−Removed: We are a business consulting company providing
−Removed: financial consulting services to small and medium-sized enterprises (“SMEs”) and prior to August 1, 2022, we manage a private
+Added: are a British Virgin Islands business company.
+Added: We are a business consulting company providing financial consulting services
+Added: to small and medium-sized enterprises (“SMEs”) and prior to August 1, 2022, our Affiliated Entity ATIF USA, managed a private
equity fund with approximately $1.3 million assets under management (“AUM”).
−Removed: Since our inception in 2015, the main focus
−Removed: of our consulting business has been providing comprehensive going public consulting services designed to help SMEs become public companies
−Removed: on suitable markets and exchanges.
−Removed: Our goal is to become an international financial consulting company with clients and offices throughout
−Removed: Asia and North America.
−Removed: On January 4, 2021, we established an office in California, USA, through our wholly owned subsidiary ATIF Inc.,
−Removed: a California corporation, which was incorporated on October 26, 2020, and launched, in addition to our business consulting services,
−Removed: additional service models consisting of asset management, investment holding and media services to expand our business with a flexible
−Removed: business concept to achieve a goal of high growth revenue and strong profit growth.
−Removed: We have to date primarily focused on helping
−Removed: clients going public on the OTC markets and exchanges in the U.S., but we are in the process of expanding our service to listing clients
−Removed: on domestic exchanges in China as well as the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.
+Added: Since our inception in 2015, the main focus of
+Added: our consulting business has been providing comprehensive going public consulting services designed to help SMEs become public companies
+Added: on suitable stock markets and exchanges.
+Added: Our goal is to become an international financial consulting company with clients and offices
+Added: throughout North America and Asia.
+Added: In order to expand our business with a flexible business concept and reach our goal of high growth
+Added: revenue and strong profit growth, on January 4, 2021, we opened an office in California, USA, through our wholly owned subsidiary ATIF
+Added: Our c lients located within United States are serviced by ATIF USA.
+Added: ATIF BVI relies on a professional
+Added: service team, who is rich in business consulting experiences, extensive social relations, and international integrated services, to make
+Added: the IPO process as easy as possible for its clients.
+Added: We operate with competitive fee schedules and in the cases of clients with attractive
+Added: financial performance and/or great growth potential, we would offer the option of paying no fees upfront.
+Added: mitigate the potential risks arising from the PRC government provision of new guidance to and restrictions on China-based companies raising
+Added: capital offshore, we decided to divest our PRC subsidiaries.
+Added: As of May 31, 2022, we completed the transfer of our equity interest in ATIF
+Added: Limited, a Hong Kong corporation (“ATIF HK”) and Huaya Consulting (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd., corporation formed under the laws
+Added: of the PRC (“Huaya”) to Mr.
+Added: Pishan Chi, our former director and CEO, for no consideration.
+Added: have primarily focused on helping clients going public on the national stock exchanges and OTC Markets in the U.S.
+Added: As of the date of
+Added: this annual report, we have provided financial consulting services to SMEs in the United States, Mexico, China and Hong Kong.
+Added: The following
+Added: table illustrates the breakdown of our total revenue, organized by customers’ locations for the years
+Added: ended July 31, 2023 and 2022.
+Added: Percentage of Total
+Added: Percentage of Total
+Added: Mainland China
+Added: Total revenue, net
Recent Developments
−Removed: On February 3, 2021, we terminated our VIE agreements
−Removed: with Qianhai and upon termination, Qianhai transferred all of its business and employees to Huaya.
−Removed: In addition, on January 29, 2021, we
−Removed: sold our 51.2% equity interest in LGC.
−Removed: As a result of termination of relationship with shareholders of Qianhai and sale of all our equity
−Removed: interests in LGC, since February 3, 2021, we have no VIE structure in connection with our operations.
−Removed: On February 16, 2021, we established ATIF-1, LP (“ATIF LP”)
−Removed: as a private equity fund through our indirectly-wholly owned subsidiary, ATIF-1 GP, LLC (“ATIF GP”), a Delaware limited liability
−Removed: company, as the general partner.
−Removed: As of July 31, 2022, we own a 76.6% interest in ATIF LP as a limited partner.
−Removed: As of July 31, 2022, ATIF
−Removed: LP manages, approximately $1.3 million assets under management (“AUM”).
−Removed: The investment strategy of the fund involves directional
−Removed: long and short investments in equity securities, primarily issued by U.S.
−Removed: large capitalization companies, and American Depositary Receipts
−Removed: (“ADRs”) related to Chinese companies of various sizes, including private companies.
−Removed: The investment manager for the fund is
−Removed: Due to significant volatility in stock market, the private equity fund lost $1.5 million in fiscal year 2022 as compared to
−Removed: gain $0.2 million in fiscal year 2021.
−Removed: On August 1, 2022, ATIF USA entered into and closed a Sale and Purchase Agreement with Asia Time
−Removed: (HK) International Finance Service Limited (the “Buyer”) pursuant to which ATIF US sold all of its membership interests in
−Removed: ATIF GP (the “Agreement”) to the Buyer for cash consideration of US$50,000.
−Removed: Upon the closing of the Agreement on August 1,
−Removed: 2022, ATIF GP is no longer our subsidiary and ATIF USA ceased to be the investment manager of ATIF LP.
−Removed: On August 23, 2021, we completed a five (5) for
−Removed: one (1) reverse stock split (the “Reverse Split”) of our issued and outstanding ordinary shares, par value $0.001 per share.
−Removed: On December 22, 2021, we established ATIF BD
−Removed: LLC, a California limited liability company (“ATIF BD”) and our wholly-owned subsidiary, engaged in consultancy and information
−Removed: technology support services.
−Removed: On April 25, 2022, we established ATIF Investment
−Removed: Limited, a British Virgin Islands company (“ATIF Investment”) and our wholly-owned subsidiary, engaged in consultancy and information
−Removed: technology support services.
−Removed: On May 31, 2022, we completed the transfer of
−Removed: our equity interest in ATIF HK and Huaya to Mr.
−Removed: Pishan Chi, our former director and CEO, for $nil consideration.
−Removed: The transfer of equity
−Removed: interest was to mitigate the potential risks arising from the PRC government provision of new guidance to and restrictions on China-based
−Removed: companies raising capital offshore.
−Removed: We determined that the transfer of our equity interest in ATIF HK and Huaya did not have a major effect
−Removed: on its operations and financial results as we did not change our way of running business.
−Removed: We also determined that the transfer of equity
−Removed: interest does not represent a strategic shift in our business because there was no change to our operation of our consulting services.
−Removed: There was no change to the nature of our business, and did not affect our customers in North America, which is the major geographic market
−Removed: area of our business.
−Removed: On October 3, 2022, we established ATIF Southern US, LLC (“ATIF
−Removed: Southern”), a California LLC, of which we own 60% of its membership interest, and is engaged in equity investment business in Texas.
−Removed: On October 6, 2022, we established ATIF Business
−Removed: Consulting LLC, a California LLC (“ATIF Consulting”) and our wholly-owned subsidiary, engaged in IPO consulting services
−Removed: in North America.
−Removed: On October 7, 2022, we established ATIF Business
−Removed: Management LLC, a California LLC (“ATIF Management”) and our wholly-owned subsidiary, engaged in comprehensive services such
−Removed: as IR, legal services and secretarial services in North America in future.
+Added: January 4, 2021, we announced the relocation of our operating headquarter to California, USA, through our wholly owned subsidiary ATIF
+Added: As part of this relocation, we transitioned our services from the variable interest entity (“VIE”), Qianhai Asia Times
+Added: (Shenzhen) International Financial Services Co., Ltd.
+Added: (“Qianhai”), to ATIF USA and Huaya by terminating the VIE agreements
+Added: between the Company and Qianhai on February 3, 2021.
+Added: We did this to simplify the management chain and improve management control, with
+Added: the goal of lowering costs.
+Added: We believe that this streamlined management model and strategic partnership strategy is in line with the current
+Added: fast-changing and competitive business environment and will provide us with strong growth capability.
+Added: The termination of the VIE agreement
+Added: with Qianhai did not adversely affect Huaya, our business, financial condition, and results of operations.
+Added: January 14, 2021, the Company entered into the sales and purchase agreement (the “Sales and Purchase Agreement”) with the
+Added: majority shareholders of Leaping Group Co., Ltd.
+Added: (“LGC”) consisting
+Added: of Jiang Bo, Jiang Tao and Wang Di (collectively the “LGC Buyers”) to sell our 51.2% equity interest in LGC.
+Added: Pursuant to the
+Added: Sales and Purchase Agreement, the Company sold 10,217,230 ordinary shares of LGC in exchange for (i) 5,555,548 ordinary shares of the
+Added: Company owned by the LGC Buyers, and (ii) a cash payment of US$2,300,000 payable by January 14, 2023 at an interest rate of 10% per annum.
+Added: As of the date of this annual report, the 5,555,548 ordinary shares owned by the LGC Buyers have been returned to the Company and the
+Added: $2.3 million cash payment has not yet been received from the LGC Buyers.
+Added: For the years ended July 31, 2021 and 2020, we reported net loss
+Added: of $6.6 million and $11.0 million from discontinued operations of LGC as a separate component in the consolidated statements of operations.
+Added: In addition, for the year ended July 31, 2023, the Company provided full provision against the principal and interest aggregating approximately
+Added: $2.7 million due from the shareholders of LGC.
+Added: a result of termination of the VIE agreements and sale of all our equity interests in LGC, we currently do not have a VIE structure.
+Added: February 16, 2021, we established ATIF-1, LP (“ATIF LP”) as a private equity fund, with ATIF USA as the investment manager
+Added: and ATIF-1 GP, LLC (“ATIF GP”), a Delaware limited liability company, as the general partner of ATIF LP.
+Added: As of July 31, 2022,
+Added: we owned a 76.6% interest in ATIF LP as a limited partner.
+Added: As of July 31, 2022, ATIF LP had approximately $1.3 million assets under management
+Added: ATIF GP’s investment strategy involves directional long and short investments in equity securities, primarily
+Added: issued by large cap U.S.
+Added: companies, and American Depositary Receipts (“ADRs”) related to Chinese companies of various sizes,
+Added: including private companies.
+Added: Due to significant volatility in stock market, the private equity fund lost $1.5 million in fiscal year 2022
+Added: as compared to gain $0.2 million in fiscal year 2021.
+Added: On August 1, 2022, ATIF USA entered into and closed a sales and purchase agreement
+Added: (the “ATIF GP Agreement”) with Asia Time (HK) International Finance Service Limited (the “Buyer”) pursuant to
+Added: which ATIF USA sold all of its membership interests in ATIF GP to the Buyer for cash consideration of US$50,000.
+Added: closing of the Agreement on August 1, 2022, ATIF GP is no longer our subsidiary and ATIF USA ceased to be the investment manager of ATIF
+Added: For the year ended July 31, 2023, the Company recorded a gain of $56,038 from the transfer of equity interest.
+Added: August 23, 2021, we completed a one (1) for five (5) reverse stock split of our issued and outstanding ordinary shares.
+Added: December 22, 2021, we established ATIF BD which is engaged in consultancy and information technology support services.
+Added: April 25, 2022, we established ATIF Investment which is engaged in consultancy and information technology support services.
+Added: May 31, 2022, we completed the transfer of our equity interest in ATIF HK and Huaya to Mr.
+Added: Pishan Chi, our former director and CEO, for
+Added: no consideration.
+Added: The transfer of equity interest was to mitigate the potential risks arising from the PRC government provision of new
+Added: guidance to and restrictions on China-based companies raising capital offshore.
+Added: October 6, 2022, we established ATIF Business Consulting which is engaged in IPO consulting services in North America.
+Added: October 7, 2022, we established ATIF Business Management which plans to provide comprehensive services, such as investors’ relationships
+Added: and secretarial services in North America in future.
+Added: Corporate Structure
+Added: following diagram illustrates our current corporate structure :
Competitive Strengths
We believe that the following strengths enable
−Removed: us to capture opportunities in the financial service industry in China and differentiate us from our competitors:
−Removed: Experienced and Highly Qualified Team
−Removed: We have a highly qualified professional service
−Removed: team with extensive experience in going public consulting services.
−Removed: Our professional team members have an average of five years of experience
−Removed: in their respective fields of international finance and capital market, cross-border and domestic listing services, and marketing.
−Removed: majority of the members of our team previously worked in the technology or finance industries.
−Removed: We highly value members of our qualified
−Removed: professional team and are on the constant lookout for new talents to join our team.
−Removed: Recognition and Reputation Achieved from Our
−Removed: Previous Success
−Removed: Since our inception in 2015, we have successfully
−Removed: helped eight clients to be quoted on the U.S.
−Removed: OTC markets and one client listed on the U.S Nasdaq market, respectively.
−Removed: Our proven track
−Removed: records and professionalism have won us recognition and reputation within the consulting service industry in China.
