707.30 the output tax in the subsequent periods Total 1,667,679,631.26 1,044,664,441.58 5.30 Long-term Borrowings Item Ending balance Beginning balance Credit Loan 20,000,000.00 20,000,000.00 Guarantee loan 158,900,000.00 24,900,000.00 Accrued interest 153,388.89 44,737.91 Total 179,053,388.89 44,944,737.91 5.31 Lease Liabilities Item Ending balance Beginning balance Lease payments 24,581,361.42 33,494,997.76 Less: unrecognized financial charges 1,232,081.78 2,659,256.72 Subtotal 23,349,279.64 30,835,741.04 Less: lease liabilities due within one year 9,907,322.54 12,204,345.11 Total 13,441,957.10 18,631,395.93 5.32 Deferred Income (1) General information of deferred income Item Beginning balance Increase Decrease Ending balance Reason Government Receiving asset-related 103,714,978.95 2,804,835.00 100,910,143.95 grants grants from government Total 103,714,978.95 2,804,835.00 100,910,143.95 -- (2) Items involved with government grants: Recognized in Increase during Related to Beginning other income Item the Reporting Other changes Ending balance assets/related to balance during the Period income Reporting ~ 159 ~ Interim Report 2023 Period Subsidy for Suizhou new 34,590,105.88 373,947.06 34,216,158.82 Related to assets factory infrastructure Refund of Land payment 41,721,392.05 489,459.12 41,231,932.93 Related to assets Funds for strategic emerging industry 1,129,920.10 311,359.98 818,560.12 Related to assets agglomeration development base Comprehensive subsidy fund for air pollution 1,790,739.87 147,182.40 1,643,557.47 Related to assets prevention and control Instrument subsidy 959,437.91 160,133.94 799,303.97 Related to assets Subsidy funds for strong manufacturing province and private economy 941,529.13 154,327.14 787,201.99 Related to assets development projects in 2019 Subsidy for technical transformation of No.2 537,037.00 111,111.12 425,925.88 Related to assets boiler Equipment subsidy 460,698.12 104,104.98 356,593.14 Related to assets Gujing Zhangji wine cellar optimization and 692,708.55 23,749.98 668,958.57 Related to assets reconstruction project Subsidy for food safety 275,862.25 68,965.50 206,896.75 Related to assets improvement project Specific funds for side management of power 84,000.00 72,000.00 12,000.00 Related to assets demand Wine production system 1,889,148.47 119,744.64 1,769,403.83 Related to assets technical transformation Intelligent solid brewing technology innovation 26,041.41 15,625.02 10,416.39 Related to assets project Specific funds for transformation of gas-fired 167,500.00 15,000.00 152,500.00 Related to assets boilers Recognition awards for 482,978.61 34,821.85 448,156.76 Related to assets ~ 160 ~ Interim Report 2023 Industrial enterprise technical transformation investments Government grants from Technology and Quality 101,804.98 10,274.27 91,530.71 Related to assets Department Baijiu industry Internet 7,000,000.00 7,000,000.00 Related to assets Platform VOCs emission treatment 6,128,067.23 311,596.62 5,816,470.61 Related to assets for brewing workshops Provincial special Fund for high-quality 2,707,500.00 142,500.00 2,565,000.00 Related to assets development of manufacturing industry Upgrading of intelligent and automatic baijiu 900,000.04 49,999.98 850,000.06 Related to assets production Deep treatment project of 716,391.45 66,200.94 650,190.51 Related to assets VOCs Project of Robot 412,115.90 22,730.46 389,385.44 Related to assets Development Total 103,714,978.95 2,804,835.00 100,910,143.95 -- 5.33 Share Capital Changes during the Reporting Period (+,-) Item Beginning balance Bonus Capitalization Ending balance New issues Others Subtotal issues of reserves The sum of 528,600,000.00 528,600,000.00 shares 5.34 Capital Reserves Item Beginning balance Increase Decrease Ending balance Capital premium (share 6,191,894,530.90 6,191,894,530.90 premium) ~ 161 ~ Interim Report 2023 Item Beginning balance Increase Decrease Ending balance Other capital reserves 32,853,136.20 32,853,136.20 Total 6,224,747,667.10 6,224,747,667.10 5.35 Other Comprehensive Income Reporting Period Less: Less: Recorded in Recorded in other other comprehensi comprehensiv Attributable to ve income in Attributable to Beginning Income before e income in owners of the Ending Item prior period Less: Income non-controllin balance taxation in the prior period Company as balance and tax expense g interests Current Period and transferred the parent transferred after tax to profit or after tax to retained loss in the earnings in Current the Current Period Period I. Other comprehensive income that may not subsequently be 1,169,591.46 4,306,149.34 0.00 1,076,537.34 1,937,767.20 1,291,844.80 3,107,358.66 reclassified to profit or loss Of which: Changes caused by remeasurements on defined benefit schemes Other comprehensive income that will not be reclassified to profit or loss under the equity method Changes in fair value of other equity instrument 1,169,591.46 4,306,149.34 0.00 1,076,537.34 1,937,767.20 1,291,844.80 3,107,358.66 investment Changes in the fair value arising from changes in own credit risk II. Other comprehensive income that may subsequently be -760,851.85 -3,343,717.82 -1,030,330.20 -578,346.91 -1,687,623.02 -47,417.69 -2,448,474.87 reclassified to profit or loss Of which: Other comprehensive income that will be reclassified to profit or loss under the equity ~ 162 ~ Interim Report 2023 method Changes in the fair value of investments in other debt obligations Other comprehensive income arising from the -760,851.85 -3,343,717.82 -1,030,330.20 - -578,346.91 -1,687,623.02 -47,417.69 -2,448,474.87 reclassification of financial assets Credit impairment allowance for investments in other debt obligations Reserve for cash flow hedges Differences arising from translation of foreign currency-denominated financial statements Total of other comprehensive 408,739.61 962,431.52 -1,030,330.20 - 498,190.43 250,144.18 1,244,427.11 658,883.79 income 5.36 Surplus Reserves Item Beginning balance Increase Decrease Ending balance Statutory surplus reserve 269,402,260.27 269,402,260.27 Total 269,402,260.27 269,402,260.27 Note: In accordance with provisions of Company Law and Articles of Association, the statutory surplus reserve shall be withdrawn at 10% of net profits by the Company. The accumulated amount of statutory surplus reserve can no longer be withdrawn when it is more than 50% of the Company’s registered capital. 5.37 Retained Earnings Item Reporting Period Same period of last year Beginning balance of retained earnings before adjustments 11,497,599,306.54 9,517,374,574.46 Total beginning balance of retained earnings before adjustment (increase+, decrease-) Beginning balance of retained earnings after adjustments 11,497,599,306.54 9,517,374,574.46 Add: Net profit attributable to owners of the Company as 2,779,474,367.51 3,143,144,732.08 the parent Less: withdrawal of statutory surplus reserve Dividend of ordinary shares payable 1,585,800,000.00 1,162,920,000.00 ~ 163 ~ Interim Report 2023 Item Reporting Period Same period of last year Ending retained earnings 12,691,273,674.05 11,497,599,306.54 5.38 Operating Revenue and Cost of Sales Reporting Period Same period of last year Item Operating revenue Costs of sales Operating revenue Costs of sales Main operations 11,255,806,929.70 2,371,427,439.55 8,962,507,998.25 2,007,802,802.77 Other operations 54,209,565.40 17,183,398.73 39,497,925.17 15,201,058.59 Total 11,310,016,495.10 2,388,610,838.28 9,002,005,923.42 2,023,003,861.36 Information on operating revenue: Contract category Liquor sales Total Commodity type 10,980,685,839.60 10,980,685,839.60 Including: Original Vintage 8,761,231,340.80 8,761,231,340.80 Gujinggong Liquor 1,111,025,383.77 1,111,025,383.77 Yellow Crane Tower and others 1,108,429,115.03 1,108,429,115.03 By operating segment 10,980,685,839.60 10,980,685,839.60 Including: North China 821,080,901.86 