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# Smart Powerr Corp. (CREG) — 10-K **Filed:** 2026-03-31 **Period ending:** 2025-12-31 **Accession:** 0001213900-26-037674 **Source:** [SEC EDGAR](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/721693/000121390026037674/) **Origin leaf:** 2189d1b967c827367f15f0ae18e62726a97ae99e8b7645e647724ee4941796a0 **Words:** 68,276 --- ** UNITED STATES** **SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION** **Washington, D.C. 20549** **FORM 10-K** **(Mark One)** **ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934** **For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2025** **OR** **TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934** **For the transition period from __________ to __________** **Commission File Number: 001-34625** **SMART POWERR CORP.** (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) | Nevada | | 90-0093373 | | | (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) | | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) | | | 4/F, Tower C Rong Cheng Yun Gu Building Keji 3rd Road Yanta District, Xi An City Shaan Xi Province, China | | 710075 | | | (Address of principal executive offices) | | (Zip Code) | | | (011) 86-29-8765-1098 | | (Registrants telephone number, including area code) | N/A | | (Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report) Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: | Title of each class | | Trading Symbol(s) | | Name of each exchange on which registered | | | Common stock, $0.001 par value | | CREG | | The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC | | Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:**None.** Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. YesNo Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act. YesNo Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes No Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files). YesNo Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of large accelerated filer, accelerated filer, smaller reporting company, and emerging growth company in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. | Large accelerated filer | | Accelerated filer | | | | Non-accelerated filer | | Smaller reporting company | | | | | | Emerging growth company | | | If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed a report on and attestation to its managements assessment of the effectiveness of its internal control over financial reporting under Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (15 U.S.C. 7262(b)) by the registered public accounting firm that prepared or issued its audit report. YesNo If securities are registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act, indicate by check mark whether the financial statements of the registrant included in the filing reflect the correction of an error to previously issued financial statements. Indicate by check mark whether any of those error corrections are restatements that required a recovery analysis of incentive-based compensation received by any of the registrants executive officers during the relevant recovery period pursuant to 240.10D-1(b). Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes No Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuers classes of common stock, as of the latest practicable date. As of December 31, 2025, the last business day of the registrants most recently completed fourth fiscal quarter, the aggregate market value of the common stock outstanding held by non-affiliates of the registrant, computed by reference to the closing sales price for the common stock of $1.33, as reported on the Nasdaq Capital Market, was approximately $27.9 million. As of March 31, 2026, there were 22,959,128 shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share, of the registrant issued and outstanding. **SMART POWERR CORP.** **FORM 10-K** **TABLE OF CONTENTS** | PART I | | | | | | | | | | | | Item 1. | | Business | 1 | | | | | | | | | Item 1A. | | Risk Factors | 25 | | | | | | | | | Item 1B. | | Unresolved Staff Comments | 49 | | | | | | | | | Item 1C. | | Cybersecurity | 49 | | | | | | | | | Item 2. | | Properties | 50 | | | | | | | | | Item 3. | | Legal Proceedings | 50 | | | | | | | | | Item 4. | | Mine Safety Disclosures | 50 | | | | | | | | | PART II | | | | | | | | | | | | Item 5. | | Market for Common Equity, Related Shareholder Matters and Small Business Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities | 51 | | | | | | | | | Item 6. | | [Reserved] | 51 | | | | | | | | | Item 7. | | Managements Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations | 52 | | | | | | | | | Item 7A. | | Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk | 57 | | | | | | | | | Item 8. | | Financial Statements and Supplementary Data | 57 | | | | | | | | | Item 9. | | Changes In and Disagreements With Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure | 57 | | | | | | | | | Item 9A. | | Controls and Procedures | 57 | | | | | | | | | Item 9B. | | Other Information | 58 | | | | | | | | | Item 9C. | | Disclosure Regarding Foreign Jurisdictions that Prevent Inspections | 58 | | | | | | | | | PARTIII | | | | | | | | | | | | Item 10. | | Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance | 59 | | | | | | | | | Item 11. | | Executive Compensation | 64 | | | | | | | | | Item 12. | | Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Shareholder Matters | 66 | | | | | | | | | Item 13. | | Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, Director Independence | 67 | | | | | | | | | Item 14. | | Principal Accountant Fees and Services | 67 | | | | | | | | | PART IV | | | | | | | | | | | | Item 15. | | Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules | 68 | | | | | | | | | Item 16. | | 10-K Summary | 72 | | i **CAUTIONARY NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS** **** This Annual Report on Form 10-K (this Report), including, without limitation, statements under the heading Managements Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations, includes forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act) and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange Act). These forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology, including the words believes, estimates, anticipates, expects, intends, plans, may, will, potential, projects, predicts, continue, or should, or, in each case, their negative or other variations or comparable terminology. There can be no assurance that actual results will not materially differ from expectations. These statements are based on managements current expectations, but actual results may differ materially due to various factors, including, but not limited to those discussed under the heading Risk Factors in any of our filings with the SEC pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act. The forward-looking statements contained in this Report are based on our current expectations and beliefs concerning future developments and their potential effects on us. Future developments affecting us may not be those that we have anticipated. These forward-looking statements involve a number of risks, uncertainties (some of which are beyond our control) and other assumptions that may cause actual results or performance to be materially different from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should any of our assumptions prove incorrect, actual results may vary in material respects from those projected in these forward-looking statements. We undertake no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as may be required under applicable securities laws. By their nature, forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties because they relate to events and depend on circumstances that may or may not occur in the future. We caution you that forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and that our actual results of operations, financial condition and liquidity, and developments in the industry in which we operate may differ materially from those made in or suggested by the forward-looking statements contained in this Report. In addition, even if our results or operations, financial condition and liquidity, and developments in the industry in which we operate are consistent with the forward-looking statements contained in this Report, those results or developments may not be indicative of results or developments in subsequent periods. ii **PART I** When we use the terms we, us, our and the Company, we mean Smart Powerr Corp., a Nevada corporation, and its wholly-owned subsidiaries, Shanghai Yinghua Financial Leasing Co., Ltd. (Yinghua) and Sifang Holdings Co., Ltd. (Sifang), and Sifangs wholly-owned subsidiaries, Shaanxi Huahong New Energy Technology Co., Ltd. (Huahong) and Shanghai TCH Energy Technology Co., Ltd. (Shanghai TCH), Shanghai TCHs wholly-owned subsidiaries, Xian TCH Energy Technology Company, Ltd. (Xian TCH), Xian TCHs wholly-owned subsidiary Erdos TCH Energy Saving Development Co., Ltd. (Erdos TCH), Zhongxun Energy Investment (Beijing) Co., Ltd (Zhongxun), and 16.3% owned subsidiary, Beijing Hongyuan Recycling Energy Investment Center (Beijing Hongyuan), and Xian Zhonghong Energy Technology Co., Ltd. (Xian Zhonghong), which is 90% owned by Xian TCH and 10% owned by Shanghai TCHs. **ITEM 1. BUSINESS** **General** Smart Powerr Corp. is a holding company incorporated in the state of Nevada. As a holding company with no material operations of our own, we conduct a substantial majority of our operations through our subsidiaries established in the PRC. We were once a pioneer in waste energy recycling and a developer of energy efficiency solutions for various energy intensive industries in China. We use Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) model to provide energy saving and recovery facilities for multiple energy intensive industries in China. Our waste energy recycling projects allow customers which use substantial amounts of electricity to recapture previously wasted pressure, heat, and gas from their manufacturing processes to generate electricity. The Company is in the process of transforming and expanding into an energy storage integrated solution provider business. The Company plans to pursue disciplined and targeted expansion strategies for market areas the Company currently does not serve. The Company actively seeks and explores opportunities to apply energy storage technologies to new industries or segments with high growth potential, including industrial and commercial complexes, large scale photovoltaic (PV) and wind power stations,remote islands without electricity,and smart energy cities with multi-energy supplies. We develop fully customized projects across several verticals to better meet customers energy recovery needs. We provide a clean-technology and energy-efficient solution aimed at reducing the air pollution and energy shortage problems in China. Our projects capture industrial waste energy to produce low-cost electricity, enabling industrial manufacturers to reduce their energy costs by 5% to 20%, lower their operating costs, and in optimal circumstances, extend the life of primary manufacturing equipment, while still complying with government regulations on emissions. Specifically, our power generation systems use the waste heat and pressure of flue gas generated during customers daily course of energy usage, such as manufacturing, and carry out necessary dust removal and desulfurization process afterwards, before putting the renewed energy back into use. The purified flue gas can reduce the wear and corrosion of pipes, valves and fans on the original production line, so as to improve the service life of this equipment. We are headquartered in China. Our principal executive offices are located at 4/F, Tower C, Rong Cheng Yun Gu Building, Keji 3rd Road, Yanta District, Xian City, Shaanxi Province, China, and our telephone number at this location is +86-29-8765-1097. 1 **Company Overview and History** The Company was incorporated on May 8, 1980 as Boulder Brewing Company under the laws of the State of Colorado. On September 6, 2001, the Company changed its state of incorporation to the State of Nevada. In 2004, the Company changed its name from Boulder Brewing Company to China Digital Wireless, Inc. and on March 8, 2007, again changed its name from China Digital Wireless, Inc. to China Recycling Energy Corporation, and most recently to Smart Powerr Corp. in March of 2022. The Company, through its subsidiaries, provides energy saving solutions and services, including selling and leasing energy saving systems and equipment to customers, project investment, investment management, economic information consulting, technical services, financial leasing, purchase of financial leasing assets, disposal and repair of financial leasing assets, consulting and ensuring of financial leasing transactions in the Peoples Republic of China (PRC). Our business is primarily conducted through our wholly-owned subsidiaries, Yinghua and Sifeng, Sifengs wholly-owned subsidiaries, Huahong and Shanghai TCH, Shanghai TCHs wholly-owned subsidiaries, Xian TCH, Xian TCHs wholly-owned subsidiary Erdos TCH and Xian TCHs 90% owned and Shanghai TCHs 10% owned subsidiary Xian Zhonghong New Energy Technology Co., Ltd., and Zhongxun. Shanghai TCH was established as a foreign investment enterprise in Shanghai under the laws of the PRC on May 25, 2004, and currently has registered capital of $29.80 million. Xian TCH was incorporated in Xian, Shaanxi Province under the laws of the PRC in November 2007. Erdos TCH was incorporated in April 2009. Huahong was incorporated in February 2009. Xian Zhonghong New Energy Technology Co., Ltd. was incorporated in July 2013. Xian TCH owns 90% and Shanghai TCH owns 10% of Zhonghong. Zhonghong provides energy saving solutions and services, including constructing, selling and leasing energy saving systems and equipment to customers. Zhongxun was incorporated in March 2014 and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Xian TCH. The Company is in the process of transforming and expanding into an energy storage integrated solution provider. We plan to pursue disciplined and targeted expansion strategies for market areas we currently do not serve. We actively seek and explore opportunities to apply energy storage technologies to new industries or segments with high growth potential, including industrial and commercial complexes, large scale photovoltaic (PV) and wind power stations, remote islands without electricity, and smart energy cities with multi-energy supplies. **Legal and Operational Risks of Operating in the PRC** Smart Powerr Corp., or the Company or CREG, is a holding company incorporated in the state of Nevada. As a holding company with no material operations, CREG conducts a substantial majority of its operations through its subsidiaries established in the Peoples Republic of China, or the PRC or China. However, neither the holding company nor any of the Companys Chinese subsidiaries conduct any operations through contractual arrangements with a variable interest entity based in China. Investors in our common stock should be aware that they may never directly hold equity interests in the PRC operating entities, but rather purchasing equity solely in CREG, our Nevada holding company. Furthermore, shareholders may face difficulties enforcing their legal rights under United States securities laws against our directors and officers who are located outside of the United States. See *Risk Factors - Risks Related to Doing Business in China - Uncertainties with respect to the PRC legal system could adversely affect us* on page 41 of this annual report. Our equity structure is a direct holding structure. Within our direct holding structure, the cross-border transfer of funds within our corporate entities is legal and compliant with the laws and regulations of the PRC. After the foreign investors funds enter CREG, the funds can be directly transferred to the PRC operating companies through its subsidiaries. Specifically, CREG is permitted under the Nevada laws to provide funding to our subsidiary in Cayman Islands through loans or capital contributions without restrictions on the amount of the funds, subject to satisfaction of applicable government registration, approval and filing requirements. Our subsidiary in Cayman Islands is also permitted under the laws of Cayman Islands to provide funding to CREG through dividend distribution without restrictions on the amount of the funds. Current PRC regulations permit our PRC subsidiaries to pay dividends to the Company only out of their accumulated profits, if any, determined in accordance with Chinese accounting standards and regulations. As of the date hereof, there have not been any transfers, dividends or distributions made between the holding company, its subsidiaries, and to investors. Furthermore, as of the date hereof, no cash generated from one subsidiary is used to fund another subsidiarys operations and we do not anticipate any difficulties or limitations on our ability to transfer cash between subsidiaries. We have also not installed any cash management policies that dictate the amount of such funds and how such funds are transferred. For the foreseeable future, we intend to use the earnings for our business operations and as a result, we do not intend to distribute earnings or pay any cash dividends. See Transfers of Cash to and from Our Subsidiaries on page 55 of this annual report. 2 Because our operations are primarily located in the PRC through our subsidiaries, we are subject to certain legal and operational risks associated with our operations in China, including changes in the legal, political and economic policies of the Chinese government, the relations between China and the U.S, or Chinese or U.S regulations may materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations. PRC laws and regulations governing our current business operations are sometimes vague and uncertain, and therefore, these risks may result in a material change in our operations and the value of our common stock, or could significantly limit or completely hinder our ability to offer or continue to offer our securities to investors and cause the value of such securities to significantly decline or be worthless. Recently, the PRC government initiated a series of regulatory actions and statements to regulate business operations in China with little advance notice, including cracking down on illegal activities in the securities market, enhancing supervision over China-based companies listed overseas using a variable interest entity structure, adopting new measures to extend the scope of cybersecurity reviews, and expanding the efforts in anti-monopoly enforcement. As confirmed by our PRC counsel, Shaanxi Yan Tan Law Firm, we will not be subject to cybersecurity review with the Cyberspace Administration of China, or the CAC, after the Cybersecurity Review Measures became effective on February 15, 2022, since we currently do not have over one million users personal information and do not anticipate that we will be collecting over one million users personal information in the foreseeable future, which we understand might otherwise subject us to the Cybersecurity Review Measures. We do not believe that our subsidiaries are directly subject to these regulatory actions or statements, as we have not implemented any monopolistic behavior and our business does not involve the collection of user data or implicate cybersecurity. As of the date hereof, no relevant laws or regulations in the PRC explicitly require us to seek approval from the China Securities Regulatory Commission, or the CSRC, or any other PRC governmental authorities for future offerings, nor has our Nevada holding company or any of our subsidiaries received any inquiry, notice, warning or sanctions regarding previous offerings from the CSRC or any other PRC governmental authorities. However, on February 17, 2023, the CSRC promulgated Trial Administrative Measures of the Overseas Securities Offering and Listing by Domestic Companies (the Overseas Listing Trial Measures) and five relevant guidelines, which became effective on March 31, 2023. According to the Overseas Listing Trial Measures, PRC domestic companies that seek to offer and list securities in overseas markets, either in direct or indirect means, are required to fulfill the filing procedure with the CSRC and report relevant information. The Overseas Listing Trial Measures provides that an overseas listing or offering is explicitly prohibited, if any of the following: (1) such securities offering and listing is explicitly prohibited by provisions in laws, administrative regulations and relevant state rules; (2) the intended securities offering and listing may endanger national security as reviewed and determined by competent authorities under the State Council in accordance with law; (3) the domestic company intending to make the securities offering and listing, or its controlling shareholder(s) and the actual controller, have committed relevant crimes such as corruption, bribery, embezzlement, misappropriation of property or undermining the order of the socialist market economy during the latest three years; (4) the domestic company intending to make the securities offering and listing is currently under investigations for suspicion of criminal offenses or major violations of laws and regulations, and no conclusion has yet been made thereof; or (5) there are material ownership disputes over equity held by the domestic companys controlling shareholder(s) or by other shareholder(s) that are controlled by the controlling shareholder(s) and/or actual controller. The Overseas Listing Trial Measures also provides that if the issuer meets both the following criteria, the overseas securities offering and listing conducted by such issuer will be deemed as indirect overseas offering by PRC domestic companies: (1) 50% or more of any of the issuers operating revenue, total profit, total assets or net assets as documented in its audited consolidated financial statements for the most recent fiscal year is accounted for by domestic companies; and (2) the issuers main business activities are conducted in China, or its main place(s) of business are located in China, or the majority of senior management staff in charge of its business operations and management are PRC citizens or have their usual place(s) of residence located in China. Where an issuer submits an application for initial public offering to competent overseas regulators, such issuer must file with the CSRC within three business days after such application is submitted. In addition, the Overseas Listing Trial Measures provide that the direct or indirect overseas listings of the assets of domestic companies through one or more acquisitions, share swaps, transfers or other transaction arrangements shall be subject to filing procedures in accordance with the Overseas Listing Trial Measures. The Overseas Listing Trial Measures also requires subsequent reports to be filed with the CSRC on material events, such as change of control or voluntary or forced delisting of the issuer(s) who have completed overseas offerings and listings. At a press conference held for these new regulations (Press Conference), officials from the CSRC clarified that the domestic companies that have already been listed overseas on or before March 31, 2023 shall be deemed as existing issuers (the Existing Issuers). Existing Issuers are not required to complete the filling procedures immediately, and they shall be required to file with the CSRC upon occurrences of certain subsequent matters such as follow-on offerings of securities. According to the Overseas Listing Trial Measures and the Press Conference, the existing domestic companies that have completed overseas offering and listing before March 31, 2023, such as us, shall not be required to perform filing procedures for the completed overseas securities issuance and listing. However, from the effective date of the regulation, any of our subsequent securities offering in the same overseas market or subsequent securities offering and listing in other overseas markets shall be subject to the filing requirement with the CSRC within three working days after the offering is completed or after the relevant application is submitted to the relevant overseas authorities, respectively. If it is determined that any approval, filing or other administrative procedures from other PRC governmental authorities is required for any future offering or listing, we cannot assure you that we can obtain the required approval or accomplish the required filings or other regulatory procedures in a timely manner, or at all. If we fail to fulfill filing procedure as stipulated by the Trial Measures or offer and list securities in an overseas market in violation of the Trial Measures, the CSRC may order rectification, issue warnings to us, and impose a fine of between RMB1,000,000 and RMB10,000,000. Persons-in-charge and other persons that are directly liable for such failure shall be warned and each imposed a fine from RMB500,000 to RMB5,000,000. Controlling shareholders and actual controlling persons of us that organize or instruct such violations shall be imposed a fine from RMB1,000,000 and RMB10,000,000. 3 On February 24, 2023, the CSRC published the Provisions on Strengthening the Confidentiality and Archives Administration Related to the Overseas Securities Offering and Listing by Domestic Enterprises (the Provisions on Confidentiality and Archives Administration), which came into effect on March 31, 2023. The Provisions on Confidentiality and Archives Administration requires that, in the process of overseas issuance and listing of securities by domestic entities, the domestic entities, and securities companies and securities service institutions that provide relevant securities service shall strictly implement the provisions of relevant laws and regulations and the requirements of these provisions, establish and improve rules on confidentiality and archives administration. Where the domestic entities provide with or publicly disclose documents, materials or other items related to the state secrets and government work secrets to the relevant securities companies, securities service institutions, overseas regulatory authorities, or other entities or individuals, the companies shall apply for approval of competent departments with the authority of examination and approval in accordance with law and report the matter to the secrecy administrative departments at the same level for record filing. Where there is unclear or controversial whether or not the concerned materials are related to state secrets, the materials shall be reported to the relevant secrecy administrative departments for determination. However, there remain uncertainties regarding the further interpretation and implementation of the Provisions on Confidentiality and Archives Administration. As of the date of this annual report, we and our PRC subsidiaries have obtain the requisite licenses and permits from the PRC government authorities that are material for the business operations of our PRC subsidiaries. In addition, as of the date of this annual report, we and our PRC subsidiaries are not required to obtain approval or permission from the CSRC or the CAC or any other entity that is required to approve our PRC subsidiaries operations or required for us to offer securities to foreign investors under any currently effective PRC laws, regulations, and regulatory rules. If it is determined that we are subject to filing requirements imposed by the CSRC under the Overseas Listing Regulations or approvals from other PRC regulatory authorities or other procedures, including the cybersecurity review under the revised Cybersecurity Review Measures, for our future offshore offerings, it would be uncertain whether we can or how long it will take us to complete such procedures or obtain such approval and any such approval could be rescinded. Any failure to obtain or delay in completing such procedures or obtaining such approval for our offshore offerings, or a rescission of any such approval if obtained by us, would subject us to sanctions by the CSRC or other PRC regulatory authorities for failure to file with the CSRC or failure to seek approval from other government authorization for our offshore offerings. These regulatory authorities may impose fines and penalties on our operations in China, limit our ability to pay dividends outside of China, limit our operating privileges in China, delay or restrict the repatriation of the proceeds from our offshore offerings into China or take other actions that could materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations, and prospects, as well as the trading price of our common stock. The CSRC or other PRC regulatory authorities also may take actions requiring us, or making it advisable for us, to halt our offshore offerings before settlement and delivery of the securities offered. Consequently, if investors engage in market trading or other activities in anticipation of and prior to settlement and delivery, they do so at the risk that settlement and delivery may not occur. In addition, if the CSRC or other regulatory authorities later promulgate new rules or explanations requiring that we obtain their approvals or accomplish the required filing or other regulatory procedures for our prior offshore offerings, we may be unable to obtain a waiver of such approval requirements, if and when procedures are established to obtain such a waiver. Any uncertainties or negative publicity regarding such approval requirement could materially and adversely affect our business, prospects, financial condition, reputation, and the trading price of our common stock. Since these statements and regulatory actions by the PRC government are newly published and official guidance and related implementation rules have not been issued, it is not highly uncertain how soon legislative or administrative regulation making bodies will respond and what existing or new laws or regulations or detailed implementations and interpretations will be modified or promulgated, if any, and the potential impact such modified or new laws and regulations will have on our daily business operation, the ability to accept foreign investments and list on an U.S. or other foreign exchange. The Standing Committee of the National Peoples Congress, or the SCNPC, or other PRC regulatory authorities may in the future promulgate laws, regulations or implementing rules that requires our company or any of our subsidiaries to obtain regulatory approval from Chinese authorities before future offerings in the U.S. In other words, although the Company is currently not required to obtain permission from any of the PRC federal or local government to obtain such permission and has not received any denial to list on the U.S. exchange, our operations could be adversely affected, directly or indirectly; our ability to offer, or continue to offer, securities to investors would be potentially hindered and the value of our securities might significantly decline or be worthless, by existing or future laws and regulations relating to its business or industry or by intervene or interruption by PRC governmental authorities, if we or our subsidiaries (i) do not receive or maintain such permissions or approvals, (ii) inadvertently conclude that such permissions or approvals are not required, (iii) applicable laws, regulations, or interpretations change and we are required to obtain such permissions or approvals in the future, or (iv) any intervention or interruption by PRC governmental with little advance notice 4 **Summary of Risk Factors** **** Investing in our common stock involves significant risks. Below please find a summary of the principal risks we face, organized under relevant headings. These risks are discussed more fully under *Item 1A. Risk Factors* beginning on page 25 of this annual report. *Risks Related to Our Business and Industry* | | We face risks related to natural disasters, extreme weather conditions, health epidemics and other catastrophic incidents, which could significantly disrupt our operations. on page 31 of this annual report); | | | | Changes in the economic and credit environment could have an adverse effect on demand for our projects, which would in turn have a negative impact on our results of operations, our cash flows, our financial condition, our ability to borrow and our stock price (see Risk Factors - Risks Related to Our Business and Industry - Changes in the economic and credit environment could have an adverse effect on demand for our projects, which would in turn have a negative impact on our results of operations, our cash flows, our financial condition, our ability to borrow and our stock price. on page 26 of this annual report); | | | | Changes in the growth of demand for or pricing of electricity could reduce demand for our waste energy recycling projects, which could materially harm our ability to grow our business (see Risk Factors - Risks Related to Our Business and Industry - Changes in the growth of demand for or pricing of electricity could reduce demand for our waste energy recycling projects, which could materially harm our ability to grow our business on page 27 of this annual report); | | | | We operate in an emerging competitive industry and if we are unable to compete successfully our revenue and profitability will be adversely affected (see Risk Factors - Risks Related to Our Business and Industry - We operate in an emerging competitive industry and if we are unable to compete successfully our revenue and profitability will be adversely affected on page 28 of this annual report); | | *Risks Related to Doing Business in China*(for a more detailed discussion, see Item 1A.*Risk Factors-Risks Related to Doing Business in China on*page 31 of this annual report) **** | | We may rely on dividends paid by our subsidiaries for our cash needs. Any limitation on the ability of our subsidiaries to make dividend payments to us, or any tax implications of making dividend payments to us, could limit our ability to pay our parent company expenses or pay dividends to holders of our common stock (see Risk Factors - We are a holding company, and will rely on dividends paid by our subsidiaries for our cash needs. Any limitation on the ability of our subsidiaries to make dividend payments to us, or any tax implications of making dividend payments to us, could limit our ability to pay our parent company expenses or pay dividends to holders of our common stock on page 31 of this annual report); | | | | The Chinese government exerts substantial influence over the manner in which we conduct our business activities and may intervene or influence our operations at any time with little advance notice, which could result in a material change in our operations and the value of our common stock (see Risk Factors -The Chinese government exerts substantial influence over the manner in which we must conduct our business activities and may intervene or influence our operations at any time with little advance notice, which could result in a material change in our operations and the value of our common stock on page 32 of this annual report); | | | | The M&A Rules and certain other PRC regulations establish complex procedures for some acquisitions of Chinese companies by foreign investors, which could make it more difficult for us to pursue growth through acquisitions in China (see Risk Factors - The M&A Rules and certain other PRC regulations establish complex procedures for some acquisitions of Chinese companies by foreign investors, which could make it more difficult for us to pursue growth through acquisitions in China on page 35 of this annual report); | | 5 | | Chinas legal system is evolving and has inherent uncertainties that could limit the legal protection available to you (see Risk Factors - Risks Related to Doing Business in China - Uncertainties with respect to the PRC legal system could adversely affect us on page 41 of this annual report); | | | | We may be exposed to liabilities under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and Chinese anti-corruption law (see Risk Factors - Risks Related to Doing Business in China - We may be exposed to liabilities under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and Chinese anti-corruption law on page 38 of this annual report); | | | | The joint statement by the SEC and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), or the PCAOB, proposed rule changes submitted by Nasdaq and the Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act(HFCAA) all call for additional and more stringent criteria to be applied to emerging market companies upon assessing the qualification of their auditors, especially the non-U.S. auditors which are not inspected by the PCAOB. These developments could add uncertainties to the trading of our common stock (see Risk Factors - Risks Related to Doing Business in China - The recent joint statement by the SEC and PCAOB, proposed rule changes submitted by Nasdaq, and the Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act all call for additional and more stringent criteria to be applied to emerging market companies upon assessing the qualification of their auditors, especially the non-U.S. auditors which are not inspected by the PCAOB. These developments could add uncertainties to the trading of our common stock on page 44 of this annual report); | | *Risks Related to Our Common Stock*(for a more detailed discussion, see Item 1A.*Risk Factors- Risks Related to Our Common Stock* on page 46 of this annual report) | | The market price of our common stock may be volatile or may decline regardless of our operating performance (see Risk Factors - Risks Related to Our Common Stock - The market price for our common stock may be volatile on page 46 of this annual report); | | **** **Transfers of Cash to and from Our Subsidiaries** Smart Powerr Corp. is a holding company with no operations of its own. We conduct our operations in China primarily through our subsidiaries in China. We may rely on dividends to be paid by our subsidiaries in China to fund our cash and financing requirements, including the funds necessary to pay dividends and other cash distributions to our shareholders, to service any debt we may incur and to pay our operating expenses. If our subsidiaries incur debt on their own behalf in the future, the instruments governing the debt may restrict its ability to pay dividends or make other distributions to us. Our equity structure is a direct holding company structure. Within our direct holding company structure, the cross-border transfer of funds between our corporate entities is legal and compliant with the laws and regulations of the PRC. After the foreign investors funds enter CREG, the funds can be directly transferred to the PRC operating companies through its subsidiaries. Specifically, Smart Powerr Corp. is permitted under the Nevada laws to provide funding to our subsidiary, Sifang Holdings, in Cayman Islands through loans or capital contributions without restrictions on the amount of the funds, subject to satisfaction of applicable government registration, approval and filing requirements. Sifang Holdings is also permitted under the laws of Cayman Islands to provide funding to Smart Powerr Corp. through dividend distribution without restrictions on the amount of the funds. As of the date hereof, there have not been any transfers, dividends or distributions made between the holding company, its subsidiaries, and to investors. 6 We currently intend to retain all available funds and future earnings, if any, for the operation and expansion of our business and do not anticipate declaring or paying any dividends in the foreseeable future. Any future determination related to our dividend policy will be made at the discretion of our Board of Directors after considering our financial condition, results of operations, capital requirements, contractual requirements, business prospects and other factors the Board of Directors deems relevant, and subject to the restrictions contained in any future financing instruments. Subject to the Nevada Business Corporation Act and our bylaws, our Board of Directors may authorize and declare a dividend to shareholders at such time and of such an amount as it thinks fit if they are satisfied, on reasonable grounds, that immediately following the dividend the value of our assets will exceed our liabilities and we will be able to pay our debts as they become due. To address persistent capital outflows and the RMBs depreciation against the U.S. dollar in the fourth quarter of 2016, the Peoples Bank of China and the State Administration of Foreign Exchange, or SAFE, have implemented a series of capital control measures in the subsequent months, including stricter vetting procedures for China-based companies to remit foreign currency for overseas acquisitions, dividend payments and shareholder loan repayments. The PRC government may continue to strengthen its capital controls and our PRC subsidiaries dividends and other distributions may be subject to tightened scrutiny in the future. The PRC government also imposes controls on the conversion of RMB into foreign currencies and the remittance of currencies out of the PRC. Therefore, we may experience difficulties in completing the administrative procedures necessary to obtain and remit foreign currency for the payment of dividends from our profits, if any. Furthermore, if our subsidiaries in the PRC incur debt on their own in the future, the instruments governing the debt may restrict their ability to pay dividends or make other payments. If we or our subsidiaries are unable to receive all of the revenues from our operations, we may be unable to pay dividends on our common stock. Cash dividends, if any, on our common stock will be paid in U.S. dollars. If we are considered a PRC tax resident enterprise for tax purposes, any dividends we pay to our overseas shareholders may be regarded as China-sourced income and as a result may be subject to PRC withholding tax at up to 10%. To pay dividends to our shareholders, we will rely on payments made from our PRC subsidiaries, i.e., Shanghai Yinghua Financial Leasing Co., Ltd, Shanghai TCH Energy Technology Co., Ltd., Huahong New Energy Technology Co., Ltd., Xian TCH Energy Technology Co., Ltd., Erdos TCH Energy Saving Development Co., Ltd., Xian Zhonghong New Energy Technology Co., Ltd., and Zhongxun Energy Investment (Beijing) Co., Ltd., to Smart Powerr Corp. As of the date hereof, our PRC subsidiaries have not made any transfers or distributions. As of the date hereof, no cash or asset transfers have occurred between the Company and its subsidiaries. We do not expect to pay any cash dividends in the foreseeable future. Furthermore, as of the date hereof, no cash generated from one subsidiary is used to fund another subsidiarys operations and we do not anticipate any difficulties or limitations on our ability to transfer cash between subsidiaries. We have also not installed any cash management policies that dictate the amount of such funds and how such funds are transferred. **Implications of Holding Foreign Company Accountable Act** On March 24, 2021, the SEC adopted interim final rules relating to the implementation of certain disclosure and documentation requirements of the HFCAA. An identified issuer will be required to comply with these rules if the SEC identifies it as having a non-inspection year under a process to be subsequently established by the SEC. On June 22, 2021, U.S Senate passed the Accelerating Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act, which was signed into law on December 29, 2022, amending the HFCAA and requiring the SEC to prohibit an issuers securities from trading on any U.S. stock exchange if its auditor is not subject to PCAOB inspections for two consecutive years instead of three consecutive years. If our auditor cannot be inspected by the PCAOB, PCAOB, for two consecutive years, the trading of our securities on any U.S. national securities exchanges, as well as any over-the-counter trading in the U.S., will be prohibited. On September 22, 2021, the PCAOB adopted a final rule implementing the HFCAA, which provides a framework for the PCAOB to use when determining, as contemplated under the HFCAA, whether the PCAOB is unable to inspect or investigate completely registered public accounting firms located in a foreign jurisdiction because of a position taken by one or more authorities in that jurisdiction. On December 2, 2021, the SEC issued amendments to finalize rules implementing the submission and disclosure requirements in the HFCA Act. The rules apply to registrants that the SEC identifies as having filed an annual report with an audit report issued by a registered public accounting firm that is located in a foreign jurisdiction and that PCAOB is unable to inspect or investigate completely because of a position taken by an authority in foreign jurisdictions. On December 16, 2021, the PCAOB issued a report on its determinations that it is unable to inspect or investigate completely PCAOB-registered public accounting firms headquartered in mainland China and in Hong Kong, because of positions taken by PRC authorities in those jurisdictions. 7 Enrome LLP, our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2024 and 2025, is based in Singapore and is registered with PCAOB and subject to PCAOB inspection. Therefore, we believe Enrome LLP is subject to the determinations as to the inability to inspect or investigate registered firms completely announced by the PCAOB on December 16, 2021. However, as more stringent criteria have been imposed by the SEC and the PCAOB, recently, which would add uncertainties to future offerings, and we cannot assure you whether Nasdaq or other regulatory authorities would apply additional and more stringent criteria to us after considering the effectiveness of our auditors audit procedures and quality control procedures, adequacy of personnel and training, or sufficiency of resources, geographic reach or experience as it relates to the audit of our financial statements. On August 26, 2022, the CSRC, the Ministry of Finance of the PRC (the MOF), and the PCAOB signed a Statement of Protocol (the Protocol), governing inspections and investigations of audit firms based in China and Hong Kong. The Protocol remains unpublished and is subject to further explanation and implementation. Pursuant to the fact sheet with respect to the Protocol disclosed by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC), the PCAOB shall have independent discretion to select any issuer audits for inspection or investigation and has the unfettered ability to transfer information to the SEC. See *The recent joint statement by the SEC and PCAOB, proposed rule changes submitted by Nasdaq, and the HFCAA all call for additional and more stringent criteria to be applied to emerging market companies upon assessing the qualification of their auditors, especially the non-U.S. auditors which are not inspected by the PCAOB. These developments could add uncertainties to the trading of our common stock* on page 44 of this annual report. **PRC Regulatory Permissions** We and our operating subsidiaries currently have received all material permissions and approvals required for our operations in compliance with the relevant PRC laws and regulations in the PRC, including the business licenses of our operating subsidiaries. The business license is a permit issued by Administration for Market Regulation that allows the company to conduct specific business within the governments geographical jurisdiction. Each of our PRC subsidiaries has received its business license. As of the date hereof, except for the business licenses mentioned here, Smart Powerr Corp. and our PRC subsidiaries are not required to obtain any other permissions or approvals from any Chinese authorities to operate the business. However, applicable laws and regulations may be tightened, and new laws or regulations may be introduced to impose additional government approval, license, and permit requirements. If we or our subsidiaries fail to obtain and maintain such approvals, licenses, or permits required for our business, inadvertently conclude that such approval is not required, or respond to changes in the regulatory environment, we or our subsidiaries could be subject to liabilities, penalties, and operational disruption, which may materially and adversely affect our business, operating results, financial condition and the value of our common stock, significantly limit or completely hinder our ability to offer or continue to offer securities to investors, or cause such securities to significantly decline in value or become worthless. On August 8, 2006, six PRC regulatory agencies jointly adopted the Regulations on Mergers and Acquisitions of Domestic Enterprises by Foreign Investors, or the M&A Rules, which came into effect on September 8, 2006 and were amended on June 22, 2009. The M&A Rules require that an offshore special purpose vehicle formed for overseas listing purposes and controlled directly or indirectly by PRC Citizens shall obtain the approval of the China Securities Regulatory Commission(CSRC) prior to overseas listing and trading of such special purpose vehicles securities on an overseas stock exchange. Based on our understanding of the Chinese laws and regulations in effect at the time of this annual report, we will not be required to submit an application to the CSRC for its approval of future offerings and the trading of common stock on the Nasdaq under the M&A Rules. However, there remains some uncertainty as to how the M&A Rules will be interpreted or implemented, and the requirement standard may change when new laws, rules and regulations or detailed implementations and interpretations in any form relating to the M&A Rules are installed. We cannot assure you that relevant Chinese government agencies, including the CSRC, would reach the same conclusion. 