−Removed: We believe we are
−Removed: one of the few going public consulting service providers that possess the necessary resources and expertise to provide comprehensive
−Removed: personalized one-stop going public consulting services to clients.
−Removed: Long-Term Cooperation Relationship with Third-Party
−Removed: Professional Providers
−Removed: We have established long-term professional relationships
−Removed: with a group of well-known third-party professional providers both domestically and in the U.S., such as investment banks, certified
−Removed: public accounting firms, law firms, and investor relations agencies, whose services and support are necessary for us to provide high-quality
−Removed: one-stop going public consulting service to our clients.
−Removed: It took us years of hard work to demonstrate to these professional organizations
−Removed: that we are a worthy partner capable of providing high-quality professional services that conforms to their high standards.
−Removed: our clients are able to gain direct access to and obtain high-quality professional services from our third-party professional providers.
−Removed: Long-Term Cooperation Relationships with Local
−Removed: Chamber of Commerce and Associations
−Removed: We believe our recent success was at least partially
−Removed: attributable to our long-term cooperation relationships with local chambers of commerce and associations.
−Removed: There are no contractual relationships
−Removed: between us and these organizations.
−Removed: We were able to gain access to many prospective clients through events organized by these organizations.
−Removed: Our cooperation relationships with these local organizations help us to:
−Removed: (1) understand the evolving needs of our potential clients;
−Removed: (2) recognize the trends of the local business community we strive to serve;
−Removed: and (3) provide timely feedbacks to our potential
−Removed: clients and maintain open communication channels with local business communities.
−Removed: DESCRIPTION OF OUR BUSINESS
−Removed: We are a British Virgin Islands
−Removed: business company.
−Removed: We are a business consulting company providing financial consulting services to small and medium-sized enterprises
−Removed: Since our inception in 2015, the focus of our consulting business has been providing comprehensive going public
−Removed: consulting services designed to help SMEs become public companies on suitable markets and exchanges.
−Removed: Our goal is to become an international
−Removed: financial consulting company with clients and offices throughout Asia and North America.
−Removed: On January 4, 2021, we established an office
−Removed: in California, USA, through our wholly owned subsidiary ATIF Inc., a California corporation, which was incorporated on October 26, 2020,
−Removed: and launched, in addition to our business consulting services, additional service models consisting of asset management, investment holding
−Removed: and media services to expand our business with a flexible business concept to achieve a goal of high growth revenue and strong profit
−Removed: Clients located within United States will be serviced by ATIF Inc., while clients outside United States will be supported by
−Removed: ATIF Inc.’s business strategic cooperative partner Huaya.
−Removed: Since our inception, our
−Removed: revenue has been mainly generated from our going public consulting services.
−Removed: In April 2020, we acquired a 51.2% equity interest in Leaping
−Removed: Group Co., Ltd.
−Removed: (“LGC”) and our revenue was mainly comprised of going public consulting services and event execution and
−Removed: planning services for the year ended July 31, 2020.
−Removed: On January 29, 2021, we completed a disposition of 51.2% of the equity interest of
−Removed: LGC with three individuals.
−Removed: For the years ended July 31, 2021 and 2020, we reported net loss of $6.6 million and $11.0 million from discontinued
−Removed: operations of LGC as a separate component in the consolidated statements of operations.
−Removed: in August 2018, to complement and facilitate the growth of our going public consulting service, we launched AT Consulting Center to
−Removed: offer financial consulting programs in Shenzhen, and in September 2018, we acquired CNNM, or www.chinacnnm.com, a news and media
−Removed: website focused on distributing financial news and information.
−Removed: In July 2019, we launched an investment and financing analysis
−Removed: reporting business.
−Removed: We have not generated any revenue from this financial and news platform since its acquisition, and based on our
−Removed: current financial condition and operating performance, our management has assessed that the likelihood of future use of the
−Removed: financial and news platform is remote, and we provided full impairment on the financial and news platform
−Removed: in the year ended July 31, 2020.
−Removed: In China, a fast-growing
−Removed: economy and a positive market environment have created many entrepreneurial and high-growth enterprises, many of which need assistance
−Removed: in obtaining development funds through financing.
−Removed: Due to restrictions imposed by China’s foreign exchange regulations, it is difficult
−Removed: for foreign capital to enter China’s capital market.
−Removed: Because of the strict listing policies and a relatively closed financial environment
−Removed: in mainland China, most small to medium sized enterprises in the development stage are unable to list on domestic exchanges in China.
−Removed: Therefore, many Chinese enterprises strive to enter international capital markets through overseas listing for equity financing.
−Removed: in China, there is a general lack of understanding of the international capital markets, as well as a lack of professional institutions
−Removed: that provide overseas going public consulting services to these companies, and many of them may not be familiar with overseas listing
−Removed: requirements.
−Removed: We launched our consulting services in 2015.
−Removed: Our aim was to assist these Chinese enterprises by filling the gaps and forming a bridge between PRC companies and overseas markets
−Removed: and exchanges.
−Removed: We have a team of qualified and experienced personnel with legal, regulatory, and language expertise in several
−Removed: overseas jurisdictions.
+Added: us to stand out in the financial service industry and differentiate us from our competitors:
+Added: Experienced and Highly
+Added: Qualified Team
+Added: have a highly qualified professional service team with extensive experience in going public consulting services.
+Added: Our professional team
+Added: members have an average of five years of experience in their respective fields of international finance, capital market, cross-border
+Added: and domestic listing services, and marketing.
+Added: The majority of the members of our team previously worked in the technology or finance industries.
+Added: We highly value members of our qualified professional team and are on the constant lookout for new talents to join our team.
+Added: Recognition and Reputation
+Added: Achieved from Our Previous Success
+Added: our inception in 2015, we have successfully helped eight clients to be quoted on the U.S.
+Added: OTC markets and one client listed on the U.S
+Added: Nasdaq market, respectively.
+Added: We believe we are one of the few going public consulting service providers that possess the necessary resources
+Added: and expertise to provide comprehensive personalized one-stop going public consulting services to clients.
+Added: Long-Term Cooperation
+Added: Relationship with Third-Party Professional Providers
+Added: have established long-term professional relationships with a group of well-known third-party professional providers both domestically
+Added: and in the U.S., such as investment banks, certified public accounting firms, law firms, and investor relations agencies, whose services
+Added: and support are necessary for us to provide high-quality one-stop going public consulting service to our clients.
+Added: It took us years of
+Added: hard work to demonstrate to these professional organizations that we are a worthy partner capable of providing high-quality professional
+Added: services that conforms to their high standards.
+Added: As a result, our clients are able to gain direct access to and obtain high-quality professional
+Added: services from our third-party professional providers.
+Added: Cash Distribution
+Added: our current corporate structure, to fund any liquidity requirements an entity in our corporate group may have, an Affiliated Entity may
+Added: rely on dividend payments from ATIF BVI and ATIF BVI may receive distributions or cash transfers from an Affiliated Entity.
+Added: date of this annual report, there are no currency exchange restrictions or limitations imposed on the transfer of capital within our corporate
+Added: structure, except that the transfers are subject to money laundering and anti-corruption rules and regulations.
+Added: However, there is no guarantee
+Added: that the applicable government will not promulgate new laws or regulations that may impose such restrictions on currency exchanges in
+Added: As of the date of this annual report, no transfer of non-cash assets has occurred between ATIF BVI and any of its subsidiaries.
+Added: The following table illustrates the breakdown of our cash transfer within our organization as of July 31, 2023:
+Added: ATIF INVESTMENT LTD
+Added: ATIF Business Consulting LLC
+Added: following table illustrates the breakdown of our cash transfer within our organization as of the day of the year ended July
+Added: the completion of the transfer of equity interest in ATIF HK and termination of VIE structure, the Company doesn’t have any interest
+Added: or obligation in relation to the outstanding loan between ATIF HK, VIE and Huaya.
+Added: As of the date of this annual
+Added: report, neither ATIF BVI nor its subsidiaries has a cash management policy.
+Added: None of ATIF BVI’s subsidiaries has ever paid dividends,
+Added: made distributions, transferred cash or other assets by kind to ATIF BVI or its shareholders directly or indirectly.
+Added: However, there is
+Added: no assurance that the Chinese government will not, in the future, intervene or impose restrictions or limitations on the Company’s
+Added: ability to generate income out of mainland China and Hong Kong.
+Added: Also ATIF BVI has not made any distributions or paid dividends to its
+Added: shareholders, including U.S.
+Added: investors, as of the date of this annual report.
+Added: As of the date of this annual
+Added: report, none of the Affiliate Entities has made any dividends or distributions to ATIF BVI, nor has ATIF BVI made any dividends or distributions
+Added: to its shareholders.
+Added: We intend to keep any future earnings to re-invest in and finance the expansion of our business on global platform.
+Added: If ATIF BVI determines to pay dividends on any of its Ordinary Shares in the future, as a holding company, it may derive funds for such
+Added: distribution from its own cash position or contributions from its subsidiaries.
+Added: We are a British Virgin Islands business company.
+Added: We are a business consulting company providing financial consulting services to small and medium-sized enterprises (“SMEs”).
+Added: Since our inception in 2015, the focus of our consulting business has been providing comprehensive going public consulting services designed
+Added: to help SMEs become public companies on suitable markets and exchanges.
+Added: Our goal is to become an international financial consulting company
+Added: with clients and offices throughout Asia and North America.
+Added: On January 4, 2021, we established an office in California, USA, through our
+Added: wholly owned subsidiary ATIF Inc., a California corporation, which was incorporated on October 26, 2020, and launched, in addition to
+Added: our business consulting services, additional service models consisting of asset management, investment holding and media services to expand
+Added: our business with a flexible business concept to achieve a goal of high growth revenue and strong profit growth.
+Added: Clients located within
+Added: United States will be serviced by ATIF Inc., while clients outside United States will be supported by ATIF Inc.’s business strategic
+Added: cooperative partner Huaya.
+Added: our inception, our revenue has been mainly generated from our going public consulting services.
+Added: In April 2020, we acquired a 51.2% equity
+Added: interest in Leaping Group Co., Ltd.
+Added: (“LGC”) and our revenue was mainly comprised of going public consulting services and event
+Added: execution and planning services for the year ended July 31, 2020.
+Added: On January 29, 2021, we completed a disposition of 51.2% of the equity
+Added: interest of LGC with three individuals.
+Added: For the years ended July 31, 2021 and 2020, we reported net loss of $6.6 million and $11.0 million
+Added: from discontinued operations of LGC as a separate component in the consolidated statements of operations.
+Added: Beginning in August 2018, to complement and facilitate
+Added: the growth of our going public consulting service, we launched AT Consulting Center to offer financial consulting programs in Shenzhen,
+Added: and in September 2018, we acquired CNNM, or www.chinacnnm.com, a news and media website focused on distributing financial news and information.
+Added: In July 2019, we launched an investment and financing analysis reporting business.
+Added: We have not generated any revenue from this financial
+Added: and news platform since its acquisition, and based on our current financial condition and operating performance, our management has assessed
+Added: that the likelihood of future use of the financial and news platform is remote, and we provided full impairment on the financial and news
+Added: platform in the year ended July 31, 2020.
+Added: In China, a fast-growing economy and a positive
+Added: market environment have created many entrepreneurial and high-growth enterprises, many of which need assistance in obtaining development
+Added: funds through financing.
+Added: Due to restrictions imposed by China’s foreign exchange regulations, it is difficult for foreign capital
+Added: to enter China’s capital market.
+Added: Because of the strict listing policies and a relatively closed financial environment in mainland
+Added: China, most small to medium sized enterprises in the development stage are unable to list on domestic exchanges in China.
+Added: Therefore, many
+Added: Chinese enterprises strive to enter international capital markets through overseas listing for equity financing.
+Added: However, in China, there
+Added: is a general lack of understanding of the international capital markets, as well as a lack of professional institutions that provide overseas
+Added: going public consulting services to these companies, and many of them may not be familiar with overseas listing requirements.
+Added: launched our consulting services in 2015.
+Added: Our aim was to assist these Chinese enterprises by filling the gaps and forming a bridge between
+Added: PRC companies and overseas markets and exchanges.
+Added: We have a team of qualified and experienced personnel with legal, regulatory, and language
+Added: expertise in several overseas jurisdictions.
Our services are designed to help SMEs in China achieve their goal of becoming public companies.
−Removed: going public strategy for each client based on many factors, including our assessment of the client’s financial and
+Added: We create a going public strategy for each client based on many factors, including our assessment of the client’s financial and
operational situations, market conditions, and the client’s business and financing requirements.
−Removed: Since our inception and up to
−Removed: July 31, 2022, we have successfully helped eight Chinese enterprises to be quoted on the U.S.
−Removed: OTC markets and are currently
−Removed: assisting our other clients in their respective going public efforts.
