UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

Form 10-K

[X] Annual Report pursuant to SectionANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 orOR 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act ofOF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the fiscal year ended March 31 2020, 2023

[  ] Transition Report pursuant to SectionTRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 orOR 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act ofOF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from __________ to __________

Commission file number: 333-206097

ADDENTAX GROUP CORP.

(Exact name of small businessregistrant issuer as specified in its charter)

Nevada399035-2521028

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

(Primary Standard Industrial

Classification Number)

(IRS Employer

Identification Number)

Kingkey 100, Block A, Room 4805

Luohu District, Shenzhen City, China 518000

(Address of principal executive offices and Zip Code)

+(86) 755 8233 0336

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

addentax@gmail.com

(Registrant’s email)

Title of each classTrading Symbol(s)Name of each exchange on which registeredKingkey 100, Block A, Room 4805, Luohu District, Shenzhen City, China518000
Common StockATXGOTC MarketAddress of principal executive offices, including zip code

+ (86)755 8233 0336
Registrant’s phone number, including area code

Securities registered underpursuant to Section 12(b) of the Securities Exchange ActAct: None

None

Securities registered underpursuant to Section 12(g) of the Securities Exchange ActAct: None

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act.

Yes [  ] No [X]

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act.

Yes [  ] No [X]

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15 (d)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 [X] No [  ]YES ☐ NO

Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filerswhether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to ItemRule 405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of registrant’s knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part IIIS-T (§ 232.405 of this Form 10-K or any amendmentchapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to this Form 10-K. [X] No [  ]submit such files).

YES ☐ NO

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company, or emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company, “andcompany” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

Large accelerated filer [  ]Accelerated filer [  ]
Non-accelerated filer [  ](Do not check if a smaller reporting company)Smaller reporting company [X]
Emerging growth company [X]

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 management’s 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.

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).

Yes [  ] No [X]

TheState the aggregate market value of the 25,346,004 shares ofvoting and non-voting common equity stock held by non-affiliates computed by reference to the price at which the common equity was last sold, or the average bid and asked price of the Registrant was approximately $177,422,028 onsuch common equity, as of the last business day of the Registrant’sregistrant’s most recently completed second fiscal quarter,quarter.

The aggregate market value of voting and non-voting common equity held by non-affiliates of the registrant as of June 28, 2023 was $26,924,702.4, based on the last reported sale price of the registrant’s common stock on such date of $7$0.72 per share.

TheAPPLICABLE ONLY TO REGISTRANTS INVOLVED IN BANKRUPTCY PROCEEDINGS DURING

THE PRECEDING FIVE YEARS

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed all documents and reports required to be filed by Section 12, 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 subsequent to the distribution of securities under a plan confirmed by a court.

☐ Yes No

APPLICABLE ONLY TO CORPORATE REGISTRANTS

Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the Registrant’sregistrant’s classes of common stock, as of June 29, 2020 was 25,346,004.the latest practicable date.

Class Outstanding at June 28, 2023 Public Float on June 28, 2023
Common Stock, $0.001 par value 37,395,420 12,681,916

DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

No documents are incorporated by reference.

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

PART I
Item 1.Business.38
Item 1A.Risk Factors.817
Item 1B.Unresolved Staff Comments.1941
Item 2Properties.1942
Item 3.Legal Proceedings.1942
Item 4.Mine Safety Disclosures.1942
PART II
Item 5.Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities.2043
Item 6.Selected Financial Data.[Reserved]2144
Item 7.Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.2144
Item 7A.Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk.2954
Item 8.Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.3055
Item 9.Changes In and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure.3156
Item 9A (T).Controls and Procedures.3156
Item 9B.Other Information.3257
Item 9CDisclosure Regarding Foreign Jurisdictions that Prevent inspection.57
PART III
PART III
Item 10Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance.3258
Item 11.Executive Compensation.3563
Item 12.Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters.3665
Item 13.Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence.3766
Item 14.Principal Accounting Fees and Services.3766
PART IV
Item 15.Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules67
Item 16Form 10-K Summary67
Signatures68

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Forward-looking statements

Statements made in this Form 10-K that are not historical or current facts are “forward-looking statements” made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 (the “Act”) and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. These statements often can be identified by the use of terms such as “may,” “will,” “expect,” “believe,” “anticipate,” “estimate,” “approximate” or “continue,” or the negative thereof. We intend that such forward-looking statements be subject to the safe harbors for such statements. We wish to caution readers not to place undue reliance on any such forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date made. Any forward-looking statements represent management’s best judgment as to what may occur in the future. However, forward-looking statements are subject to risks, uncertainties and important factors beyond our control that could cause actual results and events to differ materially from historical results of operations and events and those presently anticipated or projected. We disclaim any obligation subsequently to revise any forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date of such statement or to reflect the occurrence of anticipated or unanticipated events.

Financial information contained in this report and in our financial statements is stated in United States dollars and are prepared in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles.

Our shares of commons stock are shares of Addentax Group Corp., our Nevada holding company, which has no material operations of its own and conducts substantially all of its operations through the operating companies established in the People’s Republic of China, or the PRC, primarily Shenzhen Qianhai Yingxi Industrial Chain Service Co., Ltd. (“YX”), our wholly owned subsidiary and its subsidiaries. We are not a Chinese operating company. We are a holding company and do not directly own any substantive business operations in China. Therefore, our investors will not directly hold any equity interests in our Chinese operating companies. Our holding company structure involves unique risks to investors. Chinese regulatory authorities could disallow our operating structure, which would likely result in a material change in our operations and/or the value of our common stock, including that it could cause the value of such securities to significantly decline or become worthless. For a detailed description of risks related to the holding corporate structure, see “Risk Factors—Risks Relating to Our Holding Company Structure” for detailed discussions.

Additionally, as we conduct substantially all of our operations through the operating companies established in the PRC, we are subject to certain legal and operational risks associated with our business operations in China. PRC laws and regulations governing our current business operations are sometimes vague and uncertain, and we face the risk that changes in the policies of the PRC government could have a significant impact upon the business we may be able to conduct in the PRC and the profitability of such business. Therefore, these risks associated being based in or having substantially all of our operations through the operating companies established in China could cause the value of our securities to significantly decline or be worthless. Furthermore, these risks may result in a material change in our business operations or a complete hindrance of our ability to offer or continue to offer our securities to investors. 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 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 at the date of September 2, 2022, the business of our subsidiaries until our registration are not subject to cybersecurity review with the Cyberspace Administration of China, or CAC, given that: (i) our products and services are offered not directly to individual users but through our institutional customers; (ii) we do not possess a large amount of personal information in our business operations; and (iii) data processed in our business does not have a bearing on national security and thus may not be classified as core or important data by the authorities. Further, we believe our newly established companies and our business plan will not change the above conclusion. In addition, as confirmed by our PRC counsel, we are not subject to merger control review by China’s anti-monopoly enforcement agency due to the level of our revenues which provided from us and audited by our auditor Pan-China Singapore, and the fact that we currently do not expect to propose or implement any acquisition of control of, or decisive influence over, any company with revenues within China of more than RMB400 million. Currently, these statements and regulatory actions have had no impact on our daily business operation, the ability to accept foreign investments and list our securities on an U.S. or other foreign exchange. As of the date of this annual report, no effective laws or regulations in the PRC explicitly require us to seek approval from the China Securities Regulatory Commission (the “CSRC”) or any other PRC governmental authorities for our overseas listing, nor has our company or any of our subsidiaries received any inquiry, notice, warning or sanctions regarding our overseas listing from the CSRC or any other PRC governmental authorities. However, since these statements and regulatory actions are new, 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 our securities on an U.S. or other foreign exchange. See “Risk Factors” beginning on page 16 for a discussion of these legal and operational risks and other information that should be considered before making a decision to purchase our common stock.

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As a holding company, our ability to pay dividends to our shareholders and to service any debt we may incur may depend upon dividends paid by our PRC Subsidiaries. Current PRC regulations permit our PRC Subsidiaries to pay dividends to us through Yingxi Industrial Chain Investment Co., Ltd. (“Yingxi HK”), our intermediate holding subsidiary in Hong Kong, only out of their accumulated profits, if any, determined in accordance with Chinese accounting standards and regulations. In addition, each of our PRC Subsidiaries is required to set aside at least 10% of its after-tax profits each year, if any, to fund a statutory reserve until such reserve reaches 50% of its registered capital. As of the date hereof, we have had no transactions that involved the transfer of cash or assets throughout our corporate structure. The PRC Subsidiaries have not transferred cash or other assets to Addentax, including by way of dividends. Addentax does not currently plan or anticipate transferring cash or other assets from our operations in China to any non-Chinese entity. As of the date hereof, no transfers, dividends, or distributions have been made to our investors.

Trading in our securities may be prohibited under the Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act, or the HFCAA, if the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (the “PCAOB”) determines that it cannot inspect or investigate completely our auditor. Pursuant to the HFCAA, the PCAOB issued a Determination Report on December 16, 2021 which found that the PCAOB is unable to inspect or investigate completely registered public accounting firms headquartered in: (1) mainland China of the People’s Republic of China because of a position taken by one or more authorities in mainland China; and (2) Hong Kong, a Special Administrative Region and dependency of the PRC, because of a position taken by one or more authorities in Hong Kong. In addition, the PCAOB’s report identified the specific registered public accounting firms which are subject to these determinations. The PCAOB is currently unable to conduct inspections in China without the approval of Chinese government authorities. If it is later determined that the PCAOB is unable to inspect or investigate our auditor completely, investors may be deprived of the benefits of such inspection. Any audit reports not issued by auditors that are completely inspected by the PCAOB, or a lack of PCAOB inspections of audit work undertaken in China that prevents the PCAOB from regularly evaluating our auditors’ audits and their quality control procedures, could result in a lack of assurance that our financial statements and disclosures are adequate and accurate. Our auditor, Pan-China Singapore, is an independent registered public accounting firm with the PCAOB, and as an auditor of publicly traded companies in the U.S., is subject to laws in the U.S. pursuant to which the PCAOB conducts regular inspections to assess its compliance with the applicable professional standards. Pan-China Singapore is based in Singapore and there are no limitations in Singapore on PCAOB inspections. Pan-China Singapore, is not headquartered in mainland China or Hong Kong and was not identified as a firm subject to the determinations announced by the PCAOB on December 16, 2021. Should the PCAOB be unable to fully conduct inspection of our auditor’s work papers in China, it will make it difficult to evaluate the effectiveness of our auditor’s audit procedures or equity control procedures. Investors may consequently lose confidence in our reported financial information and procedures or quality of the financial statements, which would adversely affect us and our securities. On August 26, 2022, the PCAOB announced that it had signed the “Protocol” with the CSRC and the MOF, which governs inspections and investigations of audit firms based in mainland 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 released by the SEC, the PCAOB shall have independent discretion to select any issuer audits for inspection or investigation and the unfettered ability to transfer information to the SEC. According to the PCAOB, its December 2021 determinations under the HFCAA remain in effect. On December 15, 2022, the PCAOB secures complete access to inspect, investigate audit firms based in mainland China and Hong Kong. It is possible when the PCAOB may reassess its determinations in the future, and it could determine that it is still unable to inspect or investigate completely registered public accounting firms in mainland China and Hong Kong. The Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act and related regulations currently previously did not affect the Company as the Company’s auditor is subject to PCAOB’s inspections and investigations. Furthermore, on June 22, 2021, the U.S. Senate passed AHFCAA and on December 29, 2022, the Consolidated Appropriations Act was signed into law by President Biden, which contained, among other things, an identical provision to AHFCAA and amended the Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act by requiring the SEC to prohibit an issuer’s securities from trading on any U.S. stock exchanges if its auditor is not subject to PCAOB inspections for two consecutive years instead of three, thus reducing the time before your securities may be prohibited from trading or delisted. The delisting or the cessation of trading of our Ordinary Shares, or the threat of their being delisted or prohibited from being traded, may materially and adversely affect the value of your investment. On December 15, 2022, the PCAOB announced that it has completed a test inspection of two selected auditing firms in mainland China and Hong Kong and has voted to vacate its previous Determination Report, which concluded in December 2021 that the PCAOB could not inspect or investigate completely registered public accounting firms based in mainland China or Hong Kong. On December 23, 2022 the AHFCAA was enacted, which amended the HFCAA by requiring the SEC to prohibit an issuer’s securities from trading on any U.S. stock exchanges if its auditor is not subject to PCAOB inspections for two consecutive years instead of three and such act was signed into law on December 29, 2022. Moreover, if trading in our securities is prohibited under the HFCAA in the future because the PCAOB determines that it cannot inspect or fully investigate our auditor at such future time, an exchange may determine to delist our securities.

Summary of Risk Factors

Investing in our common stock involves a high degree of risk. Below is a summary of material factors that make an investment in our common stock speculative or risky. Importantly, this summary does not address all of the risks that we face. Please refer to the information contained in and incorporated by reference under the heading “Risk Factors” on page 16 of this annual report.

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Risks Associated with Our Company

Our success depends on our customer’s ability to market and sell their products manufactured by us.
Our future expansion plans are subject to uncertainties and risks.
Future price increases in raw materials or changes in the supply of raw materials may materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.
Any labor shortages, increased labor costs or other factors affecting labor supply for our production materials may materially and adversely affect our business operations.

If we are unable to attract additional customers and clients to purchase our services (and future products we may develop or sell) it will have a negative effect on our ability to generate the revenue.

A recent 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 newly enacted “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 investing in us.
There are uncertainties under the PRC Securities Law relating to the procedures and requisite timing for the U.S. securities regulatory agencies to conduct investigations and collect evidence within the territory of the PRC.
We face risks associated with future Chinese regulations.
We may be exposed to concentration risk of heavy reliance on third-party contractors for our logistic business, and any shortage of third-party contractors may significantly impact on our business and results of operation.
If we are unable to control the reliance of third-party contractors efficiently and effectively, our business prospects and results of operations may be materially and adversely affected.
We have a limited operating history for the new business segment of property management and subleasing, which makes it difficult to evaluate our future prospects and may increase the risk that we will not be successful. In addition, our historical growth rates and profitability may not be indicative of our future growth and profitability.
Natural disasters, public health crises or other catastrophic events may significantly limit our ability to conduct business as normal, disrupt our business operation and materially affect our financial condition.
We may not succeed in continuing to maintain, protect and strengthen our reputation, and any negative publicity about us, our business, our management, our business partners, may materially and adversely affect our reputation, business, results of operations and growth.

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General Risks Associated with Business Operations in China

Investors may have difficulty enforcing judgments against us.
Changes in the policies, regulations, rules and the enforcement of laws of the PRC government may be quick with little advance notice and could have a significant impact upon the business we may be able to conduct in the PRC and the profitability of such business.
The PRC government may intervene or influence our business operations at any time or may exert more control over offerings conducted overseas and foreign investment in China based issuers, which could result in a material change in our business operations and/or the value of our securities. 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.
Our independent registered public accounting firm’s audit documentation related to their audit reports included in this prospectus include audit documentation located in the PRC. Our Common Stocks may be delisted or prohibited from being traded over-the-counter under the HFCAA if the PCAOB is unable to inspect our audit documentation located in mainland China and, as such, you may be deprived of the benefits of such inspection which could result in limitations or restrictions to our access to the U.S. capital markets. The delisting or the cessation of trading of our Common Stocks, or the threat of their being delisted or prohibited from being traded, may materially and adversely affect the value of your investment.
To the extent cash in the business is in the PRC or a PRC entity, the funds may not be available to fund operations or for other use outside of the PRC due to interventions in or the imposition of restrictions and limitations on the ability of our Company or our subsidiaries by the PRC government to transfer cash.
Any actions by the Chinese government to exert more oversight and control over offerings that are conducted overseas and/or foreign investment in China-based issuers 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.
Foreign exchange fluctuations may affect our business.
Inflation could pose a risk to our business.
There are uncertainties regarding the interpretation and enforcement of PRC laws, rules and regulations.
PRC regulations regarding acquisitions impose significant regulatory approval and review requirements, which could make it more difficult for us to pursue growth through acquisitions.
While the approval of the China Securities Regulatory Commission is not currently required for our offerings, it may be required in the future in connection with our offerings under the M&A Rules and, if required, we cannot predict whether we will be able to obtain such approval.
Our business may be subject to a variety of PRC laws and other obligations regarding cybersecurity and data protection.

PRC regulations relating to investments in offshore companies by PRC residents may subject our PRC-resident beneficial owners or our PRC Subsidiaries to liability or penalties, limit our ability to inject capital into our PRC Subsidiaries or limit our PRC Subsidiaries’ ability to increase their registered capital or distribute profits.

We may be treated as a resident enterprise for PRC tax purposes under the PRC Enterprise Income Tax Law, and we may therefore be subject to PRC income tax on our global income.

Restrictions on currency exchange may limit our ability to utilize our PRC revenue effectively.

The disclosures in our reports and other filings with the SEC and our other public pronouncements are not subject to the scrutiny of any regulatory bodies in the PRC.

Introduction of new laws or changes to existing laws by the PRC government may adversely affect our business.

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Risks Relating to Our Holding Company Structure

Substantial uncertainties exist with respect to the interpretation and implementation of the newly enacted Foreign Investment Law and how it may impact the viability of our current corporate structure, corporate governance and business operations..
We may rely on dividends and other distributions on equity paid by our PRC Subsidiaries to fund any cash and financing requirements we may have, and any limitation on the ability of our PRC Subsidiaries to make payments to us could have a material and adverse effect on our ability to conduct our business.
PRC regulation of loans to and direct investment in PRC entities by offshore holding companies and governmental control of currency conversion may delay or prevent us from using the proceeds of our offerings to make loans or additional capital contributions to our PRC Subsidiaries, which could materially and adversely affect our liquidity and our ability to fund and expand our business.

Risks Relating to Our Common Stock

We may never be able to pay dividends and are unlikely to do so.

   
PART IVThe market price of our shares is likely to be highly volatile and subject to wide fluctuations in response to various factors.
Item 15.Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules37
Item 16Form 10-K Summary37
Signatures38Shareholders may be diluted significantly through our efforts to obtain financing and satisfy obligations through the issuance of securities..

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PART I

Item 1. Business

Forward-looking statements

Statements made in this Form 10-K that are not historical or current facts are “forward-looking statements” made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 (the “Act”) and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. These statements often can be identified by the use of terms such as “may,” “will,” “expect,” “believe,” “anticipate,” “estimate,” “approximate” or “continue,” or the negative thereof. We intend that such forward-looking statements be subject to the safe harbors for such statements. We wish to caution readers not to place undue reliance on any such forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date made. Any forward-looking statements represent management’s best judgment as to what may occur in the future. However, forward-looking statements are subject to risks, uncertainties and important factors beyond our control that could cause actual results and events to differ materially from historical results of operations and events and those presently anticipated or projected. We disclaim any obligation subsequently to revise any forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date of such statement or to reflect the occurrence of anticipated or unanticipated events.

Financial information contained in this report and in our financial statements is stated in United States dollars and are prepared in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles.

Addentax Group Corp. was incorporated in the State of Nevada on October 28, 2014. We were originally incorporated to produce images on multiple surfaces, such as glass, leather, plastic, ceramic, textile, and others using a 3D sublimation vacuum heat transfer machine. We no longer pursue opportunities related to 3D printing positioning.

On December 28, 2016, we entered into a Sale and Purchase Agreement (“SPA”) with Yingxi Industrial Chain Group Co., Ltd. (“YICG”), which was incorporated under the laws of the Republic of Seychelles and principally engaged in garment manufacture, where we agreed to acquire 100% of the equity interest in YICG and to issue five hundred million (500,000,000) restricted common shares of the Company to YICG. The completion of the SPA took place on September 25, 2017. Following the completion of the SPA, YICG’s business became our business.

We have a fiscal year-end of March 31. The business office is located at Kingkey 100, Block A, Room 5403,4805, Luohu District, Shenzhen City, China 518000. Our telephone number is +(86) 755 8233 0336.

Current Business

Effective December 28, 2016,We (Addentax Group Corp.) are a Nevada holding company with no material operations of our own. We conduct substantially all of our operations through our operating companies established in the People’s Republic of China, or the PRC, primarily Shenzhen Qianhai Yingxi Industrial Chain Service Co., Ltd. (“YX”), our wholly owned subsidiary and its subsidiaries. We are not a Chinese operating company. We are a holding company and do not directly own any substantive business operations in China. Our holding company structure involves unique risks to investors. Chinese regulatory authorities could disallow our operating structure, which would likely result in a material change in our operations and/or the value of our common stock, including that it could cause the value of such securities to significantly decline or become worthless. Our holding company, Addentax Group Corp. (“ATXG” or the “Company”) executed a Sale & Purchase Agreement (“S&P”) for the acquisition of 100% of the shares of Yingxi Industrial Chain Group Co., Ltd. (“YICG”), a company incorporated under the laws of the Republic of Seychelles. Pursuant to the S&P, the Company agreed to issue five hundred million (500,000,000) restricted common shares of the company to the owners of YICG.

After the completion of the S&P, YICG’s business became our business. We are a garment manufacturer and logistics service provider based in China. We areis listed on the OTCQBNasdaq Capital Market under the symbol of “ATXG”. We classify our businesses into twothree segments: garment manufacturing, logistics services, and logistics services.property management and subleasing. The Company previously engaged in the provision of epidemic prevention supplies, which included manufacturing, distribution and trading of epidemic prevention supplies. As the COVID-19 pandemic is near an endemic, the Company ceased to operate in this business in the first quarter of 2023. The remaining assets of this business segment were reclassified into the “Corporate and others” segment. The corresponding items of segment information for the earlier periods were restated to reflect the change of the new segment structure.

Unless the context otherwise requires, all references in this annual report to “Addentax” refer to Addentax Group Corp., a holding company, and references to “we,” “us,” “our,” the “Registrant”, the “Company,” or “our company” refer to Addentax and/or its consolidated subsidiaries. Addentax Group Corp., our Nevada holding company, is the entity in which investors are investing.

Our subsidiaries include (i) Yingxi Industrial Chain Group Co., Ltd., a Republic of Seychelles company; (ii) Yingxi Industrial Chain Investment Co., Ltd., a Hong Kong company (“Yingxi HK”); (iii) Qianhai Yingxi Textile & Garments Co., Ltd., a PRC company; (iv) Shenzhen Qianhai Yingxi Industrial Chain Services Co., Ltd, a PRC company (“YX”), (v) Dongguan Heng Sheng Wei Garments Co., Ltd, a PRC company (“HSW”), (vi) Dongguan Yushang Clothing Co., Ltd, a PRC company (“YS”), (vii) Shantou Yi Bai Yi Garment Co., Ltd, a PRC company (“YBY”), (viii) Shenzhen Yingxi Peng Fa Logistic Co., Ltd., a PRC company (“PF”); (ix) Shenzhen Xin Kuai Jie Transportation Co., Ltd, a PRC company (“XKJ”), (x) Shenzhen Yingxi Tongda Logistic Co., Ltd, a PRC company (“TD”), (xi) Dongguan Yingxi Daying Commercial Co., Ltd., a PRC company (“DY”), (xii) Zhuang Hao Jia (Dongguan) Decoration Engineering Co.,Ltd, a PRC company (“ZHJ”), and (xiii) Dongguan Au Te Si Garments Co., Ltd., a PRC company (“AOT”).

PRC Subsidiaries” refer to, collectively, (i) Qianhai Yingxi Textile & Garments Co., Ltd.; (ii) Shenzhen Qianhai Yingxi Industrial Chain Services Co., Ltd (“YX”), (iii) Dongguan Heng Sheng Wei Garments Co., Ltd (“HSW”), (iv) Dongguan Yushang Clothing Co., Ltd (“YS”); (v) Shantou Yi Bai Yi Garment Co., Ltd (“YBY”); (vi) Shenzhen Yingxi Peng Fa Logistic Co., Ltd., a PRC company (“PF”); (vii) Shenzhen Xin Kuai Jie Transportation Co., Ltd, a PRC company (“XKJ”), (viii) Shenzhen Yingxi Tongda Logistic Co., Ltd, a PRC company (“TD”), (ix) Dongguan Yingxi Daying Commercial Co., Ltd., a PRC company (“DY”), (x) Zhuang Hao Jia (Dongguan) Decoration Engineering Co.,Ltd, a PRC company (“ZHJ”), and (xi) Dongguan Aotesi Garments Co., Ltd.,, a PRC company (“AOT”).

 

In February 2023, the Company disposed DY to an independent third party.

WFOE” refers to Qianhai Yingxi Textile & Garments Co., Ltd, a wholly foreign owned enterprise in China, which is indirectly wholly owned by Addentax Group Corp.

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Our garment manufacturing business consists of sales made principally to wholesaler located in the People’s Republic of China (“PRC”).PRC. We have our own manufacturing facilities, with sufficient production capacity and skilled workers on production lines to ensure that we meet our high quality control standards and timely meet the delivery requirements for our customers. We conduct our garment manufacturing operations through five-whollyfive wholly owned subsidiaries, namely Dongguan Heng Sheng Wei Garments Co., Ltd (“HSW”), Dongguan Yushang Clothing Co., Ltd (“YS”), Dongguan Daying Commercial Co., Ltd (“DY”), Shantou Yi Bai Yi Garment Co., Ltd (“YBY”), Zhuang Hao Jia (Dongguan) Decoration Engineering Co.,Ltd (“ZHJ”), and Shantou Chenghai Dai TouDongguan Aotesi Garments Co., LtdLtd., (“DT”AOT”), which are located in the Guangdong province, China.

Our logistics business consists of delivery and courier services covering approximately seven86 cities in 11 provinces and three municipalities in China. Although we have our own motor vehicles and drivers, we currently outsource some of the business to our contractors. We believe outsourcing allows us to maximize our capacity and maintain flexibility while reducing capital expenditures and the costs of keeping drivers during slow seasons. We conduct our logistic operations through twothree wholly owned subsidiaries, namely Shenzhen Xin Kuai Jie Transportation Co., Ltd (“XKJ”) and, Shenzhen HuaYingxi Peng Fa Logistic Co., Ltd (“HPF”PF”) and Shenzhen Yingxi Tongda Logistic Co., Ltd (“TD”), which are located in the Guangdong province, China.

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Our property management and subleasing business provides shops subleasing and property management services for garment wholesalers and retailers in the garment market. We conduct our property management and subleasing operation through a wholly owned subsidiary, namely Dongguan Yingxi Daying Commercial Co., Ltd. (“DY”), which is located in the Guangdong province, China.

In February 2023, the Company disposed of DY to an independent third party at fair value, which was also its carrying value as of February 28, 2023.

The business operations, customers and suppliers of DY were retained by the Company; therefore, the disposition of the subsidiary did not qualify as discontinued operations.

Competitive Strengths

We believe we have the following competitive strengths:

Cost-effective production. We have adopted a vertical integration production process. We produce garments in our own production facilities and employ our in-house transport teams to deliver garments to our customers. This one-stop service optimizes production efficiency and saves costs by lowering the cost per unit, thereby achieving economies of scale.

Stringent quality control process. As of March 31, 2020,2023, we had 496 employees in the production department that are responsible for conducting our quality control process. We implement a stringent quality control process which monitors various stages of our garment manufacturing business, including sampling checks of semi-finished products and finished products. We prepare inspection reports to address the quality problems and make recommendations to improve the quality of our products. During final product inspection, we pay special attention to the measurements, workmanship, ironing and packaging of our products to help best ensure that the quality of our products comply with the specifications, standards and requirements of our customers.

Strong design capabilities.Our design team works closely with our customers to understand their needs and make recommendations to them. Our design team also conducts market research and attends industry exhibitions to understand the latest market trends. As of March 31, 2020,2023, our design team consisted of [four]4 members.

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Extensive delivery network. Our logistics business has nine routes and covers 7986 cities in seven11 provinces and two3 municipalities in the PRC.

Business Strategies

Key elements of our business and growth strategies include the following:

Sales of raw materials. We intend to enter into exclusive agreements with textile and garment suppliers in Southeast China to be their exclusive agent and supply their textiles and garments to our customers. To execute this plan, we intend to set up several retailers for the sales of textiles and garments to retail customers and supply the textiles and garments exclusively to various high-end fashion brands.

Development of our own brands.We intend to develop our own brands that focus on fast fashion with teenagers being our primary target customers. We plan to adopt a low costlow-cost strategy at the early stage and improve the quality of our products after increasing our market share. We are in the process of registering a trademark for our own brand and intend to start our advertising campaign after the registration of this trademark. We plan to distribute our products in different channels, including our own retailers, co-operative retailers and franchisees.

Expand our delivery network. As of March 31, 2020,2023, we provided logistics services to over 7986 cities in seven11 provinces and twothree municipalities in the PRC. We planexpect to open ourdevelop 20 additional logistics pointsroutes in 20 moreexisting serving cities and improve the Company’s profits in the PRC in the third and fourth quarters of 2020.year 2023.

Develop international logistics services and warehousing services.We intend to develop international logistics services for customers located all over the world and international warehousing services.

Development of international trading:Develop E-commerce business. We developed our international trading duringintegrated resources in shopping mall, intend to develop e-commerce bases and the global epidemic situationinternet celebrity economy together to drive to increase the value of Covid-19 to import and export diverse epidemic protection products including medical masks, latex gloves etc.the stores in the area.

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Our garment manufacturing business

We manufacture garments for various high-end fashion brands through five of our wholly-owned subsidiaries, Dongguan Heng Sheng Wei Garments Co., Ltd, Dongguan Yushang Clothing Co., Ltd (“YS”), Dongguan Daying Commercial Co., Ltd (“DY”), Shantou Yi Bai Yi Garment Co., Ltd (“YBY”), and Shantou Chenghai Dai Tou Garments Co., Ltd,HSW, YS, YBY, ZHJ, AOT, which are located in Guangdong, the PRC.

Operations

Our customer relationship team is responsible for cultivating and maintaining our relationship with customers.

Our design team works closely with our customer relationship team to understand our customers’ needs and make recommendations to them based on their designs.

Our fabric team leverages our experience in fabric sourcing as well as our understanding inof fabric features to recommend the types of fabric to be used in our customers’ products. Our fabric team may also suggest alternative fabrics to our customers. Our fabric team works with our research and development team to understand fabric types and aims to identify different fabric we source and improve the quality and comfort of the fabric we produce.

Our product and technical team isare mainly responsible for development samples of products, preparing structural and production guidance of products as well as producing paper patterns for our garment production team. Upon order confirmation from our customers, our customer relationship team informs our fabric team to carry out raw material sourcing.

We source finished fabric and yarns from our suppliers for garment production. The procedures for fabric production are normally divided into the following stages: (1)(i) spinning; (2)(ii) weaving or knitting; (3)(iii) dyeing or printing; and (4)(iv) finishing. OurGenerally, our fabric team normally requires four to six weeks to source raw materials from our suppliers.

Our garment production team is responsible for produceproducing garments based on the raw materials we source. The major stepsstages involved in garment production include: (i) paper patterning,patterning; (ii) fabric cutting, sewing,cutting; (iii) sewing; (iv) interim quality inspection, trimming, washing,inspection; (v) trimming; (vi) washing; and (vii) ironing.

Seasonality

We generally receive more purchase orders during our second and third quarters and lessfewer manufacture orders during May and June.

Credit period

For our long-term and established customers with good payment track records, we generally provide payment terms between 30 to 180 days following the delivery of finished goods. For our new customers, we generally require advances or deposits to be made when placing orders.

Our logistics business

We pack products and provide logistics service to our customers through two of our wholly-owned subsidiaries, Shenzhen Xin Kuai Jie Transportation Co., Ltd.,XKJ, PF and Shenzhen Hua Peng Fa Logistic Co., Ltd.,TD which are located in Guangdong province, the PRC. Our in-house logistics teams deliver to approximately seven11 provinces and twothree municipalities in the PRC.

Where a customer is located in an area not covered by our delivery fleet or where our in-house logistics teams are fully engaged, we will outsource delivery to third-party contractors. We believe outsourcing allows us to maximize our delivery capacity and improve inventory flexibility while minimizing capital expenditures, such as shipping costs and the costs of additional drivers during low seasons.

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Our logistics services

We provide comprehensive logistics services to our customers, which include storage, transportation, warehousing, handling, packaging and order processing. We also provide customs declaration and tax clearance service to our customers who export goods to overseas.

Our network

We have over 100848 logistics points and they are located in seven11 provinces and twothree municipalities which cover 7986 cities in the PRC.

Our internal management

Our management in the logistics business is responsible for setting out business strategies and managing the daily operation. Specifically, they have regular meetings with different departments, conduct inspection and supervise the finance department, operation department and administration department.

Seasonality

We generally receive more delivery orders in our third and fourth quarters and are more vulnerable to shipping delays in the PRC during Chinese New Year due to traffic and port congestion, border crossing delays and customs clearance issues.

Credit period

We generally require payments from the customers between 30 to 90   days following their acknowledgement of receipt of goods.

Customers and Suppliers

Customers

Our customer base is diverse. Our customers in the garment manufacturing business are mainly garment wholesalers and retailers and our customers in logistics business are mainly trading companies and logistic companies. For the year ended March 31, 2019, noNo single customer accounted for more than 30%. For the year ended March 31, 2020, there is one customercustomers accounted for more than 30% of our net sales which is 30.18% out of total net sales.for the years ended March 31, 2022 and 2023

Suppliers

We procured our garments through various textile companies in our garment manufacturing business. In our logistics business, we procured from packing companies and transportation companies. No single supplier accounted for more than 60%30% of our total costs for the years ended March 31, 20192022 and 2020.2023.

Inventory

Garment manufacturing business. We maintain our raw materials in our storage facilities. We review our inventory levels in order to identify slow-moving materials and broken assortments.

Logistics business. Since we deliver products as soon as we receive orders from customers, we do not operate distribution centers and hence do not need to carry a significant amount of inventory.

Intellectual Property

Our property management and subleasing business. We currently do not own any intellectual property rights. We are inneed to carry a significant amount of inventory due to the processnature of registeringthe business.

Intellectual Property

The Company, through its subsidiary Shenzhen Qianhai Industrial Chain Co.Ltd., herein referred as “YX,” received the approval of the trademarks and copyrightbelow in relation to our garment manufacturingits business pending approval from the PRC government.

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Competition

Competition

While the PRC is still the world’s largest clothing manufacturer with enormous production capacity, oversupply, increasing labor costs and rising local protectionism have eroded its competitiveness.

The principal competitive factors in the garment manufacturing market include:

brand awareness and focus;
breadth of product offerings; and
quality control.

The principal competitive factors in the logistics market include:

delivery time; and
network coverage.

The principal competitive factors in the property management and subleasing market include:

Cost control; and
network coverage.

We believe we compete favorably with our competitors on the basis of the above factors as a result of our market position and customer base. By offering one-stop-shop services and affordable price points, we provide services to our customers that are difficult for other competitors to address.

Employees

As of March 31, 2020,2023, we had approximately 15296   employees and there was no labor union established by our employees. The following table sets out a breakdown of the number of employees by function as of March 31, 2020:2023:

Function 

Number of

employees

 
Administration  922 
Finance  8 
Logistics  11
Management243 
Marketing  9
Production494 
Operation  4232 
TotalProductive  15227
Total96 

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According to PRC regulations, we must participate in various employee social security plans organized by local governments, including pension, unemployment insurance, childbirth insurance, work-related injury insurance, medical insurance and housing insurance. We are also required under PRC law to contribute to employee benefit plans at specified percentages of the salaries, bonuses and certain allowances of our employees, up to a maximum amount specified by the local government from time to time.

We believe that we maintain a good working relationship with our employees, and to date we have not experienced any significant labor disputes.

Government Regulations

Currently, apart from customary business laws and regulations, the PRC government does not regulate the garment manufacturing business and logistics business. The PRC government may, however, from time to time institute rules and regulations on such businesses which makes it difficult or impossible for us to operate successfully, if at all, in the PRC. Please see the section on “Risk Factors” for further details.

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The PRC government encourages small to medium-sized companies in traditional industries, such as garment manufacturing, to modernize their business models with technological updates in order to sharpen their competitive edge in global markets.

