GUANGZHOU PHAR<0874> - Results Announcement

Guangzhou Pharmaceutical Company Limited announced on 18/8/2000:
(stock code: 874)
Year end date: 31/12/2000
Currency: RMB                                               (Unaudited)
                                           (Unaudited)      Last
                                           Current          Corresponding
                                           Period           Period
                                           from 1/1/2000    from 1/1/1999
                                           to 30/6/2000     to 30/6/1999
                                           ('000)           ('000)
Turnover
    - Continuing                         : 2,150,903        1,890,770
    - Discontinued                       : -                -
Operating Profit/(Loss)
    - Continuing                         : 111,845          92,392
    - Discontinued                       : -                -
Total Operating Profit/(Loss)            : 111,845          92,392
Share of Profit/(Loss) of
  Associated Companies                   : 471              356
Share of Profit/(Loss) of
  Jointly Controlled Entities            : (539)            (252)
Profit/(Loss) after Tax & MI             : 78,392           67,822
% Change over Last Period                : +15.6%
EPS/(LPS)-Basic                          : RMB0.11          RMB0.09
         -Diluted                        : N/A              N/A
Extraordinary (ETD) Gain/(Loss)          : -                -
Profit/(Loss) after ETD Items            : 78,392           67,822
Interim Dividend per H Share             : RMB0.02          RMB0.02
(Specify if with other options)          : -                -
B/C Dates for Interim Dividend           : 25/9/2000 to 4/10/2000 bdi.
Payable Date                             : on or before 16/10/2000
B/C Dates for (-) General Meeting        : N/A
Other Distribution for Current Period    : N/A
B/C Dates for Other Distribution         : N/A

Remarks:

(1) The Company was established in the People's Republic of China (the 
"PRC") on 1st September 1997 as a joint stock company with limited 
liability as part of the reorganisation of a State-owned enterprise known 
as Guangzhou Pharmaceutical Holdings Limited ("GZPHL").  Pursuant to the 
reorganisation on 1st September 1997, the Company acquired the principal 
business undertakings and certain assets and liabilities of GZPHL relating 
to the development, manufacture and sale of Chinese patent medicine as 
well as the trading and import and export of Western pharmaceutical 
products, Chinese patent medicine, Chinese raw medicine and medical 
apparatus by issuing 513,000,000 State-owned Shares of the Company with a 
par value of RMB1.00 each to GZPHL.

(2) The consolidated accounts of the Group incorporate the accounts of the 
Company and all of its subsidiaries made up to 30th June, 2000. All 
material intragroup transactions and balances have been eliminated on 
consolidation.

(3) The calculation of earnings per share is based on the Group's profit 
attributable to shareholders of RMB78.39 million (1999: 67.82 million) and 
the weighted average number of 732.90 million shares (1999: 732.90 million 
shares) in issue during the six months ended 30th June, 2000 (30th June, 
1999).

Diluted earnings per share is not presented as the Company does not have 
any dilutive potential shares.