−Removed: All of our current and past clients have been Chinese
−Removed: companies, and we plan to expand our operations to other Asian countries, such as Malaysia, Vietnam, and Singapore, by as
−Removed: opportunities arises.
−Removed: On January 4, 2021, we announced the relocation of our operating headquarter
−Removed: to California, USA, through our wholly owned subsidiary ATIF Inc., a California corporation incorporated on October 26, 2020, and launched,
−Removed: in addition to our business consulting services, additional service models consisting of asset management, investment holding and media
−Removed: services to expand our business with a flexible business concept to achieve a goal of high growth revenue and strong profit growth.
−Removed: part of this relocation and to streamline the management chain and to improve management control with a goal of lower costs, we transition
−Removed: the services from our variable interest entity (“VIE”), Qianhai Asia Times (Shenzhen) International Financial Services Co.,
+Added: Since our inception and up to July
+Added: 31, 2023, we have successfully helped nine Chinese enterprises to be quoted on the U.S.
+Added: OTC markets along with one client getting listed
+Added: on Nasdaq Stock Market and are currently assisting our other clients in their respective going public efforts.
+Added: of our current and past clients have been Chinese companies, and we plan to expand our operations to other Asian countries, such as Malaysia,
+Added: Vietnam, and Singapore, by as opportunities arises.
+Added: On January 4, 2021, we announced the relocation
+Added: of our operating headquarter to California, USA, through our wholly owned subsidiary ATIF Inc., a California corporation incorporated
+Added: on October 26, 2020, and launched, in addition to our business consulting services, additional service models consisting of asset management,
+Added: investment holding and media services to expand our business with a flexible business concept to achieve a goal of high growth revenue
+Added: and strong profit growth.
+Added: As part of this relocation and to streamline the management chain and to improve management control with a goal
+Added: of lower costs, we transition the services from our variable interest entity (“VIE”), Qianhai Asia Times (Shenzhen) International
+Added: Financial Services Co., Ltd.
(“Qianhai”), to ATIF Inc.
and Huaya, and terminated the VIE agreements with Qianhai on January
−Removed: Before the termination,
−Removed: operating revenue generated through Qianhai VIE amounted to $645,127, and net income (loss) amounted to $(1,562,037) for the years ended
−Removed: July 31, 2020.
−Removed: The termination of the Qianhai VIE agreements did not cause a material impairment of our long-lived assets (primarily including
−Removed: fixed assets such as office furniture and equipment and automobile) because such assets only amounted to $184,740 and $68,375 as of July
−Removed: 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively.
−Removed: All of the fixed assets were transferred to Huaya upon termination of the VIE agreement.
−Removed: we had discussions with other business organizations to collaborate with a goal of leveraging their resources to assist us to grow our
−Removed: business centers in other jurisdictions.
−Removed: We believe that this streamlined management model and strategic partnership strategy is in line
−Removed: with the current fast-changing and competitive business environment and will provide us with strong growth capability.
−Removed: The termination
−Removed: of the VIE agreement with Qianhai did not adversely affect Huaya, our business, financial condition, and results of operations.
+Added: Before the termination, operating revenue generated through Qianhai VIE amounted to $645,127, and net income (loss) amounted
+Added: to $(1,562,037) for the years ended July 31, 2020.
+Added: The termination of the Qianhai VIE agreements did not cause a material impairment of
+Added: our long-lived assets (primarily including fixed assets such as office furniture and equipment and automobile) because such assets only
+Added: amounted to $184,740 and $68,375 as of July 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively.
+Added: All of the fixed assets were transferred to Huaya upon termination
+Added: of the VIE agreement.
+Added: In addition, we had discussions with other business organizations to collaborate with a goal of leveraging their
+Added: resources to assist us to grow our business centers in other jurisdictions.
+Added: We believe that this streamlined management model and strategic
+Added: partnership strategy is in line with the current fast-changing and competitive business environment and will provide us with strong growth
+Added: The termination of the VIE agreement with Qianhai did not adversely affect Huaya, our business, financial condition, and results
+Added: of operations.
On January 14, 2021, the Company entered into
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As of the date of this
−Removed: prospectus, the 5,555,548 shares of ordinary shares owned by the LGC Buyers have been returned to the Company and the $2.3 million cash
−Removed: payment has not yet been received from the LGC Buyers.
−Removed: The Company recognized an estimated loss of approximately $6.1 million from this
−Removed: transaction, which were reflected in the pro forma financial information as included in the Company’s form 6-K as filed with SEC
−Removed: on February 4, 2021.
−Removed: After completion of the transaction, the Company shall no longer hold any shares of LGC and LGC shall no longer
−Removed: be subsidiary of ATIF.
−Removed: The Sales and Purchase Agreement closed on January 29, 2021.
+Added: annual report, the 5,555,548 shares of ordinary shares owned by the LGC Buyers have been returned to the Company and the $2.3 million
+Added: cash payment has not yet been received from the LGC Buyers.
+Added: For the years ended July 31, 2021 and 2020, we reported net loss of $6.6 million
+Added: and $11.0 million from discontinued operations of LGC as a separate component in the consolidated statements of operations.
+Added: After completion
+Added: of the transaction, the Company shall no longer hold any shares of LGC and LGC shall no longer be subsidiary of ATIF.
+Added: The Sales and Purchase
+Added: Agreement closed on January 29, 2021.
We entered into the Sale Purchase Agreement because
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management also had different views of LGC’s future business direction.
−Removed: On February 16, 2021, we established ATIF-1, LP
−Removed: (“ATIF LP”) as a private equity fund through our indirectly-wholly owned subsidiary, ATIF-1 GP, LLC (“ATIF GP”),
−Removed: a Delaware limited liability company, as the general partner.
−Removed: As of July 31, 2022, we own a 76.6% limited partner interest in ATIF LP.
+Added: February 16, 2021, we established ATIF-1, LP (“ATIF LP”) as a private equity fund through our indirectly-wholly owned subsidiary,
+Added: ATIF-1 GP, LLC (“ATIF GP”), a Delaware limited liability company, as the general partner.
+Added: As of July 31, 2022, we own a 76.6%
+Added: limited partner interest in ATIF LP.
ATIF LP manages, as of July 31, 2022, approximately $1.3 million assets under management (“AUM”).
−Removed: The investment strategy
−Removed: of the fund involves directional long and short investments in equity securities, primarily issued by U.S.
−Removed: large capitalization companies,
−Removed: and American Depositary Receipts (“ADRs”) related to Chinese companies of various sizes, including private companies.
−Removed: investment manager for the fund is ATIF Inc.
−Removed: Due to significant volatility in stock market, the private equity fund lost $1.5 million
−Removed: in fiscal year 2022 as compared to gain $0.2 million in fiscal year 2021.
−Removed: On August 1, 2022, ATIF USA entered into and closed a Sale and Purchase Agreement with Asia Time (HK) International
−Removed: Finance Service Limited (the “Buyer”), pursuant to which ATIF USA sold all of its membership interests in ATIF GP (the “Agreement”)
−Removed: to the Buyer for cash consideration of US$50,000.
−Removed: Upon the closing of the Agreement, ATIF GP is no longer our subsidiary and ATIF USA
−Removed: ceased to be the investment manager of ATIF LP.
+Added: The investment strategy of the fund involves directional long and short investments in equity securities, primarily issued by U.S.
+Added: capitalization companies, and American Depositary Receipts (“ADRs”) related to Chinese companies of various sizes, including
+Added: private companies.
+Added: The investment manager for the fund is ATIF Inc.
+Added: Due to significant volatility in stock market, the private equity
+Added: fund lost $1.5 million in fiscal year 2022 as compared to gain $0.2 million in fiscal year 2021.
+Added: On August 1, 2022, ATIF USA entered into
+Added: and closed a Sale and Purchase Agreement with Asia Time (HK) International Finance Service Limited (the “Buyer”), pursuant
+Added: to which ATIF USA sold all of its membership interests in ATIF GP (the “Agreement”) to the Buyer for cash consideration of
+Added: Upon the closing of the Agreement, ATIF GP is no
+Added: longer our subsidiary and ATIF USA ceased to be the investment manager of ATIF LP.
+Added: For the year ended July 31, 2023, the Company recorded
+Added: a gain of $56,038 from the transfer of equity interest.
On May 31, 2022, we completed the transfer of
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We believe the success of our consulting business
−Removed: requires building mutually beneficial long-term relationships with relevant and influential entities, and we have developed our main
−Removed: marketing channels based on these relationships.
+Added: requires building mutually beneficial long-term relationships with relevant and influential entities, and we have developed our main marketing
+Added: channels based on these relationships.
Since our inception, we have cultivated and maintained
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We are constantly seeking new and effective marketing
−Removed: channels in order to grow into an international consulting company with clients and branches throughout Asia.
−Removed: To complement and facilitate
−Removed: our growth perspectives, in 2018, we launched AT Consulting Center, we believe, it has the great potential in becoming instrumental in
−Removed: our marketing efforts for continued growth of our consulting business.
+Added: channels in order to grow into an international consulting company with clients and branches throughout Asia and North America.
+Added: To complement
+Added: and facilitate our growth perspectives, in 2018, we launched AT Consulting Center, we believe, it has the great potential in becoming
+Added: instrumental in our marketing efforts for continued growth of our consulting business.
In addition to our marketing efforts described
above, we also market our consulting services, through:
−Removed: Social media, principally
−Removed: WeChat and Weibo;
−Removed: Newsletters to our prospective
−Removed: Business relationships
−Removed: with well-known corporations and web platforms with large online traffics that can direct traffic to our website through links on
−Removed: their websites.
−Removed: We face competition from a number of consulting companies
−Removed: providing going public consulting services such as Greenpro Capital Corp., Forward Capital, and Dragon Victory, who recently entered going
−Removed: public consulting services in 2018.
−Removed: We believe that our relatively mature operating history of nearly three years differentiates our company
−Removed: from other competitors.
−Removed: Our comprehensive one-stop consulting services, through which we are directly involved in each of the three pre-defined
−Removed: phases of our clients’ going public process, are unlike the services provided by many of our competitors, who often act as mere
−Removed: initial order takers, and then outsource a majority of services to third-party providers.
+Added: Social media, principally WeChat and Weibo;
+Added: Newsletters to our prospective clients;
+Added: Business relationships with well-known corporations and web platforms with large online traffics that can direct traffic to our website through links on their websites.
+Added: We face competition from a number of consulting
+Added: companies providing going public consulting services such as Greenpro Capital Corp., Forward Capital, and Dragon Victory, who recently
+Added: entered going public consulting services in 2018.
+Added: We believe that our relatively mature operating history of nearly three years differentiates
+Added: our company from other competitors.
+Added: Our comprehensive one-stop consulting services, through which we are directly involved in each of
+Added: the three pre-defined phases of our clients’ going public process, are unlike the services provided by many of our competitors,
+Added: who often act as mere initial order takers, and then outsource a majority of services to third-party providers.
Currently, many of the going public consulting
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Major Customers
−Removed: The majority of our clients are small to medium-sized
−Removed: enterprises seeking growth and expansion through going public on recognized exchanges, and $1.6 million and $0.9 million was generated
−Removed: from our consulting services for the fiscal years ended July 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively.
−Removed: Since our inception in 2015 through July
−Removed: 31, 2022, most of our former and current clients were based in mainland China.
−Removed: The number of our new consulting service clients was five
−Removed: and three for the fiscal years ended July 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively.
−Removed: Due to the nature of our consulting business, which requires
−Removed: us to dedicate a large amount of resources to each of our clients, we were able to generate a relatively large revenue from a small number
−Removed: As a result, we had three and three clients that accounted for more than 10% of our total revenues, for the fiscal years
−Removed: ended July 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively.
−Removed: As we continue to expand and grow the number of clients, we expect the risks arising from
−Removed: customer concentration will be mitigated accordingly.
−Removed: As of July 31, 2022, we had 11 full-time
−Removed: employees, including 1 in China and 10 in America.
−Removed: None of our employees are subject to collective bargaining agreements governing their
−Removed: employment with us.
+Added: majority of our clients are small to medium-sized enterprises seeking growth and expansion through going public on recognized exchanges,
+Added: and $2.5 million and $1.6 million was generated from our consulting services for the fiscal years ended July 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively.
+Added: For the year ended July 31, 2023, our clients were based in North
+Added: America and Hong Kong.
+Added: The number of our new consulting service clients was four and five for the fiscal years ended July 31, 2023 and
+Added: 2022, respectively.
+Added: Due to the nature of our consulting business, which requires us to dedicate a large amount of resources to each of
+Added: our clients, we were able to generate a relatively large revenue from a small number of clients.
+Added: As a result, we had four and three clients
+Added: that accounted for more than 10% of our total revenues, for the fiscal years ended July 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively.
+Added: As we continue
+Added: to expand and grow the number of clients, we expect the risks arising from customer concentration will be mitigated accordingly.