821,080,901.86 Central China 9,497,289,610.95 9,497,289,610.95 Southern China 652,489,537.33 652,489,537.33 Overseas 9,825,789.46 9,825,789.46 Contract type 10,980,685,839.60 10,980,685,839.60 Including: Commodity sales contract 10,980,685,839.60 10,980,685,839.60 By sales channel 10,980,685,839.60 10,980,685,839.60 Including: Online 343,534,388.41 343,534,388.41 Offline 10,637,151,451.19 10,637,151,451.19 Total 10,980,685,839.60 10,980,685,839.60 Information on performance obligations: None 5.39 Taxes and Surcharges Item Reporting Period Same period of last year Consumption tax 1,311,088,718.86 1,047,706,042.57 ~ 164 ~ Interim Report 2023 Urban maintenance and construction tax and 249,167,147.23 191,118,110.88 educational surcharge Urban land use tax 11,797,701.09 10,644,741.02 Property tax 12,402,844.79 8,962,556.19 Stamp duty 9,986,220.33 9,277,618.92 Other 10,999,508.76 9,029,828.22 Total 1,605,442,141.06 1,276,738,897.80 5.40 Selling Expense Item Reporting Period Same period of last year Employment benefits 623,631,139.58 499,313,896.40 Travel fees 96,783,184.70 77,211,414.12 Advertisement fees 564,290,043.38 557,349,666.49 Comprehensive promotion costs 1,333,513,264.01 1,057,068,152.23 Service fees 371,761,620.49 352,084,304.93 Other 58,035,891.45 52,077,986.29 Total 3,048,015,143.61 2,595,105,420.46 5.41 Administrative Expenses Item Reporting Period Same period of last year Employee benefits 404,447,209.51 332,926,047.23 Office fees 18,750,767.90 21,699,298.12 Maintenance expenses 24,933,916.68 88,287,928.43 Depreciation 34,435,401.77 34,878,234.93 Amortization of intangible assets 17,399,804.22 17,052,302.25 Pollution discharge 11,632,964.09 12,080,582.54 Travel expenses 7,252,762.78 4,611,573.45 Water and electricity charges 6,563,326.70 5,701,410.83 Other 58,558,405.72 42,083,164.88 Total 583,974,559.37 559,320,542.66 5.42 Development Costs Item Reporting Period Same period of last year Labor cost 20,823,084.10 17,578,443.61 ~ 165 ~ Interim Report 2023 Item Reporting Period Same period of last year Direct input costs 5,437,858.15 4,038,177.88 Depreciation expense 1,459,282.37 1,250,539.87 Other 2,243,950.60 4,970,204.58 Total 29,964,175.22 27,837,365.94 5.43 Finance Costs Item Reporting Period Same period of last year 771,499.92 2,498,008.94 Interest expenses 122,996,635.75 131,378,962.32 Less: Interest income -122,225,135.83 -128,880,953.38 Net interest expenses -75,794.06 -429,484.32 Net foreign exchange losses -549,709.86 -313,522.29 Bank charges and others -122,850,639.75 -129,623,959.99 Total 5.44 Other Income Same period of last Item Reporting Period Related to assets /income year I. Government grants recorded to other income Of which: Government grant related to deferred 2,804,835.00 3,128,898.51 Related to assets income Government grant recorded to current 24,299,742.88 23,080,182.64 Related to income profit or loss Total 27,104,577.88 26,209,081.15 -- 5.45 Investment Income Item Reporting Period Same period of last year Investment income from long-term equity 46,146.26 144,074.52 investments under equity method Investment income from disposal of financial -991,715.70 assets at fair value through profit or loss Investment income from holding of debt obligations Investment income from holding of other 747,200.50 957,949.08 equity instrument investments Investment income from disposal of financial -27,223,678.44 -18,654,353.22 assets at fair value through other ~ 166 ~ Interim Report 2023 comprehensive income Investment income from holding of trading 0.00 0.00 financial assets Other 75,934.01 103,208.20 Total -27,346,113.37 -17,449,121.42 5.46 Gains on Changes in Fair Values Sources Reporting Period Same period of last year Financial assets at fair value through profit or loss 25,168,981.30 318,569.02 Of which: gains on changes in fair value of derivatives 0.00 0.00 Total 25,168,981.30 318,569.02 5.47 Credit Impairment Loss Item Reporting Period Same period of last year Bad debt of notes receivable 0.00 0.00 Bad debt of accounts receivable -98,593.99 -167,126.54 Bad debt of other receivables 183,048.19 -1,091,654.82 Total 84,454.20 -1,258,781.36 5.48 Asset Impairment Loss Item Reporting Period Same period of last year I. Inventory falling price loss -17,556,673.87 4,343,131.74 II. Impairment loss of fixed assets 0.00 0.00 III. Impairment loss of intangible assets 0.00 0.00 Total -17,556,673.87 4,343,131.74 5.49 Gains on Disposal of Assets Item Reporting Period Same period of last year Gains/losses from disposal of fixed assets, construction in progress, productive biological assets and intangible assets not 203,366.67 191,652.74 classified as held for sale Of which: Fixed assets 203,366.67 191,652.74 Total 203,366.67 191,652.74 5.50 Non-operating Income Recognized in current Item Reporting Period Same period of last year non-recurring profit or loss ~ 167 ~ Interim Report 2023 Recognized in current Item Reporting Period Same period of last year non-recurring profit or loss Gains from damage or scrapping of 792.36 368,223.18 792.36 non-current asset Government grants irrelevant to daily 0.00 0.00 0.00 operation activities Income from penalties and compensation 27,153,467.53 18,655,281.74 27,153,467.53 Sales of wastes 2,315,235.07 2,007,451.66 2,315,235.07 Other 15,206,998.10 3,957,979.77 15,206,998.10 Total 44,676,493.06 24,988,936.35 44,676,493.06 5.51 Non-operating Expenses Recognized in current Item Reporting Period Same period of last year non-recurring profit or loss Loss from damage or scrapping of 1,388,046.95 516,064.41 1,388,046.95 non-current assets Donations 16,260,100.00 5,480,000.00 16,260,100.00 Other 2,710,295.84 2,355,398.76 2,710,295.84 Total 20,358,442.79 8,351,463.17 20,358,442.79 5.52 Income Tax Expenses (1) Details of income tax expenses Item Reporting Period Same period of last year Current tax expenses 1,087,484,097.12 866,229,611.46 Deferred tax expenses -122,827,778.40 -160,176,427.85 Total 964,656,318.72 706,053,183.61 (2) Reconciliation of accounting profit and income tax expenses Item Reporting Period Profit before taxation 3,808,836,920.39 Current income tax expense accounted at applicable tax rate of the 952,209,230.10 Company as the parent Influence of applying different tax rates by subsidiaries -7,257,941.68 Adjustment for prior period 24,766,045.43 Influence of non-taxable income ~ 168 ~ Interim Report 2023 Influence of non-deductable costs, expenses and losses 1,275,896.31 Influence of deductable losses of unrecognized deferred income tax at the beginning of the Reporting Period Influence of deductable temporary difference or deductable losses of unrecognized deferred income tax in the Reporting Period Influence of development expense deduction -6,336,911.44 Tax rate adjustment to the beginning balance of deferred income tax assets/liabilities Income tax credits Total 964,656,318.72 5.53 Notes to the Statement of Cash Flows (1) Other cash received relating to operating activities Item Reporting Period Same period of last year Security deposit, guarantee and warranty 191,395,775.56 210,649,471.58 Government grants 23,086,588.11 35,430,182.64 Interest income 114,262,772.85 100,343,028.34 Release of restricted monetary assets 667,182,706.08 0.00 Other 60,720,033.61 70,451,751.06 Total 1,056,647,876.21 416,874,433.62 (2) Other cash payments relating to operating activities Item Reporting Period Same period of last year Cash paid in sales and distribution expenses and 1,028,393,443.01 614,584,443.16 general and administrative expense Security deposit, guarantee and warranty 112,028,193.49 73,317,371.12 Time deposits or deposits pledged for the 10,001,995.00 0.00 issuance of notes payable Others 106,759,182.45 84,256,242.29 Total 1,257,182,813.95 772,158,056.57 (3) Other cash payments relating to financing activities Item Reporting Period Same period of last year Rental fee 8,506,249.20 9,257,885.61 Total 