PRC Limitation on Overseas Listing and Share Issuances

Neither we nor our subsidiaries are currently required to obtain approval from Chinese authorities, including the China Securities Regulatory Commission, or CSRC, or Cybersecurity Administration Committee, or CAC, to list on U.S. exchanges or issue securities to foreign investors, however, if our subsidiaries or the holding company were required to obtain approval 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. 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 central 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; if we inadvertently conclude that such approvals are not required when they are, or applicable laws, regulations, or interpretations change and we are required to obtain approval in the future.

On December 24, 2021, the China Securities Regulatory Commission, or the CSRC, issued Provisions of the State Council on the Administration of Overseas Securities Offering and Listing by Domestic Companies (Draft for Comments) (the “Administration Provisions”), and the Administrative Measures for the Filing of Overseas Securities Offering and Listing by Domestic Companies (the “Measures”), which were open for public comments by January 23, 2022. The Administration Provisions and Measures for overseas listings lay out specific requirements for filing documents and include unified regulation management, strengthening regulatory coordination, and cross-border regulatory cooperation. Domestic companies seeking to list abroad must carry out relevant security screening procedures if their businesses involve supervisions such as foreign investment security and cyber security reviews. Companies endangering national security are among those off-limits for overseas listings. As the Administration Provisions and Measures have not yet come into effect, we are currently unaffected by them. However, it is uncertain when the Administration Provision and the Measures will take effect or if they will take effect as currently drafted.

As of the date of this prospectus, other than the response we recently received from the CSRC confirming that our offering under this prospectus does not require the examination and approval of the CSRC in accordance with the existing PRC legislation and regulations (for more details about this response from the CSRC, see “Risk Factors – General Risks Associated with Business Operation in China - While the approval of the China Securities Regulatory Commission is not currently required for our offerings, it may be required in the future in connection with our offerings under the M&A Rules and, if required, we cannot predict whether we will be able to obtain such approval”), we have not received any inquiry, notice, warning, sanctions or regulatory objection to our offerings from the CSRC, CAC or any other PRC governmental authorities, and we believe our PRC Subsidiaries have obtained all requisite permissions from PRC governmental authorities to operate our business as currently conducted under relevant PRC laws and regulations.

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Currently, each of our PRC Subsidiaries holds and maintains a business license issued by the local market supervision and administration bureau, and has received all requisite permissions and approvals in order to conduct and operate our business. Based on our understanding of the PRC laws and regulations, our PRC businesses only require business licenses issued and approved from the relevant local authorities and do not require any other permissions or approvals to operate their PRC business operations. Further, we have not relied upon an opinion of a PRC counsel in drawing such conclusion in the current registration statement for the following reasons: (i) during our IPO process which was closed on September 2, 2022, we previously engaged a local PRC counsel, Hiways Law Firm (Shenzhen), to assist with the PRC disclosures in the IPO registration statement on Form S-1 and Hiways Law Firm (Shenzhen) confirmed such conclusion; (ii) the time period between the IPO and the submission of the current registration statement on January 25, 2023 is not substantial; (iii) no material changes occurred with respect to our PRC business operations since the IPO; and (iv) the expenses of engaging Hiway Law Firm or another PRC counsel for the current registration statement will be unduly burdensome on the Company; and thus, the Company has not sought out to engage a PRC counsel to obtain an additional opinion for the current registration statement. As of the date of this prospectus, none of our PRC Subsidiaries has been denied or punished by relevant governmental authorities due to its business qualifications. In addition, we (Addentax Group Corp.) and our non-PRC subsidiaries have also received all requisite permissions and approvals in order to conduct and operate our business.

 

PropertiesIn order to promote domestic enterprises to carry out overseas capital market activities in accordance with law and compliance, the CSRC issued the “Trial Administrative Measures of Overseas Securities Offering and Listing by Domestic Companies” and five supporting guidelines (collectively referred to as the Overseas Listing Filing Rules) on February 17, 2023, and took effect on March 31, 2023. The Overseas Listing Filing Rules clarify the relevant rules of the Chinese government on the management of overseas issuance, including but not limited to (i) Initial public offerings or listings in overseas markets shall be filed with the CSRC within 3 working days after the relevant application is submitted overseas. Subsequent securities offerings of an issuer in the same overseas market where it has previously offered and listed securities shall be filed with the CSRC within 3 working days after the offering is completed. Subsequent securities offerings and listings of an issuer in other overseas markets than where it has offered and listed shall be filed as Initial public offerings; (ii) A negative list that prohibits overseas offering and listing; (iii) The reporting obligations of the issuer after filing, such as the change of control, voluntary or mandatory delisting and other major changes after overseas issuance or listing, the issuer should bare the obligation to report to the CSRC; (iv) Legal liability, such as failure to fulfill the filing procedures, or violation of relevant regulations in overseas listing, the CSRC shall order rectification, issue warnings to such domestic company, and impose a fine of between RMB 1,000,000 yuan and RMB 10,000,000 yuan. Directly liable persons-in-charge and other directly liable persons shall be warned and each imposed a fine of between RMB 500,000 yuan and RMB 5,000,000 yuan.

Specifically, under the Overseas Listing Filing Rules, our Company, as an enterprise already listed on the Nasdaq Capital Market before March 31, 2023, and is not required to make immediate filings for its listing. However, if we issue subsequent offering on the Nasdaq Capital Market or list in other overseas markets in the future, we shall file with the CSRC in accordance with the Overseas Listing Filing Rules; In case of major changes, it is also necessary to report the specific situation to the CSRC. Otherwise, the Company shall bear corresponding legal responsibilities. As the Overseas Listing Filing Rules are newly issued, there is still uncertainty about their interpretations and implementations. As a result, we cannot assure you that we will be able to complete any documents for our future issuance in a timely manner and fully comply with the relevant new rules. In addition, we cannot guarantee that we will not be subject to tightened regulatory review and subsequent interference by the Chinese government.

 

Our principal placeTransfers of business is Kingkey 100, Block A, Room 4805, Luohu District, Shenzhen City, China 518000,Cash to and from our Subsidiaries

We (Addentax Group Corp.) are a Nevada holding company with no material operations of our own. We conduct substantially all of our operations through the PRC. We also lease three propertiesoperating companies established in the PRC, primarily Shenzhen Qianhai Yingxi Industrial Chain Service Co., Ltd. (“YX”), our wholly owned subsidiary and its subsidiaries. We are not a Chinese operating company. We are a holding company and do not directly own any substantive business operations in China. As a result, although other means are available for us to obtain financing at the holding company level, Addentax’s ability to pay dividends to its shareholders and to service any debt it may incur may depend upon dividends paid by our PRC Subsidiaries. If any of our subsidiaries incurs debt on its own in the future, the instruments governing such debt may restrict its ability to pay dividends to Addentax. In addition, our PRC Subsidiaries are required to make appropriations to certain statutory reserve funds, which are not distributable as cash dividends except in the event of a solvent liquidation of the companies.

Current PRC regulations permit our PRC Subsidiaries to pay dividends to us through Yingxi HK, our intermediate holding subsidiary in Hong Kong, only out of their accumulated profits, if any, determined in accordance with Chinese accounting standards and regulations. In addition, each of our PRC Subsidiaries is required to set aside at least 10% of its after-tax profits each year, if any, to fund a statutory reserve until such reserve reaches 50% of its registered capital. Each of such entity in China is also required to further set aside a portion of its after-tax profits to fund the employee welfare fund, although the amount to be set aside, if any, is determined at the discretion of its board of directors. Although the statutory reserves can be used, among other ways, to increase the registered capital and eliminate future losses in excess of retained earnings of the respective companies, the reserve funds are not distributable as cash dividends except in the event of liquidation.

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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 third partiesour profits, if any. Furthermore, if our PRC Subsidiaries incur debt on their own in the future, the instruments governing the debt may restrict their ability to pay dividends or make other payments.

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 a rate of up to 10.0%.

In order for us to pay dividends to our shareholders, we will rely on the distribution of dividends, through the WFOE, to Yingxi HK from our PRC Subsidiaries. As of the date hereof, none of our PRC Subsidiaries has distributed any dividends to Yingxi HK.

Pursuant to the Arrangement between Mainland China and the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and Tax Evasion on Income, or the Double Tax Avoidance Arrangement, the 10% withholding tax rate may be lowered to 5% if a Hong Kong resident enterprise owns no less than 25% of a PRC project. However, the 5% withholding tax rate does not automatically apply and certain requirements must be satisfied, including without limitation that (a) the Hong Kong project must be the beneficial owner of the relevant dividends; and (b) the Hong Kong project must directly hold no less than 25% share ownership in the PRC project during the 12 consecutive months preceding its receipt of the dividends. In current practice, a Hong Kong project must obtain a tax resident certificate from the Hong Kong tax authority to apply for the 5% lower PRC withholding tax rate. As the Hong Kong tax authority will issue such a tax resident certificate on a case-by-case basis, we cannot assure you that we will be able to obtain the tax resident certificate from the relevant Hong Kong tax authority and enjoy the preferential withholding tax rate of 5% under the Double Taxation Arrangement with respect to dividends to be paid by our WFOE to its immediate holding company, Yingxi HK. As of the date of this annual report, we have not applied for the tax resident certificate from the relevant Hong Kong tax authority. Yingxi HK intends to apply for the tax resident certificate when WFOE plans to declare and pay dividends to Yingxi HK.

As of the date hereof, we have had no transactions that involved the transfer of cash or assets throughout our corporate structure. The PRC Subsidiaries have not transferred cash or other assets to Addentax, including by way of dividends. However, to the extent cash in the business is in the PRC/Hong Kong or is in our PRC or Hong Kong subsidiaries, there can be no assurance that the PRC government will not intervene or impose restrictions or limitations on the ability of Addentax or Addentax’s subsidiaries to transfer cash. As a result, such funds may not be available to fund operations or for other use outside of the PRC or Hong Kong. Addentax does not currently plan or anticipate transferring cash or other assets from our operations in China to any non-Chinese entity. We intend to retain most, if not all, of available funds and any future earnings after this offering to the development and growth of our business in China. As of the date hereof, no transfers, dividends, or distributions have been made to our investors. Further, our management is directly supervising cash management. Our finance department is responsible for establishing the cash management policies and procedures among our departments and the operating entities. Each department or operating entity initiates a cash request by putting forward a cash demand plan, which properties serveexplains the specific amount and timing of cash requested, and submitting it to designated management members of our Company, based on the amount and the use of cash requested. The designated management member examines and approves the allocation of cash based on the sources of cash and the priorities of the needs, and submits it to the cashier specialists of our finance department for a second review. Other than the above, we currently do not have other cash management policies or procedures that dictate how funds are transferred nor a written policy that addresses how we will handle any limitations on cash transfers due to PRC law.

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Holding Foreign Company Accountable Act

Trading in our securities may be prohibited under the Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act, or the HFCAA, if the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (the “PCAOB”) determines that it cannot inspect or investigate completely our auditor.

Pursuant to the HFCAA, the PCAOB issued a Determination Report on December 16, 2021 which found that the PCAOB is unable to inspect or investigate completely registered public accounting firms headquartered in: (1) mainland China of the People’s Republic of China because of a position taken by one or more authorities in mainland China; and (2) Hong Kong, a Special Administrative Region and dependency of the PRC, because of a position taken by one or more authorities in Hong Kong. In addition, the PCAOB’s report identified the specific registered public accounting firms which are subject to these determinations.

The PCAOB is currently unable to conduct inspections in China without the approval of Chinese government authorities. If it is later determined that the PCAOB is unable to inspect or investigate our auditor completely, investors may be deprived of the benefits of such inspection. Any audit reports not issued by auditors that are completely inspected by the PCAOB, or a lack of PCAOB inspections of audit work undertaken in China that prevents the PCAOB from regularly evaluating our auditors’ audits and their quality control procedures, could result in a lack of assurance that our financial statements and disclosures are adequate and accurate.

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Our auditor, Pan-China Singapore, the independent registered public accounting firm that issued the audit report included in this Annual Report, is subject to PCAOB inspections. Pan-China Singapore is headquartered in Singapore and there are no limitations in Singapore on PCAOB inspections. Therefore, we believe that, as of the date of this Annual Report, our manufacturing factory and an additional office. The following table sets forthauditor is not subject to the determinations announced by the PCAOB on December 16, 2021 relating to the PCAOB’s inability to inspect or investigate completely registered public accounting firms headquartered in the PRC or Hong Kong because of a summaryposition taken by one or more authorities in the PRC or Hong Kong. However, to the extent that our auditor’s work papers may, in the future, become located in China, such work papers will not be subject to inspection by the PCAOB because the PCAOB is currently unable to conduct inspections without the approval of the Chinese authorities. Inspections of certain information regardingother firms that the PCAOB has conducted outside of China have identified deficiencies in those firms’ audit procedures and quality control procedures, which may be addressed as part of the inspection process to improve future audit quality. The inability of the PCAOB to conduct inspections of our leased properties.

Property Type Address Monthly Rental (RMB)  Size (Square Meter) 
Plant and dormitory 

No. 22 Maan Road, Shuiwei, Tangjiao

Village, Chashan Town,

Dongguan, Guangdong, PRC

  18,018   1,260 
           
Principal Office Kingkey 100, Block A, Room 4805,
Luohu District, Shenzhen,
Guangdong, China
  245,826.9   910.47 
           
Office 

No. 42-46, Building 1, Block 5, District

B, Jinpeng Distribution Center, No. 536,

Sha Ping North Rd, Danping Committee,

Nanwan St, Longgang, Shenzhen,

Guangdong, PRC

  44,400   720 
           
Office 

No. 3 Ping’an Avenue, Pinghu Street,

Longgang District, Shenzhen,

Guangdong, PRC

  28,725   605 

We also have over 100 logistics pointsauditors’ work papers in China would make it more difficult to evaluate the effectiveness of our auditor’s audit procedures or quality control procedures as compared to auditors outside of China that are subject to PCAOB inspections. As a result, our investors may be deprived of the benefits of the PCAOB’s oversight of our auditor through such inspections and they are locatedmay lose confidence in seven provincesour reported financial information and two municipalitiesprocedures and the quality of our financial statements. We cannot assure you whether Nasdaq or other regulatory authorities will apply additional or more stringent criteria to us. Such uncertainty could cause the market price of our Ordinary Shares to be materially and adversely affected.

On August 26, 2022, the PCAOB announced that it had signed the “Protocol” with the CSRC and the MOF, which governs inspections and investigations of audit firms based in mainland 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 released by the SEC, the PCAOB shall have independent discretion to select any issuer audits for inspection or investigation and the unfettered ability to transfer information to the SEC. According to the PCAOB, its December 2021 determinations under the HFCAA remain in effect. On December 15, 2022, the PCAOB secures complete access to inspect, investigate audit firms based in mainland China and Hong Kong. It is possible when the PCAOB may reassess its determinations in the PRC.future, and it could determine that it is still unable to inspect or investigate completely registered public accounting firms in mainland China and Hong Kong. The Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act and related regulations currently previously did not affect the Company as the Company’s auditor is subject to PCAOB’s inspections and investigations.

Moreover, if trading in our securities is prohibited under the HFCAA in the future because the PCAOB determines that it cannot inspect or fully investigate our auditor at such a future time, an exchange may determine to delist our securities.

Furthermore, on June 22, 2021, the U.S. Senate passed AHFCAA and on December 29, 2022, the Consolidated Appropriations Act was signed into law by President Biden, which contained, among other things, an identical provision to AHFCAA and amended the Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act by requiring the SEC to prohibit an issuer’s securities from trading on any U.S. stock exchanges if its auditor is not subject to PCAOB inspections for two consecutive years instead of three, thus reducing the time before your securities may be prohibited from trading or delisted. The delisting or the cessation of trading of our Ordinary Shares, or the threat of their being delisted or prohibited from being traded, may materially and adversely affect the value of your investment.

On December 15, 2022, the PCAOB announced that it has completed a test inspection of two selected auditing firms in mainland China and Hong Kong and has voted to vacate its previous Determination Report, which concluded in December 2021 that the PCAOB could not inspect or investigate completely registered public accounting firms based in mainland China or Hong Kong. On December 23, 2022 the AHFCAA was enacted, which amended the HFCAA by requiring the SEC to prohibit an issuer’s securities from trading on any U.S. stock exchanges if its auditor is not subject to PCAOB inspections for two consecutive years instead of three and such act was signed into law on December 29, 2022.

Item 1A. Risk Factors

You should carefully consider the risks described below and elsewhere in this Form 10-K, which could materially and adversely affect our business, results of operations or financial condition. Our business faces significant risks and the risks described below may not be the only risks we face. Additional risks not presently known to us or that we currently believe are immaterial may materially affect our business, results of operations, or financial condition. If any of these risks occur, the trading price of our common stock could decline, and you may lose all or part of your investment. You should consider our business and prospects in light of the challenges we face, including the ones discussed in this section. In the event that any of the events described in the risk factors below occur, it could have a material adverse effect on our operations and cash flow and cause the value of our securities to decline in value or become worthless.

Risks Associated with Our Company

Our success depends on our customer’scustomers’ ability to market and sell their products manufactured by us.

All of our customers in our garment manufacturing business are garment wholesalers and retailers. Consequently, our business and results of operations are directly affected by the demand of their end customers for their products supplied by us. Drastic changes in consumer preferences are beyond our control and will affect the demand for certain products supplied by us. We may not be able to anticipate and respond to such changes in consumer preferences in a timely manner. If the sales of our customers’ products decrease or do not grow as we expect, our customers may decrease the volume or purchase price of their orders, which could materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.

Our future expansion plans are subject to uncertainties and risks.

We have set out our future business plans in the “Business Strategies” section in this report. The implementation of such future plans requires us to effectively manage our sales, procurement, new logistics points and other aspects of our operations. If we fail to effectively and efficiently implement our future plans, we may not be successful in achieving desirable and profitable results. Even if we effectively and efficiently implement our future plans, there may be other unexpected events or factors that prevent us from achieving the desirable and profitable results from the implementation of our future plans, such as changes in our ability to comply with local rules and regulations or any delays or difficulties in obtaining the necessary licenses and approvals from local governments. Our business, financial condition, results of operations and growth prospects may be materially and adversely affected if our future expansion plans fail to achieve positive results.

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If we are unable to create brand influence, we may face difficulties in attracting new business partners and clients.

Our brand is still being nurtured. It is of critical importance that we create and develop brand awareness in our industry in order to attract new clients and business partners. Our major competitors have built well-known brands and continue to increase their influence. Our failure to create and develop brand awareness for any reason may result in a material adverse effect on our business, operational results, and financial position.

Our ability to adequately protect our trade names, trademarks and patents could have an impact on our brand images and ability to penetrate new markets.

We believe that our trade names, trademarks and patents are important assets and an essential element of our strategy. We have applied the registration of these trade names, trademarks and patents in China and Hong Kong, and these registrations are currently pending approval from the corresponding departments. There can be no assurance that we will obtain such registrations or that the registrations we obtain will prevent the imitation of our products or infringement of our intellectual property rights by others. In particular, the laws of certain foreign countries may not protect proprietary rights to the same extent as the laws of the U.S. If any third-party copies our products or our stores in a manner that projects lesser quality or carries a negative connotation, it could have a material adverse effect on our brand image and reputation as well as our results of operations, financial condition and cash flows.

We may be impacted by our ability to adequately source, distribute and sell merchandise and other materials in China.

We face a variety of other risks generally associated with doing business in China. For example:

political instability, significant health hazards, environmental hazards or natural disasters which could negatively affect international economies, financial markets and business activity;
imposition of new or retaliatory trade duties, sanctions or taxes and other charges on imports or exports;
evolving, new or complex legal and regulatory matters;
volatility in currency exchange rates;
local business practice and political issues (including issues relating to compliance with domestic or international labor standards) which may result in adverse publicity or threatened or actual adverse consumer actions, including boycotts;
potential delays or disruptions in shipping and transportation and related pricing impacts;
disruption due to labor disputes; and
changing expectations regarding product safety due to new legislation or other factors.

We also rely upon third-party transportation providers for certain of our product shipments, including shipments to and from our distribution centers to our customers. Our utilization of these delivery services for shipments is subject to risks, including increases in labor costs and fuel prices, which would increase our shipping costs, and associate strikes and inclement weather, which may impact our transportation providers’ ability to provide delivery services that adequately meet our shipping needs.

 

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Future price increases in raw materials or changes in the supply of raw materials may materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.

The purchase of raw materials accounted for a substantial amount of our total purchases. The price of finished fabric and yarns can be volatile and affected by factors such as weather, industry demand and supply. We cannot assure you that we can fully pass on the increased cost in raw materials to our customers. Future price increases in raw materials or changes in the supply of raw materials may materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.

Our top customers accounted for a major portion of our total revenue for the years ended March 31, 2023 and 2022 and may materially adversely affect our financial condition and results of operations.

For the year ended March 31, 2023, two customers accounted for approximately 41.23% and 17.23% of the Company’s total garment manufacturing revenues. For the year ended March 31, 2022, one customer accounted for approximately 96.9% of the Company’s total garment manufacturing revenues. For the year ended March 31, 2023, one customer accounted for approximately 20.39% of the Company’s total logistic services revenues. For the year ended March 31, 2022, one customer accounted for approximately 14.4% of the Company’s total logistic services revenues. However, our top customers are not obligated in any way to continue to provide us with new businesses in the future at a level similar to that in the past or at all. If any of our top customers reduce their orders with us or terminate their business relationship with our Group and if we are not able to secure orders of a comparable size from other customers as replacement, our business operations and financial performance may be materially and adversely affected.

We are exposed to concentration risk of heavy reliance on our major supplier for the supply of our products, and any shortage of, or delay in, the supply may significantly impact on our business and results of operation.

During the years ended March 31, 2023 and 2022, approximately 100.0% and 99.3%   of total inventory purchases were from the Company’s five largest suppliers, respectively. Our business, financial condition and operating results depend on the continuous supply of products from our largest suppliers and our continuous supplier-customer relationship with them. Our heavy reliance on our largest suppliers for the supply of our products will have significant impact on our business and results of operation in the event of any shortage of, or delay in the supply.

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Any labor shortages, increased labor costs or other factors affecting labor supply for our production materials may materially and adversely affect our business operations.

We rely on skilled workers to a significant extent as our production process in our garment manufacturing business is labor intensive in nature. Our business performance relies on the steady supply of relatively low cost labor in the PRC. There is no guarantee that our supply of labor will not be disrupted or that our labor costs will not increase. If we fail to retain our existing labor resources and/or recruit sufficient labor in a timely manner, we may not be able to accommodate sudden increases in demand for our products.

Labor costs are affected by the demand for and supply of labor and economic factors, such as the inflation rate and costs of living. Labor costs may further increase in the future due to a shortage of skilled labor and growing industry demands. The failure to identify and recruit replacement staff immediately following the unexpected loss of skilled workers could reduce our competitiveness. In addition, we expect continued increases in labor costs in the PRC. In these circumstances, our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects could be materially and adversely affected.

We may be impacted by our ability to attract, develop and retain qualified associates and manage labor-related costs.

We believe our competitive advantage is providing a positive, engaging and satisfying experience for each customer, which requires us to have highly trained and engaged associates. Our success depends in part upon our ability to attract, develop and retain a sufficient number of qualified associates, including skill intensive labor. The turnover rate in the textile industry is generally high, and qualified individuals of the requisite caliber and number needed to fill these positions may be in short supply in our operations. Competition for such qualified individuals or changes in labor laws could require us to incur higher labor costs. Our inability to recruit a sufficient number of qualified individuals in the future may delay planned delivery of finished products or affect the speed with which we expand. Delayed deliveries, significant increases in associate turnover rates or significant increases in labor-related costs could have a material adverse effect on our results of operations, financial condition and cash flows.

We may be impacted by our vendors’ ability to manufacture and deliver raw materials in a timely manner, meet quality standards and comply with applicable laws and regulations.

We purchase raw materials from third-party vendors. Factors outside our control, such as production or shipping delays or quality problems, could disrupt merchandise deliveries and result in lost sales, cancellation charges or excessive markdowns.

In addition, quality problems could result in a product liability judgment or a widespread product recall that may negatively impact our sales and profitability for a period of time depending on product availability, competition reaction and consumer attitudes. Even if the product liability claim is unsuccessful or is not fully pursued, the negative publicity surrounding any assertions could adversely impact our reputation with existing and potential customers and our brand image.

Our business could also suffer if our third-party vendors fail to comply with applicable laws and regulations. While our internal and vendor’s operating guidelines promote ethical business practices and our associates visit and monitor the operations of our third-party vendors, we do not control these vendors or their practices. The violation of labor, environmental or other laws by third-party vendors used by us, or the divergence of a third-party vendor’s or partner’s labor or environmental practices from those generally accepted as ethical or appropriate, could interrupt or otherwise disrupt the shipment of finished products to us or damage our reputation.

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Large and similar sized competitors could steal our market share by offering lower prices.

We endeavor to provide the highest possible quality service to our clients at the best possible price, however, large and similar sized competitors might steal some of our market share by offering lower prices, causing us to lose some of our clients. If this happens, we might not be able to generate adequate revenues and may soon find ourselves lacking the capital that is required to continue operations.

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If we are unable to attract additional customers and clients to purchase our services (and future products we may develop or sell), it will have a negative effect on our ability to generate the revenue.

We currently have a limited number of clients and customers. We have identified additional potential clients, but we cannot guarantee that we will be able to secure them as clients. Even if we obtain additional clients and customers, there is no guarantee that we will be able develop products and/or services that our clients and customers will want to purchase. If we are unable to attract enough customers and clients to purchase services (and any products we may develop or sell) it will have a negative effect on our ability to generate the revenue that is necessary to operate or expand our business. The lack of sufficient revenue will have a negative effect on the ability of our company to continue operations and could force us to cease operations.

We may be adversely affected by the performance of third-party contractors.

We engaged third-party contractors to carry out logistics services. We endeavor to engage third-party companies with a strong reputation and track record, high performance reliability and adequate financial resources. However, any such third-party contractor may still fail to provide satisfactory logistics services at thea level of quality or within the timeframe required by us or our customers. While we generally require our logistics contractors to fully reimburse us for any losses arising from delay in delivery or non-delivery, our results of operation and financial condition may be adversely affected if any of the losses are not borne by them. If the performance of any third-party contractor is not satisfactory, we may need to replace such contractor or take other remedial actions, which could adversely affect the cost structure and delivery schedule of our products and thus have a negative impact on our reputation, financial position and business operations. In addition, as we are expanding our business into other geographical locations in the PRC, there may be a shortage of third-party contractors that meet our quality standards and other selection criteria in such locations and, as a result, we may not be able to engage a sufficient number of high-quality third-party contractors in a timely manner, which may adversely affect our delivery schedules and delivery costs and hence our business, results of operations and financial conditions.

We may be exposed to concentration risk of heavy reliance on third-party contractors for our logistic business, and any shortage of third-party contractors may significantly impact on our business and results of operation.

The Company relied on a few subcontractors for our logistic business, in which the subcontracting fees to our largest contractor represented approximately 25.2% and 14.8% of total cost of revenues for our logistics service segment for the years ended March 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively. The increase in subcontracting fee to the largest contractor was mainly to optimize resources and cost efficiencies. We have not experienced any disputes with our subcontractors, and we believe we maintain good relationships with our contract logistic service provider.

If we are unable to control the reliance of third-party contractors efficiently and effectively, our business prospects and results of operations may be materially and adversely affected.

We engaged subcontractors to carry out logistics services. Subcontracting fees for our logistics business for the year ended March 31, 2023 decreased to approximately $1.1 million from $2.3 million for the year ended March 31, 2022, representing a decrease of approximately 53.0%. Subcontracting fees accounted for 23.24% and 42.9% of our total logistics business revenue in the years ended March 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively.

If we are unable to control the reliance of subcontractors efficiently and effectively, our business prospects and results of operations may be materially and adversely affected.

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Our insurance may not be sufficient.

We carry insurance that we consider adequate in regard to the nature of the covered risks and the costs of coverage. We are not fully insured against all possible risks, nor are all such risks insurable.

Natural disasters, public health crises or other catastrophic events may significantly limit our ability to conduct business as normal, disrupt our business operation and materially affect our financial condition.

Our operations, and the operations of our new business segment of property management and subleasing, are vulnerable to interruptions by natural disasters, public health crises and catastrophic events. For example, the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic caused the Chinese government to take unprecedented measures to contain the virus, such as lock-down of cities, nationwide travel restriction and compulsory quarantine requirements. During the outbreak, we had to temporarily close our office facilities, restrict employee travel, switch to online virtual meetings or even cancel meetings with partners. There continue to be significant uncertainties associated with the coronavirus, including with respect to the ultimate geographic spread of the virus, the severity of the disease, the duration of the outbreak, and actions that may be taken by Chinese or other governmental authorities to contain the coronavirus or to treat its impact. Any significant disruption resulting from this or similar epidemics on a large scale or over a prolonged period of time could cause significant disruption to our business until we would be able to resume normal business operations, negatively affecting our business, results of operations and financial condition.

Our business depends on the continued contributions made by Mr. Hong Zhida, as our key executive officer, the loss of whowhom may result in a severe impediment to our business.

Our success is dependent upon the continued contributions made by our CEO and President, Mr. Hong Zhida. We rely on his expertise in business operations when we are developing new products and services. The Company has no “Key Man” insurance to cover the resulting losses in the event that any of our officer or directors should die or resign.

If Mr. Hong Zhida cannot serve the Company or is no longer willing to do so, the Company may not be able to find alternatives in a timely manner or at all. This would likely result in a severe damage to our business operations and would have an adverse material impact on our financial position and operational results. To continue as a viable operation, the Company may have to recruit and train replacement personnel at a higher cost.

Additionally, if Mr. Hong Zhida joins our competitors or develops similar businesses that are in competition with our Company, our business may also be negatively impacted.

Our future success depends on our ability to attract and retain qualified long-term staff to fill management, technology, sales, marketing, and customer services positions. We have a great need for qualified talent, but we may not be successful in attracting, hiring, developing, and retaining the talent required for our success.

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We may be adversely impacted by certain compliance or legal matters.

We, along with third parties we do business with, are subject to complex compliance and litigation risks. Actions filed against us from time to time include commercial, tort, intellectual property, customer, employment, wage and hour, data privacy, securities, anti-corruption and other claims, including purported class action lawsuits. The cost of defending against these types of claims against us or the ultimate resolution of such claims, whether by settlement or adverse court decision, may harm our business. Further, potential claimants may be encouraged to bring lawsuits based on a settlement from us or adverse court decisions against us. We cannot currently assess the likely outcome of such suits, but if the outcome were negative, it could have a material adverse effect on our reputation, results of operations, financial condition and cash flows.

In addition, we may be impacted by litigation trends, including class action lawsuits involving consumers and shareholders, that could have a material adverse effect on our reputation, the market price of our common stock, results of operations, financial condition and cash flows.

Failure to make adequate contributions to various employee benefits plans as required by PRC regulations may subject us to penalties.

Companies operating in China are required to participate in various government sponsored employee benefit plans, including certain social insurance, housing funds and other welfare-oriented payment obligations, and contribute to the plans in amounts equal to certain percentages of salaries, including bonuses and allowances, of employees up to a maximum amount specified by the local government from time to time at locations where they operate their businesses. The requirement of employee benefit plans has not been implemented consistently by the local governments in China given the different levels of economic development in different locations. As of March 31, 2022, we have made adequate employee benefit payments in strict compliance with the relevant PRC regulations for and on behalf of our employees.

There is no guarantee that we will not fail in making adequate employee benefit payments in strict compliance with applicable PRC labor related laws and regulations in the future. Our failure in making contributions to various employee benefits plans in strict compliance with applicable PRC labor related laws and regulations may subject us to late payment penalties, and we could also be required to make up the contributions for these plans as well as to pay late fees and fines. If we are subject to late fees or fines in relation to the underpaid employee benefits, our financial condition and results of operations may be adversely affected.

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A recent 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 newly enacted “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 investing in us.

On April 21, 2020, the SEC and the PCAOB released a joint statement highlighting the risks associated with investing in companies based in or having 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 a minimum offering size requirement for companies primarily operating in a “Restrictive Market,” (ii) adopt a new requirement relating to the qualification of management or the board of directors for Restrictive Market companies, and (iii) apply additional and more stringent criteria to an applicant or listed company based on the qualifications of the company’s auditor.

On December 18, 2020, the “Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act” was signed by previous President of the United States and became law. This legislation requires certain issuers of securities to establish that they are not owned or controlled by a foreign government. Specifically, an issuer must make this certification if the PCAOB is unable to audit specified reports because the issuer has retained a foreign public accounting firm not subject to inspection by the PCAOB. Furthermore, if the PCAOB is unable to inspect the issuer’s public accounting firm for three consecutive years, the issuer’s securities are banned from trade on a national exchange or through other methods.

On March 24, 2021, the SEC announced that it had adopted interim final amendments to implement congressionally mandated submission and disclosure requirements of the HFCAA. 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 registrant’s annual report regarding the audit arrangements of, and governmental influence on, such a registrant.

Furthermore, on June 22, 2021, the U.S. Senate passed the Accelerating Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act (“AHFCAA”), which, if enacted, would amend the HFCAA and require the SEC to prohibit an issuer’s securities from trading on any U.S. stock exchanges if its auditor is not subject to PCAOB inspections for two consecutive years instead of three. If the AHFCAA is enacted, and if we are subject to it, it would decrease the number of “non-inspection years” from three years to two years, and thus, would reduce the time before our securities may be prohibited from trading or delisted.

On September 22, 2021, the PCAOB adopted rules to create a framework for the PCAOB to use when determining, as contemplated under the HFCAA, whether it 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 the interim final rules previously adopted in March 2021 to implement 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 the PCAOB is unable to inspect or investigate completely because of a position taken by an authority in a foreign jurisdiction.

On December 16, 2021, the PCAOB issued a Determination Report which found that the PCAOB is unable to inspect or investigate completely registered public accounting firms headquartered in: (1) mainland China of the People’s Republic of China, because of a position taken by one or more authorities in mainland China; and (2) Hong Kong, a Special Administrative Region and dependency of the PRC, because of a position taken by one or more authorities in Hong Kong. The PCAOB has made such designations as mandated under the HFCAA. Pursuant to each annual determination by the PCAOB, the SEC will, on an annual basis, identify issuers that have used non-inspected audit firms and thus are at risk of such suspensions in the future.

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The PCAOB is currently unable to conduct inspections in China without the approval of Chinese government authorities. If it is later determined that the PCAOB is unable to inspect or investigate our auditor completely, investors may be deprived of the benefits of such inspection. Any audit reports not issued by auditors that are completely inspected by the PCAOB, or a lack of PCAOB inspections of audit work undertaken in China that prevents the PCAOB from regularly evaluating our auditors’ audits and their quality control procedures, could result in a lack of assurance that our financial statements and disclosures are adequate and accurate.

Our auditor, Pan-China Singapore, the independent registered public accounting firm that issued the audit report included in this Annual Report, is subject to PCAOB inspections. Pan-China Singapore is headquartered in Singapore and there are no limitations in Singapore on PCAOB inspections. Therefore, we believe that, as of the date of this Annual Report, our auditor is not subject to the determinations announced by the PCAOB on December 16, 2021 relating to the PCAOB’s inability to inspect or investigate completely registered public accounting firms headquartered in the PRC or Hong Kong because of a position taken by one or more authorities in the PRC or Hong Kong. However, to the extent that our auditor’s work papers may, in the future, become located in China, such work papers will not be subject to inspection by the PCAOB because the PCAOB is currently unable to conduct inspections without the approval of the Chinese authorities. Inspections of certain other firms that the PCAOB has conducted outside of China have identified deficiencies in those firms’ audit procedures and quality control procedures, which may be addressed as part of the inspection process to improve future audit quality. The inability of the PCAOB to conduct inspections of our auditors’ work papers in China would make it more difficult to evaluate the effectiveness of our auditor’s audit procedures or quality control procedures as compared to auditors outside of China that are subject to PCAOB inspections. As a result, our investors may be deprived of the benefits of the PCAOB’s oversight of our auditor through such inspections and they may lose confidence in our reported financial information and procedures and the quality of our financial statements. We cannot assure you whether Nasdaq or other regulatory authorities will apply additional or more stringent criteria to us. Such uncertainty could cause the market price of our Ordinary Shares to be materially and adversely affected.