+Added: of July 31, 2023, we had 13 full-time employees, including
+Added: 1 in China and 12 in America.
+Added: None of our employees are subject to collective bargaining agreements governing their employment with us.
We believe our employee relations are good.
−Removed: Intellectual Property
We have received the approval for the following
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We also own five domain names:
−Removed: atifus.com, atifchina, chinacnnm.com and dpoex.com.
−Removed: Below are images of our trademarks:
−Removed: PRC Regulations
−Removed: We operate our business in China under a legal
−Removed: regime consisting of the National People’s Congress, which is the country’s highest legislative body, the State Council,
−Removed: which is the highest authority of the executive branch of the PRC central government, and several ministries and agencies under its authority,
−Removed: including the SAIC, and their respective local offices, and Ministry of Housing & Urban-Rural Development (the “MHURD”)
−Removed: and their respective local offices.
−Removed: This section summarizes the principal PRC regulations applicable to our business.
−Removed: PRC Laws and Regulations relating to Foreign
−Removed: Investment activities in the PRC by foreign investors
−Removed: were principally governed by the Guidance Catalog of Industries for Foreign Investment, promulgated and as amended from time to time
−Removed: by MOFCOM and National Development and Reform Commission (“NDRC”), which was later divided into two legal documents, including
−Removed: the Catalog of Industries for Encouraged Foreign Investment, or the “Encouraged Catalog,” and the Special Administrative
−Removed: Measures for Access of Foreign Investment (Negative List), or the “Negative List.” Industries listed in the Negative List
−Removed: are divided into two categories:
−Removed: restricted and prohibited.
−Removed: Industries not listed in the Negative List are generally constituted “permitted,”
−Removed: and are open to foreign investment unless specifically restricted by other PRC regulations.
−Removed: For restricted industries, some are limited
−Removed: to equity or contractual joint ventures, while in some cases Chinese partners are required to hold the majority interests in such joint
−Removed: In addition, restricted category projects are subject to higher-level government approvals.
−Removed: Foreign investors are not allowed
−Removed: to invest in industries in the prohibited category.
−Removed: The latest Negative List was released by MOFCOM and NDRC on September 18,2021 and
−Removed: became effective on January 1, 2022.
−Removed: Pursuant to the current and the updated Negative Lists, management consulting is an permitted industry
−Removed: for foreign investment access.
−Removed: PRC Laws and Regulations on Company Establishment
−Removed: The establishment, operation, and management
−Removed: of companies in the PRC is governed by the PRC Company Law, or the “Company Law,” as promulgated by the SCNPC on December
−Removed: 29, 1993, effective on July 1, 1994, and subsequently amended in 1999, 2004, 2005, 2013, and 2018.
−Removed: According to the Company Law, companies
−Removed: established in the PRC are either limited liability companies or joint stock limited liability companies.
−Removed: The Company Law applies to
−Removed: both domestic companies and foreign-invested companies.
−Removed: On March 15, 2019, the National People’s
−Removed: Congress approved the Foreign Investment Law of the PRC, or the “Foreign Investment Law,” which came into effect on January
−Removed: 1, 2020, repealing simultaneously the Law of the PRC on Sino-foreign Equity Joint Ventures, the Law of the PRC on Wholly Foreign-owned
−Removed: Enterprises, and the Law of the PRC on Sino-foreign Cooperative Joint Ventures.
−Removed: The Foreign Investment Law adopts the management system
−Removed: of pre-establishment national treatment and negative list for foreign investment.
−Removed: Policies in support of enterprises shall apply equally
−Removed: to foreign-funded enterprises according to laws and regulations.
−Removed: Foreign investment enterprises shall be guaranteed that they could equally
−Removed: participate in the setting of standards, and the compulsory standards formulated by the State shall be equally applied.
−Removed: Fair competition
−Removed: for foreign investment enterprises to participate in government procurement activities shall be protected.
−Removed: The Foreign Investment Law
−Removed: also stipulates the protection on intellectual property rights and trade secrets.
−Removed: In addition, Regulations for the Implementation of
−Removed: the Foreign Investment Law of the PRC came into effect as of January 1, 2020.
−Removed: Notice on the Implementation of Foreign Investment
−Removed: Law and the Registration of Foreign-funded Enterprises was issued by the State Administration for Market Regulation on December 31, 2019.
−Removed: According to such notice, the State Administration for Market Regulation conducts business registration, and the applicant shall apply
−Removed: for the registration of foreign-funded enterprises through the enterprise registration system.
−Removed: The registration authority shall conduct
−Removed: formal examination on relevant application materials.
−Removed: Where a foreign investor or enterprise with foreign investment invests in a field
−Removed: other than those in the negative list, it shall register in accordance with the principle of consistency of domestic and foreign investment.
−Removed: The Measures for Reporting Foreign Investment
−Removed: Information were adopted by MOFCOM on December 19, 2019, approved by the State Administration for Market Regulation, and became effective
−Removed: on January 1, 2020.
−Removed: According to such measures, when a foreign investor directly or indirectly conducts investment activities in China,
−Removed: the foreign investor or foreign-invested enterprise shall submit investment information to the competent department of commerce in accordance
−Removed: with the measures.
−Removed: PRC Laws and Regulations Relating to Management
−Removed: Consulting Industry
−Removed: Law of the People’s Republic of China on
−Removed: Promotion of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (the “SME Promotion Law”) was promulgated by the Standing Committee of the
−Removed: National People’s Congress on June 29, 2002, amended on September 1, 2017, and became effective on January 1, 2018.
−Removed: According to the SME Promotion Law, the government encourage all kinds of services organization to provide services including training
−Removed: and counselling on entrepreneurship, intellectual property protection, management consulting, information consulting, credit service,
−Removed: marketing, development of projects, investment and financing, accounting and taxation, equity transaction, technology support, talent
−Removed: introduction, foreign cooperation, exhibition, and legal consulting.
−Removed: Pursuant to the Opinions of the State Council
−Removed: on Further Promoting The Development of Small And Medium-sized Enterprises (the “Opinions”), which were promulgated by the
−Removed: State Council on September 19, 2009, the government supports organizations of management consulting for SMEs and activities of management
−Removed: consulting to guide SMEs to use external sources to improve their level on management.
−Removed: According to the SME Promotion Law and the Opinions,
−Removed: our business is encouraged by the government and is in compliance with relevant regulations in PRC.
−Removed: There are no further regulations
−Removed: on management consulting industry in the PRC presently.
−Removed: However, we cannot assure that there will not be more regulations on the management
−Removed: consulting industry to be issued by PRC government in the future that could affect our business.
−Removed: Regulation on Intellectual Property Rights
+Added: ipoex.com, atifus.com, atifchina, chinacnnm.com
+Added: and dpoex.com.
+Added: are images of our trademarks:
+Added: Recent Regulatory Development
+Added: are subject to a wide variety of complex laws and regulations in the United States and other jurisdictions in which we operate.
+Added: and regulations govern many issues related to our business practices, including those regarding consumer protection, worker classification,
+Added: wage and hour, sick pay and leaves of absence, anti-discrimination and harassment, whistleblower protections, background checks, privacy,
+Added: data security, intellectual property, health and safety, environmental, competition, fees and payments, pricing, product liability and
+Added: disclosures, property damage, communications, employee benefits, taxation, unionization and collective bargaining, contracts, arbitration
+Added: agreements, class action waivers, terms of service, and accessibility of our website.
+Added: laws and regulations are constantly evolving and may be interpreted, applied, created, superseded, or amended in a manner that could harm
+Added: our business.
+Added: These changes may occur immediately or develop over time through judicial decisions or as new guidance or interpretations
+Added: are provided by regulatory and governing bodies, such as federal, state and local administrative agencies.
+Added: As we expand our business into
+Added: new markets or introduce new features or offerings into existing markets, regulatory bodies or courts may claim that we are subject to
+Added: additional requirements, or that we are prohibited from conducting business in certain jurisdictions.
+Added: This section summarizes the principal
+Added: regulations applicable to our business.
+Added: Regulation on Intellectual
+Added: Property Rights
Regulations on trademarks
−Removed: The Trademark Law of the People’s Republic
−Removed: of China was adopted at the 24th meeting of the Standing Committee of the Fifth National People’s Congress on August 23, 1982.
−Removed: Three amendments were made on February 22, 1993, October 27, 2001, and August 30, 2013, respectively.
−Removed: The last amendment
−Removed: was implemented on May 1, 2014.
−Removed: The regulations on the implementation of the trademark law of the People’s Republic of China
−Removed: were promulgated by the State Council of the People’s Republic of China on August 3, 2002, and took effect on September 15,
+Added: Trademark Law of the People’s Republic of China was adopted at the 24th meeting of the Standing Committee of the Fifth National
+Added: People’s Congress on August 23, 1982.
+Added: Three amendments were made on February 22, 1993, October 27, 2001, and August 30,
+Added: 2013, respectively.
+Added: The last amendment was implemented on May 1, 2014.
+Added: The regulations on the implementation of the trademark law
+Added: of the People’s Republic of China were promulgated by the State Council of the People’s Republic of China on August 3,
+Added: 2002, and took effect on September 15, 2002.
It was revised on April 29, 2014 and April 23, 2019.
−Removed: The PRC Trademark Office under the State Administration of Market Regulation
−Removed: handles trademark registrations and grants a term of 10 years to registered trademarks and another 10 years if requested upon expiration
−Removed: of the first or any renewed 10-year term.
−Removed: Trademark license agreements must be filed with the PRC Trademark Office for record.
−Removed: Trademark Law has adopted a “first-to-file” principle with respect to trademark registration.
−Removed: Where a trademark to be registered
−Removed: is identical or similar to another trademark which has already been registered or been subject to a preliminary examination and approval
−Removed: for use on the same kind of or similar goods or services, the application for registration of such trademark may be rejected.
−Removed: applying for the registration of a trademark may not prejudice the existing right first obtained by others, nor may any person register
−Removed: in advance a trademark that has already been used by another party and has already gained a “sufficient degree of reputation”
−Removed: through such party’s use.
−Removed: After receiving an application, the PRC Trademark Office will make a public announcement if the relevant
−Removed: trademark passes the preliminary examination.
−Removed: During the three months after this public announcement, any person entitled to prior rights
−Removed: and any interested party may file an objection against the trademark.
−Removed: The PRC Trademark Office’s decisions on rejection, objection,
−Removed: or cancellation of an application may be appealed to the PRC Trademark Review and Adjudication Board, whose decision may be further appealed
−Removed: through judicial proceedings.
−Removed: If no objection is filed within three months after the public announcement or if the objection has been
−Removed: overruled, the PRC Trademark Office will approve the registration and issue a registration certificate, at which point the trademark
−Removed: is deemed to be registered and will be effective for a renewable 10-year period, unless otherwise revoked.
−Removed: For licensed use of a registered
−Removed: trademark, the licensor shall file record of the licensing with the PRC Trademark Office, and the licensing shall be published by the
−Removed: PRC Trademark Office.
−Removed: Failure of the licensing of a registered trademark shall not be contested against a good faith third party.
−Removed: a detailed description of our trademark registrations, please refer to “—Intellectual Property.”
−Removed: Regulations on domain names
−Removed: In accordance with the Measures for the Administration
−Removed: of Internet Domain Names, which was promulgated by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (the “MIIT”) on August
−Removed: 24, 2017 and came into effect on November 1, 2017, the Implementing Rules of China Internet Network Information Center on Domain Name
−Removed: Registration, which was promulgated by China Internet Network Information Center (the “CNNIC”) on May 28, 2012 and came into
−Removed: effect on May 29, 2012, and the Measures of the China Internet Network Information Center on Domain Name Dispute Resolution, which was
−Removed: promulgated by CNNIC on September 1, 2014 and came into effect on the same date, domain name registrations are handled through domain
−Removed: name service agencies established under relevant regulations, and an applicant becomes a domain name holder upon successful registration,
−Removed: and domain name disputes shall be submitted to an organization authorized by CNNIC for resolution.
−Removed: Besides, the MIIT is in charge of
−Removed: the administration of PRC internet domain names.
+Added: The PRC Trademark Office under
+Added: the State Administration of Market Regulation handles trademark registrations and grants a term of 10 years to registered trademarks and
+Added: another 10 years if requested upon expiration of the first or any renewed 10-year term.
+Added: Trademark license agreements must be filed with
+Added: the PRC Trademark Office for record.
+Added: The PRC Trademark Law has adopted a “first-to-file” principle with respect to trademark
+Added: registration.
+Added: Where a trademark to be registered is identical or similar to another trademark which has already been registered or been
+Added: subject to a preliminary examination and approval for use on the same kind of or similar goods or services, the application for registration
+Added: of such trademark may be rejected.
+Added: Any person applying for the registration of a trademark may not prejudice the existing right first
+Added: obtained by others, nor may any person register in advance a trademark that has already been used by another party and has already gained
+Added: a “sufficient degree of reputation” through such party’s use.