8 Recently, the General Office of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the General Office of the State Council jointly issued the Opinions on Strictly Cracking Down on Illegal Securities Activities, which were made available to the public on July 6, 2021. The Opinions on Strictly Cracking Down on Illegal Securities Activities emphasized the need to strengthen the administration over illegal securities activities, and the need to strengthen the supervision over overseas listings by Chinese companies. Pursuant to the Opinions, Chinese regulators are required to accelerate rulemaking related to the overseas issuance and listing of securities, and update the existing laws and regulations related to data security, cross-border data flow, and management of confidential information. Numerous regulations, guidelines and other measures are expected to be adopted under the umbrella of or in addition to the Cybersecurity Law and Data Security Law. As of the date hereof, no official guidance or related implementation rules have been issued. As a result, the Opinions on Strictly Cracking Down on Illegal Securities Activities remain unclear on how they will be interpreted, amended and implemented by the relevant PRC governmental authorities. On December 28, 2021, the CAC and other relevant PRC governmental authorities jointly promulgated the Cybersecurity Review Measures (the new Cybersecurity Review Measures) which took effect on February 15, 2022 and replaced the original Cybersecurity Review Measures. Pursuant to the new Cybersecurity Review Measures, if critical information infrastructure operators purchase network products and services, or network platform operators conduct data processing activities that affect or may affect national security, they will be subject to cybersecurity review. A network platform operator holding more than one million users/users individual information also shall be subject to cybersecurity review before listing abroad. The cybersecurity review will evaluate, among others, the risk of critical information infrastructure, core data, important data, or a large amount of personal information being influenced, controlled or maliciously used by foreign governments and risk of network data security after going public overseas. We believe that neither we nor our subsidiaries are currently required to obtain permission from any of the PRC authorities to operate and issue our common stock to foreign investors, or required to obtain permission or approval from the CSRC, CAC or any other governmental agency. Recently, however, the General Office of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the General Office of the State Council jointly issued the Opinions on Severely Cracking Down on Illegal Securities Activities According to Law, or the Opinions, which were made available to the public on July 6, 2021. The Opinions emphasized the need to strengthen the administration over illegal securities activities and the need to strengthen the supervision over overseas listings by Chinese companies. Effective measures, such as promoting the construction of relevant regulatory systems, will be taken to deal with the risks and incidents of China-concept overseas listed companies, cybersecurity, data privacy protection requirements, and similar matters. The Opinions and any related implementing rules to be enacted may subject us to compliance requirements in the future. Given the current regulatory environment in the PRC, we are still subject to the uncertainty of different interpretation and enforcement of the rules and regulations in the PRC adverse to us, which may take place quickly with little advance notice. See *The Opinions recently issued by the General Office of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the General Office of the State Council may subject us to additional compliance requirement in the future* on page 43 of this annual report. We believe we will not be subject to the Cybersecurity Review Measures that became effective on February 15, 2022 under the CAC, because we currently do not have over one million users personal information and do not anticipate that we will be collecting over one million users personal information in the foreseeable future, which we understand might check subject us to the Cybersecurity Review Measures. We are also not subject to network data security review by the CAC if the Draft Regulations on the Network Data Security Administration are enacted as proposed, since we currently do not have over one million users personal information and do not collect data that affects or may affect national security and we do not anticipate that we will be collecting over one million users personal information or data that affects or may affect national security in the foreseeable future, which we understand might otherwise subject us to the Security Administration Draft. 9 Moreover, we believe that no relevant laws or regulations in the PRC explicitly require us to seek approval from the CSRC for our overseas listing plan. As of the date of this annual report, we and our PRC subsidiaries have not received any inquiry, notice, warning, or sanctions regarding our planned overseas listing from the CSRC or any other PRC governmental authorities. However, on February 17, 2023, the CSRC promulgated Trial Administrative Measures of the Overseas Securities Offering and Listing by Domestic Companies (the Overseas Listing Trial Measures) and five relevant guidelines, which became effective on March 31, 2023. According to the Overseas Listing Trial Measures, PRC domestic companies that seek to offer and list securities in overseas markets, either in direct or indirect means, are required to fulfill the filing procedure with the CSRC and report relevant information. The Overseas Listing Trial Measures provides that an overseas listing or offering is explicitly prohibited, if any of the following: (1) such securities offering and listing is explicitly prohibited by provisions in laws, administrative regulations and relevant state rules; (2) the intended securities offering and listing may endanger national security as reviewed and determined by competent authorities under the State Council in accordance with law; (3) the domestic company intending to make the securities offering and listing, or its controlling shareholder(s) and the actual controller, have committed relevant crimes such as corruption, bribery, embezzlement, misappropriation of property or undermining the order of the socialist market economy during the latest three years; (4) the domestic company intending to make the securities offering and listing is currently under investigations for suspicion of criminal offenses or major violations of laws and regulations, and no conclusion has yet been made thereof; or (5) there are material ownership disputes over equity held by the domestic companys controlling shareholder(s) or by other shareholder(s) that are controlled by the controlling shareholder(s) and/or actual controller. The Overseas Listing Trial Measures also provides that if the issuer meets both the following criteria, the overseas securities offering and listing conducted by such issuer will be deemed as indirect overseas offering by PRC domestic companies: (1) 50% or more of any of the issuers operating revenue, total profit, total assets or net assets as documented in its audited consolidated financial statements for the most recent fiscal year is accounted for by domestic companies; and (2) the issuers main business activities are conducted in China, or its main place(s) of business are located in China, or the majority of senior management staff in charge of its business operations and management are PRC citizens or have their usual place(s) of residence located in China. Where an issuer submits an application for initial public offering to competent overseas regulators, such issuer must file with the CSRC within three business days after such application is submitted. In addition, the Overseas Listing Trial Measures provide that the direct or indirect overseas listings of the assets of domestic companies through one or more acquisitions, share swaps, transfers or other transaction arrangements shall be subject to filing procedures in accordance with the Overseas Listing Trial Measures. The Overseas Listing Trial Measures also requires subsequent reports to be filed with the CSRC on material events, such as change of control or voluntary or forced delisting of the issuer(s) who have completed overseas offerings and listings. At a press conference held for these new regulations (Press Conference), officials from the CSRC clarified that the domestic companies that have already been listed overseas on or before March 31, 2023 shall be deemed as existing issuers (the Existing Issuers). Existing Issuers are not required to complete the filling procedures immediately, and they shall be required to file with the CSRC upon occurrences of certain subsequent matters such as follow-on offerings of securities. According to the Overseas Listing Trial Measures and the Press Conference, the existing domestic companies that have completed overseas offering and listing before March 31, 2023, such as us, shall not be required to perform filing procedures for the completed overseas securities issuance and listing. However, from the effective date of the regulation, any of our subsequent securities offering in the same overseas market or subsequent securities offering and listing in other overseas markets shall be subject to the filing requirement with the CSRC within three working days after the offering is completed or after the relevant application is submitted to the relevant overseas authorities, respectively. If it is determined that any approval, filing or other administrative procedures from other PRC governmental authorities is required for any future offering or listing, we cannot assure you that we can obtain the required approval or accomplish the required filings or other regulatory procedures in a timely manner, or at all. If we fail to fulfill filing procedure as stipulated by the Trial Measures or offer and list securities in an overseas market in violation of the Trial Measures, the CSRC may order rectification, issue warnings to us, and impose a fine of between RMB1,000,000 and RMB10,000,000. Persons-in-charge and other persons that are directly liable for such failure shall be warned and each imposed a fine from RMB500,000 to RMB5,000,000. Controlling shareholders and actual controlling persons of us that organize or instruct such violations shall be imposed a fine from RMB1,000,000 and RMB10,000,000. 10 On February 24, 2023, the CSRC published the Provisions on Strengthening the Confidentiality and Archives Administration Related to the Overseas Securities Offering and Listing by Domestic Enterprises (the Provisions on Confidentiality and Archives Administration), which came into effect on March 31, 2023. The Provisions on Confidentiality and Archives Administration requires that, in the process of overseas issuance and listing of securities by domestic entities, the domestic entities, and securities companies and securities service institutions that provide relevant securities service shall strictly implement the provisions of relevant laws and regulations and the requirements of these provisions, establish and improve rules on confidentiality and archives administration. Where the domestic entities provide with or publicly disclose documents, materials or other items related to the state secrets and government work secrets to the relevant securities companies, securities service institutions, overseas regulatory authorities, or other entities or individuals, the companies shall apply for approval of competent departments with the authority of examination and approval in accordance with law and report the matter to the secrecy administrative departments at the same level for record filing. Where there is unclear or controversial whether or not the concerned materials are related to state secrets, the materials shall be reported to the relevant secrecy administrative departments for determination. However, there remain uncertainties regarding the further interpretation and implementation of the Provisions on Confidentiality and Archives Administration. As of the date of this annual report, we and our PRC subsidiaries have obtained the requisite licenses and permits from the PRC government authorities that are material for the business operations of our PRC subsidiaries. In addition, as of the date of this annual report, we and our PRC subsidiaries are not required to obtain approval or permission from the CSRC or the CAC or any other entity that is required to approve our PRC subsidiaries operations or required for us to offer securities to foreign investors under any currently effective PRC laws, regulations, and regulatory rules. If it is determined that we are subject to filing requirements imposed by the CSRC under the Overseas Listing Regulations or approvals from other PRC regulatory authorities or other procedures, including the cybersecurity review under the revised Cybersecurity Review Measures, for our future offshore offerings, it would be uncertain whether we can or how long it will take us to complete such procedures or obtain such approval and any such approval could be rescinded. Any failure to obtain or delay in completing such procedures or obtaining such approval for our offshore offerings, or a rescission of any such approval, if obtained by us, would subject us to sanctions by the CSRC or other PRC regulatory authorities for failure to file with the CSRC or failure to seek approval from other government authorization for our offshore offerings. These regulatory authorities may impose fines and penalties on our operations in China, limit our ability to pay dividends outside of China, limit our operating privileges in China, delay or restrict the repatriation of the proceeds from our offshore offerings into China or take other actions that could materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations, and prospects, as well as the trading price of our common stock. The CSRC or other PRC regulatory authorities also may take actions requiring us, or making it advisable for us, to halt our offshore offerings before settlement and delivery of the securities offered. Consequently, if investors engage in market trading or other activities in anticipation of and prior to settlement and delivery, they do so at the risk that settlement and delivery may not occur. In addition, if the CSRC or other regulatory authorities later promulgate new rules or explanations requiring that we obtain their approvals or accomplish the required filing or other regulatory procedures for our prior offshore offerings, we may be unable to obtain a waiver of such approval requirements, if and when procedures are established to obtain such a waiver. Any uncertainties or negative publicity regarding such approval requirement could materially and adversely affect our business, prospects, financial condition, reputation, and the trading price of our common stock. Since these statements and regulatory actions by the PRC government are newly published and official guidance and related implementation rules have not been issued, it is highly uncertain how soon legislative or administrative regulation making bodies will respond and what existing or new laws or regulations or detailed implementations and interpretations will be modified or promulgated, if any, and the potential impact such modified or new laws and regulations will have on our daily business operation, the ability to accept foreign investments and list on an U.S. or other foreign exchange. The Standing Committee of the National Peoples Congress, or the SCNPC, or other PRC regulatory authorities may in the future promulgate laws, regulations or implementing rules that requires our company or any of our subsidiaries to obtain regulatory approval from Chinese authorities before future offerings in the U.S. In other words, although the Company is currently not required to obtain permission from any of the PRC federal or local government to obtain such permission and has not received any denial to list on the U.S. exchange, our operations could be adversely affected, directly or indirectly; our ability to offer, or continue to offer, securities to investors would be potentially hindered and the value of our securities might significantly decline or be worthless, by existing or future laws and regulations relating to its business or industry or by intervene or interruption by PRC governmental authorities, if we or our subsidiaries (i) do not receive or maintain such permissions or approvals, (ii) inadvertently conclude that such permissions or approvals are not required, (iii) applicable laws, regulations, or interpretations change and we are required to obtain such permissions or approvals in the future, or (iv) any intervention or interruption by PRC governmental with little advance notice. 11 For more details, see *Risk Factors - Risks Related to Doing Business in China - The Chinese government exerts substantial influence over the manner in which we must conduct our business activities. We are currently not required to obtain approval from Chinese authorities to list on U.S exchanges, however, if our subsidiaries or the holding company were required to obtain approval or filing in the future and were denied permission from Chinese authorities to list on U.S. exchanges, we will not be able to continue listing on U.S. exchange, which would materially affect the interest of the investors* on page 32 of this annual report. As of the date hereof, we and our PRC subsidiaries have received from PRC authorities all requisite licenses, permissions or approvals needed to engage in the businesses currently conducted in China, and no permission or approval has been denied. The following table provides details on the licenses and permissions held by our PRC subsidiaries. | Approval | | Recipient | | Issuing body | | Validity | | | Business License | | Shanghai Yinghua Financial Leasing Co., Ltd. | | China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone Market Supervision Administration | | May 10, 2045 | | | Business License | | Shanghai TCH Energy Technology Co., Ltd. | | China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone Market Supervision Administration | | May 24, 2029 | | | Business License | | Huahong New Energy Technology Co., Ltd. | | Shaanxi Provincial Industry and Commerce Administration | | Indefinite | | | Business License | | Xian TCH Energy Technology Co., Ltd. | | Xi an Market Supervision Administration | | Indefinite | | | Business License | | Erdos TCH Energy Saving Development Co., Ltd. | | Market Supervision administration of Etok Banner | | April 13, 2029 | | | Business License | | Xian Zhonghong New Energy Technology Co., Ltd. | | Xi an Industry and Commerce Administration | | Indefinite | | | Business License | | Zhongxun Energy Investment (Beijing) Co., Ltd | | Dongcheng Branch of Beijing Industry and Commerce Administration | | March 23, 2044 | | | Business License | | Beijing Hongyuan Recycling Energy Investment Center | | Beijing Haidian District Market Supervision Administration | | July 17, 2063 | | **Our Projects** We design, finance, construct, operate and eventually transfer waste energy recycling projects to meet the energy saving and recovery needs of our customers. Our waste energy recycling projects use the pressure, heat or gas, which is generated as a byproduct of a variety of industrial processes, to create electricity. The residual energy from industrial processes, which was traditionally wasted, may be captured in a recovery process and utilized by our waste energy recycling projects to generate electricity burning additional fuel and additional emissions. Among a wide variety of waste-to-energy technologies and solutions, we primarily focus on waste pressure to energy systems, waste heat to energy systems and waste gas power generation systems. We do not manufacture the equipment and materials that are used in the construction of our waste energy recycling projects. Rather, we incorporate standard power generating equipment into a fully integrated onsite project for our customers. *Waste Heat to Energy Systems* Waste heat to energy systems utilize waste heat generated in industrial production to generate electricity. The waste heat is trapped to heat a boiler to create steam and power a steam turbine. Our waste heat to energy systems have used waste heat from cement production and from metal production. 12 *Shanghai TCH and its Subsidiaries* Shanghai TCH was established as a foreign investment enterprise in Shanghai under the laws of the PRC on May 25, 2004 and has a registered capital of $29.80 million. Xian TCH was incorporated in Xian, Shaanxi Province under the laws of the PRC on November 8, 2007. In February 2009, Huahong was incorporated in Xian, Shaanxi province. Erdos TCH was incorporated in April 2009 in Erdos, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. On July 19, 2013, Xian TCH formed Xian Zhonghong New Energy Technology Co., Ltd (Zhonghong). Xian TCH owns 90% and Shanghai TCH owns 10% of Zhonghong, which provides energy saving solutions and services, including constructing, selling and leasing energy saving systems and equipment to customers. *Pucheng Biomass Power Generation Projects* On June 29, 2010, Xian TCH entered into a Biomass Power Generation (BMPG) Project Lease Agreement with PuchengXinHeng Yuan Biomass Power Generation Co., Ltd. (Pucheng), a limited liability company incorporated in China. Under this lease agreement, Xian TCH leased a set of 12MW BMPG systems to Pucheng at a minimum of $279,400 (RMB 1,900,000) per month for a term of 15 years. (Pucheng Phase I). On September 11, 2013, Xian TCH entered into a BMPG Asset Transfer Agreement (the Pucheng Transfer Agreement) with Pucheng Xin Heng Yuan Biomass Power Generation Corporation (Pucheng), a limited liability company incorporated in China. The Pucheng Transfer Agreement provided for the sale by Pucheng to Xian TCH of a set of 12 MW BMPG systems with the completion of system transformation for a purchase price of RMB 100 million ($16.48 million) in the form of 8,766,547 shares of common stock of the Company at $1.87 per share (the share and per share numbers were not adjusted for the Reverse Stock Split). Also on September 11, 2013, Xian TCH also entered into a BMPG Project Lease Agreement with Pucheng (the Pucheng Lease). Under the Pucheng Lease, Xian TCH leases this same set of 12 MW BMPG system to Pucheng, and combines this lease with the lease for the 12 MW BMPG station of Pucheng Phase I project, under a single lease to Pucheng for RMB 3.8 million ($0.63 million) per month (the Pucheng Phase II Project). The term for the consolidated lease is from September 2013 to June 2025. The lease agreement for the 12 MW station from Pucheng Phase I project terminated upon the effective date of the Pucheng Lease. The ownership of two 12 MW BMPG systems will transfer to Pucheng at no additional charge when the Pucheng Lease expires. *Shenqiu Yuneng Biomass Power Generation Projects* On May 25, 2011, Xian TCH entered into a Letter of Intent with Shenqiu YuNeng Thermal Power Co., Ltd. (Shenqiu) to reconstruct and transform a Thermal Power Generation System owned by Shenqiu into a 75T/H BMPG System for $3.57 million (RMB 22.5 million). The project commenced in June 2011 and was completed in the third quarter of 2011. On September 28, 2011, Xian TCH entered into a Biomass Power Generation Asset Transfer Agreement with Shenqiu (the Shenqiu Transfer Agreement). Pursuant to the Shenqiu Transfer Agreement, Shenqiu sold Xian TCH a set of 12 MW BMPG systems (after Xian TCH converted the system for BMPG purposes). As consideration for the BMPG systems, Xian TCH paid Shenqiu $10.94 million (RMB 70 million) in cash in three installments within six months upon the transfer of ownership of the systems. By the end of 2012, all the consideration was paid. On September 28, 2011, Xian TCH and Shenqiu also entered into a Biomass Power Generation Project Lease Agreement (the 2011 Shenqiu Lease). Under the 2011 Shenqiu Lease, Xian TCH agreed to lease a set of 12 MW BMPG systems to Shenqiu at a monthly rental rate of $286,000 (RMB 1.8 million) for 11 years. Upon expiration of the 2011 Shenqiu Lease, ownership of this system will transfer from Xian TCH to Shenqiu at no additional cost. In connection with the 2011 Shenqiu Lease, Shenqiu paid one months rent as a security deposit to Xian TCH, in addition to providing personal guarantees. On October 8, 2012, Xian TCH entered into a Letter of Intent for technical reformation of Shenqiu Project Phase II with Shenqiu for technical reformation to enlarge the capacity of the Shenqiu Project Phase I (the Shenqiu Phase II Project). The technical reformation involved the construction of another 12 MW BMPG system. After the reformation, the generation capacity of the power plant increased to 24 MW. The project commenced on October 25, 2012 and was completed during the first quarter of 2013. The total cost of the project was $11.1 million (RMB 68 million). On March 30, 2013, Xian TCH and Shenqiu entered into a BMPG Project Lease Agreement (the 2013 Shenqiu Lease). Under the 2013 Shenqiu Lease, Xian TCH agreed to lease the second set of 12 MW BMPG systems to Shenqiu for $239,000 (RMB 1.5 million) per month for 9.5 years. When the 2013 Shenqiu Lease expires, ownership of this system will transfer from Xian TCH to Shenqiu at no additional cost. 13 On January 4, 2019, Xian Zhonghong, Xian TCH, and Mr. Chonggong Bai, a resident of China, entered into a Projects Transfer Agreement (the Agreement), pursuant to which Xian TCH transferred two Biomass Power Generation Projects in Shenqiu (Shenqiu Phase I and II Projects) to Mr. Bai for RMB 127,066,000 ($18.55 million). Mr. Bai agreed to transfer all the equity shares of his wholly owned company, Xian Hanneng Enterprises Management Consulting Co. Ltd. (Xian Hanneng) to Beijing Hongyuan Recycling Energy Investment Center, LLP (the HYREF) as repayment for the loan made by Xian Zhonghong to HYREE as consideration for the transfer of the Shenqiu Phase I and II Projects (See Note 10). The transfer was completed on February 15, 2019. *Yida Coke Oven Gas Power Generation Projects* On June 28, 2014, Xian TCH entered into an Asset Transfer Agreement (the Transfer Agreement) with Qitaihe City Boli Yida Coal Selection Co., Ltd. (Yida), a limited liability company incorporated in China. The Transfer Agreement provided for the sale to Xian TCH of a 15 MW coke oven WGPG station, which was converted from a 15 MW coal gangue power generation station from Yida. As consideration for the Transfer Asset, Xian TCH paid Yida RMB 115 million ($18.69 million) in common stock of the Company at the average closing price per share of the Stock for the 10 trading days prior to the closing date of the transaction. The exchange rate between US Dollar and Chinese RMB in connection with the stock issuance was the rate equal to the middle rate published by the PBOC on the closing date of the assets transfer. On June 28, 2014, Xian TCH also entered into a Coke Oven Gas Power Generation Project Lease Agreement (the Lease Agreement) with Yida. Under the Lease Agreement, Xian TCH leased the Transfer Asset to Yida for RMB 3 million ($0.49 million) per month, from June 28, 2014 to June 27, 2029. Yida will also provide an RMB 3 million ($0.49 million) security deposit (without interest) for the lease. Xian TCH will transfer the Transfer Asset back to Yida at no cost at the end of the lease. *The Fund Management Company and the HYREF Fund* On June 25, 2013, Xian TCH and Hongyuan Huifu Venture Capital Co. Ltd (Hongyuan Huifu) jointly established Hongyuan Recycling Energy Investment Management Beijing Co., Ltd (the Fund Management Company) with registered capital of RMB 10 million ($1.45 million). With respect to the Fund Management Company, voting rights and dividend rights are allocated 80% and 20% between Hongyuan Huifu and Xian TCH, respectively. The Fund Management Company is the general partner of Beijing Hongyuan Recycling Energy Investment Center, LLP (the HYREF Fund), a limited liability partnership established July 18, 2013 in Beijing. The Fund Management Company made an initial capital contribution of RMB 5 million ($830,000) to the HYREF Fund. An initial amount of RMB 460 million ($77 million) was fully subscribed by all partners for the HYREF Fund. The HYREF Fund has three limited partners: (1) China Orient Asset Management Co., Ltd., which made an initial capital contribution of RMB 280 million ($46.67 million) to the HYREF Fund and is a preferred limited partner; (2) Hongyuan Huifu, which made an initial capital contribution of RMB 100 million ($16.67 million) to the HYREF Fund and is an ordinary limited partner; and (3) the Companys wholly-owned subsidiary, Xian TCH, which made an initial capital contribution of RMB 75 million ($11.6 million) to the HYREF Fund and is a secondary limited partner. The term of the HYREF Funds partnership is six years from the date of its establishment, expiring on July 18, 2019. The term is four years from the date of contribution for the preferred limited partner, and four years from the date of contribution for the ordinary limited partner. The size of the HYREF Fund is RMB 460 million ($76.66 million). The HYREF Fund was formed for the purpose of investing in Xian Zhonghong New Energy Technology Co., Ltd., a then 90% owned subsidiary of Xian TCH, for the construction of two coke dry quenching (CDQ) waste heat power generation (WHPG) stations with Jiangsu Tianyu Energy and Chemical Group Co., Ltd. (Tianyu) and one CDQ WHPG station with Boxing County Chengli Gas Supply Co., Ltd. (Chengli). On December 2018, Xian TCH transferred its 40% ownership of the Fund Management Company to Hongyuan Huifu, pursuant to an equity transfer agreement signed by both sides. *Chengli Waste Heat Power Generation Projects* On July 19, 2013, Xian TCH formed a new company, Xian Zhonghong New Energy Technology Co., Ltd. (Zhonghong), with registered capital of RMB 30 million ($4.85 million). Xian TCH paid RMB 27 million ($4.37 million) and owns 90% of Zhonghong. Zhonghong is engaged to provide energy saving solution and services, including constructing, selling and leasing energy saving systems and equipment to customers. On December 29, 2018, Shanghai TCH entered into a Share Transfer Agreement with HYREF, pursuant to which HYREF transferred its 10% ownership in Xian Zhonghong to Shanghai TCH for RMB 3 million ($0.44 million). The transfer was completed on January 22, 2019. The Company owns 100% of Xian Zhonghong after the transaction. 14 On July 24, 2013, Zhonghong entered into a Cooperative Agreement of CDQ and CDQ WHPG Project (Coke Dry Quenching Waste Heat Power Generation Project) with Boxing County Chengli Gas Supply Co., Ltd. (Chengli). The parties entered into a supplement agreement on July 26, 2013. Pursuant to these agreements, Zhonghong will design, build and maintain a 25 MW CDQ system and a CDQ WHPG system to supply power to Chengli, and Chengli will pay energy saving fees (the Chengli Project). On December 29, 2018, Xian Zhonghong, Xian TCH, HYREF, Guohua Ku, and Mr. Chonggong Bai entered into a CDQ WHPG Station Fixed Assets Transfer Agreement, pursuant to which Xian Zhonghong transferred Chengli CDQ WHPG station as the repayment for the loan of RMB 188,639,400 ($27.54 million) to HYREF. Xian Zhonghong, Xian TCH, Guohua Ku and Chonggong Bai also agreed to buy back the CDQ WHPG Station when conditions under the Buy Back Agreement are met (see Note 9). The transfer of the Station was completed January 22, 2019, the Company recorded $624,133 loss from this transfer. Since the original terms of Buy Back Agreement are still valid, and the Buy Back possibility could occur; therefore, the loan principal and interest and the corresponding asset of Chengli CDQ WHPG station cannot be derecognized due to the existence of Buy Back clauses (see Note 5 for detail). *Tianyu Waste Heat Power Generation Project* On July 19, 2013, Zhonghong entered into a Cooperative Agreement (the Tianyu Agreement) for Energy Management of CDQ and CDQ WHPG Projects with Jiangsu Tianyu Energy and Chemical Group Co., Ltd. (Tianyu). Pursuant to the Tianyu Agreement, Zhonghong will design, build, operate and maintain two sets of 25 MW CDQ systems and CDQ WHPG systems for two subsidiaries of Tianyu - Xuzhou Tianan Chemical Co., Ltd. (Xuzhou Tianan) and Xuzhou Huayu Coking Co., Ltd. (Xuzhou Huayu) - to be located at Xuzhou Tianan and Xuzhou Huayus respective locations (the Tianyu Project). Upon completion of the Tianyu Project, Zhonghong will charge Tianyu an energy saving fee of RMB 0.534 ($0.087) per kilowatt hour (excluding tax). The term of the Tianyu Agreement is 20 years. The construction of the Xuzhou Tianan Project was completed by the second quarter of 2020. The Xuzhou Huayu Project has been on hold due to a conflict between Xuzhou Huayu Coking Co., Ltd. and local residents on certain pollution-related issues. On January 4, 2019, Xian Zhonghong, Xian TCH, and Mr. Chonggong Bai entered into a Projects Transfer Agreement (the Agreement), pursuant to which Xian Zhonghong transferred a CDQ WHPG station (under construction) located in Xuzhou City for Xuzhou Huayu Coking Co., Ltd. (Xuzhou Huayu Project) to Mr. Bai for RMB 120,000,000 ($17.52 million). Mr. Bai agreed that as consideration for the transfer of the Xuzhou Huayu Project to him (Note 9), he would transfer all the equity shares of his wholly owned company, Xian Hanneng, to HYREF as repayment for the loan made by Xian Zhonghong to HYREF. The transfer of the project was completed on February 15, 2019. The Company recorded $397,033 loss from this transfer during the year ended December 31, 2019. On January 10, 2019, Mr. Chonggong Bai transferred all the equity shares of his wholly owned company, Xian Hanneng, to HYREF as repayment for the loan. Xian Hanneng was expected to own 47,150,000 shares of Xian Huaxin New Energy Co., Ltd for the repayment of Huayu system and Shenqiu system. As of September 30, 2019, Xian Hanneng already owned 29,948,000 shares of Huaxin, but was not able to obtain the remaining 17,202,000 shares due to halted trading of Huaxin stock by NEEQ for not filing its 2018 annual report. On December 20, 2019, Mr. Bai and all the related parties agreed to have Mr. Bai instead pay in cash for the transfer price of Huayu (see Note 9 for detail). On January 10, 2020, Zhonghong, Tianyu and Huaxin signed a transfer agreement to transfer all assets under construction and related rights and interests of Xuzhou Tianan Project to Tianyu for RMB 170 million including VAT ($24.37 million) in three installment payments. The 1st installment payment of RMB 50 million ($7.17 million) to be paid within 20 working days after the contract is signed. The 2nd installment payment of RMB 50 million ($7.34 million) was to be paid within 20 working days after completion of the project construction but no later than July 31, 2020. The final installment payment of RMB 70 million ($10.28 million) was to be paid before December 31, 2020. In December, 2020, the Company received payment in full for Tianan Project. 15 *Zhongtai Waste Heat Power Generation Energy Management Cooperative Agreement* On December 6, 2013, Xian TCH entered into a CDQ and WHPG Energy Management Cooperative Agreement (the Zhongtai Agreement) with Xuzhou Zhongtai Energy Technology Co., Ltd. (Zhongtai), a limited liability company incorporated in Jiangsu Province, China. Pursuant to the Zhongtai Agreement, Xian TCH was to design, build and maintain a 150 ton per hour CDQ system and a 25 MW CDQ WHPG system and sell the power to Zhongtai, and Xian TCH is also to build a furnace to generate steam from the smoke pipelines waste heat and sell the steam to Zhongtai. The construction period of the Project was expected to be 18 months from the date when conditions are ready for construction to begin. Zhongtai is to start to pay an energy saving service fee from the date when the WHPG station passes the required 72-hour test run. The payment term is 20 years. For the first 10 years, Zhongtai shall pay an energy saving fee at RMB 0.534 ($0.089) per kilowatt hour (KWH) (including value added tax) for the power generated from the system. For the second 10 years, Zhongtai shall pay an energy saving fee at RMB 0.402 ($0.067) per KWH (including value added tax). During the term of the contract the energy saving fee shall be adjusted at the same percentage as the change of local grid electricity price. Zhongtai shall also pay an energy saving fee for the steam supplied by Xian TCH at RMB 100 ($16.67) per ton (including value added tax). Zhongtai and its parent company will provide guarantees to ensure Zhongtai will fulfill its obligations under the Agreement. Upon the completion of the term, Xian TCH will transfer the systems to Zhongtai for RMB 1 ($0.16). Zhongtai shall provide waste heat to the systems for no less than 8,000 hours per year and waste gas volume no less than 150,000 Normal Meter Cubed (Nm3) per hour, with a temperature no less than 950C. If these requirements are not met, the term of the Agreement will be extended accordingly. If Zhongtai wants to terminate the Zhongtai Agreement early, it shall provide Xian TCH with a 60 day notice and pay the termination fee and compensation for the damages to Xian TCH according to the following formula: (1) if it is less than five years into the term when Zhongtai requests termination, Zhongtai shall pay: Xian TCHs total investment amount plus Xian TCHs annual investment return times five years minus the years in which the system has already operated; or 2) if it is more than five years into the term when Zhongtai requests the termination, Zhongtai shall pay: Xian TCHs total investment amount minus total amortization cost (the amortization period is 10 years). In March 2016, Xian TCH entered into a Transfer Agreement of CDQ and a CDQ WHPG system with Zhongtai and Xian Huaxin (the Transfer Agreement). Under the Transfer Agreement, Xian TCH agreed to transfer to Zhongtai all of the assets associated with the CDQ Waste Heat Power Generation Project (the Project), which is under construction pursuant to the Zhongtai Agreement. Additionally, Xian TCH agreed to transfer to Zhongtai the Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) Contract for the CDQ Waste Heat Power Generation Project which Xian TCH had entered into with Xian Huaxin in connection with the Project. Xian Huaxin will continue to construct and complete the Project and Xian TCH agreed to transfer all its rights and obligations under the EPC Contract to Zhongtai. As consideration for the transfer of the Project, Zhongtai agreed to pay to Xian TCH RMB 167,360,000 ($25.77 million) including (i) RMB 152,360,000 ($23.46 million) for the construction of the Project; and (ii) RMB 15,000,000 ($2.31 million) as payment for partial loan interest accrued during the construction period. Those amounts have been, or will be, paid by Zhongtai to Xian TCH according to the following schedule: (a) RMB 50,000,000 ($7.70 million) was to be paid within 20 business days after the Transfer Agreement was signed; (b) RMB 30,000,000 ($4.32 million) was to be paid within 20 business days after the Project was completed, but no later than July 30, 2016; and (c) RMB 87,360,000 ($13.45 million) was to be paid no later than July 30, 2017. Xuzhou Taifa Special Steel Technology Co., Ltd. (Xuzhou Taifa) guaranteed the payments from Zhongtai to Xian TCH. The ownership of the Project was conditionally transferred to Zhongtai following the initial payment of RMB 50,000,000 ($7.70 million) by Zhongtai to Xian TCH and the full ownership of the Project will be officially transferred to Zhongtai after it completes all payments pursuant to the Transfer Agreement. The Company recorded a $2.82 million loss from this transaction in 2016. In 2016, Xian TCH had received the first payment of $7.70 million and the second payment of $4.32 million. However, the Company received a repayment commitment letter from Zhongtai on February 23, 2018, in which Zhongtai committed to pay the remaining payment of RMB 87,360,000 ($13.45 million) no later than the end of July 2018; in July 2018, Zhongtai and the Company reached a further oral agreement to extend the repayment term of RMB 87,360,000 ($13.45 million) by another two to three months. In January 2020, Zhongtai paid RMB 10 million ($1.41 million); in March 2020, Zhongtai paid RMB 20 million ($2.82 million); in June 2020, Zhongtai paid RMB 10 million ($1.41 million); and in December 2020, Zhongtai paid RMB 30 million ($4.28 million), which was payment in full. Accordingly, the Company reversed bad debt expense of $5.80 million which was recorded earlier. 16 *Formation of Zhongxun* On March 24, 2014, Xian TCH incorporated a new subsidiary, Zhongxun Energy Investment (Beijing) Co., Ltd (Zhongxun) with registered capital of $5,695,502 (RMB 35,000,000), to be paid no later than October 1, 2028. Zhongxun is 100% owned by Xian TCH and is mainly engaged in project investment, investment management, economic information consulting, and technical services. Zhongxun has not yet commenced operations as of the date of this report. *Formation of Yinghua* On February 11, 2015, the Company incorporated a new subsidiary, Shanghai Yinghua Financial Leasing Co., Ltd (Yinghua) with registered capital of $30,000,000, to be paid within 10 years from the date the business license is issued. Yinghua is 100% owned by the Company and is mainly engaged in financial leasing, purchase of financial leasing assets, disposal and repair of financial leasing assets, consulting and ensuring of financial leasing transactions, and related factoring business. Yinghua has not yet commenced operations as of the date of this report. **Industry and Market Overview** **Overview of Waste-to-Energy Industry** The waste energy recycling industry concentrates mostly on power-intensive manufacturing and production processes, such as iron, steel and nonferrous metal production, cement production, and coal and petrochemical plants. Our waste energy recycling projects allow customers to recapture previously wasted pressure, heat, and gas from their manufacturing and production processes and use this waste to generate electricity. Waste energy recycling projects are installed at a customers facility and the electricity produced can be used on-site to lower energy costs and create a more efficient production process. The industry verticals at the vanguard of this trend are metallurgical production (including iron & steel), cement, coal mining, coke production and petrochemicals. The industry also includes the conversion of biomass to electricity. For thousands of years, biomass, biological material derived from living organisms like plants and their byproducts, was burned to produce heat so as to convert it to energy. A number of non- combustion methods are now available to convert raw biomass into a variety of gaseous, liquid, or solid fuels that can be used directly in a power plant to generate electricity. **Waste-to-Energy Industry Growth** China has experienced rapid economic growth and industrialization in recent years, increasing the demand for electricity. In the PRC, growth in energy consumption has exceeded growth in gross domestic product, causing a shortage of electricity with blackouts and brownouts over much of the country. Much of the energy demand has been due to the expansion of energy intensive industrial sectors such as steel, cement, and chemicals. Chinas increasing modernization and industrialization has made it the worlds largest consumer of energy. One result of this massive increase in electric generation capacity has been the rise of harmful emissions. China has surpassed the United States to become the worlds largest emitter of greenhouse gases, and the country faces enormous challenges from the pollution brought about by its consumption of conventional energy. On September 12, 2013, the State Council released the Action Plan for Air Pollution Prevention and Control. The action plan proposed that in five years, China will witness the overall improvement of air quality and dramatic drop of seriously polluted days. China will strive to gradually eliminate the seriously polluted weather and notably better the national air quality in another five years or longer. 17 **Description of WGPG (Waste Gas Power Generation)** During the process of industrial production, some by-products, such as blast furnace gas, coke furnace gas, oil gas, and others are created with certain high intensive thermal energy. The waste gas can be collected and used as a fuel by gas turbine system to generate power energy. Gas turbines are a set of hi-tech equipment and devices that is crucial to the energy development strategy of China. Gas turbine, which uses flammable gas as fuel and combines with recycling power generating technology, has many merits. These include high efficiency power generation, low investment, short construction periods, small land usage, water savings, environment protection and more. We believe the market prospect of the gas turbine industry is promising. Through years of research, development and experimental applications, this gas-to-energy system has started to be applied into some high energy intensive industrial plants, such as in the course of iron-smelting in metallurgy plants. Metallurgical enterprises, as the biggest industrial energy user in China, consume 13%-15% of the nations electricity. Electricity consumed by the iron-smelting industry accounts for 40% of that consumed by metallurgical enterprises. If all top furnaces in the iron-smelting industry are equipped with gas recovery systems, electricity consumption may decrease by 30-45%. Furthermore, environmental pollution will be reduced while energy efficiency is improved in those heavy industries. **Stringent Environmental Standards and Increasing Government Supports** Since energy is a major strategic issue affecting the development of the Chinese economy, the Chinese government has promoted the development of recycling and encouraged enterprises to use waste energy recycling projects of the type we sell and service. Similar to previous five year periods, the China National Environment Protection Plan, for the 14th Five-Year period (2021-2025), under the goal of carbon neutrality and carbon peak, proposes to accelerate green and low-carbon development, continuously improve environmental quality, enhance the quality and stability of ecosystems, and comprehensively improve the efficiency of resource utilization. Given the worsening environment and insufficient energy supply in China, the Chinese government has implemented policies to curb pollution and reduce wasteful energy usage. From 2020 to 2025, China will reduce energy consumption per unit of GDP by 13.5% and carbon dioxide emission per unit of GDP by 18%. The Renewable Energy Law, strict administrative measures to restrict investment and force consolidation in energy wasting industries, and the requirement to install energy-saving and environment protecting equipment whenever possible are just some ways the government is emphasizing the need to reduce emissions and to maximize energy creation. Local government officials, who sometimes flout central government policies for the sake of local GDP growth, are now required to tie emission, energy usage and pollution to GDP growth. If local emissions of pollutants grow faster than the local GDP, these local officials face the risk of losing their jobs. Such determination and strict enforcement by the central and local governments provide a good backdrop and growth opportunity for CREGs business activities. In recent years, China attaches great importance to the problem of environmental pollution, and has invested a lot of manpower and capital cost in air pollution control. It is estimated that the output value of Chinas energy conservation and environmental protection industry will exceed RMB 10 trillion by 2022 and reach RMB 12.3 trillion by 2023. According to the 14th Five-Year Plan for Modern Energy System, by 2025, Chinas comprehensive annual energy production capacity will reach over 4.6 billion tons of standard coal, the annual output of crude oil will rise and stabilize at 200 million tons, the annual output of natural gas will reach over 230 billion cubic meters, and the total installed power generation capacity will reach about 3 billion kilowatts. By 2025, carbon dioxide emissions per unit of industrial added value will be cut by 18%. China aims to peak carbon dioxide emissions by 2030 and achieve carbon neutrality by 2060. The scale of Chinas energy conservation and environmental protection industry will continue to expand under the impetus of a series of goals and plans of carbon neutrality and carbon peak and the 14th Five-Year Plan. According to forward-looking analysis, the output value of Chinas energy conservation and environmental protection industry is expected to exceed RMB19 trillion by 2027. 18 *Waste-to-Energy is a Cost-Effective Means to Meet Rising Energy Needs* According to the International Energy Agency, China will need to increase its electricity generating capacity to meet its future needs. This demand may mean price increases for electricity in China. With the need for more energy, in particular energy that does not cause additional emissions, and the relative low price of the waste-to-energy production we provide, we believe that our markets will continue to expand. Since China has been experiencing a dramatic surge in its energy consumption as well as widespread energy shortages, recycling energy is not only an attractive alternative to other sources of energy as part of a national diversification strategy to avoid dependence on any one energy source or politically sensitive energy supplies, but also a proven solution to make the use of energy more efficient. Under current economic conditions and current tax and regulatory regimes, waste energy recycling projects generally can create price- competitive electricity compared to electricity generated from fossil fuels or other renewable sources. Our customers can reduce energy costs significantly by installing our waste energy recycling projects. Compared to electricity from the national grid, the generating cost from recycling energy is lower, which means our customers can leverage the waste-to-energy projects to generate low-cost electricity, reducing energy costs for the manufacturing process. The current national grid electricity rate ranges from RMB 0.45-0.50/kWh and our operated recycling rate ranges from 0.35-0.45/kWh subject to project type, generating scale and local situation. Customers of our energy recycling projects may also qualify for credits from the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM). The CDM is an international arrangement under the Kyoto Protocol allowing industrialized countries with a greenhouse gas reduction commitment to invest in ventures that reduce emissions in developing countries as an alternative to more expensive emission reductions in their own countries. In 2005, Chinas government promulgated Measures for Operation and Management of Clean Development Mechanism Projects in China (China CDM Measures) to facilitate the application and operation of CDM project activities in China. Our energy recycling solutions are of a kind which falls into the beneficial categories accredited by the China CDM Measures. If our customers can get approval from the Chinese government and successfully register their projects in the United Nations CDM Executive Board, they can receive additional revenue income through exchanging their Certified Emission Reductions (CER) credits with investors in industrialized countries. **Trends in Industries We Principally Service** *Iron, Steel and Nonferrous Metal Industry* As the biggest iron and steel producer in the world and one of the highest CO2 emission sectors, Chinas iron and steel industry is undergoing a low-carbon transition accompanied by remarkable technological progress and investment adjustment, in response to the macroeconomic climate and policy intervention. Environmental pollution, shortage of resources and energy shortage have been identified in China as three major challenges for Chinas nonferrous metal industry. China aims to save 1.7 million tons of coal and 6 billion kWh of electricity per year, as well as reduce sulfur dioxide by 850,000 tons annually as part of the industrial upgrading for the nonferrous metallurgy sector and, at the same time, to improve the utilization efficiency for resources. In China, the utilization rate for the nonferrous metal mineral resources is 60%, which is 10 to 15% lower than developed countries. The utilization rate for associated nonferrous metals is only 40%, which is 20% lower than developed nations. In addition, parts of nonferrous mines located in different cities are disorganized with random mining, causing severe wastes of resources. 