8,506,249.20 9,257,885.61 5.54 Supplementary Information to the Statement of Cash Flows ~ 169 ~ Interim Report 2023 (1) Supplementary information to the statement of cash flows Supplementary information Reporting Period Same period of last year 1. Reconciliation of net profit to net cash flows generated from operating activities: Net profit 2,844,180,601.67 1,972,562,616.63 Add: Provisions for impairment of assets 17,556,673.87 -4,343,131.74 Losses on credit impairment -84,454.20 1,258,781.36 Depreciation of fixed assets, oil and gas 141,764,699.64 114,197,513.54 assets and productive biological assets Depreciation of right-of-use assets 7,271,247.88 7,290,438.15 Amortization of intangible assets 21,694,016.84 21,260,439.42 Amortization of long-term deferred expenses 14,328,044.89 15,659,432.46 Losses from disposal of fixed assets, intangible assets and other long-term assets -203,366.67 -191,652.74 (gains: negative) Losses on scrapping of fixed assets (gains: 1,387,254.59 147,841.23 negative) Losses on changes in fair value (gains: -25,168,981.30 -318,569.02 negative) Finance costs (gains: negative) 695,705.86 -429,484.32 Investment losses (gains: negative) 27,346,113.37 17,449,121.42 Decreases in deferred tax assets (increase: -134,248,634.08 -153,080,744.31 negative) Increases in deferred tax liabilities (decrease: 11,925,466.41 -6,352,743.86 negative) Decreases in inventories (increase: negative) -133,877,031.57 -344,209,016.09 Decreases in operating receivables (increase: -555,140,216.28 -111,211,423.56 negative) Increases in operating payables (decrease: 1,821,226,849.73 2,661,557,381.22 negative) Other*1 667,182,706.08 0.00 Net cash flows from operating activities 4,727,836,696.73 4,191,246,799.79 2. Significant investing and financing ~ 170 ~ Interim Report 2023 activities without involvement of cash receipts and payments Conversion of debt into capital Current portion of convertible corporate bonds Fixed assets acquired under finance leases 3. Net increase/decrease of cash and cash equivalents: Ending balance of cash 16,842,303,222.36 11,409,624,162.43 Less: Beginning balance of cash 13,105,373,435.22 6,057,550,178.60 Add: Ending balance of cash equivalents Less: Beginning balance of cash equivalents Net increase in cash and cash equivalents 3,736,929,787.14 5,352,073,983.83 *1: Refer to impact of recovered restricted funds for operating activities paid at the same period of last year on net cash flow generated from operating activities of the reporting period. (2) Net Cash Paid For Acquisition of Subsidiaries Item Amount Cash or cash equivalents paid in the Reporting Period for business combination occurring in the Reporting Period Of which: Less: cash or cash equivalents held by subsidiaries on the purchase date Of which: Add: cash or cash equivalents paid in the Reporting Period for 13,439,262.05 business combination occurring in prior period Of which: Net payments for acquisition of subsidiaries 13,439,262.05 (3) The components of cash and cash equivalents Item Reporting Period Same period of last year I. Cash 16,842,303,222.36 11,409,624,162.43 Including: Cash on hand 100,681.01 97,411.12 Bank deposit on demand 16,842,069,031.88 11,409,370,669.26 Other monetary assets on demand 133,509.47 156,082.05 ~ 171 ~ Interim Report 2023 II. Cash equivalents Of which: Bond investments maturing within three months III. Ending balance of cash and cash equivalents 16,842,303,222.36 11,409,624,162.43 Of which: cash and cash equivalents with restriction to use in the subsidies of the Company as the parent or Group 5.55 Assets with Restricted Ownership or Right of Use Item Ending carrying value Reason Certificate of deposit pledged for opening Cash and cash equivalents 10,006,995.00 bank acceptance bills and security deposit Intangible assets 169,116,600.00 Pledged for guarantee loans Total 179,123,595.00 -- 5.56 Government Grants (1) Government grants related to assets Item Recognized in current profit or loss or as Presented item presented in deduct of related cost recorded to current Item Amount the statement profit or loss or as Reporting of financial Same period of last year deduct of related Period position cost Suizhou new plant infrastructure Deferred 34,216,158.82 373,947.06 373,947.06 Other income subsidy income Deferred Refund for land payment 41,231,932.93 489,459.12 489,459.12 Other income income Funds for strategic emerging Deferred industry agglomeration 818,560.12 311,359.98 311,359.98 Other income income development base Comprehensive subsidy fund for Deferred air pollution prevention and 1,643,557.47 147,182.40 147,182.40 Other income income control Deferred Equipment subsidy 799,303.97 160,133.94 160,133.94 Other income income Subsidy funds for strong manufacturing province and Deferred 787,201.99 154,327.14 154,327.14 Other income private economy development income projects in 2019 Subsidy for the construction of Deferred independent innovation capacity 0.00 0.00 365,272.50 Other income income of Anhui Province ~ 172 ~ Interim Report 2023 Subsidy for technical Deferred 425,925.88 111,111.12 111,111.12 Other income transformation of No.2 boiler income Deferred Equipment subsidy 356,593.14 104,104.98 104,104.56 Other income income Optimization and reconstruction Deferred project of Gujing Zhangji liquor 668,958.57 23,749.98 23,749.98 Other income income store Subsidy for food safety Deferred 206,896.75 68,965.50 68,965.50 Other income improvement project income Anhui province development of Deferred 0.00 0.00 146,341.44 Other income direct funds of service industry income Specific funds for side Deferred 12,000.00 72,000.00 72,000.00 Other income management of power demand income Whole process online Deferred monitoring of hook and store 0.00 0.00 46,875.32 Other income income automation and product quality Wine production system Deferred 119,744.64 1,769,403.83 145,786.08 Other income technical transformation income Intelligent solid brewing Deferred 15,625.02 10,416.39 15,625.02 Other income technology innovation project income Specific fund for transformation Deferred 15,000.00 152,500.00 15,000.00 Other income of gas-fired boilers income Recognition awards for 34,821.85 Deferred industrial enterprise technical 448,156.76 34,821.86 Other income income transformation investments Government grants from Deferred Technology and Quality 91,530.71 10,274.27 10,274.26 Other income income Department Deferred Baijiu industry Internet Platform 7,000,000.00 0.00 0.00 Other income income VOCs emission treatment Deferred 5,816,470.61 311,596.62 0.00 Other income project for brewing workshops income Provincial special Fund for Deferred high-quality development of 2,565,000.00 142,500.00 0.00 Other income income manufacturing industry Upgrading of intelligent and Deferred 850,000.06 49,999.98 49,999.98 Other income automatic baijiu production income Deferred 650,190.51 66,200.94 267,407.61 Other income Deep treatment project of VOCs income ~ 173 ~ Interim Report 2023 Deferred 389,385.44 22,730.46 15,153.64 Other income Project of Robot Development income Total 100,910,143.95 -- 2,804,835.00 3,128,898.51 -- (2) Government grants related to income Item Recognized in current profit or loss or as Presented presented deduct of related cost item recorded in the to current Item Amount statement Reporting profit or loss Same period of last year of financial Period or as deduct position of related cost Other Tax refund 3,744,824.92 3,744,824.92 4,798,088.43 Other income income Rewards for supporting high-quality Other 720,000.00 Other income development of income intellectual property rights Subsidy for Other commending 13,470,300.00 13,470,300.00 7,437,183.00 Other income income industry Bozhou rewards and subsidies for Other supporting 800,000.00 Other income income technological innovation Manufacturing Power Province Subsidies for Other 1,140,000.00 Other