+Added: After receiving an application, the PRC Trademark Office
+Added: will make a public announcement if the relevant trademark passes the preliminary examination.
+Added: During the three months after this public
+Added: announcement, any person entitled to prior rights and any interested party may file an objection against the trademark.
+Added: The PRC Trademark
+Added: Office’s decisions on rejection, objection, or cancellation of an application may be appealed to the PRC Trademark Review and Adjudication
+Added: Board, whose decision may be further appealed through judicial proceedings.
+Added: If no objection is filed within three months after the public
+Added: announcement or if the objection has been overruled, the PRC Trademark Office will approve the registration and issue a registration certificate,
+Added: at which point the trademark is deemed to be registered and will be effective for a renewable 10-year period, unless otherwise revoked.
+Added: For licensed use of a registered trademark, the licensor shall file record of the licensing with the PRC Trademark Office, and the licensing
+Added: shall be published by the PRC Trademark Office.
+Added: Failure of the licensing of a registered trademark shall not be contested against a good
+Added: faith third party.
+Added: For a detailed description of our trademark registrations, please refer to “—Intellectual Property.”
+Added: Regulations on domain
+Added: accordance with the Measures for the Administration of Internet Domain Names, which was promulgated by the Ministry of Industry and Information
+Added: Technology (the “MIIT”) on August 24, 2017 and came into effect on November 1, 2017, the Implementing Rules of China Internet
+Added: Network Information Center on Domain Name Registration, which was promulgated by China Internet Network Information Center (the “CNNIC”)
+Added: on May 28, 2012 and came into effect on May 29, 2012, and the Measures of the China Internet Network Information Center on Domain Name
+Added: Dispute Resolution, which was promulgated by CNNIC on September 1, 2014 and came into effect on the same date, domain name registrations
+Added: are handled through domain name service agencies established under relevant regulations, and an applicant becomes a domain name holder
+Added: upon successful registration, and domain name disputes shall be submitted to an organization authorized by CNNIC for resolution.
+Added: the MIIT is in charge of the administration of PRC internet domain names.
The domain name registration follows a first-to-file principle.
−Removed: Applicants for registration
−Removed: of domain names shall provide true, accurate, and complete information of their identities to domain name registration service institutions.
−Removed: In accordance with the Notice from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology on Regulating the Use of Domain Names in Internet
−Removed: Information Services, which was promulgated by the MIIT on November 27, 2017 and came into effect on January 1, 2018, Internet access
−Removed: service providers shall verify the identity of each Internet information service provider, and shall not provide services to any Internet
−Removed: information service provider which fails to provide real identity information.
−Removed: The applicant will become the holder of such domain names
−Removed: upon completion of the registration procedure.
−Removed: As of July 31, 2020, we had completed registration of five domain names, “ipoex.com,”
−Removed: “ chinacnnm.com ,” “ atifchina.com ,” “ atifus.com ,” and “ dpoex.com ,”
−Removed: in the PRC and became the legal holder of such domain names.
−Removed: In accordance with the Copyright Law of the PRC
−Removed: promulgated by the SCNPC on September 7, 1990, last amended on Nov 11,2020, and came into effect on June 1, 2021, Chinese citizens, legal
−Removed: persons, or other entities own the copyright in their works whether published or not, including written works, oral works, music, comedy,
−Removed: arts of talking and singing, dance and acrobatics, work of art and architecture work, photographic works, cinematographic work and work
−Removed: created by the method similar to the film production method, engineering design drawing, product design drawing, map, sketch and other
−Removed: graphic works and model works, computer software, and other works specified by laws and administrative regulations.
−Removed: The rights a copyright
−Removed: owner has include but not limited to the following rights of the person and property rights:
−Removed: the right of publication, right of authorship,
−Removed: right of modification, right of integrity, right of reproduction, distribution right, rental right, right of network communication, translation
−Removed: right, and right of compilation.
−Removed: In accordance with the Regulations on the Protection
−Removed: of Computer Software promulgated by the State Council on December 20, 2001 and last amended on January 30, 2013, Chinese citizens, legal
−Removed: persons, or other entities own the copyright, including the right of publication, right of authorship, right of modification, right of
−Removed: reproduction, distribution right, rental right, right of network communication, translation right, and other rights software copyright
−Removed: owners shall have in software developed by them, regardless of whether the software has been published.
−Removed: In accordance with the Measures
−Removed: for the Registration of Computer Software Copyright promulgated by the National Copyright Administration on April 6, 1992 and last amended
−Removed: on February 20, 2002, software copyrights, exclusive licensing contracts for software copyrights, and software copyright transfer contracts
−Removed: shall be registered, and the National Copyright Administration shall be the competent authority for the administration of software copyright
−Removed: registration and the Copyright Protection Center of China is designated as a software registration authority.
−Removed: The Copyright Protection
−Removed: Center of China shall grant a registration certification to a computer software copyright applicant who complies with relevant regulations.
−Removed: Regulations on Patents
−Removed: Pursuant to the Patent Law of the PRC, or the
−Removed: “Patent Law,” promulgated by the SCNPC on March 12, 1984, most recently amended on October 17, 2020, and effective from June
−Removed: 1, 2021, and the Implementation Rules of the Patent Law of the PRC, promulgated by the State Council on June 15, 2001 and most recently
−Removed: amended on January 9, 2010, there are three types of patents in the PRC:
−Removed: invention patent, utility model patent, and design patent.
−Removed: protection period is 20 years for invention patent and 10 years for utility model patent and 15 years for design patent, commencing from
−Removed: their respective application dates.
−Removed: Any individual or entity that utilizes a patent or conducts any other activity in infringement of
−Removed: a patent without prior authorization of the patentee shall pay compensation to the patentee and is subject to a fine imposed by relevant
−Removed: administrative authorities and, if the infringement constitutes a crime, shall be held criminally liable.
−Removed: In the event that a patent
−Removed: is owned by two or more co-owners without an agreement regarding the distribution of revenue generated from the exploitation of any co-owner
−Removed: of the patent, such revenue shall be distributed among all the co-owners.
−Removed: Existing patents can become narrowed, invalid,
−Removed: or unenforceable due to a variety of grounds, including lack of novelty, creativity, and deficiencies in patent application.
−Removed: a patent must have novelty, creativity, and practical applicability.
−Removed: Under the Patent Law, novelty means that before a patent application
−Removed: is filed, no identical invention or utility model has been publicly disclosed in any publication in China or overseas or has been publicly
−Removed: used or made known to the public by any other means, whether in or outside of China, nor has any other person filed with the patent authority
−Removed: an application that describes an identical invention or utility model and is recorded in patent application documents or patent documents
−Removed: published after the filing date.
−Removed: Creativity means that, compared with existing technology, an invention has prominent substantial features
−Removed: and represents notable progress, and a utility model has substantial features and represents any progress.
−Removed: Practical applicability means
−Removed: an invention or utility model can be manufactured or used and may produce positive results.
−Removed: Patents in China are filed with the State
−Removed: Intellectual Property Office, or the “SIPO.” Normally, the SIPO publishes an application for an invention patent within 18
−Removed: months after the filing date, which may be shortened at the request of applicant.
−Removed: The applicant must apply to the SIPO for a substantive
−Removed: examination within three years from the date of application.
−Removed: PRC Laws and Regulations Relating to Merger
−Removed: and Acquisition
−Removed: The Regulations on Mergers and Acquisitions of
−Removed: Domestic Companies by Foreign Investors, or the M&A Rules, adopted by six PRC regulatory agencies in August 2006 and amended
−Removed: in 2009, requires a foreign investor to obtain necessary approvals when engaged in certain forms of acquisition of a domestic enterprise
−Removed: and further requires an overseas special purpose vehicle formed for listing purposes through acquisitions of PRC domestic companies and
−Removed: controlled by PRC companies or individuals to obtain the approval of the CSRC, prior to the listing and trading of such special purpose
−Removed: vehicle’s securities on an overseas stock exchange.
−Removed: In September 2006, the CSRC published a notice on its official website
−Removed: specifying documents and materials required to be submitted to it by a special purpose vehicle seeking CSRC approval of its overseas
−Removed: Pursuant to the Manual of Guidance on Administration for Foreign Investment Access, which was issued and became effective on
−Removed: December 18, 2008 by MOFCOM, notwithstanding the fact that (i) the domestic shareholder is connected with the foreign investor or not,
−Removed: or (ii) the foreign investor is the existing shareholder or the new investor, the M&A Rules shall not apply to the transfer of an
−Removed: equity interest in an incorporated foreign-invested enterprise from the domestic shareholder to the foreign investor.
−Removed: However, the application
−Removed: of the M&A Rules remains unclear.
−Removed: Our PRC counsel, Dentons Law Firm, has advised
−Removed: us based on their understanding of the current PRC laws, rules, and regulations that the CSRC’s approval should not be required
−Removed: for the listing and trading of our ordinary shares on the NASDAQ in the context of our IPO, given that:
−Removed: (i) we established our PRC
−Removed: subsidiary, Huaya, by means of direct investment rather than by merger with or acquisition of PRC domestic companies;
−Removed: explicit provision in the M&A Rules classifies the respective contractual arrangements between Huaya, Qianhai, and its shareholders
−Removed: as a type of acquisition transaction falling under the M&A Rules.
−Removed: However, there remains some uncertainty as to
−Removed: how the M&A Rules will be interpreted or implemented in the context of an overseas offering and the CSRC’s opinions summarized
−Removed: above are subject to any new laws, rules, and regulations or detailed implementations and interpretations in any form relating to the
−Removed: We cannot assure you that relevant PRC government agencies, including the CSRC, would reach the same conclusion as we
−Removed: If the CSRC or any other PRC regulatory agencies subsequently determines that we need to obtain the CSRC’s approval for our
−Removed: IPO or if the CSRC or any other PRC government agencies promulgates any interpretation or implements rules that would require us
−Removed: to obtain CSRC or other governmental approvals for our IPO, we may face adverse actions or sanctions by the CSRC or other PRC regulatory
−Removed: Sanctions may include fines and penalties on our operations in the PRC, limitations on our operating privileges in the PRC,
−Removed: delays in or restrictions on the repatriation of the proceeds from our IPO into the PRC, restrictions on or prohibition of the payments
−Removed: or remittance of dividends by our PRC subsidiary, or other actions that could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial
−Removed: condition, results of operations, reputation, and prospects, as well as the trading price of our ordinary shares.
−Removed: In addition, if the
−Removed: CSRC or other PRC regulatory agencies later promulgate new rules or explanations requiring that we obtain their approvals for our
−Removed: IPO, we may be unable to obtain a waiver of such approval requirements, if and when procedures are established to obtain such a waiver.
−Removed: Any uncertainties and/or negative publicity regarding such approval requirement could have a material adverse effect on the trading price
−Removed: of ordinary shares.
−Removed: PRC Laws and Regulations Relating to Foreign
−Removed: General administration of foreign exchange
−Removed: The principal regulation governing foreign currency
−Removed: exchange in the PRC is the Administrative Regulations of the PRC on Foreign Exchange (the “Foreign Exchange Regulations”),
−Removed: which were promulgated on January 29, 1996, became effective on April 1, 1996, and were amended on January 14, 1997, and August
−Removed: Under these rules, RMB is generally freely convertible for payments of current account items, such as trade- and service-related
−Removed: foreign exchange transactions and dividend payments, but not freely convertible for capital account items, such as capital transfer,
−Removed: direct investment, investment in securities, derivative products, or loans unless prior approval and prior registration by competent
−Removed: authorities for the administration of foreign exchange is obtained and made.
−Removed: Under the Foreign Exchange Regulations, foreign-invested
−Removed: enterprises in the PRC may purchase foreign exchange under the current accounts without the approval of SAFE to pay dividends by providing
−Removed: certain evidentiary documents, including board resolutions, tax certificates, or for trade- and services-related foreign exchange transactions,
−Removed: by providing commercial documents evidencing such transactions.
−Removed: 75, Circular No.
−Removed: and Circular No.
−Removed: Circular 37 was released by SAFE on July 4,
−Removed: 2014, and abolished Circular 75 which had been in effect since November 1, 2005.
−Removed: Pursuant to Circular 37, a PRC resident should
−Removed: apply to SAFE for foreign exchange registration of overseas investments prior to the establishment or control of an offshore special
−Removed: purpose vehicle, or SPV, using his or her legitimate domestic or offshore assets or interests.
−Removed: SPVs are offshore enterprises directly
−Removed: established or indirectly controlled by domestic residents for the purpose of investment and financing by utilizing domestic or offshore
−Removed: assets or interests they legally hold.
−Removed: Following any significant change in a registered offshore SPV, such as capital increase, reduction,
−Removed: equity transfer or swap, consolidation or division involving domestic resident individuals, the domestic individuals shall amend the
−Removed: registration with SAFE.