19 *Coal and Petrochemicals* Flammable waste gases emitted from industrial production processes, such as blast furnace gas, coke furnace gas, oil or gas can be used to power gas-fired generators to create energy. Two large producers of these waste gases are coal mining and petrochemical refining. The PRC is the largest coal producer and consumer in the world. Coal is the dirtiest fossil fuel and a major cause of methane gas emissions, a greenhouse gas 21 times more potent than carbon dioxide. Methane gas is found naturally in coal beds. In the 1950s, China began recovering methane to make mines safer. Now, as then, most of the captured methane is released into the air but it could be used as a clean energy source using waste energy recycling technologies. *Biomass Waste-to-Energy Industry* In China, agricultural waste and biogas are two main sources for biomass waste. China has more than 600 million tons of wasted straw produced every year. It also has 19 billion tons of forest biomass, of which 300 million tons can be utilized as an energy source. The straw burning power industry will grow faster in China with supportive policies, development of new technologies and the formation of raw material collection and storage systems, according to the National Development and Reform Commission. Electricity generated from straw has a preferential price of RMB 0.25 per kWh higher than coal-fueled power when sold to the state grid. In addition, straw power plants enjoy a series of preferential policies including tax exemption. Biogas technology captures methane gases emitted from compostable materials and burns it to power a turbine to produce electricity. The waste that is usually disposed of in landfills is converted into liquid or gaseous fuels. By utilizing the resource from waste cellulosic or organic materials, biomass energy can be generated through the fermentation process. **Our Strategies** **Maintain Core Verticals to Increase Market Share in China** We focus on waste-to-energy projects for specific verticals, such as steel, cement, nonferrous metal and coal mining. We plan to continue our focus on such core verticals and leverage our expertise to expand our market share. We intend to expand our waste-to-energy power generating capacity rapidly in order to meet the anticipated growth of demand in Chinas energy efficiency industrial applications and to gain market share. We continually identify potential customers in our core verticals. **Expand to New Business of Energy Storage with Future High Growth Potentials** We are in the process of transforming into an energy storage integrated solution provider. We plan to pursue disciplined and targeted expansion strategies for market areas that we currently do not serve. We are actively seeking and exploring opportunities to apply energy storage technologies to new industries or segments with high growth potential, including industrial and commercial complexes, large scale photovoltaic (PV) and wind power stations, remote islands without electricity, and smart energy cities with multi-energy supplies. By supporting and motivating all kinds of the electric power market to participant in resource development and utilization of demand response, we plan to provide services including peak shaving with compensation and frequency modulation. 20 In recent years, electrochemical energy storage technology has maintained a rapid growth trend, the cumulative installed capacity continues to expand. In 2020, the accumulative installed capacity of electrochemical energy storage in China was 3269.2MW. During the 14th Five-Year Plan period, it is an important period for energy storage to explore and realize the rigid demand application of the market, to productize the system and to obtain stable commercial interests. It is expected that the electrochemical energy storage market will continue to develop rapidly in 2021, with the accumulative installed capacity reaching 5790.8MW. In April 2021, the National Development and Reform Commission and the National Energy Administration issued Guiding Opinions on Accelerating the Development of New Type Energy Storage. This is the second national comprehensive policy document on the energy storage industry since the National Energy Administration, together with five ministries and commissions, issued the Guiding Opinions on Promoting the Development of Chinas Energy Storage Technology and Industry in 2017 (the New Energy Storage Guidance). The New Energy Storage Guidance establishes a double carbon goal, providing a development goal and direction for the industry. The New Energy Storage Guidance, for the first time, explicitly quantified the development double carbon goals of the energy storage industry at the national level, and it is estimated that more than 30 million kilowatts (30GW+) of new energy storage projects will be installed by 2025. From 3.28GW at the end of 2020 to 30GW in 2025, the scale of the new energy storage market is expected to expand 10 times the current level in the next five years, with an annual compound annual growth rate of more than 55%, as a consequence of the New Energy Storage Guidance. **Continually Enhance Research and Development Efforts** We plan to devote resources to research and development to enhance our waste-to-energy design and engineering capabilities. We anticipate that our in-house design and engineering team will provide additional competitive advantages, including flexibility to quickly design and evaluate new technologies or applications in response to changing market trends. **Our Business Models** We once sold our products to our customers under two models: the BOT model and the operating lease model, although we emphasize the BOT model which we believe is more economically beneficial to us and to our customers.We are in the process of transforming and expanding into an energy storage integrated solution provider business. The Company plans to pursue disciplined and targeted expansion strategies for market areas the Company currently does not serve. The Company actively seeks and explores opportunities to apply energy storage technologies to new industries or segments with high growth potential, including industrial and commercial complexes, large scale photovoltaic (PV) and wind power stations,remote islands without electricity,and smart energy cities with multi-energy supplies. The company signed an Operation and Maintenance Contract for power stations. 21 **Contractor and Equipment Suppliers** We generally conduct our project construction through an EPC general contractor. We select the EPC general contractor for each project through a bidding process; then we sign a contract with the selected contractor for that project. The general contractor may outsource parts of our project construction to subcontractors according to the complexity and economics of the project. The general contractor is responsible for purchasing equipment to satisfy the requirements of the project we design for our customer. We generally do not purchase equipment directly from the equipment suppliers, but our general contractors obtain our consent before selecting the equipment suppliers. Our engineering department is involved in the equipment supplier selection process together with our general contractors and makes sure our stringent standards and requirements have been appropriately applied in selection of the equipment. We currently have engaged Shaanxi Huaxin Energy Engineering Co., Ltd. for our projects under construction, and we also maintain relationships with many other quality general contractors in China, including Wuxi Guolian, CITIC Heavy Industries Co., Ltd., A-Power Energy Generation Systems, Ltd. As mentioned above, we do not manufacture the equipment and materials that are used in the construction of our waste energy recycling projects. Rather, we incorporate standard power generating equipment into a fully integrated onsite system. The key equipment used in our projects are the boilers and turbine generators, which represent the majority of equipment cost for each project. Though we do not place the direct procurement orders, we believe we maintain good relationships with those power generation equipment suppliers, and these relationships help provide cost-effective equipment purchasing by the general contractor for our intended projects and ensure the timely completion of these projects. We have well-established business relationships with most of the suppliers from whom our general contractors procure equipment, including Hangzhou Boiler Plant, Beijing Zhongdian Electric Machinery, Chengdu Engine Group, Shanghai Electric Group, China Aviation Gas Turbine Co. Ltd and Xuji Electric. Therefore, we believe that we have a strong position and support in equipment supply and installation, which benefits us, the general contractors and our customers. **Main Customers** Our customers are mainly mid- to large-size enterprises in China involving high energy-consuming businesses. Following our selection process described in the next paragraph, we conduct stringent evaluation procedures to identify and qualify potential customers and projects. To lower our investment and operational risk, we target companies with geographic or industry competitive advantages, with strong reputations and in good financial condition. Generally, our targets include steel and nonferrous metal mills with over 3 million tons of production capacity per year, cement plants with over 2 million tons of production capacity per year that utilize new- suspension-line process, and coking plants with over 600 tons production capacity per year. Our existing customers operate in Shanxi, Shaanxi, Shandong and Jiangsu provinces and the Inner Mongolia Autonomic Region in China. **Marketing and Sales** We market and sell our projects nationwide through our direct sales force of two employees based in Xian, China. Our marketing programs include industrial conferences, trade fairs, sales training, and trade publication advertising. Our sales and marketing group works closely with our research and development and engineering departments to coordinate our project development activities, project launches and ongoing demand and supply planning. We market our projects directly to the industrial manufacturers who can utilize our energy recovery projects in their manufacturing processes, including steel, cement, nonferrous metal, coal and petrochemical industries. 22 Our management team has long-standing relationships with our existing customers and those companies that we consider to be potential customers. We also maintain relationships with municipal governments, which often sponsor or subsidize potential customers that can utilize our projects. **Geographic Distribution of Sales** **Seasonality** For the most part, the Companys business and sales are not subject to any seasonality factors. **Intellectual Property Rights** The Company does not currently possess any intellectual property rights. **Research and Development** We believe that our research and development (R&D) efforts are among the best in the waste heat, gas and pressure to energy industry, particularly with regards to practical usage and application. To develop new and practical solutions for our customers, our R&D team also has the support of our on-site and project engineers who provide feedback and numerous ideas to the R&D team from their daily experiences with installation and operation of various waste gas, heat or pressure to energy projects. Our cooperative relationship with the Shanghai Electric Distributed Energy Sources Technology Co., Ltd. gives us access to the latest developments in energy and waste-to-energy technologies as well as technical support of the R&D teams of Distributed Energy Sources of Central Research Institute of Shanghai Electric Group. **Government and Environmental Management System** Since we do not hold the licenses that the various levels of Chinese government require for our operations, we mainly rely on third-party servicers and contractors, which possess all levels of licenses, to carry out our operations. **Competition** In the past, waste energy recycling projects have been installed mainly by industrial plants themselves. These plants hire general contractors to purchase waste energy recycling equipment manufactured by third parties and with design support from government design institutes, which usually charge a one-time design fee, construct the projects on-site. Pressure has increased on Chinese producers to become more energy-efficient, but many mid-sized companies do not have the special technical expertise or the capital to install and operate such waste energy recycling projects. Many companies have begun to outsource these functions to third- party providers, creating an opportunity in a growing market. 23 We use a BOT model to provide energy saving and recovery systems for various energy intensive industries, such as cement, steel and metallurgy industries. We face competition from an array of market participants. Our main competitors as third-party providers are state owned research institutes or their wholly owned construction companies; however, smaller private companies occasionally employ a BOT model to provide waste-to-energy systems. The state-owned enterprises include Equipment and System Engineer Co., Ltd. of Hangzhou Steam Turbine & Power Group (Hangzhou Turbine) and Energy Saving Development Co., Ltd of China National Material Group, Sinoma Development Co., Ltd. The private companies include China Senyuan Electronic Co., Ltd., Dalian East New Energy Development Co. Ltd.**,**Top Resource Conservation Engineering Co., Ltd. and Nanjing Kaisheng Kaineng Environmental Energy. We believe there is a larger market in the waste-to-energy industry in China for systems constructed on the Engineering Procurement Construction or EPC model in which customers purchase the services of a contractor to construct a system for the customer at the customers expense. Service providers include Dalian East New Energy Development, Nanjing Kaisheng Cement Technology and Engineering Co., Ltd., Jiangxi Sifang Energy Co., Ltd., Beijing Century Benefits Co., Ltd., Beijing Shineng Zhongjin Energy Technology Co., Ltd., Kunming Sunwise Co., Ltd. and China Everbright International Ltd. We compete with EPC providers for waste-to-energy projects when potential customers are able to obtain external financing or have the necessary capital. We believe we offer advantages over our competitors in several ways: | | | Our management team has over 20 years of industry experience and expertise; | | | | | | | | | | We have the capabilities to provide TRT, CHPG and WGPG systems, while our competitors usually concentrate on one type or another; | | | | | | | | | | We have the capabilities and experience in undertaking large scale projects; and | | | | | | | | | | We once provided BOT or capital lease services to the customers, while our competitors usually use an EPC (engineering, procurement and construction) or turnkey contract model. We now provide Operation and Maintenance Services for power stations. | | **Employees** As of December 31, 2025, we had 22 employees: *Management: 4 Employees* *Administration: 1 Employees* *Marketing: 1 Employees* *Accounting & Finance: 4 Employees* *Project Officer: 12 Employees* All of our personnel are employed full-time and none is represented under collective bargaining agreements. We consider our relations with our employees to be good. 24 We maintain certain insurance policies to safeguard us against risks and unexpected events as required in China and with applicable PRC laws, such as social security insurance, including pension insurance, unemployment insurance, work-related injury insurance and medical insurance for our employees. However, we do not maintain business interruption insurance or product liability insurance, which are not mandatory under PRC laws. In addition, we do not maintain key man insurance, insurance policies covering damages to our network infrastructures or information technology systems nor any insurance policies for our properties. During fiscal years 2025 and 2024, we did not make any material insurance claims in relation to our business. **Costs and Effects of Compliance with Environmental Laws** There were many new laws, regulations, rules and notices regarding the environment and energy production adopted, promulgated and put into force during past years. The Chinese government is putting more stringent requirements and urgency on reducing pollution and emissions and improving energy efficiency nationwide. Our products are designed and constructed to comply with the environmental laws and regulations of China. As our systems allow our customers to use waste heat and gases to create energy, we help reduce the overall environmental impact of our customers. Since our business focuses on recycling energy, the effect of the strengthening of environmental laws in China may be to increase demand for the products and services we offer and others like them. **Available Information** We file reports with the SEC, including annual reports on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q and other reports from time to time. The public may read and copy any materials we file with the SEC at the SECs Public Reference Room at 100 F Street, NE, Washington, DC 20549. The public may obtain information on the operation of the Public Reference Room by calling the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330. The Company is an electronic filer and the SEC maintains an Internet site at http://www.sec.gov that contains the reports, proxy and information statements, and other information filed electronically. Our website address is www.creg-cn.com. Please note that our website address is provided as an inactive textual reference only. The information provided on our website is not part of this report, and is therefore not incorporated by reference unless such information is otherwise specifically referenced elsewhere in this report. **ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS** **Risks Related to Our Business and Industry** **In recent years, the growth of Chinese economy has experienced slowdown, and if the growth of the economy continues to slow or if the economy contracts, our financial condition may be materially and adversely affected.** The rapid growth of the PRC economy has resulted in widespread growth opportunities in industries across China. As a result of the global financial crisis and the inability of enterprises to gain comparable access to the same amounts of capital available in past years, the business climate has changed and growth of private enterprise in the PRC have slowed down. An economic slowdown could have an adverse effect on our financial condition. Further, if economic growth slows, and if, in conjunction, inflation is allowed to proceed unchecked, our costs would likely increase, and there can be no assurance that we would be able to increase our prices to an extent that would offset the increase in our expenses. **We depend on the waste energy of our customers to generate electricity***.* We acquire waste pressure, heat and gases from steelworks, cement, coking or metallurgy plants and use these to generate power. Therefore, our power generating capacity depends on the availability of an adequate supply of our raw materials from our customers. If we do not have enough supply, power generated for those customers will be impeded. Since our contracts are often structured so that we receive compensation based on the amount of energy we supply, a reduction in production may cause problems for our revenues and results of operations. 25 **Our revenue depends on gaining new customers and project contracts and purchase commitments from customers.** Currently and historically, we have only had a limited number of projects in process at any time. Thus, our revenues have historically resulted, and are expected to continue in the immediate future to result, primarily from the sale and operation of our waste energy recycling projects that, once completed, typically produce ongoing revenues from energy production. Customers may change or delay orders for any number of reasons, such as force majeure or government approval factors that are unrelated to us. As a result, to maintain and expand our business, we must continue to develop and obtain new orders. However, it is difficult to predict whether and when we will receive such orders or project contracts due to the lengthy process, which may be affected by factors that we do not control, such as market and economic conditions, financing arrangements, commodity prices, environmental issues and government approvals. **We may require additional funds to run our business and may be required to raise these funds on terms which are not favorable to us or which reduce our stock price.** We may need to complete additional equity or debt financings to fund our operations. Our inability to obtain additional financing could adversely affect our business. Financings may not be available at all or on terms favorable to us. In addition, these financings, if completed, may not meet our capital needs and could result in substantial dilution to our stockholders. **** **Changes in the economic and credit environment could have an adverse effect on demand for our projects, which would in turn have a negative impact on our results of operations, our cash flows, our financial condition, our ability to borrow and our stock price.** Since late 2021 and continuing through 2023, global market and economic conditions have been disrupted and volatile. Concerns over slowdown of Chinese economy, geopolitical issues, the availability and cost of credit, to this increased volatility. These factors, combined with declining business and consumer confidence and increased unemployment, precipitated a global recession. It is difficult to predict how long the current economic conditions will persist or whether they will deteriorate further. As a result, these conditions could adversely affect our financial condition and results of operations. The slow growth of global economy has also resulted in tighter credit conditions, which may lead to higher financing costs. Although poor market conditions can act as an incentive for our customers to reduce their energy costs, if the global economic slowdown persists and has material adverse effects on our customers business, our customers may delay or cancel their plan of installing waste energy recycling projects. **Decreases in the price of coal, oil and gas or a decline in popular support for green energy technologies could reduce demand for our waste energy recycling projects, which could materially harm our ability to grow our business.** Higher coal, oil and gas prices provide incentives for customers to invest in green energy technologies such as our waste energy recycling projects that reduce their need for fossil fuels. Conversely, lower coal, oil and gas prices would tend to reduce the incentive for customers to invest in capital equipment to produce electric power or seek out alternative energy sources. Demand for our projects and services depends in part on the current and future commodity prices of coal, oil and gas. We have no control over the current or future prices of these commodities. In addition, popular support by governments, corporations and individuals for green energy technologies may change. Because of the ongoing development of, and the possible change in support for, green energy technologies we cannot assure you that negative changes to this industry will not occur. Changes in government or popular support for green energy technologies could have a material adverse effect on our business, prospects and results of operations. 26 **Changes in the growth of demand for or pricing of electricity could reduce demand for our waste energy recycling projects, which could materially harm our ability to grow our business.** Our revenues are dependent on the ability to provide savings on energy costs for our clients. In 2023, the growth rate of domestic electricity consumption rised, and the electricity consumption of emerging industries maintained its growth momentum. Chinas electricity consumption reached 9.22 trillion KWH in 2023, an increase of 576.4 billion KWH over 2022, up 6.7% year-on-year and 3.1 percentage points higher than the previous year. Per capita electricity consumption reached 6,539 KWH, a record high. The electricity consumption of high-tech and equipment manufacturing industry increased by 11.3% year-on-year, 3.9 percentage points higher than the overall growth level of the manufacturing industry. The growth in electricity consumption increases due to the continued development of the Chinese economy. However, such growth is unpredictable and depends on general economic conditions and consumer demand, both of which are beyond our control. Furthermore, pricing of electricity in the PRC is set in advance by the state or local electricity administration and may be artificially depressed by governmental regulation or influenced by supply and demand imbalances. If these changes reduce the cost of electricity from traditional sources of supply, the demand for our waste energy recycling projects could be reduced, and therefore, could materially harm our ability to grow our business. **Our insurance may not cover all liabilities and damages***.* Our industry can be dangerous and hazardous. The insurance we carry might not be enough to cover all the liabilities and damages that may be caused by potential accidents. **Our heavy reliance on the experience and expertise of our management may cause adverse impacts on us if a management member departs***.* We depend on key personnel for the success of our business. Our business may be severely disrupted if we lose the services of our key executives and employees or fail to add new senior and middle managers to our management. Our future success is heavily dependent upon the continued service of our key executives. We also rely on a number of key technology staff for the operation of our company. Our future success is also dependent upon our ability to attract and retain qualified senior and middle managers to our management team. If one or more of our current or future key executives or employees are unable or unwilling to continue in their present positions, we may not be able to easily replace them, and our business may be severely disrupted. In addition, if any of these key executives or employees joins a competitor or forms a competing company, we could lose customers and suppliers and incur additional expenses to recruit and train personnel. We do not maintain key-man life insurance for any of our key executives. **We may need more capital for the operation and failure to raise capital we need may delay the development plan and reduce the profits***.* If we dont have adequate income or our capital cant meet the requirement for expansion of operations, we will need to seek financing to continue our business development. If we fail to acquire adequate financial resources at acceptable terms, we might have to postpone our proposed business development plans and reduce projections of our future incomes. **Our use of a Build-Operate-Transfer model requires us to invest substantial financial and technical resources in a project before we deliver a waste energy recycling project.** We use a Build-Operate-Transfer model to provide our waste energy recycling projects to our customers. This process requires us to provide significant capital at the beginning of each project. The design, construction and completion of a waste energy recycling project is highly technical and the time necessary to complete a project can take three to 12 months without any delays, including delays outside our control such as from the result of customers operations, and we incur significant expenses as part of this process. Our initial cash outlay and the length of the delivery time makes us particularly vulnerable to the loss of a significant customer or contract because we may be unable to quickly replace the lost cash flow. 27 **Our BOT model and the accounting for our projects as sales-type leases could result in a difference between our revenue recognition and our cash flows.** While we recognize a large portion of the revenue from each project when it goes on-line, all of the cash flow from the project is received in even monthly payments across the term of the lease. Although our revenues may be high, the initial cash outlay required for each project is substantial and even with the recovery of this cost in the early years of each lease, we may need to raise additional capital resulting in a dilution in your holdings. This discrepancy between revenue recognition and cash flow could also contribute to volatility in our stock price. We now do not have such business in 2025 and 2024. **There is collection risk associated with payments to be received over the terms of agreements with customers of our waste energy recycling projects.** We are dependent in part on the viability of our customers for collections under our BOT model. Customers may experience financial difficulties that could cause them to be unable to fulfill their contractual payment obligations to us. Although our customers usually provide collateral or other guarantees to secure their obligations to provide the minimum electricity income from the waste energy recycling projects, there is no guarantee that such collateral will be sufficient to meet all obligations under the respective contract. As a result, our future revenues and cash flows could be adversely affected. **We may not be able to assemble and deliver our waste energy recycling projects as quickly as customers may require which could cause us to lose sales and could harm our reputation.** We may not be able to assemble our waste energy recycling projects and deliver them to our customers at the times they require. Manufacturing delays and interruptions can occur for many reasons, including, but not limited to: | | | the failure of a supplier to deliver needed components on a timely basis or of acceptable quality; | | | | | | | | | | equipment failures; | | | | | | | | | | personnel shortage; | | | | | | | | | | labor disputes; or | | | | | | | | | | transportation disruptions. | | Assembly of our waste energy recycling projects is complex. If we fail to assemble and deliver our waste energy recycling projects in a timely fashion, our reputation may be harmed, we may jeopardize existing orders and lose potential future sales, and we may be forced to pay penalties to our customers. **We operate in an emerging competitive industry and if we are unable to compete successfully our revenue and profitability will be adversely affected.** Currently, the PRC waste energy recycling market is fragmented but competitive. As the industry evolves, we anticipate that competition will increase. We currently face competition primarily from companies that focus on one type of waste energy recycling project or one industry in the waste energy recycling market, some of which may have more expertise in their area of focus than we do. We also compete against companies that have substantial competitive advantage because of longer operating histories and larger marketing budgets, as well as substantially greater financial and other resources than us. Our largest potential clients may choose to build their own systems. National or global competitors could enter the market with more substantial financial and workforce resources, stronger existing customer relationships, and greater name recognition or could choose to target medium to small companies in our traditional markets. Competitors could focus their substantial resources on developing a more attractive solution set than ours or products with technologies that reduce demand for energy beyond what our solutions can provide and at cheaper prices. Competition also places downward pressure on our contract prices and profit margins, which presents us with significant challenges in our ability to maintain strong growth rates and acceptable profit margins. If we are unable to meet these competitive challenges, we could lose market share to our competitors and experience an overall reduction in our profits. 28 **If we infringe the rights of third parties, we could be prevented from selling products, forced to pay damages and compelled to defend against litigation.** If our waste energy recycling projects, methods, processes and other technologies infringe proprietary rights of other parties, we may have to obtain licenses (which may not be available on commercially reasonable terms, if at all), redesign our waste energy recycling projects or processes, stop using the subject matter claimed in the asserted patents, pay damages, or defend litigation or administrative proceedings, which may be costly whether we win or lose. All of the above could result in a substantial diversion of valuable management resources and we could incur substantial costs. We believe we have taken reasonable steps, including prior patent searches, to ensure we can operate under our intellectual property rights, and that our development and commercialization efforts can be carried out as planned without infringing others proprietary rights. However, a third-party patent may have been filed or will be filed that may contain subject matter of relevance to our development, causing a third-party patent holder to claim infringement. Resolution of such issues sometimes results in lengthy and costly legal proceedings, the outcome of which we cannot predict accurately. **We may not be able to adequately respond to changes in technology affecting the waste energy recycling industry.** Our industry could experience rapid technological changes and new product introductions. Current competitors or new market entrants could introduce new or enhanced products with features which render the systems used in our projects obsolete or less marketable. Our future success will depend, in part, on our ability to respond to changing technology and industry standards in a timely and cost-effective manner. We may not be successful in effectively using new technologies, developing new systems or enhancing our existing systems and technology on a timely basis. Our new technologies or enhancements may not achieve market acceptance. Our pursuit of new technologies may require substantial time and expense. We may need to license new technologies to respond to technological change. These licenses may not be available to us on terms that we can accept. Finally, we may not succeed in adapting our projects to new technologies as they emerge. **We are dependent on third parties for manufacturing key components and delays by third parties may cause delays in assembly and increased costs to us.** We rely upon third parties for the manufacture of key components. Delays and difficulties in the manufacturing of our waste energy recycling projects could substantially harm our revenues. There are limited sources of supply for some key waste energy recycling project components. Business disruptions, financial difficulties of the manufacturers or suppliers of these components, or raw material shortages could increase our costs, reduce the availability of these components or delay our delivery of projects to customers. To date, we have been able to obtain adequate supplies of these key components. If we are unable to obtain a sufficient supply of required components, we could experience significant delays in construction, which could result in the loss of orders and customers, and could materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations. If the cost of components increases, we may not be able to pass on price increases to our customers if we are to remain competitively priced. This would reduce profit, which in turn would reduce the value of your investment. **Increases in income tax rates, changes in income tax laws or disagreements with tax authorities could adversely affect our business, financial condition or results of operations.** We are subject to income taxes in the U.S and in certain foreign jurisdictions in which we operate. Increases in income tax rates or other changes in income tax laws that apply to our business could reduce our after-tax income from such jurisdiction and could adversely affect our business, financial condition or results of operations. Our operations outside the U.S. generate a significant portion of our income. In addition, the U.S. and many of the other countries in which our products are distributed or sold, including countries in which we have significant operations, have recently made or are actively considering changes to existing tax laws. For example, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the TCJ Act) was recently signed into law in the U.S. The changes in the TCJ Act are broad and complex and we are continuing to examine the impact the TCJ Act may have on our business and financial results. This provisional expense is subject to change, possibly materially, due to, among other things, changes in estimates, interpretations and assumptions we have made, changes in Internal Revenue Service (IRS) interpretations, the issuance of new guidance, legislative actions, changes in accounting standards or related interpretations in response to the TCJ Act and future actions by states within the U.S that have not yet adopted state-level laws similar to the TCJ Act. 29 Additional changes in the U.S. tax regime or in how U.S. multinational corporations are taxed on foreign earnings, including changes in how existing tax laws are interpreted or enforced, could adversely affect our business, financial condition or results of operations. We are also subject to regular reviews, examinations and audits by the IRS and other taxing authorities with respect to income and non-income based taxes both within and outside the U.S. Economic and political pressures to increase tax revenues in jurisdictions in which we operate, or the adoption of new or reformed tax legislation or regulation, may make resolving tax disputes more difficult and the final resolution of tax audits and any related litigation could differ from our historical provisions and accruals, resulting in an adverse impact on our business, financial condition or results of operations. In addition, in connection with the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development Base Erosion and Profit Shifting project, companies are required to disclose more information to tax authorities on operations around the world, which may lead to greater audit scrutiny of profits earned in various countries. **A downturn in China or global economy, and economic and political policies of China could materially and adversely affect our business and financial condition.** Our business, prospects, financial condition and results of operations may be influenced to a significant degree by political, economic and social conditions in China generally. The Chinese economy differs from the economies of most developed countries in many respects, including the amount of government involvement, level of development, growth rate, control of foreign exchange and allocation of resources. While the Chinese economy has experienced significant growth over the past decades, growth has been uneven, both geographically and among various sectors of the economy. The Chinese government has implemented various measures to encourage economic growth and guide the allocation of resources. Some of these measures may benefit the overall Chinese economy, but may have a negative effect on us. Economic conditions in China are sensitive to global economic conditions. Any prolonged slowdown in the global or Chinese economy may affect potential clients confidence in financial market as a whole and have a negative impact on our business, results of operations and financial condition. Additionally, continued turbulence in the international markets may adversely affect our ability to access the capital markets to meet liquidity needs. The recent outbreak of war in Ukraine has already affected global economic markets, and the uncertain resolution of this conflict could result in protracted and/or severe damage to the global economy. Russias recent military interventions in Ukraine have led to, and may lead to, additional sanctions being levied by the U.S, European Union and other countries against Russia. Russias military incursion and the resulting sanctions could adversely affect global energy and financial markets and thus could affect our clients business and our business, even though we do not have any direct exposure to Russia or the adjoining geographic regions. The extent and duration of the military action, sanctions, and resulting market disruptions are impossible to predict, but could be substantial. Any such disruptions caused by Russian military action or resulting sanctions may magnify the impact of other risks described in this section. We cannot predict the progress or outcome of the situation in Ukraine, as the conflict and governmental reactions are rapidly developing and beyond their control. Prolonged unrest, intensified military activities, or more extensive sanctions impacting the region could have a material adverse effect on the global economy, and such effect could in turn have a material adverse effect on the operations, results of operations, financial condition, liquidity and business outlook of our business. The assault on Israel by Hamas (the Islamic terrorist group that controls the Palestinian territory of Gaza) in early October 2023 and Israels subsequent declaration of war against Hamas may have severe adverse effects on regional and global economic markets. The war between Hamas and Israel and the varying involvement of the United States and other countries, as well as political and civil unrest related to the foregoing, makes it difficult to predict the conflicts impact on global economic and market conditions and, as a result, the situation presents material uncertainty and risk with respect to the Company. 30 **We face risks related to natural disasters, extreme weather conditions, health epidemics and other catastrophic incidents, which could significantly disrupt our operations.** **** China has experienced natural disasters, including earthquakes, extreme weather conditions and any similar event could materially impact our business in the future. If a disaster or other disruption occurred that affects the regions where we operate our business, the resulting loss of personnel and damage to property could materially adversely affect our business. Even if we are not directly affected, such a disaster or disruption could affect the operations or financial condition of our ecosystem participants, which could harm our results of operations. In addition, our business could be affected by public health epidemics, such as the outbreak of avian influenza, severe acute respiratory syndrome, or SARS, Zika virus, Ebola virus, COVID-19 or other disease. Should there be such a health epidemic in the future, our business, results of operations, financial condition and prospects could be materially adversely affected to the extent that such health epidemics weaken the Chinese and global economy in general. **Risks Related to Doing Business in China** **We are a holding company and will rely on dividends paid by our subsidiaries for our cash needs. Any limitation on the ability of our subsidiaries to make dividend payments to us, or any tax implications of making dividend payments to us, could limit our ability to pay our parent company expenses or pay dividends to holders of our common stock.** **** We are a holding company and conduct substantially all of our business through our PRC subsidiaries, which are limited liability companies in China. We may rely on dividends to be paid by our PRC subsidiaries to fund our cash and financing requirements, including the funds necessary to pay dividends and other cash distributions to our shareholders, to service any debt we may incur and to pay our operating expenses. If our PRC subsidiaries incur debt on their own behalf in the future, the instruments governing the debt may restrict its ability to pay dividends or make other distributions to us. Under PRC laws and regulations, our PRC subsidiaries, which are mostly wholly foreign-owned enterprises in China, may pay dividends only out of its accumulated profits as determined in accordance with PRC accounting standards and regulations. In addition, a wholly foreign-owned enterprise is required to set aside at least 10% of its accumulated after-tax profits each year, if any, to fund a certain statutory reserve fund, until the aggregate amount of such fund reaches 50% of its registered capital. Our PRC subsidiaries generate primarily all of their revenue in Renminbi, which is not freely convertible into other currencies. As a result, any restriction on currency exchange may limit the ability of our PRC subsidiary to use its Renminbi revenues to pay dividends to us. The PRC government may continue to strengthen its capital controls, and more restrictions and substantial vetting process may be put forward by SAFE for cross-border transactions falling under both the current account and the capital account. Any limitation on the ability of our PRC subsidiary to pay dividends or make other kinds of payments to us could materially and adversely limit our ability to grow, make investments or acquisitions that could be beneficial to our business, pay dividends, or otherwise fund and conduct our business. In addition, the Enterprise Income Tax Law and its implementation rules provide that a withholding tax rate of up to 10% will be applicable to dividends payable by Chinese companies to non-PRC-resident enterprises unless otherwise exempted or reduced according to treaties or arrangements between the PRC central government and governments of other countries or regions where the non-PRC resident enterprises are incorporated. Any limitation on the ability of our PRC subsidiary to pay dividends or make other distributions to us could materially and adversely limit our ability to grow, make investments or acquisitions that could be beneficial to our business, pay dividends, or otherwise fund and conduct our business. 31 **The Chinese government exerts substantial influence over the manner in which we must conduct our business activities.We are currently not required to obtain approval from Chinese authorities to list on U.S exchanges, however, if our holding company or subsidiaries were required to obtain approval or filing in the future and were denied permission from Chinese authorities to list on U.S. exchanges, we will not be able to continue listing on U.S. exchange, which would materially affect the interest of the investors.** The Chinese government has exercised and can continue to exercise substantial control to intervene on virtually every sector of the Chinese economy through regulation and state ownership, and as a result, it can influence the manner in which we must conduct our business activities and effect material changes in our operations or the value of the common stock we are registering in this resale. Under the current government leadership, the government of the PRC has been pursuing reform policies which have adversely affected China-based operating companies whose securities are listed in the U.S., with significant policies changes being made from time to time without notice. There are substantial uncertainties regarding the interpretation and application of PRC laws and regulations, including, but not limited to, the laws and regulations governing our business, or the enforcement and performance of our contractual arrangements with borrowers in the event of the imposition of statutory liens, death, bankruptcy or criminal proceedings. Our ability to operate in China may be harmed by changes in its laws and regulations, including those relating to taxation, environmental regulations, land use rights, property and other matters. The central or local governments of these jurisdictions may impose new, stricter regulations or interpretations of existing regulations that would require additional expenditures and efforts on our part to ensure our compliance with such regulations or interpretations. Accordingly, government actions in the future, including any decision not to continue to support recent economic reforms and to return to a more centrally planned economy or regional or local variations in the implementation of economic policies, could have a significant effect on economic conditions in China or particular regions thereof, and could require us to divest ourselves of any interest we then hold in Chinese properties. **** Given recent statements by the Chinese government indicating an intent to exert more oversight and control over offerings that are conducted overseas and/or foreign investment in China-based issuers, any such action could significantly limit or completely hinder our ability to offer or continue to offer securities to investors and cause the value of such securities to significantly decline or become worthless. Recently, the General Office of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the General Office of the State Council jointly issued the Opinions on Severely Cracking Down on Illegal Securities Activities According to Law, or the Opinions, which was made available to the public on July 6, 2021. The Opinions emphasized the need to strengthen the administration over illegal securities activities, and the need to strengthen the supervision over overseas listings by Chinese companies. Effective measures, such as promoting the construction of relevant regulatory systems, will be taken to deal with the risks and incidents of China-concept overseas listed companies. As of the date hereof, we have not received any inquiry, notice, warning, or sanctions from PRC government authorities in connection with the Opinions. On June 10, 2021, the Standing Committee of the National Peoples Congress of China, or the SCNPC, promulgated the PRC Data Security Law, which took effect in September 2021. The PRC Data Security Law imposes data security and privacy obligations on entities and individuals carrying out data activities, and introduces a data classification and hierarchical protection system based on the importance of data in economic and social development, and the degree of harm it will cause to national security, public interests, or legitimate rights and interests of individuals or organizations when such data is tampered with, destroyed, leaked, illegally acquired or used. The PRC Data Security Law also provides for a national security review procedure for data activities that may affect national security and imposes export restrictions on certain data an information. 