UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 10-Q

 

(Mark One)

 QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

For the quarterly period ended: SeptemberJune 30, 20222023

 

or

 

 TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

For the transition period from ________________ to ________________

 

Commission file number: 000-12536

 

SMART POWERR CORP.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Nevada 90-0093373
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

4/F, Tower C

Rong Cheng Yun Gu Building Keji 3rd Road, Yanta District

Xi An City, Shaan Xi Province

China 710075

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(011) 86-29-8765-1098 

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: 

 

Title of each class Trading Symbol(s) Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, $0.001 par value CREG Nasdaq Capital Market

 

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: None

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act during the past 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes  No 

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files). Yes  No 

 

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

  

Large accelerated filerAccelerated filer
Non-accelerated filerSmaller reporting company
  Emerging Growth Company

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes  No 

 

As of NovemberAugust 11, 2022,2023, there were 7,358,0527,788,006 shares of the registrant’s common stock outstanding.

 

 

 

 

 

SMART POWERR CORP.

 

FORM 10-Q

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

  PAGE 
   
PART I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION1
   
Item 1.Consolidated Financial Statements1
   
Item 2.Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations2524
   
Item 3.Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk34
   
Item 4.Controls and Procedures34
   
PART II - OTHER INFORMATION35
   
Item 1.Legal Proceedings35
   
Item 1A.Risk Factors3536
   
Item 2.Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds3536
   
Item 3.Defaults Upon Senior Securities3536
   
Item 4.Mine Safety Disclosures3536
   
Item 5.Other Information3536
   
Item 6.Exhibits3637
   
SIGNATURES3742

 

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PART I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION

 

ITEM 1. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

SMART POWERR CORP.CORP

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

  SEPTEMBER 30,
2022
  DECEMBER 31,
2021
 
  (UNAUDITED)    
       
ASSETS      
       
CURRENT ASSETS      
Cash $136,216,292  $152,011,887 
VAT receivable  170,283   189,622 
Prepaid expenses  35,253   34,872 
Other receivables  876,987   880,612 
         
Total current assets  137,298,815   153,116,993 
         
NON-CURRENT ASSETS        
Long term deposit  15,438   17,192 
Operating lease right-of-use assets, net  75,673   132,549 
Fixed assets, net  5,144   5,728 
         
Total non-current assets  96,255   155,469 
         
TOTAL ASSETS $137,395,070  $153,272,462 
         
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY        
         
CURRENT LIABILITIES        
Accounts payable $69,914  $77,854 
Taxes payable  3,053,180   3,075,233 
Accrued interest on notes  245,514   333,443 
Notes payable, net of unamortized OID of $62,500 and $225,605, respectively  5,666,477   6,741,444 
Accrued liabilities and other payables  567,190   632,808 
Operating lease liability  60,234   67,920 
Due to related parties  24,743   27,357 
Payable for purchase of 10% equity interest of Zhonghong  422,547   470,537 
Interest payable on entrusted loans  340,636   379,323 
Entrusted loan payable  10,845,376   12,077,105 
         
Total current liabilities  21,295,811   23,883,024 
         
NONCURRENT LIABILITIES        
Income tax payable  4,566,625   4,566,625 
Operating lease liability  -   64,628 
         
Total noncurrent liabilities  4,566,625   4,631,253 
         
Total liabilities  25,862,436   28,514,277 
         
CONTINGENCIES AND COMMITMENTS        
         
STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY        

Common stock, $0.001 par value; 100,000,000 shares authorized 7,358,052 and 7,044,408 shares issued and outstanding as of September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, respectively

  7,358   7,044 
Additional paid in capital  163,549,358   161,531,565 
Statutory reserve  15,166,584   15,180,067 
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)  (10,808,563)  3,321,189 
Accumulated deficit  (56,382,103)  (55,281,680)
         
Total Company stockholders’ equity  111,532,634   124,758,185 
         
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND EQUITY $137,395,070  $153,272,462 

  JUNE 30,
2023
  DECEMBER 31,
2022
 
  (UNAUDITED)    
ASSETS      
       
CURRENT ASSETS      
Cash $456,155  $138,813,673 
VAT receivable  167,314   173,589 
Advance to supplier  66,111,614   31,923 
Operating lease right-of-use assets, net  30,334   62,177 
Short term loan receivables  67,120,596   - 
Other receivables  53,872   49,690 
         