income Intelligent and income Automatic Baijiu Production The third special fund from Bureau for Promoting Economy and Other 558,760.00 Other income Technology of income High-tech Zone of Xianning for carriers with characteristics ~ 174 ~ Interim Report 2023 of innovation and entrepreneurship VAT add-on Other 1,216,092.52 1,216,092.52 2,650,735.41 Other income deduction income Other Others 3,113,985.44 3,113,985.44 4,975,415.80 Other income income Other Plant rent subsidy 1,800,000.00 1,800,000.00 Other income income Special fund for special carriers of Other mass 954,540.00 954,540.00 0.00 Other income income entrepreneurship and innovation Finance Finance Discounted loans 1,392,125.00 1,392,125.00 9,666.66 expense expense Total 25,691,867.88 -- 25,691,867.88 23,089,849.30 -- 6. CHANGES OF CONSOLIDATION SCOPE 6.1 Changes in Combination Scope for Other Reasons Compared with the previous period, the Company added subsidiaries Anhui Guqi Distillery Co., Ltd., Wuhan Gulou Junhe Trading Co., Ltd. and Wuhan Gulou Juntai Trading Co., Ltd. 7. EQUITY IN OTHER ENTITIES 7.1 Equity in Subsidiaries (1) Composition of corporate group Main Holding percentage (%) Registration Nature of Name operating Way of gaining place business Directly Indirectly place Anhui Commercial Investment Bozhou Gujing Sales Co., Ltd. Anhui Bozhou 100.00 Bozhou trade establishment Anhui Investment Anhui Longrui Glass Co., Ltd Anhui Bozhou Manufacture 100.00 Bozhou establishment Anhui Jiuan Mechanical Electrical Anhui Equipment Investment Anhui Bozhou 100.00 Equipment Co., Ltd. Bozhou manufacturing establishment Anhui Jinyunlai Culture & Media Advertisement Investment Anhui Hefei Anhui Hefei 100.00 Co., Ltd. marketing establishment Anhui Ruisiweier Technology Co., Anhui Technical Investment Anhui Bozhou 100.00 Ltd. Bozhou research establishment Shanghai Gujing Jinhao Hotel Shanghai Shanghai Hotel 100.00 Business ~ 175 ~ Interim Report 2023 Management Co., Ltd. management combination under common control Bozhou Gujing Hotel Co., Ltd Business Anhui combination Anhui Bozhou Hotel operating 100.00 Bozhou under common control Anhui Yuanqing Environmental Anhui Sewage Investment Anhui Bozhou 100.00 Protection Co., Ltd. Bozhou treatment establishment Anhui Gujing Yunshang Electronic Investment Anhui Hefei Anhui Hefei 100.00 E-commerce Co., Ltd commerce establishment Anhui RunAnXinKe Testing Anhui Investment Anhui Bozhou Food testing 100.00 Technology Co., Ltd. Bozhou establishment Anhui Jiudao Culture Media Co., Advertisement Investment Anhui Hefei Anhui Hefei 100.00 Ltd. marketing establishment Anhui Gujinggong Liquor Original Anhui Investment Vintage Theme Hotel Management Anhui Bozhou Hotel operation 100.00 Bozhou establishment Co., Ltd. Anhui Investment Anhui Anjie Technology Co., Ltd. Anhui Bozhou Food testing 70.00 Bozhou establishment Anhui Investment Anhui Guqi Distillery Co., Ltd. Anhui Bozhou Manufacture 60.00 Bozhou establishment Business Yellow Crane Tower Distillery Co., combination not Hubei Wuhan Hubei Wuhan Manufacture 51.00 under common Ltd. control Business Yellow Crane Tower Distillery Hubei Hubei combination not Manufacture 51.00 (Xianning) Co., Ltd. Xianning Xianning under common control Business Yellow Crane Tower Distillery Hubei Hubei combination not Manufacture 51.00 (Suizhou) Co., Ltd. Suizhou Suizhou under common control Business Hubei Junlou Cultural Tourism Co., Hubei Hubei Advertising combination not 51.00 Ltd. Wuhan Wuhan marketing under common control Hubei Yellow Crane Tower Beverage Hubei Hubei Investment Manufacture 51.00 Co., Ltd Xianning Xianning establishment ~ 176 ~ Interim Report 2023 Wuhan Yashibo Technology Co., Technology Investment Hubei Wuhan Hubei Wuhan 51.00 Ltd. development establishment Hubei Xinjia Testing Technology Hubei Hubei Investment Food testing 51.00 Co., Ltd. Xianning Xianning establishment Business Wuhan Tianlong Jindi Technology Commercial combination not Hubei Wuhan Hubei Wuhan 51.00 Development Co., Ltd trade under common control Business Hubei Hubei Commercial combination not Xianning Junhe Sales Co., Ltd 51.00 Xianning Xianning trade under common control Commercial Investment Wuhan Junya Sales Co., Ltd Hubei Wuhan Hubei Wuhan 51.00 trade establishment Hubei Hubei Commercial Investment Suizhou Junhe Commercial Co., Ltd. 51.00 Suizhou Suizhou trade establishment Huanggang Huanggang Commercial Investment Huanggang Junya Trading Co., Ltd. 51.00 Hubei Hubei trade establishment Wuhan Gulou Junhe Trading Co., Commercial Investment Hubei Wuhan Hubei Wuhan 51.00 Ltd. trade establishment Wuhan Gulou Juntai Trading Co., Commercial Investment Hubei Wuhan Hubei Wuhan 51.00 Ltd. trade establishment Business Anhui Mingguang Distillery Co., Anhui Anhui combination not Manufacture 60.00 Ltd. Chuzhou Mingguang under common control Business Mingguang Tiancheng Ming Wine Anhui Anhui Commercial combination not 60.00 Sales Co., Ltd. Chuzhou Mingguang trade under common control Business Fengyang Xiaogang Village Ming Anhui Anhui combination not Manufacture 42.00 Wine Distillery Co., Ltd. Chuzhou Chuzhou under common control Anhui Jiuhao China Railway Anhui Investment Anhui Bozhou Construction 52.00 Construction Engineering Co., Ltd. Bozhou establishment Anhui Zhenrui Construction Anhui Investment Anhui Bozhou Construction 52.00 Engineering Co., Ltd Bozhou establishment Renhuai Maotai Town Zhencang Renhuai Renhuai Business Manufacture 60.00 Winery Industry Co., Ltd. Guizhou Guizhou combination not ~ 177 ~ Interim Report 2023 under common control Anhui Gujing Health Technology Business Co., Ltd. Anhui combination not Anhui Bozhou Manufacture 60.00 Bozhou under common control Anhui Maiqi Biotechnology Co., Business Ltd. Anhui Technology combination not Anhui Bozhou 60.00 Bozhou development under common control Anhui Yangshengtianxia Brand Business Operation Co., Ltd. Anhui Anhui Advertising combination not 60.00 Hefei Hefei marketing under common control Hainan Yangshengtianxia Business Biotechnology Development Co., Hainan Hainan Commercial combination not 60.00 Ltd. Lingshui Lingshui trade under common control (2) Significant non-wholly owned subsidiaries Shareholding The profit or loss Declaring dividends Balance of proportion of Name attributable to the distributed to non-controlling interests non-controlling non-controlling interests non-controlling interests at the period-end interests Yellow Crane Tower 49.00 49,480,734.84 0.00 599,231,262.60 Distillery Co., Ltd. (3) Main financial information of significant non-wholly owned subsidiaries Ending balance Name Non-current Current Non-current Current assets Total assets Total liabilities assets liabilities liability Yellow Crane Tower Distillery 1,039,423,337.10 1,162,240,464.05 2,201,663,801.15 650,778,983.48 327,963,873.59 978,742,857.07 Co., Ltd. (Continued) Beginning balance Name Non-current Current Non-current Current assets Total assets Total liabilities assets liabilities liability Yellow Crane 1,174,784,972.79 1,095,159,397.17 2,269,944,369.96 952,593,793.76 195,313,952.86 1,147,907,746.62 Tower Distillery ~ 178 ~ Interim Report 2023 Beginning balance Name Non-current Current Non-current Current assets Total assets Total liabilities assets liabilities liability Co., Ltd. (Continued) Reporting Period Name Total comprehensive Cash flows from operating Operating revenue Net profit income activities Yellow Crane Tower Distillery 865,646,272.06 100,981,091.52 100,884,320.74 19,674,621.86 Co., Ltd. (Continued) Same period of last year Name Total comprehensive Cash flows from operating Operating revenue Net profit income activities Yellow Crane Tower Distillery 886,104,927.21 102,164,790.08 101,725,592.48 -32,042,974.64 Co., Ltd. 7.2 Equity in joint ventures or associated enterprises There was no significant joint venture or associated enterprise. 