Financial market news on August 20: Ping An Insurance (Group) Company Of China, Ltd. released its interim results today. According to the data, as of the end of June, the group achieved an operating profit attributable to shareholders of the parent company of 84.196 billion yuan, an increase of 8.3% year-on-year; a net profit attributable to shareholders of the parent company of 92.585 billion yuan, an increase of 36.1% year-on-year; and operating revenue of 615.351 billion yuan, an increase of 12.6% year-on-year.

Shareholders' equity attributable to the parent company reached 1,028.084 billion yuan, up 2.8% from the beginning of the year. Ping An will implement an interim dividend, distributing a cash dividend of 0.98 yuan per share to shareholders, representing a year-on-year increase of 3.2%.