Total current assets  133,939,885   139,131,052 
         
NON-CURRENT ASSET        
Fixed assets, net  4,484   4,653 
         
Total non-current assets  4,484   4,653 
         
TOTAL ASSETS $133,944,369  $139,135,705 
         
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY        
         
CURRENT LIABILITIES        
Accounts payable $68,695  $71,271 
Taxes payable  3,724,312   3,681,352 
Accrued interest on notes  59,188   261,035 
Notes payable, net of unamortized OID of $0 and $31,250, respectively  5,400,906   5,697,727 
Accrued liabilities and other payables  2,587,975   2,776,414 
Operating lease liability  30,334   62,178 
Payable for purchase of 10% equity interest of Zhonghong  415,179   430,750 
Interest payable on entrusted loans  334,697   347,249 
Entrusted loan payable  10,656,260   11,055,911 
         
Total current liabilities  23,277,546   24,383,887 
         
NONCURRENT LIABILITY        
Income tax payable  3,958,625   3,958,625 
         
Total noncurrent liability  3,958,625   3,958,625 
         
Total liabilities  27,236,171   28,342,512 
         
CONTINGENCIES AND COMMITMENTS        
         
STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY        
Common stock, $0.001 par value; 100,000,000 shares authorized, 7,788,006 and 7,391,996 shares issued and outstanding  7,788   7,392 
Additional paid in capital  164,407,308   163,663,305 
Statutory reserve  15,185,889   15,168,003 
Accumulated other comprehensive loss  (12,810,612)  (8,318,564)
Accumulated deficit  (60,082,175)  (59,726,943)
         
Total Company stockholders’ equity  106,708,198   110,793,193 
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND EQUITY $133,944,369  $139,135,705 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements

 


 

 

SMART POWERR CORP.CORP

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS AND COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

(UNAUDITED)

 

  NINE MONTHS
ENDED SEPTEMBER 30,
  THREE MONTHS
ENDED SEPTEMBER 30,
 
  2022  2021  2022  2021 
             
Revenue            
Contingent rental income $-  $-  $-  $- 
                 
Interest income on sales-type leases  -   -   -   - 
                 
Total operating income  -   -   -   - 
                 
Operating expenses                
Bad debts reversal  -   (34,581)  -   - 
General and administrative  552,264   798,773   168,758   380,040 
                 
Total operating expenses  552,264   764,192   168,758   380,040 
                 
Loss from operations  (552,264)  (764,192)  (168,758)  (380,040)
                 
Non-operating income (expenses)                
Loss on note conversion  (121,121)  (61,155)  -   (58,436)
Interest income  329,576   302,426   105,661   109,269 
Interest expense  (571,050)  (1,212,469)  (340,732)  (165,854)
Gain on termination of buy-back agreement of Chengli project  -   3,156,138   -   179 
Other expenses, net  (162,536)  (121,026)  (30,854)  (50,790)
                 
Total non-operating income (expenses), net  (525,131)  2,063,914   (265,925)  (165,632)
                 
Income (loss) before income tax  (1,077,395)  1,299,722   (434,683)  (545,672)
Income tax expense (benefit)  36,511   (87,051)  12,954   10,902 
                 
Net income (loss)  (1,113,906)  1,386,773   (447,637)  (556,574)
                 
Other comprehensive items                
Foreign currency translation income (expense)  (14,129,752)  702,515   (7,199,437)  (565,170)
                 
Comprehensive income (loss) $(15,243,658) $2,089,288  $(7,647,074) $(1,121,744)
                 
Weighted average shares used for computing basic and diluted income (loss) per share  7,320,355   5,175,164   7,358,052   6,615,759 
                 
Basic and diluted net income (loss) per share $(0.15) $0.27  $(0.06) $(0.08)

  SIX MONTHS ENDED
JUNE 30,
  THREE MONTHS ENDED
JUNE 30,
 
  2023  2022  2023  2022 
             
Revenue            
Contingent rental income $-  $-  $-  $- 
                 
Interest income on sales-type leases  -   -   -   - 
                 
Total operating income  -   -   -   - 
                 
Operating expenses                
General and administrative  459,235   383,506   374,407   187,726 
                 
Total operating expenses  459,235   383,506   374,407   187,726 
                 
Loss from operations  (459,235)  (383,506)  (374,407)  (187,726)
                 