8. THE RISK RELATED TO FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS Risks related to the financial instruments of the Company arise from the recognition of various financial assets and financial liabilities during its operation, including credit risk, liquidity risk and market risk. Management of the Company is responsible for determining risk management objectives and policies related to financial instruments. Operational management is responsible for the daily risk management through functional departments. Internal audit department is responsible for the daily supervision of implementation of the risk management policies and procedures, and report their findings to the audit committee in a timely manner. Overall risk management objective of the Company is to establish risk management policies to minimize the risks without unduly affecting the competitiveness and resilience of the Company. 8.1 Credit Risk Credit risk is the risk of one party of the financial instrument face to a financial loss because the other party of the financial instrument fails to fulfill its obligation. The credit risk of the Company is related to cash and equivalent, notes receivable, accounts receivables, other receivables, and long-term receivables. Credit risk of these financial assets is derived from the counterparty’s breach of contract. The maximum risk exposure is equal to the carrying ~ 179 ~ Interim Report 2023 amount of these financial instruments. Cash and cash equivalent of the Company has lower credit risk, as they are mainly deposited in such financial institutions as commercial bank, of which the Company thinks with higher reputation and financial position. Notes receivable held by the Company are mainly bank acceptance bills, which have strong liquidity. The Company has formulated corresponding bill management and control procedures and has been effectively implemented, which greatly ensures the safety of bill storage and use to ensure the low credit risks. The Company only conducts business with customers with good credit rating, and will continue to monitor the balance of accounts receivable to ensure that the Company avoids the risk of major bad debt losses. The company's largest credit risk exposure is the book value of each financial asset (including derivative financial instruments) in the balance sheet, and the overall credit risk evaluation is low. 8.2 Liquidity Risk Liquidity risk is the risk of shortage of funds when fulfilling the obligation of settlement by delivering cash or other financial assets. The Company is responsible for the capital management of all of its subsidiaries, including short-term investment of cash surplus and dealing with forecasted cash demand by raising loans. The Company’s policy is to monitor the demand for short-term and long-term floating capital and whether the requirement of loan contracts is satisfied so as to ensure to maintain adequate cash and cash equivalents. 8.3 Market Risk The market risk of financial instruments refers to the risk that the fair value or future cash flows of financial instruments will fluctuate due to changes in market prices. Market risks mainly include foreign exchange risk and interest rate risk. (1) Foreign currency risk Foreign exchange risk refers to the risk of loss due to exchange rate fluctuations generally. The core business of the Company is on the mainland of China and trading with CNY. Foreign exchange risk is minimal. (2) Interest rate risk Interest rate risk refers to the risk that the fair value of financial instruments or future cash flows will fluctuate due to changes in market interest rates. The Company's interest rate risk mainly comes from long-term and short-term bank borrowings. As of 30 June 2023, the Company has no liabilities calculated with floating interest rates. (3) Other price risk The Held-for-trading financial assets of the Company are measured by fair value. As a result of that, the Company ~ 180 ~ Interim Report 2023 bears the risk of the change of security market. To decrease the risk, the management decided that the Company held a combination of several equities and securities. 9. THE DISCLOSURE OF FAIR VALUE The inputs used in the fair value measurement in its entirety are to be classified in the level of the hierarchy in which the lowest level input that is significant to the measurement is classified: Level 1: Inputs consist of unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities Level 2: Inputs for the assets or liabilities (other than those included in Level 1) that are either directly or indirectly observable. Level 3: Inputs are unobservable inputs for the assets or liabilities 9.1 Assets and liabilities measured at fair value on 30 June 2023 Fair value on 30 June 2023 Item Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Total Recurring fair value measurements (a) Held-for-trading financial assets 1,790,678,478.17 1,790,678,478.17 (i) Financial assets at fair value through 1,790,678,478.17 1,790,678,478.17 profit or loss Debt instruments Bank financial products 1,790,678,478.17 1,790,678,478.17 Fund investment (ii) Financial assets measured at fair value through other comprehensive - 60,753,939.28 835,279,520.98 896,033,460.26 income Accounts receivable financing 0.00 835,279,520.98 835,279,520.98 Investments in other equity instrument 60,753,939.28 0.00 60,753,939.28 Total assets measured at fair value on a - 1,851,432,417.45 835,279,520.98 2,686,711,938.43 recurring basis The fair value of financial instruments traded in an active market is based on quoted market prices at the reporting date. The fair value of financial instruments not traded in an active market is determined by using valuation techniques. Specific valuation techniques used to value the above financial instruments include discounted cash flow and market approach to comparable company model. Inputs in the valuation technique include risk-free interest rates, benchmark interest rates, exchange rates, credit spreads, liquidity premiums, discount for lack of liquidity. ~ 181 ~ Interim Report 2023 9.2 Valuation Technique(s), Qualitative and Quantitative Information about the Significant Inputs Used for Fair Value Measurement in Level 2 on a Recurring or Nonrecurring Basis The items of fair value measurement in Level 2 of the Company are mainly about wealth management products. For wealth management products, the Company shall account actual revenues, determine corresponding gains or losses arising from changes in fair value and the value of trading financial assets according to terms and conditions stipulated in the wealth management product contracts. 9.3 Valuation Technique(s), Qualitative and Quantitative Information about the Significant Inputs Used for Fair Value Measurement in Level 3 on a Recurring or Nonrecurring Basis The items of fair value measurement in Level 3 of the Company are mainly about received bank acceptance bills with high credit rating. We shall account the recoverable amount thereof according to the prevailing discounting rate on the balance sheet date and determine the fair value thereof. 10. RELATED PARTY AND RELATED-PARTY TRANSACTIONS Recognition of related parties: The Company has control or joint control of, or exercise significant influence over another party; or the Company is controlled or jointly controlled, or significant influenced by another party. 10.1 General Information of the Parent Company Proportion of Proportion of share voting rights held by the Registration owned by the Name Nature of business Registered capital Company as the place Company as the parent against the parent against the Company (%) Company (%) Beverages, construction Anhui Gujing Group Anhui materials, manufacturing 1,000,000,000.00 51.34 51.34 Co., Ltd. Bozhou plastic production The ultimate controller of the Company: The ultimate controller is State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the Government of Bozhou City, Anhui Province. 