There are uncertainties under the PRC Securities Law relating to the procedures and requisite timing for the U.S. securities regulatory agencies to conduct investigations and collect evidence within the territory of the PRC.

On December 28, 2019, the newly amended Securities Law of the PRC (the “PRC Securities Law”) was promulgated, which became effective on March 1, 2020. According to Article 177 of the PRC Securities Law (“Article 177”), the securities regulatory authority of the State Council may establish a regulatory cooperation mechanism with securities regulatory authorities of another country or region for the implementation of cross-border supervision and administration. Article 177 further provides that overseas securities regulatory authorities shall not engage in activities pertaining to investigations or evidence collection directly conducted within the territories of the PRC, and that no Chinese entities or individuals shall provide documents and information in connection with securities business activities to any organizations and/or persons aboard without the prior consent of the securities regulatory authority of the State Council and the competent departments of the State Council.As of the date of this annual report, we are not aware of any implementing rules or regulations which have been published regarding application of Article 177.

As advised by our PRC counsel, Article 177 is only applicable where the activities of overseas authorities constitute a direct investigation or evidence collection by such authorities within the territory of the PRC. Our principal business operation is conducted in the PRC. In the event that the U.S. securities regulatory agencies carry out an investigation on us such as an enforcement action by the Department of Justice, the SEC or other authorities, such agencies’ activities will constitute conducting an investigation or collecting evidence directly within the territory of the PRC and accordingly fall within the scope of Article 177. In that case, the U.S. securities regulatory agencies may have to consider establishing cross-border cooperation with the securities regulatory authority of the PRC by way of judicial assistance, diplomatic channels or establishing a regulatory cooperation mechanism with the securities regulatory authority of the PRC. However, there is no assurance that the U.S. securities regulatory agencies will succeed in establishing such cross-border cooperation in this particular case and/or establish such cooperation in a timely manner.

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Furthermore, as Article 177 is a recently promulgated provision and, as the date of this annual report, there have not been implementing rules or regulations regarding the application of Article 177, it remains unclear as to how it will be interpreted, implemented or applied by the Chinese Securities Regulatory Commission or other relevant government authorities. As such, there are uncertainties as to the procedures and requisite timing for the U.S. securities regulatory agencies to conduct investigations and collect evidence within the territory of the PRC. If the U.S. securities regulatory agencies are unable to conduct such investigations, there exists a risk that they may determine to suspend or de-register our registration with the SEC and may also delist our securities from Nasdaq or other applicable trading market within the US.

We are exposed to liabilities relating to environmental protection and safety laws and regulations.

Our operations are subject to comprehensive and frequently changing laws and regulations relating to environmental protection and health and safety. The discharge of waste and pollutants from our manufacturing operations into the environment may give rise to liabilities that may require us to incur costs to remedy such discharge. If we violate such laws or regulations, we may be required to implement corrective actions and could be subject to civil or criminal fines or penalties or other sanctions.

However, we cannot assure you that any environmental laws adopted in the future will not materially increase our operating costs and other expenses. We cannot assure you that we will not have to make significant capital or operating expenditures in the future in order to comply with existing or new laws and regulations or that we will comply with applicable environmental laws at all times. Such violations or liability could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

If our employees do not maintain a strong work ethic and comply with our code of ethics, including our confidentiality requirements, their actions may negatively influence our business and reputation.

Employees with good professional ethics are important for any company’s development. An employee might, either intentionally or unintentionally, disclose confidential information about our Company or our clients and particularly unscrupulous employees might endeavor to sell material information to industry competitors. Furthermore, our employees will develop relationships with our business partners and clients, and may acquire information that could be used to harm their business interests. If this should happen, our partners and clients might lose faith in our company. While we can never eliminate these ethical risks entirely, we will attempt to reduce the likelihood of breaches of trust and mitigate their impacts of it by hiring highly professional employees and establishing strong internal information management systems.

We also plan to establish a series of policies to reduce the likelihood of such events.

However, in the event that any employee discloses confidential information about our Company or our clients or sells material information to industry competitors, it could have a material adverse effect on our reputation, operations and cash flow.

We face risks associated with future Chinese regulations.

Currently there are no government regulations in China regarding our type of services. The Chinese government encourages small-medium sized traditional industry companies to conduct business model transformation and technology updates, which may help companies gain more competitive advantages in international markets.

Other than the required adherence to general business laws and regulatory disclosures, our services are not affected by any specific additional Chinese government regulations. However, this does not preclude the possibility that China may institute regulations that will make it difficult or impossible for us to operate successfully, if at all, in the future. If that occurs, we may have to focus our business on companies located outside China. This could cause our results of operations to be materially adversely effected,affected, reduce our revenues and cause the value of our securities to decline in value.

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We may require additional financing in the future and our operations could be curtailed if we are unable to obtain required additional financing when needed.

We may need to obtain additional debt or equity financing to fund future capital expenditures. While we do not anticipate seeking additional financing in the immediate future, any additional equity may result in dilution to the holders of our outstanding shares of capital stock. Additional debt financing may include conditions that would restrict our freedom to operate our business, such as conditions that:

limit our ability to pay dividends or require us to seek consent for the payment of dividends;
increase our vulnerability to general adverse economic and industry conditions;
require us to dedicate a portion of our cash flow from operations to payments on our debt, thereby reducing the availability of our cash flow to fund capital expenditures, working capital and other general corporate purposes; and
limit our flexibility in planning for, or reacting to, changes in our business and our industry.

We cannot guarantee that we will be able to obtain any additional financing on terms that are acceptable to us, or at all.

Natural disasters and other events beyond our control could materially adversely affect us.

Natural disasters or other catastrophic events may cause damage or disruption to our operations, international commerce and the global economy, and thus could have a strong negative effect on us. Our business operations are subject to interruption by natural disasters, fire, power shortages, pandemics and other events beyond our control. This may result in delivery delays, malfunctioning of facilities or shutdown of logistic points. Such events could make it difficult or impossible for us to deliver our products and services to our customers and could decrease demand for our services. In the past, there was no significant disruption of operation at our production facilities and logistic points. However, we could not assure you that the production facilities and logistic points will always operate normally in the future.

We are an “emerging growth company” and we cannot be certain if the reduced disclosure requirements applicable to emerging growth companies will make our common stock less attractive to investors.

We are an “emerging growth company,” as defined in the JOBS Act, and we may take advantage of certain exemptions from various reporting requirements that are applicable to other public companies that are not “emerging growth companies” including not being required to comply with the auditor attestation requirements of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, reduced disclosure obligations regarding executive compensation in our periodic reports and proxy statements and exemptions from the requirements of holding a nonbinding advisory vote on executive compensation and shareholder approval of any golden parachute payments not previously approved. We cannot predict if investors will find our common stock less attractive because we may rely on these exemptions. If some investors find our common stock less attractive as a result, there may be a less active trading market for our common stock and our stock price may be more volatile.

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General Risks Associated with Business Operations in China

The PRC government may intervene or influence our business operations at any time or may exert more control over offerings conducted overseas and foreign investment in China based issuers, which could result in a material change in our business operations and/or the value of our securities. 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.

Recent statements by the Chinese government have indicated an intent to exert more oversight and control over offerings that are conducted overseas and/or foreign investments in China-based issuers. For example, the PRC has proposed new rules that would require companies collecting or holding large amounts of data to undergo a cybersecurity review prior to listing in foreign countries, a move that would significantly tighten oversight over China based internet giants. The Cybersecurity Review Measures that took effect from February 15, 2022 stipulates that an internet platform operator who possesses more than 1 million users’ personal information must report to the Office of Cybersecurity Review for a cybersecurity review when seeking listings in other nations.

On April 2, 2022, the CSRC released the Provisions on Strengthening Confidentiality and Archives Administration of Overseas Securities Offering and Listing by Domestic Companies (Draft for Comments), which provide that a domestic company that seeks to offer and list its securities in a overseas market shall strictly abide by applicable PRC laws and regulations, enhance legal awareness of keeping state secrets and strengthening archives administration, institute a sound confidentiality and archives administration system, and take necessary measures to fulfill confidentiality and archives administration obligations. In the event that the above proposed provisions and rules are enacted, the relevant filing procedures of the CSRC and other governmental authorities may be required in connection with this offering. On July 7, 2022, CAC promulgated the Measures for the Security Assessment of Data Cross-border Transfer, effective on September 1, 2022, which requires the data processors to apply for data cross-border security assessment coordinated by the CAC under the following circumstances: (i) any data processor transfers important data to overseas; (ii) any critical information infrastructure operator or data processor who processes personal information of over 1 million people provides personal information to overseas; (iii) any data processor who provides personal information to overseas and has already provided personal information of more than 100,000 people or sensitive personal information of more than 10,000 people to overseas since January 1st of the previous year; and (iv) other circumstances under which the data cross-border transfer security assessment is required as prescribed by the CAC.

Since the majority of our operations are located in the PRC, our business may be subject to PRC laws relating to the collection, use, sharing, retention, security, and transfer of confidential and private information, such as personal information and other data. As of the date of this prospectus, these new laws and guidelines have not impacted the Company’s ability to conduct its business, accept foreign investments, or list and trade on a U.S. or other foreign exchange. As confirmed by our PRC counsel at the date of September 2, 2022, the business of our subsidiaries until our registration are not subject to cybersecurity review with the Cyberspace Administration of China, or CAC, given that: (i) our products and services are offered not directly to individual users but through our institutional customers; (ii) we do not possess a large amount of personal information in our business operations; and (iii) data processed in our business does not have a bearing on national security and thus may not be classified as core or important data by the authorities. Further, we believe our newly established companies and our business plan will not change the above conclusion. However, there remains uncertainty as to how the Cybersecurity Review Measures will be interpreted or implemented and whether the PRC regulatory agencies, including the CAC, may adopt new laws, regulations, rules, or detailed implementation and interpretation related to the Cybersecurity Review Measures. If any such new laws, regulations, rules, or implementation and interpretation comes into effect, we will take all reasonable measures and actions to comply and to minimize the adverse effect of such laws on us. Any non-compliance could result in penalties or other significant legal liabilities.

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We cannot assure you that PRC regulatory agencies, including the CAC, would take the same view as we do, and there is no assurance that we can fully or timely comply with such laws. In the event that we are subject to any mandatory cybersecurity review and other specific actions required by the CAC, we face uncertainty as to whether any clearance or other required actions can be timely completed, or at all. Given such uncertainty, we may be further required to suspend our relevant business, shut down our website, or face other penalties, which could materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition, and results of operations. Any future action by the PRC government and companies whose foreign securities offerings are subject to review by the CSRC or the CAC could significantly limit or completely hinder our ability to offer or continue to offer securities to investors and could cause the value of such securities to significantly decline or be worthless.

Our independent registered public accounting firm’s audit documentation related to their audit reports included in this prospectus include audit documentation located in the PRC. Our Common Stocks may be delisted or prohibited from being traded over-the-counter under the HFCAA if the PCAOB is unable to inspect our audit documentation located in mainland China and, as such, you may be deprived of the benefits of such inspection which could result in limitations or restrictions to our access to the U.S. capital markets. The delisting or the cessation of trading of our Common Stocks, or the threat of their being delisted or prohibited from being traded, may materially and adversely affect the value of your investment.

Our independent registered public accounting firm issued an audit opinion on the financial statements included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2022. As an auditor of companies that are traded publicly in the United States and a firm registered with the PCAOB, our auditor is required by the laws of the United States to undergo regular inspections by the PCAOB.

Our auditor is headquartered in Singapore and there are no limitations in Singapore on PCAOB inspections. However, recent developments with respect to audits of PRC and Hong Kong based companies, such as us, create uncertainty about the ability of our auditor to fully cooperate with the PCAOB’s request for audit workpapers without the approval of the Chinese authorities. As a result, our investors may be deprived of the benefits of PCAOB’s oversight of our auditors through such inspections.

Inspections of certain other firms that the PCAOB has conducted outside of China have identified deficiencies in those firms’ audit procedures and quality control procedures, which may be addressed as part of the inspection process to improve future audit quality. The PCAOB is currently able to conduct inspections of audit firms located in mainland China and Hong Kong and conduct inspections of U.S. audit firms where audit work papers are located in mainland China. The audit workpapers for our PRC operations are located in the PRC.

In addition, as part of a continued regulatory focus in the United States on access to audit and other information currently protected by national law, in particular China’s, in June 2019, a bipartisan group of lawmakers introduced bills in both houses of Congress that would require the SEC to maintain a list of issuers for which the PCAOB is not able to inspect or investigate an auditor report issued by a foreign public accounting firm. The Ensuring Quality Information and Transparency for Abroad-Based Listings on our Exchanges (EQUITABLE) Act prescribes increased disclosure requirements for such issuers and, beginning in 2025, the delisting from national securities exchanges such as Nasdaq of issuers included for three consecutive years on the SEC’s list. On May 20, 2020, the U.S. Senate passed S. 945, the HFCAA. The HFCAA was approved by the U.S. House of Representatives on December 2, 2020. On December 18, 2020, the former U.S. president signed into law the HFCAA. In essence, the HFCAA requires the SEC to prohibit foreign companies from listing securities on U.S. securities exchanges if a company retains a foreign accounting firm that cannot be inspected by the PCAOB for three consecutive years, beginning in 2021. The enactment of the HFCAA and any additional rulemaking efforts to increase U.S. regulatory access to audit information could cause investor uncertainty for affected issuers, including us, and the market price of our securities could be adversely affected, and we could be delisted if it is unable to cure the situation to meet the PCAOB inspection requirement in time. On March 24, 2021, the SEC adopted interim final rules relating to the implementation of certain disclosure and documentation requirements of the HFCAA. We 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. The SEC is assessing how to implement other requirements of the HFCAA, including the listing and trading prohibition requirements described above.

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Furthermore, on June 22, 2021, the U.S. Senate passed the AHFCAA and on December 29, 2022, the Consolidated Appropriations Act was signed into law by President Biden, which contained, among other things, an identical provision to AHFCAA and amended the HFCAA by requiring the SEC to prohibit an issuer’s securities from trading on any U.S. stock exchanges if its auditor is not subject to PCAOB inspections for two consecutive years instead of three, thus reducing the time before your securities may be prohibited from trading or delisted. 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 Board 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.

On December 2, 2021, the SEC adopted 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 the PCAOB is unable to inspect or investigate completely because of a position taken by an authority in a foreign jurisdiction.

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 mainland China and Hong Kong authorities in those jurisdictions, and identifies the registered public accounting firms in mainland China and Hong Kong that are subject to such determinations. The PCAOB has made such designations as mandated under the HFCAA. Pursuant to each annual determination by the PCAOB, the SEC will, on an annual basis, identify issuers that have used non-inspected audit firms and thus are at risk of such suspensions in the future. The auditor of the Company, Marcum Asia CPAs LLP, is not among the auditor firms listed on the determination list issued by the PCAOB, which notes all of the auditor firms that the PCAOB is not able to inspect.

On August 26, 2022, the CSRC, the Ministry of Finance of the PRC, and the PCAOB signed a Statement of Protocol, or 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 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. On December 15, 2022, the PCAOB Board determined that the PCAOB was able to secure complete access to inspect and investigate registered public accounting firms headquartered in mainland China and Hong Kong and voted to vacate its previous determinations to the contrary. However, should PRC authorities obstruct or otherwise fail to facilitate the PCAOB’s access in the future, the PCAOB Board will consider the need to issue a new determination.

On December 29, 2022, the Consolidated Appropriations Act was signed into law by President Biden, which contained, among other things, an identical provision to AHFCAA and amended the HFCAA by requiring the SEC to prohibit an issuer’s securities from trading on any U.S. stock exchanges if its auditor is not subject to PCAOB inspections for two consecutive years instead of three.

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Should the PCAOB be unable to fully conduct inspections of our auditors’ work papers in the PRC, it will make it more difficult to evaluate the effectiveness of our auditor’s audit procedures or quality control procedures and you may be deprived of the benefits of such inspection, which could result in limitation or restriction to our access to the U.S. capital markets, and our securities may be delisted or prohibited from trading if the PCAOB determines that it cannot inspect or investigate completely our auditor under the HFCAA. Investors may consequently lose confidence in our reported financial information and procedures and the quality of our financial statements, which would adversely affect us.

To the extent cash in the business is in the PRC or a PRC entity, the funds may not be available to fund operations or for other use outside of the PRC due to interventions in or the imposition of restrictions and limitations on the ability of our Company or our subsidiaries by the PRC government to transfer cash.

Relevant PRC laws and regulations permit the companies in the PRC to pay dividends only out of their retained earnings, if any, as determined in accordance with PRC accounting standards and regulations. Additionally, each of the companies in the PRC are required to set aside at least 10% of its after-tax profits each year, if any, to fund a statutory reserve until such reserve reaches 50% of its registered capital. The companies in the PRC are also required to further set aside a portion of their after-tax profits to fund the employee welfare fund, although the amount to be set aside, if any, is determined at their discretion. These reserves are not distributable as cash dividends. In order for us to pay dividends to our stockholders, we will rely on the distribution of dividends, through the WFOE, to Yingxi HK from our PRC Subsidiaries.

Our cash dividends, if any, will be paid in U.S. dollars. If we are considered a tax resident enterprise of the PRC 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. See “Risk Factors – General Risks Associated with Business Operation in China - We may be treated as a resident enterprise for PRC tax purposes under the PRC Enterprise Income Tax Law, and we may therefore be subject to PRC income tax on our global income” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2022.

The PRC government also imposes controls on the convertibility of RMB into foreign currencies and, in certain cases, the remittance of currency out of the PRC. The majority of our income is received in RMB and shortages in foreign currencies may restrict our ability to pay dividends or other payments, or otherwise satisfy our foreign currency denominated obligations, if any. Under existing PRC foreign exchange regulations, payments of current account items, including profit distributions, interest payments and expenditures from trade-related transactions, can be made in foreign currencies without prior approval from SAFE as long as certain procedural requirements are met. Approval from appropriate government authorities is required if RMB is converted into foreign currency and remitted out of the PRC to pay capital expenses such as the repayment of loans denominated in foreign currencies. The PRC government may, at its discretion, impose restrictions on access to foreign currencies for current account transactions and if this occurs in the future, we may not be able to pay dividends in foreign currencies to our shareholders.

As a result of the above, to the extent cash in the business is in the PRC or a PRC entity, such funds or assets may not be available to fund operations or for other use outside of the PRC, due to interventions in or the imposition of restrictions and limitations on the ability of us, or our subsidiaries by the PRC government to transfer cash.

You may have difficulty enforcing judgments against us.

We are a Nevada corporation and most of our assets are and will be located outside of the United States. Almost all of our operations will be conducted in China. In addition, our officers and directors are nationals and residents of a country other than the United States. All of their assets are located outside the United States. As a result, it may be difficult for you to effect service of process within the United States upon them. 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 officer and director, since he is not a resident in the United States. In addition, there is uncertainty as to whether the courts of China would recognize or enforce judgments of U.S. courts.

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Foreign exchange fluctuations may affect our business.

We accept the payment for services in Chinese Yuan (CNY), Hong Kong Dollars (HKD), and U.S. Dollars (USD). Therefore, foreign exchange fluctuations may influence our business in unpredictable ways.

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The value of the Renminbi against the U.S. dollar and other currencies may fluctuate and is affected by, among other things, changes in political and economic conditions and the foreign exchange policy adopted by the PRC government. For instance, in August 2015, the People’s Bank of China, or PBOC, changed the way it calculates the mid-point price of Renminbi against the U.S. dollar, requiring the market-makers who submit for reference rates to consider the previous day’s closing spot rate, foreign-exchange demand and supply as well as changes in major currency rates. In 2016 and 2017, the value of the Renminbi depreciated approximately 7.2% and appreciated 6.3% against the U.S. dollar, respectively. From the April of 20192022 through the end of June 2020,March 2023, the value of the Renminbi appreciateddepreciated by approximately 5.51%8.3% against the U.S. dollar. It is difficult to predict how market forces or PRC or U.S. government policy, including any interest rate increases by the Federal Reserve, may impact the exchange rate between the Renminbi and the U.S. dollar in the future. There remains significant international pressure on the PRC government to adopt a more flexible currency policy, including from the U.S. government, which has threatened to label China as a “currency manipulator,” which could result in greater fluctuation of the Renminbi against the U.S. dollar.

A substantial percentage of our revenues and costs are denominated in Renminbi, and a significant portion of our assets are also denominated in Renminbi. We are a holding company and we rely on dividends, loans and other distributions on equity paid by our operating subsidiaries in China. Any significant fluctuations in the value of the Renminbi may materially and adversely affect our liquidity and cash flows. Appreciation of the U.S. dollar against the Renminbi would have a negative effect on the U.S. dollar amount we would receive. Conversely, to the extent that we need to convert U.S. dollars into Renminbi for our operations, appreciation of the Renminbi against the U.S. dollar would have an adverse effect on the Renminbi amount we would receive.

Inflation could pose a risk to our business.

Inflation is an important factor that must be considered as we move forward. A change in the rate of inflation could influence the profits that we generate from our business. When the rate of inflation rises, the operational costs of running our company would increase, such as labor costs, raw materials and public utilities, affecting our ability to provide our services at competitive prices. An increase in the rate of inflation would force our clients to search for other service providers, causing us to lose business and revenue.

We face the risk that changesChanges in the policies, regulations, rules and the enforcement of laws of the PRC government may be quick with little advance notice and could have a significant impact upon the business we may be able to conduct in the PRC and the profitability of such business.

The PRC’s economy is in a transition from a planned economy to a market oriented economy subject to five-year and annual plans adopted by the central government that set national economic development goals. Policies of the PRC government can have significant effects on the economic conditions of the PRC. The PRC government has confirmed that economic development will follow the model of a market economy. Under this direction, we believe that the PRC will continue to strengthen its economic and trading relationships with foreign countries and business development in the PRC will follow market forces. While we believe that this trend will continue, we cannot assure you that this will be the case. A changeChanges in policies, regulations, rules and the enforcement of laws by the PRC government, which changes may be quick with little advance notice, could adversely affect our interests by, among other factors: changes in laws, regulations or the interpretation thereof, confiscatory taxation, restrictions on currency conversion, imports or sources of supplies, or the expropriation or nationalization of private enterprises. Although the PRC government has been pursuing economic reform policies for more than two decades, we cannot assure you that the government will continue to pursue such policies or that such policies may not be significantly altered, especially in the event of a change in leadership, social or political disruption, or other circumstances affecting the PRC’s political, economic and social environment.

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There are uncertainties regarding the interpretation and enforcement of PRC laws, rules and regulations.

Most of our operations are conducted in the PRC, and are governed by PRC laws, rules and regulations. Our PRC subsidiariesSubsidiaries are subject to laws, rules and regulations applicable to foreign investment in China. The PRC legal system is a civil law system based on written statutes. Unlike the common law system, prior court decisions may be cited for reference but have limited precedential value.

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In 1979, the PRC government began to promulgate a comprehensive system of laws, rules and regulations governing economic matters in general. The overall effect of legislation over the past four decades has significantly enhanced the protections afforded to various forms of foreign investment in China. However, China has not developed a fully integrated legal system, and recently enacted laws, rules and regulations may not sufficiently cover all aspects of economic activities in China or may be subject to significant degree of interpretation by PRC regulatory agencies and courts. In particular, because these laws, rules and regulations are relatively new, and because of the limited number of published decisions and the non-precedential nature of these decisions, and because the laws, rules and regulations often give the relevant regulator significant discretion in how to enforce them, the interpretation and enforcement of these laws, rules and regulations involve uncertainties and can be inconsistent and unpredictable. Therefore, it is possible that our existing operations may be found not to be in full compliance with relevant laws and regulations in the future. 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, and which may have a retroactive effect. As a result, we may not be aware of our violation of these policies and rules until after the occurrence of the violation.

Any administrative and court proceedings in China may be protracted, resulting in substantial costs and diversion of resources and management attention. Since PRC administrative and court authorities have significant discretion in interpreting and implementing statutory and contractual terms, it may be more difficult to evaluate the outcome of administrative and court proceedings and the level of legal protection we enjoy than in more developed legal systems. These uncertainties may impede our ability to enforce the contracts we have entered into and could materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.

PRC regulations regarding acquisitions impose significant regulatory approval and review requirements, which could make it more difficult for us to pursue growth through acquisitions.

Under the PRC Anti-Monopoly Law, companies undertaking acquisitions relating to businesses in China must notify the anti-monopoly enforcement agency, in advance of any transaction where the parties’ revenues in the China market exceed certain thresholds and the buyer would obtain control of, or decisive influence over, the other party. In addition, on August 8, 2006, six PRC regulatory agencies, including the MOFCOM, the State-Owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission, the State Administration of Taxation, the SAIC, the China Securities Regulatory Commission, or the CSRC, and the State Administration of Foreign Exchange, or SAFE, 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 was amended on June 22, 2009. Under the M&A Rules, the approval of MOFCOM must be obtained in circumstances where overseas companies established or controlled by PRC enterprises or residents acquire domestic companies affiliated with such PRC enterprises or residents. Applicable PRC laws, rules and regulations also require certain merger and acquisition transactions to be subject to security review.

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Our business may be subject to a variety of PRC laws and other obligations regarding cybersecurity and data protection.

Our business may be subject to PRC laws relating to the collection, use, sharing, retention, security, and transfer of confidential and private information, such as personal information and other data. These laws continue to develop, and the PRC government may adopt other rules and restrictions in the future. Non-compliance could result in penalties or other significant legal liabilities.

Pursuant to the PRC Cybersecurity Law, which was promulgated by the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress on November 7, 2016 and took effect on June 1, 2017, personal information and important data collected and generated by a critical information infrastructure operator in the course of its operations in China must be stored in China, and if a critical information infrastructure operator purchases internet products and services that affects or may affect national security, it should be subject to cybersecurity review by the Cyberspace Administration of China (“CAC”). Due to the lack of further interpretations, the exact scope of “critical information infrastructure operator” remains unclear.

On April 13, 2020, twelve Chinese government agencies jointly promulgated the Measures for Cybersecurity Review, which became effective on June 1, 2020, set forth the cybersecurity review mechanism for critical information infrastructure operators, and provided that critical information infrastructure operators who intend to purchase internet products and services that affect or may affect national security shall be subject to a cybersecurity review. On June 10, 2021, the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress promulgated the PRC Data Security Law, which will take effect in September 2021. The Data Security Law provides for a security review procedure for the data activities that may affect national security. Moreover, the State Internet Information Office issued the Measures of Cybersecurity Review (Revised Draft for Comments, not yet effective) on July 10, 2021, which requires operators with personal information of more than 1 million users who want to list abroad to file a cybersecurity review with the CAC. Furthermore, 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 Severe and Lawful Crackdown on Illegal Securities Activities, which was available to the public on July 6, 2021. These 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. As these laws, opinions and the draft measures were recently issued, official guidance and interpretation of these remain unclear in several respects at this time, and the PRC government authorities may have wide discretion in the interpretation and enforcement of these laws, opinions and the draft measures. Therefore, it is uncertain whether the future regulatory changes would impose additional restrictions on our business.

The Data Security Law also sets forth the data security protection obligations for entities and individuals handling personal data, including that no entity or individual may acquire such data by stealing or other illegal means, and the collection and use of such data should not exceed the necessary limits The costs of compliance with, and other burdens imposed by, PRC Cybersecurity Law and any other cybersecurity and related laws may limit the use and adoption of our products and services and could have an adverse impact on our business. Further, if the enacted version of the Measures for Cybersecurity Review mandates clearance of cybersecurity review and other specific actions to be completed by companies like us, we face uncertainties as to whether such clearance can be timely obtained, or at all.

As confirmed by our PRC counsel at the date of September 2, 2022, we are not be subject to the cybersecurity review by the CAC for overseas public offerings of our securities to foreign investors, given that: (i) our products and services are offered not directly to individual users but through our institutional customers; (ii) we do not possess a large amount of personal information in our business operations; and (iii) data processed in our business does not have a bearing on national security and thus may not be classified as core or important data by the authorities. Further, we believe our newly established companies and our business plan will not change the above conclusion. However, there remains uncertainty as to how the Draft Measures will be interpreted or implemented and whether the PRC regulatory agencies, including the CAC, may adopt new laws, regulations, rules, or detailed implementation and interpretation related to the Draft Measures. If any such new laws, regulations, rules, or implementation and interpretation comes into effect, we will take all reasonable measures and actions to comply and to minimize the adverse effect of such laws on us.

We cannot assure you that PRC regulatory agencies, including the CAC, would take the same view as we do, and there is no assurance that we can fully or timely comply with such laws. In the event that we are subject to any mandatory cybersecurity review and other specific actions required by the CAC, we face uncertainty as to whether any clearance or other required actions can be timely completed, or at all. Given such uncertainty, we may be further required to suspend our relevant business, shut down our website, or face other penalties, which could materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition, and results of operations.

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PRC regulations relating to investments in offshore companies by PRC residents may subject our PRC-resident beneficial owners or our PRC subsidiariesSubsidiaries to liability or penalties, limit our ability to inject capital into our PRC subsidiariesSubsidiaries or limit our PRC subsidiaries’Subsidiaries’ ability to increase their registered capital or distribute profits.

SAFE promulgated the Circular on Relevant Issues Concerning Foreign Exchange Control on Domestic Residents’ Offshore Investment and Financing and Roundtrip Investment through Special Purpose Vehicles, or SAFE Circular 37, on July 4, 2014, which replaced the former circular commonly known as “SAFE Circular 75” promulgated by SAFE on October 21, 2005. SAFE Circular 37 requires PRC residents to register with local branches of SAFE in connection with their direct establishment or indirect control of an offshore entity, for the purpose of overseas investment and financing, with such PRC residents’ legally owned assets or equity interests in domestic enterprises or offshore assets or interests, referred to in SAFE Circular 37 as a “special purpose vehicle.” SAFE Circular 37 further requires amendment to the registration in the event of any significant changes with respect to the special purpose vehicle, such as increase or decrease of capital contributed by PRC individuals, share transfer or exchange, merger, division or other material event. In the event that a PRC shareholder holding interests in a special purpose vehicle fails to fulfill the required SAFE registration, the PRC subsidiariesSubsidiaries of that special purpose vehicle may be prohibited from making profit distributions to the offshore parent and from carrying out subsequent cross-border foreign exchange activities, and the special purpose vehicle may be restricted in its ability to contribute additional capital into its PRC subsidiary.Subsidiaries. Moreover, failure to comply with the various SAFE registration requirements described above could result in liability under PRC law for evasion of foreign exchange controls.

We have notified substantial beneficial owners of shares of common stock who we know are PRC residents of their filing obligation, and pursuant to SAFE Circular 37, we have periodically filed and updated the above-mentioned foreign exchange registration on behalf of certain employee shareholders who we know are PRC residents. However, we may not be aware of the identities of all of our beneficial owners who are PRC residents. We do not have control over our beneficial owners and cannot assure you that all of our PRC-resident beneficial owners will comply with SAFE Circular 37 and subsequent implementation rules. The failure of our beneficial owners who are PRC residents to register or amend their SAFE registrations in a timely manner pursuant to SAFE Circular 37 and subsequent implementation rules, or the failure of future beneficial owners of our company who are PRC residents to comply with the registration procedures set forth in SAFE Circular 37 and subsequent implementation rules, may subject the beneficial owners or our PRC subsidiariesSubsidiaries to fines and legal sanctions. On February 13, 2015, SAFE promulgated a Notice on Further Simplifying and Improving Foreign Exchange Administration Policy on Direct Investment, or SAFE Notice 13, which became effective on June 1, 2015. Pursuant to SAFE Notice 13, entities and individuals are required to apply for foreign exchange registration of foreign direct investment and overseas direct investment, including those required under the SAFE Circular 37, with designated domestic banks, instead of SAFE. The designated domestic banks will directly review the applications and conduct the registration.

Furthermore, since it is unclear how those new SAFE regulations, and any future regulation concerning offshore or cross-border transactions, will be interpreted, amended and implemented by the relevant PRC government authorities, we cannot predict how these regulations will affect our business operations or future strategy. Failure to register or comply with relevant requirements may also limit our ability to contribute additional capital to our PRC subsidiariesSubsidiaries and limit our PRC subsidiaries’Subsidiaries’ ability to distribute dividends to our company. These risks may have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

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We may be treated as a resident enterprise for PRC tax purposes under the PRC Enterprise Income Tax Law, and we may therefore be subject to PRC income tax on our global income.

Under the PRC Enterprise Income Tax Law and its implementing rules, both of which came into effect on January 1, 2008, enterprises established under the laws of jurisdictions outside of China with “de facto management bodies” located in China may be considered PRC tax resident enterprises for tax purposes and may be subject to the PRC enterprise income tax at the rate of 25% on their global income. “De facto management body” refers to a managing body that exercises substantive and overall management and control over the production and business, personnel, accounting books and assets of an enterprise. The State Administration of Taxation issued the Notice Regarding the Determination of Chinese-Controlled Offshore-Incorporated Enterprises as PRC Tax Resident Enterprises on the basis of de facto management bodies, or Circular 82, on April 22, 2009. Circular 82 provides certain specific criteria for determining whether the “de facto management body” of a Chinese-controlled offshore-incorporated enterprise is located in China. Although Circular 82 only applies to offshore enterprises controlled by PRC enterprises, not those controlled by foreign enterprises or individuals, the determining criteria set forth in Circular 82 may reflect the State Administration of Taxation’s general position on how the “de facto management body” test should be applied in determining the tax resident status of offshore enterprises, regardless of whether they are controlled by PRC enterprises. If we were to be considered a PRC resident enterprise, we would be subject to PRC enterprise income tax at the rate of 25% on our global income. In such case, our profitability and cash flow may be materially reduced as a result of our global income being taxed under the Enterprise Income Tax Law. We believe that none of our entities outside of China is a PRC resident enterprise for PRC tax purposes. However, the tax resident status of an enterprise is subject to determination by the PRC tax authorities and uncertainties remain with respect to the interpretation of the term “de facto management body.”

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Restrictions on currency exchange may limit our ability to utilize our PRC revenue effectively.

We (Addentax Group Corp.) are a Nevada holding company with no material operations of our own. We conduct substantially all of our operations through the operating companies established in the PRC, primarily Shenzhen Qianhai Yingxi Industrial Chain Service Co., Ltd. (“YX”), our wholly owned subsidiary and its subsidiaries. We are a holding company and do not directly own any substantive business operations in China. Substantially all of our revenue is denominated in Renminbi. The Renminbi is currently convertible under the “current account,” which includes dividends, trade and service-related foreign exchange transactions, but requires approval from or registration with appropriate government authorities or designated banks under the “capital account,” which includes foreign direct investment and loans, including loans we may secure from our onshore subsidiaries or variable interest entities.subsidiaries. Currently, one of our PRC subsidiaries,Subsidiaries, which areis a wholly-foreign owned enterprises,enterprise, may purchase foreign currency for settlement of “current account transactions,” including payment of dividends to us, without the approval of SAFE by complying with certain procedural requirements. However, the relevant PRC governmental authorities or the local bank may limit or eliminate our ability to purchase foreign currencies in the future for current account transactions.

Since 2016, PRC governmental authorities have imposed more stringent restrictions on outbound capital flows, including heightened scrutiny over “irrational” overseas investments for certain industries, as well as over four kinds of “abnormal” offshore investments, which are:

● investments through enterprises established for only a few months without substantive operation;

● investments with amounts far exceeding the registered capital of onshore parent and not supported by its business performance shown on financial statements;

● investments in targets which are unrelated to onshore parent’s main business; and

● investments with abnormal sources of Renminbi funding suspected to be involved in illegal transfer of assets or illegal operation of underground banking.