Non-operating income (expenses)                
Gain (loss) on note conversion  5,602   (121,121)  (4,880)  - 
Interest income  170,441   223,915   82,246   109,585 
Interest expense  (220,280)  (230,318)  (109,176)  (109,742)
Other income (expenses), net  228,618   (131,682)  216,333   (31,077)
                 
Total non-operating income (expenses), net  184,381   (259,206)  184,523   (31,234)
                 
Loss before income tax  (274,854)  (642,712)  (189,884)  (218,960)
Income tax expense  62,492   23,557   57,958   5,850 
                 
Net loss  (337,346)  (666,269)  (247,842)  (224,810)
                 
Other comprehensive items                
Foreign currency translation loss  (4,492,048)  (6,930,315)  (6,173,768)  (7,530,496)
                 
Comprehensive loss $(4,829,394) $(7,596,584) $(6,421,610) $(7,755,306)
                 
Weighted average shares used for computing basic and diluted loss per share  7,643,072   7,301,194   7,803,991   7,277,194 
                 
Basic and diluted net loss per share $(0.04) $(0.09) $(0.03) $(0.03)

  

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements

 


 

  

SMART POWERR CORP.CORP

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

NINESIX MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBERJUNE 30, 20222023 AND 20212022

(UNAUDITED)

 

 Common Stock Paid in Statutory Other
Comprehensive
 Accumulated    Common Stock Paid in Statutory 

Other

Comprehensive

 Accumulated   
 Shares  Amount  Capital  Reserves  Income (Loss)  Deficit  Total  Shares Amount Capital Reserves Loss Deficit Total 
                              
Balance at December 31, 2021  7,044,408  $7,044  $161,531,565  $15,180,067  $3,321,189  $(55,281,680) $124,758,185 
Balance at December 31, 2022  7,391,996  $7,392  $163,663,305  $15,168,003  $(8,318,564) $(59,726,943) $110,793,193 
                          -                             
Net loss for the period  -   -   -   -   -   (441,459)  (441,459)  -   -   -   -   -   (89,504)  (89,504)
                                                        
Conversion of long-term notes into common shares  313,644   314   2,017,793   -   -   -   2,018,107   241,537   242   489,276   -   -   -   489,518 
                                                        
Transfer to statutory reserves  -   -   -   (22,277)  -   22,277   -   -   -   -   2,590   -   (2,590)  - 
                                                        
Foreign currency translation gain  -   -   -   -   600,181   -   600,181   -   -   -   -   1,681,720   -   1,681,720 
                                                        
Balance at March 31, 2022  7,358,052   7,358   163,549,358   15,157,790   3,921,370   (55,700,862)  126,935,014 
Balance at March 31, 2023  7,633,533   7,634   164,152,581   15,170,593   (6,636,844)  (59,819,037)  112,874,927 
                                                        
Net loss for the period  -   -   -   -   -   (224,810)  (224,810)  -   -   -   -   -   (247,842)  (247,842)
                            
Conversion of long-term notes into common shares  154,473   154   254,727   -   -   -   254,881 
                                                        
Transfer to statutory reserves  -   -   -   4,443   -   (4,443)  -   -   -   -   15,296   -   (15,296)  - 
                                                        
Foreign currency translation loss  -   -   -   -   (7,530,496)  -   (7,530,496)  -   -   -   -   (6,173,768)  -   (6,173,768)
                                                        
Balance at June 30, 2022  7,358,052   7,358   163,549,358   15,162,233   (3,609,126)  (55,930,115)  119,179,708 
                            
Net loss for the period  -   -   -   -   -   (447,637)  (447,637)
                            
Transfer to statutory reserves  -   -   -   4,351   -   (4,351)  - 
                            
Foreign currency translation loss  -   -   -   -   (7,199,437)  -   (7,199,437)
                            
Balance at September 30, 2022  7,358,052  $7,358  $163,549,358  $15,166,584  $(10,808,563) $(56,382,103) $111,532,634 
Balance at June 30, 2023  7,788,006  $7,788  $164,407,308  $15,185,889  $(12,810,612) $(60,082,175) $106,708,198 

 

  Common Stock  Paid in  Statutory  Other
Comprehensive
  Accumulated    
  Shares  Amount  Capital  Reserves  (Loss) / Income  Deficit  Total 
                      
Balance at December 31, 2020  3,177,050  $3,177  $119,748,999  $15,155,042  $273,440  $(43,026,465) $92,154,193 
                             
Net loss for the period  -   -   -   -   -   (277,224)  (277,224)
                             