10.2 General Information of Subsidiaries Refer to Note 7.1 Equity in joint ventures or associated enterprises for details. 10.3 Joint ventures and associated enterprises of the Company (1) General information of significant joint ventures and associates Refer to Note 7.2 Equity in joint ventures or associated enterprises for details. 10.4 Other Related Parties of the Company ~ 182 ~ Interim Report 2023 Name Relationship with the Company Enterprise controlled by Zhang Guiping, who is an Nanjing Suning Real Estate Development Co., Ltd. independent director of the Company An affiliate of the actual controller and controlling Anhui Vista Business Travel (Group) Co., Ltd. shareholder An affiliate of the actual controller and controlling Hefei Gujing Holiday Hotel Co., Ltd. shareholder An affiliate of the actual controller and controlling Anhui Gujing Huishenglou Catering Co., Ltd. shareholder An affiliate of the actual controller and controlling Anhui Haochidian Catering Co., Ltd. shareholder An affiliate of the actual controller and controlling Anhui Vista Catering Management Co., Ltd. shareholder An affiliate of the actual controller and controlling Shanghai Beihai Restaurant Co., Ltd. shareholder An affiliate of the actual controller and controlling Anhui Gujing Hotel Development Co., Ltd. shareholder An affiliate of the actual controller and controlling Anhui Huixin Finance Investment Group Co., Ltd shareholder An affiliate of the actual controller and controlling Bozhou Anxin Micro Finance Co., Ltd. shareholder An affiliate of the actual controller and controlling Anhui Hengxin Pawn Co., Ltd. shareholder An affiliate of the actual controller and controlling Anhui Ruixin Pawn Co. Ltd. shareholder An affiliate of the actual controller and controlling Anhui Zhongxin Finance Leasing Co. Ltd. shareholder An affiliate of the actual controller and controlling Anhui Lixin E-commerce Co., Ltd. shareholder An affiliate of the actual controller and controlling Anhui Youxin Financing Guarantee Co., Ltd. shareholder An affiliate of the actual controller and controlling Hefei Longxin Business Management Consulting Co., Ltd. shareholder An affiliate of the actual controller and controlling Anhui Chuangxin Equity Investment Co., Ltd. shareholder An affiliate of the actual controller and controlling Anhui Lejiu Home Tourism Management Co., Ltd. shareholder An affiliate of the actual controller and controlling Anhui Shenglong Commercial Co., Ltd. shareholder An affiliate of the actual controller and controlling Anhui Gujing Health Industry Co., Ltd. shareholder An affiliate of the actual controller and controlling Bozhou Hotel Co., Ltd. shareholder ~ 183 ~ Interim Report 2023 An affiliate of the actual controller and controlling Dongfang Vista Business Investment Development Co., Ltd. shareholder An affiliate of the actual controller and controlling Anhui Gujing International Development Co., Ltd. shareholder An affiliate of the actual controller and controlling Anhui Jiuan Engineering Management Consulting Co., Ltd. shareholder 10.5 Related Party Transactions (1) Purchases or sales of goods, rendering or receiving of services Purchases of goods, receiving of services: Reporting Same period of last Related party Content Period year Bozhou Hotel Co., Ltd. Catering and accommodation service 4,325,048.30 298,619.87 Bozhou Gujing Huishenglou Catering Co., Ltd. Catering and accommodation service 3,553,459.37 54,578.00 Anhui Haochidian Catering Co., Ltd. Catering and accommodation service 0.00 1,507,790.81 Anhui Gujing Hotel Development Co., Ltd. Catering and accommodation service 728,018.80 93,310.05 Anhui Vista Business Travel (Group) Co., Ltd. Purchase of materials 45,663.72 101,061.95 Anhui Vista Business Travel (Group) Co., Ltd. Catering and accommodation service 10,358.79 138,089.91 Hefei Gujing Holiday Hotel Co., Ltd. Catering and accommodation service 22,627.37 33,214.85 Purchase of materials and receiving of 233,711.85 Hefei Gujing Holiday Hotel Co., Ltd. 288,237.40 services Anhui Jiuan Engineering Management Consulting Consultation and assurance 3,098,429.54 4,012,244.33 Co., Ltd. Total -- 12,017,317.74 6,527,147.17 Sales of goods and rendering of services: Related party Content Reporting Period Same period of last year Anhui Shenglong Commercial Co., Ltd. Sales of baijiu 1,011,223.02 1,243,492.90 Anhui Gujing Hotel Development Co., Ltd. Utilities 53,250.00 67,699.91 Catering and Anhui Gujing Group Co., Ltd. accommodation 75,237.68 66,730.00 service Sales of small Anhui Gujing Group Co., Ltd. 45,141.22 17,907.56 materials Anhui Gujing Hotel Development Co., Ltd. Sales of baijiu 18,141.59 0.00 Catering and Anhui Vista Business Travel (Group) Co., Ltd. accommodation 3,083.75 7,061.78 service Sales of small Bozhou Hotel Co., Ltd. 44,233.90 0.00 materials ~ 184 ~ Interim Report 2023 Anhui Huixin Finance Investment Group Co., Ltd Sales of baijiu 0.00 42,022.13 Bozhou Gujing Huishenglou Catering Co., Ltd. Sales of baijiu 13,238.94 0.00 Bozhou Anxin Micro Finance Co., Ltd. Sales of baijiu 0.00 40,457.53 Anhui Zhongxin Finance Leasing Co. Ltd. Sales of baijiu 0.00 9,650.45 Anhui Ruixin Pawn Co. Ltd. Sales of baijiu 0.00 15,440.71 Anhui Jiuan Engineering Management Consulting Co., Ltd. Sales of baijiu 60,318.59 60,220.35 Anhui Lejiu Home Tourism Management Co., Ltd. Sales of baijiu 0.00 11,155.76 Catering and Anhui Shenglong Commercial Co., Ltd. accommodation 6,539.00 1,940.00 service Anhui Lejiu Home Tourism Management Co., Ltd. Utilities 1,346.46 3,404.52 Anhui Ruixin Pawn Co. Ltd. Sales of baijiu 0.00 7,720.35 Anhui Youxin Financing Guarantee Co., Ltd. Sales of baijiu 0.00 3,010.63 Catering and Anhui Jiuan Engineering Management Consulting Co., Ltd. accommodation 3,220.00 7,190.00 service Sales of small Bozhou Anxin Micro Finance Co., Ltd. 9,911.50 0.00 materials Anhui Shenglong Commercial Co., Ltd. Sales of small 1,796.46 0.00 materials Hefei Longxin Business Management Consulting Co., Ltd Sales of baijiu 0.00 1,930.09 Sales of small Anhui Jiuan Engineering Management Consulting Co., Ltd. 9,376.56 0.00 materials Hefei Gujing Holiday Hotel Co., Ltd. Sales of small 14,658.28 0.00 materials Hefei Gujing Holiday Hotel Co., Ltd. Catering and accommodation 1,276.02 0.00 service Anhui Vista Business Travel (Group) Co., Ltd. Sales of small 4,605.30 0.00 materials Dongfang Vista Business Investment Development Co., Ltd. Catering and accommodation 0.00 82,528.93 service Anhui Gujing Hotel Development Co., Ltd. Catering and accommodation 0.00 14,266.98 service Anhui Gujing Hotel Development Co., Ltd. Sales of small 17,544.24 0.00 materials ~ 185 ~ Interim Report 2023 Total -- 1,394,142.51 1,703,830.58 (2) Related-party leases The Company as lessor: Category of leased The lease income confirmed in The lease income confirmed in Name of lessee assets the Reporting Period the same period of last year Anhui Gujing Hotel Development Co., Ltd. Houses and buildings 261,183.34 420,957.38 Total -- 261,183.34 420,957.38 The Company as lessee: Category of leased The lease fee confirmed in the The lease fee confirmed in Name of lessor assets Reporting Period the same period of last year Anhui Gujing Group Co., Ltd. Houses and buildings 534,782.12 523,451.01 Nanjing Suning Real Estate Development Co., Ltd. Houses and buildings 1,050,000.00 1,050,000.00 Total -- 1,584,782.12 1,573,451.01 10.6 Receivables and Payables with Related Parties Item Related party Ending balance Beginning balance Contract assets Bozhou Hotel Co., Ltd. 546,215.81 1,855,188.15 Contract Anhui Vista Business Travel (Group) Co., Ltd. 221.12 221.12 liabilities Contract Anhui Gujing International Development Co., Ltd. 58,849.56 58,849.56 liabilities Contract Anhui Gujing Hotel Development Co., Ltd. 148.67 148.67 liabilities Anhui Jiuan Engineering Management Consulting Co., Accounts payable 1,245,656.92 2,151,065.65 Ltd. Other payables Anhui Vista Business Travel (Group) Co., Ltd. 25,533.60 115,533.60 Other payables Anhui Gujing Hotel Development Co., Ltd. 100,108.48 50,000.00 Other payables Anhui Gujing Group Co., Ltd. 86,355.30 0.00 11. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCY 11.1 Significant Commitments As of 30 June 2023, the Company has no significant commitments need to be disclosed. 11.2 Contingencies As of 30 June 2023, The Company has no contingencies need to be disclosed. 12. EVENTS AFTER BALANCE SHEET DATE As of 30 June 2023, except as aforesaid, the Company has no other events after balance sheet date need to be ~ 186 ~ Interim Report 2023 disclosed. 13. OTHER SIGNIFICANT EVENTS Segment information The Company did not determine the operating segment in accordance with the internal organizational structure, management requirements, and internal reporting system, so there was no need to disclose segment information report based on the operating segments. 14. NOTES OF MAIN ITEMS IN THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF THE COMPANY AS THE PARENT 14.1 Accounts Receivable (1) On 30 June 2023, the Company as the parent has no balance of accounts receivable. (2) On 1 January 2023, the Company as the parent has no balance of accounts receivable. (3) There is no change in bad debt provision for the Company as the parent during the Reporting Period. 14.2 Other Receivables (1) Listed by category Item Ending balance Beginning balance Interest receivable Dividends receivable Other receivables 315,299,233.76 202,279,154.63 Total 315,299,233.76 202,279,154.63 (2) Other receivables ①Disclosure by aging Aging Ending balance Beginning balance Within one year 313,813,660.69 200,863,691.53 Of which:1-6 months 313,762,218.08 200,851,698.40 7-12 months 51,442.61 11,993.13 1-2 years 1,303,136.00 1,303,136.00 2-3 years 690,291.70 710,291.70 Over 3 years 39,699,235.28 39,757,474.30 Subtotal 355,506,323.67 242,634,593.53 Less: Bad debt provision 40,207,089.91 40,355,438.90 ~ 187 ~ Interim Report 2023 Total 315,299,233.76 202,279,154.63 ②Disclosure by nature Nature Ending balance Beginning balance Related parties within the scope of consolidation 310,779,913.48 189,661,149.05 Security investment 38,336,008.08 38,434,247.10 Security deposit and guarantee 3,351,294.09 3,351,294.09 Rent, water, electricity and gas 824,458.36 741,495.49 Other 2,214,649.66 10,446,407.80 Total 355,506,323.67 242,634,593.53 ③Disclosure by withdrawal method of bad debt provision A. As of 30 June 2023, bad debt provision withdrawn based on three stages model: Stage Carrying amount Bad debt provision Carrying value Stage 1 317,170,315.59 1,871,081.83 315,299,233.76 Stage 2 Stage 3 38,336,008.08 38,336,008.08 0.00 Total 355,506,323.67 40,207,089.91 315,299,233.76 A1. As of 30 June 2023, bad debt provision at stage 1: 12-month expected credit Category Carrying amount Bad debt provision Carrying value losses rate (%) Bad debt provision withdrawn separately Bad debt provision withdrawn 317,170,315.59 0.59 1,871,081.83 315,299,233.76 by group- Of which: Group 1 310,779,913.48 0.00 0.00 310,779,913.48 Group 2 6,390,402.11 29.28 1,871,081.83 4,519,320.28 Total 317,170,315.59 0.59 1,871,081.83 315,299,233.76 On 30 June 2023, other receivables with bad debt provision withdrawn by group 2 Ending balance Aging Withdrawal proportion Carrying amount Bad debt provision (%) Within one year 3,033,747.21 32,395.18 1.07 Of which:1-6 months 2,982,304.60 29,823.05 1.00 ~ 188 ~ Interim Report 2023 7-12 months 51,442.61 2,572.13 5.00 1-2 years 1,303,136.00 130,313.60 10.00 2-3 years 690,291.70 345,145.85 50.00 Over 3 years 1,363,227.20 1,363,227.20 100.00 Total 6,390,402.11 1,871,081.83 29.28 A2. As of 30 June 2023, bad debt provision at stage 3: Expected credit loss rate for Category Carrying amount Bad debt provision Carrying value the entire duration (%) Bad debt provision withdrawn - 38,336,008.08 100.00 38,336,008.08 separately Bad debt provision withdrawn by group Of which: Group 1 Group 2 Total 38,336,008.08 100.00 38,336,008.08 - On 30 June 2023, other receivables with bad debt provision withdrawn separately: Ending balance Withdrawal Name Carrying amount Bad debt provision proportion Withdrawal reason (%) The enterprise has gone bankrupt Hengxin Securities Co., Ltd. 28,635,660.22 28,635,660.22 100.00 and liquidated The enterprise has gone bankrupt Jianqiao Securities Co., Ltd. 9,700,347.86 9,700,347.86 100.00 and liquidated Total 38,336,008.08 38,336,008.08 100.00 -- B. As of 1 January 2023, bad debt provision withdrawn based on three stages model: Stage Carrying amount Bad debt provision Carrying value Stage 1 204,200,346.43 1,921,191.80 202,279,154.63 Stage 2 Stage 3 38,434,247.10 38,434,247.10 0.00 Total 242,634,593.53 40,355,438.90 202,279,154.63 B1. On 1 January 2023, bad debt provision at stage 1: ~ 189 ~ Interim Report 2023 12-month expected credit Category Carrying amount Bad debt provision Carrying value losses rate (%) Bad debt provision withdrawn separately Bad debt provision withdrawn 204,200,346.43 0.94 1,921,191.80 202,279,154.63 by group Of which: Group 1 189,661,149.05 0.00 0.00 189,661,149.05 Group 2 14,539,197.38 13.21 1,921,191.80 12,618,005.58 Total 204,200,346.43 0.94 1,921,191.80 202,279,154.63 On 1 January 2023, other receivables with bad debt provision withdrawn by group 2 Beginning balance Aging Withdrawal proportion Carrying amount Bad debt provision (%) Within one year 11,202,542.48 112,505.14 1.00 Of which: 1-6 months 11,190,549.35 111,905.48 1.00 7-12 months 11,993.13 599.66 5.00 1-2 years 1,303,136.00 130,313.60 10.00 2-3 years 710,291.70 355,145.86 50.00 Over 3 years 1,323,227.20 1,323,227.20 100.00 Total 14,539,197.38 1,921,191.80 13.21 B2. As of 1 January 2023, bad debt provision at stage 3: Expected credit loss rate for Category Carrying amount Bad debt provision Carrying value the entire duration (%) Bad debt provision withdrawn 38,434,247.10 100.00 38,434,247.10 separately Bad debt provision withdrawn by group Of which: Group 1 Group 2 Total 38,434,247.10 100.00 38,434,247.10 On 1 January 2023, other receivables with bad debt provision withdrawn separately: Name Beginning balance ~ 190 ~ Interim Report 2023 Withdrawal Carrying amount Bad debt provision proportion Withdrawal reason (%) Hengxin Securities Co., Ltd. The enterprise has gone bankrupt 28,733,899.24 28,733,899.24 100.00 and liquidated Jianqiao Securities Co., Ltd. The enterprise has gone bankrupt 9,700,347.86 9,700,347.86 100.00 and liquidated Total 38,434,247.10 38,434,247.10 100.00 -- ④Changes of bad debt provision during the Reporting Period Changes in the Reporting Period Category Beginning balance Reversal or Ending balance Withdrawal Write-off recovery Bad debt provision withdrawn 38,434,247.10 0.00 98,239.02 0.00 38,336,008.08 separately Bad debt provision withdrawn by 1,921,191.80 -50,109.97 0.00 0.00 1,871,081.83 group Total 40,355,438.90 -50,109.97 98,239.02 0.00 40,207,089.91 ⑤ On 30 June 2023, top five ending balance by entity Proportion of the balance to Bad debt No. Nature Ending balance Aging the total other provision receivables (%) Current accounts within the No. 1 110,000,000.00 Within 6 months 30.94 0.00 scope of consolidation Current accounts within the No. 2 80,207,352.12 Within 1 year 22.56 0.00 scope of consolidation Current accounts within the No. 3 65,000,000.00 Within 6 months 18.28 0.00 scope of consolidation Current accounts within the No. 4 55,572,561.36 Within 6 months 15.63 0.00 scope of consolidation No. 5 Securities Investment 28,635,660.22 Over 3 years 8.05 28,635,660.22 Total -- 339,415,573.70 95.46 28,635,660.22 14.3 Long-term Equity Investments Item Ending balance Beginning balance ~ 191 ~ Interim Report 2023 Depre ciatio Depreciation Carrying amount n Carrying value Carrying amount Carrying value reserve reserv e Investment in 