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On January 26, 2017, SAFE promulgated the Circular on Further Improving Reform of Foreign Exchange Administration and Optimizing Genuineness and Compliance Verification, which tightened the authenticity and compliance verification of cross-border transactions and cross-border capital flow, including requiring banks to verify board resolutions, tax filing forms and audited financial statements before wiring foreign invested enterprises’ foreign exchange dividend distribution of over US$50,000. In addition, the Outbound Investment Sensitive Industry Catalogue (2018) lists certain sensitive industries that are subject to NDRC pre-approval requirements prior to remitting investment funds offshore, which subjects us to increased approval requirements and restrictions with respect to our overseas investment activity. Since a significant amount of our PRC revenue is denominated in Renminbi, any existing and future restrictions on currency exchange may limit our ability to utilize revenue generated in Renminbi to fund our business activities outside of the PRC, make investments, service any debt we may incur outside of China or pay dividends in foreign currencies to our shareholders.

The disclosures in our reports and other filings with the SEC and our other public pronouncements are not subject to the scrutiny of any regulatory bodies in the PRC.

We are regulated by the SEC and our reports and other filings with the SEC are subject to SEC review in accordance with the rules and regulations promulgated by the SEC under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act. Our SEC reports and other disclosure and public pronouncements are not subject to the review or scrutiny of any PRC regulatory authority. For example, the disclosure in our SEC reports and other filings are not subject to the review by China Securities Regulatory Commission, a PRC regulator that is responsible for oversight of the capital markets in China. Accordingly, you should review our SEC reports, filings and our other public pronouncements with the understanding that no local regulator has done any review of us, our SEC reports, other filings or any of our other public pronouncements.

Introduction of new laws or changes to existing laws by the PRC government may adversely affect our business.

The PRC legal system is a codified legal system made up of written laws, regulations, circulars, administrative directives and internal guidelines. Unlike common law jurisdictions like the U.S., decided cases (which may be taken as reference) do not form part of the legal structure of the PRC and thus have no binding effect on subsequent cases with similar issues and fact patterns. Furthermore, in line with its transformation from a centrally-planned economy to a more free market-oriented economy, the PRC government is still in the process of developing a comprehensive set of laws and regulations. As the legal system in the PRC is still evolving, laws and regulations or the interpretation of the same may be subject to further changes. For example, the PRC government may impose restrictions on the amount of service fees that may be payable by municipal governments to wastewater and sludge treatment service providers. Also, the PRC central and municipal governments may impose more stringent environmental regulations which would affect our ability to comply with, or our costs to comply with, such regulations. Such changes, if implemented, may adversely affect our business operations and may reduce our profitability.

Risks Relating to Our Holding Company Structure

Substantial uncertainties exist with respect to the interpretation and implementation of the newly enacted Foreign Investment Law and how it may impact the viability of our current corporate structure, corporate governance and business operations.

On March 15, 2019, the PRC National People’s Congress approved the Foreign Investment Law, which came into effect on January 1, 2020 and replaces the trio of existing laws regulating foreign investment in the PRC, namely, the Sino-Foreign Equity Joint Venture Enterprise Law, the Sino-Foreign Cooperative Joint Venture Enterprise Law and the Wholly Foreign-Invested Enterprise Law, together with their implementation rules and ancillary regulations and become the legal foundation for foreign investment in the PRC. Meanwhile, the Implementation Regulation of the Foreign Investment Law and the Measures for Reporting of Information on Foreign Investment came into effect as of January 1, 2020, which clarified and elaborated the relevant provisions of the Foreign Investment Law.

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The Foreign Investment Law sets out the basic regulatory framework for foreign investments and proposes to implement a system of pre-entry national treatment with a negative list for foreign investments, pursuant to which (i) foreign entities and individuals are prohibited from investing in the areas that are not open to foreign investments, (ii) foreign investments in the restricted industries must satisfy certain requirements under the law, and (iii) foreign investments in business sectors outside of the negative list will be treated equally with domestic investments. The Foreign Investment Law also sets forth necessary mechanisms to facilitate, protect and manage foreign investments and proposes to establish a foreign investment information reporting system, through which foreign investors or foreign-invested enterprises are required to submit initial report, report of changes, report of deregistration and annual report relating to their investments to the Ministry of Commerce, or MOFCOM, or its local branches.

Although our operating structure is legal and permissible under the current Chinese law and regulations, including the Foreign Investment Law, Chinese regulatory authorities could disallow our operating structure, which would likely result in a material change in our operations and/or the value of our common stock, including that it could cause the value of such securities to significantly decline or become worthless.

We may rely on dividends and other distributions on equity paid by our PRC Subsidiaries to fund any cash and financing requirements we may have, and any limitation on the ability of our PRC Subsidiaries to make payments to us could have a material and adverse effect on our ability to conduct our business.

We are a Nevada holding company and we rely principally on dividends and other distributions on equity from our PRC Subsidiaries for our cash requirements, including the funds necessary to pay dividends and other cash distributions to our shareholders for services of any debt we may incur. If our PRC Subsidiaries incur debt on its own behalf in the future, the instruments governing the debt may restrict their ability to pay dividends or make other distributions to us. Under PRC laws and regulations, our PRC Subsidiaries, which are wholly foreign-owned enterprises, may pay dividends only out of their respective 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. Such reserve funds cannot be distributed to us as dividends. At its discretion, a wholly foreign-owned enterprise may allocate a portion of its after-tax profits based on PRC accounting standards to an enterprise expansion fund, or a staff welfare and bonus fund.

A portion of our revenue was generated by our PRC Subsidiaries 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 Subsidiaries to use their 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 Subsidiaries 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.

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PRC regulation of loans to and direct investment in PRC entities by offshore holding companies and governmental control of currency conversion may delay or prevent us from using the proceeds of our offerings to make loans or additional capital contributions to our PRC subsidiaries, which could materially and adversely affect our liquidity and our ability to fund and expand our business.

We are an offshore holding company conducting our operations in China through our PRC Subsidiaries. We may in the future make loans or provide guarantee to our PRC Subsidiaries subject to the approval or registration from governmental authorities and limitation of amount, or we may make additional capital contributions to our wholly foreign-owned subsidiary in China. Any loans to our wholly foreign-owned subsidiaries in China, which are treated as foreign-invested enterprise under PRC law, are subject to foreign exchange loan registrations. In addition, a foreign-invested enterprise, or FIE, shall use its capital pursuant to the principle of authenticity and self-use within its business scope. The capital of an FIE shall not be used for the following purposes: (i) directly or indirectly used for payment beyond the business scope of the enterprises or the payment prohibited by relevant laws and regulations; (ii) directly or indirectly used for investment in securities or investments other than banks’ principal-secured products unless otherwise provided by relevant laws and regulations; (iii) the granting of loans to non-affiliated enterprises, except where it is expressly permitted in the business license; and (iv) paying the expenses related to the purchase of real estate that is not for self-use (except for the foreign-invested real estate enterprises).

In light of the various requirements imposed by PRC regulations on loans to and direct investment in PRC entities by offshore holding companies, we cannot assure you that we will be able to complete the necessary government registrations or obtain the necessary government approvals on a timely basis, if at all, with respect to future loans by us to our PRC Subsidiaries or with respect to future capital contributions by us to our PRC Subsidiaries. If we fail to complete such registrations or obtain such approvals, our ability to use the proceeds from our offerings and to capitalize or otherwise fund our PRC operations may be negatively affected, which could materially and adversely affect our liquidity and our ability to fund and expand our business.

Risks Related to our Common Stock

The market price of our shares is likely to be highly volatile and subject to wide fluctuations in response to factors such as:

variations in our actual and perceived operating results;
news regarding gains or losses of customers or partners by us or our competitors;
news regarding gains or losses of key personnel by us or our competitors;
announcements of competitive developments, acquisitions or strategic alliances in our industry by us or our competitors;
changes in earnings estimates or buy/sell recommendations by financial analysts;
potential litigation;
the imposition of fines or penalties related to our activities in the PRC and failure to comply with applicable rules and regulations;
general market conditions or other developments affecting us or our industry; and
the operating and stock price performance of other companies, other industries and other events or factors beyond our control.

In addition, the securities markets have from time to time experienced 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 the shares.

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We may never be able to pay dividends and are unlikely to do so.

To date, we have not paid, nor do we intend to pay in the foreseeable future, dividends on our common stock, even if we become profitable. Earnings, if any, are expected to be used to advance our activities and for working capital and general corporate purposes, rather than to make distributions to stockholders. Since we are not in a financial position to pay dividends on our common stock and future dividends are not presently being contemplated, investors are advised that return on investment in our common stock is restricted to an appreciation in the share price. The potential or likelihood of an increase in share price is uncertain.

In addition, under Nevada law, we may only pay dividends subject to our ability to service our debts as they become due and provided that our assets will exceed our liabilities after the dividend. Our ability to pay dividends will therefore depend on our ability to generate sufficient profits. Further, because of the various rules applicable to our operations in China and the regulations on foreign investments as well as the applicable tax law, we may be subject to further limitations on our ability to declare and pay dividends to our shareholders.

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Shareholders may be diluted significantly through our efforts to obtain financing and satisfy obligations through the issuance of securities.

Wherever possible, our board of directors will attempt to use non-cash consideration to satisfy obligations. In many instances, we believe that the non-cash consideration will consist of shares of our common stock, warrants to purchase shares of our common stock or other securities. Our board of directors has authority, without action or vote of the shareholders, to issue all or part of the authorized but unissued shares of common stock or warrants to purchase such shares of common stock. In addition, we may attempt to raise capital by selling shares of our common stock, possibly at a discount to market in the future. These actions will result in dilution of the ownership interests of existing shareholders and may further dilute common stock book value, and that dilution may be material. Such issuances may also serve to enhance existing management’s ability to maintain control of us, because the shares may be issued to parties or entities committed to supporting existing management.

OurIn the event that our shares are traded, they may trade under $5.00 per share and thus will be a penny stock. Trading in penny stocks has many restrictions and these restrictions could severely affect the price and liquidity of our shares.

In the event that our stock trades below $5.00 per share, our stock would be known as a “penny stock”, which is subject to various regulations involving disclosures to be given to you prior to the purchase of any penny stock. The SEC has adopted regulations which generally define a “penny stock” to be any equity security that has a market price of less than $5.00 per share, subject to certain exceptions. Depending on market fluctuations, our common stock could be considered to be a “penny stock”. A penny stock is subject to rules that impose additional sales practice requirements on broker/dealers who sell these securities to persons other than established Members and accredited investors. For transactions covered by these rules, the broker/dealer must make a special suitability determination for the purchase of these securities. In addition, he must receive the purchaser’s written consent to the transaction prior to the purchase. He must also provide certain written disclosures to the purchaser. Consequently, the “penny stock” rules may restrict the ability of broker/dealers to sell our securities, and may negatively affect the ability of holders of shares of our common stock to resell them. These disclosures require you to acknowledge that you understand the risks associated with buying penny stocks and that you can absorb the loss of your entire investment. Penny stocks are low priced securities that do not have a very high trading volume. Consequently, the price of the stock is often volatile and you may not be able to buy or sell the stock when you want to.

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The issuances of our Common Stock to the Selling Stockholders or the Placement Agent upon conversion of Warrants or exercise of the Notes, as the case may be, will cause dilution to our existing stockholders, and the sale of the shares of Common Stock acquired by the Selling Stockholders or the Placement Agent, or the perception that such sales may occur, could cause the price of our Common Stock to fall.

Depending on market liquidity at the time, issuances and any subsequent sales of our common stock may cause the trading price of our common stock to fall.

We previously registered 197,227,433 shares of our common stock for their resale by selling stockholders which consisted of:

Up to 164,373,089 shares of common stock (the “PIPE Stocks”), consisting of (i) 82,186,544 shares of common stock issuable upon the conversion of our senior secured convertible notes (the “Notes”) issued to the selling stockholders pursuant to the securities purchase agreement, dated as of January 4, 2023, by and between us and the selling stockholders (the “PIPE Securities Purchase Agreement”), and (ii) 82,186,544 additional shares of common stock that we are required to register pursuant to a registration rights agreement between us and certain selling stockholders obligating us to register 200% of the maximum number of shares of common stock issuable upon conversion of the Notes;
Up to 32,154,344 shares of common stock (the “PIPE Warrant Stocks”), consisting of (i) 16,077,172 shares of our common stock issued or issuable upon the exercise of warrants (the “PIPE Warrants”) that were issued pursuant to the PIPE Securities Purchase Agreement, and (ii) 16,077,172 additional shares of common stock that we are required to register pursuant to a registration rights agreement between us and certain selling stockholders obligating us to register 200% of the maximum number of shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of the PIPE Warrant Stocks; and
Up to 700,000 shares of common stock (the “Placement Agent Warrant Stocks”) issued or issuable upon the exercise of placement agent warrants (the “Placement Agent Warrants”) that were issued to the placement agent pursuant to the PIPE placement agency agreement (the “PIPE Placement Agency Agreement”), dated as of January 4, 2023.

If and when the selling stockholders or placement agent convert and/or exercise their warrants or Notes, as the case may be, after the selling stockholders or the placement agents has acquired the shares, the selling stockholders or the placement agent may resell all, some, or none of those shares at any time or from time to time in its discretion. Therefore, issuances to the selling stockholders or the placement agent upon exercise of their warrants or conversion of the Notes could result in substantial dilution to the interests of other holders of our common stock. Even though the current trading price is significantly below our IPO price, the selling shareholders or the placement agent may have an incentive to sell because they will still profit because of the lower price that they acquired their shares than the retail investors. Additionally, the issuance of a substantial number of shares of our common stock to the selling stockholders or the placement agent, or the anticipation of such issuances, could make it more difficult for us to sell equity or equity-related securities in the future at a time and at a price that we might otherwise wish to effect sales.

You may experience future dilution as a result of future equity offerings and other issuances of our securities.

In order to raise additional capital, we may in the future offer additional common stocks or other securities convertible into or exchangeable for our common stocks at prices that may not be the same as the price per share paid by the investors in this offering. We may not be able to sell shares or other securities in any other offering at a price per share that is equal to or greater than the price per share paid by the investors in this offering, and investors purchasing shares or other securities in the future could have rights superior to existing stockholders. The price per share at which we sell additional common stocks or securities convertible into common stocks in future transactions may be higher or lower than the price per share paid to the selling stockholders. Our stockholders will incur dilution upon exercise of any outstanding stock options, warrants or other convertible securities or upon the issuance of common stocks under our share incentive programs.

We expect to require additional capital in the future in order to develop our business operations. If we do not obtain any such additional financing, it may be difficult to effectively realize our long-term strategic goals and objectives.

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Any additional capital raised through the sale of equity or equity-backed securities may dilute our stockholders’ ownership percentages and could also result in a decrease in the market value of our equity securities.

The terms of any securities issued by us in future capital transactions may be more favorable to new investors, and may include preferences, superior voting rights and the issuance of warrants or other derivative securities, which may have a further dilutive effect on the holders of any of our securities then outstanding.

In addition, we may incur substantial costs in pursuing future capital financing, including investment banking fees, legal fees, accounting fees, securities law compliance fees, printing and distribution expenses and other costs. We may also be required to recognize non-cash expenses in connection with certain securities we issue, such as convertible notes and warrants, which may adversely impact our financial condition.

Future sales of substantial amounts of the shares of common stock by existing stockholders could adversely affect the price of our common stock.

If we or our existing stockholders, our directors or their affiliates or certain of our executive officers, sell a substantial number of our common stocks in the public market, including the Resale Shares once issuable upon exercise of the PIPE Warrants and the Placement Agent Warrants, the market price of our common stocks could decrease significantly. The perception in the public market that we or our stockholders might sell our common stocks could also depress the market price of our common stocks and could impair our future ability to obtain capital, especially through an offering of equity securities.

The market price of our common stocks may be subject to fluctuation and you could lose all or part of your investment.

Our common stocks were first offered publicly in our IPO in August 2022 at a price of $5.00 per share, and our common stocks have subsequently traded as high as $656.54 per share and as low as $0.647 per share through June 23, 2023. The market price of our common stocks on the Nasdaq Capital Market may fluctuate as a result of a number of factors, some of which are beyond our control, including, but not limited to:

variations in our actual and perceived operating results;
news regarding gains or losses of customers or partners by us or our competitors;
news regarding gains or losses of key personnel by us or our competitors;
announcements of competitive developments, acquisitions or strategic alliances in our industry by us or our competitors;
changes in earnings estimates or buy/sell recommendations by financial analysts;
potential litigation;
the imposition of fines or penalties related to our activities in the PRC and failure to comply with applicable rules and regulations;
general market conditions or other developments affecting us or our industry; and
the operating and stock price performance of other companies, other industries and other events or factors beyond our control.

These factors and any corresponding price fluctuations may materially and adversely affect the market price of our common stocks and result in substantial losses being incurred by our investors. In the past, following periods of market volatility, public company stockholders have often instituted securities class action litigation. If we were involved in securities litigation, it could impose a substantial cost upon us and divert the resources and attention of our management from our business .

Item 1B. Unresolved Staff Comments

Not applicable to smaller reporting companies.

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Item 2. Properties

Our principal place of business is located at Kingkey 100, Block A, Room 4805, Luohu District, Shenzhen City, China 518000 and the telephone number is +(86) 755 8233 0336.0336, which is leased from a company controlled by our CEO. We also lease another four properties in the PRC from independent third parties which serve as our manufacturing factory and dormitory and additional offices and commercial building for subleasing. The following table sets forth a summary of certain information regarding our leased properties:

Property Type Address Monthly Rental (RMB)  Size (Square Meter)  Expiration date
Manufacturing factory Room 501, No. 5 Luotang Road, Dongcheng District,
Dongguan, Guangdong, PRC
  4,400   600  December 31, 2024
             
Principal Office Kingkey 100, Block A, Room 4805,
Luohu District, Shenzhen,
Guangdong, China
  82,000   303  July 31, 2025
             
Additional
office
 No. 41-46, Building D, Block B, Jinpeng Distribution Center, No. 536,
Sha Ping North Rd, Danping Committee,
Nanwan St, Longgang, Shenzhen,
Guangdong, PRC
  45,000   720  January 31, 2024
             
Warehouse and additional
office
 No. 3 Ping’an Avenue, Pinghu Street,
Longgang District, Shenzhen,
Guangdong, PRC
  30,000   605  May 31, 2024

We also have 848 logistics points and they are located in 11 provinces and three municipalities in the PRC.

Item 3. Legal Proceedings

From time to time, we may become involved in legal proceedings or be subject to claims arising in the ordinary course of our business. We are not presently a party to any legal proceedings that in the opinion of our management, if determined adversely to us, would individually or taken together have a material adverse effect on our business, operating results, financial condition, or cash flows.

Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures

Not applicable.

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PART II

Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchasers of Equity Securities

Market Information

Our common stock is currently quoted on the OTCQBNasdaq under the symbol “ATXG.”

Trading in stocks quoted on the OTCQBNasdaq is often thin and is characterized by wide fluctuations in trading prices due to many factors that may have little to do with a company’s operations or business prospects. We cannot assure you that there will be a market for our common stock in the future.

We received our trading symbol on September 12, 2016 and were first quoted on September 12, 2016 but no shares were traded until December 12, 2016.

The following table sets forth the high and low trading pricesHolders of one share of our common stock for each fiscal quarter over the past two fiscal years, and April 1, 2020 to the date of this Form 10-K.The quotations provided are for the over the counter market, which reflect interdealer prices without retail mark-up, mark-down or commissions, and may not represent actual transactions. Our common stock trades on a limited, sporadic and volatile basis. These high and low bid prices per share of common stock have been adjusted to give effect to the 1-for-20 reverse stock split of our common stock effected on February 27, 2019.Common Stock

Fiscal Year 2020 High Bid  Low Bid 
First Quarter $7.00  $7.00 
Second Quarter (through June 29, 2020) $7.00  $7.00 
Third Quarter $  $ 
Fourth Quarter $  $ 

Fiscal Year 2019 High Bid  Low Bid 
First Quarter $78.00  $46.00 
Second Quarter $82.00  $75.00 
Third Quarter $80.00  $51.00 
Fourth Quarter $29.75  $80.00 

Fiscal Year 2018 High Bid  Low Bid 
First Quarter $41.00  $26.00 
Second Quarter $49.00  $32.00 
Third Quarter $46.00  $33.40 
Fourth Quarter $58.00  $40.00 

Number of Holders

25,346,00437,395,420 shares of common stock were issued and outstanding as of June 29, 2019.30, 2023. They were held by a total of 588550 shareholders of record. The holders of common stock are entitled to one vote for each share held of record on all matters submitted to a vote of stockholders. Holders of the common stock have no preemptive rights and no right to convert their common stock into any other securities. There is no redemption or sinking fund provisions applicable to the common stock.

Transfer Agent

The transfer agent for the common stock is Transfer Online, Inc. The transfer agent’s address is 512 SE Salmon St., Portland, OR 97214, and its telephone number is +1 (503) 227-2950.

Dividends

No cash dividends were paid on our shares of common stock during the fiscal year ended March 31, 20202023 and March 31, 2019.2022. We have not paid any cash dividends since October 28, 2014 (inception) and do not foresee declaring any cash dividends on our common stock in the foreseeable future.

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Securities Authorized for Issuance under Equity Compensation Plans

We do not have in effect any compensation plans under which our equity securities are authorized for issuance.

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Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities

During January 2016, the Company sold a total of 18,500 common shares for cash contributions of $555 at $0.03 per share.

During February 2016, the Company sold a total of 74,000 common shares for cash contributions of $2,220 at $0.03 per share.

During March 2016, the Company sold a total of 333,000 common shares for cash contributions of $9,862 at $0.03 per share.

On April 18, 2017, the Company issued a total of 500,000,000 common shares as follows:

Hengtian Group Co., Ltd.: (Beneficial Owner: Ma Huizhu) 215,000,000 restricted common shares.
Hong Zhida*: 30,000,000 restricted common shares.
Hui Lian Group Ltd.: (Beneficial Owner: Ma Huijun) 255,000,000 restricted common shares.

The 500,000,000 common shares were issued pursuant to a Sale & Purchase Agreement (“S&P ”) for the acquisition of 100% of the shares and assets of Yingxi Industrial Chain Group Co., Ltd., a company incorporated under the laws of the Republic of Seychelles. The Company agreed to issue five hundred million (500,000,000) shares of common stock to Yingxi Industrial Chain Group Co., Ltd. to acquire its shares and assets for a cost of US$0.30 per share or a total cost of US$150,000,000.

*Hong Zhida is the President, Secretary, Treasurer and a Director of the Company.

We claim an exemption from registration pursuant to Section 4(a)(2) and/or Rule 506(b) of Regulation D of the Securities Act, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder in connection with the sales and issuances described above since the foregoing issuances and sales did not involve a public offering, the recipients were (a) “accredited investors ”,”, and/or (b) had access to similar documentation and information as would be required in a Registration Statement under the Securities Act. With respect to the transactions described above, no general solicitation was made either by us or by any person acting on our behalf. The transactions were privately negotiated, and did not involve any kind of public solicitation. No underwriters or agents were involved in the foregoing issuances and we paid no underwriting discounts or commissions. The securities sold are subject to transfer restrictions, and the certificates evidencing the securities contain an appropriate legend stating that such securities have not been registered under the Securities Act and may not be offered or sold absent registration or pursuant to an exemption therefrom.

Item 6. Selected Financial Data[Reserved]

Not applicable to smaller reporting companies.

Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

The following discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations for the years ended March 31, 20202023 and 20192022 should be read in conjunction with the Financial Statements and corresponding notes included in this Annual Report on Form 10-K. Our discussion includes forward-looking statements based upon current expectations that involve risks and uncertainties, such as our plans, objectives, expectations, and intentions. Actual results and the timing of events could differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements as a result of a number of factors, including those set forth under the Risk Factors and Special Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements in this report. We use words such as “anticipate,” “estimate,” “plan,” “project,” “continuing,” “ongoing,” “expect,” “believe,” “intend,” “may,” “will,” “should,” “could,” “target”, “forecast” and similar expressions to identify forward-looking statements.

Overview

Our Business

We (Addentax Group Corp.) are a Nevada holding company with no material operations of our own. We conduct substantially all of our operations through our operating companies established in the PRC, primarily Shenzhen Qianhai Yingxi Industrial Chain Service Co., Ltd. (“YX”), our wholly owned subsidiary and its subsidiaries. We are not a Chinese operating company. We are a garment manufacturerholding company and logistic service provider baseddo not directly own any substantive business operations in China. We areTherefore, our investors will not directly hold any equity interests in our operating companies. Our holding company structure involves unique risks to investors. Chinese regulatory authorities could disallow our operating structure, which would likely result in a material change in our operations and/or the value of our common stock, including that it could cause the value of such securities to significantly decline or become worthless. Our holding company, Addentax Group Corp., is listed on the OTCQBNasdaq Capital Market under the symbol of “ATXG”. We classify our businesses into twothree segments: Garmentgarment manufacturing, logistics services, property management and logistics services.subleasing, and .

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Unless the context otherwise requires, all references in this annual report to “Addentax” refer to Addentax Group Corp., a holding company, and references to “we,” “us,” “our,” the “Registrant”, the “Company,” or “our company” refer to Addentax and/or its consolidated subsidiaries. Addentax Group Corp., our Nevada holding company, is the entity in which our investors are investing.

Our subsidiaries include (i) Yingxi Industrial Chain Group Co., Ltd., a Republic of Seychelles company; (ii) Yingxi Industrial Chain Investment Co., Ltd., a Hong Kong company (“Yingxi HK”); (iii) Qianhai Yingxi Textile & Garments Co., Ltd., a PRC company; (iv) Shenzhen Qianhai Yingxi Industrial Chain Services Co., Ltd, a PRC company (“YX”), (v) Dongguan Heng Sheng Wei Garments Co., Ltd, a PRC company (“HSW”), (vi) Dongguan Yushang Clothing Co., Ltd, a PRC company (“YS”), (vii) Shantou Yi Bai Yi Garment Co., Ltd, a PRC company (“YBY”), (viii) Shenzhen Yingxi Peng Fa Logistic Co., Ltd., a PRC company (“PF”); (ix) Shenzhen Xin Kuai Jie Transportation Co., Ltd, a PRC company (“XKJ”), (x) Shenzhen Yingxi Tongda Logistic Co., Ltd, a PRC company (“TD”), (xi) Dongguan Yingxi Daying Commercial Co., Ltd., a PRC company (“DY”), (xii) Zhuang Hao Jia (Dongguan) Decoration Engineering Co.,Ltd, a PRC company (“ZHJ”), and (xiii) Dongguan Aotesi Garments Co., Ltd.,, a PRC company (“AOT”).

PRC Subsidiaries” refer to, collectively, (i) Qianhai Yingxi Textile & Garments Co., Ltd.; (ii) Shenzhen Qianhai Yingxi Industrial Chain Services Co., Ltd (“YX”), (iii) Dongguan Heng Sheng Wei Garments Co., Ltd (“HSW”), (iv) Dongguan Yushang Clothing Co., Ltd (“YS”); (v) Shantou Yi Bai Yi Garment Co., Ltd (“YBY”); (vi) Shenzhen Yingxi Peng Fa Logistic Co., Ltd., a PRC company (“PF”); (vii) Shenzhen Xin Kuai Jie Transportation Co., Ltd, a PRC company (“XKJ”), (viii) Shenzhen Yingxi Tongda Logistic Co., Ltd, a PRC company (“TD”), (ix) Dongguan Yingxi Daying Commercial Co., Ltd., a PRC company (“DY”), (x) Zhuang Hao Jia (Dongguan) Decoration Engineering Co.,Ltd, a PRC company (“ZHJ”), and (xi) Dongguan Aotesi Garments Co., Ltd.,, a PRC company (“AOT”).

In February 2023, the Company disposed DY to an independent third party respectively.

WFOE” refers to Qianhai Yingxi Textile & Garments Co., Ltd, a wholly foreign owned enterprise in China, which is indirectly wholly owned by Addentax Group Corp.

Our garment manufacturing business consists of sales made principally to wholesaler located in the People’s Republic of China (“PRC”).PRC. We have our own manufacturing facilities, with sufficient production capacity and skilled workers on production lines to ensure that we meet our high quality control standards and timely meet the delivery requirementrequirements for our customers. We conduct our garment manufacturing operations through five wholly owned subsidiaries, namely Dongguan Heng Sheng Wei Garments Co., Ltd (“HSW”), Shantou Chenghai Dai Tou Garments Co., Ltd (“DT”), Dongguan Yingxi Daying Commercial Co., Ltd (“DY”), Dongguan Yushang Clothing Co., Ltd (“YS”), and Shantou Yi Bai Yi GarmentsGarment Co., Ltd (“YBY”), Zhuang Hao Jia (Dongguan) Decoration Engineering Co.,Ltd (“ZHJ”), and Dongguan Aotesi Garments Co., Ltd., (“AOT”), which are located in the Guangdong province, China.

Our logisticlogistics business consists of delivery and courier services covering approximately 7986 cities in approximately seven11 provinces and two3 municipalities in China. Although we have our own motor vehicles and drivers, we currently outsource some of the business to our contractors. We believe outsourcing allows us to maximize our capacity and maintain flexibility while reducing capital expenditures and the costs of keeping drivers during slow seasons. We conduct our logistic operations through twothree wholly owned subsidiaries, namely Shenzhen Xin Kuai Jie Transportation Co., Ltd (“XKJ”) and, Shenzhen HuaYingxi Peng Fa Logistic Co., Ltd (“HPF”PF”) and Shenzhen Yingxi Tongda Logistic Co., Ltd (“TD”), which are located in the Guangdong province, China.

Our property management and subleasing business provides shops subleasing and property management services for garment wholesalers and retailers in the garment market. We conduct our property management and subleasing operation through a wholly owned subsidiary, namely Dongguan Yingxi Daying Commercial Co., Ltd. (“DY”), which is located in the Guangdong province, China.

In February 2023, the Company disposed of DY to an independent third party at fair value, which was also its carrying value as of February 28, 2023.

The business operations, customers and suppliers of DY were retained by the Company; therefore, the disposition of the subsidiary did not qualify as discontinued operations.

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Business Objectives

Garment Manufacturing Business

We believe the strength of our garment manufacturing business is mainly due to our consistent emphasis on exceptional quality and timely delivery. The primary business objective for our garment manufacturing segment is to expand our customer base and improve our profit.

LogisticLogistics Services Business

The business objective and future plan for our logistic servicelogistics services segment is to establish an efficient logistic system and to build a nationwide delivery and courier network in China. As of March 31, 2020,2023, we provide logistic service to over 7986 cities in approximately seveneleven provinces and twothree municipalities. We expect to develop an20 additional 20 logistics pointsroutes in existing serving cities and improve the Company’s profit in the year 2024.

Property Management and Subleasing Business

The business objective of 2020.our property management and subleasing segment is to integrate resources in shopping mall, develop e-commerce bases and the Internet celebrity economy together to drive to increase the value of the stores in the area. In February 2023, the Company disposed of DY to an independent third party at fair value, which was also its carrying value as of February 28, 2023.

Seasonality of Business

Our business is affected by seasonal trends, with higher levels of garment sales in our second and third quarters and higher logistic service revenue in our third and fourth quarters. These trends primarily result from the timing of seasonal garment manufacturing shipments and holiday periods in the logistic segment.

Collection Policy

Garment manufacturing business

For our new customers, we generally require orders placed to be backed by advances or deposits. For our long-term and established customers with good payment track records, we generally provide payment terms between 30 to 180 days following the delivery of finished goods.

LogisticLogistics Services business

For logistic service,logistics services, we generally receive payments from the customers between 30 to 90 days following the date of the registerregistration of our receipt of packages.

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Property management and subleasing business

For property management and subleasing business, we generally collect rental and management fees of the following month each month in advance.

Economic Uncertainty

Our business is dependent on consumer demand for our products and services. We believe that the significant uncertainty in the economy in China has increased our clients’ sensitivity to the cost of our products and services. We have experienced continued pricing pressure. If the economic environment becomes weak, the economic conditions could have a negative impact on our sales growth and operating margins, cash position and collection of accounts receivable. Additionally, business credit and liquidity have tightened in China. Some of our suppliers and customers may face credit issues and could experience cash flow problems and other financial hardships. These factors currently have not had an impact on the timeliness of receivable collections from our customers. We cannot predict at this time how this situation will develop and whether accounts receivable may need to be allowed for or written off in the coming quarters.

Despite the various risks and uncertainties associated with the current economy in China, we believe our core strengths will continue to allow us to execute our strategy for long-term sustainable growth in revenue, net income and operating cash flow.

Summary of Critical Accounting Policies

We have identified critical accounting policies that, as a result of judgments, uncertainties, uniqueness and complexities of the underlying accounting standards and operation involved could result in material changes to our financial position or results of operations under different conditions or using different assumptions.

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Estimates and Assumptions

We regularly evaluate the accounting estimates that we use to prepare our financial statements. In general, management’s estimates are based on historical experience, on information from third party professionals, and on various other assumptions that are believed to be reasonable under the facts and circumstances. Actual results could differ from those estimates made by management.

Revenue Recognition

Revenue is generated through sale of goods and delivery services. Revenue is recognized when a customer obtains control of promised goods or services and is recognized in an amount that reflects the consideration that the Company expects to receive in exchange for those goods or services. In addition, the standard requires disclosure of the nature, amount, timing, and uncertainty of revenue and cash flows arising from contracts with customers. The amount of revenue that is recorded reflects the consideration that the Company expects to receive in exchange for those goods and services. The Company applies the following five-step model in order to determine this amount:

(i)identification of the promised goods and services in the contract;
(ii)determination of whether the promised goods and services are performance obligations, including whether they are distinct in the context of the contract;
(iii)measurement of the transaction price, including the constraint on variable consideration;
   
(iv)allocation of the transaction price to the performance obligations; and
(v)recognition of revenue when (or as) the Company satisfies each performance obligation.

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The Company only applies the five-step model to contracts when it is probable that the Company will collect the consideration it is entitled to in exchange for the goods or services it transfers to the customer. Once a contract is determined to be within the scope of ASC 606 at contract inception, the Company reviews the contract to determine which performance obligations the Company must deliver and which of these performance obligations are distinct. The Company recognizes as revenues the amount of the transaction price that is allocated to the respective performance obligation when the performance obligation is satisfied or as it is satisfied. Generally, the Company’s performance obligations are transferred to customers at a point in time, typically upon delivery.

For all reporting periods, the Company has not disclosed the value of unsatisfied performance obligations for all product and service revenue contracts with an original expected length of one year or less, which is an optional exemption that is permitted under the adopted rules.

Concentrations of Credit Risk

Cash held in banks: We maintain cash balances at the financial institutions in China. We have not experienced any losses in such accounts.

Accounts Receivable: Customer accounts typically are collected within a short period of time, and based on its assessment of current conditions and its experience collecting such receivables, management believes it has no significant risk related to its concentration within its accounts receivable.

Leases

Lessee

The Company determines if an arrangement is a lease at inception. Operating leases are included in operating lease right-of-use (“ROU”) assets, other current liabilities, and operating lease liabilities in our consolidated balance sheets. Finance leases are included in property and equipment, other current liabilities, and other long-term liabilities in the consolidated balance sheets.

ROU assets represent the right to use an underlying asset for the lease term and lease liabilities represent the obligation to make lease payments arising from the lease. Operating lease ROU assets and liabilities are recognized at commencement date based on the present value of lease payments over the lease term. As most of the leases do not provide an implicit rate, The Company generally use the incremental borrowing rate based on the estimated rate of interest for collateralized borrowing over a similar term of the lease payments at commencement date. The operating lease ROU asset also includes any lease payments made and excludes lease incentives. Lease expense for lease payments is recognized on a straight-line basis over the lease term.

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Lessor

As a lessor, the Company’s leases are classified as operating leases under ASC 842. Leases, in which the Company is the lessor, are substantially all accounted for as operating leases and the lease components and non-lease components are accounted for separately. Rental income from operating leases is recognized on a straight-line basis over the term of the relevant lease. Initial direct costs incurred in negotiating and arranging an operating lease are added to the carrying amount of the leased asset and recognized on a straight-line basis over the lease term.