32 In early July 2021, regulatory authorities in China launched cybersecurity investigations with regard to several China-based companies that are listed in the United States. The Chinese cybersecurity regulator announced on July 2 that it had begun an investigation of Didi Global Inc. (NYSE: DIDI) and two days later ordered that the companys app be removed from smartphone app stores. On July 5, 2021, the Chinese cybersecurity regulator launched the same investigation on two other Internet platforms, Chinas Full Truck Alliance of Full Truck Alliance Co. Ltd. (NYSE: YMM) and Boss of KANZHUN LIMITED (Nasdaq: BZ). On July 24, 2021, the General Office of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and the General Office of the State Council jointly released the Guidelines for Further Easing the Burden of Excessive Homework and Off-campus Tutoring for Students at the Stage of Compulsory Education, pursuant to which foreign investment in such firms via mergers and acquisitions, franchise development, and variable interest entities are banned from this sector. **** On August 17, 2021, the State Council promulgated the Regulations on the Protection of the Security of Critical Information Infrastructure, or the Regulations, which took effect on September 1, 2021. The Regulations supplement and specify the provisions on the security of critical information infrastructure as stated in the Cybersecurity Review Measures. The Regulations provide, among others, that protection department of certain industry or sector shall notify the operator of the critical information infrastructure in time after the identification of certain critical information infrastructure. On August 20, 2021, the SCNPC promulgated the Personal Information Protection Law of the PRC, or the Personal Information Protection Law, which took effect in November 2021. As the first systematic and comprehensive law specifically for the protection of personal information in the PRC, the Personal Information Protection Law provides, among others, that (i) an individuals consent shall be obtained to use sensitive personal information, such as biometric characteristics and individual location tracking, (ii) personal information operators using sensitive personal information shall notify individuals of the necessity of such use and impact on the individuals rights, and (iii) where personal information operators reject an individuals request to exercise his or her rights, the individual may file a lawsuit with a Peoples Court. As such, the Companys business segments may be subject to various government and regulatory interference in the provinces in which they operate. The Company could be subject to regulation by various political and regulatory entities, including various local and municipal agencies and government sub-divisions. The Company may incur increased costs necessary to comply with existing and newly adopted laws and regulations or penalties for any failure to comply. Additionally, the governmental and regulatory interference could significantly limit or completely hinder our ability to offer or continue to offer securities to investors and cause the value of such securities to significantly decline or be worthless. Furthermore, it is uncertain when and whether the Company will be required to obtain permission from the PRC government to list on U.S. exchanges in the future, and even when such permission is obtained, whether it will be denied or rescinded. Although the Company is currently not required to obtain permission from any of the PRC federal or local government to obtain such permission and has not received any denial to list on the U.S. exchange, our operations could be adversely affected, directly or indirectly, by existing or future laws and regulations relating to its business or industry. On February 17, 2023, the CSRC promulgated Trial Administrative Measures of the Overseas Securities Offering and Listing by Domestic Companies (the Overseas Listing Trial Measures) and five relevant guidelines, which became effective on March 31, 2023. According to the Overseas Listing Trial Measures, PRC domestic companies that seek to offer and list securities in overseas markets, either in direct or indirect means, are required to fulfill the filing procedure with the CSRC and report relevant information. The Overseas Listing Trial Measures provides that an overseas listing or offering is explicitly prohibited, if any of the following: (1) such securities offering and listing is explicitly prohibited by provisions in laws, administrative regulations and relevant state rules; (2) the intended securities offering and listing may endanger national security as reviewed and determined by competent authorities under the State Council in accordance with law; (3) the domestic company intending to make the securities offering and listing, or its controlling shareholder(s) and the actual controller, have committed relevant crimes such as corruption, bribery, embezzlement, misappropriation of property or undermining the order of the socialist market economy during the latest three years; (4) the domestic company intending to make the securities offering and listing is currently under investigations for suspicion of criminal offenses or major violations of laws and regulations, and no conclusion has yet been made thereof; or (5) there are material ownership disputes over equity held by the domestic companys controlling shareholder(s) or by other shareholder(s) that are controlled by the controlling shareholder(s) and/or actual controller. 33 The Overseas Listing Trial Measures also provides that if the issuer meets both the following criteria, the overseas securities offering and listing conducted by such issuer will be deemed as indirect overseas offering by PRC domestic companies: (1) 50% or more of any of the issuers operating revenue, total profit, total assets or net assets as documented in its audited consolidated financial statements for the most recent fiscal year is accounted for by domestic companies; and (2) the issuers main business activities are conducted in China, or its main place(s) of business are located in China, or the majority of senior management staff in charge of its business operations and management are PRC citizens or have their usual place(s) of residence located in China. Where an issuer submits an application for initial public offering to competent overseas regulators, such issuer must file with the CSRC within three business days after such application is submitted. In addition, the Overseas Listing Trial Measures provide that the direct or indirect overseas listings of the assets of domestic companies through one or more acquisitions, share swaps, transfers or other transaction arrangements shall be subject to filing procedures in accordance with the Overseas Listing Trial Measures. The Overseas Listing Trial Measures also requires subsequent reports to be filed with the CSRC on material events, such as change of control or voluntary or forced delisting of the issuer(s) who have completed overseas offerings and listings. At a press conference held for these new regulations (Press Conference), officials from the CSRC clarified that the domestic companies that have already been listed overseas on or before March 31, 2023 shall be deemed as existing issuers (the Existing Issuers). Existing Issuers are not required to complete the filling procedures immediately, and they shall be required to file with the CSRC upon occurrences of certain subsequent matters such as follow-on offerings of securities. According to the Overseas Listing Trial Measures and the Press Conference, the existing domestic companies that have completed overseas offering and listing before March 31, 2023, such as us, shall not be required to perform filing procedures for the completed overseas securities issuance and listing. However, from the effective date of the regulation, any of our subsequent securities offering in the same overseas market or subsequent securities offering and listing in other overseas markets shall be subject to the filing requirement with the CSRC within three working days after the offering is completed or after the relevant application is submitted to the relevant overseas authorities, respectively. If it is determined that any approval, filing or other administrative procedures from other PRC governmental authorities is required for any future offering or listing, we cannot assure you that we can obtain the required approval or accomplish the required filings or other regulatory procedures in a timely manner, or at all. If we fail to fulfill filing procedure as stipulated by the Trial Measures or offer and list securities in an overseas market in violation of the Trial Measures, the CSRC may order rectification, issue warnings to us, and impose a fine of between RMB1,000,000 and RMB10,000,000. Persons-in-charge and other persons that are directly liable for such failure shall be warned and each imposed a fine from RMB500,000 to RMB5,000,000. Controlling shareholders and actual controlling persons of us that organize or instruct such violations shall be imposed a fine from RMB1,000,000 and RMB10,000,000. On February 24, 2023, the CSRC published the Provisions on Strengthening the Confidentiality and Archives Administration Related to the Overseas Securities Offering and Listing by Domestic Enterprises (the Provisions on Confidentiality and Archives Administration), which came into effect on March 31, 2023. The Provisions on Confidentiality and Archives Administration requires that, in the process of overseas issuance and listing of securities by domestic entities, the domestic entities, and securities companies and securities service institutions that provide relevant securities service shall strictly implement the provisions of relevant laws and regulations and the requirements of these provisions, establish and improve rules on confidentiality and archives administration. Where the domestic entities provide with or publicly disclose documents, materials or other items related to the state secrets and government work secrets to the relevant securities companies, securities service institutions, overseas regulatory authorities, or other entities or individuals, the companies shall apply for approval of competent departments with the authority of examination and approval in accordance with law and report the matter to the secrecy administrative departments at the same level for record filing. Where there is unclear or controversial whether or not the concerned materials are related to state secrets, the materials shall be reported to the relevant secrecy administrative departments for determination. However, there remain uncertainties regarding the further interpretation and implementation of the Provisions on Confidentiality and Archives Administration. 34 As of the date of this annual report, we and our PRC subsidiaries have obtain the requisite licenses and permits from the PRC government authorities that are material for the business operations of our PRC subsidiaries. In addition, as of the date of this annual report, we and our PRC subsidiaries are not required to obtain approval or permission from the CSRC or the CAC or any other entity that is required to approve our PRC subsidiaries operations or required for us to offer securities to foreign investors under any currently effective PRC laws, regulations, and regulatory rules. If it is determined that we are subject to filing requirements imposed by the CSRC under the Overseas Listing Regulations or approvals from other PRC regulatory authorities or other procedures, including the cybersecurity review under the revised Cybersecurity Review Measures, for our future offshore offerings, it would be uncertain whether we can or how long it will take us to complete such procedures or obtain such approval and any such approval could be rescinded. Any failure to obtain or delay in completing such procedures or obtaining such approval for our offshore offerings, or a rescission of any such approval if obtained by us, would subject us to sanctions by the CSRC or other PRC regulatory authorities for failure to file with the CSRC or failure to seek approval from other government authorization for our offshore offerings. These regulatory authorities may impose fines and penalties on our operations in China, limit our ability to pay dividends outside of China, limit our operating privileges in China, delay or restrict the repatriation of the proceeds from our offshore offerings into China or take other actions that could materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations, and prospects, as well as the trading price of our common stock. The CSRC or other PRC regulatory authorities also may take actions requiring us, or making it advisable for us, to halt our offshore offerings before settlement and delivery of the securities offered. Consequently, if investors engage in market trading or other activities in anticipation of and prior to settlement and delivery, they do so at the risk that settlement and delivery may not occur. In addition, if the CSRC or other regulatory authorities later promulgate new rules or explanations requiring that we obtain their approvals or accomplish the required filing or other regulatory procedures for our prior offshore offerings, we may be unable to obtain a waiver of such approval requirements, if and when procedures are established to obtain such a waiver. Any uncertainties or negative publicity regarding such approval requirement could materially and adversely affect our business, prospects, financial condition, reputation, and the trading price of our common stock. In addition, on December 28, 2021, the CAC, the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), and several other administrations jointly issued the revised Measures for Cybersecurity Review, or the Revised Review Measures, which became effective and has replaced the existing Measures for Cybersecurity Review on February 15, 2022. According to the Revised Review Measures, if an online platform operator that is in possession of personal data of more than one million users intends to list in a foreign country, it must apply for a cybersecurity review. Based on a set of Q&A published on the official website of the State Cipher Code Administration in connection with the issuance of the Revised Review Measures, an official of the said administration indicated that an online platform operator should apply for a cybersecurity review prior to the submission of its listing application with non-PRC securities regulators. Given the recency of the issuance of the Revised Review Measures and their pending effectiveness, there is a general lack of guidance and substantial uncertainties exist with respect to their interpretation and implementation. For example, it is unclear whether the requirement of cybersecurity review applies to follow-on offerings by an online platform operator that is in possession of personal data of more than one million users where the offshore holding company of such operator is already listed overseas. Furthermore, the CAC released the draft of the Regulations on Network Data Security Management in November 2021 for public consultation, which among other things, stipulates that a data processor listed overseas must conduct an annual data security review by itself or by engaging a data security service provider and submit the annual data security review report for a given year to the municipal cybersecurity department before January 31 of the following year. If the draft Regulations on Network Data Security Management are enacted in the current form, we, as an overseas listed company, will be required to carry out an annual data security review and comply with the relevant reporting obligations. **The M&A Rules and certain other PRC regulations establish complex procedures for some acquisitions of Chinese companies by foreign investors, which could make it more difficult for us to pursue growth through acquisitions in China.** The Regulations on Mergers and Acquisitions of Domestic Enterprises by Foreign Investors, or the M&A Rules, adopted by six PRC regulatory agencies in 2006 and amended in 2009, and some other regulations and rules concerning mergers and acquisitions established additional procedures and requirements that could make merger and acquisition activities by foreign investors more time-consuming and complex, including requirements in some instances that the anti-monopoly law enforcement agency be notified in advance of any change-of-control transaction in which a foreign investor takes control of a PRC domestic enterprise. 35 For example, the M&A Rules require MOFCOM be notified in advance of any change-of-control transaction in which a foreign investor takes control of a PRC domestic enterprise, if (i) any important industry is concerned, (ii) such transaction involves factors that impact or may impact national economic security, or (iii) such transaction will lead to a change in control of a domestic enterprise which holds a famous trademark or PRC time-honored brand. Moreover, the PRC Anti-Monopoly Law promulgated by the Standing Committee of the National Peoples Congress effective 2008 requires that transactions which are deemed concentrations and involve parties with specified turnover thresholds (i.e., during the previous fiscal year, (i) the total global turnover of all operators participating in the transaction exceeds RMB10 billion and at least two of these operators each had a turnover of more than RMB400 million within China, or (ii) the total turnover within China of all the operators participating in the concentration exceeded RMB2 billion, and at least two of these operators each had a turnover of more than RMB400 million within China) must be cleared by the anti-monopoly enforcement authority before they can be completed. In addition, in 2011, the General Office of the State Council promulgated a Notice on Establishing the Security Review System for Mergers and Acquisitions of Domestic Enterprises by Foreign Investors, also known as Circular 6, which officially established a security review system for mergers and acquisitions of domestic enterprises by foreign investors. Further, MOFCOM promulgated the Regulations on Implementation of Security Review System for the Merger and Acquisition of Domestic Enterprises by Foreign Investors, effective 2011, to implement Circular 6. Under Circular 6, a security review is required for mergers and acquisitions by foreign investors having national defense and security concerns and mergers and acquisitions by which foreign investors may acquire the de facto control of domestic enterprises with national security concerns. Under the foregoing MOFCOM regulations, MOFCOM will focus on the substance and actual impact of the transaction when deciding whether a specific merger or acquisition is subject to security review. If MOFCOM decides that a specific merger or acquisition is subject to a security review, it will submit it to the Inter-Ministerial Panel, an authority established under Circular 6 led by the National Development and Reform Commission, and MOFCOM under the leadership of the State Council, to carry out security review. The regulations prohibit foreign investors from bypassing the security review by structuring transactions through trusts, indirect investments, leases, loans, control through contractual arrangements or offshore transactions. There is no explicit provision or official interpretation stating that the merging or acquisition of a company engaged in the internet content business requires security review, and there is no requirement that acquisitions completed prior to the promulgation of the Security Review Circular are subject to MOFCOM review. In the future, we may grow our business by acquiring complementary businesses. Complying with the requirements of the above-mentioned regulations and other relevant rules to complete such transactions could be time consuming, and any required approval processes, including obtaining approval from MOFCOM or its local counterparts may delay or inhibit our ability to complete such transactions. We believe that it is unlikely that our business would be deemed to be in an industry that raises national defense and security or national security concerns. However, MOFCOM or other government agencies may publish explanations in the future determining that our business is in an industry subject to the security review, in which case our future acquisitions in China, including those by way of entering into contractual control arrangements with target entities, may be closely scrutinized or prohibited. **Adverse changes in political and economic policies of the PRC government could have a material adverse effect on the overall economic growth of China, which could materially and adversely affect the demand for our projects and our business.** Currently, all of our operations are conducted in China. Accordingly, our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects are affected significantly by economic, political and legal developments in China. The PRC economy differs from the economies of most developed countries in many respects, including: | | | the amount of government involvement; | | | | | | | | | | the level of development; | | | | | | | | | | the growth rate; | | | | | | | | | | the control of foreign exchange; and | | | | | | | | | | the allocation of resources. | | 36 While the PRC economy has grown significantly since the late 1970s, the growth has been uneven, both geographically and among various sectors of the economy. The PRC government has implemented various measures to encourage economic growth and guide the allocation of resources. Some of these measures benefit the overall PRC economy, but may also have a negative effect on us. For example, our financial condition and results of operations may be adversely affected by government control over capital investments or changes in tax regulations that are applicable to us. The PRC economy has been transitioning from a planned economy to a more market-oriented economy. Although the PRC government has in recent years implemented measures emphasizing the utilization of market forces for economic reform, the reduction of state ownership of productive assets and the establishment of sound corporate governance in business enterprises, a substantial portion of the productive assets in China is still owned by the PRC government. The continued control of these assets and other aspects of the national economy by the PRC government could materially and adversely affect our business. The PRC government also exercises significant control over economic growth in China through the allocation of resources, controlling payment of foreign currency- denominated obligations, setting monetary policy and providing preferential treatment to particular industries or companies. Efforts by the PRC government to slow the pace of growth of the PRC economy could result in decreased capital expenditure by energy users, which in turn could reduce demand for our products. In addition, the PRC government, which regulates the power industry in China, has adopted laws related to renewable energy, and has adopted policies for the accelerated development of renewable energy as part of a Development Plan promulgated on August 31, 2007. Any adverse change in the economic conditions or government policies in China could have a material adverse effect on the overall economic growth and the level of energy investments and expenditures in China, which in turn could lead to a reduction in demand for our products and consequently have a material adverse effect on our business and prospects. **Restrictions under PRC law on our subsidiaries ability to make dividends and other distributions could materially and adversely affect our ability to grow, make investments or acquisitions that could benefit our business, pay dividends to you, and otherwise fund and conduct our business.** We conduct all of our business through our consolidated subsidiaries and affiliated companies operating in the PRC. We rely on dividends paid by these consolidated subsidiaries for our cash needs, including the funds necessary to pay any dividends and other cash distributions to our stockholders, to service any debt we may incur and to pay our operating expenses. The payment of dividends by entities established in the PRC is subject to limitations imposed by government regulations. Regulations in the PRC currently permit payment of dividends only out of accumulated profits as determined in accordance with accounting standards and regulations in the PRC, subject to certain statutory procedural requirements and these may not be calculated in the same manner as US GAAP. In addition, each of our subsidiaries in China is required to set aside a certain amount of its after-tax profits each year, if any, to fund certain statutory reserves. These reserves are not distributable as cash dividends. Furthermore, if our subsidiaries in China incur debt on their own behalf in the future, the instruments governing the debt may restrict their ability to pay dividends or make other payments to us. Any limitations on the ability of our PRC subsidiaries to transfer funds to us could materially and adversely limit our ability to grow, make investments or acquisitions that could be beneficial to our business, pay dividends and otherwise fund and conduct our business. **Fluctuation in the value of the Renminbi may have a material adverse effect on your investment.** The value of the Renminbi (RMB) against the US Dollar and other currencies may fluctuate and is affected by, among other things, changes in Chinas political and economic conditions. The conversion of RMB into foreign currencies, including US Dollars, has historically been set by the Peoples Bank of China(PBOC). On March 17, 2014, the PRC government changed its policy of pegging the value of the RMB to the US Dollar. Under the new policy, the RMB is permitted to fluctuate within a band against a basket of certain foreign currencies, determined by the Bank of China, against which it can rise or fall by as much as 2% each day. Since the adoption of this new policy, the value of the RMB against the US Dollar has fluctuated on a daily basis within narrow ranges, but overall has strengthened against the US Dollar. There remains significant international pressure on the PRC government to further liberalize its currency policy, which could result in a further and more significant appreciation in the value of the RMB against the US Dollar. Appreciation or depreciation in the value of the RMB relative to the US Dollar would affect our financial results reported in US Dollar terms even if there is no underlying change in our business or results of operations. In addition, if we decide to convert our RMB into US Dollars for the purpose of making payments for dividends on our common stock or for other business purposes, appreciation of the US Dollar against the RMB would have a negative effect on the US Dollar amount available to us. 37 **The PRC currency is not a freely convertible currency, which could limit our ability to obtain sufficient foreign currency to support our business operations in the future. In addition, changes in foreign exchange regulations in the PRC may affect our ability to pay dividends in foreign currency or conduct other foreign exchange business.** The PRC government imposes controls on the convertibility of RMB into foreign currencies and, in certain cases, the remittance of currency out of the PRC. We receive substantially all of our revenues in RMB, which is currently not a freely convertible currency. Shortages in the availability of foreign currency may restrict our ability to remit sufficient foreign currency to pay dividends, or otherwise satisfy foreign currency-denominated obligations. Under existing PRC foreign exchange regulations, payments of current account items, including profit distributions, interest payments and expenditures from the transaction, can be made in foreign currencies without prior approval from the PRC State Administration of Foreign Exchange, or the SAFE, by complying with certain procedural requirements. However, approval from appropriate governmental authorities is required where RMB are to be converted into foreign currency and remitted out of China to pay capital expenses such as the repayment of bank loans denominated in foreign currencies. The PRC government may also at its discretion restrict access in the future to foreign currencies for current account transactions. If the foreign exchange control system prevents us from obtaining sufficient foreign currency to satisfy our currency demands, we may not be able to pay certain of our expenses as they come due. **We may be exposed to liabilities under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and Chinese anti-corruption law.** We are subject to the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, or FCPA, and other laws that prohibit improper payments or offers of payments to foreign governments and their officials and political parties by U.S. persons and issuers as defined by the statute for the purpose of obtaining or retaining business. We are also subject to Chinese anti-corruption laws, which strictly prohibit the payment of bribes to government officials. We have operations, agreements with third parties, and make sales in China, which may experience corruption. Our activities in China create the risk of unauthorized payments or offers of payments by one of the employees, consultants or distributors of our company, because these parties are not always subject to our control. We are in process of implementing an anticorruption program, which prohibits the offering or giving of anything of value to foreign officials, directly or indirectly, for the purpose of obtaining or retaining business. The anticorruption program also requires that clauses mandating compliance with our policy be included in all contracts with foreign sales agents, sales consultants and distributors and that they certify their compliance with our policy annually. It further requires that all hospitality involving promotion of sales to foreign governments and government-owned or controlled entities be in accordance with specified guidelines. In the meantime, we believe to date we have complied in all material respects with the provisions of the FCPA and Chinese anti-corruption law. However, our existing safeguards and any future improvements may prove to be less than effective, and the employees, consultants or distributors of our Company may engage in conduct for which we might be held responsible. Violations of the FCPA or Chinese anti-corruption law may result in severe criminal or civil sanctions, and we may be subject to other liabilities, which could negatively affect our business, operating results and financial condition. In addition, the government may seek to hold our Company liable for successor liability FCPA violations committed by companies in which we invest or that we acquire. **Substantial uncertainties exist with respect to the interpretation and implementation of PRC Foreign Investment Law and how it may impact the viability of our current corporate structure, corporate governance and business operations** **** The Ministry of Commerce published a discussion draft of the proposed Foreign Investment Law in January 2015, or the 2015 FIL Draft, which expands the definition of foreign investment and introduces the principle of actual control in determining whether a company is considered a foreign-invested enterprise, or an FIE. 38 On March 15, 2019, the National Peoples Congress approved the Foreign Investment Law, which took effect on January 1, 2020 and replaced three existing laws on foreign investments in China, namely, the PRC Equity Joint Venture Law, the PRC Cooperative Joint Venture Law and the Wholly Foreign-owned Enterprise Law, together with their implementation rules and ancillary regulations. The Foreign Investment Law embodies an expected PRC regulatory trend to rationalize its foreign investment regulatory regime in line with prevailing international practice and the legislative efforts to unify the corporate legal requirements for both foreign and domestic invested enterprises in China. The Foreign Investment Law establishes the basic framework for the access to, and the promotion, protection and administration of foreign investments in view of investment protection and fair competition. According to the Foreign Investment Law, foreign investment refers to investment activities directly or indirectly conducted by one or more natural persons, business entities, or otherwise organizations of a foreign country (collectively referred to as foreign investor) within China, and the investment activities include the following situations: (i) a foreign investor, individually or collectively with other investors, establishes a foreign-invested enterprise within China; (ii) a foreign investor acquires stock shares, equity shares, shares in assets, or other like rights and interests of an enterprise within China; (iii) a foreign investor, individually or collectively with other investors, invests in a new project within China; and (iv) investments in other means as provided by laws, administrative regulations, or the State Council. According to the Foreign Investment Law, the State Council will publish or approve to publish the negative list for special administrative measures concerning foreign investment. The Foreign Investment Law grants national treatment to foreign-invested entities, or FIEs, except for those FIEs that operate in industries deemed to be either restricted or prohibited in the negative list. Because the negative list has yet to be published, it is unclear whether it will differ from the current Special Administrative Measures for Market Access of Foreign Investment (Negative List). The Foreign Investment Law provides that FIEs operating in foreign restricted or prohibited industries will require market entry clearance and other approvals from relevant PRC governmental authorities. If a foreign investor is found to invest in any prohibited industry in the negative list, such foreign investor may be required to, among other aspects, cease its investment activities, dispose of its equity interests or assets within a prescribed time limit and have its income confiscated. If the investment activity of a foreign investor is in breach of any special administrative measure for restrictive access provided for in the negative list, the relevant competent department shall order the foreign investor to make corrections and take necessary measures to meet the requirements of the special administrative measure for restrictive access. The PRC government will establish a foreign investment information reporting system, according to which foreign investors or foreign-invested enterprises shall submit investment information to the competent department for commerce concerned through the enterprise registration system and the enterprise credit information publicity system, and a security review system under which the security review shall be conducted for foreign investment affecting or likely affecting the state security. Furthermore, the Foreign Investment Law provides that foreign invested enterprises established according to the existing laws regulating foreign investment may maintain their structure and corporate governance within five years after the implementing of the Foreign Investment Law. In addition, the Foreign Investment Law also provides several protective rules and principles for foreign investors and their investments in the PRC, including, among others, that a foreign investor may freely transfer into or out of China, in Renminbi or a foreign currency, its contributions, profits, capital gains, income from disposition of assets, royalties of intellectual property rights, indemnity or compensation lawfully acquired, and income from liquidation, among others, within China; local governments shall abide by their commitments to the foreign investors; governments at all levels and their departments shall enact local normative documents concerning foreign investment in compliance with laws and regulations and shall not impair legitimate rights and interests, impose additional obligations onto FIEs, set market access restrictions and exit conditions, or intervene with the normal production and operation activities of FIEs; except for special circumstances, in which case statutory procedures shall be followed and fair and reasonable compensation shall be made in a timely manner, expropriation or requisition of the investment of foreign investors is prohibited; and mandatory technology transfer is prohibited. 39 **Under the PRC Enterprise Income Tax Law, or the EIT Law, we may be classified as a resident enterprise of China, which could result in unfavorable tax consequences to us and our non-PRC shareholders.** The EIT Law and its implementing rules provide that enterprises established outside of China whose de facto management bodies are located in China are considered resident enterprises under PRC tax laws. The implementing rules promulgated under the EIT Law define the term de facto management bodies as a management body which substantially manages, or has control over the business, personnel, finance and assets of an enterprise. In April 2009, the State Administration of Taxation, or SAT, issued the Circular on Issues Concerning the Identification of Chinese-Controlled Overseas Registered Enterprises as Resident Enterprises in Accordance With the Actual Standards of Organizational Management, known as Circular 82, which has provided certain specific criteria for determining whether the de facto management bodies of a PRC-controlled enterprise that is incorporated offshore is located in China. However, there are no further detailed rules or precedents governing the procedures and specific criteria for determining de facto management body. Although our board of directors and management are located in Hong Kong, it is unclear if the PRC tax authorities will determine that we should be classified as a PRC resident enterprise. If we are deemed as a PRC resident enterprise, we will be subject to PRC enterprise income tax on our worldwide income at a uniform tax rate of 25%, although dividends distributed to us from our existing PRC subsidiary and any other PRC subsidiaries which we may establish from time to time could be exempt from the PRC dividend withholding tax due to our PRC resident recipient status. This could have a material and adverse effect on our overall effective tax rate, our income tax expenses and our net income. Furthermore, dividends, if any, paid to our shareholders may be decreased as a result of the decrease in distributable profits. In addition, if we were considered a PRC resident enterprise, any dividends we pay to our non-PRC investors, and the gains realized from the transfer of our common stock may be considered income derived from sources within the PRC and be subject to PRC tax, at a rate of 10% in the case of non-PRC enterprises or 20% in the case of non-PRC individuals (in each case, subject to the provisions of any applicable tax treaty). It is unclear whether holders of our common stock would be able to claim the benefits of any tax treaties between their country of tax residence and the PRC in the event that we are treated as a PRC resident enterprise. This could have a material and adverse effect on the value of your investment in us and the price of our common stock. **PRC regulation of loans to and direct investment by offshore holding companies in PRC entities may delay or prevent us from making loans or additional capital contributions to our PRC operating companies, which could materially and adversely affect our liquidity and ability to fund and expand our business.** As an offshore holding company of PRC operating companies, we may make loans or additional capital contributions to our PRC operating companies. Any loans to our PRC operating companies are subject to PRC regulations. For example, loans to our operating companies in China to finance their activities may not exceed statutory limits and must be registered with SAFE. If we decide to make capital contributions to our operating entities in the PRC, the PRC Ministry of Commerce, or MOFCOM, (or MOFCOMs local counterpart, depending on the amount involved) may need to approve these capital contributions. We cannot assure you that we will be able to obtain these government approvals on a timely basis, if at all, with respect to any such capital contributions. If we fail to receive such approvals, our ability to capitalize our PRC operations may be negatively affected, which could adversely affect our ability to fund and expand our business. **We may face PRC regulatory risks relating to our equity incentive plan.** On March 28, 2007, the SAFE promulgated a notice requiring PRC individuals who are granted stock options and other types of stock-based awards by an overseas publicly-listed company to obtain approval from the local SAFE branch through an agent of the overseas publicly-listed company (generally its PRC subsidiary or a financial institution). 40 We urged our PRC management personnel, directors, employees and consultants who were granted stock options under our Incentive Plan to register them with the local SAFE pursuant to the said regulation. However, we cannot ensure that each of these individuals have carried out all of the required registration procedures. If we, or any of these persons, fail to comply with the relevant rules or requirements, we may be subject to penalties, and may become subject to more stringent review and approval processes with respect to our foreign exchange activities, such as our PRC subsidiaries dividend payment to us or borrowing foreign currency loans, all of which may adversely affect our business and financial condition. **Uncertainties with respect to the PRC legal system could adversely affect us and we may have limited legal recourse under PRC law if disputes arise under our contracts with third parties.** Since 1979, PRC legislation and regulations have significantly enhanced the protections afforded to various forms of foreign investments in China. However, China has not developed a fully integrated legal system and recently enacted laws and regulations may not sufficiently cover all aspects of economic activities in China in particular, because these laws and regulations are relatively new, and because of the limited volume of published decisions and their non-binding nature, the interpretation and enforcement of these laws and regulations involve uncertainties. In addition, the PRC legal system is based in part on government policies and internal rules (some of which are not published on a timely basis or at all) that may have a retroactive effect. As a result, we may not be aware of our violation of these policies and rules until some time after violation. The Chinese government has enacted some laws and regulations dealing with matters such as corporate organization and governance, foreign investment, commerce, taxation and trade. However, their experience in implementing, interpreting and enforcing these laws and regulations is limited, and our ability to enforce commercial claims or to resolve commercial disputes is unpredictable. The resolution of these matters may be subject to the exercise of considerable discretion by agencies of the Chinese government, and forces unrelated to the legal merits of a particular matter or dispute may influence their determination. Any rights we may have to specific performance, or to seek an injunction under PRC law, in either of these cases, are severely limited, and without a means of recourse by virtue of the Chinese legal system, we may be unable to prevent others from violating our rights. The occurrence of any such events could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations. **We may have difficulty maintaining adequate management, legal and financial controls in the PRC.** The PRC historically has been deficient in western style management and financial reporting concepts and practices, as well as in modern banking, and other control systems. We may have difficulty in hiring and retaining a sufficient number of qualified employees to work in the PRC. As a result of these factors, and especially since we are a publicly listed company in the U.S. and subject to regulation as such, we may experience difficulty in maintaining management, legal and financial controls, collecting financial data and preparing financial statements, books of account and corporate records and instituting business practices that meet western standards. We may have difficulty establishing adequate management, legal and financial controls in the PRC. Therefore, we may, in turn, experience difficulties in implementing and maintaining adequate internal controls as required under Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, or SOX 404, and other applicable laws, rules and regulations. This may result in significant deficiencies or material weaknesses in our internal controls which could impact the reliability of our financial statements and prevent us from complying with SEC rules and regulations and the requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. Any such deficiencies, weaknesses or lack of compliance could have a materially adverse effect on our business and the market price of our stock. 41 **If we fail to maintain an effective system of internal control over financial reporting, our ability to accurately and timely report our financial results or prevent fraud may be adversely affected and investor confidence and the market price of our common stock may be adversely impacted.** As directed by SOX 404, the SEC adopted rules requiring public companies to include a report of management on the companys internal controls over financial reporting in their annual reports. Our management may conclude that our internal controls over our financial reporting are not effective, which could result in an adverse reaction in the financial marketplace due to a loss of investor confidence in the reliability of our reporting processes, which could adversely impact the market price of our common stock. **Your ability to bring an action against us or against our directors and officers, or to enforce a judgment against us or them, will be limited because we conduct substantially all of our operations in the PRC and because the majority of our directors and officers reside outside of the United States.** We are a Nevada corporation but nearly all of our assets are located outside of the U.S. Most of our current operations are conducted in the PRC. In addition, most of our directors and officers are nationals and residents of the PRC. A substantial portion of the assets of these persons is located outside the U.S. As a result, it may be difficult for you to effect service of process within the U.S. upon these persons. It may also be difficult for you to enforce in U.S. courts judgments on the civil liability provisions of the U.S. federal securities laws against us and our officers and directors. In addition, there is uncertainty as to whether the courts of the PRC would recognize or enforce judgments of U.S. courts. The recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments are provided for under the*PRC Civil Procedures Law*. Courts in the PRC may recognize and enforce foreign judgments in accordance with the requirements of the*PRC Civil Procedures Law*based on treaties between the PRC and the country where the judgment is made or on reciprocity between jurisdictions. The PRC does not have any treaties or other arrangements that provide for the reciprocal recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments with the U.S In addition, according to the*PRC Civil Procedures Law*, courts in the PRC will not enforce a foreign judgment against us or our directors and officers if they decide that the judgment violates basic principles of PRC law or national sovereignty, security or the public interest. So it is uncertain whether a PRC court would enforce a judgment rendered by a court in the U.S. **A failure by our stockholders or beneficial owners who are PRC residents to comply with certain PRC foreign exchange regulations could restrict our ability to distribute profits, restrict our overseas and cross-border investment activities or subject us to liability under PRC laws, which could adversely affect our business and financial condition.** On October 21, 2005, SAFE issued the Notice on Relevant Issues Concerning Foreign Exchange Administration for PRC Residents Engaging in Financing and Roundtrip Investments via Offshore Special Purpose Vehicles, or SAFE Circular 75. SAFE Circular 75 states that PRC residents (including both legal persons and natural persons) must register with SAFE or its local branch in connection with their establishment or control of an offshore entity established for the purpose of overseas equity financing involving a roundtrip investment whereby the offshore entity acquires or controls onshore assets or equity interests held by the PRC residents. In addition, such PRC residents must update their SAFE registrations when the offshore SPV undergoes material events relating to increases or decreases in investment amount, transfers or exchanges of shares, mergers or divisions, long-term equity or debt investments, external guarantees, or other material events that do not involve roundtrip investments. To further clarify the implementation of SAFE Circular 75, the General Affairs Department of SAFE issued SAFE Circular 106 on May 29, 2007. Under SAFE Circular 106, PRC subsidiaries of an offshore company governed by SAFE Circular 75 are required to coordinate and supervise the filing of SAFE registrations in a timely manner by the offshore holding companys shareholders who are PRC residents. If these shareholders fail to comply, the PRC subsidiaries are required to report to the local SAFE authorities. If our shareholders who are PRC residents do not complete their registration with the local SAFE authorities, our PRC subsidiaries will be prohibited from distributing their profits and proceeds from any reduction in capital, share transfer or liquidation to us, and we may be restricted in our ability to contribute additional capital to our PRC subsidiaries. 