−Removed: Where an SPV intends to repatriate funds raised after completion of offshore financing to the PRC, it shall comply
−Removed: with relevant PRC regulations on foreign investment and foreign debt management.
−Removed: A foreign-invested enterprise established through return
−Removed: investment shall complete relevant foreign exchange registration formalities in accordance with the prevailing foreign exchange administration
−Removed: regulations on foreign direct investment and truthfully disclose information on the actual controller of its shareholders.
−Removed: If any shareholder who is a PRC resident (as
−Removed: determined by Circular 37) holds any interest in an offshore SPV and fails to fulfil the required foreign exchange registration with
−Removed: the local SAFE branches, the PRC subsidiaries of that offshore SPV may be prohibited from distributing their profits and dividends to
−Removed: their offshore parent company or from carrying out other subsequent cross-border foreign exchange activities.
−Removed: The offshore SPV may also
−Removed: be restricted in its ability to contribute additional capital to its PRC subsidiaries.
−Removed: Where a domestic resident fails to complete relevant
−Removed: foreign exchange registration as required, fails to truthfully disclose information on the actual controller of the enterprise involved
−Removed: in the return investment or otherwise makes false statements, the foreign exchange control authority may order them to take remedial
−Removed: actions, issue a warning, and impose a fine of less than RMB300,000 (approximately $43,000) on an institution or less than RMB50,000
−Removed: (approximately $7,300) on an individual.
−Removed: Circular 13 was issued by SAFE on February 13,
−Removed: 2015, and became effective on June 1, 2015.
−Removed: Pursuant to Circular 13, a domestic resident who makes a capital contribution to an
−Removed: SPV using his or her legitimate domestic or offshore assets or interests is no longer required to apply to SAFE for foreign exchange
−Removed: registration of his or her overseas investments.
−Removed: Instead, he or she shall register with a bank in the place where the assets or interests
−Removed: of the domestic enterprise in which he or she has interests are located if the domestic resident individually seeks to make a capital
−Removed: contribution to the SPV using his or her legitimate domestic assets or interests;
−Removed: or he or she shall register with a local bank at his
−Removed: or her permanent residence if the domestic resident individually seeks to make a capital contribution to the SPV using his or her legitimate
−Removed: offshore assets or interests.
−Removed: The qualified bank will directly examine the applications and accept registrations under the supervision
−Removed: As of the date of this annual report, our shareholders
−Removed: have not completed registrations in accordance with Circular 37, they are currently working on their registrations in the local Administration
−Removed: of Exchange Control.
−Removed: The failure of our shareholders to comply with the registration procedures may subject each of our shareholders
−Removed: to warnings and fines.
−Removed: If the registration formalities cannot be processed retrospectively, then the repatriation of the financing funds,
−Removed: profits, or any other interests of our shareholders obtained through special purpose vehicles, for use in China, would be prohibited.
−Removed: As a result, any cross-border capital flows between our PRC subsidiary and its offshore parent company, including dividend distributions
−Removed: and capital contributions, would be illegal
−Removed: Circular 19 and Circular 16
−Removed: Circular 19 was promulgated by SAFE on March 30,
−Removed: 2015, and became effective on June 1, 2015.
−Removed: According to Circular 19, foreign exchange capital of foreign-invested enterprises shall
−Removed: be granted the benefits of Discretional Foreign Exchange Settlement (“Discretional Foreign Exchange Settlement”).
−Removed: With Discretional
−Removed: Foreign Exchange Settlement, foreign exchange capital in the capital account of a foreign-invested enterprise for which the rights and
−Removed: interests of monetary contribution has been confirmed by the local foreign exchange bureau, or for which book-entry registration of monetary
−Removed: contribution has been completed by the bank, can be settled at the bank based on the actual operational needs of the foreign-invested
−Removed: The allowed Discretional Foreign Exchange Settlement percentage of the foreign exchange capital of a foreign-invested enterprise
−Removed: has been temporarily set to be 100%.
−Removed: The RMB converted from the foreign exchange capital will be kept in a designated account and if
−Removed: a foreign-invested enterprise needs to make any further payment from such account, it will still need to provide supporting documents
−Removed: and to complete the review process with its bank.
−Removed: Furthermore, Circular 19 stipulates that foreign-invested
−Removed: enterprises shall make bona fide use of their capital for their own needs within their business scopes.
−Removed: The capital of a foreign-invested
−Removed: enterprise and the RMB if obtained from foreign exchange settlement shall not be used for the following purposes
−Removed: directly or indirectly
−Removed: used for expenses beyond its business scope or prohibited by relevant laws or regulations;
−Removed: directly or indirectly
−Removed: used for investment in securities unless otherwise provided by relevant laws or regulations;
−Removed: directly or indirectly
−Removed: used for entrusted loan in RMB (unless within its permitted scope of business), repayment of inter-company loans (including advances
−Removed: by a third party) or repayment of bank loans in RMB that have been sub-lent to a third party;
−Removed: directly or indirectly
−Removed: used for expenses related to the purchase of real estate that is not for self-use (except for foreign-invested real estate enterprises).
−Removed: Circular 16 was issued by SAFE on June 9,
−Removed: Pursuant to Circular 16, enterprises registered in the PRC may also convert their foreign debts from foreign currency to RMB on
−Removed: a self-discretionary basis.
−Removed: Circular 16 provides an integrated standard for conversion of foreign exchange capital items (including but
−Removed: not limited to foreign currency capital and foreign debts) on a self-discretionary basis applicable to all enterprises registered in
−Removed: Circular 16 reiterates the principle that an enterprise’s RMB converted from foreign currency-denominated capital may
−Removed: not be directly or indirectly used for purposes beyond its business scope or purposes prohibited by PRC laws or regulations, and such
−Removed: converted RMB shall not be provided as loans to non-affiliated entities.
−Removed: Circulars 16 and 19 address foreign direct investments
−Removed: into the PRC, and stipulate the procedures applicable to foreign exchange settlement.
−Removed: As we do not plan to transfer any proceeds raised
−Removed: to our subsidiaries in the PRC, such proceeds would not be subject to Circular 19 or Circular 16.
−Removed: However, if and when circumstances
−Removed: require funds to be transferred to our subsidiaries in the PRC from our offshore entities, then any such transfer would be subject to
−Removed: Circulars 16 and 19.
−Removed: PRC Laws and Regulations Relating to Taxation
−Removed: Enterprise Income Tax
−Removed: The EIT Law was promulgated by the Standing Committee
−Removed: of the National People’s Congress on March 16, 2007, and became effective on January 1, 2008, and then amended on February
−Removed: 24, 2017 as well as December 29, 2018.
−Removed: The Implementation Rules of the EIT Law (the “Implementation Rules”) were promulgated
−Removed: by the State Council on December 6, 2007, and became effective on January 1, 2008, and was amended on April 23, 2019.
−Removed: to the EIT Law and the Implementation Rules, enterprises are divided into resident enterprises and non-resident enterprises.
−Removed: enterprises shall pay enterprise income tax on their incomes obtained in and outside the PRC at the rate of 25%.
−Removed: Non-resident enterprises
−Removed: setting up institutions in the PRC shall pay enterprise income tax on the incomes obtained by such institutions in and outside the PRC
−Removed: at the rate of 25%.
−Removed: Non-resident enterprises with no institutions in the PRC, and non-resident enterprises whose incomes having no substantial
−Removed: connection with their institutions in the PRC, shall pay enterprise income tax on their incomes obtained in the PRC at a reduced rate
−Removed: An enterprise established outside of the PRC with its “de facto management bodies” located within the PRC is considered
−Removed: a “resident enterprise,” meaning that it can be treated in a manner similar to a PRC domestic enterprise for enterprise income
−Removed: tax purposes.
−Removed: The Implementing Rules of the EIT Law define a “de facto management body” as a managing body that in practice
−Removed: exercises “substantial and overall management and control over the production and operations, personnel, accounting, and properties”
−Removed: of the enterprise.
−Removed: It is more likely than not that the Company and its offshore subsidiary would be treated as a non-resident enterprise
−Removed: for PRC tax purposes.
−Removed: The Arrangement between the Mainland China and
−Removed: Hong Kong Special Administrative Region for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and Tax Evasion on Income (the “Arrangement”)
−Removed: was promulgated by the State Administration of Taxation (“SAT”) on August 21, 2006, and came into effect on December 8,
−Removed: According to the Arrangement, a company incorporated in Hong Kong will be subject to withholding tax at the lower rate of 5% on
−Removed: dividends it receives from a company incorporated in the PRC if it holds a 25% interest or more in the PRC company.
−Removed: Pursuant to the Announcement
−Removed: of the State Administration of Taxation on Issues Relating to “Beneficial Owner” in Tax Treaties promulgated by SAT on February
−Removed: 3, 2018 and became effective on April 1, 2018, a beneficial ownership analysis will be applied in light of the actual circumstances of
−Removed: the specific cases to determine the status of a beneficial owner under the relevant tax treaty and whether or not to grant tax treaty
−Removed: Before May 31,2022, Huaya is a resident enterprise and
−Removed: qualifies as a Small and Low Profit Enterprise and pays EIT tax at the rate of 10% in PRC.
−Removed: It is more likely than not that we and our
−Removed: offshore subsidiary would be treated as a non-resident enterprise for PRC tax purposes.
−Removed: Value-added Tax
−Removed: The Provisional Regulations on Value-Added Tax
−Removed: of the PRC (the “VAT Regulations”) were promulgated by the State Council on December 13, 1993, and took effect on January 1,
−Removed: 1994, which were last amended on November 19, 2017.
−Removed: The Rules for the Implementation of the Provisional Regulations on Value
−Removed: Added Tax of the PRC (the “Rules”) were promulgated by the Ministry of Finance (“MOF”) on December 25, 1993,
−Removed: and were last amended on October 28, 2011.
−Removed: Pursuant to the VAT Regulations and the Rules, entities or individuals in the PRC engaged
−Removed: in the sale of goods, the provision of processing, repairs, and replacement services and the importation of goods are required to pay
−Removed: VAT, on the value added during the course of the sale of goods or provision of services.
−Removed: Unless otherwise specified, the applicable VAT
−Removed: rate is 17% for taxpayers selling goods, labor services, or tangible movable property leasing services or importing goods, except otherwise
−Removed: 11% for taxpayers selling transport services, postal services, basic telecommunications services, construction services, or
−Removed: real property leasing services, selling real property, transferring the land use right, or selling or importing the goods within specified
−Removed: scope listed, except otherwise specified;
−Removed: 6% for taxpayers selling services or intangible assets and not falling within the scope as
−Removed: specified in other items;
−Removed: and 3% for small-scale taxpayers.
−Removed: The SAT and the MOF jointly promulgated Notice
−Removed: on Implementing the Pilot Program of Replacing Business Tax with Value-Added Tax in an All-round Manner (the “Notice”) on
−Removed: March 20, 2019, which became effective on April 1, 2019.
−Removed: Pursuant to this new circular, entities and individuals shall pay VAT at
−Removed: a rate of 9 % for providing transportation, postal services, basic telecommunications, construction or immovable property leasing services,
−Removed: selling any immovable property, or transferring the right to use land;
−Removed: rate of 13% for providing tangible movable property leasing services;
−Removed: rate of 0% for a cross-border taxable act within the territory of China and rate of 6% for conducting any taxable act other than
−Removed: the above-mentioned taxable acts.
−Removed: According to the above-regulations, our PRC subsidiary
−Removed: is generally subject to a 3% VAT rate.
−Removed: Additional Taxes
−Removed: Before September 1, 2021, the Provisional Regulations
−Removed: of the People’s Republic of China on Urban Maintenance and Construction Tax, or the “Provisional Regulations,” promulgated
−Removed: by the State Council on February 8, 1985 and revised on January 8, 2011 governs the payment of urban maintenance and construction tax.
−Removed: According to the Provisional Regulations, all units and individuals paying consumption tax, VAT, and business tax are taxpayers of urban
−Removed: maintenance and construction tax, and shall pay urban maintenance and construction tax in accordance with the provisions of these regulations.
−Removed: The Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress passed the Tax Law of the People’s Republic of China on Urban Maintenance
−Removed: and Construction on August 11, 2020, which became effective after September 1, 2021.
−Removed: According to this law, the urban maintenance and
−Removed: construction tax is based on VAT and consumption tax actually paid by taxpayers.
−Removed: Therefore, if VAT is exempted, urban construction tax
−Removed: will also be exempted.
−Removed: The Interim Provisions on Levying Educational
−Removed: Surcharges, or the “Interim Provisions,” was issued by the State Council on April 28, 1986 and revised on June 7, 1990, August
−Removed: 20, 2005, and January 8, 2011.
−Removed: According to the Interim Provisions, the educational surcharges shall be calculated and levied on the
−Removed: basis of the actual VAT, business tax, and consumption tax paid by various units and individuals.
