+New features
+------------
+
+The SDNC Guilin release includes the following features:
+
+* Upgrade to Java 11 (Jira `SDNC-1242 <https://jira.onap.org/browse/SDNC-1242>`_)
+* Network slicing (Jira `SDNC-915 <https://jira.onap.org/browse/SDNC-915>`_)
+* NETCONF/TLS Certificate Management (Jira `SDNC-966 <https://jira.onap.org/browse/SDNC-966>`_)
+* Decouple SDNC from OpenDaylight / Karaf : phase 2 (Jira `SDNC-1207 <https://jira.onap.org/browse/SDNC-1207>`_)
+
+This release also includes an upgrade to the OpenDaylight Sodium release, which SDNC consumes from CCSDK.
+Downstream projects that are consuming SDNC maven artifacts, or that plan to ingest SDNC as source and do local compiles should be
+aware that the upgrades to OpenDaylight Sodium and to Java 11 are both potentially breaking changes. Therefore, we consider
+Guilin to be a major release and have reflected this in our version numbering.
+
+For the complete list of `SDNC Guilin release epics <https://jira.onap.org/issues/?filter=12464>`_ and
+`SDNC Guilin release user stories <https://jira.onap.org/issues/?filter=12465>`_ , please see the `ONAP Jira`_.
+
+**Bug fixes**
+
+Guilin Maintenance Release 1 fixes the following bugs:
+
+* SDNC does not retain OpenDaylight state across restarts (Jira `SDNC-1455 <https://jira.onap.org/browse/SDNC-1455>`_)
+* CCVPN - Transport Slicing: SDNC development - Using Same names for OTN tunnels and Ethernet Services in both domains, plus bug fixing (Jira `SDNC-1431 <https://jira.onap.org/browse/SDNC-1431>`_)
+* SDNC restart needed every 24-36h during stability test (Jira `SDNC-1430 <https://jira.onap.org/browse/SDNC-1430>`_)
+
+The full list of `bugs fixed in the SDNC Guilin release <https://jira.onap.org/issues/?filter=12466>`_ is maintained on the `ONAP Jira`_.
+