42 On July 14, 2014, SAFE promulgated the Circular Relating to Foreign Exchange Administration of Offshore Investment, Financing and Return Investment by Domestic Residents Utilizing Special Purpose Vehicles (Circular 37). Replacing an earlier circular published by SAFE in 2005 (Circular 75), Circular 37 further simplifies the registration process for Chinese residents seeking the round- trip investment transactions where Chinese companies (Domestic Entities) are re-organized to create an offshore holding company (the SPV) that will control the Domestic Entities and seek offshore financing. Also, for the first time overseas investments by Chinese individuals are formally legalized under Circular 37. We are committed to complying, and to ensuring that our shareholders, who are PRC residents, comply with the SAFE Circular 37 requirements. We believe that all of our PRC resident shareholders and beneficial owners have completed their required registrations with SAFE, or are otherwise in the process of registering. However, we may not at all times be fully aware or informed of the identities of all our beneficial owners who are PRC residents, and we may not always be able to compel our beneficial owners to comply with the SAFE Circular 37 requirements. As a result, we cannot assure you that all of our shareholders or beneficial owners who are PRC residents will at all times comply with, or in the future make or obtain any applicable registrations or approvals required by, SAFE Circular 37 or other related regulations. Failure by any such shareholders or beneficial owners to comply with SAFE Circular 37 could subject us to fines or legal sanctions, restrict our overseas or cross-border investment activities, limit our subsidiaries ability to make distributions or pay dividends or affect our ownership structure, which could adversely affect our business and prospects. **Our labor costs may increase due to the implementation of the new PRC Labor Contract Law.** The PRC Labor Contract Law was adopted by the Standing Committee of the National Peoples Congress of PRC in June 2007 and became effective on January 1, 2008. The Implementation Rules of the PRC Labor Contract Law were passed by the PRC State Council in September 2008 and became effective that same month. The implementation of the new law and its Implementation Rules, particularly the following provisions, may increase our labor costs: (a) an employer shall make monetary compensation, which shall be based on the number of an employees working years with the employer at the rate of one months wage for each year, to the employee upon termination of an employment contract with certain exceptions (for example, in circumstances where the term of a fixed-term employment contract expires and the employee does not agree to renew the contract even though the conditions offered by the employer are the same as or better than those stipulated in the current contract); (b) the wages of an employee who is on probation may not be less than the lowest wage level for the same job with the employer or less than 80% of the wage agreed upon in the employment contract, and may not be less than the local minimum wage rate; (c) if an employee has been working for the employer for a consecutive period of not less than 10 years, or if a fixed-term employment contract with an employee was entered into on two consecutive occasions, generally the employer should enter into an open-ended employment contract with such employee, unless the employee requests a fixed-term employment contract; (d) if an employer fails, in violation of the related provisions, to enter into an open-ended employment contract with an employee, it shall in each month pay to the employee twice his/her wage, starting from the date on which an open-ended employment contract should have been entered into; (e) if an employer fails to enter into a written employment contract with an employee more than one month but less than one year after the date on which it started employing him/her, it shall in each month pay to the employee twice his/her wage; and (f) if an employer hires an employee whose employment contract with another employer has not yet been terminated or ended, causing the other employer to suffer a loss, the later hiring employer shall be jointly and severally liable with the employee for the compensation for such loss. Our labor costs may increase due to the implementation of the new PRC Labor Contract Law and the Implementation Rules of the PRC Labor Contract Law and our business and results of operations may be materially and adversely affected. **The Opinions recently issued by the General Office of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the General Office of the State Council may subject us to additional compliance requirement in the future.** **** July 2021, the General Office of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the General Office of the State Council jointly issued the Opinions. The Opinions emphasized the need to strengthen the administration over illegal securities activities and the supervision on overseas listings by China-based companies. These opinions proposed to take effective measures, such as promoting the construction of relevant regulatory systems, to deal with the risks and incidents facing China-based overseas-listed companies and the demand for cybersecurity and data privacy protection. The aforementioned policies and any related implementation rules to be enacted may subject us to additional compliance requirement in the future. As the Opinions were recently issued, official guidance and interpretation of the Opinions remain unclear in several respects at this time. Therefore, we cannot assure you that we will remain fully compliant with all new regulatory requirements of the Opinions or any future implementation rules on a timely basis, or at all. 43 **The recent joint statement by the SEC and PCAOB, proposed rule changes submitted by Nasdaq, and the Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act all call for additional and more stringent criteria to be applied to emerging market companies upon assessing the qualification of their auditors, especially the non-U.S. auditors who are not inspected by the PCAOB. These developments could add uncertainties to our offering.** On April 21, 2020, SEC Chairman Jay Clayton and PCAOB Chairman William D. Duhnke III, along with other senior SEC staff, released a joint statement highlighting the risks associated with investing in companies based in or have substantial operations in emerging markets including China. The joint statement emphasized the risks associated with lack of access for the PCAOB to inspect auditors and audit work papers in China and higher risks of fraud in emerging markets. On May 18, 2020, Nasdaq filed three proposals with the SEC to (i) apply minimum offering size requirement for companies primarily operating in Restrictive Market, (ii) adopt a new requirement relating to the qualification of management or board of director for Restrictive Market companies, and (iii) apply additional and more stringent criteria to an applicant or listed company based on the qualifications of the companys auditors. On May 20, 2020, the U.S. Senate passed the HFCAA requiring a foreign company to certify it is not owned or controlled by a foreign government if the PCAOB is unable to audit specified reports because the company uses a foreign auditor not subject to PCAOB inspection. If the PCAOB is unable to inspect the Companys auditors for three consecutive years, the issuers securities are prohibited to trade on a U.S. stock exchange. On December 2, 2020, the U.S. House of Representatives approved the HFCAA. On December 18, 2020, the HFCAA was signed into law. On March 24, 2021, the SEC announced that it had adopted interim final amendments to implement congressionally mandated submission and disclosure requirements of the Act. The interim final amendments will apply to registrants that the SEC identifies as having filed an annual report on Forms 10-K, 20-F, 40-F or N-CSR with an audit report issued by a registered public accounting firm that is located in a foreign jurisdiction and that the PCAOB has determined it is unable to inspect or investigate completely because of a position taken by an authority in that jurisdiction. The SEC will implement a process for identifying such a registrant and any such identified registrant will be required to submit documentation to the SEC establishing that it is not owned or controlled by a governmental entity in that foreign jurisdiction, and will also require disclosure in the registrants annual report regarding the audit arrangements of, and governmental influence on, such a registrant. On June 22, 2021, the U.S Senate passed the Accelerating Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act, which was signed into law on December 29, 2022, amending the HFCAA and requiring the SEC to prohibit an issuers securities from trading on any U.S. stock exchange if its auditor is not subject to PCAOB inspections for two consecutive years instead of three consecutive years. On September 22, 2021, the PCAOB adopted a final rule implementing the HFCAA, which provides a framework for the PCAOB to use when determining, as contemplated under the HFCAA, whether the PCAOB is unable to inspect or investigate completely registered public accounting firms located in a foreign jurisdiction because of a position taken by one or more authorities in that jurisdiction. On December 2, 2021, the SEC issued amendments to finalize rules implementing the submission and disclosure requirements in the HFCAA. The rules apply to registrants that the SEC identifies as having filed an annual report with an audit report issued by a registered public accounting firm that is located in a foreign jurisdiction and that PCAOB is unable to inspect or investigate completely because of a position taken by an authority in foreign jurisdictions. 44 On December 16, 2021, SEC announced the PCAOB designated China and Hong Kong as the jurisdictions where the PCAOB was not allowed to conduct full and complete audit inspections as mandated under the HFCAA. On August 26, 2022, the PCAOB announced it signed a Statement of Protocol (the Statement of Protocol) with the CSRC and the Ministry of Finance of China. The terms of the Statement of Protocol granted the PCAOB complete access to audit work papers and other information so that it may inspect and investigate PCAOB-registered accounting firms headquartered in China and Hong Kong. On December 15, 2022, the PCAOB announced it was able to secure complete access to inspect and investigate PCAOB-registered public accounting firms headquartered in mainland China and Hong Kong completely in 2022. The PCAOB Board vacated its previous 2021 determinations that the PCAOB was unable to inspect or investigate completely registered public accounting firms headquartered in mainland China and Hong Kong. However, whether the PCAOB will continue to be able to satisfactorily conduct inspections of PCAOB-registered public accounting firms headquartered in mainland China and Hong Kong is subject to uncertainties and depends on a number of factors out of our and our auditors control. The PCAOB continues to demand complete access in mainland China and Hong Kong moving forward and is making plans to resume regular inspections in early 2023 and beyond, as well as to continue pursuing ongoing investigations and initiate new investigations as needed. The PCAOB has also indicated that it will act immediately to consider the need to issue new determinations with the HFCAA if needed. The lack of access to the PCAOB inspection in China prevents the PCAOB from fully evaluating audits and quality control procedures of the auditors based in China. As a result, the investors may be deprived of the benefits of such PCAOB inspections. The inability of the PCAOB to conduct inspections of auditors in China makes it more difficult to evaluate the effectiveness of these accounting firms audit procedures or quality control procedures as compared to auditors outside of China that are subject to the PCAOB inspections, which could cause existing and potential investors in our stock to lose confidence in our audit procedures and reported financial information and the quality of our financial statements. Enrome LLP, our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2024 and 2025, is based in Singapore and is registered with PCAOB and subject to PCAOB inspection. Therefore, we believe Enrome LLP is subject to the determinations as to the inability to inspect or investigate registered firms announced by the PCAOB on December 16, 2021. However, recent developments with respect to audits of China-based companies create uncertainty about the ability of Enrome LLP to fully cooperate with the PCAOBs request for audit workpapers without the approval of the Chinese authorities. We cannot assure you whether Nasdaq or regulatory authorities would apply additional and more stringent criteria to us after considering the effectiveness of our auditors audit procedures and quality control procedures, adequacy of personnel and training, or sufficiency of resources, geographic reach or experience as it relates to the audit of our financial statements. In the event it is later determined that the PCAOB is unable to inspect or investigate completely the Companys auditor because of a position taken by an authority in a foreign jurisdiction, then such lack of inspection could cause trading in the Companys securities to be prohibited under the HFCAA ultimately result in a determination by a securities exchange to delist the Companys securities. It remains unclear what the SECs implementation process related to the above rules will entail or what further actions the SEC, the PCAOB or Nasdaq will take to address these issues and what impact those actions will have on U.S. companies that have significant operations in the PRC and have securities listed on a U.S. stock exchange. In addition, the above amendments and any additional actions, proceedings, or new rules resulting from these efforts to increase U.S. regulatory access to audit information could create some uncertainty for investors, the market price of our common stock could be adversely affected, and we could be delisted if we and our auditor are unable to meet the PCAOB inspection requirement or being required to engage a new audit firm, which would require significant expense and management time. 45 **Risks Related to our Common Stock** **The market price for our common stock may be volatile***.* Our common stock may be subject to extreme volatility that is seemingly unrelated to the underlying performance of our business. In particular, our common stock may be subject to rapid and substantial price volatility, low volumes of trades and large spreads in bid and ask prices, given that we will have relatively small public floats after this offering. Such volatility, including any stock-run up, may be unrelated to our actual or expected operating performance, financial condition or prospects. The market price for our common stock is highly volatile and subject to wide fluctuations in response to factors including the following: | | | actual or anticipated fluctuations in our quarterly operating results; | | | | | | | | | | announcements of new services by us or our competitors; | | | | | | | | | | announcements by our competitors of significant acquisitions, strategic partnerships, joint ventures or capital commitments; | | | | | | | | | | changes in financial estimates by securities analysts; | | | | | | | | | | conditions in the energy recycling market; | | | | | | | | | | changes in the economic performance or market valuations of other companies involved in the same industry; | | | | | | | | | | changes in accounting standards, policies, guidance, interpretation or principles; | | | | | | | | | | loss of external funding sources; | | | | | | | | | | failure to maintain compliance with Nasdaq listing rules; | | | | | | | | | | additions or departures of key personnel; | | | | | | | | | | potential litigation; | | | | | | | | | | conditions in the market; or | | | | | | | | | | relatively small size of shares of our common stock available for purchase. | | In addition, the securities markets from time to time experience significant price and volume fluctuations that are not related to the operating performance of particular companies. These market fluctuations may also materially and adversely affect the market price of our common stock. Holders of our common stock may also not be able to readily liquidate their investment or may be forced to sell at depressed prices due to low volume trading. Broad market fluctuations and general economic and political conditions may also adversely affect the market price of our common stock. As a result of this volatility, investors may experience losses on their investment in our common stock. Furthermore, the potential extreme volatility may confuse the public investors of the value of our stock, distort the market perception of our stock price and our companys financial performance and public image, negatively affect the long-term liquidity of our common stock, regardless of our actual or expected operating performance. If we encounter such volatility, including any rapid stock price increases and declines seemingly unrelated to our actual or expected operating performance and financial condition or prospects, it will likely make it difficult and confusing for prospective investors to assess the rapidly changing value of our common stock and understand the value thereof. **Shareholders could experience substantial dilution***.* We may issue additional shares of our capital stock to raise additional cash for working capital. If we issue additional shares of our capital stock, our shareholders will experience dilution in their respective percentage ownership in the company. 46 **If we fail to meet all applicable Nasdaq requirements and the Nasdaq Stock Market LLC determines to delist our common stock, the delisting could adversely affect the market liquidity of our common stock, impair the value of our common stock and harm our business.** The listing of our common stock on the Nasdaq Capital Market is contingent on our compliance with the Nasdaq Capital Markets conditions for continued listing. On September 24, 2024, the Company received a written notification from Nasdaq, notifying the Company that it is not in compliance with the minimum bid price requirement set forth in Nasdaq Listing Rules for continued listing on the Nasdaq. Nasdaq Listing Rule 5550(a)(2) requires listed securities to maintain a minimum bid price of US$1.00 per share (the Minimum Bid Price Requirement), and Nasdaq Listing Rule 5810(c)(3)(A) provides that a failure to meet the Minimum Bid Price Requirement exists if the deficiency continues for a period of 30 consecutive business days. Based on the closing bid price of our common stock for the 37 consecutive business days, the Company no longer meets the Minimum Bid Price Requirement. In accordance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5810(c)(3)(A), the Company was provided 180 calendar days, or until March 24, 2025, to regain compliance with the Minimum Bid Price Requirement. In the event the Company does not regain compliance by March 24, 2025, the Company may be eligible for an additional 180 calendar day grace period. On August 1, 2025, the Company received a letter from the Staff notifying the Company that the Staff had determined that for the last 10 consecutive business days, from July 18, 2025 to July 31, 2025, the closing bid price for the Companys common stock was at least $1.00 per share, and, accordingly, the Company has regained compliance with ListingRule 5550(a)(2)and the matter is now closed. There can be no assurance that we will continue to maintain compliance with the requirements for listing our common stock on Nasdaq. Any potential delisting of our common stock from the Nasdaq Capital Market would likely result in decreased liquidity and increased volatility for our common stock and would adversely affect our ability to raise additional capital or to enter into strategic transactions. Any potential delisting of our common stock from the Nasdaq Capital Market would also make it more difficult for our stockholders to sell our common stock in the public market. Additionally, the market price of our common stock may decline further and stockholders may lose some or all of their investment. **In the event that our common stocks are delisted from Nasdaq, U.S. broker-dealers may be discouraged from effecting transactions in our common stocks because they may be considered penny stocks and thus be subject to the penny stock rules.** **** The SEC has adopted a number of rules to regulate penny stock that restricts transactions involving stock which is deemed to be penny stock. Such rules include Rules 3a51-1, 15g-1, 15g-2, 15g-3, 15g-4, 15g-5, 15g-6, 15g-7, and 15g-9 under the Exchange Act. These rules may have the effect of reducing the liquidity of penny stocks. Penny stocks generally are equity securities with a price of less than $5.00 per share (other than securities registered on certain national securities exchanges or quoted on Nasdaq if current price and volume information with respect to transactions in such securities is provided by the exchange or system). Our common stocks could be considered to be a penny stock within the meaning of the rules. The additional sales practice and disclosure requirements imposed upon U.S. broker-dealers may discourage such broker-dealers from effecting transactions in our common stocks, which could severely limit the market liquidity of such common stocks and impede their sale in the secondary market. A U.S. broker-dealer selling a penny stock to anyone other than an established customer or accredited investor (generally, an individual with a net worth in excess of $1,000,000 or an annual income exceeding $200,000, or $300,000 together with his or her spouse) must make a special suitability determination for the purchaser and must receive the purchasers written consent to the transaction prior to sale, unless the broker-dealer or the transaction is otherwise exempt. In addition, the penny stock regulations require the U.S. broker-dealer to deliver, prior to any transaction involving a penny stock, a disclosure schedule prepared in accordance with SEC standards relating to the penny stock market, unless the broker-dealer or the transaction is otherwise exempt. A U.S. broker-dealer is also required to disclose commissions payable to the U.S. broker-dealer and the registered representative and current quotations for the securities. Finally, a U.S. broker-dealer is required to submit monthly statements disclosing recent price information with respect to the penny stock held in a customers account and information with respect to the limited market in penny stocks. 47 The market for penny stocks has suffered in recent years from patterns of fraud and abuse. Such patterns include (i) control of the market for the security by one or a few broker-dealers that are often related to the promoter or issuer; (ii) manipulation of prices through prearranged matching of purchases and sales and false and misleading press releases; (iii) boiler room practices involving high-pressure sales tactics and unrealistic price projections by inexperienced sales persons; (iv) excessive and undisclosed bid-ask differentials and markups by selling broker-dealers; and (v) the wholesale dumping of the same securities by promoters and broker-dealers after prices have been manipulated to a desired level, resulting in investor losses. Our management is aware of the abuses that have occurred historically in the penny stock market. Although we do not expect to be in a position to dictate the behavior of the market or of broker-dealers who participate in the market, management will strive within the confines of practical limitations to prevent the described patterns from being established with respect to our securities. **We have no present intention to pay dividends***.* We have not paid dividends or made other cash distributions on our common stock during any of the past three years, and we do not expect to declare or pay any dividends in the foreseeable future. We intend to retain any future earnings for working capital and to finance current operations and expansion of our business. **A large portion of our common stock is controlled by a small number of shareholders***.* A large portion of our common stock is held by a small number of shareholders. As a result, these shareholders are able to influence the outcome of shareholder votes on various matters, including the election of directors and extraordinary corporate transactions including business combinations. In addition, the occurrence of sales of a large number of shares of our common stock, or the perception that these sales could occur, may affect our stock price and could impair our ability to obtain capital through an offering of equity securities. Furthermore, the current ratios of ownership of our common stock reduce the public float and liquidity of our common stock which can in turn affect the market price of our common stock. **Future sales of our common stock, whether by us or our shareholders, could cause the price of our common stock to decline.** If our existing shareholders sell, or indicate an intent to sell, substantial amounts of our common stock in the public market, the trading price of our common stock could decline significantly. Similarly, the perception in the public market that our shareholders might sell our common stock could also depress the market price of our shares. A decline in the price of our common stock might impede our ability to raise capital through the issuance of additional common stock or other equity securities. In addition, the issuance and sale by us of additional common stock, or securities convertible into or exercisable for our common stock, or the perception that we will issue such securities, could reduce the trading price for our common stock as well as make future sales of equity securities by us less attractive or not feasible. **A possible short squeeze due to a sudden increase in demand of our common stock that largely exceeds supply may lead to additional price volatility.** Investors may purchase common stock to hedge existing exposure or to speculate on the price of our common stock. Speculation on the price of our common stock may involve long and short exposures. To the extent an aggregate short exposure in our common stock becomes significant, investors with short exposure may have to pay a premium to purchase common stock for delivery to share lenders at times if and when the price of our common stock increases significantly, particularly over a short period of time. Those purchases may in turn, dramatically increase the price of our common stock. This is often referred to as a short squeeze. A short squeeze could lead to volatile price movements in our common stock that are not directly correlated to our business prospects, financial performance or other traditional measures of value for the Company or its common stock. 48 **If we are not careful with the use of our cash assets, we could become an investment company and be subject to the additional obligations of such a categorization.** The Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, requires registration as an investment company for companies that are engaged primarily in the business of investing, reinvesting, owning, holding or trading in securities. Unless an exemption or safe harbor applies, a company may be deemed to be an investment company if it owns investment securities with a value exceeding 40% of the value of its total assets on an unconsolidated basis, excluding government securities and cash items. Securities issued by companies other than majority-owned subsidiaries are generally counted as investment securities for purposes of the Investment Company Act. As of December 31, 2025, approximately 0.025% of our $157.6 million in assets was in cash. If we were to invest a significant enough percentage of this cash in speculative investment securities we could be considered an investment company. Registration as an investment company would subject us to restrictions that are inconsistent with our fundamental business strategies. We may have to take actions, including buying, refraining from buying, selling or refraining from selling securities, when we would otherwise not choose to in order to continue to avoid registration under the Investment Company Act. Under interpretations by the staff of the SEC, we would not be considered an investment company if we invest this cash in various non-speculative investment securities and engage in activities that are consistent with our goal of discovering, developing and commercializing antiviral and anticancer medications. If we are not careful in how we invest our cash, we could inadvertently invest in securities that would result in us becoming an investment company. **ITEM 1B. UNRESOLVED STAFF COMMENTS** Not applicable. **ITEM 1C. CYBERSECURITY** **** Information technology systems, including our website, email system, and various other online processes and functions, are critical to our business and operations. The Company faces risks associated with cybersecurity, including operational interruptions, financial losses, personal information leakage and non-compliance risks. We employed email correspondence anti-leakage software and firewall system to our website. In 2024 and 2025,we didnotidentify any cybersecurity events that have materially affected or are reasonably likely to materially affect our business, results of operations, or financial condition.However, despite our efforts, we cannot eliminate all risks from cybersecurity threats, or provide assurances that we have not experienced undetected cybersecurity incidents. We will leverage internal and external resources to support our cyber risk management efforts, such as vulnerability assessments, and employee cybersecurity awareness training.We will engage the services of external information security service providers to help support our information technology environment, assist with security monitoring, and help us draft and implement information security policies when necessary and/or appropriate.Further, we will utilize third parties to help us monitor issues that are internally discovered or externally reported that may materially affect our website and email systems, and we have processes to assess the potential cybersecurity impact or risk of these issues. 49 **ITEM 2. PROPERTIES** We currently lease one office space in Xian, which is located at 4/F, Block C, Rong Cheng Yun Gu Building, Keji 3rd Road, Xian, PRC. The monthly rent for our office locations was RMB36,536 ($5,669) in 2024 and RMB36,536 ($5,083) in 2025. **ITEM 3. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS** From time to time, we may be subject to legal proceedings and claims in the ordinary course of business. We are not currently a party to any material legal proceedings, and to our knowledge none is threatened. There can be no assurance that future legal proceedings arising in the ordinary course of business or otherwise will not have a material adverse effect on our financial position, results of operations or cash flows. In November 2019, Beijing Hongyuan Recycling Energy Investment Center (BIPC), or Hongyuan, filed a lawsuit with the Beijing Intermediate Peoples Court against Xian TCH to compel Xian TCH to repurchase certain stock pursuant to a stock repurchase option agreement. On April 9, 2021, the court rendered a judgment in favor of Hongyuan. Xian TCH filed a motion for retrial to High Peoples Court of Beijing on April 13, 2022, because Xian TCH paid RMB 261 million ($37.58 million) principal and interest to Hongyuan as an out-of-court settlement. On April 11, 2022, Xian Zhonghong New Energy Technology Co. Ltd., filed an application for retrial and provided relevant evidence to the Beijing High Peoples Court on the Civil Judgment No. 264, awaiting trial. On August 10, 2022, Beijing No. 1 Intermediate Peoples Court of Beijing issued a Certificate of Active Performance, proving that Xian Zhonghong New Energy Technology Co., Ltd. had fulfilled its buyback obligations as disclosed in Note 9 that, on April 9, 2021, Xian TCH, Xian Zhonghong, Guohua Ku, Chonggong Bai and HYREF entered a Termination of Fulfillment Agreement (termination agreement). Under the termination agreement, the original buyback agreement entered on December 19, 2019 was terminated upon signing of the termination agreement. HYREF will not execute the buy-back option and will not ask for any additional payment from the buyers other than keeping the CDQ WHPG station. As of the date of this annual report, Xian Zhonghong is waiting for Courts decision on retrial petition that was submitted in April 2022. During this waiting period, BIPC entered the execution procedure, and there is a balance of RMB 14,204,317 ($2.20 million) between the amount executed by the court and the liability recognized by Xi an TCH, which was mainly the enforcement fee, legal and penalty fee for the original judgement, and was automatically generated by the toll collection system of the Peoples court. The Company accrued $2.10 million litigation expense as of December 31, 2024. On June 28, 2021, Beijing No.4 Intermediate Peoples Court of Beijing entered into a judgement that Xian Zhonghong Technology Co., Ltd. should pay the loan principal of RMB 77 million ($11.06 million) with loan interest of RMB 2,418,449 ($0.35 million) to Beijing Hongyuan Recycling Energy Investment Center (Limited Partnership). In the end of 2022, Beijing No.4 Intermediate Peoples Court of Beijing entered into the judgment enforcement procedure, which, in addition to the loan principal with interest amount, Xian Zhonghong Technology Co., Ltd. was to pay judgment enforcement fee, late fee and other fees of RMB 80,288,184 ($11.53 million) in total, the Company recorded these additional fees in 2022. On November 29, 2024, The Company paid Hongyuan RMB 77,000,000 ($10.81 million) to Beijing Hongyuan Recycling Energy Investment Center (Limited Partnership). On October 17, 2022, United States District Court for the District of Nevada (the Court) entered into a default judgment against us and our transfer agent, Securities Transfer Corporation that the plaintiff, Newbridge Securities Corporation (the Plaintiff) was entitled to payment in the amount of $139,066.0. On May 15, 2024, Securities Transfer Corporation entered into a stipulation with the Plaintiff. Pursuant to this stipulation, the Court ordered the issuance of 128,765 shares of CREG to the Plaintiff and its assignees. The abovementioned shares were issued to the Plaintiff and its assignees as of August 14, 2024. **ITEM 4. MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES** Not applicable. 50 **PART II** **ITEM 5. MARKET FOR COMMON EQUITY, RELATED SHAREHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES.** **** Our common stock is currently traded on the Nasdaq Capital Market under the symbol CREG. On March 31, 2026, the last reported sales price for our common stock was $0.24 per share, and there were 22,959,128 shares of our common stock outstanding, held by approximately 2,735 shareholders of record. **Dividend Policy** We did not pay any cash dividends on our common stock in 2025. We do not anticipate paying any cash dividends on our common stock in the foreseeable future. We currently intend to retain future earnings, if any, to finance operations and the expansion of our business. **Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities** As of December 31, 2025, there are no recent sales of unregistered securities. Certain information previously disclosed in prior quarterly reports on Form 10-Q or in current reports on Form 8-K we filed has not been furnished in this annual report. **Shares Issued for Stock Compensation** None. **Equity Compensation Plan Information** *2015 Plan* In June of 2015, the stockholders of the Company approved the China Recycling Energy Corporation Omnibus Equity Plan (the 2015 Equity Plan) at its annual meeting. The total shares of common stock authorized for issuance during the term of the 2015 Equity Plan is 124,626 shares of the Companys authorized shares of common stock, as adjusted for the Reverse Stock Split, effected on April 13, 2020. The 2015 Equity Plan will terminate on the earliest to occur of (i) the 10th anniversary of the Equity Plans effective date, or (ii) the date on which all shares available for issuance under the Equity Plan shall have been issued as fully-vested shares. In April 2025, the Compensation Committee of the Company, which administers the Plan, granted two employees124,126shares of Common Stock under the Plan, which grants vested immediately, subject to such grantees remaining in continuous Service with the Company, in good standing, until such date. *2025 Inducement Award Plan* On October 13, 2025, the Compensation Committee of the Company and the Board adopted Smart Powerr Corp. 2025 Inducement Award Plan (the Inducement Plan), pursuant to which the Company reserved up to 1,000,000 shares of Common Stock, to be used exclusively for grants of equity-based awards to individuals who were not previously employees or directors of the Company, as an inducement material to the individuals entry into employment with the Company within the meaning of Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4). As of December 31, 2025, there were 81,000 shares of the Company's common stock available for future issuance as equity-based awards under the Inducement Plan. **ITEM 6. [RESERVED].** Not applicable. 51 **ITEM 7. MANAGEMENTS DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS** *This Report and other reports filed by the Company from time to time with the SEC (collectively the filings) contain or may contain forward-looking statements and information that are based upon beliefs of, and information currently available to, the Companys management as well as estimates and assumptions made by the Companys management. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which are only predictions and speak only as of the date hereof. When used in the filings, the words may, will, should, would, anticipate, believe, estimate, expect, future, intend, plan, or the negative of these terms and similar expressions as they relate to the Company or the Companys management identify forward-looking statements. Such statements reflect the current view of the Company with respect to future events and are subject to risks, uncertainties, assumptions, and other factors (including the statements in the section results of operations below), and any businesses that the Company may acquire. Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should the underlying assumptions prove incorrect, actual results may differ significantly from those anticipated, believed, estimated, expected, intended, or planned.* *Although the Company believes the expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements are based on reasonable assumptions, the Company cannot guarantee future results, levels of activity, performance, or achievements. Except as required by applicable law, including the securities laws of the United States, the Company does not intend to update any of the forward-looking statements to conform these statements to actual results. Readers are urged to carefully review and consider the various disclosures made throughout the entirety of this Report, which attempts to advise interested parties of the risks and factors that may affect our business, financial condition, results of operations, and prospects.* ** *Our financial statements are prepared in US Dollars and in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States. See Foreign Currency Translation and Comprehensive Income (Loss) below for information concerning the exchange rates at which Renminbi (RMB) were translated into US Dollars (USD) at various pertinent dates and for pertinent periods.* **OVERVIEW** **** **RESULTS OF OPERATIONS** **** **Comparison of Operating Results for the years ended December 31, 2025 and 2024** The following table sets forth our operating results for the designated periods, expressed as a percentage of net sales. | | | 2025 | | | %ofSales | | | 2024 | | | %ofSales | | | | Sales | | $ | 262,509 | | | | 100 | % | | $ | - | | | | - | % | | | Cost of sales | | | (145,895 | ) | | | (56 | )% | | | - | | | | - | % | | | Gross profit | | | 116,614 | | | | 44 | % | | | - | | | | - | % | | | Total operating expenses | | | 3,132,219 | | | | 1,193 | % | | | 1,093,468 | | | | - | % | | | Loss from operations | | | (3,015,605 | ) | | | (1,149 | )% | | | (1,093,468 | ) | | | - | % | | | Total non-operating income (expenses), net | | | 156,100 | | | | 59 | % | | | (451,547 | ) | | | - | % | | | Loss before income tax | | | (2,859,505 | ) | | | (1,089 | )% | | | (1,545,015 | ) | | | - | % | | | Income tax expense | | | 40,536 | | | | 15 | % | | | 13,997 | | | | - | % | | | Net loss | | | (2,900,041 | ) | | | (1105 | )% | | $ | (1,559,012 | ) | | | - | % | | ** 52 ** *SALES*. Total sales for the year ended December 31, 2025, amounted to $262,509. The company signed an Operation and Maintenance Contract for power stations. The contract has total amount RMB3.0 million (US$0.4 million) per annum, starting from 2025 to 2035 for 10 years with third parties. The Company recognized the revenue based on the time period. *COST OF SALES.* ** Cost of sales for the year ended December 31, 2025, was $145,895. *GROSS PROFIT*. For the year ended December 31, 2025, the gross margin was 44%. *OPERATING EXPENSES*. Operating expenses consisted of general and administrative expenses (G&A) totaling $ 3,132,219 for the year ended December 31, 2025, compared to $1,093,468 for the year ended December 31, 2024. This represented an increase of $2,038,751 year-over-year. The increase was mainly attributable to an increase in financing costs of $948,648 and share-based compensation of $831,520, previously deductible input VAT from prior years is now confirmed as non-deductible and recorded as an expense of $168,204. *NET NON-OPERATING INCOME (EXPENSES*). Net non-operating income (expenses) consisted of gain or loss from note conversion, interest income, interest expenses, and other miscellaneous expenses. For the year ended December 31, 2025, net non-operating income were $156,100 compared to non-operating expenses of $451,547 for the year ended December 31, 2024. The primary reason was the provision of financial support to other companies, which generated interest income of $264,346, coupled with the reversal of a $200,000 provision for impaired prepayments. ** *INCOME TAX EXPENSE*. Income tax expense was $40,536 for the year ended December 31, 2025, compared with income tax expense of $13,997 for the year December 31, 2024. The consolidated effective income tax rate for the year ended December 31, 2025, and 2024 were 2.4% and 1.5%, respectively. In 2025, Management concluded that the realizability of related tax benefits from these losses was uncertain due to the continuing operating losses at the US parent company. Accordingly, a100% valuation allowance was provided against the deferred tax asset. *NET LOSS.* Net loss for the year ended December 31, 2025, was $2,900,041 compared to loss of $1,559,012 for the year ended December 31, 2024, representing an increase in net loss of $1,341,029. The increase in net loss was mainly driven by rising operating expenses and the reversal of impairment provision, as previously discussed. 53 **** **LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES** **Comparison of years ended December 31, 2025, and 2024** **** As of December 31, 2025, the Company maintained cash and equivalents of $40,156, other current assets (excluding cash and equivalents) of $156.78 million, current liabilities of $11.14 million, and working capital of $145.68 million, with a current ratio of 14.09 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.09:1. The following is a summary of cash flows provided by or used in each of the indicated types of activities, for the years ended December 31, 2025, and 2024: | | | 2025 | | | 2024 | | | | Cash provided by (used in): | | | | | | | | | Operating Activities | | $ | 66,908,783 | | | $ | (10,764,096 | ) | | | Investing activities | | | (99,473,027 | ) | | | 11,031,196 | | | | Financing activity | | | 32,137,831 | | | | | | | Net cash generated from operating activities was $66.9 million for the year ended December 31, 2025, compared to $10.8 million net cash used for the year ended December 31, 2024. The increase in net cash inflow for the year ended December 31, 2025, was mainly driven by the collection of $68.1 million in advance payments to suppliers, which generated cash inflows. Net cash used in investing activities was $99.5 million and net cash provided by investing activities was $11.0 million respectively for the year ended December 31, 2025, and 2024. For the year ended December 31, 2025, the Company had new short-term loan receivable of $156.8 million, and collected back $58.0 million. Net cash provided by financing activities was $32.1 million during the year ended December 31, 2025, primarily attributable to proceeds from equity issuance. We believe that inflation did not have oris not expected to have a significant adverse impact on our operating results in 2025. Net cash used in operating activities was $10,764,096 during the year ended December 31, 2024, compared to $68,099,899 for the year ended December 31, 2023. The decrease in net cash outflow for the year ended December 31, 2024 was mainly due to cash outflow on payment of Entrusted loan payable by $10.5 million. Net cash used in investing activities was $11,031,196 and $(69,124,086), respectively for the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023. For the year ended December 31, 2024. The cash inflow of investing activities mainly due to the short-term loan collection of RMB486.1million ($66,69 million), offsetting by new short-term loan receivable of $55.6 million. As of December 31, 2024, the Company had $ 55,660,131 (RMB406.3million) short term loan to Xian Yingtai Energy Conservation Technology Co., Ltd (Xian Yingtai), an unrelated party of the Company. There was no cash provided by or use in financing activities during the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023. We do not believe inflation has had or will have a significant negative impact on our results of operations in 2024. 54 **Transfers of Cash to and from Our Subsidiaries** The PRC maintains currency controls and capital transfer regulations that require us to comply with certain requirements on capital movement of. The Company may transfer USD cash to its PRC subsidiaries through following channels: (i) an equity investment (by increasing the Companys registered capital in a PRC subsidiary), or (ii) a stockholder loan. The Companys PRC subsidiaries have not transferred any earnings or cash to the Company to date. The Companys business is primarily conducted through its subsidiaries. The Company functions as a holding entity and its material assets consist solely of the equity interests in its PRC-based subsidiaries. The Company relies on dividends distribution from its subsidiaries to meet its working capital and cash needs, including the funds necessary: (i) to pay dividends or cash distributions to its stockholders, (ii) to service any debt obligations and (iii) to pay operating expenses. Under applicable PRC laws and regulations (noted below), the Companys PRC subsidiaries are legally required to allocate 10% of annual after-tax income into general reserve fund, prior to payment of dividends. These requirements, combined with other regulatory constraints, materially limit the subsidiaries ability to distribute a portion of net assets as dividends to the parent company. With respect to transferring cash from the Company to its subsidiaries, to increase the Companys registered capital in a PRC subsidiary, requires submission of the filing to local commerce department, while a stockholder loan requires a filing with the state administration of foreign exchange or its local bureau. With respect to dividends distribution, we note the following: | | 1. | PRC regulations currently only permit the payment of dividends out of accumulated profits, as determined in accordance with accounting standards and PRC regulations (an in-depth description of the PRC regulations is set forth below); | | | | 2. | UnderChinese Accounting Standards (CAS)and thePRC Company Law, our PRC subsidiaries are required to allocate, at least 10% of their annual after-tax net income, to statutory surplus reserves until the cumulative reserve balance reaches 50% of their registered capital; | | | | | | | | | 3. | Such reserves may not be distributed as cash dividends; | | | | 4. | Our PRC subsidiaries may also allocate a portion of their after-tax profits to their staff welfare funds and bonus funds; except in the event of a liquidation, these funds can not be distributed to stockholders; the Company does not participate in a Joint Welfare Fund; | | | | | | | | | 5. | The incurrence of debt, particularly the instruments governing such debt, may restrict a subsidiarys ability to pay dividends to stockholders or make other cash distributions; and | | | | | | | | | 6. | The Company is subject to covenants and consent requirements. | | If, due to the aforementioned reasons, our subsidiaries are unable to pay dividends and/or make other cash payments to the Company when needed, the Companys ability to conduct operations, make investments, engage in acquisitions, or undertake other working capital-dependent initiatives, may be materially and adversely affected. However, our operations and business, including investment and/or acquisitions by our subsidiaries in China, will not be affected as long as the capital flows remain within PRC. ** 55 ** *PRC Regulations* In accordance with PRC regulations on Enterprises with Foreign Investment and their articles of association, a foreign-invested enterprise (FIE) established in the PRC is required to provide statutory reserves, which are appropriated from net profit, as reported in the FIEs PRC statutory financial accounts. A FIE is required to allocate at least 10% of its annual after-tax profit to the surplus reserve until such reserve balance reaches 50% of its respective registered capital (based on the FIEs PRC statutory accounts). The aforementioned reserves may only be used for specific purposes and may not be distributed as cash dividends. Until such contribution of capital is satisfied, the FIE is not allowed to repatriate profits to its stockholders, unless approved by the State Administration of Foreign Exchange. Once this requirement is satisfied, the remaining funds may be appropriated at the discretion of the FIEs board of directors. Our subsidiary, Shanghai TCH, qualifies as a FIE and is therefore subject to the aforementioned regulations on distributable profits. Additionally, in accordance with PRC corporate law, a domestic enterprise is required to maintain a surplus reserve of at least 10% of its annual after-tax profit until such reserve has reached 50% of its respective registered capital based on the enterprises PRC statutory accounts. The aforementioned reserves can only be used for specific purposes and may not be distributed as cash dividends. Xian TCH, Huahong, Zhonghong and Erdos TCH were established as domestic enterprises; therefore, each is subject to the above-mentioned restrictions on distributable profits. As a result of PRC laws and regulations that require annual appropriations of 10% of after-tax income to be set aside, prior to payment of dividends, in a general reserve fund, the Companys PRC subsidiaries are restricted in their ability to transfer a portion of their net assets to the Company as a dividend or otherwise. *Chart of the Companys Statutory Reserve* Pursuant to PRC corporate law, effective January 1, 2006, the Company is required to appropriate a statutory reserve from its after-tax profit before declaring or paying dividends. The statutory reserve is restricted retained earnings. Our restricted and unrestricted retained earnings under US GAAP are classified as below: | | | As of | | | | | | December31, 2025 | | | December31, 2024 | | | | Unrestricted accumulated deficit | | $ | (64,956,424 | ) | | $ | (62,056,383 | ) | | | Restricted retained earnings (surplus reserve fund) | | | 15,191,645 | | | | 15,191,645 | | | | Total accumulated deficit | | $ | (49,764,779 | ) | | $ | (46,864,738 | ) | | **OFF-BALANCE SHEET ARRANGEMENTS** We have not entered into any other financial guarantees or other commitments to guarantee the payment obligations of any third parties. We have not entered into any derivative contracts that are indexed to our shares and classified as stockholders equity or that are not reflected in our CFS. Furthermore, we do not have any retained or contingent interest in assets transferred to an unconsolidated entity that serves as credit, liquidity or market risk support to such entity. We do not have any variable interest in any unconsolidated entity that provides financing, liquidity, market risk or credit support to us or engages in leasing, hedging or research and development services with us. 56 **CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS** The Companys contractual obligations as of December 31, 2025, are as follows: | | | 1 year | | | More than | | | See Note | | | | Contractual Obligation | | or less | | | 1 year | | | (fordetails) | | | | Interest payable of Entrusted loan | | | 347,591 | | | | - | | | | 9 | | | | Lease liability obligation | | | 61,092 | | | | - | | | | 15 | | | | Total | | $ | 408,683 | | | $ | - | | | | | | | The Company believes it has sufficient cash as of December 31, 2025, and a sufficient channel to obtain any loans that may be necessary to meet its working capital needs from commercial institutions. Historically, we have been able to obtain loans or otherwise achieve our financing objectives due to the Chinese governments support for energy-saving businesses with stable cash inflows, good credit ratings and history. In November 2024, we paid the Entrusted loan principal of $10,548,957 (RMB77 million), with interest still outstanding. **ITEM 7A. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK** Not applicable. **ITEM 8. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA.** Reference is made to Pages F-1 through F-26 comprising a portion of this Report on Form 10-K. **ITEM 9. CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE.** None. **ITEM 9A. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES.** *Disclosure Controls and Procedures* As of the end of the period covered by this report, we conducted an evaluation under the supervision and with the participation of our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) and Rule 15d-15(f) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange Act)). Based on this evaluation, the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that, as of December 31, 2025, our disclosure controls and procedures were effective to ensure that information required to be disclosed in our periodic reports filed or submitted under the Securities Exchange Act is (i) recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the Securities and Exchange Commissions rules and forms, and (ii) accumulated and communicated to our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding disclosure. 57 Our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, does not expect that our disclosure controls and procedures will prevent or detect all errors and all fraud. Disclosure controls and procedures, no matter how well designed, operated and managed, can provide only reasonable assurance that the objectives of the disclosure controls and procedures are met. Because of the inherent limitations of disclosure controls and procedures, no evaluation of such disclosure controls and procedures can provide absolute assurance that all control issues and instances of fraud, if any, have been detected. *Internal Control over Financial Reporting* Our management is responsible for establishing and maintaining a system of internal control over financial reporting (ICFR) (as defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act) to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with US generally accepted accounting principles. All internal control systems, no matter how well designed, have inherent limitations. We conducted an assessment of the effectiveness of our system of ICFR as of December 31, 2025, the last day of our fiscal year. This assessment was based on criteria established in the framework*Internal Control-Integrated Framework,*issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission and included an evaluation of elements such as the design and operating effectiveness of key financial reporting controls, process documentation, accounting policies, and our overall control environment. Based on our assessment, management has concluded that our ICFR was effective as of the end of the fiscal year to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external reporting purposes in accordance with US GAAP. We reviewed the results of managements assessment with the Audit Committee of our Board of Directors. This annual report on Form 10-K does not include an attestation report of the Companys registered public accounting firm regarding ICFR. Managements report was not subject to attestation by the Companys registered public accounting firm. *Changes in internal control over financial reporting* With the participation of the Companys management, including its Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, the Company also conducted an evaluation of the Companys ICFR to determine whether any changes occurred during the Companys fiscal year ended as of December 31, 2025, that materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the Companys ICFR. Based on such evaluation, management concluded that, as of the end of the period covered by this report, there have not been any changes in the Companys ICFR(as such term is defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act) during the fiscal quarter to which this report relates that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the Companys ICFR. **ITEM 9B. OTHER INFORMATION.** Not applicable. **ITEM 9C. DISCLOSURE REGARDING FOREIGN JURISDICTIONS THAT PREVENT INSPECTIONS** Not applicable. 58 **** **PART III** **ITEM 10. DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE.** The following table sets forth certain information regarding our executive officers and director nominees as of the date of this report: | Name | | Age | | | Position | | | Guohua Ku | | 64 | | | Chief Executive Officer, Director and Chairman of the Board | | | Yongjiang (Jackie) Shi | | 51 | | | Chief Financial Officer and Vice President | | | Binfeng (Adeline) Gu | | 48 | | | Secretary | | | Yan Zhan | | 52 | | | Director | | | Xiaoping Guo(1) | | 73 | | | Independent Director | | | Zhongli Liu(1) | | 66 | | | Independent Director | | | LuLu Sun(1) | | 48 | | | Independent Director | | | (1) | Member of Audit Committee, Compensation Committee and Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. | | **Mr. Guohua Ku**was appointed as a director and our Chief Executive Officer (CEO) as of December 10, 2008. He was elected Chairman of the Board as of April 1, 2009. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Ku served as a Senior Engineer for Yingfeng Technology from 2003 to 2007. From 1979 to 2003, Mr. Ku served in multiple capacities for Shaanxi Blast Air Blower (Group) Co., Ltd., with his last position serving as a Senior Engineer. Mr. Kus experience as our Chief Executive Officer, as well as Chairman of the Board, and extensive scientific and operational knowledge and expertise qualifies him to serve as Chairman of the Board and led the Board to conclude that he should be nominated to serve another term as a director. **Mr. Yongjiang (Jackie) Shi**was appointed as our Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and a Vice President, effective December 20, 2019. Mr. Shi has served as the financial consultant to the Board since September 28, 2016, and was the CFO of the Company from May 16, 2015 to September 27, 2016. Mr. Shi was the Assistant CFO & Vice President in charge of finance for the Company from January 2015 to May 2015. Mr. Shi joined Xian TCH Energy Technology Company, Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company in 2014 as a VP of Finance and he previously worked as the Director of Investor Relations for Xilan Natural Gas Group from 2005 to 2014. Mr. Shi studied professional accounting at the University of New South Wales, Australia from 2001 to 2003, and was awarded his masters degree of finance in 2003. He studied public administration at Northwest University of China from 1994 to 1998, and obtained his bachelors degree in law in 1998. **Ms. Adeline Gu**was appointed as the Companys CFO and Secretary on September 28, 2016. Ms. Gu resigned as our CFO as of December 13, 2019. Ms. Gu has been serving as the director of the office of Board of Directors of the Company from August 2012 to September 27, 2016. She was the Investor Relations Director from December 2007 to August 13, 2012, and Investor Relations Director Assistant from March 2006 to December 2007 of China Natural Gas, Inc. From October 2005 to March 2006, Ms. Gu was the Interpreter of Xian Equity Exchange & Shaanxi Watson Biology Gene Technology Co., Ltd. Ms. Gu studied at Northwest University of China from September 1995 to June, 1999 and received her bachelor degree, majoring in English. Ms. Gu has held a Chinese Accounting Certificate since 2000. 59 **Mr. Yan Zhan**was appointed a director of the Company on March 16, 2021. He worked for Xian TCH Energy Technology Co., Ltd., our wholly-owned subsidiary in the PRC, since May 2013 and he served as the Chief Sales Officer since June 2016. Mr. Zhan obtained his junior college diploma majored in Manufacturing Processes and Equipment from Northwestern Polytechnical University in September 1995. After his graduation, he served as the head of production department of XiAn Kanghuamen Factory from 1995 to 1996. Mr. Zhan studied and taught at Shanxi Educational College from 1996 to 1998. From 1998 to 2004, he served as the sales manager of XiAn Equipment Import and Export Company, after which he served as the general manager of Shanxi Wanding Yandong Technology Co., Limited from 2004 to 2013. In nominating Mr. Zhan for election as a director, our Board focused on his past marketing and sales experience and technical knowledge in the energy recycling industry and his knowledge of the operations of the Company as a member of management. **Mr. Xiaoping Guo**was appointed a director on June 1, 2017. Mr. Guo has served as the assistant to the president of Datang New Energy Co., Ltd., since 2010. Mr. Guo received his bachelor degree from the Xian Jiaotong University in 1977, and his masters degree in systems engineering from the same school in 2000. Mr. Guos extensive project engineering and development experience, as well as his management experience, qualifies him to serve on our Board and led the Board to conclude that he should be nominated as a director. **Mr Zhongli Liu**was appointed a director on March 6, 2020. Mr. Liu was also appointed as the Chairman of the Audit Committee and a member of the Compensation, Nominating and Corporate Governance Committees. Mr. Liu served as the inspector to be in charge of securities inspection at Shaanxi Supervision Bureau of China Securities Regulatory Commission from 1999 to September 2019. He worked as the head of department of economics and management, professor, chief of scientific research at Xian Finance and Economics University from 1984 to 1998. Since July 2017, he served as the independent director of the Board at China Haiseng Fresh Fruit Juice Co., Ltd. (00359.HK). Mr. Liu studied industrial economy management at Xian Jiaotong University from September 1978 to July 1982 and was awarded his his bachelors degree of finance in 1982. He studied planning economics at Renmin University of China from 1982 to 1984 and was awarded his masters degree of finance in 1984. Mr. Lius significant financial expertise qualifies him to serve on our Board and led the Board to conclude that he should be nominated as a director. **Ms. LuLu Sun**was appointed a director on August 5, 2015. Ms. Sun serves as Marketing Director for Net Engine Power Tech. Ltd. Co. in China from June 2013 to present, and she was the New Media Business Development Director for Rayli Magazine in China from June 2009 to May 2013. From July 2002 to May 2009, Ms. Sun was the Business Development Project Manager for Sina Mobile in China. Ms. Suns extensive experience in marketing and business development in China qualifies her to serve on our Board and led the Board to conclude that she should be nominated as a director. 60 **CORPORATE GOVERNANCE** **Leadership Structure and Role in Risk Oversight** The Companys current Board leadership structure separates the board chair and principal executive officer roles into two positions. Mr. Ku has served as both Chairman of the Board and CEO of the Company since April 1, 2009. Our Board continues to believe there are important advantages to Mr. Ku serving in both roles at this time. Mr. Ku is the director most familiar with our business and industry and is best situated to propose Board agendas and lead Board discussions on important matters. Mr. Ku provides a strong link between management and the Board, which promotes clear communication and enhances strategic planning and implementation of corporate strategies. Another advantage is the clarity of leadership provided by one person representing us to employees, stockholders and other stakeholders. The Board has not named a lead independent director. Our Board is responsible for oversight of the Companys risk management practices while management is responsible for the day-to-day risk management processes. In the Boards opinion, this division of responsibilities is the most effective approach for addressing the risks facing the Company. The Board receives periodic reports from management regarding the most significant risks facing the Company. In addition, the Audit Committee assists the Board in its oversight of our risk assessment and risk management policies. Our Audit Committee is empowered to appoint and oversee our independent registered public accounting firm, monitor the integrity of our financial reporting processes and systems of internal controls and provide an avenue of communication among our independent auditors, management, our internal auditing department and our Board. **Director Independence** Xiaoping Guo, LuLu Sun and Zhongli Liu are our only non-employee directors, and our Board determined that each of them is independent pursuant to the listing rules of Nasdaq. All of the members of each of the Audit Committee, Compensation Committee and Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee are independent as defined in Nasdaq Rule 5605(a)(2). As required under applicable Nasdaq listing standards, in the 2023 fiscal year, our independent directors met once in regularly scheduled executive sessions at which only our independent directors were present. **Board Meetings and Committee Meeting; Annual Meeting Attendance** During the year ended December 31, 2025, the Board held 1 meeting and acted through unanimous consent on 3 different occasions. In addition, the Audit Committee held 4 meetings; the Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee held 1 meeting; and the Compensation Committee held 1 meeting. During the year ended December 31, 2024, each of the directors attended, in person or by telephone, more than 75% of the meetings of the Board and the committees on which he or she served. We encourage our Board members to attend our Annual Meetings, but we do not have a formal policy requiring attendance. 61 **Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee** The Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee currently consists of Xiaoping Guo, Zhongli Liu and LuLu Sun. Ms. LuLu Sun is the chairman of our Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee. The Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee oversees all aspects of the Companys corporate governance functions on behalf of the Board, including identifying individuals qualified to become directors, recommending to the Board the selection of director nominees for each meeting of the stockholders at which directors are elected and overseeing the monitoring and evaluation of the Companys corporate governance practices. The Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee reviewed the performance of all of the current members of the Board and determined and recommended to the Board that all of the current directors should be nominated for re-election. No other candidates were recommended or evaluated. The Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee operates under a written charter, which is available on our website at www.creg-cn.com under the links Investor Relations - Corporate Governance. *Selection of Board Nominees* Our Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee is responsible for identifying, selecting and evaluating Board candidates. From a general perspective, candidates are reviewed in the context of the existing Board members, our operating requirements and the long-term interests of our stockholders. In selecting candidates for appointment or re-election to the Board, the Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee of the Board considers the following criteria: (i) personal and professional ethics and integrity, including a reputation for integrity and honesty in the business community; (ii) experience as an executive officer of companies or as a senior leader of complex organizations, including scientific, government, financial or technological organizations; (iii) financial knowledge, including an understanding of finance, accounting, the financial reporting process, and company measures for operating and strategic performance; (iv) ability to critically and independently evaluate business issues, contributing diverse perspectives or viewpoints, and making practical and mature judgments; (v) a genuine interest in the Company, and the ability to spend the time required to make substantial contributions as a director; and (vi) no conflict of interest or legal impediment that would interfere with the duty of loyalty to the Company and its stockholders. In addition, the Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee reviews the qualifications of the directors to be appointed to serve as members of the Audit Committee to ensure that they meet the financial literacy and sophistication requirements under the Nasdaq rules and that at least one of them qualifies as an audit committee financial expert under the rules of the SEC. **Audit Committee** The Audit Committee currently consists of Xiaoping Guo, Zhongli Liu and LuLu Sun, each of whom is independent under Nasdaq listing standards. Zhongli Liu serves as chairman of our Audit Committee. The Board determined Mr. Liu qualifies as an audit committee financial expert, as defined by Nasdaq Rule 5605(a)(2) and Item 407 of Regulation S-K. In reaching this determination, the Board made a qualitative assessment of Mr. Lius level of knowledge and experience based on a number of objective and subjective factors, including formal education, financial and accounting acumen, and business experience. The Audit Committee is responsible for assisting the Board in fulfilling its oversight responsibilities with respect to: (i) the financial reports and other financial information provided by us to the public or any governmental body; (ii) our compliance with legal and regulatory requirements; (iii) our systems of internal controls regarding finance, accounting and legal compliance that have been established by management and the Board; (iv) the qualifications and independence of our independent registered public accounting firm; (v) the performance of our internal audit function and the independent registered public accounting firm; and (vi) our auditing, accounting and financial reporting processes generally. The Audit Committee has been established in accordance with Section 3(a)(58)(A) of the Exchange Act. In connection with its responsibilities, the Board has delegated to the Audit Committee the authority to select and hire our independent registered public accounting firm and determine their fees and retention terms. The Audit Committees policy is to pre-approve all audit and non-audit services by category, including audit-related services, tax services, and other permitted non-audit services. In accordance with the policy, the Audit Committee regularly reviews and receives updates on specific services provided by our independent registered public accounting firm. All services rendered by Enrome LLP to the Company are permissible under applicable laws and regulations. During fiscal year 2025, all services requiring pre-approval and performed by the Companys accounting firm, Enrome LLP, were approved in advance by the Audit Committee in accordance with the pre-approval policy. The Audit Committee operates under a written charter, which is available on our website at www.creg-cn.com under the links Investor Relations - Corporate Governance. 62 **Compensation Committee** The Compensation Committee currently consists of Xiaoping Guo, Zhongli Liu and LuLu Sun. Mr. Guo is the chairman of our Compensation Committee. The Compensation Committees purpose is (i) to oversee the Companys efforts to attract, retain and motivate members of the Companys senior management team, (ii) to carry out the Boards overall responsibility relating to the determination of compensation for all executive officers, (iii) to oversee all other aspects of the Companys compensation policies, and to oversee the Companys management resources, succession planning and management development activities. The Compensation Committee has the authority to engage independent advisors to assist it in carrying out its duties. During fiscal year 2024, the Compensation Committee did not engage the services of any independent advisors, experts or other third parties. We believe that the functioning of our Compensation Committee complies with any applicable requirements of Nasdaq and SEC rules and regulations. The Compensation Committee operates under a written charter, which is available on our website at www.creg-cn.com under the links Investor Relations - Corporate Governance. **Compensation Committee Interlocks and Insider Participation in Compensation Decisions** All members of the Compensation Committee are independent directors. No current member of our Compensation Committee is a current or former officer or employee of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, and no director or executive officer of the Company is a director or executive officer of any other corporation that has a director or executive officer who is also a director of the Company. **Stockholder Communication with the Board of Directors** Stockholders may communicate with the Board by writing to the attention of Ms. Adeline Gu, our Secretary, at 4/F, Tower C, Rong Cheng Yun Gu Building, Keji 3rd Road, Yanta District, Xian City, Shaanxi Province, 710075 China. **Code of Ethics** We adopted a code of ethics as defined by regulations promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the Exchange Act that applies to all of our directors and employees worldwide, including our principal executive officer, principal financial officer and principal accounting officer. A current copy of our Code of Business Conduct and Ethics is available on our website at www.creg-cn.com under the links Investor Relations - Corporate Governance. We intend to disclose any amendments to the Code of Business Conduct and Ethics, as well as any waivers for executive officers or directors, on our website. **Delinquent Section 16(a) Reports** Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act requires our executive officers, directors and holders of more than 10% of our common stock to file with the SEC initial reports of ownership and reports of changes in ownership of our common stock and other equity securities. Based solely on our review of the copies of these reports, we believe that all filing requirements of Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act were timely complied with during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2025. 63 **ITEM 11. EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION.** **EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION** **Summary Compensation Table** The following table summarizes the compensation earned during the years ended December 31, 2025 and 2024, by those individuals who served as our CEO, or CFO during any part of fiscal years 2025 and 2024 and our other most highly compensated executive officer. The individuals listed in the table below are referred to as the named executive officers. | Name and Principal Position | | Year | | | Salary ($) | | | Bonus ($) | | | Stock Awards ($) | | | Option Awards ($)(4) | | | Non-Equity Incentive Plan Compensation ($) | | | Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Earnings ($) | | | All Other Compensation ($) | | | Total ($) | | | | Guohua Ku | | | 2025 | | | | 30,731 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 30,731 | | | | Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board | | | 2024 | | | | 30,337 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 30,337 | | | | Yongjiang (Jackie) Shi | | | 2025 | | | | 30,731 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 30,731 | | | | Chief Financial Officer | | | 2024 | | | | 30,337 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 30,337 | | | | Binfeng (Adeline) Gu | | | 2025 | | | | 23,902 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 23,902 | | | | Secretary | | | 2024 | | | | 23,596 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 23,596 | | | **Narrative to Summary Compensation Table** During the 2025 fiscal year, we used base salary as the exclusive executive compensation to our executive officers. We use base salary to fairly and competitively compensate our executives, including the named executive officers, for the jobs we ask them to perform. We view base salary as the most stable component of our executive compensation program, as this amount is not at risk. We believe that the base salaries of our executives should be targeted at or above the median of base salaries for executives in similar positions with similar responsibilities at comparable companies, consistent with our compensation philosophy. Because of our emphasis on performance-based compensation for executives, base salary adjustments are generally made only when we believe there is a significant deviation from the market or an increase in responsibility. Our Compensation Committee reviews the base salary levels of our executives each year to determine whether an adjustment is warranted or necessary. **Employment Contracts** Mr. Guohua Ku entered into an employment agreement with the Company to serve as its CEO on December 10, 2008. The agreement had a two-year term, starting December 10, 2008, that included a one-month probationary period. In accordance with the terms and conditions of Mr. Kus employment agreement, on December 10, 2010, 2014, December 10, 2016, December 10, 2018, December 10, 2020, December 10, 2022 and December 10, 2024, more recently, on December 10, 2024, the Company and Mr. Ku agreed to renew Mr. Kus employment agreement for an additional two-year term. Mr. Ku receives a salary of RMB 216,000 ($30,731) annually for his service as CEO. The Company may terminate the employment agreement at any time without any prior notice to the employee if Mr. Ku engages in certain conduct, including, but not limited to (i) the violation of the rules and procedures of the Company or breaches the terms of the employment agreement; (ii) neglecting his duties or engages in malpractice for personal gain that damages the Company; (iii) entering into an employment relationship with any other employer during his employment with the Company; or (iv) the commission of a crime. The Company also may terminate the employment agreement upon 30 days written notice to Mr. Ku under certain other conditions, including but not limited to (i) inability to continue position due to non-work-related sickness or injury; (ii) incompetence; and (iii) the need for mass layoffs or other restructuring. Mr. Ku has the right to resign at any time upon a 30-day written notice to the Company. 64 Mr. Yongjiang Shi entered into an employment agreement with the Company on December 16, 2019, effective as of December 20, 2019, in connection with his appointment to serve as the CFO and vice President of the Company. Pursuant to the terms of Mr. Shis employment agreement, he receives a cash compensation in the amount of RMB 16,000 (approximately $2,300) per month for his service as the CFO and Vice President and is also entitled to receive an annual equity award of at least 5,000 shares of common stock of the Company. The term of the employment agreement is for 24 months and may be renewed for an additional term by the Company upon 30-day notice prior to its termination. This employment agreement may be terminated by the Company or Mr. Shi at any time without any prior notice. On December 16, 2025, the Company and Mr. Shi agreed to renew Mr. Shis employment agreement for an additional two-year term. Mr. Shi receives a salary of RMB 216,000 ($30,731) annually for his service as CFO. **Potential Payments Upon Termination or Change of Control** *Employment Agreements* Certain of our executive officers, including our CEO, have employment agreements with the Company. Under Chinese law, we may only terminate employment agreements without cause and without penalty by providing notice of non-renewal one month prior to the date on which the employment agreement is scheduled to expire. If we fail to provide this notice or if we wish to terminate an employment agreement in the absence of cause, as defined in the agreement, then we are obligated to pay the employee one months salary for each year we have employed the employee. We are, however, permitted to terminate an employee for cause without penalty pursuant to the employment agreement. *2015 Plan* In June of 2015, the stockholders of the Company approved the China Recycling Energy Corporation Omnibus Equity Plan (the 2015 Equity Plan) at its annual meeting. The total aggregate shares of common stock authorized for issuance during the term of the 2015 Equity Plan is 124,626 shares of the Companys authorized shares of Common Stock, as adjusted for the Reverse Stock Split, effected on April 13, 2020. The 2015 Equity Plan will terminate on the earliest to occur of (i) the 10th anniversary of the Equity Plans effective date, or (ii) the date on which all shares available for issuance under the Equity Plan shall have been issued as fully-vested shares. In April 2025, the Compensation Committee of the Company, which administers the Plan, granted two employees124,126shares of Common Stock under the Plan, which grants vested immediately, subject to such grantees remaining in continuous Service with the Company, in good standing, until such date. *2025 Inducement Award Plan* On October 13, 2025, the Compensation Committee of the Company and the Board adopted Smart Powerr Corp. 2025 Inducement Award Plan (the Inducement Plan), pursuant to which the Company reserved up to 1,000,000 shares of Common Stock, to be used exclusively for grants of equity-based awards to individuals who were not previously employees or directors of the Company, as an inducement material to the individuals entry into employment with the Company within the meaning of Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4). As of December 31, 2025, there were 81,000 shares of the Company's common stock available for future issuance as equity-based awards under the Inducement Plan. **NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTOR COMPENSATION** **Non-Employee Director Compensation** The following table sets forth certain information regarding the compensation earned by or awarded during the 2025 fiscal year to each of our non-executive directors: | | | Fees Earned or Paid in Cash | | | Stock Awards | | | Option Awards | | | Non-Equity Incentive Plan Compensation | | | Nonqualified Deferred Compensation | | | All Other Compensation | | | Total | | | | Name | | ($) | | | ($) | | | ($) | | | ($) | | | Earnings | | | ($) | | | ($) | | | | LuLu Sun | | $ | 7,114 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 7,114 | | | | Xiaoping Guo | | $ | 7,114 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 7,114 | | | | Zhongli Liu | | $ | 7,114 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 7,114 | | | In setting director compensation, we consider the significant amount of time that directors expend in fulfilling their duties to the Company, as well as the skill level required to serve as a director and manage the affairs of the Company. Each non-employee director receives an annual Board fee of RMB 50,000. Non-employee directors do not receive additional fees for attendance at Board or Board committee meetings or for serving on Board Committees. There were no stock options granted and exercised by non-employee directors during the 2025 fiscal year. There were no option awards outstanding as of December 31, 2025, for any of the non-employee directors. 65 **ITEM 12. SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT AND RELATED SHAREHOLDER MATTERS.** **SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT** The following table sets forth certain information provided to us by each of the following as of the date of this report (unless otherwise indicated) regarding their beneficial ownership of our common stock: | | | each person, entity or group (as that term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) known by us to be the beneficial owner of more than 5% of our outstanding shares of common stock; | | | | | | | | | | each of our directors and named executive officers; and | | | | | | | | | | all of our directors and named executive officers as a group. | | Information relating to beneficial ownership of common stock by our principal stockholders and management is based upon information furnished by each person using beneficial ownership concepts under the rules of the SEC. Under these rules, a person is deemed to be a beneficial owner of a security if that person directly or indirectly has or shares voting power, which includes the power to vote or direct the voting of the security, or investment power, which includes the power to dispose or direct the disposition of the security. The person is also deemed to be a beneficial owner of any security of which that person has a right to acquire beneficial ownership within 60 days. Under the SEC rules, more than one person may be deemed to be a beneficial owner of the same securities, and a person may be deemed to be a beneficial owner of securities as to which he or she may not have any pecuniary interest. The address for each director and executive officer is 4/F, Tower C, Rong Cheng Yun Gu Building, Keji 3rd Road, Yanta District, Xian City, Shaanxi Province, China 710075. | Common Stock Beneficially Owned | | Number of Shares | | | Percent of Class | | | | Directors and Named Executive Officers | | | | | | | | | Guohua Ku | | | 1,044,720 | | | | 4.87 | % | | | Yongjiang (Jackie) Shi | | | 0 | (1) | | | * | | | | Adeline Gu | | | 500 | (2) | | | * | | | | Yan Zhan | | | 0 | | | | * | | | | Xiaoping Guo | | | 0 | | | | * | | | | Zhongli Liu | | | 0 | | | | * | | | | LuLu Sun | | | 0 | | | | * | | | | All executive officers and directors as a group (7 persons) | | | 1,044,720 | | | | 4.87 | % | | | * | Less than one percent (1%) of outstanding shares. | | | 1. | Excludes at least 5,000 shares issuable to Mr. Shi annually pursuant to the term of his employment agreement with the Company. | | | 2. | Represents 500 shares of common stock subject to currently exercisable stock options on September 28, 2016. Ms. Gu has not received further shares subject to exercisable stock options since September 28, 2016. | | 66 **EQUITY COMPENSATION PLAN INFORMATION** During the fiscal year ended December 31, 2025, we have not issued any shares of common stock under the 2015 Plan. **ITEM 13. CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS.** On February 23, 2021, the Company entered into securities purchase agreements with several non-U.S. investors (the Purchasers), pursuant to which the Company agreed to sell to the Purchasers, up to 3,320,000 shares of common stock of the Company, at $11.522 per share. One of the purchasers is the Companys CEO (who is also the Companys Chairman), who purchased 1,000,000 common shares of the Company. In April 2021, the Companys CEO amended the number of shares that he would purchase from 1,000,000 shares to 940,000 shares. In April 2021 the Company returned to the Companys CEO the $691,320 in extra proceeds that had been received earlier. On February 18, 2025, the Company entered into certain securities purchase agreements with each of the purchasers, pursuant to which the Company has agreed to issue and sell an aggregate of 8,029,851 shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share of the Company, at an aggregate purchase price of up to $5,380,000, in a private offering to certain the purchasers. The purchase price of each Share is $0.67 which equals the average closing price quoted on the Nasdaq Stock Market of the common stock of the Company for the 5 trading days immediately prior to the date of the Securities Purchase Agreements. The Company received the payment on February 19, 2025 and closed the transaction on the same day. Mr. Guohua Ku, the Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of the Company, participated in the Offering and purchased 2,925,373 Shares at the purchase price. As the date of this annual report, Mr. Ku currently beneficially own approximately 22.9% of our issued and outstanding shares of common stock of the Company. The transaction was negotiated at arms length. **ITEM 14. PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES.** **Audit and Non-Audit Fees** **** | | | Fiscal Year 2025 | | | Fiscal Year 2024 | | | | Audit Fees | | $ | 200,000 | | | | 200,000 | | | | Audit-Related Fees | | | 16,000 | | | | 10,500 | | | | Tax Fees | | | - | | | | - | | | | All Other Fees | | | - | | | | - | | | | Total | | $ | 216,000 | | | | 210,500 | | | *Audit Fees*for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2025 and 2024 were for professional services rendered for the audit of our annual financial statements and quarterly review of the financial statements included in our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q. *Audit-Related Fees*are fees not included in audit fees that are billed by the independent accountant for assurance and related services that are reasonably related to the performance of the audit or review of our financial statements, which include audits in connection with acquisitions. *Tax Fees*are fees billed by the independent accountant for professional services rendered for tax compliance, tax advice and tax planning. *All Other Fees*are fees billed by the independent accountant for products and services not included in the foregoing categories. The Audit Committee of the Board of Directors has determined that the provision of these services is compatible with the maintenance of the independence of Enrome LLP. **Pre-approval Policies and Procedures** The Audit Committee has adopted a policy to pre-approve all audit and permissible non-audit services provided by our current auditor, Enrome LLP, in 2025. The pre-approval policy is detailed as to the particular service or category of services and is subject to a specific budget. The services include the engagement of the independent registered public accounting firms for audit services, audit-related services, and tax services. If we need to engage the independent registered public accounting firm for other services, which are not considered subject to the general pre-approval as described above, then the Audit Committee must approve such specific engagement as well as the projected fees. If the timing of the project requires an expedited decision, then the Audit Committee has delegated to the Chairman of the Committee the authority to pre-approve such engagement, subject to fee limitations. The Chairman must report all such pre- approvals to the entire Audit Committee for ratification at the next Audit Committee meeting. 67 **PART IV** **ITEM 15. EXHIBITS, FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES.** | Exhibit No. | | Description | | | 3.1 | | Articles of Incorporation (filed as Exhibit 3.05 to the Companys Form 10-KSB for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2001). | | | | | | | | 3.2 | | Fifth Amended and Restated Bylaws (filed as Exhibit 3.2 to the Companys Current Report on Form 8-K dated March 9, 2022). | | | | | | | | 3.3 | | Certificate of Change (filed as Exhibit 3.6 to the Companys Current Report on Form 8-K dated May 24, 2016). | | | | | | | | 3.4 | | Certificate of Amendment (filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the Companys Current Report on Form 8-K dated March 9, 2022). | | | | | | | | 3.5 | | Certificate of Change filed with the Secretary of State of Nevada (filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the Companys Current Report on Form 8-K dated July 18, 2025). | | | | | | | | 4.1 | | Common Stock Specimen (filed as Exhibit 4.1 to the Companys Registration Statement on Form SB-2 dated November 12, 2004; 1934 Act File No. 333-120431). | | | | | | | | 4.2* | | Description of Securities | | | | | | | | 4.3 | | Form of Pre-Funded Warrants (filed as Exhibit 4.1 to the Companys Current Report on Form 8-K dated December 31, 2024) | | | | | | | | 4.4 | | Form of Warrants (filed as Exhibit 4.1 to the Companys Current Report on Form 8-K dated October 23, 2025) | | | | | | | | 10.1 | | Supplementary Agreement by and between Inner Mongolia Erdos TCH Energy Saving Development Co., Ltd. and Inner Mongolia Erdos Metallurgy Co., Ltd., dated December 1, 2009 (filed as Exhibit 10.27 to the Companys Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009). | | | | | | | | 10.2 | | Joint Operation Agreement by and between Xian TCH Energy Technology Co., Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, and Inner Mongolia Erdos Metallurgy Co., Ltd., dated January 20, 2009 (filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Companys Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended June 30, 2009). | | | | | | | | 10.3 | | Form of Independent Director Agreement. (filed as Exhibit 10.28 on the Companys Registration Statement on Form 10, filed on February 5, 2010). | | | | | | | | 10.4 | | English Translation of Employment Agreement between the Company and Guohua Ku, dated December 10, 2020 (filed as Exhibit 10.4 to the Companys Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022). | | | | | | | | 10.5 | | English Translation of Employment Agreement between the Company and Yongjiang Shi, dated December 16, 2021(filed as Exhibit 10.5 to the Companys Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022). | | | | | | | | 10.6 | | Biomass Power Generation Asset Transfer Agreement (filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Companys Current Report on Form 8-K dated September 16, 2013). | | | | | | | | 10.7 | | Biomass Power Generation Project Lease Agreement (filed as Exhibit 10.2 to the Companys Current Report on Form 8-K dated September 16, 2013). | | | | | | | | 10.8 | | Partnership Agreement of Beijing Hongyuan Recycling Energy Investment Center, LLP, dated July 18, 2013 (filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Companys Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended September 30, 2013). | | | | | | | | 10.9 | | EPC Contract for Boxing CDQ Waste Heat Power Generation Project, dated July 22, 2013, by and between Xian Zhonghong New Energy Technology Co., Ltd and Xian Huaxin New Energy Co., Ltd (filed as Exhibit 10.3 to the Companys Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended September 30, 2013). | | | | | | | | 10.10 | | EPC Contract for CDQ Power Generation Project of Xuzhou Tianyu Group, dated July 22, 2013, by and between Xian Zhonghong New Energy Technology Co., Ltd and Xian H201uaxin New Energy Co., Ltd. (filed as Exhibit 10.4 to the Companys Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended September 30, 2013). | | 68 | 10.11 | | Cooperation Agreement, dated July 22, 2013, by and between Xian Zhonghong New Energy Technology Co., Ltd. and Jiangsu Tianyu Energy and Chemical Group Co., Ltd (filed as Exhibit 10.5 to the Companys Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended September 30, 2013). | | | | | | | | 10.12 | | Waste Heat Power Generation Energy Management Cooperative Agreement with Zhongtai (filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Companys Current Report on Form 8-K dated December 6, 2013). | | | | | | | | 10.13 | | CDQ Power Generation Energy Management Cooperative Agreement with Rongfeng (filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Companys Current Report on Form 8-K dated December 17, 2013). | | | | | | | | 10.14 | | China Recycling Energy Corporation Omnibus Equity Plan (Incorporated by reference from Appendix A to the Companys Definitive Schedule 14A filed on April 30, 2015). | | | | | | | | 10.15 | | Transfer Agreement of CDQ & Waste Heat Power Generation, dated November 16, 2015, by and between Xian TCH Energy Technology Co., Ltd and Tangshan Rongfeng Iron & Steel Co., Ltd. and Xian Huaxin New Energy Co., Ltd. (filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Companys Current Report on Form 8-K dated November 20, 2015). | | | | | | | | 10.16 | | Xuzhou Zhongtai CDQ and Waste Heat Power Generation System Transfer Agreement, dated March 14, 2016, by Xian TCH Energy Technology Co., Ltd, Xuzhou Zhongtai Energy Technology Co., Ltd. and Xian Huaxin New Energy Co., Ltd. (filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Companys Current Report on Form 8-K dated March 18, 2016). | | | | | | | | 10.17 | | Repurchase Agreement for Coking Coal Gas Power Generation Project, dated June 22, 2016, by and between Xian TCH Energy Technology Co., Ltd., and Qitaihe City Boli Yida Coal Selection Co., Ltd. (filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Companys Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q dated August 15, 2016). | | | | | | | | 10.18 | | Securities Purchase Agreement by and between China Recycling Energy Corporation and Iliad Research and Trading, L.P., dated July 11, 2018 (filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Companys Current Report on Form 8-K dated July 17, 2018). | | | | | | | | 10.19 | | Convertible Promissory Note, issued by China Recycling Energy Corporation to Iliad Research and Trading, L.P., dated July 11, 2018 (filed as Exhibit 10.2 to the Companys Current Report on Form 8-K dated July 17, 2018). | | | | | | | | 10.20 | | Equity Purchase Agreement by and between Shanghai TCH Energy Technology Co., Ltd. and Jinhua Wang, dated September 30, 2018 (filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Companys Current Report on Form 8-K dated September 30, 2018). | | | | | | | | 10.21 | | Agreement of Supplementary and Amendment by and between Shanghai TCH Energy Technology Co., Ltd. and Jinhua Wang, dated November 21, 2018 (filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Companys Current Report on Form 8-K dated November 26, 2018). | | | | | | | | 10.22 | | CDQ WHPG Station Fixed Assets Transfer Agreement, dated December 29, 2018, by and among Xian Zhonghong, Xian TCH, the HYREF, Guohua Ku and Chonggong Bai (filed as Exhibit 10.21 to the Companys Annual Report on Form 10-K dated for the year ended December 31, 2018 filed on March 16, 2019). | | | | | | | | 10.23 | | Buy-Back Agreement, dated December 29, 2018, by and among HYREF, Xian Zhonghong, Xian TCH, Guohua Ku, Chonggong Bai and Xian Hanneng (filed as Exhibit 10.22 to the Companys Annual Report on Form 10-K dated for the year ended December 31, 2018 filed on March 16, 2019). | | | | | | | | 10.24 | | Equity Transfer Agreement, dated December 29, 2018, by and between Xian TCH and Hongyuan Huifu. (filed as Exhibit 10.23 to the Companys Annual Report on Form 10-K dated for the year ended December 31, 2018 filed on March 16, 2019) | | 69 | 10.25 | | Equity Transfer Agreement, dated December 29, 2018, by and between Shanghai TCH and HYREF. (filed as Exhibit 10.24 to the Companys Annual Report on Form 10-K dated for the year ended December 31, 2018 filed on April 16, 2019) | | | | | | | | 10.26 | | Supplementary Agreement of Equity Transfer Agreement, dated December 29, 2018, by and among Xian TCH, Hongyuan Huifu, and the Fund Management Company. (filed as Exhibit 10.25 to the Companys Annual Report on Form 10-K dated for the year ended December 31, 2018 filed on April 16, 2019) | | | | | | | | 10.27 | | Projects Transfer Agreement by and among Xian Zhonghong, Xian TCH, and Mr. Chonggong Bai, dated January 4, 2019 (filed as Exhibit 10.26 to the Companys Annual Report on Form 10-K dated for the year ended December 31, 2018 filed on April 16, 2019). | | | | | | | | 10.28 | | Securities Purchase Agreement by and between China Recycling Energy Corporation and Great Essential Investment, Ltd, dated February 13, 2019 (filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Companys Current Report on Form 8-K dated February 19, 2019). | | | | | | | | 10.29 | | Termination of Equity Purchase Agreement and Supplementary Amendment Agreement by and between Shanghai TCH and Mr. Jihua Wang, dated March 29, 2019 (filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Companys Current Report on Form 8-K dated March 29, 2019). | | | | | | | | 10.30 | | Forebearance Agreement by and between China Recycling Energy Corporation and Iliad Research and Trading, L.P. dated September 11, 2019 (filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Companys Current Report on Form 8-K dated September 11, 2019). | | | | | | | | 10.31 | | Forebearance Agreement by and between China Recycling Energy Corporation and Iliad Research and Trading, L.P. dated September 19, 2019 (filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Companys Current Report on Form 8-K dated September 19, 2019). | | | | | | | | 10.32 | | Termination Agreement of Lease Agreement of Biomass Power Generation Project by and between Xian TCH Energy Technology Co., Ltd. and Pucheng Xin Heng Yuan Biomass Power Generation Co., Ltd. dated September 29, 2019 (filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Companys Current Report on Form 8-K dated September 29, 2019). | | | | | | | | 10.33 | | Exchange Agreement by and between China Recycling Energy Corporation and Iliad Research and Trading, L.P. dated October 16, 2019 (filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Companys Current Report on Form 8-K dated October 16, 2019). | | | | | | | | 10.34 | | Exchange Agreement by and between China Recycling Energy Corporation and Iliad Research and Trading, L.P. dated October 