Recently issued and adopted accounting pronouncements

In November 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-18: Statement of Cash Flows (Topic 230): Restricted Cash. The amendments in this Update require that a statement of cash flows explain the change during the period in the total of cash, cash equivalents, and amounts generally described as restricted cash or restricted cash equivalents. Therefore, amounts generally described as restricted cash and restricted cash equivalents should be included with cash and cash equivalents when reconciling the beginning-of-period and end-of-period total amounts shown on the statement of cash flows. The amendments in this Update do not provide a definition of restricted cash or restricted cash equivalents. The amendments in this ASU on update are effective for public business entities for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2017, and interim periods within those fiscal years. Early adoption is permitted, including adoption in an interim period. The amendments in this Update should be applied using a retrospective transition method each period presented. The Company adopted this ASU on April 1, 2018 and determined it had no impact on its consolidated financial statements as of March 31, 2020.

In August 2018, the FASB issued ASU 2018-13,Disclosure Framework—Changes to the Disclosure Requirements for Fair Value Measurement to ASC Topic 820, Fair Value Measurement (“ASC 820”). ASU 2018-13 modifies the disclosure requirements for fair value measurements by removing, modifying, and/or adding certain disclosures. ASU 2018-13 is effective for interim and annual reporting periods in fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019. An entity is permitted to early adopt by modifying existing disclosures and delay adoption of the additional disclosures until the effective date. The Company is evaluating the effect that adoption of this guidance will have on its consolidated financial statements and related disclosures.

In February 2018, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) No. 2018-02, Income Statement - Reporting Comprehensive Income (Topic 220) Reclassification of Certain Tax Effects from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income. The amendments allow a reclassification from accumulated other comprehensive income to retained earnings for stranded tax effects resulting from the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. This standard was effective for the Company on September 1, 2018. The adoption of this standard did not have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

In June 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-13, Financial Instruments – Credit Losses (Topic 326), Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments. This standard requires a financial asset (or group of financial assets) measured at amortized cost basis to be presented at the net amount expected to be collected. The allowance for credit losses is a valuation account that is deducted from the amortized cost basis of the financial asset(s) to present the net carrying value at the amount expected to be collected on the financial asset. This standard will be effective for the Company on December 15, 2019.April 1, 2023. The Company is currently evaluating the impact the adoption of this ASU will have on its consolidated financial statements.

Accounting for Convertible Instruments: In January 2016, theAugust 2020, FASB issued ASU 2016-01, “Financial Instruments-Overall (Subtopic 825-10): Recognition2020-06, Accounting for Convertible Instruments and MeasurementContracts in an Entity’s Own Equity (ASU 2020-06), as part of Financial Assetsits overall simplification initiative to reduce costs and Financial Liabilities(“ASU 2016-01”)”. The standard addresses certain aspectscomplexity of recognition, measurement, presentation, and disclosureapplying accounting standards while maintaining or improving the usefulness of the information provided to users of financial instruments. ASU 2016-01statements. Among other changes, the new guidance removes from GAAP separation models for convertible debt that require the convertible debt to be separated into a debt and equity component, unless the conversion feature is required to be bifurcated and accounted for as a derivative or the debt is issued at a substantial premium. As a result, after adopting the guidance, entities will no longer separately present such embedded conversion features in equity and will instead account for the convertible debt wholly as debt. The new guidance also requires use of the “if-converted” method when calculating the dilutive impact of convertible debt on earnings per share, which is consistent with the Company’s current accounting treatment under the current guidance. The guidance is effective for financial statements issued for fiscal years, and interim periods within those years beginning after December 15, 2017. The Company evaluated the impact of adopting the new standard and concluded that there was no material impact to its consolidated financial statements.

In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-02,“Lease (Topic 842) “, which amends recognition of lease assets and lease liabilities by lessees for those leases classified as operating leases. Under the new guidance, lessees will be required to recognize a lease liability and a right-of-use asset for all leases (with the exception of short-term leases) at the commencement date. This standard takes effect for fiscal years,2021, and interim periods within those fiscal years, with early adoption permitted, but only at the beginning after December 15, 2018. According to this new standard, the Company recorded both right-of-use asset and lease liability of $1.8 million on its consolidated financial statements for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2020.year.

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The Company reviews new accounting standards as issued. Management has not identified any other new standards that it believes will have a significant impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

 

Results of Operations for the years ended March 31, 20202023 and 20192022

 

The following tables summarize our results of operations for the years ended March 31, 20202023 and 2019.2022. The table and the discussion below should be read in conjunction with our consolidated financial statements and the notes thereto appearing elsewhere in this report.

 

          Increase (decrease) in 
 2020  2019  2020 compared to 2019  2023  2022  Changes in 2023 compared to 2022    
 (In U.S. dollars, except for percentages)       (In U.S. dollars, except for percentages)      
Revenue $10,172,379   100.0% $10,026,920   100% $145,459   1.5% $7,944,171   100.0% $12,690,633   100% $(4,746,462)  (37.4)%
Cost of revenues  (8,787,018)  (86.4)%  (8,744,226)  (87.2)%  (42,792)  (0.5)%  (6,103,110)  (76.8)%  (10,627,379)  (83.7)%  4,524,269   42.6%
Gross profit  1,385,361   13.6%  1,282,694   12.8%  102,667   8.0%
Gross profit (loss)  1,841,061   23.2%  2,063,254   16.3%  (222,193)  (10.8)%
Operating expenses  (2,249,679)  (22.1)%  (1,965,821)  (19.6)%  283,858   14.4%  (2,303,976)  (29.0)%  (2,120,259)  (16.7)%  (183,717)  (8.7)%
Loss from operations  (864,318)  (8.5)%  (683,127)  (6.8)%  (181,191)  26.5%  (462,915)  (5.8)%  (57,005)  (0.4)%  (405,910)  (712.1)%
Impairment loss on goodwill  (475,003)  (4.7)%  -   -   475,003     
Other income, net  (79,560)  (0.8)%  8,776   (0.1%  (88,336)  (1,006.6)%  320,556   4.0%  160,570   1.3%  159,986   99.6%
Fair value gain or loss  2,983,538   37.6%  -   -   2,983,538   100%
Net finance cost  (20,669)  (0.2)%  (11,423)  (0.1)  (9,246)  (80.9)%  (1,499,379)  (18.9)%  (2,073)  (0.0)  (1,497,306)  15,152.8%
Income tax expense  (16,070)  (0.2)%  (8,555)  (6.9)%  (7,515)  (87.9)%  (22,143)  (0.3)%  (23,494)  (0.2)%  1,351   5.8%
Net loss $(1,455,620)  (14.3)% $(694,329)  (87.2)% $(761,291)  (109.6)%
Net income $1,319,657   16.6% $77,998  0.6% $1,241,659   1,591.9%

 

Revenue

 

Total revenue for the year ended March 31, 2023 significantly decreased by approximately $4.7 million, or approximately 37.4%, as compared with the year ended March 31, 2022. The decrease was mainly due to the decrease of revenue from the garment manufacturing business.

Revenue generated from our garment manufacturing business contributed $4,298,518approximately $0.2 million, or 42.3%approximately 2.2%, of our total revenue for the year ended March 31, 2020.2023. Revenue generated from our garment manufacturing businessthe segment contributed $3,359,638approximately $2.5 million, or 33.5%approximately 19.9%, of our total revenue for the year ended March 31, 2019.2022. The increasedecrease of $938,880approximately $2.3 million was mainly because revenue in HSW decreased by $2,103,618 while revenue in DT increased by $2,811,698.due to factory facilities renewal and repair, remaining factories cannot provide as much capacity as before. We estimate the capacity will appear to recover at second quarter of FY2024.

 

Revenue generated from our logisticlogistics services business contributed $5,873,861approximately $4.6 million, or 57.7%approximately 58.2%, of our total revenue for the year ended March 31, 2020.2023. Revenue generated from our logistic businessthe segment contributed $6,667,283approximately $5.3 million, or 66.5%approximately 42.0%, of our total revenue for the year ended March 31, 2019.2022. The Decreaseincrease of approximately $0.7 million was mainly due to COVID-19, we cannot smoothly go through the logisticsdevelopment of company’s business.

 

TotalRevenue generated from our property management and subleasing business contributed approximately $3.1 million, or approximately 39.0%, of our total revenue for the year ended March 31, 20202023. Revenue generated from our property management and 2019 were $10,172,379 and $10,026,920, respectively, a 1.5% increase compared withsubleasing business contributed approximately $4.3 million, or approximately 33.6%, of our total revenue for the year ended March 31, 2019.2022. The increasedecrease of approximately $1.2 million was mainly because the orders were increase mainly due to the increase in garment business as the garment business developed a new client. Holding companies, YX and QYTG did not have consulting service income in the year ended March 31. 2020. Onesub-leasing rate of the subsidiaries, HSW, was losing order as some of its clients having market performance issue and they cut the order placed, which resulted in a decrease of revenue accepted.property.

 

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Cost of revenue

 

    Increase (decrease) in 
 2020  2019  2020 compared to 2019  2023  2022  Increase (decrease) in 2023 compared to 2022    
 (In U.S. dollars, except for percentages)     (In U.S. dollars, except for percentages)      
Net revenue for garment manufacturing $4,298,518   100.0% $3,359,638   100% $938,880   27.9% $177,549   100.0% $2,525,440   100.0% $(2,347,891)  (93.0)%
Raw materials  3,127,959   72.8%  2,521,935   75.1%          28,333   16.0%  1,746,174   69.1%  (1,717,841)  (98.4)%
Labor  704,104   16.4%  362,139   10.8%          97,065   54.7%  547,695   21.7%  (450,630)  (82.3)%
Other and Overhead  70,381   1.6%  171,161   5.1%          6,942   3.9%  21,800   0.9%  (14,858)  (68.2)%
Total cost of revenue for garment manufacturing  3,902,444   90.8%  3,055,235   90.9%  847,209   27.7%  132,340   74.5%  2,315,669   91.7%  (2,183,329)  (94.3)%
Gross profit for garment manufacturing  396,074   9.2%  304,403   9.1%  91,671   30.1%  45,209   25.5%  209,771   8.3%  (164,562)  (78.4)%
Net revenue for logistic service  5,873,861   100.0%  6,667,282   100%  (793,421)  (11.9)%
Fuel, toll and other cost of logistic service  1,932,149   32.9%  2,445,439   36.7%  (513,290)  (21.0)%
                        
Net revenue for logistics services  4,621,125   100.0%  5,332,291   100.0%  (711,166)  (13.3)%
Fuel, toll and other cost of logistics services  2,428,462   52.6%  1,915,305   35.9%  513,157   26.8%
Subcontracting fees  2,952,425   50.3%  3,243,552   48.6%  (291,127)  (9.0)%  1,074,846   23.2%  2,285,530   42.9%  (1,210,684)  (53.0)%
Total cost of revenue for logistic service  4,884,574   83.2%  5,688,991   85.3%  (804,417)  (14.1)%
Gross Profit for logistic service  989,287   16.8%  978,291   14.7%  10,996   1.1%
Total cost of revenue for logistics services  3,503,308   75.8%  4,200,835   78.8%  (697,527)  (16.6)%
Gross Profit for logistics services  1,117,817   24.2%  1,131,456   21.2%  (13,639)  (1.2)%
                        
Net revenue for property management and subleasing  3,096,914   100.0%  4,265,218   100.0%  (1,168,304)  (27.4)%
Total cost of revenue for property management and subleasing  2,444,962   78.9%  3,588,811   84.1%  (1,143,849)  (31.9)%
Gross Profit for property management and subleasing  651,952   21.1%  676,407   15.9%  (24,455)  (3.6)%
                        
Net revenue for corporate and others  48,583   100.0%  567,684   100.0%  (519,101)  (91.4)%
Other and Overhead  22,500   46.3%  522,065   92.0%  (499,565)  (95.7)%
Total cost of revenue for corporate and others  22,500   46.3%  522,065   92.0%  (499,565)  (95.7)%
Gross profit for corporate and others  26,083   53.7%  45,619  8.0%  (19,536)  (42.8)%
                        
Total cost of revenue $8,787,018   86.4% $8,744,226   87.2% $42,792   0.5% $6,103,110   76.8% $10,627,380   83.7% $(4,524,270)  (42.6)%
Gross profit $1,385,361   13.6% $1,282,694   12.8% $102,667   8.0% $1,841,061   23.2% $2,063,253  16.3% $(222,192)  (10.8)%

 

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Cost of revenue for our manufacturing segment for the years ended March 31, 2020 and 2019 was $3,902,444 and $3,055,235, respectively, which includes direct raw material cost, direct labor cost, manufacturing overheads including depreciation of production equipment and rent. Cost of revenue for our service segment for the years ended March 31, 2020 and 2019 was $4,884,574 and $5,688,991, respectively, which includes gasoline and diesel fuel, toll charges, other cost of logistic service and subcontracting fees.

 

For our garment manufacturing business, we purchasepurchased the majority of our raw materials directly from numerous local fabric and accessories suppliers. Aggregate purchases from

Raw materials cost for our five largest raw material suppliers representedgarment manufacturing business was approximately 92.7% and 39.2%16.0% of our total garment manufacturing business revenue in the year ended March 31, 2023, as compared with approximately 69.1% in the year ended March 31, 2022. The decrease in raw materials purchasescost for our garment manufacturing business was mainly due to decrease of manufacturing during renovation of the factory.

Labor costs for our garment manufacturing business were approximately 54.7% of our total garment manufacturing business revenue in the year ended March 31, 2023, as compared with 21.7% in the year ended March 31, 2022. The increase in labor costs for our garment manufacturing business was mainly due to the increase of sub-contracting business in AOT.

Overhead and other expenses for our garment manufacturing business accounted for approximately 3.9% and 0.9% of our total garment manufacturing business revenue for the years ended March 31, 20202023 and 2019,2022, respectively. One and two suppliers provided more than 10% of our raw materials purchases for the years ended March 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively. We have not experienced difficulty in obtaining raw materials essential to our business, and we believe we maintain good relationships with our suppliers.

 

For our logistic business, we outsource some of the business to our contractors.subcontractors. Our subcontractors are contract logistic service providers. The Company relied on a few subcontractors, in which the subcontracting fees to our largest contractor represented approximately 25.6%25.2% and 13.3%14.8% of total cost of revenues for our service segment for the years ended March 31, 20202023 and 2019,2022, respectively. The percentage increased as we used moreincrease in subcontracting services than last year.fee to the largest contractor was mainly to optimize resources and cost efficiencies. We have not experienced any disputes with our subcontractorsubcontractors and we believe we maintain good relationships with our contract logistic service provider.

 

Raw material costs for our manufacturing business were 72.8 % of our total manufacturing business revenue in the year ended March 31, 2020, compared with 75.1% in the year ended March 31, 2019. The decrease in percentages was mainly due to the purchase cost of the raw materials remained consistent, while the labor costs continued rising.

Labor costs for our manufacturing business were 16.4% of our total manufacturing business revenue in the year ended March 31, 2020, compared with 10.8% in the year ended March 31, 2019. The increase in percentages was mainly due to the rising wages in the PRC.

Overhead and other expenses for our manufacturing business accounted for 1.6% of our total manufacturing business revenue for the year ended March 31, 2020, compared with 5.1% of total manufacturing business revenue for the year ended March 31, 2019.

Fuel, toll and other costs for our servicelogistics business for the year ended March 31, 2020 were $1,932,1492023 was approximately $2.4 million, as compared with $2,445,439$1.9 million for the year ended March 31, 2019.2022. Fuel, toll and other costs for our servicelogistics business accounted for 32.9%approximately 52.6% of our total service revenue for the year ended March 31, 2020,2023, as compared with 36.7%approximately 35.9% for the year ended March 31, 2019. The decrease in percentages was primarily attributable to increase of use of subcontractors.2022.

 

Subcontracting fees for our servicelogistics business for the year ended March 31, 20202023 decreased 9.0% to $2,952,425approximately $1.1 million from $3,243,552$2.3 million for the year ended March 31, 2019.2022, representing a decrease of approximately 53.0%. Subcontracting fees accounted for 50.3%23.2% and 48.6%42.9% of our total servicelogistics business revenue in the years ended March 31, 20202023 and 2019,2022, respectively. This increase in percentages was primarily because

For property management and subleasing business, the Company subcontracted more shipping orders to subcontractors in 2019 due to the increase in shipping orders with the destination that were not covered by the Company’s own delivery and transportation networks. Moreover, the delivery cost of third-party has raised due torevenue was mainly the market condition.

Totalamortization of operating lease assets for the subleasing business. The cost of revenue for property management and subleasing business for the year ended March 31, 20202023 was $8,787,018, nearly the same as the amount for the year ended March 31, 2019. Total cost of sales as a percentage of total sales for the year ended March 31, 2020 was 86.4%, compared with 87.2% for the year ended March 31, 2019. Gross margin for the year ended March 31, 2020 was 13.6% compared with 12.8% for the year ended March 31, 2019.

Gross profit

              Increase (decrease) in 
  2020  2019  2020 compared to 2019 
  (In U.S. dollars, except for percentages)       
Gross profit $1,385,361   100% $1,282,694   100%  102,667   8.0%
Operating expenses:                        
Selling expenses  (13,406)  (1.0)%  (17,905)  (1.4)%  (4,499)  (25.1)%
General and administrative expenses  (2,236,273)  (161.4)%  (1,947,916)  (151.9)%  288,357   14.8%
Total $(2,249,679)  (162.4)% $(1,965,821)  (153.3)%  283,858   14.4%
Loss from operations $(864,318)  (62.4)% $(683,127)  (53.3)%  181,191   26.5%

Manufacturing business gross profit for the year ended March 31, 2020 was $396,074 compared with $304,403 for the year ended March 31, 2019. Gross profit accounted for 9.2%$2.4 million, approximately 78.9% of our total manufacturingproperty management and subleasing business revenue, as compared with $3.6 million, approximately 84.1% of total property management and subleasing business revenue for the year ended March 31, 2020, compared with 9.1% for the year ended March 31, 2019.2022.

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Gross profit

 

Gross profit in our serviceof garment manufacturing business for the year ended March 31, 20202023 was $989,287 and gross margin was 16.8%.approximately $0.05 million, as compared with approximately $0.2 million for the year ended March 31, 2022. Gross profit inratio was approximately 25.5% of revenue of the segment, as compared with approximately 8.3% for the year ended March 31, 2022.

Gross profit of our servicelogistics services business for the year ended March 31, 20192023 was $978,291approximately $1.1 million and gross marginprofit ratio was 14.7%approximately 24.2%.

The increase in gross margin was due to our focus on high margin customers, implementation Gross profit of cost cutting measures and the effective control on our costs during the year.

Selling, General and administrative expenses

Our selling expenses in our manufacturing segment for the years ended March 31, 2020 and 2019 was $13,406 and $17,905, respectively. Our selling expenses in our service segment for the year ended March 31, 20202022 was approximately $1.1 million and 2019gross profit ratio was $nilapproximately 21.2%. The increase in the gross profit ratio was mainly because of a decrease of subcontracting fees.

Gross profit of our property management and $nil,subleasing business for the year ended March 31, 2023 was approximately $0.7 million, representing approximately 21.1% of our total property management and subleasing business revenue. Gross profit in our property management and subleasing business for the year ended March 31, 2022 was $0.7 million, or 15.9% of our total property management and subleasing business revenue.

              Changes in 2023 
  2023  2022  compared to 2022 
  (In U.S. dollars, except for percentages)       
Gross profit $1,841,061   100% $2,063,254   100%  (222,193)  (10.8)%
Operating expenses:                        
Selling expenses  (78,769)  (4.3)%  (206,251)  (10.5)%  127,482   61.8%
General and administrative expenses  (2,225,207)  (120.9)%  (1,914,008)  (97.7)%  (311,199)  (16.3)%
Total $(2,303,976)  (125.1)% $(2,120,259)  (108.2)%  (183,717)  (8.7)%
Loss from operations $(462,915)  (25.1)% $(57,005)  (8.2)%  (405,910)  (712.1)%

Selling, General and administrative expenses

We have selling expenses mainly in our property management and subleasing business. It was $0.1 million and $0.2 million for the year ended March 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively. Selling expenses consist primarily of local transportation, unloading charges and product inspection charges. Total selling expenses for the year ended March 31, 2020 decreased 25.1% to $13,406 from $17,905 for the year ended March 31, 2019.

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Our general and administrative expenses in our garment manufacturing segment for the years ended March 31, 20202023 and 2019 was $167,3442022 were approximately $0.11 million and $278,407,$0.13 million, respectively. Our general and administrative expenses in our servicelogistics services segment for the year ended March 31, 20202023 and 20192022 was $909,159approximately $0.83 million and $959,471,$0.89 million, respectively. The general and administrative expenses in our property management and subleasing business were approximately $0.31 million and $0.37 million for the years ended March 31, 2023 and 2022. Our general and administrative expenses in our corporate office for the yearyears ended March 31, 20202023 and 2019 was $1,159,7702022 were approximately $0.97 million and $710,038,$0.52 million, respectively. General and administrative expenses consist primarily of administrative salaries, office expense, certain depreciation and amortization charges, repairs and maintenance, legal and professional fees, warehousing costs and other expenses that are not directly attributable to our revenues.

 

Total general and administrative expenses for the year ended March 31, 20202023 increased 14.8%approximately 16.3% to $2,236,273approximately $2.2 million from $1,947,916approximately $1.9 million for the year ended March 31, 2019. The increase was mainly due to the increase in legal and professional fees to comply with the SEC accounting, disclosure and reporting requirements, new office rental expense, overseas traveling expense and expense of General Meetings.2022.

 

Loss from operations

 

Loss from operations for the years ended March 31, 20202023 and 20192022 was $864,318approximately $0.5 million and $683,127,$0.06 million, respectively. IncomeLoss from operations of $215,324approximately $0.07 million and $8,092$0.08 million was attributed from our garment manufacturing segment for the years ended March 31, 20202023 and 2019,2022, respectively. Income/(Loss)Income from operations of $80,128approximately $0.28 million and ($10)$0.24 million was attributed from our servicelogistics services segment for the years ended March 31, 20202023 and 2019,2022, respectively. We incurred a lossIncome from operations in corporate office of $1,159,770$0.27 million and $691,209$0.1 million was attributed from our property management and subleasing business for the years ended March 31, 20202023 and 2019, respectively. The loss from our2022. We incurred general and administrative expenses in corporate office was mainly due to increase in legalof approximately $0.9 million and professional fees to comply withapproximately $0.5 million for the SEC accounting, disclosure and reporting requirements.

Impairment Loss on Goodwill

For the yearyears ended March 31, 2020, we recognized an impairment loss on goodwill of $475,003. A number of factors, including the overall financial performance, the slower than expected growth2023 and trading conditions were considered. The goodwill impairment assessment process was conducted at the reporting units. We determined the fair value based on discounted cash flow calculations. Based on our impairment test of goodwill, the recoverable amount was lower than the carrying amount of the goodwill recorded and it was concluded that carrying amount of goodwill of $475,003 was impaired.2022, respectively.

Income Tax Expenses

 

Income tax expense for the years ended March 31, 20202023 and 20192022 was $16,070 and $8,555, respectively, a 87.9% increase compared to 2019.both $0.02 million. The Company operates in the PRC and files tax returns in the PRC jurisdictions.

 

Yingxi Industrial Chain Group Co., Ltd was incorporated in the Republic of Seychelles and, under the current laws of the British Virgin Islands, is not subject to income taxes.

 

Yingxi HK was incorporated in Hong Kong and is subject to Hong Kong income tax at a tax rate of 16.5%. No provision for income taxes in Hong Kong has been made as Yingxi HK had no taxable income for the years ended March 31, 20202023 and 2019.2022.

 

QYTGWFOE and YX were incorporated in the PRC and isare subject to the PRC Enterprise Income Tax (EIT) rate is 25%. No provision for income taxes in the PRC has been made as QYTGWFOE and YX had no taxable income for the years ended March 31, 20202023 and 2019.2022.

 

The Company is governed by the Income Tax Laws of the PRC. Yingxi’s operating companies, HSW, HPF, DT and YS werecompaniesare subject to anprogressive EIT rate of 25%from 5% to 15% in 2020. XKJ enjoyed theyear ended March 31, 2023. The preferential tax benefits and its EIT rate was 15% in 2020.rates will be expired at the end of year 2023.

 

The Company’s parent entity, Addentax Group Corp. is an U.Sa U.S. entity and is subject to the United States federal income tax. No provision for income taxes in the United States has been made as Addentax Group Corp. had no United States taxable income for the years ended March 31, 20202023 and 2019.2022.

Net LossProfit

 

We incurred a net lossprofit of $1,455,620approximately $1.3 million and $694,329$0.08 million for the years ended March 31, 20202023 and 2019,2022, respectively. Our basic and diluted earnings per share were $0.06$0.04 and $0.03$0.00 for the year ended March 31, 20202023 and 2019,2022, respectively.

 

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Summary of cash flows

 

Summary cash flows information for the years ended March 31, 20202023 and 20192022 is as follow:

 

 2020 2019  2023  2022 
 (In U.S. dollars)  (In U.S. dollars) 
Net cash (used in) provided by operating activities $(1,150,853) $1,193,161 
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities $(1,569,159) $1,090,872 
Net cash used in investing activities $(136,001) $(229,240) $(21,168,153) $(198,122)
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities $1,555,984 $(948,526) $21,845,838  $(1,372,803)

 

Net cash used inprovided by operating activities consistin the year ended March 31, 2023 decreased by approximately $2.7 million compared with that of the year ended March 31, 2022. It was mainly because the net lossprofit adjusted to cash provided (used in) operating activities of $1,455,620, increased by depreciationfiscal year ended March 31, 2023 was approximately $0.3 million less than the amount of $114,391, loss on disposal of property and equipment of $87,305, impairment loss on goodwill of $475,003, and reduced by increase in changethe fiscal year ended March 31, 2022. The movement of operating assets and liabilities of $371,932.the year ended March 31, 2023 resulted in cash outflow of approximately $2.4 million mainly due to cash inflow from decrease of account receivable in prior year was $2.3 million more than that in current year. We willaim to improve our operating cash flow by closely monitoring the timely collection of accounts and other receivables. We generally do not hold any significant inventory for more than ninety days, as we typically manufacture upon customers’ order.

 

Net cash used in investing activities consistfor the year ended March 31, 2023 was approximately $21.0 million more as compared to the year ended March 31, 2022. It was mainly due to the purchase of debt securities of $17.5 million in the year ended March 31, 2023, payment of long-term loan of $2.5 million to an independent third party, and the purchase of plant and equipment in the year ended March 31, 2023 was approximately $0.2 million less than the purchase of $136,001.plant and equipment in prior year. For the year ended March 31, 2023, the Company also had a cash decrease of approximately $1.2 million in disposal of one subsidiary in property management and subleasing segment.

 

Net cash provided by financing activities consist of proceeds from bank loan of $515,447, repayment of bank loan of $371,868, repayment of related party borrowings of $1,063,323 and wefor the year ended March 31, 2023 was approximately $23.2 million more than the year ended March 31, 2022. It was mainly because the Company received related partythe proceeds of $2,475,728.$22.7 million from its initial public offering (“IPO”), the proceeds of $15.0 million from issuance of the Notes and warrants and deposit of $14.75 million to the restricted cash account pursuant to the PIPE Securities Purchase Agreement.

 

Financial Condition, Liquidity and Capital Resources

 

As of March 31, 2020,2023, we had cash on hand of $531,681,approximately $0.6 million and restricted cash of approximately $14.8 million, total current assets of $6,001,242approximately $37.8 million and current liabilities of $10,096,528.approximately $3.5 million. We presently finance our operations primarily from cash flows from borrowings from related parties and third parties. We aim to improve our operating cash flows and anticipate that cash flowsrevenue, fund raising from our operationsIPO proceeds and borrowingscapital contributions from related parties and third parties will continue to be our primary source of funds to finance our short-term cash needs.chief executive officer, Mr. Hong Zhida (the “CEO”).

 

The growth and development of our business will require a significant amount of additional working capital. We currently have limited financial resources and based on our current operating plan, we will need to raise additional capital in order to continue as a going concern. We currently do not have adequate cash to meet our short or long-term objectives. In the event that the Company requires additional capital is raised, it may have a dilutive effect onfunding to finance the growth of the Company’s current and expected future operations as well as to achieve our existing stockholders.strategic objectives, the CEO has indicated the intent and ability to provide additional equity financing.

 

We are subject to all the substantial risks inherent in the development of a new business enterprise within an extremely competitive industry. Due to the absence of a long standing operating history and the emerging nature of the markets in which we compete, we anticipate operating losses until we can successfully implement our business strategy, which includes all associated revenue streams. Our revenue model is new and evolving, and we cannot be certain that it will be successful. The potential profitability of this business model is unproven. We may never ever achieve profitable operations. Our future operating results depend on many factors, including demand for our services, the level of competition, and the ability of our officers to manage our business and growth. As a result of the emerging nature of the market in which we compete, we may incur operating losses until such time as we can develop a substantial and stable revenue base. Additional development expenses may delay or negatively impact the ability of the Company to generate profits. Accordingly, we cannot assure you that our business model will be successful or that we can sustain revenue growth, achieve or sustain profitability, or continue as a going concern.

Foreign Currency Translation Risk

 

Our operations are located in the mainland China, which may give rise to significant foreign currency risks from fluctuations and the degree of volatility in foreign exchange rates between the U.S. dollar and the Chinese Renminbi (“RMB”). All of our sales are in RMB. In the past years, RMB continued to appreciate against the U.S. dollar. As of March 31, 2020,2023, the market foreign exchange rate had increaseddecreased to RMB 7.08RMB6.87 to one U.S. dollar. Our financial statements are translated into U.S. dollars using the closing rate method. The balance sheet items are translated into U.S. dollars using the exchange rates at the respective balance sheet dates. The capital and various reserves are translated at historical exchange rates prevailing at the time of the transactions while income and expenses items are translated at the average exchange rate for the period. All translation adjustments are included in accumulated other comprehensive income in the statement of equity. The foreign currency translation gain (loss) gain for the years ended March 31, 20202023 and 20192022 was $91,443$0.2 million and $96,716,$(0.1) million, respectively.

 

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

 

We have no off-balance sheet arrangements (as that term is defined in Item 303(a)(4)(ii) of Regulation S-K) as of March 31, 20202023 that have or are reasonably likely to have a current or future effect on our financial condition, changes in financial condition, revenues or expenses, results of operations, liquidity, capital expenditures or capital resources.

 

Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk

 

Not applicable to smaller reporting companies.

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Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data

 

ADDENTAX GROUP CORP.

 

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

For the year ended March 31, 2020 and 2019

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

Index to Consolidated Financial StatementsPage
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm (PCAOB ID: 6255)F-1
Consolidated Balance sheets as of March 31, 20202023 and 20192022F-2F-3
Consolidated Statements of LossOperations and Comprehensive LossIncome (Loss) for the years ended March 31, 20202023 and 20192022F-3F-4
Consolidated Statements of Changes in Equity for the years ended March 31, 20202023 and 20192022F-4F-5
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the years ended March 31, 20202023 and 20192022F-5F-6
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for the years ended March 31, 20202023 and 20192022F-6F-7F-20F-22

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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

 

To the Board of Directors and Stockholders of Addentax Group Corp.:

Opinion on the Financial Statements

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheetssheet of Addentax Group Corp. together with its subsidiaries (“the Company”(the “Company”) as of March 31, 2020 and 2019,2023, and the related consolidated statementsstatement of lossoperations and comprehensive loss, stockholders’income (loss), changes in equity, and cash flowsflow for the year then ended March 31, 2023, and the related notes (collectively referred to as the “financial statements”). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial positionsposition of the Company as of March 31, 2020 and 2019,2023, and the resultsresult of its operations and its cash flowsflow for the year then ended March 31, 2023, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States.

Going concern uncertainty

The accompanying financial statements have been prepared assuming that the Company will continue as a going concern. As discussed in Note 2 to the financial statements, the Company incurred recurring losses from operations, has net current liabilities and an accumulated deficit that raise substantial doubt about its ability to continue as a going concern. Management’s plans in regard to these matters are also described in Note 2. The financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.

Basis for Opinion

These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company’s 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 audits to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the 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 Company’s 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 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 financial statements. Our auditaudits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. We believe that our audit providesaudits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

Critical Audit Matter

 

The Company conducted transactions with its related parties and affiliates during the normal course of its business in 2023. The Company has entered into a number of transactions with these related parties, including accrued of director remuneration which represented as costs and expenses to the Company. We identified the evaluation of the identification of related parties and related party transactions as a critical audit matter. Auditor judgment was involved in assessing the sufficiency of the procedures performed to identify related parties and related party transactions of the Company.

How the Critical Audit Matter Was Addressed in the Audit

We performed the following procedures to evaluate the identification of related parties and related party transactions by the Company:

●Conducted background checks, and reviewed other public research sources for information related to transactions between the Company and its related parties

●Performed confirmations for account balances with related parties

●Reviewed transaction details in the accounts payable system for transactions with related parties

●Examined the Company’s reconciliation of its related parties’ transactions and balances

●Tested expenses transactions between the Company and its related parties

/s/ Pan-China Singapore PAC (6255)
Chartered Accountants
Singapore
June 29, 2023

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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

To the Board of Directors and Stockholders of Addentax Group Corp.:

Opinion on the Financial Statements

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Addentax Group Corp. (the “Company”) as of March 31, 2022 and 2021, and the related consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income (loss), changes in equity, and cash flows for each of the two years in the period ended March 31, 2022, and the related notes (collectively referred to as the “financial statements”). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial positions of the Company as of March 31, 2022 and 2021, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for each of the two years in the period ended March 31, 2022, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States.

Basis for Opinion

These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company’s 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 audits to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the 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 Company’s 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 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 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 financial statements. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

Emphasis of Matter

The Company has significant transactions with related parties, which are described in Note 65 to the financial statements. Transactions involving related parties cannot be presumed to be carried out on an arm’s length basis, as the requisite conditions of competitive, free market dealings may not exist.

/s/ Pan-China Singapore PACB F Borgers CPA PC
We have served as the Company’s auditor since 2018.2020.
SingaporeLakewood, Colorado
June 29, 20202023

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ADDENTAX GROUP CORP. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(In U.S. Dollars, except share data or otherwise stated)

AS OF MARCH 31, 2020 AND 2019

 

 Note 2020 2019  March 31, 2023 March 31, 2022 
ASSETS                  
                  
CURRENT ASSETS                  
Cash and cash equivalents   $531,681  $277,264  $562,711  $1,390,644 
Accounts receivables, net 4  4,500,116   1,798,489 
Inventories, net 7  347,531   318,047 
Accounts receivables  1,858,889   2,164,970 
Debt securities held-to-maturity  17,718,750   - 
Inventories  285,528   266,596 
Other receivables 5  231,974   178,128   959,196   575,210 
Advances to suppliers 8  389,940   230,484   1,281,075   1,181,466 
Amount due from related party  375,092   110,242 
Other receivables  375,092   110,242 
Total current assets    6,001,242   2,802,412   23,041,241   5,689,128 
                  
NON-CURRENT ASSETS                  
Plant and equipment, net 9  585,019   694,431   649,120   836,419 
Goodwill    -   475,003 
Operating lease right of use asset 14  1,835,717   -   272,488   6,530,017 
Long-term prepayment  90,032   31,496 
Restricted Cash  14,750,000     
Long-term receivables  

2,500,000

   

-

 
Total non-current assets    2,420,736   1,169,434   18,261,640   7,397,932 
TOTAL ASSETS   $8,421,978  $3,971,846  $41,302,881  $13,087,060 
                  
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY                  
                  
CURRENT LIABILITIES                  
Short-term loan 10 $353,114  $223,502  $137,468  $151,090 
Accounts payable    3,620,583   884,251   267,501   1,334,483 
Amount due to related parties 6  5,429,440   4,204,130 
Related party borrowings  2,384,633   3,694,989 
Advances from customers    18,931   102,673   2,152   2,375 
Accrued expenses and other payables 13  230,917   259,837   606,843   1,445,473 
Lease liabilities, current portion 14  443,543   -   127,101   3,763,931 
Total current liabilities    10,096,528   5,674,393   3,525,698   10,392,341 
                  
NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES                  
Operating lease liability, net of current portion 14  1,392,174   - 
Convertible debts  11,219,519   - 
Derivative liabilities  2,290,483   - 
Lease liability, net of current portion  145,387   2,766,086 
Total non-current liabilities    1,392,174   -   13,655,389   2,766,086 
TOTAL LIABILITIES   $11,488,702  $5,674,393   17,181,087   13,158,427 
                  
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES 17        
          
EQUITY                  
Common stock ($0.001 par value, 25,346,004 shares issued and outstanding for the year ended March 31, 2020 and 2019 respectively)   $25,346  $25,346 
Common stock ($0.001 par value, 250,000,000 shares authorized, 35,454,670 and 26,693,004 shares issued and outstanding as of March 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively) $35,455  $26,693 
Additional paid-in capital    61,050   61,050   29,528,564   6,815,333 
Retained earnings    (3,233,122)  (1,775,767)
Statutory reserve 15  23,514   21,779   28,457   13,821 
Accumulated other comprehensive loss 15  56,488   (34,955)
Total deficit    (3,066,724)  (1,702,547)
Accumulated deficits  (5,451,209)  (6,756,230)
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)  (19,473)  (170,984)
Total equity (deficit)  24,121,794  (71,367)
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND EQUITY   $8,421,978  $3,971,846  $41,302,881  $13,087,060 

 

See accompanyaccompanying notes to the consolidated financial statements.