1,598,079,903.43 1,598,079,903.43 1,582,079,903.43 1,582,079,903.43 subsidiaries Investment in associated 4,712,811.85 4,712,811.85 4,669,710.25 4,669,710.25 enterprises Total 1,602,792,715.28 1,602,792,715.28 1,586,749,613.68 1,586,749,613.68 (1) Investments in subsidiaries Decrease Impairment Provision Increase during provision for during the Investees Beginning balance the Ending balance during the impairment Reporting Reporting Reporting at 30 June Period Period Period 2023 Bozhou Gujing Sales Co., 68,949,286.89 68,949,286.89 Ltd. Anhui Longrui Glass Co., 85,267,453.06 85,267,453.06 Ltd. Shanghai Gujing Jinhao Hotel Management Co., 49,906,854.63 49,906,854.63 Ltd. BozhouGujing Hotel Co., 648,646.80 648,646.80 Ltd. 40,000,000.00 Anhui Ruisiweier 40,000,000.00 Technology Co., Ltd. 16,000,000.00 Anhui Yuanqing Environmental Protection 16,000,000.00 Co., Ltd. 5,000,000.00 Anhui Gujing Yunshang 5,000,000.00 E-commerce Co., Ltd. Yellow Crane Tower 816,000,000.00 816,000,000.00 ~ 192 ~ Interim Report 2023 Distillery Co., Ltd. Anhui Jinyunnlai Cultural 15,000,000.00 15,000,000.00 Media Co., Ltd. Anhui RunanXinke Testing 10,000,000.00 10,000,000.00 Technology Co., Ltd. Anhui Gujinggong Liquor Original Vintage Theme 0.00 10,000,000.00 10,000,000.00 Hotel Management Co., Ltd. Anhui Jiuan Mechanical Electrical Equipment Co., 10,000,000.00 10,000,000.00 Ltd. Anhui Guqi Distillery Co., 6,000,000.00 6,000,000.00 Ltd. Anhui Mingguang 200,200,000.00 200,200,000.00 Distillery Co., Ltd. Renhuai Maotai Town Zhencang Winery Industry 224,723,400.00 224,723,400.00 Co., Ltd. Anhui Jiuhao China Railway Construction 5,720,000.00 5,720,000.00 Engineering Co., Ltd. Anhui Gujing Health 34,664,262.05 34,664,262.05 Technology Co., Ltd. Total 1,582,079,903.43 16,000,000.00 1,598,079,903.43 (2) Investment in associated enterprises Increase/decrease Adjustment of Beginning Investment income Investee Additional Reduced other Changes of balance recognized under investment investment comprehensive other equity the equity method income I. Joint ventures Anhui Xunfei Jiuzhi 4,669,710.25 43,101.60 - - Technology Co., Ltd. Total 4,669,710.25 43,101.60 - - (Continued) Investee Increase/decrease Ending balance Ending balance of ~ 193 ~ Interim Report 2023 Withdrawal of depreciation Cash bonus or profits impairment Other reserve announced to issue provision I. Joint ventures Anhui Xunfei Jiuzhi Technology 4,712,811.85 Co., Ltd. Total 4,712,811.85 14.4 Operating Revenue and Cost of Sales Reporting Period Same period of last year Item Operating revenue Cost of sales Operating revenue Cost of sales Main operations 5,622,237,508.48 1,993,854,656.60 4,421,424,122.12 1,580,664,788.57 Other operations 66,739,498.50 39,198,474.43 51,432,771.67 32,535,174.94 Total 5,688,977,006.98 2,033,053,131.03 4,472,856,893.79 1,613,199,963.51 Information on performance obligations: None. 14.5 Investment Income Item Reporting Period Same period of last year Investment income from long-term equity investments under cost 9,945,959.41 0.00 method Investment income from long-term equity investments under equity 43,101.60 0.00 method Investment income from disposal of long-term equity investments Gains on disposal of financial assets at fair value through profit or -1,293,063.11 0.00 loss Investment income from bond investments during the holding period Investment income from other debt obligation investments during the holding period Gains on disposal of financial assets at fair value through other -27,107,452.17 -17,533,328.20 comprehensive income Investment income from trading financial assets during the holding period Other investment income 9,669.81 103,208.20 Total -18,401,784.46 -17,430,120.00 15. SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIALS ~ 194 ~ Interim Report 2023 15.1 Items and Amounts of Non-recurring Profit or Loss Unit: RMB Item Amount Note Gains/losses on the disposal of non-current -1,183,887.92 assets Tax rebates, reductions or exemptions due to approval beyond authority or the lack of official approval documents Government grants recognized in the current period, except for those acquired in the ordinary course of business or granted at 27,104,577.88 certain quotas or amounts according to the government’s unified standards Capital occupation charges on non-financial enterprises that are recorded into current profit or loss Gains due to that the investment costs for the Company to obtain subsidiaries, associates and joint ventures are lower than the enjoyable fair value of the identifiable net assets of the investees when making the investments Gain/Loss on non-monetary asset swap Gain/Loss on entrusting others with investments or asset management Asset impairment provisions due to acts of God such as natural disasters Gain/Loss from debt restructuring Expenses on business reorganization, such as expenses on staff arrangements, integration, etc. Gain/Loss on the part over the fair value due to transactions with distinctly unfair prices Current net profit or loss of subsidiaries acquired in business combination under the same control from period-beginning to combination date Gain/Loss incurred from contingency unrelated to the Company’s normal operating ~ 195 ~ Interim Report 2023 businesses. Gain/loss from change of fair value of trading financial assets and liabilities, and investment gains from disposal of trading financial assets and liabilities as well as 25,000,400.11 available-for-sale financial assets, other than valid hedging related to the Company’s common businesses Depreciation reserves returns of receivables 98,239.02 with separate depreciation test Gain/loss on entrustment loans Gain/loss on change in fair value of investment property of which the subsequent measurement is carried out adopting fair value method Effect on current profit or loss when a one-off adjustment is made to current profit or loss according to requirements of taxation, accounting and other relevant laws and regulations Custody fee income when entrusted with operation Other non-operating income and expense 25,705,304.86 other than the above Other gains and losses that meet definition of exceptional gains and losses Less: Income tax effects 18,984,822.91 Non-controlling interests effects 9,386,334.29 Total 48,353,476.75 -- Others that meets the definition of non-recurring gain/loss: □Applicable Not applicable No such cases in the Reporting Period. Explain the reasons if the Company classifies any extraordinary gain/loss item mentioned in the Explanatory Announcement No. 1 on Information Disclosure for Companies Offering Their Securities to the Public—Non-recurring Gains and Losses as a recurrent gain/loss item □Applicable Not applicable 15.2 Return on Net Assets and Earnings Per Share ~ 196 ~ Interim Report 2023 Weighted average ROE EPS (Yuan/share) Profit as of Reporting Period (%) EPS-basic EPS-diluted Net profit attributable to ordinary shareholders of the 13.96 5.26 5.26 Company Net profit attributable to ordinary shareholders of the Company after deduction of non-recurring profit and 13.72 5.17 5.17 loss 15.3 Differences between Accounting Data under Domestic and Overseas Accounting Standards (1) Differences of Net Profit and Net Assets Disclosed in Financial Reports Prepared under International and Chinese Accounting Standards □ Applicable Not applicable (2) Differences of Net profit and Net assets Disclosed in Financial Reports Prepared under Overseas and Chinese Accounting Standards □ Applicable Not applicable (3) Explain Reasons for the Differences between Accounting Data under Domestic and Overseas Accounting Standards; for any Adjustment Made to the Difference Existing in the Data Audited by the Foreign Auditing Agent, Such Foreign Auditing Agent’s Name Shall Be Clearly Stated None 15.4 Other None Chairman of the Board: (Liang Jinhui) Anhui Gujing Distillery Company Limited 30 August 2023 ~ 197 ~