16, 2019 (filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Companys Current Report on Form 8-K dated October 16, 2019). | | | | | | | | 10.35 | | Amendment to Forebearance Agreement by and between China Recycling Energy Corporation and Iliad Research and Trading, L.P. dated December 16, 2019 (filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Companys Current Report on Form 8-K dated December 16, 2019). | | | | | | | | 10.36 | | Exchange Agreement by and between China Recycling Energy Corporation and Iliad Research and Trading, L.P. dated January 3, 2020 (filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Companys Current Report on Form 8-K dated January 3, 2020). | | | | | | | | 10.37 | | Exchange Agreement by and between China Recycling Energy Corporation and Iliad Research and Trading, L.P. dated January 13, 2020 (filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Companys Current Report on Form 8-K dated January 13, 2020). | | | | | | | | 10.38 | | Exchange Agreement by and between China Recycling Energy Corporation and Iliad Research and Trading, L.P. dated May 4, 2020 (filed as Exhibit 10.30 to the Companys Current Report on Form 8-K, dated May 4, 2020). | | 70 | 10.39 | | Employment Agreement by and between China Recycling Energy Corporation and Yongjiang (Jackie) Shi, dated May 8, 2020(filed as Exhibit 10.38 to the Companys Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019 filed on May 14, 2020). | | | | | | | | 10.40 | | Exchange Agreement dated as of May 15, 2020 by and between China Recycling Energy Corporation and Lliad Research and Trading, L.P. (filed as Exhibit 10.39 to the Companys Current Report on Form 8-K, dated May 21, 2020). | | | | | | | | 10.41 | | Forbearance Agreement dated as of May 15, 2020 by and between China Recycling Energy Corporation and Lliad Research and Trading, L.P. (filed as Exhibit 10.40 to the Companys Current Report on Form 8-K, dated May 21, 2020). | | | | | | | | 10.42 | | Exchange Agreement dated as of May 29, 2020 by and between China Recycling Energy Corporation and Lliad Research and Trading, L.P. (filed as Exhibit 10.41 to the Companys Current Report on Form 8-K, dated June 4, 2020). | | | | | | | | 10.43 | | Equity Acquisition Agreement dated as of December 22, 2020 by and between China Recycling Energy Corporation and Shanghai TCH Energy Technology Co., Ltd., Zheng Feng, Yinhua Zhang, Weidong Xu and Xian Taiying Energy Saving Technology Co., Ltd. (filed as Exhibit 10.43 to the Companys Current Report on Form 8-K, dated December 29, 2020). | | | | | | | | 10.44 | | Promissory Note dated as of December 4, 2020 by and between China Recycling Energy Corporation and Streeterville Capital, LLC. (filed as Exhibit 10.43 to the Companys Form S-1/A dated October 6, 2021) | | | | | | | | 10.45 | | Exchange Agreements dated as of August 24, 2021 by and between China Recycling Energy Corporation and Streeterville Capital, LLC. (filed as Exhibit 10.44 to the Companys Form S-1/A dated October 6, 2021) | | | | | | | | 10.46 | | Exchange Agreements dated as of August 31, 2021 by and between China Recycling Energy Corporation and Streeterville Capital, LLC. (filed as Exhibit 10.45 to the Companys Form S-1/A dated October 6, 2021) | | | | | | | | 10.47 | | Exchange Agreements dated as of September 1, 2021 by and between China Recycling Energy Corporation and Streeterville Capital, LLC. (filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Companys quarterly report on Form 10-Q dated November 12, 2021) | | | | | | | | 10.48 | | Exchange Agreements dated as of October 8, 2021 by and between China Recycling Energy Corporation and Streeterville Capital, LLC. (filed as Exhibit 10.2 to the Companys quarterly report on Form 10-Q dated November 12, 2021) | | | | | | | | 10.49 | | Exchange Agreements dated as of October 21, 2021 by and between China Recycling Energy Corporation and Streeterville Capital, LLC. (filed as Exhibit 10.3 to the Companys quarterly report on Form 10-Q dated November 12, 2021) | | | | | | | | 10.50 | | Exchange Agreements dated as of October 25, 2021 by and between China Recycling Energy Corporation and Streeterville Capital, LLC. (filed as Exhibit 10.4 to the Companys quarterly report on Form 10-Q dated November 12, 2021) | | | | | | | | 10.51 | | Exchange Agreements dated as of November 9, 2021 by and between China Recycling Energy Corporation and Streeterville Capital, LLC. (filed as Exhibit 10.5 to the Companys quarterly report on Form 10-Q dated November 12, 2021) | | | | | | | | 10.52 | | Exchange Agreements dated as of November 30, 2021 by and between China Recycling Energy Corporation and Streeterville Capital, LLC. (filed as Exhibit 10.51 to the Companys Amendment to Registration Statement on Form S1/A dated December 3, 2021) | | | | | | | | 10.53 | | Exchange Agreements dated as of November 7, 2022 by and between China Recycling Energy Corporation and Bucktown Capital, LLC. (filed as Exhibit 10.53 to the Companys annual report on Form 10-K dated May, 8, 2023) | | | | | | | | 10.54 | | Exchange Agreements dated as of January 6, 2023 by and between China Recycling Energy Corporation and Bucktown Capital, LLC. (filed as Exhibit 10.54 to the Companys annual report on Form 10-K dated May, 8, 2023) | | | | | | | | 10.55 | | Exchange Agreements dated as of January 18, 2023 by and between China Recycling Energy Corporation and Bucktown Capital, LLC. (filed as Exhibit 10.55 to the Companys annual report on Form 10-K dated May, 8, 2023) | | | | | | | | 10.56 | | Exchange Agreements dated as of February 13, 2023 by and between China Recycling Energy Corporation and Bucktown Capital, LLC. (filed as Exhibit 10.56 to the Companys annual report on Form 10-K dated May, 8, 2023) | | | | | | | | 10.57 | | Exchange Agreements dated as of December 29, 2023 by and between China Recycling Energy Corporation and Bucktown Capital, LLC. (filed as Exhibit 10.57 to the Companys annual report on Form 10-K dated April 11, 2024) | | 71 | 10.58 | | Form of Securities Purchase Agreement between the Company and certain Purchasers, dated December 25, 2024 (filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Companys Current Report on Form 8-K dated December 31, 2024) | | | | | | | | 10.59 | | Form of Securities Purchase Agreement between the Company and certain Purchasers, dated February 18, 2025 (filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Companys Current Report on Form 8-K dated February 25, 2025) | | | | | | | | 10.60 | | Form of Stock Purchase Agreement between the Company and certain Purchasers, dated March 4, 2025(filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Companys Current Report on Form 8-K dated March 10, 2025) | | | | | | | | 10.61 | | Form of Exchange Agreement between the Company and certain Lender, dated March 6, 2025 (filed as Exhibit 10.60 to the Companys Annual Report on Form 10-K dated March 28 , 2025) | | | | | | | | 10.62 | | Form of Securities Purchase Agreement between the Company and certain accredited Investors, dated October 23, 2025 (filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Companys Current Report on Form 8-K dated October 28, 2025) | | | | | | | | 10.63 | | Form of Registration Rights Agreement by and among the Company and certain Purchasers dated October 23, 2025 (filed as Exhibit 10.2 to the Companys Current Report on Form 8-K dated October 28, 2025) | | | | | | | | 10.64 | | First Amendment to Securities Purchase Agreement by and among the Company and certain Purchasers dated October 23, 2025 (filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Companys Current Report on Form 8-K dated November 14, 2025) | | | | | | | | 10.65* | | Form of Exchange Agreement between the Company and Bucktown Capital, LLC, dated January 5, 2026 | | | | | | | | 10.66* | | Form of Exchange Agreement between the Company and Bucktown Capital, LLC, dated February 10, 2026 | | | | | | | | 10.67* | | Form of Exchange Agreement between the Company and Bucktown Capital, LLC, dated March 16, 2026 | | | | | | | | 10.68* | | Form of Exchange Agreement between the Company and Bucktown Capital, LLC, dated March 18, 2026 | | | | | | | | 10.69* | | Form of Exchange Agreement between the Company and Bucktown Capital, LLC, dated March 19, 2026 | | | | | | | | 10.70 | | Smart Powerr Corp. 2025 Inducement Award Plan (filed as Exhibit 99.1 to the Companys Registration Statement on Form S-8 dated October 15, 2025) | | | | | | | | 10.71 | | Form of Inducement Restricted Stock Award Agreement (filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Companys registration statement on Form S-8 dated October 15, 2025) | | | | | | | | 14.1 | | Code of Ethics (filed as Exhibit 14.1 to the Companys Current Report on Form 8-K dated December 2, 2009). | | | | | | | | 19.1 | | Insider Trading Policy, dated November 25, 2009. (filed as Exhibit 19.1 to the Companys annual report on Form 10-K dated May, 8, 2023) | | | | | | | | 21.1 | | Subsidiaries (filed as Exhibit 21.1 to the Companys Annual Report on Form 10-K dated May 14, 2020). | | | | | | | | 31.1* | | Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) certification of the Chief Executive Officer. | | | | | | | | 31.2* | | Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) certification of the Chief Financial Officer. | | | | | | | | 32.1* | | Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350. | | | | | | | | 32.2* | | Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350. | | | | | | | | 97 | | Compensation Recovery Policy (filed as Exhibit 97 to the Companys annual report on Form 10-K dated April 11, 2024) | | | | | | | | 101.INS* | | Inline XBRL Instance Document | | | | | | | | 101.CAL* | | Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document | | | | | | | | 101.SCH* | | Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document. | | | | | | | | 101.DEF* | | Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document | | | | | | | | 101.LAB* | | Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Labels Linkbase Document | | | | | | | | 101.PRE* | | Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document | | | | | | | | 104* | | Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as Inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101). | | | * | Filed herewith | | **ITEM 16. FORM 10-K SUMMARY.** None. 72 **SMART POWERR CORP.** **Contents** **CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA** **** | | | Page | | | Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm - Enrome LLP (PCAOB ID: 6907) | | F-2 | | | Consolidated Balance Sheets for the Years ended December 31, 2025 and 2024 | | F-3 | | | Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income/(Loss) for the Years ended December 31, 2025 and 2024 | | F-4 | | | Consolidated Statements of Stockholders Equity for the Years ended December 31, 2025 and 2024 | | F-5 | | | Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the Years ended December 31, 2025 and 2024 | | F-6 | | | Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements | | F-7 | | F-1 **REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM** To the Board of Directors and Stockholders of Smart Powerr Corp. **Opinion on the Financial Statements** **** We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Smart Powerr Corp. and its subsidiaries (the Company) as of December 31, 2025 and 2024, and the related consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income/(loss), stockholders equity, and cash flows for each of the years ended December 31, 2025 and 2024, and the related notes (collectively referred to as the consolidated financial statements). In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the consolidated financial position of the Company as of December 31, 2025 and 2024, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for each of the years ended December 31, 2025 and 2024, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (U.S. GAAP). **Basis for Opinion** **** These consolidated financial statements are the responsibility of the Companys management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Companys consolidated financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB) and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB. We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the consolidated financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. The Company is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. As part of our audits, we are required to obtain an understanding of internal control over financial reporting, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Companys internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the consolidated financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the consolidated financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the consolidated financial statements. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion. **Critical Audit Matters** Critical audit matters (CAM) are matters arising from the current period audit of the consolidated financial statements that were communicated or required to be communicated to the audit committee and that: (1) relate to accounts or disclosures that are material to the consolidated financial statements and (2) involved our especially challenging, subjective, or complex judgments. The communication of CAMs does not alter in any way our opinion on the consolidated financial statements, taken as a whole, and we are not, by communicating the CAM below, providing separate opinions on the CAMs or on the accounts or disclosures to which they relate. The Company disclosed litigation as discussed in Note 15 to the consolidated financial statements. Litigation resolution and disclosure involve judgment and uncertainty. Therefore, we considered this a CAM. We read the Companys disclosures, obtained attorney and managements representation on the litigation matters to conclude on the adequacy of the disclosures and need for accrual, if any. We also audited legal expenses to ensure all litigation is disclosed and accounted for as applicable. We have served as the Companys auditor since 2023. /s/ Enrome LLP Singapore March 31, 2026 F-2 **SMART POWERR CORP.** **CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS** **DECEMBER 31, 2025 AND DECEMBER 31, 2024** **** **(IN U.S. DOLLARS, EXCEPT FOR SHARE DATA)** | | | DECEMBER31, 2025 | | | DECEMBER31, 2024 | | | | ASSETS | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | CURRENT ASSETS | | | | | | | | | Cash | | $ | 40,156 | | | $ | 25,341 | | | | VAT receivable | | | - | | | | 165,629 | | | | Advance to supplier | | | - | | | | 65,214,994 | | | | Short term loan receivables | | | 156,751,655 | | | | 55,660,132 | | | | Other receivables | | | 32,853 | | | | 49,747 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Total current assets | | | 156,824,664 | | | | 121,115,843 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | NON-CURRENT ASSETS | | | | | | | | | | | Right-of-use asset, net | | | 61,092 | | | | 115,068 | | | | Intangible Asset, net | | | 752,865 | | | | 3,875 | | | | Fixed assets, net | | | 4,045 | | | | - | | | | Total non-current assets | | | 818,002 | | | | 118,943 | | | | TOTAL ASSETS | | $ | 157,642,666 | | | $ | 121,234,786 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS EQUITY | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | CURRENT LIABILITIES | | | | | | | | | | | Accounts payable | | $ | 122,240 | | | $ | 68,003 | | | | Contract liabilities | | | 107,249 | | | | - | | | | Taxes payable | | | 4,296,625 | | | | 4,276,597 | | | | Accrued interest on notes | | | 23,224 | | | | 69,103 | | | | Notes payable, net of unamortized OID of $0 and $31,250, respectively | | | 2,464,151 | | | | 4,705,696 | | | | Accrued liabilities and other payables | | | 3,291,284 | | | | 3,166,486 | | | | Lease liability | | | 61,092 | | | | 58,529 | | | | Payable for purchase of 10% equity interest of Zhonghong | | | 428,994 | | | | 410,998 | | | | Interest payable on entrusted loans | | | 347,591 | | | | 341,129 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Total current liabilities | | | 11,142,450 | | | | 13,096,541 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | NONCURRENT LIABILITIES | | | | | | | | | | | Taxes payable | | | 3,350,625 | | | | 3,350,625 | | | | Lease liability | | | - | | | | 56,539 | | | | Total noncurrent liabilities | | | 3,350,625 | | | | 3,407,164 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Total liabilities | | | 14,493,075 | | | | 16,503,705 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | CONTINGENCIES AND COMMITMENTS | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | STOCKHOLDERS EQUITY | | | | | | | | | | | Common stock, $0.001 par value; 100,000,000 shares authorized, 20,951,878 and 7,391,996 shares issued and outstanding | | | 44,332 | | | | 9,161 | | | | Additional paid in capital | | | 201,603,573 | | | | 165,959,857 | | | | Statutory reserve | | | 15,191,645 | | | | 15,191,645 | | | | Accumulated other comprehensive loss | | | (8,733,535 | ) | | | (14,373,199 | ) | | | Accumulated deficit | | | (64,956,424 | ) | | | (62,056,383 | ) | | | Total stockholders equity | | | 143,149,591 | | | | 104,731,081 | | | | TOTAL LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS EQUITY | | $ | 157,642,666 | | | $ | 121,234,786 | | | The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements F-3 **SMART POWERR CORP.** **CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS AND COMPREHENSIVE INCOME/(LOSS)** **DECEMBER 31, 2025 AND DECEMBER 31, 2024** **(IN U.S. DOLLARS, EXCEPT FOR SHARE DATA)** **** | | | YEARS ENDED DECEMBER31, | | | | | | 2025 | | | 2024 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Revenue | | $ | 262,509 | | | $ | - | | | | Cost of revenues | | | (145,895 | ) | | | - | | | | Total Gross Profit | | | 116,614 | | | | - | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Operating expenses | | | | | | | | | | | General and administrative | | | 3,132,219 | | | | 1,093,468 | | | | Total operatingexpenses | | | 3,132,219 | | | | 1,093,468 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Loss from operations | | | (3,015,605 | ) | | | (1,093,468 | ) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Non-operating income (expenses) | | | | | | | | | | | Interest income | | | 113,866 | | | | 132,349 | | | | Interest expense | | | (422,112 | ) | | | (478,328 | ) | | | Other income (expenses), net | | | 464,346 | | | | (105,568 | ) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Total non-operating income (expenses), net | | | 156,100 | | | | (451,547 | ) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Loss before income tax | | | (2,859,505 | ) | | | (1,545,015 | ) | | | Income tax expense | | | 40,536 | | | | 13,997 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Net loss | | | (2,900,041 | ) | | | (1,559,012 | ) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Other comprehensive items | | | | | | | | | | | Foreign currency translation profit/(loss) | | | 5,639,664 | | | | (4,046,604 | ) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Comprehensive income/(loss) | | $ | 2,739,623 | | | $ | (5,605,616 | ) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Weighted average shares used for computing basic and diluted loss per share | | | 15,177,260 | | | | 8,561,881 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Basic and diluted net loss per share | | $ | (0.19 | ) | | $ | (0.18 | ) | | The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements F-4 **SMART POWERR CORP.** **CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS EQUITY** **DECEMBER 31, 2025 AND DECEMBER 31, 2024** **(IN U.S. DOLLARS, EXCEPT FOR SHARE DATA)** **** | | | Common Stock | | | Additional Paid in | | | Statutory | | | Accumulated Other Comprehensive | | | Accumulated | | | Total stockholders | | | | | | Shares | | | Amount | | | Capital | | | Reserve | | | Loss | | | Deficit | | | equity | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Balance as of December 31, 2023 | | | 796,344 | | | $ | 7,963 | | | $ | 164,870,025 | | | $ | 15,191,645 | | | $ | (10,326,595 | ) | | $ | (60,497,371 | ) | | $ | 109,245,667 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Net loss for the year | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | (1,559,012 | ) | | | (1,559,012 | ) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Conversion of long-term notes into common shares | | | 106,901 | | | | 1,069 | | | | 950,895 | | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | 951,964 | | | | Stock compensation expense | | | 12,877 | | | | 129 | | | | 138,937 | | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | 139,066 | | | | Foreign currency translation loss | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | (4,046,604 | ) | | | - | | | | (4,046,604 | ) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Balance as of December 31, 2024 | | | 916,122 | | | | 9,161 | | | | 165,959,857 | | | | 15,191,645 | | | | (14,373,199 | ) | | | (62,056,383 | ) | | | 104,731,081 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Net loss for the year | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | (2,900,041 | ) | | | (2,900,041 | ) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Conversion of long-term notes into common shares | | | 1,423,058 | | | | 2,044 | | | | 2,707,492 | | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | 2,709,536 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Stock compensation expense | | | 12,413 | | | | 124 | | | | 831,396 | | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | 831,520 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Offering of the common stock | | | 18,600,285 | | | | 33,003 | | | | 32,104,828 | | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | 32,137,831 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Foreign currency translation loss | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | 5,639,664 | | | | - | | | | 5,639,664 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Balance as of December 31, 2025 | | | 20,951,878 | | | | 44,332 | | | | 201,603,573 | | | | 15,191,645 | | | | (8,733,535 | ) | | | (64,956,424 | ) | | | 143,149,591 | | | **** The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements F-5 **SMART POWERR CORP.** **CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS** **DECEMBER 31, 2025 AND DECEMBER 31, 2024** **(IN U.S. DOLLARS, EXCEPT FOR SHARE DATA)** | | | YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, | | | | | | 2025 | | | 2024 | | | | | | | | | | | | | CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES: | | | | | | | | | Net loss | | $ | (2,900,041 | ) | | $ | (1,559,012 | ) | | | Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities: | | | | | | | | | | | Amortization of OID and debt issuing costs of notes | | | - | | | | 573,983 | | | | Bad debt expense | | | - | | | | 200,000 | | | | Depreciation of fixed assets | | | (170 | ) | | | 119 | | | | Amortization of intangible assets | | | 47,135 | | | | - | | | | Stock compensation expense | | | 831,520 | | | | - | | | | Operating lease expenses | | | 56,539 | | | | 60,066 | | | | Interest expense | | | 422,112 | | | | 66,483 | | | | Advance to supplier | | | 68,070,499 | | | | - | | | | Other receivables | | | 18,765 | | | | (1,228 | ) | | | Accounts payable | | | 1,259 | | | | | | | | Contract Liabilities | | | 107,249 | | | | 4,571 | | | | Taxes payable | | | 185,657 | | | | - | | | | Payment of lease liability | | | (56,539 | ) | | | (60,066 | ) | | | Accrued liabilities and other payables | | | 124,798 | | | | 499,945 | | | | Entrusted loan payable | | | - | | | | (10,548,957 | ) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Net cash generated from (used in) operating activities | | | 66,908,783 | | | | (10,764,096 | ) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES: | | | | | | | | | | | Short term loan receivable increase | | | (156,751,655 | ) | | | (55,660,131 | ) | | | Short term loan receivable collection | | | 58,028,628 | | | | 66,691,327 | | | | Acquisition of Intangible assets | | | (750,000 | ) | | | - | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Net cash (used in) generated from investing activities | | | (99,473,027 | ) | | | 11,031,196 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITY: | | | | | | | | | | | Issuance of common stock | | | 32,137,831 | | | | - | | | | Net cash provided by financing activity | | | 32,137,831 | | | | - | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | EFFECT OF EXCHANGE RATE CHANGE ON CASH | | | 441,228 | | | | (274,129 | ) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | NET INCREASE / (DECREASE) IN CASH | | | 14,815 | | | | (7,029 | ) | | | CASH, BEGINNING OF YEAR | | | 25,341 | | | | 32,370 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | CASH, END OF YEAR | | $ | 40,156 | | | $ | 25,341 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Supplemental disclosure of cash information: | | | | | | | | | | | Income tax paid | | | 38,551 | | | $ | 25,898 | | | | Interest paid | | | - | | | $ | - | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Supplemental disclosure of non-cash information | | | | | | | | | | | Right-of-use asset obtained in exchange for lease liabilities | | | - | | | | 1,238,575 | | | | Conversion of notes into common shares | | $ | 2,709,536 | | | $ | 10,764,096 | | | The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements F-6 **SMART POWERR CORP. AND SUBSIDIARIES** **NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS** **DECEMBER 31, 2025 AND 2024** **1. ORGANIZATION AND DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS** Smart Powerr Corp. (the Company we or SPC) was incorporated in Nevada, and was formerly known as China Recycling Entergy Corporation. The Company was incorporated on May 8, 1980 as Boulder Brewing Company under the laws of the State of Colorado. On September 6, 2001, the Company changed its state of incorporation to the State of Nevada. In 2004, the Company changed its name from Boulder Brewing Company to China Digital Wireless, Inc. and on March 8, 2007, again changed its name from China Digital Wireless, Inc. to China Recycling Energy Corporation, and most recently to Smart Powerr Corp. in March of 2022. The Company, through its subsidiaries, provides energy saving solutions and services, including selling and leasing energy saving systems and equipment to customers, project investment, investment management, economic information consulting, technical services, financial leasing, purchase of financial leasing assets, disposal and repair of financial leasing assets, consulting and ensuring of financial leasing transactions in the Peoples Republic of China (PRC). The Company was once a pioneer in waste energy recycling and a developer of energy efficiency solutions for various energy intensive industries in China. We use Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) model to provide energy saving and recovery facilities for multiple energy intensive industries in China. Our waste energy recycling projects allow customers which use substantial amounts of electricity to recapture previously wasted pressure, heat, and gas from their manufacturing processes to generate electricity. We currently offer waste energy recycling systems to companies for use in nonferrous metal plants. We construct our projects at our customers facility and the electricity produced is used on-site by the customer. The Company is in the process of transforming and expanding into an energy storage integrated solution provider. and plan to pursue disciplined and targeted expansion strategies for market areas we currently do not serve. We actively seek and explore opportunities to apply energy storage technologies to new industries or segments with high growth potential, including industrial and commercial complexes, large scale photovoltaic (PV) and wind power stations, remote islands without electricity, and smart energy cities with multi-energy supplies.The company signed an Operation and Maintenance Contract for power stations. The Companys organizational chart as of December 31, 2025 is as follows: * F-7 Erdos TCH Joint Venture* On April 14, 2009, the Company formed a joint venture (the JV) with Erdos Metallurgy Co., Ltd. (Erdos) to recycle waste heat from Erdos metal refining plants to generate power and steam to be sold back to Erdos. The name of the JV was Inner Mongolia Erdos TCH Energy Saving Development Co., Ltd. (Erdos TCH) with a term of 20 years. Erdos contributed 7% of the total investment of the project, and Xian TCH Energy Technology Co., Ltd. (Xian TCH) contributed 93%. On June 15, 2013, Xian TCH and Erdos entered into a share transfer agreement, pursuant to which Erdos sold its 7% ownership interest in the JV to Xian TCH for $1.29 million (RMB8 million), plus certain accumulated profits. Xian TCH paid the $1.29 million in July 2013 and, as a result, became the sole stockholder of the JV. Erdos TCH currently has two power generation systems in Phase I with a total 18 MW power capacity, and three power generation systems in Phase II with a total 27 MW power capacity. On April 28, 2016, Erdos TCH and Erdos entered into a supplemental agreement, effective May 1, 2016, whereby Erdos TCH cancelled monthly minimum lease payments from Erdos, and started to charge Erdos based on actual electricity sold at RMB0.30 / KWH. The selling price of each KWH is determined annually based on prevailing market conditions. In May 2019, Erdos TCH ceased operations due to renovations and furnace safety upgrades of Erdos, and the Company initially expected the resumption of operations in July 2020, but the resumption of operations was further delayed due to the governments mandate for Erdos to significantly lower its energy consumption per unit of GDP by implementing a comprehensive technical upgrade of its ferrosilicon production line to meet the Citys energy-saving targets. Erdos is currently researching the technical rectification scheme. Once the scheme is determined, Erdos TCH will carry out technical transformation for its waste heat power station project. During this period, Erdos will compensate Erdos TCH RMB1 million ($145,524) per month, until operations resume. The Company has not recognized any income due to the uncertainty of collection. In addition, Erdos TCH has 30% ownership in DaTangShiDai (BinZhou) Energy Savings Technology Co., Ltd. (BinZhou Energy Savings), 30% ownership in DaTangShiDai DaTong Recycling Energy Technology Co., Ltd. (DaTong Recycling Energy), and 40% ownership in DaTang ShiDai TianYu XuZhou Recycling Energy Technology Co, Ltd. (TianYu XuZhou Recycling Energy). These companies were incorporated in 2012 but had no operations since then nor has any registered capital contribution been made. *Formation of Zhongxun* On March 24, 2014, Xian TCH incorporated a subsidiary, Zhongxun Energy Investment (Beijing) Co., Ltd. (Zhongxun) with registered capital of $5,695,502 (RMB35,000,000), which must be contributed before October 1, 2028. Zhongxun is 100% owned by Xian TCH and will be mainly engaged in project investment, investment management, economic information consulting, and technical services. Zhongxun has not commenced operations nor has any capital contribution been made as of the date of this Report. *Formation of Yinghua* On February 11, 2015, the Company incorporated a subsidiary, Shanghai Yinghua Financial Leasing Co., Ltd. (Yinghua) with registered capital of $30,000,000, to be paid within 10 years from the date the business license is issued. Yinghua is 100% owned by the Company and will be mainly engaged in financial leasing, purchase of financial leasing assets, disposal and repair of financial leasing assets, consulting and ensuring of financial leasing transactions, and related factoring business. Yinghua has not commenced operations nor has any capital contribution been made as of the date of this Report. F-8 **2. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES** *Basis of Presentation* The accompanying consolidated financial statements (CFS) are prepared in conformity with U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (US GAAP). The functional currency of the Companys operating entities is Chinese Renminbi (RMB). The accompanying consolidated financial statements are translated from RMB and presented in U.S. dollars (USD). *Principle of Consolidation* The CFS include the accounts of SPC and its subsidiaries, Shanghai Yinghua Financial Leasing Co., Ltd.(Yinghua) and Sifang Holdings; Sifang Holdings wholly owned subsidiaries, Huahong New Energy Technology Co., Ltd. (Huahong) and Shanghai TCH Energy Tech Co., Ltd. (Shanghai TCH); Shanghai TCHs wholly-owned subsidiary, Xian TCH Energy Tech Co., Ltd. (Xian TCH); and Xian TCHs subsidiaries, 1) Erdos TCH Energy Saving Development Co., Ltd (Erdos TCH), 100% owned by Xian TCH, 2) Zhonghong, 90% owned by Xian TCH and 10% owned by Shanghai TCH, and 3) Zhongxun, 100% owned by Xian TCH. Substantially all the Companys revenues are derived from the operations of Shanghai TCH and its subsidiaries, which represent substantially all the Companys consolidated assets and liabilities as of December 31, 2025. The revenue for the Company for the year ended December 31, 2025 or 2024 was US$172,668 and nil respectively. All significant inter-company accounts and transactions were eliminated in consolidation. *Use of Estimates* The preparation of the consolidated financial statements in accordance with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, related disclosures of contingent liabilities at the balance sheet date, and the reported revenues and expenses during the reported period in the consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes. Significant accounting estimates include, but not limited to allowances for bad debt, income taxes, and contingencies and litigation, the valuation and carrying amount of intangible asset and revenue recognition. Management bases its estimates on historical experience and on various other assumptions that are believed to be reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which form the basis for making judgments about the carrying values of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other resources. In accordance with Accounting Standards Codification (ASC) Topic 250, "Accounting Changes and Error Corrections," the effects of changes in such accounting estimates are recognized prospectively in the period of change and, if applicable, in future periods. These changes do not require the restatement of prior periods. F-9 *Revenue Recognition* The Company records income from perform operation and maintenance services to third parties in the period the income is earned, which is based on the service performance fulfilled over time. During the year ended December 31, 2025, the Company signed RMB3.0 million (US$0.4 million) per annum contracts and the contracts last for ten years based on the service period. The Company recognizes revenue from contracts with customers in accordance with Accounting Standards Codification (ASC) 606,*Revenue from Contracts with Customers*(ASC 606). Under ASC 606, revenue is recognized when, or as, control of promised goods and services is transferred to customers, and the amount of revenue recognized reflects the consideration to which the Company expects to be entitled in exchange for the goods and services transferred. The Company determines revenue recognition through the following steps: | | (1) | Identification of the contract, or contracts, with a customer. | | | | (2) | Identification of the performance obligations in the contract. | | | | (3) | Determination of the transaction price. | | | | (4) | Allocation of the transaction price to the performance obligations in the contract. | | | | (5) | Recognition of revenue when, or as, a performance obligation is satisfied. | | *Operation and Maintenance Income* Once a contract is determined to be within the scope of ASC 606, the Company assesses the services promised within each contract and determines those that are performance obligations. The Company transfers service over time and satisfies a performance obligation and recognizes revenue over time. F-10 *Operating Leases* The Company determines if an arrangement is a lease or contains a lease at inception. Lease liabilities are recognized based on the present value of the remaining lease payments, discounted using the discount rate for the lease at the commencement date. As the rate implicit in the lease is not readily determinable for an operating lease, the Company generally uses an incremental borrowing rate based on information available at the commencement date to determine the present value of future lease payments. Right-of-use (ROU asset) asset represent the Companys right to control the use of an identified asset for the lease term and lease liabilities represent the Companys obligation to make lease payments arising from the lease. ROU assets are generally recognized based on the amount of the initial measurement of the lease liability. Lease expense is recognized on a straight-line basis over the lease term. ROU assets are reviewed for impairment when indicators of impairment are present. ROU assets from operating and finance leases are subject to the impairment guidance in ASC 360, Property, Plant, and Equipment, as ROU assets are long-lived nonfinancial assets. ROU assets are tested for impairment individually or as part of an asset group if the cash flows related to the ROU asset are not independent from the cash flows of other assets and liabilities. An asset group is the unit of accounting for long-lived assets to be held and used, which represents the lowest level for which identifiable cash flows are largely independent of the cash flows of other groups of assets and liabilities. The Company recognized no impairment of ROU assets as of December 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024. Operating leases are included in ROU and lease liabilities (current and non-current), on the consolidated balance sheets. *Cash* Cash includes cash on hand, demand deposits placed with banks or other financial institutions and all highly liquid investments with an original maturity of three months or less as of the purchase date. *Accounts Receivable* Accounts receivable, net mainly represent amounts due from customers for goods delivered and services performed in the ordinary course of business and are recorded net of an allowance for credit loss, if any. The Company measures its allowance for credit losses based on expected collectability, in accordance with the Current Expected Credit Loss (CECL) model under U.S. GAAP (ASC 326). The Company considers many factors in assessing the collectability of its accounts receivable, such as the age of the amounts due, the payment history, creditworthiness, and the financial condition of the debtor. The Company generally does not require collateral from its customers. An allowance for credit loss is recorded, reflecting expected lifetime losses, in the period in which a loss is determined to be probable. Accounts receivables are written off against the allowance for credit loss after all means of collection have been exhausted and the potential for recovery is considered remote. As of December 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, the Company hadnoaccounts receivable. *Advance to suppliers* Advance to suppliers consist of balances paid to suppliers for materials that have not been received. The Company reviews its advances to suppliers on a periodic basis and makes general and specific allowances when there is doubt as to the ability of a supplier to provide supplies to the Company or refund an advance. F-11 *Short term loan receivables* The Company provided loans to certain third parties for the purpose of making use of its cash. The Company monitors all loans receivable for delinquency and provides for estimated losses for specific receivables that are not likely to be collected. Management periodically assesses the collectability of these loans receivable. Delinquent account balances are written-off against the allowance for doubtful accounts after management has determined that the likelihood of collection is not probable. As of December 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, the Company did not accrue allowance against short term loan receivables. ** *Concentration of Credit Risk* Cash includes cash on hand and demand deposits in accounts maintained within China.Balances at financial institutions and state-owned banks withinthe PRC are covered by insurance up to RMB500,000($71,792) per bank. Any balance over RMB500,000($71,792) per bank in PRC is not covered. The Company has not experienced any losses in such accounts. Certain other financial instruments, which subject the Company to concentration of credit risk, consist of accounts and other receivables. The Company does not require collateral or other security to support these receivables. The Company conducts periodic reviews of its customers financial condition and customer payment practices to minimize collection risk on accounts receivable. The operations of the Company are in the PRC. Accordingly, the Companys business, financial condition and results of operations may be influenced by the political, economic and legal environments in the PRC. *Intangible Asset, net* Intangible asset, net are stated at cost, net of accumulated amortization. Purchased intangible assets are initially recognized and measured at cost upon acquisition. Separately identifiable intangible assets that have determinable lives continue to be amortized over their estimated useful lives using the straight-line method as follows: | Smart Cloud Platform | | | 10years | | | *Impairment of Long-lived Assets* In accordance with FASB ASC Topic 360,*Property, Plant, and Equipment*, the Company reviews its long-lived assets, including property and equipment, for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amounts of the assets may not be fully recoverable. If the total expected undiscounted future net cash flows are less than the carrying amount of the asset, a loss is recognized for the difference between the fair value (FV) and carrying amount of the asset. The Company did not record any impairment for the years ended December 31, 2025 and 2024. *Contract liabilities* ** Contract liabilities represent advance payments collected from third-party payers. They represent obligations that will be satisfied by providing services to the customer. F-12 As of December 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, contract liabilities consisted of the following: | | | 2025 | | | 2024 | | | | Balance at the beginning of the year | | $ | - | | | $ | - | | | | Addition of cash received in advance | | | 369,758 | | | | - | | | | Deduction of revenue recognition | | | (262,509 | ) | | | - | | | | Balance at the end of the year | | $ | 107,249 | | | $ | - | | | *Accounts and other payables* Accounts and other payables represent liabilities for goods and services provided to the Company prior to the end of the financial year which are unpaid. They are classified as current liabilities if payment is due within one year or less (or in the normal operating cycle of the business if longer). Otherwise, they are presented as non-current liabilities. Accounts and other payables are initially recognized as fair value, and subsequently carried at amortized cost using the effective interest method. *Borrowings* Borrowings are presented as current liabilities unless the Company has an unconditional right to defer settlement for at least 12 months after the financial year end date, in which case they are presented as non-current liabilities. Borrowings are initially recognized at fair value (net of transaction costs) and subsequently carried at amortized cost. Any difference between the proceeds (net of transaction costs) and the redemption value is recognized in profit or loss over the period of the borrowings using an effective interest method. Borrowing costs are recognized in profit or loss using the effective interest method. *Cost of Sales* Cost of sales consists primarily of the direct material of the power generating system and expenses incurred directly for project construction for sales-type leasing and sales tax and additions for contingent rental income. *Income Taxes* Income taxes are accounted for using an asset and liability method. Under this method, deferred income taxes are recognized for the tax consequences in future years of differences between the tax bases of assets and liabilities and their financial reporting amounts at each period end based on enacted tax laws and statutory tax rates, applicable to the periods in which the differences are expected to affect taxable income. Valuation allowances are established, when necessary, to reduce deferred tax assets to the amount expected to be realized. F-13 The Company follows FASB ASC Topic 740, which prescribes a more-likely-than-not threshold for financial statement recognition and measurement of a tax position taken or expected to be taken in a tax return. ASC Topic 740 also provides guidance on recognition of income tax assets and liabilities, classification of current and deferred income tax assets and liabilities, accounting for interest and penalties associated with tax positions, accounting for income taxes in interim periods, and income tax disclosures. Under FASB ASC Topic 740, when tax returns are filed, it is likely that some positions taken would be sustained upon examination by the taxing authorities, while others are subject to uncertainty about the merits of the position taken or the amount of the position that would be ultimately sustained. The benefit of a tax position is recognized in the CFS in the period during which, based on all available evidence, management believes it is more likely than not that the position will be sustained upon examination, including the resolution of appeals or litigation processes, if any. Tax positions taken are not offset or aggregated with other positions. Tax positions that meet the more-likely-than-not recognition threshold are measured as the largest amount of tax benefit that is more than50% likely of being realized upon settlement with the applicable taxing authority. The portion of the benefits associated with tax positions taken that exceeds the amount measured as described above is reflected as a liability for unrecognized tax benefits in the accompanying balance sheets along with any associated interest and penalties that would be payable to the taxing authorities upon examination. Interest associated with unrecognized tax benefits is classified as interest expense and penalties are classified in selling, general and administrative expenses in the statement of income.At December 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, the Company did not take any uncertain positions that would necessitate recording a tax related liability. *Statement of Cash Flows* In accordance with FASB ASC Topic 230,*Statement of Cash Flows,*cash flows from the Companys operations are calculated based upon the local currencies. As a result, amounts related to assets and liabilities reported on the statement of cash flows may not necessarily agree with changes in the corresponding balances on the balance sheet. *Fair Value of Financial Instruments* For certain of the Companys financial instruments, including cash and equivalents, restricted cash, accounts receivable, other receivables, accounts payable, accrued liabilities and short-term debts, the carrying amounts approximate their FVs due to their short maturities. Receivables on sales-type leases are based on interest rates implicit in the lease. FASB ASC Topic 820,*Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures,*requires disclosure of the FV of financial instruments held by the Company. FASB ASC Topic 825,*Financial Instruments,*defines FV, and establishes a three-level valuation hierarchy for disclosures of FV measurement that enhances disclosure requirements for FV measures. The carrying amounts reported in the consolidated balance sheets for receivables and current liabilities each qualify as financial instruments and are a reasonable estimate of their FV because of the short period of time between the origination of such instruments and their expected realization and their current market rate of interest. The three levels of valuation hierarchy are defined as follows: | | | Level 1 inputs to the valuation methodology are quoted prices (unadjusted) for identical assets or liabilities in active markets. | | | | | Level 2 inputs to the valuation methodology include quoted prices for similar assets and liabilities in active markets, and inputs that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly, for substantially the full term of the financial instrument. | | | | | Level 3 inputs to the valuation methodology are unobservable and significant to FV measurement. | | The Company analyzes all financial instruments with features of both liabilities and equity under FASB ASC 480,*Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity,*and ASC 815,*Derivatives and Hedging.* F-14 The Company considers the carrying amount of its financial assets and liabilities, which consist primarily of cash, other receivables, accounts payable, current liabilities, taxes payable, notes payable, and accrued liabilities and other payables, approximate the fair value of the respective assets and liabilities as of December 31, 2025 and 2024 owing to their short-term or present value nature or present value of the assets and liabilities. For the period end December 31, 2025 and 2024, there are no transfers between different levels of inputs used to measure fair value. *Stock-Based Compensation* The Company accounts for share-based compensation awards to employees in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 718, Compensation Stock Compensation, which requires that share-based payment transactions with employees be measured based on the grant-date FV of the equity instrument issued and recognized as compensation expense over the requisite service period. The Company accounts for share-based compensation awards to non-employees in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 718 and FASB ASC Subtopic 505-50, Equity-Based Payments to Non-employees. Share-based compensation associated with the issuance of equity instruments to non-employees is measured at the FV of the equity instrument issued or committed to be issued, as this is more reliable than the FV of the services received. The FV is measured at the date that the commitment for performance by the counterparty has been reached or the counterpartys performance is complete. The Company follows ASU 2018-07, Compensation Stock Compensation (Topic 718): Improvements to Nonemployee Share-Based Payment Accounting, which expands the scope of ASC 718 to include share-based payment transactions for acquiring goods and services from non-employees. An entity should apply the requirements of ASC 718 to non-employee awards except for specific guidance on inputs to an option pricing model and the attribution of cost. ASC 718 applies to all share-based payment transactions in which a grantor acquires goods or services to be used or consumed in a grantors own operations by issuing share-based payment awards. *Basic and Diluted Earnings per Share* The Company presents net income (loss) per share (EPS) in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 260,*Earning Per Share.