−Removed: The education surcharges rate is 3%,
−Removed: which shall be paid at the same time as the VAT, business tax, and consumption tax.
−Removed: The Notice on Expanding the Exemption Scope of Relevant Government
−Removed: Funds, or “The Notice,” was issued by the MOF and the SAT on January 29, 2016 and implemented from February 1, 2016.
−Removed: to The Notice, with the approval of the State Council, the scope of exemption from education surcharges, local education surcharges,
−Removed: and water conservancy construction funds shall be expanded from the payers whose monthly sales volume or turnover does not exceed RMB30,000
−Removed: (quarterly sales or turnover paid on a quarterly basis shall not exceed RMB90,000) to RMB100,000 (quarterly sales or turnover paid on
−Removed: a quarterly basis shall not exceed RMB300,000).
−Removed: Dividend Withholding Tax
−Removed: The Enterprise Income Tax Law and the Implementation
−Removed: Rules provides that since January 1, 2008, an income tax rate of 10% will normally be applicable to dividends declared to non-PRC
−Removed: resident investors which do not have an establishment or place of business in the PRC, or which have such establishment or place of business
−Removed: but the relevant income is not effectively connected with the establishment or place of business, to the extent such dividends are derived
−Removed: from sources within the PRC.
−Removed: Pursuant to an Arrangement Between the Mainland
−Removed: of China and the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with
−Removed: Respect to Taxes on Incomes (“Double Tax Avoidance Arrangement”) and other applicable PRC laws, if a Hong Kong resident enterprise
−Removed: is determined by the competent PRC tax authority to have satisfied the relevant conditions and requirements under such Double Tax Avoidance
−Removed: Arrangement and other applicable laws, the 10% withholding tax on the dividends the Hong Kong resident enterprise receives from a PRC
−Removed: resident enterprise may be reduced to 5%.
−Removed: However, based on the Circular on Certain Issues with Respect to the Enforcement of Dividend
−Removed: Provisions in Tax Treaties (the “SAT Circular 81”) issued on February 20, 2009, by SAT, if the relevant PRC tax authorities
−Removed: determine, in their discretion, that a company benefits from such reduced income tax rate due to a structure or arrangement that is primarily
−Removed: tax-driven, such PRC tax authorities may adjust the preferential tax treatment.
−Removed: According to the Circular on Several Questions regarding
−Removed: the “Beneficial Owner” in Tax Treaties, which was issued on February 3, 2018, by the SAT and took effect on April 1,
−Removed: 2018, when determining the applicant’s status of the “beneficial owner” regarding tax treatments in connection with
−Removed: dividends, interests or royalties in the tax treaties, several factors, including without limitation, whether the applicant is obligated
−Removed: to pay more than 50% of his or her income in 12 months to residents in a third country or region, whether the business operated by the
−Removed: applicant constitutes the actual business activities, and whether the counterparty country or region to the tax treaties does not levy
−Removed: any tax or grant tax exemption on relevant incomes or levy tax at an extremely low rate, will be taken into account, and it will be analyzed
−Removed: according to the actual circumstances of the specific cases.
−Removed: This circular further provides that applicants who intend to prove his or
−Removed: her status of the “beneficial owner” shall submit the relevant documents to the relevant tax bureau according to the Announcement
−Removed: on Issuing the Measures for the Administration of Non-Resident Taxpayers’ Enjoyment of the Treatment under Tax Agreements.
−Removed: We have not commenced the application process
−Removed: for a Hong Kong tax resident certificate from the relevant Hong Kong tax authority, and there is no assurance that we will be granted
−Removed: such a Hong Kong tax resident certificate.
−Removed: We also have not filed required forms or materials with the relevant PRC tax authorities to
−Removed: prove that we should enjoy the 5% PRC withholding tax rate.
−Removed: PRC Laws and Regulations Relating to Employment
−Removed: and Social Welfare
−Removed: Labor Law of the PRC
−Removed: Pursuant to the Labor Law of the PRC, which was
−Removed: promulgated by the Standing Committee of the NPC on July 5, 1994, with an effective date of January 1, 1995, and was last amended
−Removed: on December 29, 2018, and the Labor Contract Law of the PRC, which was promulgated on June 29, 2007, became effective on January 1,
−Removed: 2008, and was last amended on December 28, 2012, with the amendments coming into effect on July 1, 2013, enterprises and institutions
−Removed: shall ensure the safety and hygiene of a workplace, strictly comply with applicable rules and standards on workplace safety and hygiene
−Removed: in China, and educate employees on such rules and standards.
−Removed: Furthermore, employers and employees shall enter into written employment
−Removed: contracts to establish their employment relationships.
−Removed: Employers are required to inform their employees about their job responsibilities,
−Removed: working conditions, occupational hazards, remuneration, and other matters with which the employees may be concerned.
−Removed: Employers shall pay
−Removed: remuneration to employees on time and in full accordance with the commitments set forth in their employment contracts and with the relevant
−Removed: PRC laws and regulations.
−Removed: Until May 31,2022, before we transfer all our equity interest in Huaya, Huaya has entered into written employment
−Removed: contracts with all its employees and performed its obligations required under the relevant PRC laws and regulations.
−Removed: Social Insurance and Housing Fund
−Removed: As required under the Regulation of Insurance
−Removed: for Labor Injury implemented on January 1, 2004, and amended in 2010, the Provisional Measures for Maternity Insurance of Employees of
−Removed: Corporations implemented on January 1, 1995, the Decisions on the Establishment of a Unified Program for Pension Insurance of the State
−Removed: Council issued on July 16, 1997, the Decisions on the Establishment of the Medical Insurance Program for Urban Workers of the State Council
−Removed: promulgated on December 14, 1998, the Unemployment Insurance Measures promulgated on January 22, 1999, the Interim Regulations Concerning
−Removed: the Collection and Payment of Social Insurance Premiums implemented on January 22, 1999, and the Social Insurance Law of the PRC, which
−Removed: was promulgated by the Standing Committee of the NPC on October 28, 2010, became effective on July 1, 2011, and last amended
−Removed: on December 29, 2018, employers in the PRC shall provide their employees with welfare schemes covering basic pension insurance, basic
−Removed: medical insurance, unemployment insurance, maternity insurance, and occupational injury insurance.
−Removed: Huaya has deposited the social insurance
−Removed: fees in full for all the employees in compliance with the relevant regulations since June 2019 to May 31,2022.
−Removed: In accordance with the Regulations on Management
−Removed: of Housing Provident Fund, which were promulgated by the State Council on April 3, 1999, and last amended on March 24, 2019,
−Removed: employers must register at the designated administrative centers and open bank accounts for depositing employees’ housing funds.
−Removed: Employer and employee are also required to pay and deposit housing funds, with an amount no less than 5% of the monthly average salary
−Removed: of the employee in the preceding year in full and on time.
−Removed: Hong Kong Regulations
−Removed: We own and operate CNNM, www.chinacnnm.com ,
−Removed: a news and media platform, in Hong Kong.
−Removed: The following is a summary of certain aspects of major Hong Kong laws and regulations that are
−Removed: or may be applicable to us.
−Removed: Regulations on Digital Media Publication,
−Removed: Domain Name Registration, and Advertising Services
−Removed: There are no specific legislations governing
−Removed: domain name registration or digital media publication in Hong Kong.
−Removed: There are certain ordinances which contain provisions that may be
−Removed: applicable to digital media publication business and advertising services in Hong Kong:
−Removed: the Control of Obscene and Indecent Articles
−Removed: Ordinance (Chapter 390 of the Laws of Hong Kong), the Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance (Chapter 486 of the Laws of Hong Kong), the Copyright
−Removed: Ordinance (Chapter 528 of the Laws of Hong Kong), the Defamation Ordinance (Chapter 21 of the Laws of Hong Kong), the Undesirable Medical
−Removed: Advertisements Ordinance (Chapter 231 of the Laws of Hong Kong), and the Business Registration Ordinance (Chapter 310 of the Laws of
−Removed: Contravention of the relevant laws and regulations may expose us to criminal and civil liabilities including penalties, fines,
−Removed: damages, and other sanctions.
−Removed: These ordinances are discussed in further details below.
−Removed: Control of Obscene and Indecent Articles
−Removed: Ordinance (Chapter 390 of the Laws of Hong Kong) (the “COIAO”)
−Removed: There are no specific regulations targeting advertising
−Removed: practice or digital media publication in Hong Kong.
−Removed: However, COIAO is applicable to digital materials and contents posted on our website,
−Removed: www.chinacnnm.com .
−Removed: Section 21 of the COIAO stipulates that
−Removed: any person who publishes, or possesses for the purpose of publication, any obscene article commits an offence and is liable to a fine
−Removed: of HK$1,000,000 (approximately US$128,000) and may be subject imprisonment for up to three years.
−Removed: Section 22 of the COIAO stipulates that
−Removed: any person who publishes any indecent material accessible to a juvenile commits an offence, whether intentionally or unintentionally.
−Removed: Such offences impose a fine of HK$400,000 (approximately US$51,000) and imprisonment of 12 months on first conviction.
−Removed: A second or subsequent
−Removed: conviction will give rise to a fine of HK$800,000 (approximately US$102,000) and imprisonment of up to 12 months.
−Removed: Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance (Chapter
−Removed: 486 of the Laws of Hong Kong) (the “PDPO”)
−Removed: We, as a data user, need to comply with the PDPO
−Removed: to ensure that personal data it collects are accurate, securely kept, and used only for the purpose for which they are collected.
−Removed: the avoidance of doubt, ATIF Holdings does not process any personal data and all processing of data protection is undertaken by ATIF
−Removed: The PDPO protects the privacy interests of living
−Removed: individuals in relation to personal data and regulates the conducts of a data user, i.e., any person who, either alone or jointly or
−Removed: in common with other persons, controls the collection, holding, processing, or use of personal data.
−Removed: Pursuant to section 2 of the PDPO,
−Removed: personal data means any data (i) relating directly or indirectly to a living individual;
−Removed: (ii) from which it is practicable
−Removed: for the identity of the individual to be directly or indirectly ascertained;
−Removed: and (iii) in a form in which access to or processing
−Removed: of the data is practicable.
−Removed: In general, the personal data shall be lawfully and fairly collected and steps should be taken to ensure
−Removed: that the data collection subject is explicitly and implicitly informed on or before the data collection.
−Removed: There are six principles under the PDPO which
−Removed: regulate the purpose and manner of collection of data, the accuracy and duration of retention of collected data, the use of personal
−Removed: data, the security of personal data, and the access to personal data.
−Removed: As we may collect personal data of users of its website, www.chinacnnm.com ,
−Removed: it is subject to the following principles, which are:
−Removed: Principle 1 - Data Collection Principle
−Removed: Personal data must be collected in a lawful and
−Removed: fair way, for the purpose directly related to a function/activity of the data user.
−Removed: Data collection subjects must be notified of the
−Removed: purpose of the collection and the classes of persons to whom the data may be transferred.
−Removed: Data collection should be necessary, and not
−Removed: excessive for the purpose of collection.
−Removed: Principle 2 - Accuracy & Retention
−Removed: Personal data must be accurate and should not
−Removed: be kept for a period longer than is necessary to fulfil the purpose for which it is used.
−Removed: Principle 3 - Data Use Principle
−Removed: Personal data must be used for the purpose for
−Removed: which the data is collected or for a directly related purpose, unless voluntary and explicit consent of a new purpose is obtained from
−Removed: the data collection subject.
−Removed: Principle 4 - Data Security Principle
−Removed: A data user needs to take practical steps to
−Removed: safeguard personal data from unauthorized or accidental access, processing, erasure, loss, or use.
−Removed: Principle 5 - Openness Principle
−Removed: A data user must make personal data policies
−Removed: and practices known to the public regarding the types of personal data it holds and how the data is used.
−Removed: Principle 6 - Data Access & Correction
−Removed: A data collection subject must be given access
−Removed: to his/her personal data and allowed to make corrections if it is inaccurate.
−Removed: Pursuant to the PDPO, if any of the above principles
−Removed: are not complied with, the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data (the “PDPD”) may serve an enforcement notice to direct
−Removed: the data user to remedy the contravention and/or instigate prosecution actions.
−Removed: Further, section 50A of the PDPO provides that contravention
−Removed: of an enforcement notice is an offence which could result in a maximum fine of HK$50,000 (approximately US$6,400) and imprisonment for
−Removed: The PDPO also criminalizes misuse or inappropriate use of personal data in direct marketing activities under Part VI
−Removed: As we may collect and possess private and confidential
−Removed: data of the users of www.chinacnnm.com , we are subject to the principles set out in the PDPO regarding the collection, use, retention,
−Removed: accuracy, and security of and access to personal data.
−Removed: Copyright Ordinance (Chapter 528 of the
−Removed: Laws of Hong Kong) (the “Copyright Ordinance”)
−Removed: The Copyright Ordinance provides comprehensive
−Removed: protection for recognized categories of work such as literary, dramatic, musical, and artistic works, as well as for films, television
−Removed: broadcasts, and cable diffusion, and works made available to the public on the internet.