Shares to be issued  -   -   38,253,041   -   -   -   38,253,041 
                             
Transfer to Statutory Reserves  -   -   -   1,538   -   (1,538)  - 
                             
Foreign currency translation loss  -   -   -   -   (1,140,163)  -   (1,140,163)
                             
Balance at March 31, 2021  3,177,050   3,177   158,002,040   15,156,580   (866,723)  (43,305,227)  128,989,847 
                             
Net income for the period  -   -   -   -   -   2,220,571   2,220,571 
                             
Conversion of long-term notes into common shares  54,348   54   502,665   -   -   -   502,719 
                             
Issuance of common stock for equity financing  3,320,000   3,320   (3,320)  -   -   -   - 
                             
Return of shares issued to CEO for equity financing  (60,000)  (60)  (691,260)  -   -   -   (691,320)
                             
Transfer to Statutory Reserves  -   -   -   14,774   -   (14,774)  - 
                             
Foreign currency translation gain  -   -   -   -   2,407,848   -   2,407,848 
                             
Balance at June 30, 2021  6,491,398   6,491   157,810,125   15,171,354   1,541,125   (41,099,430)  133,429,665 
                             
Net income for the period  -   -   -   -   -   (556,574)  (556,574)
                             
Conversion of long-term notes into common shares  206,382   207   1,558,228   -   -   -   1,558,435 
                             
Stock Compensation expense  31,250   31   223,407   -   -   -   223,438 
                             
Transfer to Statutory Reserves  -   -   -   3,273       (3,273)  - 
                             
Foreign currency translation gain  -   -   -   -   (565,170)  -   (565,170)
                             
Balance at September 30, 2021  6,729,030  $6,729  $159,591,760  $15,174,627  $975,955  $(41,659,277) $134,089,794 
  Common Stock  Paid in  Statutory  

Other

Comprehensive
(Loss)

  Accumulated    
  Shares  Amount  Capital  Reserves  / Income  Deficit  Total 
                      
Balance at December 31, 2021  7,044,408  $7,044  $161,531,565  $15,180,067  $3,321,189.0  $(55,281,680) $124,758,185 
                             
Net loss for the period  -   -   -   -   -   (441,459)  (441,459)
                             
Conversion of long-term notes into common shares  313,644   314   2,017,793   -   -   -   2,018,107 
                             
Transfer to statutory reserves  -   -   -   (22,277)  -   22,277   - 
                             
Foreign currency translation gain  -   -   -   -   600,181   -   600,181 
                             
Balance at March 31, 2022  7,358,052   7,358   163,549,358   15,157,790   3,921,370   (55,700,862)  126,935,014 
                             
Net loss for the period  -   -   -   -   -   (224,810)  (224,810)
                             
Transfer to statutory reserves  -   -   -   4,443   -   (4,443)  - 
                             
Foreign currency translation loss  -   -   -   -   (7,530,496)  -   (7,530,496)
                             
Balance at June 30, 2022  7,358,052  $7,358  $163,549,358  $15,162,233  $(3,609,126) $(55,930,115) $119,179,708 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements

 


 

 

SMART POWERR CORP.CORP

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(UNAUDITED)

 

  NINE MONTHS
ENDED SEPTEMBER 30,
 
  2022  2021 
       
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:      
Net income (loss) $(1,113,906) $1,386,773 
Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash used in operating activities:        
Amortization of OID and debt issuing costs of notes  163,105   118,750 
Stock compensation expense  -   223,438 
Operating lease expenses  49,771   50,812 
Bad debt reversal  -   (34,581)
Loss on note conversion  121,121   61,155 
Interest expense  229,015   818,914 
Gain on termination of buy-back agreement of Chengli Project  -   (3,156,138)
Changes in assets and liabilities:        
Accounts receivable  -   345,808 
Prepaid expenses  (5,215)  19,253 
Other receivables  2,376   1,981 
Advance to suppliers  -   (850,000)
VAT receivable  -   (186,817)
Taxes payable  (19,901)  (707,917)
Payment of lease liability  (66,362)  (67,750)
Accrued liabilities and other payables  330,871   392,401 
         
Net cash used in operating activities  (309,125)  (1,583,918)
         
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:        
Issuance of notes payable  -   5,000,000 
Issuance of common stock  -   37,561,721 
         