*Accordingly, basic income (loss) per share is computed by dividing income (loss) available to common stockholders by the weighted average number of shares outstanding, without consideration for common stock equivalents. Diluted EPS is computed by dividing the net income by the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding as well as common share equivalents outstanding for the period determined using the treasury-stock method for stock options and warrants and the if-converted method for convertible notes. The Company made an accounting policy election to use the if-converted method for convertible securities that are eligible to receive common stock dividends, if declared. Diluted EPS reflect the potential dilution that could occur based on the exercise of stock options or warrants or conversion of convertible securities using the if-converted method. For the years ended December 31, 2025 and 2024, the basic and diluted income (loss) per share were the same due to the anti-dilutive features of the warrants and options. For the years ended December 31, 2025 and 2024, 234 and12,463 shares purchasable under warrants and options were excluded from the EPS calculation as these were not dilutive due to the exercise price was more than the stock market price. F-15 *Foreign Currency Translation and Comprehensive Income (Loss)* The Companys functional currency is the Renminbi (RMB). For financial reporting purposes, RMB were translated into U.S. Dollars (USD or $) as the reporting currency. Assets and liabilities are translated at the exchange rate in effect at the balance sheet date. Revenues and expenses are translated at the average rate of exchange prevailing during the reporting period. Translation adjustments arising from the use of different exchange rates from period to period are included as a component of stockholders equity as Accumulated other comprehensive income. Gains and losses resulting from foreign currency transactions are included in income. The Company follows FASB ASC Topic 220,*Comprehensive Income.*Comprehensive income is comprised of net income and all changes to the statements of stockholders equity, except those due to investments by stockholders, changes in paid-in capital and distributions to stockholders. *Segment Reporting* FASB ASC Topic 280,*Segment Reporting,*requires use of the management approach model for segment reporting. The management approach model is based on the way a companys management organizes segments within the company for making operating decisions and assessing performance. Reportable segments are based on products and services, geography, legal structure, management structure, or any other manner in which management disaggregates a company. FASB ASC Topic 280 has no effect on the Companys CFS as substantially all of the Companys operations are conducted in one industry segment. All of the Companys assets are located in the PRC. ** *New Accounting Pronouncements* ** In January 2025, the FASB issued ASU 2025-01, Income StatementReporting Comprehensive IncomeExpense Disaggregation Disclosures (Subtopic 220-40). The ASU 2025-01 amends the effective date of Update 2024-03 to clarify that all public business entities are required to adopt the guidance in annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2026, and interim periods within annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2027. Early adoption of Update 2024-03 is permitted. This update is aimed to improve the disclosures about a public business entitys expenses and address requests from investors for more detailed information about the types of expenses (including purchases of inventory, employee compensation, depreciation, amortization, and depletion) in commonly presented expense captions (such as cost of sales, SG&A, and research and development). The Companys management does not believe the adoption of ASU 2025-01 will have a material impact on its financial statements and disclosures. ** In April 2025, the FASB issued ASU 2025-04, Compensation - Stock Compensation (Topic 718) and Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606), Clarifications to Share-Based Consideration Payable to a Customer. The ASU 2025-04 amendments in Accounting Standards Update No. 2019-08, CompensationStock Compensation (Topic 718) and Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606): Codification ImprovementsShare Based Consideration Payable to a Customer, require that a grantor apply the guidance in Topic 718, CompensationStock Compensation, to measure and classify share-based consideration payable to a customer (the Topic 718 approach). The Companys management currently does not have offer to provide consideration to a customer (or to other parties that purchase the entitys goods or services from the customer) to incentivize the customer (or its customers) to purchase goods and services, and does not believe the adoption of ASU 2025-01 will have a material impact on its financial statements and disclosures. In May 2025, the FASB issued ASU 2025-05, Financial InstrumentsCredit Losses (Topic 326), Measurement of Credit Losses for Accounts Receivable and Contract Assets. The amendments in this Update introduce a practical expedient for all entities and an accounting policy election for entities other than public business entities related to applying Subtopic 326-20 to current accounts receivable and current contract assets arising from transactions accounted for under Topic 606. (1) Practical expedient. In developing reasonable and supportable forecasts as part of estimating expected credit losses, all entities may elect a practical expedient that assumes that current conditions as of the balance sheet date do not change for the remaining life of the asset. (2) Accounting policy election. An entity other than a public business entity that elects the practical expedient is permitted to make an accounting policy election to consider collection activity after the balance sheet date when estimating expected credit losses. The amendments will be effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2025, and interim reporting periods within those annual reporting periods. Early adoption is permitted in both interim and annual reporting periods in which financial statements have not yet been issued or made available for issuance. The Companys management does not believe the adoption of ASU 2025-05 will have a material impact on its financial statements and disclosures. ** In November 2025, the FASB issued ASU 2025-11, Interim Reporting (Topic 270): Narrow-Scope Improvements. The amendments in this Update introduce to improve the guidance in Topic 270, Interim Reporting, by improving the navigability of the required interim disclosures and clarifying when that guidance is applicable. The amendments also provide additional guidance on what disclosures should be provided in interim reporting periods. The amendments add to Topic 270 a principle that requires entities to disclose events since the end of the last annual reporting period that have a material impact on the entity. The objective of the amendments is to provide clarity on the current interim reporting requirements. The amendments in this Update are effective for interim reporting periods within annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2027, for public business entities and for interim reporting periods within annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2028, for entities other than public business entities. Early adoption is permitted for all entities. The amendments in this Update can be applied either (1) prospectively or (2) retrospectively to any or all prior periods presented in the financial statements. The Companys management does not believe the adoption of ASU 2025-11 will have a material impact on its financial statements and disclosures.** Other recent accounting pronouncements issued by the FASB, including its Emerging Issues Task Force, the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, and the SEC did not or are not believed by management to have a material impact on the Companys present or future CFS. ** F-16 ** **3. SHORT TERM LOAN RECEIVABLES** As of December 31, 2024, the Company had $55,945,372 (RMB405.8million) short term loan to Xian Yingtai Energy Conservation Technology Co., Ltd (Xian Yingtai), an unrelated party of the Company. The short-term loan was for fifteen days with a capital utilization fee of $10,960(RMB80,000) per day for total of $65,759. To ensure the safety of the funds, before money was transferred to Xian Yingtai, Xian Yingtai handed over the official seal, financial seal and bank account UK to the Company for custody and management until repayment of the loan. The company collected all the repayments before January 10, 2025, including RMB200 million on January 9, 2025 and RMB205.8 million and total interest income RMB1.2 million on January 10, 2025. As of December 31, 2025, the Company had $85,083,868 (RMB595million) short term loan to Xian TaiYing Energy Saving Technology Co., Ltd (Xian TaiYing), an unrelated party of the Company. The contract has a term of ten days, with daily interest of RMB 100,000. In 2025, the Company recognized seven-day capital utilization fee of $14,300 (RMB100,000) per day for total of $100,100. To ensure the safety of the funds, before money was transferred to Xian Yingtai, Xian Yingtai handed over the official seal, financial seal and bank account UK to the Company for custody and management until repayment of the loan. As of December 31, 2025, the Company had $71,499,049 (RMB500million) short term loan to Xian Fenghui Company Management Co., Ltd (Xian Fenghui), an unrelated party of the Company. The contract has a term of ten days, with daily interest of RMB 80,000. In 2025, the Company recognized six-day capital utilization fee of $11,440(RMB80,000) per day for total of $68,640. To ensure the safety of the funds, before money was transferred to Xian Yingtai, Xian Fenghui handed over the official seal, financial seal and bank account UK to the Company for custody and management until repayment of the loan. As of the date of this report, the Company has collected back RMB1,095 million in short term loan receivable. **4. ADVANCE TO SUPPLIERS** **** By 2025, Zhenran Co., Ltd (Zhenran) had completed the contract and developed the smart cloud platform. A total of $750,000 (RMB5,385,020) had been paid to Zhenran, with an additional $50,000 (RMB358,460) still due. The combined amount of $800,000 (RMB5,743,480) was transferred to intangible assets. Additionally, $200,000 previously set aside for bad debt provision in 2024 was reversed. On June 19, 2023, the Company entered a purchase agreement with Hubei Bangyu New Energy Technology Co., Ltd. (Bangyu). The total contract amount was $82.3million (RMB595.0million) for purchasing the energy storage battery systems. As of December 31, 2023, the Company made a prepayment to Bangyu of $67.2million (RMB476.0million). The Company is in the process of transforming and expanding into energy storage integrated solution provider business. The Company actively seeks and explores opportunities to apply energy storage technologies to new industries or segments with high growth potential, including industrial and commercial complexes, large scale photovoltaic (PV) and wind power stations,remote islands without electricity,and smart energy cities with multi-energy supplies. On March 11, 2025, a termination agreement was signed. As Bangyu failed to fulfill the contract terms, our company reclaimed the advance payment of RMB476.0 million in March 2025. On August 23, 2021,the Company entered a Market Research and Project Development Service Agreement with a consulting company in Xian for a service period of 12 months. The consulting company will perform market research for new energy industry including photovoltaic and energy storage, develop potential new customers and due diligence check, assisting the Company for business cooperation negotiation and relevant agreements preparation. Total contract amount is $1,150,000, and the Company paid $650,000at commencement of the service and recorded as R&D expense during the year ended December 31, 2022; the Company prepaid $200,000during the year of 2023.Based on the companys policy, the management accrued 100% bad debt provision for the prepayment. **5. INTANGIBLE ASSET** Intangible assets are stated at amortized cost and consist of the following: | | | December 31, 2025 | | | | | | Gross Carrying Amount | | | Accumulated Amortization | | | Net Carrying Amount | | | | Smart Cloud Platform | | $ | 800,000 | | | | (47,135 | ) | | | 752,865 | | | | | | | 800,000 | | | | (47,135 | ) | | | 752,865 | | | Intangible asset, net are stated at cost, net of accumulated amortization. Purchased intangible assets are initially recognized and measured at cost upon acquisition. Separately identifiable intangible assets that have determinable lives continue to be amortized over their estimated useful lives using the straight-line method. The useful life of the Smart Cloud Platform is ten years, equal to the operation and maintenance service life for the third parties. Future amortization expense for capitalized software is estimated as follows: | | | Amount | | | | 2026 | | $ | 80,000 | | | | 2027 | | | 80,000 | | | | 2028 | | | 80,000 | | | | 2029 | | | 80,000 | | | | 2030 | | | 80,000 | | | | Thereafter | | | 352,865 | | | | Total | | | 752,865 | | | F-17 **6. ACCRUED LIABILITIES AND OTHER PAYABLES** Accrued liabilities and other payables consisted of the following as of December 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024: | | | 2025 | | | 2024 | | | | Education and union fund and social insurance payable | | $ | 237,082 | | | $ | 227,137 | | | | Accrued payroll and welfare | | | 250,212 | | | | 230,029 | | | | Accrued litigation | | | 2,497,136 | | | | 2,392,383 | | | | Professional fee | | | 254,035 | | | | 253,307 | | | | Other | | | 52,819 | | | | 63,630 | | | | Total | | $ | 3,291,284 | | | $ | 3,166,486 | | | Accrued litigation wasmainly for court enforcement fee, fee to lawyer, penalty and other fees (see Note 15). **7. TAXES PAYABLE** Taxes payable consisted of the following as of December 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024: | | | 2025 | | | 2024 | | | | Income tax | | $ | 7,607,201 | | | $ | 7,607,201 | | | | Other | | | 40,049 | | | | 20,021 | | | | Total | | | 7,647,250 | | | | 7,627,222 | | | | Current | | | 4,296,625 | | | | 4,276,597 | | | | Noncurrent | | $ | 3,350,625 | | | $ | 3,350,625 | | | As of December 31, 2025, income tax payable included $7.61million from recording the estimated one-time transition tax on post-1986 foreign unremitted earnings under the Tax Cut and Jobs Act signed on December 22, 2017 ($4.31million included in current tax payable and $3.35million noncurrent).An election was available for the U.S. shareholders of a foreign company to pay the tax liability in installments over a period of eight years (until April, 2026) with 8% of net tax liability in each of the first five years, 15% in the sixth year, 20% in the seventh year, and 25% in the eighth year.The Company made such an election, but did not pay the tax and expected to apply for extra extension due to the losses in the following consecutive years. **8. DEFERRED TAX, NET** Deferred tax assets resulted from asset impairment loss which was temporarily non-tax deductible for tax purposes but expensed in accordance with US GAAP; interest income in sales-type leases which was recognized as income for tax purposes but not for book purpose as it did not meet revenue recognition in accordance with US GAAP; accrued employee social insurance that can be deducted for tax purposes in the future, and the difference between tax and accounting basis of cost of fixed assets which was capitalized for tax purposes and expensed as part of cost of systems in accordance with US GAAP. Deferred tax liability arose from the difference between tax and accounting basis of net investment in sales-type leases. As of December 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, deferred tax assets consisted of the following: | | | 2025 | | | 2024 | | | | Accrued expenses | | $ | 40,952 | | | $ | 621,948 | | | | Write-off Erdos TCH net investment in sales-type leases * | | | - | | | | 4,106,926 | | | | Impairment loss of Xian TCHs investment into the HYREF fund | | | - | | | | 2,675,743 | | | | Impairment loss of Advance to Supplier | | | 42,000 | | | | - | | | | US NOL | | | 619,442 | | | | 1,270,461 | | | | PRC NOL | | | 278 | | | | 1,031,456 | | | | Total deferred tax assets | | | 702,672 | | | | 9,706,534 | | | | Less: valuation allowance for deferred tax assets | | | (702,672 | ) | | | (9,706,534 | ) | | | Deferred tax assets, net | | $ | - | | | $ | - | | | | * | This represents the tax basis of Erdos TCH investment in sales type leases, which was written off under US GAAP upon modification of lease terms, which made the lease payments contingent upon generation of electricity. | | F-18 **9. ENTRUSTED LOAN PAYABLE** *Entrusted Loan Payable (HYREF Loan)* The HYREF Fund was established in July 2013 with a total fund of RMB460million ($77million) invested in Xian Zhonghong for Zhonghongs three new CDQ WHPG projects.The HYREF Fund invested RMB3million ($0.5million) as an equity investment and RMB457million ($74.5million) as a debt investment in Xian Zhonghong; in return for such investments, the HYREF Fund was to receive interest from Zhonghong for the HYREF Funds debt investment. The loan was collateralized by the accounts receivable and the fixed assets of Shenqiu Phase I and II power generation systems; the accounts receivable and fixed assets of Zhonghongs three CDQ WHPG systems; and aRMB27million ($4.39million) capital contribution made by Xian TCH in Zhonghong. Repayment of the loan (principal and interest) was also jointly and severally guaranteed by Xian TCH and the Chairman and CEO of the Company. In the fourth quarter of 2015, three power stations of Erdos TCH were pledged to Industrial Bank as an additional guarantee for the loan to Zhonghongs three CDQ WHPG systems. In 2016, two additional power stations of Erdos TCH and Pucheng Phase I and II systems were pledged to Industrial Bank as an additional guarantee along with Xian TCHs equity in Zhonghong. The term of this loan was for 60 months from July 31, 2013 to July 30, 2018, with interest of12.5%.The Company paid RMB50 million ($7.54 million) of the RMB280 million ($42.22 million), and on August 5, 2016, the Company entered into a supplemental agreement with the lender to extend the due date of the remaining RMB230 million ($34.68 million) of the original RMB280 million ($45.54 million) to August 6, 2017. During the year ended December 31, 2017, the Company negotiated with the lender again to further extend the remaining loan balance of RMB230 million ($34.68 million), RMB100 million ($16.27 million), and RMB77 million ($12.08 million). The lender had tentatively agreed to extend the remaining loan balance until August 2019 with interest of 9%, subject to the final approval from its headquarters. The headquarters did not approve the extension proposal with interest of 9%; however, on December 29, 2018, the Company and the lender agreed to an alternative repayment proposal as described below. *Repayment of HYREF loan* 1.Transfer of Chengli project as partial repayment On December 29, 2018, Xian Zhonghong, Xian TCH, HYREF, Guohua Ku, and Chonggong Bai entered into a CDQ WHPG Station Fixed Assets Transfer Agreement, pursuant to which Xian Zhonghong transferred Chengli CDQ WHPG station as the repayment for the loan of RMB188,639,400($27.54million) to HYREF, the transfer of which was completed on January 22, 2019. Xian TCH is a secondary limited partner of HYREF. The FV of the CDQ WHPG station applied in the transfer was determined by the parties based upon the appraisal report issued by Zhonglian Assets Appraisal Group (Shaanxi) Co., Ltd. as of August 15, 2018. However, per the discussion below, Xian Zhonghong, Xian TCH, Guohua Ku and Chonggong Bai (the Buyers) entered into a Buy Back Agreement, also agreed to buy back the Station when conditions under the Buy Back Agreement are met. Due to the Buy Back agreement, the loan was not deemed repaid, and therefore the Company recognized Chengli project as assets subject to buyback and kept the loan payable remained recognized under ASC 405-20-40-1 as of December 31, 2020. The Buy Back agreement was terminated in April 2021 (see 2 below for detail). 2.Buy Back Agreement On December 29, 2018, Xian TCH, Xian Zhonghong, HYREF, Guohua Ku, Chonggong Bai and Xian Hanneng Enterprises Management Consulting Co. Ltd. (Xian Hanneng) entered into a Buy Back Agreement. Pursuant to the Buy Back Agreement, the Buyers jointly and severally agreed to buy back all outstanding capital equity of Xian Hanneng which was transferred to HYREF by Chonggong Bai (see 3 below), and a CDQ WHPG station in Boxing County which was transferred to HYREF by Xian Zhonghong. The buy-back price for the Xian Hannengs equity was based on the higher of (i) the market price of the equity shares at the time of buy-back; or (ii) the original transfer price of the equity shares plus bank interest. The buy-back price for the Station was based on the higher of (i) the FV of the Station on the date transferred; or (ii) the loan balance at the date of the transfer plus interest accrued through that date. HYREF could request that the Buyers buy back the equity shares of Xian Hanneng and/or the CDQ WHPG station if one of the following conditions is met: (i) HYREF holds the equity shares of Xian Hanneng until December 31, 2021; (ii) Xian Huaxin New Energy Co., Ltd., is delisted from The National Equities Exchange And Quotations Co., Ltd., a Chinese over-the-counter trading system (the NEEQ); (iii) Xian Huaxin New Energy, or any of the Buyers or its affiliates has a credit problem, including not being able to issue an auditor report or standard auditor report or any control person or executive of the Buyers is involved in crimes and is under prosecution or has other material credit problems, to HYREFs reasonable belief; (iv) if Xian Zhonghong fails to timely make repayment on principal or interest of the loan agreement, its supplemental agreement or extension agreement; (v) the Buyers or any party to the Debt Repayment Agreement materially breaches the Debt Repayment Agreement or its related transaction documents, including but not limited to the Share Transfer Agreement, the Pledged Assets Transfer Agreement, the Entrusted Loan Agreement and their guarantee agreements and supplemental agreements.Due to halted trading of Huaxin stock by NEEQ for not filing its 2018 annual report, on December 19, 2019, Xian TCH, Xian Zhonghong, Guohua Ku and Chonggong Bai jointly and severally agreed to buy back all outstanding capital equity of Xian Hanneng which was transferred to HYREF by Chonggong Bai earlier. The total buy back price was RMB261,727,506($37.52million) including accrued interest of RMB14,661,506($2.10million), and was paid in full by Xian TCH on December 20, 2019. F-19 On April 9, 2021, Xian TCH, Xian Zhonghong, Guohua Ku, Chonggong Bai and HYREF entered a Termination of Fulfillment Agreement (termination agreement). Under the termination agreement, the original buyback agreement entered on December 19, 2019 was terminated upon signingof the termination agreement. HYREF will not execute the buy-back option and will not ask for any additional payment from the buyers other than keeping the CDQ WHPG station from Chengli project. The Company recorded a gain of approximately $3.1million from transferring the CDP WHPG station to HYREF as partial repayment of the entrusted loan and accrued interest of RMB188,639,400($27.54million) to HYREF resulting from the termination of the buy-back agreement. 3. Transfer of Xuzhou Huayu Project and Shenqiu Phase I& II project to Mr. Bai for partial repayment of HYREF loan On January 4, 2019, Xian Zhonghong, Xian TCH, and Mr. Chonggong Bai entered into a Projects Transfer Agreement, pursuant to which Xian Zhonghong transferred a CDQ WHPG station (under construction) located in Xuzhou City for Xuzhou Huayu Coking Co., Ltd. (Xuzhou Huayu Project) to Mr. Bai for RMB120,000,000($17.52million) and Xian TCH transferred two Biomass Power Generation Projects in Shenqiu (Shenqiu Phase I and II Projects) to Mr. Bai for RMB127,066,000($18.55million). Mr. Bai agreed to transfer all the equity shares of his wholly owned company, Xian Hanneng, to HYREF as repayment for the RMB247,066,000($36.07million) loan made by Xian Zhonghong to HYREF as consideration for the transfer of the Xuzhou Huayu Project and Shenqiu Phase I and II Projects. On February 15, 2019, Xian Zhonghong completed the transfer of the Xuzhou Huayu Project and Xian TCH completed the transfer of Shenqiu Phase I and II Projects to Mr. Bai, and on January 10, 2019, Mr. Bai transferred all the equity shares of his wholly owned company, Xian Hanneng, to HYREF as repayment of Xian Zhonghongs loan to HYREF as consideration for the transfer of the Xuzhou Huayu Project and Shenqiu Phase I and II Projects. Xian Hanneng is a holding company and was supposed to own47,150,000shares of Xian Huaxin New Energy Co., Ltd. (Huaxin), so that HYREF will indirectly receive and own such shares of Xian Huaxin as the repayment for the loan of Zhonghong. Xian Hanneng already owned29,948,000shares of Huaxin; however, Xian Hanneng was not able to obtain the remaining17,202,000shares due to halted trading of Huaxin stock by NEEQ for not filing its 2018 annual report. On December 19, 2019, Xian TCH, Xian Zhonghong, Guohua Ku and Chonggong Bai jointly and severally agreed to buy back all outstanding capital equity of Xian Hanneng which was transferred to HYREF by Chonggong Bai earlier. The total buy back price was RMB261,727,506($37.52million) including accrued interest of RMB14,661,506($2.10million), and was paid in full by Xian TCH on December 20, 2019.On December 20, 2019,Mr. Bai, Xian TCH and Xian Zhonghong agreed to have Mr. Bai repay the Company in cash for the transfer price of Xuzhou Huayu and Shenqiu in five installment payments. The 1stpayment of RMB50million ($7.17million) was due January 5, 2020, the 2ndpayment of RMB50million ($7.17million) was due February 5, 2020, the 3rdpayment of RMB50million ($7.17million) was due April 5, 2020, the 4thpayment of RMB50million ($7.17million) was due on June 30, 2020, and the final payment of RMB47,066,000($6.75million) was due September 30, 2020. As of December 31, 2020, the Company received the full payment of RMB247million ($36.28million) from Mr. Bai. 4. The lender agreed to extend the repayment of RMB77.00million ($11.06million) to July 8, 2023. However, per courts judgement on June 28, 2021, the Company should repay principal $11.06million and accrued interest of RMB2,418,229($0.35million) within 10 days from the judgment date to Beijiang Hongyuan Recycling Energy Investment Center (Limited Partnership). In the end of 2022, Beijing No.4 Intermediate Peoples Court of Beijing entered into the judgment enforcement procedure, which, in addition to the loan principal with interest amount, Xian Zhonghong Technology Co., Ltd. was to pay judgment enforcement fee, late fee and other fees of RMB80,288,184($11.53million) in total, the Company recorded these additional fees in 2022. The Company has not paid it yet as of this report date. Xian TCH had investment RMB75.00million ($11.63million) into the HYREF fund as a secondary limited partner, and the Company recorded an impairment loss of $11.63million for such investment during the year ended December 31, 2021 due to uncertainty of the collection of the investment. This was impaired as Hongyuan does not have the ability to pay back (see Note 15 Litigation). As of December 31 2025, Xian TCH has repaid the principal of RMB77 million in November 2024, with interest still outstanding. **** F-20 **10. NOTE PAYABLE, NET** *Promissory Notes in December 2020* On December 4, 2020, the Company entered into a Note Purchase Agreement with an institutional investor, pursuant to which the Company issued the Purchaser a Promissory Note of $3,150,000. The Purchaser purchased the Note with an original issue discount (OID) of $150,000, which was recognized as debt discount is amortized using the interest method over the life of the note. The Note bears interest at8% and has a term of24months. All outstanding principal and accrued interest on the Note was due and payable December 3, 2022. The Companys obligations under the Note may be prepaid at any time, provided that in such circumstance the Company would pay125% of any amounts outstanding under the Note and being prepaid.Beginning on the date that is six months from the issue date of the Note, Purchaser shall have the right to redeem any amount of this Note up to $500,000per calendar month by providing written notice to the Company.Upon receipt of the redemption notice from the lender, the Company shall pay the applicable redemption amount in cash to lender within three trading days of receipt of such redemption notice; if the Company fails to pay, then the outstanding balance will automatically be increased by25%. During the year ended December 31, 2021, the Company entered into several Exchange Agreements with the lender, pursuant to the Agreements, the Company and Lender partitioned new Promissory Notes of $3,850,000from the original Promissory Note, including adjustment of $818,914to increase the principal of the notes during the second quarter of 2021 as a result of the Companys failure to pay the redemption amount in cash to lender within three trading days from receipt of the redemption notice, the Company recorded $818,914principal adjustment as interest expense.The Company and Lender exchanged these Partitioned Notes for the delivery of576,108shares of the Companys common stock.The Company recorded aloss on conversion of these notes in 2021.On January 10, 2022, the Company and Lender exchanged a Partitioned Notes of $346,986for the delivery of58,258shares of the Companys common stock.The Company recorded a $26,193loss on conversion of this note in 2022, as a result, this Promissory Notes was paid in full on January 10, 2022.During the year ended December 31, 2022, the Company amortized OID of $69,355and recorded $835interest expense on this Note. *Promissory Notes in April 2021* ** On April 2, 2021, the Company entered into a Note Purchase Agreement with an institutional investor, pursuant to which the Company issued to the Purchaser a Promissory Note of $5,250,000. The Purchaser purchased the Note with an OID of $250,000, which was recognized as a debt discount is amortized using the interest method over the life of the note. The Note bears interest at8% and has a term of24months. All outstanding principal and accrued interest on the Note was due and payable on April 1, 2023. However, as of this report date, the Company did not repay the loan, and no any further action from the lender. The Companys obligations under the Note may be prepaid at any time, provided that in such circumstance the Company would pay125% of any amounts outstanding under the Note and being prepaid. Beginning on the date that is six months from the issue date of the Note, Purchaser shall have the right to redeem any amount of this Note up to$825,000per calendar month by providing written notice to the Company. Upon receipt of the redemption notice from the lender, the Company shall pay the applicable redemption amount in cash to lender within three trading days of receipt of such redemption notice; if the Company fails to pay, then the outstanding balance will automatically be increased by25%. On October 28, 2021, the lender made an adjustment of $1,370,897to increase the outstanding principal of the notes as a result of the Companys failure to pay the redemption amount in cash to lender on time, the Company recorded $1,370,897principal adjustment as interest expense in 2021.The lender made an adjustment of $229,015to increase the outstanding principal of the notes based on a forbearance agreement entered on September 14, 2022 resulting from the Companys default event of being delinquent on SEC filings, the Company recorded the $229,015principal adjustment as interest expense. During the year ended December 31, 2022, the Company amortized OID of $125,000and recorded $456,655interest expense on this Note; and the Company and Lender exchanged these Partitioned Notes of $1,650,000 in totalfor the delivery of289,330shares of the Companys common stock.The Company recorded $108,910loss on conversion of these notes in 2022.During the year ended December 31, 2023, the Company amortized OID of $31,250and recorded $435,021interest expense on this Note; and the Company and Lender exchanged these Partitioned Notes of $1,200,000 in totalfor the delivery of571,448shares of the Companys common stock which was issued in 2023, and 165,081 shares was issued in January 2024.As of December 31, 2023, the outstanding principal balance of this note was $5,222,743with accrued interest of $2,290. As of December 31, 2024, the outstanding principal balance of this note was $4,705,696with accrued interest of $69,103. As of December 31, 2025, the outstanding principal balance of this note was $2,464,151with accrued interest of $23,224. The Note was classified as a current liability in accordance with ASC 470-10-45 Other Presentation Matters General Due on Demand Loan Arrangements. From January 5, 2026 to March 19, 2026, the Company entered into several Exchange Agreements with the lender. Pursuant to the Agreement, the Company and Lender partitioned a new Promissory Notes of $2,524,698from the original Promissory Note entered on April 2, 2021. The Company and Lender exchanged this Partitioned Note for the delivery of2,007,250shares of the Companys Common Stock, and fully completed the Promissory Note entered on April 2, 2021. F-21 **11. STOCKHOLDERS EQUITY** *Warrants* Following is a summary of the activities of warrants that were issued from equity financing for the year ended December 31, 2025: | | | Number of Warrants | | | Average Exercise Price | | | Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Term in Years | | | | Outstanding at January 1, 2025 | | | 1,652 | | | | 100 | | | | - | | | | Exercisable at January 1, 2025 | | | 1,652 | | | | 100 | | | | - | | | | Granted | | | 234 | | | | 100 | | | | - | | | | Exchanged | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | Forfeited | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | Expired | | | (1,652) | | | | 100 | | | | - | | | | Outstanding at December 31, 2025 | | | 234 | | | | 100 | | | | - | | | | Exercisable at December 31, 2025 | | | 234 | | | | 100 | | | | - | | | **12. STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION PLAN** *Options to Employees and Directors* On June 19, 2015, the stockholders of the Company approved the China Recycling Energy Corporation Omnibus Equity Plan (the Plan) at its annual meeting. The total shares of Common Stock authorized for issuance during the term of the Plan is12,463. The Plan was effective immediately upon its adoption by the Board of Directors on April 24, 2015, subject to stockholder approval, and will terminate on the earliest to occur of (i) the 10th anniversary of the Plans effective date, or (ii) the date on which all shares available for issuance under the Plan shall have been issued as fully-vested shares. The stockholders approved the Plan at their annual meeting on June 19, 2015. The following table summarizes option activity with respect to employees and independent directors for the year ended December 31, 2025: | | | Number of Shares | | | Average Exercise Price per Share | | | Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Term in Years | | | | Outstanding at January 1, 2025 | | | 50 | | | $ | 155 | | | | 2.32 | | | | Exercisable at January 1, 2025 | | | 50 | | | $ | 155 | | | | 2.32 | | | | Granted | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | Exercised | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | Forfeited | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | Outstanding at December 31, 2025 | | | 50 | | | $ | 155 | | | | 1.32 | | | | Exercisable at December 31, 2025 | | | 50 | | | $ | 155 | | | | 1.32 | | | *Restricted Stock* In April 2025, the Compensation Committee of the Company, which administers the Plan, granted two employees 12,413 shares of Common Stock (Restricted Stock) under the Plan, which grants vested immediately, subject to the Grantee remaining in continuous Service with the Corporation, in good standing, until such date. In October 2025, the Company granted 290,000 restricted stocks to three new employees in the engineering department. These awards shall vest on six month anniversary of the date of grant, provided that the grantee has continuously provided services to the corporation through such vesting date. The Company recognized US$918,948 share-based compensations for the year of 2025. F-22 **13. INCOME TAX** The Companys Chinese subsidiaries are governed by the Income Tax Law of the PRC concerning privately-run enterprises, which are generally subject to tax at25% on income reported in the statutory financial statements after appropriate tax adjustments. Under Chinese tax law, the tax treatment of finance and sales-type leases is similar to US GAAP. However, the local tax bureau continues to treat the Companys sales-type leases as operating leases. Accordingly, the Company recorded deferred income taxes. The Companys subsidiaries generate all of their income from their PRC operations. All of the Companys Chinese subsidiaries effective income tax rate for 2024 and 2023 was25%. Yinghua, Shanghai TCH, Xian TCH, Huahong, Zhonghong and Erdos TCH file separate income tax returns. There is no income tax for companies domiciled in the Cayman Islands. Accordingly, the Companys CFS do not present any income tax provisions related to Cayman Islands tax jurisdiction, where Sifang Holding is domiciled. The US parentcompany, SPC is taxed in the US and, as of December 31, 2025, had net operating loss (NOL) carry forwards for income taxes of $5.17million; for federal income tax purposes, the NOL arising in tax years beginning after 2017 may only reduce80% of a taxpayers taxable income, and may be carried forward indefinitely. However, the coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act (the CARES Act) issued in March 2020, provides tax relief to both corporate and noncorporate taxpayers by adding a five-year carryback period and temporarily repealing the80% limitation for NOLs arising in 2018, 2019 and 2020. Management believes the realization of benefits from these losses uncertain due to the US parent companys continuing operating losses. Accordingly, a100% deferred tax asset valuation allowance was provided. As of December 31, 2025, the Companys PRC subsidiaries had $608.79 thousand NOL that can be carried forward to offset future taxable income forfive yearsfrom the year the loss is incurred. The NOL was mostly from Erdos TCH and Zhonghong. Management considers the scheduled reversal of deferred tax liabilities, projected future taxable income and tax planning strategies in making this assessment. After consideration of all the information available, management believes that significant uncertainty exists with respect to future realization of the deferred tax assets due to the recurring losses from operations of these entities, accordingly, the Company recorded a100% deferred tax valuation allowance for the PRC NOL. The following table reconciles the U.S. statutory rates to the Companys effective tax rate for the years ended December 31, 2025 and 2024: | | | 2025 | | | 2024 | | | | U.S. statutory rates benefit | | | (21 | )% | | | (21.0 | )% | | | Tax rate difference current provision | | | 0.4 | % | | | 3.1 | % | | | Permanent differences | | | (3.1 | )% | | | 2.7 | % | | | Change in valuation allowance | | | 26.10 | % | | | 15.2 | % | | | Tax expense per financial statements | | | 2.4 | % | | | 0 | % | | The provision for income tax expense (benefit)for the years ended December 31, 2025 and 2024 consisted of the following: | | | 2025 | | | 2024 | | | | Income tax expense current | | $ | 40,536 | | | $ | 13,997 | | | | Total income tax expense | | $ | 40,536 | | | $ | 13,997 | | | F-23 **14. STATUTORY RESERVES** Pursuant to the corporate law of the PRC effective January 1, 2006, the Company is only required to maintain one statutory reserve by appropriating from its after-tax profit before declaration or payment of dividends. The statutory reserve represents restricted retained earnings. *Surplus Reserve Fund* The Companys Chinese subsidiaries are required to transfer10% of their net income, as determined under PRC accounting rules and regulations, to a statutory surplus reserve fund until such reserve balance reaches50% of the Companys registered capital. The surplus reserve fund is non-distributable other than during liquidation and can be used to fund previous years losses, if any, and may be utilized for business expansion or converted into share capital by issuing new shares to existing shareholders in proportion to their shareholding or by increasing the par value of the shares currently held by them, provided that the remaining reserve balance after such issue is not less than25% of the registered capital. The maximum statutory reserve amount has not been reached for any subsidiary. The table below discloses the statutory reserve amount in the currency type registered for each Chinese subsidiary as of December 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024: | NameofChineseSubsidiaries | | Registered Capital | | | Maximum Statutory Reserve Amount | | | Statutory reserve at December31, 2025 | | Statutory reserve at December31, 2024 | | | Shanghai TCH | | $ | 29,800,000 | | | $ | 14,900,000 | | | 6,564,303($1,003,859) | | 6,564,303($1,003,859) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Xian TCH | | | 202,000,000 | | | | 101,000,000 | | | 73,947,603($11,272,917) | | 73,947,603($11,272,917) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Erdos TCH | | | 120,000,000 | | | | 60,000,000 | | | 19,035,814($2,914,869) | | 19,035,814($2,914,869) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Xian Zhonghong | | | 30,000,000 | | | | 15,000,000 | | | Did not accrue yet due to accumulated deficit | | Did not accrue yet due to accumulated deficit | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Shaanxi Huahong | | $ | 2,500,300 | | | $ | 1,250,150 | | | Did not accrue yet due to accumulated deficit | | Did not accrue yet due to accumulated deficit | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Zhongxun | | | 35,000,000 | | | | 17,500,000 | | | Did not accrue yet due to accumulated deficit | | Did not accrue yet due to accumulated deficit | | *Common Welfare Fund* The common welfare fund is a voluntary fund to which the Company can transfer5% to10% of its net income. This fund can only be utilized for capital items for the collective benefit of the Companys employees, such as construction of dormitories, cafeteria facilities, and other staff welfare facilities. This fund is non-distributable other than upon liquidation. The Company does not participate in this fund. F-24 **15. CONTINGENCIES** China maintains a closed capital account, meaning companies, banks, and individuals cannot move money in or out of the country except in accordance with strict rules. The Peoples Bank of China (PBOC) and State Administration of Foreign Exchange (SAFE) regulate the flow of foreign exchange in and out of the country. For inward or outward foreign currency transactions, the Company needs to make a timely declaration to the bank with sufficient supporting documents to declare the nature of the business transaction. The Companys sales, purchases and expense transactions are denominated in RMB and all of the Companys assets and liabilities are also denominated in RMB. The RMB is not freely convertible into foreign currencies under the current law. Remittances in currencies other than RMB may require certain supporting documentation in order to make the remittance. The Companys operations in the PRC are subject to specific considerations and significant risks not typically associated with companies in North America and Western Europe. These include risks associated with, among others, the political, economic and legal environments and foreign currency exchange. The Companys results may be adversely affected by changes in governmental policies with respect to laws and regulations, anti-inflationary measures, currency conversion and remittance abroad, and rates and methods of taxation, among other things. *Litigation* 1) In November 2019, Beijing Hongyuan Recycling Energy Investment Center (BIPC), or Hongyuan, filed a lawsuit with the Beijing Intermediate Peoples Court against Xian TCH to compel Xian TCH to repurchase certain stock pursuant to a stock repurchase option agreement. On April 9, 2021, the court rendered a judgment in favor of Hongyuan. Xian TCH filed a motion for retrial to High Peoples Court of Beijing on April 13, 2022, because Xian TCH paid RMB261million ($37.58million) principal and interest to Hongyuan as an out-of-court settlement. On April 11, 2022, Xian Zhonghong New Energy Technology Co. Ltd., filed an application for retrial and provided relevant evidence to the Beijing High Peoples Court on the Civil Judgment No. 264, awaiting trial. On August 10, 2022, Beijing No. 1 Intermediate Peoples Court of Beijing issued a Certificate of Active Performance, proving that Xian Zhonghong New Energy Technology Co., Ltd. had fulfilled its buyback obligations as disclosed in Note 9 that,on April 9, 2021, Xian TCH, Xian Zhonghong, Guohua Ku, Chonggong Bai and HYREF entered a Termination of Fulfillment Agreement (termination agreement). Under the termination agreement, the original buyback agreement entered on December 19, 2019 was terminated upon signing of the termination agreement. HYREF will not execute the buy-back option and will not ask for any additional payment from the buyers other than keeping the CDQ WHPG station. As of this report date, Xian Zhonghong is waiting for Courts decision on retrial petition that was submitted in April 2022. During this waiting period, BIPC entered the execution procedure, and there is a balance of RMB14,204,317($2.20million) between the amount executed by the court and the liability recognized by Xi an TCH, which was mainly the enforcement fee, legal and penalty fee for the original judgement, and was automatically generated by the toll collection system of the Peoples court. The Company accrued $2.10million litigation expense as of December 31, 2024. 2) On June 28, 2021, Beijing No.4 Intermediate Peoples Court of Beijing entered into a judgement that Xian Zhonghong Technology Co., Ltd. should pay the loan principal of RMB77million ($11.06million) with loan interest of RMB2,418,449($0.35million) to Beijiang Hongyuan Recycling Energy Investment Center (Limited Partnership). In the end of 2022, Beijing No.4 Intermediate Peoples Court of Beijing entered into the judgment enforcement procedure, which, in addition to the loan principal with interest amount, Xian Zhonghong Technology Co., Ltd. was to pay judgment enforcement fee, late fee and other fees of RMB80,288,184($11.53million) in total, the Company recorded these additional fees in 2022. There was no update for this case as of this report date. In November 2024, 77 million yuan has been paid, but the interest has not been paid, and whether it will be paid has not yet been determined. F-25 **16. LEASE** On January 1, 2024, Xian TCH entered into a lease for its office from January 1, 2024 through December 31, 2026.The monthly rent was RMB36,536($5,083) with half-year payment in advance. This lease expired inDecember 31, 2026. The Companys operating ROU assets and lease liabilities were as follows: | | | December31, 2025 | | | December31, 2024 | | | | Right-of-use asset, net | | $ | 61,092 | | | $ | 115,068 | | | | Current lease liability | | $ | 61,092 | | | $ | 58,529 | | | | Non-current lease liability | | | - | | | | 56,539 | | | | Total lease liability | | | 61,092 | | | | 115,068 | | | The components of lease costs, lease term and discount rate with respect of the office lease with an initial term of more than 12 months are as follows: | | | Year Ended December31, 2025 | | | Year Ended December31, 2024 | | | | Operating lease cost amortization of ROU | | $ | 62,696 | | | $ | 60,066 | | | | Operating lease cost interest expense on lease liability | | $ | 1604 | | | $ | 5,063 | | | | Weighted Average Remaining Lease Term - Operating leases | | | 2 | | | | 2 | | | | Weighted Average Discount Rate - Operating leases | | | 3.48 | % | | | 3.48 | % | | The following is a schedule, by years, of maturities of the office lease liabilities as of December 31, 2025: | For the year ended December 31, 2026 | | $ | 62,696 | | | | Total undiscounted cash flows | | | 62,696 | | | | Less: imputed interest | | | (1,604 | ) | | | Present value of lease liabilities | | | 61,092 | | | **17. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS** **** Except as set forth below, there were no events that occurred subsequent to December 31, 2025 that require adjustment to or disclosure in the consolidated financial statements. On December 30, 2025, the Company filed a Registration Statement under Securities Act of 1933 with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Form S-1 (File No. 333-292500) for the offering in the aggregate of common stock, par value $0.001 per share. The registration statement was declared effective on February 13, 2026. From January 5, 2026 to March 19, 2026, the Company entered into several Exchange Agreements with the lender. Pursuant to the Agreement, the Company and Lender partitioned a new Promissory Notes of $2,524,698from the original Promissory Note entered on April 2, 2021. The Company and Lender exchanged this Partitioned Note for the delivery of2,007,250shares of the Companys Common Stock, and fully completed the Promissory Note entered on April 2, 2021. F-26 **SIGNATURES** Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized. | | Smart Powerr Corp. | | | | | | | | Date: March 31, 2026 | By: | /s/ Guohua Ku | | | | | Guohua Ku | | | | | Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer) | | | | | | | | Date: March 31, 2026 | By: | /s/ Yongjiang Shi | | | | | Yongjiang Shi | | | | | Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) | | Pursuant to the requirements of the Exchange Act, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the date indicated. | Signature | | Title | | Date | | | | | | | | | | /s/ Guohua Ku | | Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer | | March 31, 2026 | | | Guohua Ku | | | | | | | | | | | | | | /s/ Xiaoping Guo | | Director | | March 31, 2026 | | | Xiaoping Guo | | | | | | | | | | | | | | /s/ Yan Zhan | | Director | | March 31, 2026 | | | Yan Zhan | | | | | | | | | | | | | | /s/ LuLu Sun | | Director | | March 31, 2026 | | | LuLu Sun | | | | | | | | | | | | | | /s/ Zhongli Liu | | Director | | March 31, 2026 | | | Zhongli Liu | | | | | | | | | | | | | | /s/ Yongjiang Shi | | Chief Financial Officer and Vice President | | March 31, 2026 | | | Yongjiang Shi | | | | | | 73