F-3

ADDENTAX GROUP CORP. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF LOSS AND COMPREHENSIVE LOSS

(In U.S. Dollars, except share data or otherwise stated)

FOR THE YEARS ENDED MARCH 31, 20202023 AND 20192022

 

  Note 2020  2019 
REVENUES   $10,172,379  $10,026,920 
           
COST OF REVENUES    (8,787,018)  (8,744,226)
           
GROSS PROFIT    1,385,361   1,282,694 
           
OPERATING EXPENSES          
Selling and marketing    (13,406)  (17,905)
General and administrative    (2,236,273)  (1,947,916)
Total operating expenses    (2,249,679)  (1,965,821)
           
LOSS FROM OPERATIONS    (864,318)  (683,127)
           
FINANCE COST, NET    (20,669)  (11,423)
           
IMPAIRMENT LOSS ON GOODWILL    (475,003)  - 
           
OTHER (EXPENSES)/INCOME    (79,560)  8,776 
           
LOSS BEFORE INCOME TAX EXPENSE    (1,439,550)  (685,774)
           
INCOME TAX EXPENSE 11  (16,070)  (8,555)
           
NET LOSS    (1,455,620)  (694,329)
Foreign currency translation gain 15  91,443   96,716 
TOTAL COMPREHENSIVE LOSS   $(1,364,177) $(597,613)
           
LOSS PER SHARE          
Basic and diluted    (0.06)  (0.03)
Weighted average number of shares outstanding – Basic and diluted    25,346,004   25,346,004 
  2023  2022 
REVENUES $7,944,171  $12,690,633 
         
COST OF REVENUES  (6,103,110)  (10,627,379)
         
GROSS PROFIT $1,841,061  $2,063,254)
         
OPERATING EXPENSES        
Selling and marketing  (78,769)  (206,251)
General and administrative  (2,225,207)  (1,914,008)
Total operating expenses $(2,303,976) $(2,120,259)
         
LOSS FROM OPERATIONS  (462,915)  (57,005)
Change in fair value of warrants and embedded conversion feature  2,983,538   - 
Interest income  8,463   7,818 
Interest expenses  (1,507,842)  (9,891)
Other income (expenses), net  320,556   160,570 
         
INCOME BEFORE INCOME TAX EXPENSE $1,341,800  $101,492 
         
Income tax expense  (22,143)  (23,494)
         
NET INCOME  1,319,657  77,998 
Foreign currency translation gain / (loss)  151,511   (67,867)
TOTAL COMPREHENSIVE INCOME $1,471,168  $10,131 
         
EARNING PER SHARE        
Basic $0.04  $0.00 
Weighted average number of shares outstanding – Basic  30,340,967   26,693,004 

Diluted

 $0.04  $0.00 
Weighted average number of shares outstanding – Diluted  35,680,006   26,693,004 

 

See accompanyaccompanying notes to the consolidated financial statements.

F-4

ADDENTAX GROUP CORP. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN EQUITY

(In U.S. Dollars, except share data or otherwise stated)

FOR THE YEARS ENDED MARCH 31, 20202023 AND 20192022

 

  Common Stock  Additional  Retained earnings  Accumulated other    
  Shares  Amount  paid-in
capital
  Unrestricted  Statutory reserve  comprehensive loss  Total Equity 
BALANCE AT MARCH 31, 2018  25,346,004  $25,346  $61,050  $(1,081,198) $21,539  $(131,671) $(1,104,934)
Transfer to Statutory reserve  -   -   -   (240)  240   -   - 
Foreign currency translation  -   -   -   -   -   96,716   96,716 
Net loss for the year  -   -   -   (694,329)  -   -   (694,329)
BALANCE AT MARCH 31, 2019  25,346,004  $25,346  $61,050  $(1,775,767) $21,779  $(34,955) $(1,702,547)
                             
Transfer to Statutory reserve  -   -   -   (1,735)  1,735   -   - 
Foreign currency translation  -   -   -   -   -   91,443   91,443 
Net loss for the year  -   -   -   (1,455,620)  -   -   (1,455,620)
BALANCE AT MARCH 31, 2020  25,346,004  $25,346  $61,050  $(3,233,122) $23,514  $56,488  $(3,066,724)
  Shares  Amount  paid-in capital  Unrestricted  Statutory reserve  comprehensive loss  Equity (Deficit) 
  Common Stock  Additional  Retained earnings  Accumulated other  Total 
  Shares  Amount  paid-in capital  Unrestricted  Statutory reserve  comprehensive loss  Equity (Deficit) 
BALANCE AT MARCH 31, 2021  26,693,004  $26,693  $6,815,333  $(6,834,228) $13,821  $(103,117) $(81,498)
Balance  26,693,004  $26,693  $6,815,333  $(6,834,228) $13,821  $(103,117) $(81,498)
                             
Foreign currency translation  -   -   -   -   -   (67,867)  (67,867)
Net income for the year  -   -   -   77,998   -   -   77,998 
BALANCE AT MARCH 31, 2022  26,693,004  $26,693  $6,815,333  $(6,756,230) $13,821  $(170,984) $(71,367)
Balance  26,693,004  $26,693  $6,815,333  $(6,756,230) $13,821  $(170,984) $(71,367)
                             
Issuance of common stocks  8,761,666   8,762   22,713,231   -   -   -   22,721,993 
Appropriation of Statutory reserve  -   -   -   (14,636)  14,636   -   - 
Foreign currency translation  -   -   -   -   -   151,511   151,511 
Net income for the year  -   -   -   1,319,657   -   -   1,319,657 
BALANCE AT MARCH 31, 2023  35,454,670  $35,455  $29,528,564  $(5,451,209) $28,457  $(19,473) $24,121,794 
Balance  35,454,670  $35,455  $29,528,564  $(5,451,209) $28,457  $(19,473) $24,121,794 

 

See accompanyaccompanying notes to the consolidated financial statements.

F-5

ADDENTAX GROUP CORP. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(In U.S. Dollars, except share data or otherwise stated)

FOR THE YEARS ENDED MARCH 31, 20202023 AND 20192022

 

 2020 2019  2023 2022 
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:                
Net loss $(1,455,620) $(694,329)
Net income $1,319,657  $77,998 
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash used in operating activities:                
Depreciation  114,391   115,673 
Loss on disposal of plant and equipment  87,305   10,324 
Impairment loss on goodwill  475,003   - 
Depreciation and amortization  344,896   157,604 
Amortization of debt discount  1,493,541   - 
Investment income  (218,750)  - 
Fair value gain or loss  (2,983,539)  - 
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:                
(Increase) decrease in:        
Accounts receivable  (2,701,627)  1,618,129   306,081   2,592,548 
Inventories  (29,484)  (78,818)  (18,932)  3,838 
Advances to suppliers  (159,456)  35,893   (99,609)  (826,012)
Amounts due from related parties  -   202,426 
Other receivables  (53,846)  1,926,637   (1,321,003)  108,951 
Accounts payables  2,736,332   (608,244)  (1,262,127)  (1,786,890)
Accrued expenses and other payables  (80,109)  130,721   870,849   763,489 
Advances from customers  (83,742)  (1,459,187)  (223)  (654)
Taxes payable  -   (6,064)
Net cash (used in) provided by operating activities $(1,150,853) $1,193,161  $(1,569,159) $1,090,872 
                
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:                
Purchase of plant and equipment  (136,001)  (229,240)  

-

   (198,122)
Purchase of debt securities  (17,500,000)  - 
Long-term receivables  (2,500,000)  - 
Cash decreased in disposal of subsidiaries  (1,168,153)  - 
Net cash used in investing activities $(136,001) $(229,240) $(21,168,153) $(198,122)
                
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:                
Proceeds from related party borrowings  2,475,728   2,253,680   3,337,373   4,512,014 
Repayment of related party borrowings  (1,063,323)  (3,368,969)  (4,461,510)  (5,878,286)
Proceeds from bank borrowings  515,447   223,502 
Repayment of bank borrowings  (371,868)  -   (2,018)  (6,531)
Repayment of third party borrowings  -   (56,739)
Proceeds from issuance of convertible debt and warrants  15,000,000   - 
Restricted cash  (14,750,000)  - 
Proceeds from issuance of common stocks  22,721,993   - 
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities $1,555,984  $(948,526) $21,845,838  $(1,372,803)
                
NET INCREASE IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS  269,130   15,395   (891,474)  (480,053)
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents  (14,713)  (2,937)  63,541   25,620 
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of year  277,264   264,806   1,390,644   1,845,077 
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS, END OF YEAR $531,681  $277,264  $562,711  $1,390,644 
                
Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information:                
Cash paid during the year for interest  15,143   9,593   -   116 
Cash paid during the year for income tax  16,070   8,555   21,442   23,494 
Supplemental disclosure of non-cash investing and financing activities:                
Right-of-use assets obtained in exchange for operating lease obligations  1,982,393   -   -  470,763 
Transfer of Right-of-use assets due to disposal of subsidiary  

(3,025,985

)  - 

 

See accompanyaccompanying notes to the consolidated financial statements.

F-6

ADDENTAX GROUP CORP. AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE YEARS ENDED MARCH 31, 20202023 AND 2019

1.ORGANIZATION AND BUSINESS ACQUISITIONS

Addentax Group Corp. (“ATXG”) was incorporated in Nevada on October 28, 2014, and before the transaction described below, ATXG is engaged in the field of producing images on multiple surfaces using heat transfer technology.2022

 

On December 28, 2016, ATXG acquired 250,000,000 shares of the issued and outstanding stock of Yingxi Industrial Chain Group Co., Ltd. (“Yingxi”). The 250,000,000 shares of Yingxi were acquired from the members of Yingxi in a share exchange transaction in return for the issuance of 500,000,000 shares of common stock of ATXG. The 250,000,000 shares of Yingxi constitute 100% of its issued and outstanding stock, and as a result of the transaction, Yingxi became a wholly-owned subsidiary of ATXG. And following the consummation of the reverse acquisition effective on September 25, 2017, and giving effect to the securities exchanged in the offering, the members of Yingxi will beneficially own approximately ninty-nine percent (99%) of the issued and outstanding common stock of ATXG. For accounting purposes, the Company was treated as an acquiree and Yingxi as an acquirer, as a result, the business and financial information contained in this report is that of the acquirer prior to the consummation date and that of the combined entity after that date.1. ORGANIZATION AND BUSINESS ACQUISITIONS

 

Yingxi was incorporated in the Republic of Seychelles on August 4, 2016. ATXG together with Yingxi and its subsidiaries (the “Company”) operates primarilyare engaged in the business of garments manufacturing, providing logistic services, property leasing and management service in the People’s Republic of China (“PRC” or “China”) and is engaged in the business of garments manufacturing and providing logistic services..

 

On December 15, 2016, Yingxi entered into an equity transfer agreement withAs of March 31, 2023, the shareholder of Yingxi Industrial Chain Investment Co., Ltd (“Yingxi HK”) under which Yingxi agreed to pay total consideration of RMB21,008,886 (approximately $3,048,936) in cash in exchange for a 100% ownership interest in Yingxi HK. Yingxi HK was incorporated in Hong Kong in 2016. Yingxi HK is a holding company with no assets other than a 100% equity interestCompany’s principal subsidiaries consisted of the following subsidiaries:entities:

SCHEDULE OF PRINCIPAL SUBSIDIARIES ENTITIES

Name of entity Place of incorporation Principal activities Immediate holding company % of effective ownership interest held by the Group in 2023  % of effective ownership interest held by the Group in 2022 
Yingxi Industrial Chain Group Co., Ltd. (“Yingxi Seychelles”) Republic of Seychelles Investment holding Addentax Group Corp.  100%  100%
Yingxi Industrial Chain Investment Co., Ltd. (“Yingxi HK”) Hong Kong SAR Investment holding Yingxi Industrial Chain Group Co., Ltd.  100%  100%
Qianhai Yingxi Textile & Garments Co., Ltd. (“WFOE”) P. R. China Investment holding Yingxi Industrial Chain Investment Co., Ltd.  100%  100%
Shenzhen Qianhai Yingxi Industrial Chain Services Co., Ltd. (“YX”) P. R. China Investment holding Qianhai Yingxi Textile & Garments Co., Ltd.  100%  100%
Dongguan Heng Sheng Wei Garments Co., Ltd. (“HSW”) P. R. China Garment Manufacturing Shenzhen Qianhai Yingxi Industrial Chain Services Co., Ltd.  100%  100%
Dongguan Yushang Clothing Co., Ltd. (“YS”) P. R. China Garment Manufacturing Shenzhen Qianhai Yingxi Industrial Chain Services Co., Ltd.  100%  100%
Shantou Yi Bai Yi Garment Co., Ltd. (“YBY”) P. R. China Garment Manufacturing Shenzhen Qianhai Yingxi Industrial Chain Services Co., Ltd.  100%  100%
Dongguan Aotesi Garments Co.,Ltd. (“AOT”) P. R. China Garment Manufacturing Shenzhen Qianhai Yingxi Industrial Chain Services Co., Ltd.  100%  100%
Shenzhen Xin Kuai Jie Transportation Co., Ltd. (“XKJ”) P. R. China Logistics Services Shenzhen Qianhai Yingxi Industrial Chain Services Co., Ltd.  100%  100%
Shenzhen Yingxi Peng Fa Logistic Co., Ltd. (“PF”) P. R. China Logistics Services Shenzhen Qianhai Yingxi Industrial Chain Services Co., Ltd.  100%  100%
Shenzhen Yingxi Tongda Logistic Co., Ltd. (“TD”) P. R. China Logistics Services Shenzhen Qianhai Yingxi Industrial Chain Services Co., Ltd.  100%  100%
Zhuang Hao Jia (Dongguan) Decoration Engineering Co.,Ltd. (“ZHJ”) P. R. China Building decoration designing Shenzhen Qianhai Yingxi Industrial Chain Services Co., Ltd.  100%  100%
Dongguan Yingxi Daying Commercial Co., Ltd. (“DY”) P. R. China Property Management & Subleasing Shenzhen Qianhai Yingxi Industrial Chain Services Co., Ltd.  100%  100%

Qianhai Yingxi Textile & Garments Co., Ltd (“QYTG”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Yingxi HK, was incorporated in the PRC in 2016.

Shenzhen Qianhai Yingxi Industrial Chain Services Co., Ltd (“YX”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of QYTG, was incorporated in the PRC in 2016.

Xin Kuai Jie Transport Co., Ltd (“XKJ”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of YX, was incorporated in the PRC in 2001. XKJ is engaged in the provision of logistic services.

Shenzhen Hua Peng Fa Logistics Co., Ltd (“HPF”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of YX, was incorporated in the PRC in 2006. HPF is engaged in the provision of logistic services.

Dongguan Heng Sheng Wei Garments Co., Ltd (“HSW”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of YX, was incorporated in the PRC in 2009. HSW is a garment manufacturer.

Shantou Chenghai Dai Tou Garments Co., Ltd (“DT”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of YX, was incorporated in the PRC in 2009. DT is a garment manufacturer.

Dongguan Yingxi Daying Commercial Co., Ltd (“DY”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of YX, was incorporated in the PRC in 2019. DY is a property management company for the garment manufacturing industry.

Dongguan Yushang Clothing Co., Ltd (“YS”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of YX, was incorporated in the PRC in 2019. YS is a garment manufacturer.

Shantou Yi Bai Yi Garments Co., Ltd (“YBY”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of YX, was incorporated in PRC in 2019, YBY is a garment manufacturer.

2.BASIS OF PRESENTATION, LIQUIDITYF-7

2. BASIS OF PRESENTATION

 

The accompanying consolidated financial statements of the Company and its subsidiaries are prepared pursuant to the rules and regulations of the U.S Securities and Exchanges Commission (“SEC”) and in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles in the U.S. (“US GAAP”). All material inter-company accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.

 

The accompanying consolidated financial statements are presented on the basis that the Company is a going concern. The going concern assumption contemplates the realization of assets and the satisfaction of liabilities in the normal course of business .3. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

 

The Company incurred net loss(a) Use of $1,455,620, $694,329 for the years ended March 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively. As of March 31, 2020 and 2019, the Company had net current liability of $4,095,286 and $2,871,981, respectively, and a deficit on total equity of $3,066,724 and $1,702,547, respectively.Estimates

The ability to continue as a going concern is dependent upon the Company’s profit generating operations in the future and/or obtaining the necessary financing to meet its obligations and repay its liabilities arising from normal business operations when they become due. These consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments to the recoverability and classification of recorded asset amounts and classification of liabilities that might be necessary should the Company be unable to continue as a going concern.

The Company expects to finance operations primarily through cash flow from revenue and capital contributions from the CEO. During the year, the CEO has provided financial support for the operations of the Company. In the event that the Company requires additional funding to finance the growth of the Company’s current and expected future operations as well as to achieve our strategic objectives, the CEO has indicated the intent and ability to provide additional equity financing.

These conditions raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. The Company’s continuation as a going concern is dependent on the Company’s ability to meet obligations as they become due and to obtain additional equity or alternative financing required to fund operations until sufficient sources of recurring revenues can be generated. There can be no assurance that the Company will be successful in its plans described above or in attracting equity or alternative financing on acceptable terms, or if at all. The consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.

3.SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

(a)Economic and Political Risks

The Company’s operations are conducted in the PRC. Accordingly, the Company’s business, financial condition and results of operations may be influenced by the political, economic and legal environment in the PRC, and by the general state of the PRC economy.

The Company’s operations in the PRC are subject to special 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 environment and foreign currency exchange. The Company’s results may be adversely affected by changes in the political and social conditions in the PRC, and by changes in governmental policies with respect to laws and regulations, anti-inflationary measures, currency conversion, remittances abroad, and rates and methods of taxation.

(b)Foreign Currency Translation

The Company’s reporting currency is the U.S. dollar. The functional currency of the parent company is the U.S. dollar and the functional currency of the Company’s operating subsidiaries is the Chinese Renminbi (“RMB”). For the subsidiaries whose functional currencies are the RMB, all assets and liabilities are translated at exchange rates at the balance sheet date and revenue and expenses are translated at the average yearly exchange rates and equity is translated at historical exchange rates. Any translation adjustments resulting are not included in determining net income but are included in foreign exchange adjustments to other comprehensive loss, a component of equity.

(c)Use of Estimates

 

The preparation of the consolidated financial statements in conformity with US GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the consolidated financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting periods. Management makes these estimates using the best information available at the time the estimates are made; however actual results could differ materially from those estimates.

 

(d)Fair Value Measurement

(b) Principles of Consolidation.

The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and all subsidiaries, as discussed above. A subsidiary is an entity in which the Company, directly or indirectly, controls more than one half of the voting powers; or has the power to appoint or remove the majority of the members of the board of directors; or to cast a majority of votes at the meeting of directors; or has the power to govern the financial and operating policies of the investee under a statute or agreement among the shareholders or equity holders. All significant intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.

(c) Fair Value Measurement

 

Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 820 “ Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures “, which defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value and expands disclosures about fair value measurements. The statement clarifies that the exchange price is the price in an orderly transaction between market participants to sell the asset or transfer the liability in the market in which the reporting entity would transact for the asset or liability, that is, the principal or most advantageous market for the asset or liability. It also emphasizes that fair value is a market-based measurement, not an entity-specific measurement, and that market participant assumptions include assumptions about risk and effect of a restriction on the sale or use of an asset.

 

This ASC establishes a fair value hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair value. The hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3 measurements). The three levels of the fair value hierarchy are described below:

 

Level 1: Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets that are accessible at the measurement date for identical, unrestricted assets or liabilities;

 

Level 2: Quoted prices in markets that are not active, or inputs that are observable, either directly or indirectly, for substantially the full term of the asset or liability; and

 

Level 3: Prices or valuation techniques that require inputs that are both significant to the fair value measurement and unobservable (supported by little or no market activity).

 

AtThe Company has derivative liabilities, embedded conversion feature and warrants that are not traded in an active market with readily observable quoted prices, and therefore the Company used significant unobservable inputs (Level 3) to measure the fair value of these options and derivative liabilities at inception and at each subsequent balance sheet date. The change in fair value is recognized in the consolidated statement of operations and comprehensive loss during the year ended March 31, 2020, the Company has no financial assets or liabilities subject to recurring fair value measurements.2023.

 

The Company’s financial instruments include cash, accounts receivable, advances to suppliers, other receivables, accounts payable, other payables, taxes payables and related party receivables or payables. Management estimates that the carrying amounts of financial instruments approximate their fair values due to their short-term nature. The fair value of amounts with related parties is not practicable to estimate due to the related party nature of the underlying transactions.

(e)Cash and Cash Equivalents

(d) Cash and Cash Equivalents

 

The Company considers all highly liquid investments purchased with original maturities of three months or less to be cash equivalents. All cash and cash equivalents relate to cash on hand and cash at bank at March 31, 20202023 and 2019.2022.

 

The Renminbi is not freely convertible into foreign currencies. Under the PRC Foreign Exchange Control Regulations and Administration of Settlement, Sales and Payment of Foreign Exchange Regulations, the Company is permitted to exchange Renminbi for foreign currencies through banks that are authorized to conduct foreign exchange business.

 

(f)Accounts ReceivableF-8

(e) Accounts Receivable

 

Financial instruments that potentially subject the Company to concentrations of credit risk consist primarily of accounts receivable. The Company extends credit to its customers in the normal course of business and generally does not require collateral. The Company’s credit terms are dependent upon the segment, and the customer. The Company assesses the probability of collection from each customer at the outset of the arrangement based on a number of factors, including the customer’s payment history and its current creditworthiness. If in management’s judgment collection is not probable, the Company does not record revenue until the uncertainty is removed.

 

Management performs ongoing credit evaluations, and the Company maintains an allowance for potential credit losses based upon its loss history and its aging analysis. The allowance for doubtful accounts is the Company’s best estimate of the amount of credit losses in existing accounts receivable. Management reviews the allowance for doubtful accounts each reporting period based on a detailed analysis of trade receivables. In the analysis, management primarily considers the age of the customer’s receivable, and also considers the creditworthiness of the customer, the economic conditions of the customer’s industry, general economic conditions and trends, and the business relationship and history with its customers, among other factors. If any of these factors change, the Company may also change its original estimates, which could impact the level of the Company’s future allowance for doubtful accounts. If judgments regarding the collectability of receivables were incorrect, adjustments to the allowance may be required, which would reduce profitability.

 

Accounts receivablereceivables are recognized and carried at the original invoice amount less an allowance for any uncollectible amounts. An estimate for doubtful accounts receivable is made when collection of the full amount is no longer probable. Bad debts are written off as incurred. No allowance for doubtful accounts was made for the years ended March 31, 20202023 and 2019.2022.

 

The followings are the percentages of accounts receivable balance of the top five customers over total accounts receivable as at March 31, 2020 and 2019.(f) Inventories

  2020  2019 
Customer A  65.4%  -%
Customer B  7.8%  9.9%
Customer C  5.3%  18.0%
Customer D  4.3%  12.3%
Customer E  4.2%  11.5%

(g)Inventories

 

Manufacturing segment inventories consist of raw materials, work in progress and finished goods and are stated at the lower of cost, determined on a weighted average basis, or net realizable value. Net realizable value is the estimated selling price in the ordinary course of business less the estimated cost of completion and the estimated costs necessary to make the sale. When inventories are sold, their carrying amount is charged to expense in the period in which the revenue is recognized. Write-downs for declines in net realizable value or for losses of inventories are recognized as an expense in the period the impairment or loss occurs. No allowance write-downs for obsolete finished goods for boththe year ended March 31, 2020 and 2019.

During2023. Write-downs for obsolete finished goods for the yearsyear ended March 31, 2020 and 2019,2022 was approximately 92.7% and 39% of total inventory purchases were from the Company’s five largest suppliers, respectively. Management believes that should the Company lose any one of its major suppliers, other suppliers are available that could provide similar products to the Company.$0.02 million.

 

(h)Plant and Equipment

(g) Plant and Equipment

 

Plant and equipment are carried at cost less accumulated depreciation. Depreciation is provided over the assets’ estimated useful lives, using the straight-line method. Estimated useful lives of the plant and equipment are as follows:

SCHEDULE OF PLANT AND EQUIPMENT USEFUL LIVES

Production plant5-105-10 years
Motor vehicles10-1510-15 years
Office equipment5-105-10 years

 

The cost and related accumulated depreciation of assets sold or otherwise retired are eliminated from the accounts and any gain or loss is included in the statement of income.loss and comprehensive loss. The cost of maintenance and repairs is charged to the statement of income as incurred, whereas significant renewals and betterments are capitalized.

 

(i)GoodwillF-9

 

Goodwill represents the excess of the purchase price over the net fair value of the identifiable tangible and intangible assets acquired and the fair value of liabilities assumed in acquisitions. ASC350-30-50 “Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets”, requires the testing of goodwill and indefinite-lived intangible assets for impairment at least annually. The Company tests goodwill for impairment in the fourth quarter of each years.

Under applicable accounting guidance, the goodwill impairment analysis is a two-step test. The first step of the goodwill impairment test involves comparing the fair value of each reporting unit with its carrying amount including goodwill. If the fair value of a reporting unit exceeds its carrying amount, goodwill of the reporting unit is considered not impaired; however, if the carrying amount of the reporting unit exceeds its fair value, the second step must be performed to measure potential impairment.

The second step involves calculating an implied fair value of goodwill for each reporting unit for which the first step indicated possible impairment. If the implied fair value of goodwill exceeds the goodwill assigned to the reporting unit, there is no impairment. If the goodwill assigned to a reporting unit exceeds the implied fair value of goodwill, an impairment charge is recorded(h) Accounting for the excess.

The Company tested goodwill for impairment asImpairment of March 31, 2020 and it was determined that recoverable amount of one of the Company’s reporting units was lower than the carrying amount of the goodwill recorded. Therefore it was concluded that carrying amount of goodwill of $475,003 was impaired (Nil for 2019).Long-Lived Assets

(j)Accounting for the Impairment of Long-Lived Assets

 

Long-lived assets held and used by the Company are reviewed for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of assets may not be recoverable. It is reasonably possible that these assets could become impaired as a result of technology or other industry changes. Determination of recoverability of assets to be held and used is by comparing the carrying amount of an asset to future net undiscounted cash flows to be generated by the assets. If such assets are considered to be impaired, the impairment to be recognized is measured by the amount by which the carrying amount of the assets exceeds the fair value of the assets. Assets to be disposed of are reported at the lower of the carrying amount or fair value less costs to sell.

 

There was no impairment of long-lived assets as of March 31, 20202023 and 2019.2022.

(k)Revenue Recognition

(i) Revenue Recognition

 

Revenue is generated through sale of goods, delivery services, and delivery services.provision of property management and subleasing. Revenue is recognized when a customer obtains control of promised goods or services and is recognized in an amount that reflects the consideration that the Company expects to receive in exchange for those goods or services. In addition, the standard requires disclosure of the nature, amount, timing, and uncertainty of revenue and cash flows arising from contracts with customers. The amount of revenue that is recorded reflects the consideration that the Company expects to receive in exchange for those goods and services. The Company applies the following five-step model in order to determine this amount:

 

(i) identification of the promised goods and services in the contract;

 

(ii) determination of whether the promised goods and services are performance obligations, including whether they are distinct in the context of the contract;

 

(iii) measurement of the transaction price, including the constraint on variable consideration;

 

(iv) allocation of the transaction price to the performance obligations; and

 

(v) recognition of revenue when (or as) the Company satisfies each performance obligation.

 

The Company only applies the five-step model to contracts when it is probable that the Company will collect the consideration it is entitled to in exchange for the goods or services it transfers to the customer. Once a contract is determined to be within the scope of ASC 606 at contract inception, the Company reviews the contract to determine which performance obligations the Company must deliver and which of these performance obligations are distinct. The Company recognizes as revenues the amount of the transaction price that is allocated to the respective performance obligation when the performance obligation is satisfied or as it is satisfied. Generally, the Company’s performance obligations are transferred to customers at a point in time, typically upon delivery.delivery of the good or service.

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For all reporting periods, the Company has not disclosed the value of unsatisfied performance obligations for all product and service revenue contracts with an original expected length of one year or less, which is an optional exemption that is permitted under the adopted rules as of March 31, 2023 and 2022.

Rental income from operating leases is recognized on a straight-line basis over the term of the relevant lease.

 

Cost of revenues for garment manufacturing segment includes the direct raw material cost, direct labor cost, manufacturing overheads including depreciation of production equipment and rent. Cost of revenue for servicelogistics services segment includes gasoline and diesel fuel, toll charges and subcontracting fees. Cost of revenue of property management and subleasing business was mainly the amortization of right-of-used assets for the subleasing business.

 

(l)Earnings Per Share

(j) Earnings Per Share

 

The Company reports earnings (loss) per share in accordance with ASC 260 “Earnings Per Share”, which requires presentation of basic and diluted earnings per share in conjunction with the disclosure of the methodology used in computing such earnings per share. Basic earnings per share excludes dilution and is computed by dividing income available to common stockholders by the weighted average common shares outstanding during the reporting period. Diluted earnings per share takes into account the potential dilution that could occur if securities or other contracts to issue common stock were exercised and converted into common stock. Further, if the number of common shares outstanding increases as a result of a stock dividend or stock split or decreases as a result of a reverse stock split, the computations of a basic and diluted earnings per share shall be adjusted retroactively for all periods presented to reflect that change in capital structure.

The Company’s basic

Diluted earnings (loss) per share is computedcalculated by dividing net earnings (loss) attributable to ordinary shareholders, as adjusted for the net income available to holderseffect of dilutive ordinary equivalent shares, if any, by the weighted average number of ordinary and dilutive ordinary equivalent shares outstanding during the Company’speriod. Ordinary equivalent shares consist of unvested restricted shares, ordinary shares outstanding. Dilutedissuable upon the exercise of outstanding share options using the treasury stock method, and ordinary shares issuable upon the conversion of convertible note, option and preferred shares using the if converted method. Ordinary equivalent shares are not included in the denominator of the diluted earnings per share reflectscalculation when inclusion of such shares would be anti-dilutive.

For the amount of net income available to each ordinary share outstanding duringyear ended March 31, 2023, the period plus the number of additional shares that would have been outstanding if potentially dilutive securities had been issued. The Company had no potentiallyordinary equivalent shares assumed converted from convertible note and warrants. The weighted average numbers of dilutive potential ordinary shares as ofwas 5,339,039 and Nil for the year ended March 31, 20202023 and 2019.2022, respectively.

 

(m)Income Taxes

(k) Income Taxes

 

The Company accounts for income taxes using the asset and liability method prescribed by ASC 740 “Income Taxes”. Under this method, deferred tax assets and liabilities are determined based on the difference between the financial reporting and tax bases of assets and liabilities using enacted tax rates that will be in effect in the years in which the differences are expected to reverse. The Company records a valuation allowance to offset deferred tax assets if based on the weight of available evidence, it is more-likely-than-not that some portion, or all, of the deferred tax assets will not be realized. The effect on deferred taxes of a change in tax rates is recognized as income or loss in the period that includes the enactment date.

 

The Company has a history of tax losses and there is no convincing evidence that sufficient taxable income will be available against which the deferred tax asset can be utilised,utilized, therefore, the Company does not recognize any tax benefits for the year ended March 31, 2020 & 2019.2023 and 2022.

 

The Company isCompany’s Chinese subsidiaries are governed by the Income Tax Laws of the PRC. The PRC federal statutory tax rate is 25%25%. The Company files income tax returns with the relevant government authorities in the PRC. The Company does not believe there will be any material changes in its unrecognized tax positions over the next 12 months.

 

The Company’s policy is to recognize interest and penalties accrued on any unrecognized tax benefits as a component of income tax expense. The Company does not have any accrued interest or penalties associated with any unrecognized tax benefits, nor was any interest expense recognized during the years ended March 31, 20202023 and 2019.2022. The Company’s effective tax rate differs from the PRC federal statutory rate primarily due to non-deductible expenses, temporary differences and preferential tax treatments.

 

F-11

New

The U.S. federal tax legislation, commonly referred to as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the “U.S. Tax Reform”), was signed into law on December 22, 2017. The U.S. Tax Reform modified the U.S. Internal Revenue Code by, among other things, reducing the statutory U.S. federal corporate income tax rate from 35% to 21%21% for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2017;2017; limiting and/or eliminating many business deductions; migrating the U.S. to a territorial tax system with a one-time transaction tax on a mandatory deemed repatriation of previously deferred foreign earnings of certain foreign subsidiaries; subject to certain limitations, generally eliminating U.S. corporate income tax on dividends from foreign subsidiaries; and providing for new taxes on certain foreign earnings. Taxpayers may elect to pay the one-time transition tax over eight years, or in a single lump-sum payment. The Company measured the current and deferred taxes based on the provisions of the Tax legislation. After the Company’s measurement, no deferred tax benefit nor expense werewas recorded relating to the Tax Act changes for the yearyears ended March 31, 20202023 and 2019.

(n)Related party balances and transactions

A related party is generally defined as:2022.

 

(i) any person that holds the Company’s securities including such person’s immediate families,(l) Leases

 

(ii) the Company’s management,Lessee

(iii) someone that directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by or is under common control with the Company, or

(iv) anyone who can significantly influence the financial and operating decisions of the Company.

A transaction is considered to be a related party transaction when there is a transfer of resources or obligations between related parties.

(o)Interest Rate Risk

The Company’s exposure to interest rate risk primarily relates to the interest expenses on our outstanding bank borrowings and the interest income generated by cash invested in cash deposits and liquid investments. As of March 31, 2020, the total outstanding borrowings amounted to $353,114 (RMB 2,500,000) with various interest rate from4.84% to 6.96% p.a. (Note 10)

(p)Leases

 

The Company determines if an arrangement is a lease at inception. Operating leases are included in operating lease right-of-use (“ROU”) assets, other current liabilities, and operating lease liabilities in our consolidated balance sheets. Finance leases are included in property and equipment, other current liabilities, and other long-term liabilities in the consolidated balance sheets.

 

ROU assets represent the right to use an underlying asset for the lease term and lease liabilities represent the obligation to make lease payments arising from the lease. Operating lease ROU assets and liabilities are recognized at commencement date based on the present value of lease payments over the lease term. As most of the leases do not provide an implicit rate, Thethe Company generally use the incremental borrowing rate based on the estimated rate of interest for collateralized borrowing over a similar term of the lease payments at commencement date. The operating lease ROU asset also includes any lease payments made and excludes lease incentives. Lease expense for lease payments is recognized on a straight-line basis over the lease term.

