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China's leading artificial intelligence (AI) and speech technology company iFLYTEK Co., Ltd. forecast strong net profit growth for the first half of 2021 amid booming demand for its technologies and services.

The company is estimated to rake in a net profit between 387.28 million yuan (about 59.8 million U.S. dollars) and 438.92 million yuan in the January-June period, up between 50 percent and 70 percent year on year, iFLYTEK said in a filing with the Shenzhen Stock Exchange on Monday.

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