−Removed: In the course of providing advertising services
−Removed: and digital media publication, certain copyrights may subsist in the works we create in relation to its publications, digital media content,
−Removed: and advertising materials, including artistic works (such as artworks and photos), films (such as videos), or literary works (such as
−Removed: text) that qualify for copyright protection without registration.
−Removed: It is not necessary to register a copyright nor are there other formalities
−Removed: required to obtain copyright protection for a work in Hong Kong.
−Removed: There is no official registry in Hong Kong for registration of copyright
−Removed: The Copyright Ordinance restricts certain acts
−Removed: such as copying and/or issuing or making available copies to the public of a copyright work without the authorization from the copyright
−Removed: owner which, if done, constitutes “primary infringement” of copyright which does not require knowledge of infringement.
−Removed: The Copyright Ordinance permits certain acts
−Removed: that can be done in relation to copyright works without authorization from the copyright owner, one of which being fair dealing with
−Removed: a copyright work for the purpose of criticism, review, or reporting current events if accompanied by a sufficient acknowledgement of
−Removed: such copyright work and its author.
−Removed: Under the Copyright Ordinance, a person may incur
−Removed: civil liability for “secondary infringement” if that person, amongst others, possesses, sells, distributes, or deals with
−Removed: a copy of a work which is, and which he knows or has reason to believe to be, an infringing copy of the work for the purposes of or in
−Removed: the course of any trade or business without the consent of the copyright owner.
−Removed: However, the person will only be liable if, at the time
−Removed: he committed the act, he knew or had reason to believe that he was dealing with infringing copies of the work.
−Removed: Defamation Ordinance (Chapter 21 of the
−Removed: Laws of Hong Kong) (the “DO”)
−Removed: As our website, www.chinacnnm.com , may
−Removed: contain information and or/news from other sources and such information and/or news may not be independently verified by us, such information
−Removed: may lead to defamatory matters.
−Removed: Under the DO, any person who maliciously publishes
−Removed: defamatory matter regarding another person or an organization in writing or by word of mouth or by conduct may be liable for defamation.
−Removed: In general, there are two main kinds of defamation, libel and slander.
−Removed: Libel is the malicious publication of defamatory matter in writing
−Removed: or in some other permanent form.
−Removed: Slander is the publication of defamatory matter by word of mouth or in some other transient (temporary)
−Removed: Section 5 of the DO provides that any person
−Removed: who maliciously publishes any defamatory libel, knowing the same to be false, shall be liable to imprisonment for two years, and, in
−Removed: addition, to pay such fine as the court may award.
−Removed: There are several defenses available, including
−Removed: but not limited to (a) unintentional defamation;
−Removed: (b) an offer of amends;
−Removed: (c) defense of justification, which means the
−Removed: words were true in substance and in fact;
−Removed: (d) fair comment;
−Removed: and (e) publication which was privileged as prescribed in the schedule
−Removed: Undesirable Medical Advertisements Ordinance
−Removed: (Chapter 231 of the Laws of Hong Kong) (the “UMAO”)
−Removed: As our website, www.chinacnnm.com , may
−Removed: contain information and/or advertisements relating to medical aspects, we may be subject to the provisions under the UMAO.
−Removed: The UMAO aims
−Removed: to protect public health through prohibiting or restricting advertisements which may induce the seeking of improper management of certain
−Removed: health conditions.
−Removed: As defined in the UMAO, “advertisement”
−Removed: includes any notice, poster, circular, label, wrapper, or document, and any announcement made orally or by means of producing or transmitting
−Removed: light or sound.
−Removed: These include advertisements published in newspapers and magazines, leaflets, on radio, television, and internet, as
−Removed: well as on the label of a container or package containing any medicine, surgical appliance, treatment, or orally consumed product.
−Removed: Pursuant to the UMAO, no person shall publish,
−Removed: or cause to be published any advertisements likely to lead to the use of any medicine, surgical appliance, or treatment for:
−Removed: purpose of treating human beings for, or preventing them from contracting any of the diseases or conditions specified in the UMAO which
−Removed: include, among others, any disease of the skin, hair, or scalp except for a purpose specified in the UMAO which, among others, include
−Removed: prevention of pimples and relief or prevention of minor skin conditions including dry and chapped skin;
−Removed: or (b) treating human beings
−Removed: for any purpose specified in the UMAO which include, among others, the restoration of lost youth and the correction of deformity or the
−Removed: surgical alteration of a person’s appearance.
−Removed: Business Registration Ordinance (Chapter
−Removed: 310 of the Laws of Hong Kong) (the “BRO”)
−Removed: The BRO requires every person, whether a company
−Removed: or an individual, who carries on a business in Hong Kong to apply for business registration certificate from the Inland Revenue Department
−Removed: within one month from the date of commencement of the business, and to display the valid business registration certificate at the place
−Removed: Any person who fails to apply for business registration or display a valid business registration certificate at the place
−Removed: of business shall be guilty of an offence, and shall be liable to a fine of HK$5,000 (approximately US$640) and to imprisonment for one
+Added: Applicants for registration of domain names shall provide true, accurate, and complete information of their identities to domain name
+Added: registration service institutions.
+Added: In accordance with the Notice from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology on Regulating
+Added: the Use of Domain Names in Internet Information Services, which was promulgated by the MIIT on November 27, 2017 and came into effect
+Added: on January 1, 2018, Internet access service providers shall verify the identity of each Internet information service provider, and shall
+Added: not provide services to any Internet information service provider which fails to provide real identity information.
+Added: The applicant will
+Added: become the holder of such domain names upon completion of the registration procedure.
+Added: As of July 31, 2020, we had completed registration
+Added: of five domain names, “ipoex.com,” “ chinacnnm.com ,” “ atifchina.com ,” “ atifus.com ,”
+Added: and “ dpoex.com ,” in the PRC and became the legal holder of such domain names.
+Added: Employment Laws
+Added: federal and state labor laws govern our relationship with our employees and affect operating costs.
+Added: These laws include
+Added: minimum wage requirements, overtime pay, unemployment tax rates, workers’ compensation rates, citizenship requirements and sales
+Added: Additional government-imposed increases in minimum wages, overtime pay, paid leaves of absence and mandated health benefits such
+Added: as those to be imposed by recently enacted legislation in California, increased tax reporting and tax payment requirements for employees
+Added: who receive gratuities, or a reduction in the number of states that allow tips to be credited toward minimum wage requirements could harm
+Added: our operating results.
+Added: Federal Americans with Disabilities Act prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability in public accommodations and employment.
+Added: our office is designed to be accessible to the disabled, we could be required to make modifications to our office to provide service to,
+Added: or make reasonable accommodations for, disabled persons.
+Added: Data Protection
+Added: and Privacy Laws
+Added: has several laws protecting the literary works read by California residents.
+Added: The California Reader Privacy Act protects information about
+Added: the books California residents read from electronic services.
+Added: Such information cannot be disclosed except pursuant to an individual’s
+Added: affirmative consent, a warrant or court order with limited exceptions, such as imminent danger of serious injury.
+Added: California Education
+Added: Code Section 99122 requires for-profit postsecondary educational institutions to post a social media privacy policy on their website.
+Added: Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) provides relief for claims of circumvention of copyright protected technologies and includes a
+Added: safe harbor intended to reduce the liability of online service providers for hosting, listing, or linking to third-party content that
+Added: infringes copyrights of others.
+Added: Communications Decency Act provides that online service providers will not be considered the publisher or speaker of content provided
+Added: by others, such as individuals who post content on an online service provider’s website.
+Added: California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), which went into effect on January 1, 2020, provides consumers the right to know what personal
+Added: data companies collect, how it is used, and the right to access, delete, and opt out of the sale of their personal information to third
+Added: It also expands the definition of personal information and gives consumers increased privacy rights and protections for that
+Added: The CCPA also includes special requirements for California consumers under the age of 16.
+Added: California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA), Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act (CDPA) and Colorado Privacy Act (CPA) all will come into effect
+Added: on January 1, 2023.
+Added: These laws provide consumers with the right to know what personal data companies collect, how it is used, and the
+Added: right to access, delete, and opt out of the sale of their personal information to third parties.
+Added: The CPRA also includes special requirements
+Added: for California consumers under the age of 16.
+Added: The Holding Foreign Companies Accountable
+Added: On May 20, 2020, the U.S.
+Added: Senate passed the Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act (“HFCAA”) requiring a foreign company to certify it is not owned
+Added: or controlled by a foreign government if the PCAOB is unable to audit specified reports because the company uses a foreign auditor not
+Added: subject to PCAOB inspection.
+Added: On December 18, 2020, the Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act or HFCAA was signed into law.
+Added: 22, 2021, the PCAOB adopted a final rule implementing the HFCAA, which became law in December 2020 and prohibits foreign companies from
+Added: listing their securities on U.S.
+Added: exchanges if the company has been unavailable for PCAOB inspection or investigation for three consecutive
+Added: As a result of the HFCAA, trading in ATIF BVI’s securities may be prohibited if the PCAOB determines that it cannot inspect
+Added: or fully investigate ATIF BVI’s auditor.
+Added: Furthermore, in June 2021, the Senate passed the AHFCAA, which was signed into law on December
+Added: 29, 2022, reducing the time period for delisting of foreign companies under the HFCAA to two consecutive years, instead of three years.
+Added: Pursuant to the HFCAA, the PCAOB issued a Determination Report on December 16, 2021, which found that the PCAOB was unable to inspect
+Added: or investigate completely certain named registered public accounting firms headquartered in mainland China and Hong Kong.
+Added: Our independent
+Added: registered public accounting firm is headquartered in Denver, Colorado, and has been inspected by the PCAOB on a regular basis and as
+Added: such, it is not affected by or subject to the PCAOB’s 2021 Determination Report.
+Added: On August 26, 2022, the SEC issued a statement
+Added: announcing that the PCAOB signed a Statement of Protocol with the CSRC and the Ministry of Finance of the People’s Republic of China
+Added: governing inspections and investigations of audit firms based in China and Hong Kong, jointly agreeing on the need for a framework.
+Added: December 15, 2022, the PCAOB announced that it has secured complete access to inspect and investigate registered public accounting firms
+Added: headquartered in mainland China and Hong Kong and voted to vacate the previous 2021 Determination Report to the contrary.
+Added: Notwithstanding
+Added: the foregoing, in the future, if there is any regulatory change or step taken by PRC regulators that does not permit our auditor to provide
+Added: audit documentations located in China to the PCAOB for inspection or investigation, you may be deprived of the benefits of such inspection
+Added: which could result in limitation or restriction to our access to the U.S.
+Added: capital markets and trading of our securities, including trading
+Added: on the national exchange and trading on “over-the-counter” markets, may be prohibited under the HFCAA and AHFCAA and/or PCAOB
+Added: may consider the need to issue new determinations consistent with the HFCAA and Rule 6100.
+Added: The recent developments would
+Added: add uncertainties to our offering and we cannot assure you whether Nasdaq would apply additional and more stringent criteria to us after
+Added: considering the effectiveness of our auditor’s audit procedures and quality control procedures, adequacy of personnel and training,
+Added: or sufficiency of resources, geographic reach, or experience as it relates to our audit.
Corporate Office
−Removed: principal executive office and production facility is located in Lake Forest, California, USA, where we lease approximately 7237 square
−Removed: feet of office space and is located in 25391 Commercentre Dr.
+Added: Our principal executive office and production
+Added: facility is located in Lake Forest, California, USA, where we lease approximately 7237 square feet of office space and is located in 25391
+Added: Commercentre Dr.
Ste 200, Lake Forest, CA 92630.
−Removed: The telephone number at our principal executive
−Removed: office is 308-888-8888.
+Added: The telephone number at our principal executive office is 308-888-8888.
that these existing facilities will be adequate for our current needs and that suitable additional or alternative space will be available
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Our Internet address is www.ipoex.com.
−Removed: We make available on our website our reports filed or furnished pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act as soon as reasonably
−Removed: practicable after we electronically file such material with, or furnish it to, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”).
−Removed: Other than the information expressly set forth in this annual report, the information contained, or referred to, on our website is not
−Removed: part of this annual report.
−Removed: The SEC also maintains a website at www.sec.gov that contains reports, proxy and information statements,
−Removed: and other information regarding issuers, such as us, that file electronically with the SEC.
+Added: available on our website our reports filed or furnished pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act as soon as reasonably practicable
+Added: after we electronically file such material with, or furnish it to, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”).
+Added: the information expressly set forth in this annual report, the information contained, or referred to, on our website is not part of this
+Added: annual report.
+Added: The SEC also maintains a website at www.sec.gov that contains reports, proxy and information statements, and other information
+Added: regarding issuers, such as us, that file electronically with the SEC.
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