 

(q)Recently issued and adopted accounting pronouncements

In November 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-18: Statement of Cash Flows (Topic 230): Restricted Cash. The amendments in this Update require that a statement of cash flows explain the change during the period in the total of cash, cash equivalents, and amounts generally described as restricted cash or restricted cash equivalents. Therefore, amounts generally described as restricted cash and restricted cash equivalents should be included with cash and cash equivalents when reconciling the beginning-of-period and end-of-period total amounts shown on the statement of cash flows. The amendments in this Update do not provide a definition of restricted cash or restricted cash equivalents. The amendments in this ASU on update are effective for public business entities for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2017, and interim periods within those fiscal years. Early adoption is permitted, including adoption in an interim period. The amendments in this Update should be applied using a retrospective transition method each period presented. The Company adopted this ASU on April 1, 2018 and determined it had no impact on its consolidated financial statements as of March 31, 2020.Lessor

 

In August 2018,As a lessor, the FASB issued ASU 2018-13,Disclosure Framework—ChangesCompany’s leases are classified as operating leases under ASC 842. Leases, in which the Company is the lessor, are substantially all accounted for as operating leases and the lease components and non-lease components are accounted for separately. Rental income from operating leases is recognized on a straight-line basis over the term of the relevant lease. Initial direct costs incurred in negotiating and arranging an operating lease are added to the Disclosure Requirements for Fair Value Measurement to ASC Topic 820, Fair Value Measurement (“ASC 820”). ASU 2018-13 modifies the disclosure requirements for fair value measurements by removing, modifying, and/or adding certain disclosures. ASU 2018-13 is effective for interim and annual reporting periods in fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019. An entity is permitted to early adopt by modifying existing disclosures and delay adoptioncarrying amount of the additional disclosures untilleased asset and recognized on a straight-line basis over the effective date. The Company is evaluating the effect that adoption of this guidance will have on its consolidated financial statements and related disclosures.lease term.

 

In February 2018, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”)(m) Recently issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) No. 2018-02, Income Statement - Reporting Comprehensive Income (Topic 220) Reclassification of Certain Tax Effects from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income. The amendments allow a reclassification from accumulated other comprehensive income to retained earnings for stranded tax effects resulting from the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. This standard was effective for the Company on September 1, 2018. The adoption of this standard did not have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial position, results of operations or cash flows.adopted accounting pronouncements

 

In June 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-13, Financial Instruments – Credit Losses (Topic 326), Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments. This standard requires a financial asset (or group of financial assets) measured at amortized cost basis to be presented at the net amount expected to be collected. The allowance for credit losses is a valuation account that is deducted from the amortized cost basis of the financial asset(s) to present the net carrying value at the amount expected to be collected on the financial asset. This standard will be effective for the Company on December 15 2019.April 1, 2023. The Company is currently evaluating the impact the adoption of this ASU will have on its consolidated financial statements.

 

Accounting for Convertible Instruments: In January 2016, theAugust 2020, FASB issued ASU 2016-01, “Financial Instruments-Overall (Subtopic 825-10): Recognition2020-06, Accounting for Convertible Instruments and MeasurementContracts in an Entity’s Own Equity (ASU 2020-06), as part of Financial Assetsits overall simplification initiative to reduce costs and Financial Liabilities(“ASU 2016-01”)”. The standard addresses certain aspectscomplexity of recognition, measurement, presentation, and disclosureapplying accounting standards while maintaining or improving the usefulness of the information provided to users of financial instruments. ASU 2016-01statements. Among other changes, the new guidance removes from GAAP separation models for convertible debt that require the convertible debt to be separated into a debt and equity component, unless the conversion feature is required to be bifurcated and accounted for as a derivative or the debt is issued at a substantial premium. As a result, after adopting the guidance, entities will no longer separately present such embedded conversion features in equity and will instead account for the convertible debt wholly as debt. The new guidance also requires use of the “if-converted” method when calculating the dilutive impact of convertible debt on earnings per share, which is consistent with the Company’s current accounting treatment under the current guidance. The guidance is effective for financial statements issued for fiscal years, and interim periods within those years beginning after December 15, 2017. The Company evaluated the impact of adopting the new standard and concluded that there was no material impact to its consolidated financial statements.

In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-02,“Lease (Topic 842) “, which amends recognition of lease assets and lease liabilities by lessees for those leases classified as operating leases. Under the new guidance, lessees will be required to recognize a lease liability and a right-of-use asset for all leases (with the exception of short-term leases) at the commencement date. This standard takes effect for fiscal years,2021, and interim periods within those fiscal years, with early adoption permitted, but only at the beginning after December 15, 2018. According to this new standard, the Company recorded both right-of-use asset and lease liability of $1.8 million on its consolidated financial statements for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2020.year.

The Company reviews new accounting standards as issued. Management has not identified any other new standards that it believes will have a significant impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

 

4.ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLESF-12

4. DISPOSITION OF SUBSIDIARIES

 

The receivablesCompany sold its subsidiary DY, the company in property management and allowance balances atsubleasing segment on March 31, 2020 and 2019 are as follows:1, 2023 to a third party. After disposition, the subsidiary became third party to the Company. The Company will not have any business with DY nor the buyers after the disposal.

 

  2020  2019 
Accounts receivable $4,500,116  $1,798,489 
Less: allowance for doubtful accounts  -   - 
Accounts receivable, net $4,500,116  $1,798,489 

Financial position of the entities at disposal date and gain or loss on disposal:

 

No allowance for doubtful accountsProperty Management and Subleasing Segment

SUMMARY OF FINANCIAL POSITION OF ENTITIES AND GAIN OR LOSS ON DISPOSAL

Financial position of DY March 1, 2023,
date of disposal
 
Current assets $2,496,622 
Noncurrent assets  - 
Current liabilities  (2,032,110)
Net assets $464,512 

The consideration was made forat the years ended March 31, 2020 and 2019.fair value as of date of disposal, which was also the carrying value of DY, resulting no gain or loss recognized on the disposal.

 

5.OTHER RECEIVABLES

5. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

Other receivables primarily represent rental deposit; refundable security deposits to customers for quality assurance on the provision of logistic service; and unsecured and non-interest bearing short-term advances that the Company makes from time-to-time to employees. These advances are unsecured and due on demand.

SCHEDULE OF RELATED PARTIES RELATIONSHIP WITH THE COMPANY

6.RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

Name of Related PartiesRelationship with the Company
Zhida HongPresident, CEO, and a director of the Company
Zhongpeng ChenHongye Financial Consulting (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.A legal representative of HPFcompany controlled by CEO, Mr. Zhida Hong
Bihua YangA legal representative of XKJ
Dewu HuangA legal representative of DTYBY
Jinlong HuangA spouse of legal representativeManagement of HSW

 

The Company leases Shenzhen XKJ office rent-free from Bihua Yang.

F-13

The Company had the following related party balances at the end of the years:

SCHEDULE OF AMOUNT DUE FROM RELATED PARTY

Amounts due to related parties 2020  2019 
Zhida Hong $5,043,489  $3,989,382 
Zhongpeng Chen  160,427   169,235 
Dewu Huang  81,287   - 
Jinlong Huang  144,237   45,513 
  $5,429,440  $4,204,130 
Amount due from related party 2023  2022 
Hongye Financial Consulting (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.  -   110,242 
Bihua Yang  375,092   - 
  $375,092  $110,242 

Being lease of the quarter ended March 31, 2022 paid on behalf of Hongye Financial Consulting (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. for the shared office in Shenzhen.

SCHEDULE OF RELATED PARTIES TRANSACTIONS

Related party debt 2023  2022 
Zhida Hong (1) $901,110  $3,297,951 
Hongye Financial Consulting (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.  45,841   - 
Bihua Yang (2)  -   31,738 
Dewu Huang (3)  1,305,758   212,290 
Jinlong Huang  131,924   153,010 
Total Related party debt $2,384,633  $3,694,989 

(1)Being interest free loan as financial support from Zhida Hong to daily operation of the Company.
(2)Being financial support from Bihua Yang for XKJ’s daily operation.
(3)The decrease of related party debt was mainly due to the repayment of the debt.

 

The borrowing balances withof related parties are unsecured, non-interest bearing and repayable on demand.

 

7.INVENTORIES

6. RESTRICTED CASH

The proceeds from issuance of the convertible note and warrants were deposited in a Holder Master Restricted Account with East West Bank controlled by the holders of the convertible note and warrants. The restricted cash will be released, over the period from the issuance date to the maturity date of the convertible note, when control account release events occur, which includes: (i) the Company’s receipt of a notice by the Holder electing to voluntarily effect a release of cash to the Company; (ii) the shareholder approval and registration of the new authorized shares according to the Securities Purchase Agreement; and (iii) any conversion of the convertible note.

7. DEBT SECURITIES HELD-TO-MATURITY

SCHEDULE OF DEBT SECURITIES HELD TO MATURITY

  March 31, 2023  March 31, 2022 
       
Debt securities held-to-maturity $17,718,750  $- 

The Company purchased a note issued by a third-party investment company on August 24, 2022. The principal amount of the note is $17,500,000. The note is renewable with one-year tenor on August 23, 2023 and 2.5% p.a. coupon. As of March 31, 2023, the coupon receivable is $218,750.

8. INVENTORIES

 

Inventories consist of the following as of March 31, 20202023 and 2019:2022:

SCHEDULE OF INVENTORIES

 2020 2019  2023 2022 
Raw materials $230,742  $157,382  $19,484  $184,498 
Work in progress  62,150   160,665   9,373   1,327 
Finished goods  54,639   -   256,671   80,771 
Total inventories, net $347,531  $318,047 
Total inventories $285,528  $266,596 

 

There is no inventory allowance for the year ended March 31, 2020 and 2019.9. ADVANCES TO SUPPLIERS

8.ADVANCES TO SUPPLIERS

 

The Company has made advances to third-party suppliers in advance of receiving inventory parts. These advances are generally made to expedite the delivery of required inventory when needed and to help to ensure priority and preferential pricing on such inventory. The amounts advanced to suppliers are fully refundable on demand.

 

The Company reviews a supplier’s credit history and background information before advancing a payment. If the financial condition of its suppliers were to deteriorate, resulting in an impairment of their ability to deliver goods or provide services, the Company would recognize bad debt expense in the period they are considered unlikely to be collected.

 

9.PLANT AND EQUIPMENTF-14

 

Plant10. PREPAYMENTS AND OTHER RECEIVABLES

Prepayments and equipment consistsother receivables consist of the following as of March 31, 20202023 and 2019:2022:

SCHEDULE OF PREPAYMENTS AND OTHER RECEIVABLES

  2023  2022 
Prepayment  10,913   14,046 
Deposit  40,341   64,653 
Receivable of consideration on disposal of subsidiaries  708,457   269,798 
Other receivables  199,485   226,713 
Total Prepayment $959,196  $575,210 

11. PLANT AND EQUIPMENT

 

  2020  2019 
Production plant $67,247  $107,173 
Motor vehicles  

868,743

   1,016,818 
Office equipment  19,471   14,722 
   

955,461

   1,138,713 
Less: accumulated depreciation  (370,442)  (444,282)
Plant and equipment, net $

585,019

  $694,431 

Plant and equipment consist of the following as of March 31, 2023 and 2022:

SCHEDULE OF PLANT AND EQUIPMENT

  2023  2022 
Production plant $68,345  $74,034 
Motor vehicles  1,100,683   1,192,296 
Office equipment  26,025   28,191 
Total gross  1,195,053   1,294,521 
Less: accumulated depreciation  (545,933)  (458,102)
Plant and equipment, net $649,120  $836,419 

 

Depreciation expense for the years ended March 31, 20202023 and 20192022 was $114,391$137,818 and $115,673,$132,152, respectively.

10.SHORT-TERM BANK LOAN

 

In September 2018, HSW, a subsidiary of the12. LONG-TERM RECEIVABLES

The Company entered into a facilitylong-term loan agreement with Dongguan Agricultural Commercial Bankan independent third party in September 2022. The principal to the borrower is $2.5 million. The loan is interest free and obtained a line of credit, which allows the Company to borrow up to approximately $211,868 (RMB1,500,000) for daily operations. The loans are guaranteed at no cost by legal representative of HSW. As of March 31, 2020, the Company has borrowed $211,868 (RMB1,500,000) under this line of credit with fixed interest rate of 6.96% per annum. The line of credit is fully used. The outstanding loan balance will be dueexpired in September 2020.August 2025.

13. SHORT-TERM BANK LOAN

 

In August 2019, HSW entered into a new facility agreement with Agricultural Bank of China and obtained a line of credit, which allows the Company to borrow up to approximately $141,246 (RMB1,000,000)$153,172 (RMB1,000,000) for daily operations. The loans are guaranteed at no cost by the legal representative of HSW. As of March 31, 2020,2023, the Company has borrowed $141,246 (RMB1,000,000)$137,468 (RMB944,255) (March 31, 2022: $151,090, or RMB958,079) under this line of credit with various annual interest rates from 4.84%4.34% to 4.9%4.9%. The line of credit is fully used. The outstanding loan balance will bewas due in July 2020.on September 30, 2021. The Company was not able to renew the loan facility with the bank. The Company is negotiating with the bank on repayment schedule of the loan balance and interest payable.

14. TAXATION

 

11.(a)INCOME TAXES

(a)Enterprise Income Tax (“EIT”)

 

The Company operates in the PRC and files tax returns in the PRC jurisdictions.

 

Yingxi Industrial Chain Group Co., Ltd was incorporated in the Republic of Seychelles and, under the current laws of the British Virgin Islands, is not subject to income taxes.

 

Yingxi HK was incorporated in Hong Kong and is subject to Hong Kong income tax at a taxprogressive rate of 16.5%16.5%. No provision for income taxes in Hong Kong has been made as Yingxi HK had no taxable income for the years ended March 31, 20202023 and 2019.2022.

F-15

 

YX were incorporated in the PRC and is subject to the EIT tax rate of 25%25%. No provision for income taxes in the PRC has been made as YX had no taxable income for the years ended March 31, 20202023 and 2019.2022.

 

The Company is governed by the Income Tax Laws of the PRC. All Yingxi’s operating companies QYTG, HSW, HPF, DT and YS were subject to anprogressive EIT rates from 5% to 15% in 2023 and 2022. The preferential tax rate will be expired at end of year 2023 and the EIT rate ofwill be 25% in 2020 and 2019. XKJ enjoyed the preferential tax benefits and its EIT rate was 15% in 2020 and 2019.from year 2024.

 

The Company’s parent entity, Addentax Group Corp. is ana U.S entity and is subject to the United States federal income tax. No provision for income taxes in the United States has been made as Addentax Group Corp. had no United States taxable income for the years ended March 31, 20202023 and 2019.2022.

 

No deferred taxes were recognized for the years ended March 31, 2020 and 2019.

The reconciliation of income taxes computed at the PRC federal statutory tax rate applicable to the PRC, to income tax expenses are as follows:

SCHEDULE OF EFFECTIVE INCOME TAX RATE RECONCILIATION

  2023  2022 
PRC statutory tax rate  25%  25%
Computed expected benefits $335,450  $25,373 
Temporary differences  (6,089)  (350)
Permanent difference  (309,661)  (106,866)
Changes in valuation allowance  2,443   105,337 
Reported income tax expense $22,143  $23,494 

 

As of March 31, 2023, the accumulated tax losses in China amounting to $2.1 million (2022: $1.9 million) will expire in five years. As of March 31, 2023, the accumulated net operating loss carried forward in the US entity was $6.6 million (2021: $4.8 million).

  2020  2019 
PRC statutory tax rate  25%  25%
Computed expected benefits $(359,888) $(171,444)
Temporary differences not recognized  (15,205)  19,291 
Differed tax assets not recognized  268,680   160,708 
Expense not deductible for income tax  122,483   - 
Income tax expense $16,070  $8,555 

Deferred tax assets had not been recognized in respect of any potential tax benefit that may be derived from non-capital loss carry forward and property and equipment due to past negative evidence of previous cumulative net losses and uncertainty upon restructuring. The management will continue to assess at each reporting period to determine the realizability of deferred tax assets.

 

(b)Value Added Tax (“VAT”)

 

In accordance with the relevant taxation laws in the PRC, the normal VAT rate for domestic sales is 17%13%, which is levied on the invoiced value of sales and is payable by the purchaser. The subsidiaries HSW, DTYBY, AOT, ZHJ and YS enjoyed preferential VAT rate of 13%13%. The Companies are required to remit the VAT they collect to the tax authority. A credit is available whereby VAT paid on purchases can be used to offset the VAT due on sales.

 

For services, the applicable VAT rate is 11%9% under the relevant tax category for logistic company, except the branch of HPFYXPF enjoyed the preferential VAT rate of 3%3% in 20202022 and 2019.2021. The Company is required to pay the full amount of VAT calculated at the applicable VAT rate of the invoiced value of sales as required. A credit is available whereby VAT paid on gasoline and toll charges can be used to offset the VAT due on service income.

 

12.CONSOLIDATED SEGMENT DATAF-16

15. CONSOLIDATED SEGMENT DATA

 

Segment information is consistent with how management reviews the businesses, makes investing and resource allocation decisions and assesses operating performance. The segment data presented reflects this segment structure. The Company reports financial and operating information in the following twothree segments:

 

(a)ManufacturingGarment manufacturing. Including manufacturing and distribution of garments (the “Manufacturing segment”); andgarments;
(b)
(b)Logistics services. Providing logistic services;
(c)Property management and subleasing. Providing shops subleasing and property management services (the “Service segment”).for garment wholesalers and retailers in garment market.

 

The Company also provides general corporate services to its segments and these costs are reported as “Corporate and other”.

The Company used to have an operating segment named “Epidemic prevention supplies”, which included manufacturing, distribution and trading of epidemic prevention supplies. As the COVID-19 pandemic is near an endemic, the Company ceased to operate in the Epidemic prevention supplies business in the first quarter of 2023. The remaining assets of the segment were reclassified into the “Corporate and others”. segment. The corresponding items of segment information for the earlier periods were restated to reflect the change of the new segment structure.

 

Selected information in the segment structure is presented in the following tables:

 

Revenues by segment for the years ended March 31, 2020 and 2019 are as follows:SCHEDULE OF SEGMENT REPORTING FOR REVENUE

Revenues 2020  2019 
Manufacturing segment $4,298,518  $3,359,637 
Service segment  5,873,861   6,667,283 
  $10,172,379  $10,026,920 
Revenues from external customers 2023  2022 
  Year ended 
  March 31, 
Revenues from external customers 2023  2022 
Garments manufacturing segment  177,549   2,525,440 
Logistics services segment  4,621,125   5,332,291 
Property management and subleasing  3,096,914   4,265,218 
Total of reportable segments  7,895,588   12,122,949 
Corporate and other  48,583   567,684 
Total consolidated revenue $7,944,171  $12,690,633 
         

 

Income (loss) from operations by segment for the yearsyear ended March 31, 20202023 and 20192022 are as follows:

SCHEDULE OF SEGMENT REPORTING FOR INCOME FROM OPERATION

  2023  2022 
  Year ended 
  March 31, 
  2023  2022 
Garments manufacturing segment  (68,215)  75,494 
Logistics services segment  284,911   236,777 
Property management and subleasing  267,359   96,490 
Total of reportable segments $484,055   408,761 
Corporate and other  (946,970)  (465,766)
Total consolidated loss from operations  (462,915)  (57,005)

Operating income (loss) 2020  2019 
Manufacturing segment $215,324  $8,091 
Service segment  80,128   (10 
Corporate and other  (1,159,770)  (691,208)
Loss from operations $(864,318) $(683,127)
Manufacturing segment  (501,689)  (12,762 
Service segment  (72,750)  10,118 
Corporate and other  (793)  (3)
Loss before income tax $(1,439,550) $(685,774)
Income tax expense  (16,070)  (8,555)
Net loss $(1,455,620) $(694,329)

Depreciation and amortization by segment for the yearsyear ended March 31, 20202023 and 20192022 are as follows:

 

Depreciation 2020  2019 
Manufacturing segment $9,739  $23,036 
Service segment  104,652   92,637 
  $114,391  $115,673 

SCHEDULE OF SEGMENT REPORTING FOR DEPRECIATION AND AMORTIZATION

  2023  2022 
  Year ended 
  March 31, 
  2023  2022 
Garments manufacturing segment  2,400   2,641 
Logistics services segment  334,708   123,513 
Property management and subleasing  2,168   25,451 
Total of reportable segments $339,276   151,605 
Corporate and other  5,620   5,999 
Total consolidated depreciation and amortization $344,896   157,604 

Financial cost by segment for year ended March 31, 2023 and 2022 are as follows:

SCHEDULE OF SEGMENT REPORTING FOR FINANCIAL COST

  2023  2022 
  Year ended 
  March 31, 
  2023  2022 
Garments manufacturing segment  7,206   8,015 
Logistics services segment  387   604 
Property management and subleasing  308   678 
Total of reportable segments $7,901   9,297 
Corporate and other  1,499,941   594 
Total consolidated financial cost $1,507,842   9,891 

 

Total assets by segment atas of March 31, 20202023 and 2019March 31, 2022 are as follows:

SCHEDULE OF SEGMENT REPORTING FOR ASSETS

Total assets 2020 2019  March 31,
2023
 March 31,
2022
 
Manufacturing segment $4,098,758  $1,242,335 
Service segment  2,422,140   2,253,308 
Garment manufacturing segment $2,169,973  $1,784,020 
Logistics services segment  2,476,841   2,610,469 
Property management and subleasing  -   7,608,997 
Total of reportable segments  4,646,814   12,003,486 
Corporate and other  1,901,080   476,203   36,656,067   1,083,574 
 $8,421,978  $3,971,846 
Consolidated total assets $41,302,881  $13,087,060 

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Goodwill by segment at March 31, 2020 and 2019 is as follows:Geographical Information

Goodwill 2020  2019 
Manufacturing segment $-  $475,003 
  $-  $475,003 

 

The recoverable amountsCompany operates predominantly in China. In presenting information on the basis of reporting units are determined based on discounted cash flow calculations. The calculations use forecast for the first year and cash flow projections based on financial forecasts prepared by management covering the remaining 4-year operating period. The key assumptions includegeographical location, revenue cost of sales and operating expenses which were determined by managementis based on the past performancegeographical location of customers and long-lived assets are based on the implementationgeographical location of the Company’s strategy. Based on the impairment test of goodwill, the recoverable amount was lower than the carrying amount of the goodwill recorded and it was concluded that the carrying amount of goodwill of $475,003 as of March 31, 2020 was fully impaired.assets.

 

13.ACCRUED EXPENSES AND OTHER PAYABLES

Geographic Information

SCHEDULE OF GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

  Revenues  Long-Lived Assets 
China  7,944,171   1,011,640 
         
Total  7,944,171   1,011,640 

16. ACCRUED EXPENSES AND OTHER PAYABLES

 

Accrued expenses and other payables consist of the following as of March 31, 20202023 and 2019:2022:

SCHEDULE OF ACCRUED EXPENSES AND OTHER PAYABLES

  2023  2022 
Accrued wages and welfare  63,935   78,776 
Accrued expenses  445,985   259,647 
Other tax payable  34,988   55,814 
Rental payable  25,739   27,882 
Interest payable  26,226   20,835 
Customers’ deposits  -   871,730 
Advance payment from shareholder  -   

125,000

 
Other payables  9,970   5,789 
Accrued expenses and other payables $606,843  $1,445,473 

17. FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

 

  2020  2019 
Accrued wages and welfare  61,776   84,677 
Other payables  169,141   175,160 
  $

230,917

  $259,837 

On January 4, 2023, the Company entered into a series of agreements with certain accredited investors, pursuant to which the Company received a net proceed of $15,000,000 in consideration of the issuance of:

 

14.LEASE RIGHT-OF-USE ASSET AND LEASE LIABILITIESsenior secured convertible notes in the aggregate original principal amount of approximately $16.7 million with interest rate of 5% per annum (the “Convertible Notes”); The Convertible Notes shall be matured on July 4, 2024. The conversion price is $1.25, subject to adjustment under several conditions.
warrants to purchase up to approximately 16.1 million shares of common stock of the Company (the “Common Stock”) until on or prior to 11:59 p.m. (New York time) on the five-year anniversary of the closing date at an exercise price of $1.25 per share, also subject to adjustment under several conditions.

 

The Warrant is considered a freestanding instrument issued together with the Convertible Note and measured at its issuance date fair value. Proceeds received were first allocated to the Warrant based on its initial fair value. The initial fair value of the Warrant was $3.9 million. The Warrant were marked to the market with the changes in the fair value of warrant recorded in the consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss. As of March 31, 2023, the balance of the Warrant was approximately $2.0 million.

The Convertible Note is classified as a liability and is subsequently stated at amortized cost with any difference between the initial carrying value and the repayment amount as interest expenses using the effective interest method over the period from the issuance date to the maturity date. The embedded conversion feature should be bifurcated and separately accounted for using fair value, as this embedded feature is considered not clearly and closely related to the debt host. The bifurcated conversion feature was recorded at fair value with the changes recorded in the consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss. The initial fair value of the embedded conversion feature was $1.2 million. As of March 31, 2023, the fair value of the conversion option was $0.3 million.

The Company determined that the other embedded features do not require bifurcation as they either are clearly and closely related to the Convertible Note or do not meet the definition of a derivative.

The total proceeds of the Convertible Note and the Warrants, net of issuance cost, of $15.0 million was received by the Company in January 2023, and allocated to each of the financial instruments as following:

SCHEDULE OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

  As of January 4, 2023 
    
Derivative liabilities – Fair value of the Warrants $3,858,521 
Derivative liabilities – Embedded conversion feature  1,247,500 
Convertible Note  9,893,979 
 $15,000,000 

In January 2023, the Company also granted to the placement agent a warrant as partial of agent fee to purchase 0.7 million shares of common stock of the Company. The warrant is matured in five years with an exercise price of $1.25 subject to adjustments under different conditions. The warrant was recognized as derivative liability and the initial fair value was $0.168 million.

As of March 31, 2023, there was not any conversion of the convertible note nor any exercise of warrants.

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18. LEASE RIGHT-OF-USE ASSET AND LEASE LIABILITIES

The Company implemented a new accounting policy according to the ASC 842, Leases, on April 1, 2019 on a modified retrospective basis and did not restate comparative periods. Under the new policy, the Company recognized approximately $0.06$0.06 million lease liability as well as right-of-use asset for all leases (with the exception of short-term leases) at the commencement date. Lease liabilities are measured at present value of the sum of remaining rental payments as of March 31, 2020,2023, with discounted rate of 4.35%4.75%. A single lease cost is recognized over the lease term on a generally straight-line basis. All cash payments of operating lease cost are classified within operating activities in the statement of cash flows.

 

AsThe Company leases its head office. The lease period is 5 years with an option to extend the lease. The Company leases its plant and dormitory for 4.5 years with an option to extend the lease.

The Company leased three floors of a commercial building for 3 years with an option to extend the lease in Humen Town of Dongguan City from the landlord and provides shops subleasing and property management services for garment wholesalers and retailers in the leased property.

The following table summarizes the components of lease expense:

SCHEDULE OF LEASE COST

  2023  2022 
       
Operating lease cost  3,341,042   3,862,342 
Short-term lease cost  78,663   84,089 
Lease Cost  3,419,705   3,946,431 

The following table summarizes supplemental information related to leases:

SCHEDULE OF SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION RELATED TO LEASES

  2023  2022 
       
Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities        
Operating cash flow used in operating leases $3,419,705  $3,946,431 
Right-of-use assets obtained in exchange for new operating leases liabilities  -  470,763 
Transfer of Right-of-use assets due to disposal of subsidiary  

(3,025,985

)  - 
Weighted average remaining lease term - Operating leases (years)  2.2   1.8 
Weighted average discount rate - Operating leases  4.75%  4.75%

The following table summarizes the maturity of operating lease liabilities:

SCHEDULE OF MATURITY OF OPERATING LEASE LIABILITY

Years ending March 31 Lease cost 
2024 $133,138 
2025  122,409 
2026  38,881 
Total lease payments  294,428 
Less: Interest  (21,940)
Total $272,488 

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19. SHARE CAPITAL AND RESERVES

Ordinary shares

In August 2022, the Company completed its IPO and 5,000,000 ordinary shares were issued and sold to the public, with proceeds of approximately $20.2 million, net of underwriter commissions and relevant offering expenses.

In September, 2022, 391,666 shares were issued upon cashless exercise of Underwriter Warrants.

On February 3, 2023, 3,370,000 shares were issued as pre-delivery shares to the placement agents.

In January 2023, the Company increased its authorized share capital and the authorized share capital is US$250,000 divided into 250,000,000 ordinary shares with par value of US$0.001 per share. There are 35,454,670 and 26,693,004 ordinary shares issued and outstanding at March 31, 20202023 and March 31, 2019, the right-of use asset and lease liabilities are as follows:2022, respectively.

 

  March 31, 2020  March 31, 2019 
       
Right-of-use asset – operating leases $1,835,717  $- 
         
Lease liabilities – current portion  443,543   - 
Lease liabilities – non-current portion  1,392,174   - 
  $1,835,717  $- 

Statutory reserve

 

Lease cost

  2020  2019 
       
Operating lease cost  451,684   94,986 
Short-term lease cost  

63,785

   - 
   

515,470

   94,986 

Other information

  2020  2019 
       
Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities        
Operating cash flow from operating leases $515,470  $- 
Right-of-use assets obtained in exchange for new operating leases liabilities  1,982,393   - 
Weighted average remaining lease term - Operating leases (years)  4.2   - 
Weighted average discount rate - Operating leases  4.35%  - 

15.RESERVES

(a)Statutory reserve

In accordance with the relevant laws and regulations of the PRC, the subsidiary of the Company established in the PRC is required to transfer 10% of its profit after taxation prepared in accordance with the accounting regulations of the PRC to the statutory reserve until the reserve balance reaches 50% of the subsidiary’s paid-up capital. Such reserve may be used to offset accumulated losses or increase the registered capital of the subsidiary, subject to the approval from the PRC authorities, and are not available for dividend distribution to the shareholders.shareholders. The amount appropriated to statutory reserve for the years ended March 31, 2023 and 2022 were $14,636 and $Nil, respectively. The balance of paid-up statutory reserve was $23,514$28,457 and $21,779$13,821 as of March 31, 20202023 and 2019,2022, respectively.

20. OTHER INCOME (EXPENSES), NET

SCHEDULE OF OTHER INCOME NET

  2023  2022 
       
Investment income $218,750  $- 
Consultant fee income  -   70,000 
Allowance for obsolete inventories  -   (17,541)
Penalty income from customers’ defaults  76,160   45,382 
Subsidy from government  30,302   61,901 
Donations  (8,029)  - 
Other  3,373   828 
 Other income, net $320,556  $160,570 

21. RISKS AND UNCERTAINTIES

(b)(a)Currency translation reserveEconomic and Political Risks

 

The currency translation reserve represents translation differences arising from translationCompany’s operations are conducted in the PRC. Accordingly, the Company’s business, financial condition and results of operations may be influenced by the political, economic and legal environment in the PRC, and by the general state of the PRC economy.

The Company’s operations in the PRC are subject to special 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 environment and foreign currency financial statements intoexchange. The Company’s results may be adversely affected by changes in the Company’s functional currency.political and social conditions in the PRC, and by changes in governmental policies with respect to laws and regulations, anti-inflationary measures, currency conversion, remittances abroad, and rates and methods of taxation.

 

16.(b)REVERSE STOCK SPLIT

On January 24, 2019, the Board of Directors of the Company approved a reverse stock split of the Company’s issued and outstanding shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Common Stock”), at a ratio of 1-for-20 (the “Reverse Stock Split”). The Reverse Stock Split was effective on February 27, 2019 (the “Effective Date”). As a result of the filing of the Certificate, the number of shares of the Company’s authorized Common Stock was reduced from 1,000,000,000 shares to 50,000,000 shares and the issued and outstanding number of shares of the Company’s Common Stock was correspondingly decreased to 25,346,004. There was no change to the par value of the Company’s Common Stock. The decrease of Share Capital was transferred to and increased the Additional Paid In Capital. The Company has adjusted all references to number of share and loss per share amounts in the accompanying consolidated financial statements and notes to reflect the reverse stock split.

17.SUBSEQUENT EVENTSForeign Currency Translation

 

The Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) outbreakCompany’s reporting currency is the U.S. dollar. The functional currency of the parent company is the U.S. dollar and the measures taken to contain the spreadfunctional currency of the pandemic have createdCompany’s operating subsidiaries is the Chinese Renminbi (“RMB”). For the subsidiaries whose functional currencies are the RMB, all assets and liabilities are translated at exchange rates at the balance sheet date, which are 6.87 and 6.34 as at March 31, 2023 and March 31, 2022, respectively. Revenue and expenses are translated at the average yearly exchange rates, which are 6.85 and 6.42 for the two years ended March 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively. The equity is translated at historical exchange rates. Any translation adjustments resulting are not included in determining net income but are included in foreign exchange adjustments to other comprehensive loss, a high levelcomponent of uncertainty to global economic prospects and this has impactedequity.

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(c)Concentration Risks

The following are the Company’s operations and its financial performance in the last two monthspercentages of accounts receivable balance of the financial yeartop five customers over accounts receivable for each segment as of March 31, 2023 and subsequent to the financial year end.2022.

 

As the situation continuesGarment manufacturing segment

SCHEDULE OF CONCENTRATION RISKS

  March 31, 2023  March 31, 2022 
Customer A  82.5%  85.3%
Customer B  9.9%  11.4%
Customer C  4.0%  Nil%
Customer D  3.5%  Nil%

The high concentration as of March 31, 2023 was mainly due to evolve with significant levelbusiness development of uncertainty,a large distributor of garments. Management believes that should the Company is unablelose any one of its major customers, it was able to reasonably estimate the full financial impact of the COVID-19 outbreak. The Company is monitoring the situation closelysell similar products to other customers.

Logistics services segment

  March 31, 2023  March 31, 2022 
Customer A  14.1%  1.1%
Customer B  11.4%  Nil%
Customer C  10.2%  19.1%
Customer D  9.5%  Nil%
Customer E  7.3%  8.2%

Property management and to mitigate the financial impact, it is conscientiously managing its cost by adopting an operating cost reduction strategy and conserving liquidity by working with major creditors to align repayment obligations with receivable collections.subleasing

 

There is no account receivable for Property management and subleasing segment as for March 31, 2023.

For the year ended March 31, 2023, one customer from logistics services segment provided more than 10% of total consolidated revenue of the Company, representing 11.4% of total revenue of the Company.

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The following tables summarized the percentages of purchases from five largest suppliers of each of the reportable segment purchase for the years ended March 31, 2023 and 2022.

SCHEDULE OF PURCHASES FROM SUPPLIERS

  Year ended 
  March 31, 
  2023  2022 
Garment manufacturing segment  Nil %   99.3%
Logistics services segment  100.0%  96.4%
Property management and subleasing  100.0%  100.0%

Two and one suppliers provided more than 10% of our raw materials purchases for the years ended March 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively. Management believes that should the Company lose any one of its major suppliers, other suppliers are available that could provide similar products to the Company.

(d)Interest Rate Risk

The Company’s exposure to interest rate risk primarily relates to the interest expenses on our outstanding bank borrowings and the interest income generated by cash invested in cash deposits and liquid investments. As of March 31, 2023, the total outstanding borrowings amounted to $137,468 (RMB944,255) with various interest rate from 4.34% to 4.9% p.a. (Note 13)

22. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

In April 2023, the board of directors of the Company resolved to release BF Borgers CPA PC (“Borgers”) as independent accountants and engaged Pan-China Singapore PAC (“Pan-China”) as the new independent auditor.

In June 2023, the Company entered into a share purchase agreement to acquire Dongguan Hongxiang Commercial Co., Ltd.’s entire equity with the relevant sellers. The consideration of the acquisition was approximately RMB3.2 million in cash.

The Company effected the amendment and combination to the outstanding shares of our common stock into a lesser number of outstanding shares (the “Reverse Stock Split Amendment”) on a ratio of one-for-ten, with effected date on June 26, 2023.

As at the date of this report, approximately $1.5 million of convertible note including principal and related accrued interest were converted into approximately 2.2 million ordinary shares. The effective average conversion price was $0.681 per share.

There are no other subsequent events have occurred that would require recognition or disclosure in the financial statements.

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Item 9. Changes In and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure

 

None.

 

Item 9A. Controls and Procedures

 

Disclosure Controls and Procedures

 

We maintain disclosure controls and procedures, as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”), that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by us in the reports that we file or submit under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the Securities and Exchange Commission’s rules and forms and that such information is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

 

We carried out an evaluation, under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, of the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures as of March 31, 2020.2023   Based on the evaluation of these disclosure controls and procedures, and in light of the material weaknesses found in our internal controls over financial reporting, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were not effective.

 

Management’s Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting

 

Management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rule 13a-15(f)). The Company’s internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate. Under the supervision and with the participation of management, including the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, the Company conducted an evaluation of the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting as of March 31, 20202023   using the criteria established in “Internal Control - Integrated Framework” issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (“COSO”).

 

A material weakness is a deficiency, or combination of deficiencies, in internal control over financial reporting, such that there is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of the Company’s annual or interim financial statements will not be prevented or detected on a timely basis. In its assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of March 31, 2020,2023   the Company determined that there were control deficiencies that constituted material weaknesses, as described below.

 

We did not maintain a sufficient complement of personnel with an appropriate level of knowledge of accounting, experience, and training commensurate with its financial reporting requirements.

 

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Accordingly, the Company concluded that these control deficiencies resulted in a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of the annual or interim financial statements will not be prevented or detected on a timely basis by the company’s internal controls.

 

As a result of the material weaknesses described above, management has concluded that the Company did not maintain effective internal control over financial reporting as of March 31, 20202023   based on criteria established in Internal Control- Integrated Framework issued by COSO.

Changes in Internal Controls over Financial Reporting

 

There was no change in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting period covered by this report that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

Limitations on the Effectiveness of Controls

 

Our disclosure controls and procedures and internal control over financial reporting are designed to provide reasonable assurance of achieving their objectives as specified above. Management does not expect, however, that our disclosure controls and procedures or our internal control over financial reporting will prevent or detect all error and fraud. Any control system, no matter how well designed and operated, is based upon certain assumptions and can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance that its objectives will be met. Further, no evaluation of controls can provide absolute assurance that misstatements due to error or fraud will not occur or that all control issues and instances of fraud, if any, within the Company have been detected.

 

Item 9B. Other Information

 

NoneNone.

 

Item 9C. Disclosure Regarding Foreign Jurisdictions that Prevent Inspections.

Not applicable.

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PART III

 

Item 10. Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance

 

DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS

 

The name, address, age and titles of our executive officers and directors are as follows:

 

Name & AddressAgeTitleDate of First Appointment
Hong Zhida2933Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer, President and SecretaryMarch 10, 2017
Huang Chao30Chief Financial Officer and TreasurerMarch 8, 2019
       
Huang ChaoHong Zhiwang2729Chief Financial Officer and TreasurerDirectorMarch 8,13, 2019
Yu Jiaxin (1)(2)(3)40Independent DirectorMarch 13, 2019
       
Ng Chung ChiAlex. P. Hamilton (1)(2)(3)(1)3949Independent Director (Resigned since May 28th, 2020)March 13, 201910, 2021
Yu JiaxinJiangping (Gary) Xiao (1)(2)(3)3842Independent DirectorMarch 13, 2019May 12, 2021

(1)Member of the Audit Committee
Li Weilin (1)(2)39Independent DirectorMarch 13, 2019Member of the Compensation Committee
(3)
Hong Zhiwang26DirectorMarch 13, 2019Member of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee

  

(1) Member of the Audit Committee, the Compensation Committee and the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee.

Hong Zhida, Chairman, CEO, President and Secretary

 

Mr. Hong Zhida received his Bachelor’s Degreebachelor’s degree in Electronic Information Scienceelectronic information science and Technologytechnology from Sun Yat-sen University in July 2013. From June 2014 to Present, he served as the Director of China Huiying Joint Supply Chain Group Co. Ltd. He was responsible for assisting the company’s chairman to plan development strategy. From September 2013 to May 2014, he served as Head of Membership Department of the Guangzhou Haifeng Chamber of Commerce. In that position he was responsible for the membership management of the institution.

 

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Mr. Huang Chao, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

 

Mr. Huang Chao earned two bachelor’s degrees, one in marketing from Shaoguan University, China in 2014 and the other in international logistics and trade finance from University of Northampton, United Kingdom in 2015. He earned his master’s degree in finance and investment management from University of Liverpool, United Kingdom in 2016 to broaden and deepen his knowledge in the accounting and finance field. After his graduation in 2016, he was appointed as a secretary to Chairman in Addentax Group Corp. He handles all Company’s filings to ensure the Company complies with regulationregulations and advising on good corporate governance practice. Huang Chao interacts with the directors, general manager of each business unit, various regulatory and professional bodies such as the SEC, auditors and attorneys to ensure the compliance. His managingmanagement experiences, and profound knowledge in finance make him well positioned for his role as Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer.

 

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Ng Chung Chi, Independent Director

Ms. Ng Chung Chi earned her bachelor’s degree in accountancy and law from City University of Hong Kong in 2003, and earned her professional accountancy qualifications from the ACCA and HKICPA in 2008 and 2010, respectively. Ms. Ng currently is the CFO of a multinational security services company. Prior to her CFO role, she was an Audit Senior Manager and Asian Services Leader in a Top 10 ranked International CPA firm in the United States. Ms. Ng has over fifteen years of accounting and financial reporting experience at an International CPA firm, providing audit and assurance services to publicly-traded company in the US with its main operations in the US and Asia Pacific, including China, Taiwan, Singapore, India, New Zealand, etc. In addition, to providing audit and assurance service, she involved in assisting companies in the going public and going private transactions in the US, supporting their needs for on-going SEC compliance, internal control advisory, and merger and acquisition activities. She brings to the Board deep finance, audit and business experience. On May 28, 2020, Ms. NG Chung Chi resigned as an independent director and Chairman of the Audit Committee of the Company to focus on personal and other business interests and commitments.

Yu Jiaxin, Independent Director

 

Ms. Yu Jiaxin earned her bachelor’s degree in business management from Nankai University, China in 2006. Ms. Yu currently is the senior human resources director of Kingkey Capital Management Co., Ltd., a Group which offers real estate development, commercial operation, financial investment, and other services in Shenzhen, China. She has worked for Kingkey Group since 2008, initially as a human resources officer and now as senior human resources director. She assisted in the set-up of Kingkey’s annual operating plan and budget in accordance with the company’s annual goals and strategies, building the company’s organizational structure and coordinating Human Resource and Administration, establishing the sound comprehensive personnel administrative management system which is adaptable to the company’s development, and implementing and supervising the system. Bringing over ten years of human resources administration experience, she brings to the Board insights on compensation and benefits.

 

Li Weilin, Independent Director

Mr. Li Weilin earned his bachelor’s degree in Computer Science & Technology from Sun Yat-sen University, China in 2005 and earned his master’s degree in Software Engineering from the same University in 2011. Mr. Li currently is the information and network center director in Xinhua College of Sun Yat-sen University since 2005 and is responsible for information service management for all faculties and students. He also is the leader of Computer Application & Technology program in Guangdong Polytechnic College and is responsible for major IT planning and management of the College since 2015. In 2017, he is appointed as a technology expert in Guangzhou City, providing technology consults and projects examination and verification for the information construction of Guangzhou authorities. His studies cover Network & System Safety, Image Processing, Data Mining, Business Intelligence, Big Data Management and Network Physical System. He brings to the Board deep information technology experience.

Hong Zhiwang, Director

 

Mr. Hong Zhiwang earned his bachelor’s degree in Automation Engineering from Beijing Institute of Technology University Zhuhai Campus, China in 2014. Mr. Hong has been the brand marketing manager at Addentax Group Corp. since 2018 and is responsible for e-commerce marketing covering design website, brand marketing, market investigation and development, and expanding marketing channels to develop new clients, designing the company’s logo and registering copyrights. In 2014, he was the PDM Software Engineer for Hongfan Computer & Technology Co., Ltd. and was responsible for developing software, on-site inspection and guidance and software maintenance, in assistance of ERP to manage the system and create brand new demands design and in charge of R&D of PLM System, surface model design and function model development, structure development and communications technology development. He brings to the Board deep brand marketing experience.

 

Alex P. Hamilton, Independent Director

Mr. Hamilton obtained his B.A. in Economics from Brandeis University in 1994. Mr. Alex P. Hamilton, age 49, has been the Chief Financial Officer of CBD Biotech Inc. since November 2018, and has also served as Director of CBD Biotech Inc. since April 2019. In April 2016, Mr. Hamilton founded Hamilton Laundry, and has served as its chief executive officer since then. Mr. Hamilton also founded Hamilton Strategy in November 2014, and has served as its chief executive officer since. From November 2013 to November 2014, Mr. Hamilton was the president of Kei Advisors. Mr. Hamilton was also the Co-Founder of Donald Capital LLC, and has served as its president since May 2019. Mr. Hamilton has been serving as an independent director and the chairman of the audit committee of Wunong Net Technology Company Limited (Nasdaq: WNW) since December 2020.

The Board has determined that Mr. Hamilton satisfies the definition of “independent director” in accordance with Rule 5605(a)(2) of the Marketplace Rules of The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc. and Section 10(A)(m)(3) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Mr. Hamilton has accepted our appointment to be our independent director, effective on the Appointment Effective Date.

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Jiangping (Gary) Xiao, Independent Director

Mr. Xiao obtained a master’s degree in business administration from the Ross School of Business Management at the University of Michigan in 2006 and a bachelor’s degree in accounting from Tsinghua University in Beijing, China, in 2000. Mr. Jiangping (Gary) Xiao, age 40, has been the vice president of finance and accounting at Hilco IP Merchant Banking since July 2019. Since December 2020, Mr. Xiao has been serving as an independent director and the chairman of the nominating and corporate governance committee of Wunong Net Technology Company Limited (Nasdaq: WNW). From March 2017 to March 2019, Mr. Xiao served as the chief financial officer of Professional Diversity Network, Inc.. From June 2013 to April 2016, Mr. Xiao served as the chief financial officer and financial controller of Petstages Inc.. From August 2008 to May 2013, Mr. Xiao served as the operation financial controller of the operations management group of The Jordan Company, a private equity firm. From June 2006 to August 2008, Mr. Xiao served as a senior finance associate in the financial planning and analysis department of United Airlines, Inc.. Mr. Xiao obtained a master’s degree in business administration from the Ross School of Business Management at the University of Michigan in 2006 and a bachelor’s degree in accounting from Tsinghua University in Beijing, China, in 2000.

The Board has determined that Mr. Xiao satisfies the definition of “independent director” in accordance with Rule 5605(a)(2) of the Marketplace Rules of The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc. and Section 10(A)(m)(3) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Mr. Hamilton has accepted our appointment to be our independent director, effective on the Appointment Effective Date.

Board Committees

 

Our board of directors has established standing committees in connection with the discharge of its responsibilities. These committees include an Audit Committee, a Compensation Committee and a Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. Our board of directors has adopted written charters for each of these committees.

 

Audit Committee

 

Our Audit Committee was established on March 8, 2019 and is currently comprised of threeone independent director, Ms. Yu Jiaxin. Upon effectiveness of the appointment of Mr. Alex P. Hamilton and Mr. Jiangping (Gary) Xiao as our independent directors on the Appointment Effective Date, our Audit Committee will comprise of three independent directors: Ms. Ng Chung ChiMr. Alex P. Hamilton (Chairperson), Ms. Yu Jiaxin and Mr. Li Weilin. Ms. Ng Chung ChiJiangping (Gary) Xiao. Mr. Alex P. Hamilton qualifies as the Audit Committee financial expert as defined in Item 407(d)(5) of Regulation S-K promulgated under the Securities Act.

 

According to its charter, the Audit Committee consists of at least three members, each of whom shall be a non-employee director who has been determined by the Board to meet the independence requirements of NASDAQ, and also Rule 10A-3(b)(1) of the SEC, subject to the exemptions provided in Rule 10A-3(c). We do not have a website containing a copy of the Audit Committee Charter. The Audit Committee Charter describes the primary functions of the Audit Committee, including the following:

 

Oversee the Company’s accounting and financial reporting processes;
Oversee audits of the Company’s financial statements;
Discuss policies with respect to risk assessment and risk management, and discuss the Company’s major financial risk exposures and the steps management has taken to monitor and control such exposures;
Review and discuss with management the Company’s audited financial statements and review with management and the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm the Company’s financial statements prior to the filing with the SEC of any report containing such financial statements.

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Recommend to the board that the Company’s audited financial statements be included in its annual report on Form 10-K for the last fiscal year;
Meet separately, periodically, with management, with the Company’s internal auditors (or other personnel responsible for the internal audit function) and with the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm;
Be directly responsible for the appointment, compensation, retention and oversight of the work of any independent registered public accounting firm engaged to prepare or issue an audit report for the Company;
Take, or recommend that the board take, appropriate action to oversee and ensure the independence of the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm; and
Review major changes to the Company’s auditing and accounting principles and practices as suggested by the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm, internal auditors or management.

 

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Compensation Committee

 

The Compensation Committee is responsible for, among other matters:

 

reviewing and approving, or recommending to the board of directors to approve the compensation of our CEO and other executive officers and directors reviewing key employee compensation goals, policies, plans and programs;
administering incentive and equity-based compensation;
reviewing and approving employment agreements and other similar arrangements between us and our executive officers; and
appointing and overseeing any compensation consultants or advisors.

 

Our Compensation Committee was established on March 8, 2019 and is currently comprised of threeone independent director, Ms. Yu Jiaxin (Chairperson). Upon effectiveness of the appointment of Mr. Alex P. Hamilton and Mr. Jiangping (Gary) Xiao as our independent directors on the Appointment Effective Date, our Compensation Committee will comprise of three independent directors: Ms. Ng Chung Chi, Ms. Yu Jiaxin (Chairperson), Mr. Jiangping (Gary) Xiao and Mr. Li Weilin.Alex P. Hamilton.

 

Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee

 

The Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee is responsible for, among other matters:

 

selecting or recommending for selection candidates for directorships;
evaluating the independence of directors and director nominees;
reviewing and making recommendations regarding the structure and composition of our board and the board committees;
developing and recommending to the board corporate governance principles and practices;
reviewing and monitoring the Company’s Code of Business Conduct and Ethics; and
overseeing the evaluation of the Company’s management.

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Our Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee was established on March 8, 2019 and is currently comprised of threeone independent directors, Ms. Yu Jiaxin. Upon effectiveness of the appointment of Mr. Alex P. Hamilton and Mr. Jiangping (Gary) Xiao as our independent directors on the Appointment Effective Date, our Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee will comprise of three independent directors: Ms. Ng Chung Chi, Ms. Yu Jiaxin, Mr. Jiangping (Gary) Xiao (Chairperson) and Mr. Li Weilin (Chairperson).Alex P. Hamilton.

 

Board Leadership Structure and Role in Risk Oversight

Mr. Hong Zhida holds the positions of chief executive officer and chairman of the board of the Company. The board believes that Mr. Hong Zhida’s services as both chief executive officer and chairman of the board is in the best interest of the Company and its shareholders. Mr. Hong Zhida possesses detailed and in-depth knowledge of the issues, opportunities and challenges facing the Company in its business and is thus best positioned to develop agendas that ensure that the Board’s time and attention are focused on the most critical matters relating to the business of the Company. His combined role enables decisive leadership, ensures clear accountability, and enhances the Company’s ability to communicate its message and strategy clearly and consistently to the Company’s shareholders, employees and customers.

The board has not designated a lead director. Given the limited number of directors comprising the Board, the independent directors call and plan their executive sessions collaboratively and, between meetings of the Board, communicate with management and one another directly. Under these circumstances, the directors believe designating a lead director to take on responsibility for functions in which they all currently participate might detract from rather than enhance performance of their responsibilities as directors.

Management is responsible for assessing and managing risk, subject to oversight by the board of directors. The board oversees our risk management policies and risk appetite, including operational risks and risks relating to our business strategy and transactions. Various committees of the board assist the board in this oversight responsibility in their respective areas of expertise.

Code of Ethics

In September 2018, we adopted a Code of Ethical Business Conduct that applies to, among other persons, members of our board of directors, our Company’s officers including our Chief Executive Officer, employees, consultants and advisors. As adopted, our Code of Business Conduct and Ethics sets forth written standards that are designed to deter wrongdoing and to promote:

1.honest and ethical conduct, including the ethical handling of actual or apparent conflicts of interest between personal and professional relationships;
2.full, fair, accurate, timely, and understandable disclosure in reports and documents that we file with, or submit to, the SEC and in other public communications made by us;
3.compliance with applicable governmental laws, rules and regulations;
4.the prompt internal reporting of violations of the Code of Ethical Business Conduct to an appropriate person or persons identified in the Code of Ethical Business Conduct; and
5.accountability for adherence to the Code of Ethical Business Conduct.

Our Code of Code of Ethical Business Conduct requires, among other things, that all of our company’s senior officers commit to timely, accurate and consistent disclosure of information; that they maintain confidential information; and that they act with honesty and integrity.

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In addition, our Code of Ethical Business Conduct emphasizes that all employees, and particularly senior officers, have a responsibility for maintaining financial integrity within our company, consistent with generally accepted accounting principles, and federal and state securities laws. Any senior officer, who becomes aware of any incidents involving financial or accounting manipulation or other irregularities, whether by witnessing the incident or being told of it, must report it to our Company. Any failure to report such inappropriate or irregular conduct of others is to be treated as a severe disciplinary matter. It is against our Company policy to retaliate against any individual who reports in good faith the violation or potential violation of our company’s Code of Ethical Business Conduct by another.

Family Relationships

 

Mr. Hong Zhida, an executive officer of the Company, and Mr. Hong Zhiwang, a director of the Company, are brothers. Apart from this, there are no family relationships between any director or executive officer of the Company.

 

Item 11. Executive Compensation

 

The following tables set forth certain information about compensation paid, earned or accrued for services by our Executive Officer for the fiscal years ended March 31, 20192023 and 2020:2022:

 

Summary Compensation Table

 

Summary Compensation Table Name and Principal Position Year Salary
($)
 Bonus
 ($)
 Stock Awards
 ($)
 Option Awards  ($) Non-Equity
Incentive Plan
Compensation
($)
 Non-Qualified Deferred Compensation Earnings
($)
 All Other Compensation
($)
 Totals
 ($)
  Year  

Salary

($)

 

Bonus

($)

 

Stock Awards

($)

  Option Awards ($)  

Non-Equity

Incentive Plan

Compensation

($)

 

Non-Qualified Deferred Compensation Earnings

($)

 

All Other Compensation

($)

 

Totals

($)

 
Zhida Hong 2020 $17,229           0          0       0                    0                 0       0 $17,229   2023  $17,229   0   0   0   0   0   0  $17,229 
(CEO) 2019 $16,589 0 0 0 0 0 0 $16,589   2022  $17,229   0   0   0   0   0   0  $17,229 
                                                       
Chao Huang 2020 $17,229 0 0 0 0 0 0 $17,229   2023  $29,143   0   0   0   0   0   0  $29,143 
(CFO) 2019 $11,496 0 0 0 0 0 0 $11,496   2022  $22,187   0   0   0   0   0   0  $22,187 

 

There are no current employment agreements between the Company and its officers.

 

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Mr. Hong Zhida is the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, President and Secretary. Mr. Hong’s compensation is $1,435.75$1,436 per month. Mr. Hong may be entitled to options from time to time as authorized and approved by the Compensation Committee or the Board of Directors.

 

Mr. Huang Chao as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer. On April 15, 2019, the Company entered into an employment agreement with Mr. Chao. Mr. Chao’s compensation is $1,435.75$1,849 per month. Mr. Chao may be entitled to options from time to time as authorized and approved by the Compensation Committee or the Board of Directors.

 

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Narrative Disclosure to Summary Compensation Table

 

There are no annuity, pension or retirement benefits proposed to be paid to the officer or director or employees in the event of retirement at normal retirement date pursuant to any presently existing plan provided or contributed to by the Company or any of its subsidiaries, if any.

 

Stock Option Plan

 

Currently, we do not have an equity incentive plan in place.

 

Grants of Plan-Based Awards

 

To date, there have been no grants or plan-based awards.

 

Outstanding Equity Awards

 

To date, there have been no outstanding equity awards.

 

Option Exercises and Stock Vested

 

To date, there have been no options exercised by our named officers.

 

Compensation of Directors

 

Each independent directorSummary Compensation Table

Name and Position Year  

Salary

($)

  

Bonus

($)

  

Stock Awards

($)

  Option Awards ($)  

Non-Equity

Incentive Plan

Compensation

($)

  

Non-Qualified Deferred Compensation Earnings

($)

  

All Other Compensation

($)

  

Totals

($)

 
Alex P. Hamilton  2023  $7,500   0   0   0   0   0   0  $7,500 
(Independent Director)  2022  $0   0   0   0   0   0   0  $0 
                                     
Jiaxin Yu  2023  $15,000   0   0   0   0   0   0  $15,000 
(Independent Director)  2022  $15,000   0   0   0   0   0   0  $15,000 
                                     
Jiangping (Gary) Xiao  2023  $7,500   0   0   0   0   0   0  $7,500 
(Independent Director)  2022  $0   0   0   0   0   0   0  $0 

Ms. Yu Jiaxin has entered into an Independent Director Agreementindependent director agreement with the company, pursuant to which Ms. Yu will receive annual cash compensation of $15,000 payable quarterly in advance on the first business day of each calendar quarter.

Mr. Alex P. Hamilton has entered into an independent director agreement with the Company, pursuant to which Ms. Ng Chung Chi, Ms. Yu Jiaxin and Mr. Li WeilinHamilton will receive $88,000,annual cash compensation of $15,000 and $15,000 per year, respectively,payable quarterly in equal monthly installments of $7,333, $1,250 and $1,250, respectively, atadvance on the endfirst business day of each month.calendar quarter.

 

Mr. Jiangping (Gary) Xiao has entered into an independent director agreement with the Company, pursuant to which Mr. Xiao will receive annual cash compensation of $15,000 payable quarterly in advance on the first business day of each calendar quarter.

Pension, Retirement or Similar Benefit Plans

 

There are no arrangements or plans in which we provide pension, retirement or similar benefits for directors or executive officers. We have no material bonus or profit sharing plans pursuant to which cash or non-cash compensation is or may be paid to our directors or executive officers, except that stock options may be granted at the discretion of the board of directors or a committee thereof.

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Item 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters

 

The following table sets forth, as of March 31, 2020,June 30, 2023, certain information concerning the beneficial ownership of our common stock by (i) each stockholder known by us to own beneficially five percent or more of our outstanding common stock or series a common stock; (ii) each director; (iii) each named executive officer; and (iv) all of our executive officers and directors as a group, and their percentage ownership and voting power. The column entitled “Percentage Ownership of Shares Beneficially Owned—Before Offering”of Common Stock” is based on a total of 25,346,00437,395,420   shares of our issued and outstanding common stock. The columns entitled “Percentage of Shares Beneficially Owned — After Offering” also include (i) 1,000,000 shares of common stock outstanding after completion of this offering, assuming the closing of the minimum offering amount, or (ii) 4,000,000 shares of common stock outstanding after completion of this offering, assuming the closing of the maximum offering amount.

 

The information presented below regarding beneficial ownership of our voting securities has been presented in accordance with the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission and is not necessarily indicative of ownership for any other purpose. Under these rules, a person is deemed to be a “beneficial owner” of a security if that person has or shares the power to vote or direct the voting of the security or the power to dispose or direct the disposition of the security. A person is deemed to own beneficially any security as to which such person has the right to acquire sole or shared voting or investment power within sixty (60) days through the conversion or exercise of any convertible security, warrant, option, or other right. More than one (1) person may be deemed to be a beneficial owner of the same securities. The percentage of beneficial ownership by any person as of a particular date is calculated by dividing the number of shares beneficially owned by such person, which includes the number of shares as to which such person has the right to acquire voting or investment power within sixty (60) days, by the sum of the number of shares outstanding as of such date. Consequently, the denominator used for calculating such percentage may be different for each beneficial owner. Except as otherwise indicated below and under applicable community property laws, we believe that the beneficial owners of our common stock listed below have sole voting and investment power with respect to the shares shown.

 

Name and Address (1) 

Number of

Shares

Beneficially

Owned

 

Percentage

Ownership of

Shares of

Common Stock

Before the

Offering

 

Percentage

Ownership of

Shares of

Common Stock

After the

Offering

(assuming closing

of the minimum

offering amount)

 

Percentage

Ownership of

Shares of

Common Stock

After the Offering

(assuming closing

of the maximum

offering amount)

  

Number of

Shares

Beneficially

Owned

 

Percentage

Ownership of

Shares of

Common Stock

 
Directors and Officers                        
                        
Hong Zhida  1,507,950   5.95%  5.72%  5.14%  1,507,950   4.03%
                        
Hong Zhiwang  501,171   1.98%  1.90%  1.71%  501,171   1.34%
                        
Huang Chao  25,720   0.1%  0.10%  0.09%  25,720   0.07%
                        
Ng Chung chi  -   -   -   - 
Alex. P. Hamilton  -   - 
                        
Yu Jiaxin  -   -   -   -   -   - 
                        
Li Weilin  -   -   -   - 
Jiangping (Gary) Xiao  -   - 
                        
All Officers and Directors (six persons)  2,034,841   8.03%  7.72%  6.93%  2,034,841   5.44%
                        
Owner of more than 5% of Class  -   -   -   -   -   - 

 

(1)(1)Except as otherwise set forth below, the address of each beneficial owner is c/o Addentax Group Corp., Kingkey 100, Block A, Room 5403,4805, Luohu District, Shenzhen City, China 518000.

 

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Item 13. Certain Relationships, and Related Transactions and Director Independence

 

During the year ended March 31, 2020,2023, we had not entered into anyhave related party transactions with our officers or directors, or persons nominated for these positions, beneficial owners of 5% or more of our common stock, or family members of these persons wherein the amount involved in the transaction or a series of similar transactions exceeded the lesser of $120,000 or 1% of the average of our total assets, except as set forth below:

 

On April 18, 2017, the Company issued a total of 500,000,000 restricted shares of common stock as follows:

Name of Related PartiesHengtian GroupRelationship with the Company
Zhida HongPresident, CEO, and a director of the Company
Hongye Financial Consulting (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.: (Beneficial Owner: Ma Huizhu) 215,000,000 shares of common stock;A company controlled by CEO, Mr. Zhida Hong
Bihua YangA legal representative of XKJ
Dewu HuangHong Zhida (current Chief Executive Officer, President, Secretary, Treasurer and ChairmanA legal representative of the Company): 30,000,000 shares of common stock; andYBY
Jinlong Huang
Hui Lian Group Ltd.: (Beneficial Owner: Ma Huijun) 255,000,000 sharesA manager of common stock.HSW

 

The 500,000,000 sharesCompany leases Shenzhen XKJ office rent-free from Bihua Yang.

The Company had the following related party balances at the end of common stock were issued pursuant to a Sale & Purchase Agreement (“S&P ”)the years:

Amount due from related party 2023  2022 
Hongye Financial Consulting (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.  -   110,242 
Bihua Yang  375,092   - 
  $375,092  $110,242 

Being lease of the quarter ended March 31, 2022 paid on behalf of Hongye Financial Consulting (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. for the acquisitionshared office in Shenzhen.

Related party debt 2023  2022 
Zhida Hong (1) $901,110  $3,297,951 
Hongye Financial Consulting (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.  45,841   - 
Bihua Yang (2)  -   31,738 
Dewu Huang (3)  1,305,758   212,290 
Jinlong Huang  131,924   153,010 
  $2,384,633  $3,694,989 

(1)Being interest free loan as financial support from Zhida Hong to daily operation of the Company.
(2)Being financial support from Bihua Yang for XKJ’s daily operation.
(3)The decrease of related party debt was mainly due to the repayment of the debt.

The borrowing balances of 100%related party are unsecured, non-interest bearing and repayable on demand.

The Board has determined that each of Yu Jiaxin, Alex P. Hamilton and Jiangping (Gary) Xiao satisfies the definition of “independent director” in accordance with Rule 5605(a)(2) of the sharesMarketplace Rules of The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc. and assets of Yingxi Industrial Chain Group Co., Ltd., a company incorporated under the lawsSection 10(A)(m)(3) of the RepublicSecurities Exchange Act of Seychelles. The Company agreed to issue five hundred million (500,000,000) shares of common stock to Yingxi Industrial Chain Group Co., Ltd. to acquire its shares and assets for a cost of US$0.30 per share or a total cost of US$150,000,000.1934, as amended.

 

Item 14. Principal Accountant Fees and Services

 

During fiscalThe following table sets forth fees billed, or expected to be billed, to us by our independent registered public accounting firm for the years ended March 31, 20202023 and 2019 we incurred approximately $80,0002022, for (i) services rendered for the audit of our annual financial statements and $82,000, respectively in feesthe review of our quarterly financial statements; (ii) services rendered that are reasonably related to the performance of the audit or review of our principal independent accountants for professionalfinancial statements that are not reported as “audit fees;” (iii) services rendered in connection with tax preparation, compliance, advice and assistance; and (iv) all other services:

ACCOUNTING FEES AND SERVICES 2023  2022 
       
Audit fees (1) $145,000  $195,000 
Audit-related fees  -   - 
Tax fees  -   - 
All other fees  -   - 
         
Total $145,000  $195,000 

Audit fees consist of fees incurred for professional services rendered for the audit of our March 31, 2020 and 2019 financial statements, and for the reviews of our fiscal yearend financial statements included in our quarterly reports on Form 10-Q and for the quarters ended during such periods.services that are normally provided in connection with statutory or regulatory filings or engagements.

 

PART IVOur Board pre-approves all services provided by our independent auditors. All of the above services and fees were reviewed and approved by the Board either before or after the respective services were rendered.

 

Our Board has considered the nature and amount of fees billed by our independent auditors and believes that the provision of services for activities unrelated to the audit is compatible with maintaining our independent auditors’ independence.

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PART IV

Item 15. Exhibits , Financial Statement Schedules.

 

The following exhibits are included as part of this report by reference:

 

Exhibit   Filed or Furnished Incorporated by Reference
Number   Herewith Form Exhibit Date File No.
             
3.1 Articles of Incorporation   S-1 3.1 8/5/2015 333-206097
3.2 Certificate of Amendment Pursuant to NRS 78.386 and 78.390, effectuating the two for one forward stock split and increasing the authorized shares of common stock of Addentax Group Corp. from 75,000,000 to 150,000,000   8-K 3.1 7/21/2016 333-206097
3.3 Certificate of Amendment Pursuant to NRS 78.385 and 78.390, increasing the authorized shares of common stock of Addentax Group Corp. to 1,000,000,000   S-1 3.3 4/18/2019 333-230943
3.4 Certificate of Change Pursuant to NRS 78.209, effectuating the 20-for-1 reverse stock split and decreasing the authorized shares of common stock of Addentax Group Corp. from 1,000,000,000 to 50,000,000   8-K 3.1 3/5/2019 333-206097
3.5 Amended and Restated Bylaws   8-K 3.1 3/15/2019 333-206097
4.1 Description of Securities. +        
4.2 Form of Senior Secured Convertible Note   8-K 4.1 1/4/2023  
4.3 Form of PIPE Warrant   8-K 10.2 1/4/2023  
4.4 Form of Placement Agent Warrant   8-K 10.8 1/4/2023  
10.1 Form of Subscription Agreement   S-1 99.1 8/5/2015 333-206097
10.2 Sale and Purchase Agreement for the Acquisition of 100% of the shares and assets of Yingxi Industrial Chain Group Co., Ltd.; Dated December 26, 2016   8-K 10.1 12/28/2016 333-206097
10.3 Sale and Purchase Agreement for the Acquisition of 100% of the shares and assets of Yingxi Industrial Chain Group Co., Ltd.; Dated March 6, 2017   8-K 10.1 3/7/2017 333-206097
10.4 Independent Director Agreement with Mr. Alex P. Hamilton   8-K 10.1 5/10/2021 333-206097
10.5 Independent Director Agreement with Ms. Yu Jiaxin   8-K 10.2 3/11/2019 333-206097
10.6 Independent Director Agreement with Jiangping (Gary) Xiao   8-K 10.1 5/13/2021 333-206097
10.7 Securities Purchase Agreement dated January 4, 2023   8-K 10.1 1/4/2023 001-41478
10.8 Form of Amendment No. 1 to Securities Purchase Agreement dated January 10, 2023   8-K 10.1 1/10/2023 001-41478
10.9 Form of Registration Rights Agreement   8-K 10.3 1/4/2023 001-41478
10.10 Form of Security and Pledge Agreement   8-K 10.4 1/4/2023 001-41478
10.11 Form of Guaranty Agreement   8-K 10.5 1/4/2023 001-41478
10.12 Form of Voting Agreement   8-K 10.6 1/4/2023 001-41478
10.13 Form of Placement Agency Agreement dated January 4, 2023   8-K 10.7 1/4/2023 001-41478
14.1 Code of Ethics   10-K/A 14.1 9/21/2018 333-206097
21.1 Subsidiaries of the Registrant. +        
23.1 Consent of Hiways Law Firm (Shenzhen) +        
31.1 Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Securities Exchange Act of 1934 Rule 13a-14(a) or 15d-14(a). +        
31.2 Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Securities Exchange Act of 1934 Rule 13a-14(a) or 15d-14(a). 

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32.1 Certifications by the Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Securities Exchange Act of 1934 Rule 13a-14(b) or 15d-14(b) and 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes- Oxley Act of 2002. +        
32.2 Certifications by the Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Securities Exchange Act of 1934 Rule 13a-14(b) or 15d-14(b) and 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes- Oxley Act of 2002. +        

31.1101.INSCertification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Securities Exchange Act of 1934 Rule 13a-14(a) or 15d-14(a).XBRL Instance Document +
31.2101.SCHCertification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Securities Exchange Act of 1934 Rule 13a-14(a) or 15d-14(a).XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document +
32.1101.CALCertifications by the Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Securities Exchange Act of 1934 Rule 13a-14(b) or 15d-14(b) and 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes- Oxley Act of 2002.XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document +
32.2101.DEFCertifications byXBRL Taxonomy Extension Definitions Linkbase Document +
101.LABXBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document +
101.PREXBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document +
104Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Securities Exchange Act of 1934 Rule 13a-14(b) or 15d-14(b) and 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes- Oxley Act of 2002.Inline XBRL document)

 

+ Filed herewith

Item 16. 10-K Summary

 

As permitted, the registrant has elected not to supply a summary of information required by Form 10-K.

 

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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 hereunto duly authorized.

 

Date: June 29, 2020

Date: June 29, 2023

 

ADDENTAX GROUP CORP.
By:/s/ Hong Zhida
Name:Hong Zhida
Title:President, Chief Executive Officer, Secretary and Director

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1934,1933, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities on the dates indicated.

 

SignatureTitleDate
/s/ Hong ZhidaCEO, President, Chief Executive OfficerSecretary and DirectorJune 29 2020, 2023
Hong Zhida(Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ Huang ChaoChief Financial OfficerCFO and TreasurerJune 29 2020, 2023
Huang Chao(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
/s/ Hong ZhiwangJune 29, 2023
Hong ZhiwangDirector
/s/ Yu JiaxinDirectorJune 29 2020, 2023
Yu JiaxinIndependent Director
/s/ Li WeilinAlex P. HamiltonDirectorJune 29 2020, 2023
Li WeilinAlex P. HamiltonIndependent Director
/s/ Jiangping (Gary) XiaoJune 29, 2023
Jiangping (Gary) XiaoIndependent Director

*/s/ Hong ZhiwangZhidaDirectorJune 29, 2020
Hong ZhiwangZhida
Attorney-in-Fact

 

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