Net cash provided by financing activities  -   42,561,721 
         
EFFECT OF EXCHANGE RATE CHANGE ON CASH  (15,486,470)  740,273 
         
NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN CASH  (15,795,595)  41,718,075 
CASH, BEGINNING OF PERIOD  152,011,887   107,804,013 
         
CASH, END OF PERIOD $136,216,292  $149,522,088 
         
Supplemental cash flow data:        
Income tax paid $56,495  $197,296 
Interest paid $-  $- 
         
Supplemental disclosure of non-cash operating activities        
Settlement of entrusted loan resulting from termination of buy-back option for Chengli project $-  $29,149,705 
Adoption of ASC 842-right-of-use asset $-  $191,200 
Adoption of ASC 842-operating lease liability $-  $191,200 
         
Supplemental disclosure of non-cash financing activities        
Conversion of notes into common shares $1,896,986  $2,000,000 
  SIX MONTHS ENDED
JUNE 30,
 
  2023  2022 
       
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:      
Net loss $(337,346) $(666,269)
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities:        
Amortization of OID and debt issuing costs of notes  31,250   131,855 
Operating lease expenses  31,637   33,812 
Loss (gain) on note conversion  (5,602)  121,121 
Changes in assets and liabilities:        
Advance to supplier  (68,898,980)  - 
Other receivables  (4,290)  1,689 
Taxes payable  46,034   (27,748)
Payment of lease liability  (31,637)  (33,812)
Accrued liabilities and other payables  126,642   271,753 
         
Net cash used in operating activities  (69,042,292)  (167,599)
         
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITY:        
Short term loan receivable  (69,994,412)  - 
         
Net cash used in investing activity  (69,994,412)  - 
         
         
EFFECT OF EXCHANGE RATE CHANGE ON CASH  679,186   (7,598,080)
         
NET DECREASE IN CASH  (138,357,518)  (7,765,679)
CASH, BEGINNING OF PERIOD  138,813,673   152,011,887 
         
CASH, END OF PERIOD $456,155  $144,246,208 
         
Supplemental cash flow data:        
Income tax paid $37,279  $51,356 
Interest paid $-  $- 
         
Supplemental disclosure of non-cash financing activities        
Conversion of notes into common shares $750,000  $1,896,986 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements

 


 


SMART POWERR CORP. AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

SEPTEMBERJUNE 30, 20222023 (UNAUDITED) AND DECEMBER 31, 20212022

1. ORGANIZATION AND DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS

Smart Powerr Corp. (the “Company” or “SPC”) was incorporated in Nevada, and was formerly known as China Recycling Entergy Corporation. The Company, through its subsidiaries, provides energy saving solutions and services, including selling and leasing energy saving systems and equipment to customers, and project investment in the Peoples Republic of China (“PRC”).

The Company’s organizational chart as of SeptemberJune 30, 20222023 is as follows:

 

 

Erdos TCH – Joint Venture

On April 14, 2009, the Company formed a joint venture (the “JV”) with Erdos Metallurgy Co., Ltd. (“Erdos”) to recycle waste heat from Erdos’ metal refining plants to generate power and steam to be sold back to Erdos. The name of the JV was Inner Mongolia Erdos TCH Energy Saving Development Co., Ltd. (“Erdos TCH”) with a term of 20 years. Erdos contributed 7% of the total investment of the project, and Xi’an TCH Energy Technology Co., Ltd. (“Xi’an TCH”) contributed 93%. On June 15, 2013, Xi’an TCH and Erdos entered into a share transfer agreement, pursuant to which Erdos sold its 7% ownership interest in the JV to Xi’an TCH for $1.29 million (RMB 8 million), plus certain accumulated profits. Xi’an TCH paid the $1.29 million in July 2013 and, as a result, became the sole stockholder of the JV. Erdos TCH currently has two power generation systems in Phase I with a total of 18 MW power capacity, and three power generation systems in Phase II with a total of 27 MW power capacity. On April 28, 2016, Erdos TCH and Erdos entered into a supplemental agreement, effective May 1, 2016, whereby Erdos TCH cancelled monthly minimum lease payments from Erdos, and started to charge Erdos based on actual electricity sold at RMB 0.30 / KWH. The selling price of each KWH is determined annually based on prevailing market conditions. In May 2019, Erdos TCH ceased its operations due to renovations and furnace safety upgrades of Erdos, and the Company initially expected the resumption of operations in July 2020, but the resumption of operations was further delayed due to the government’s mandate for Erdos to significantly lower its energy consumption per unit of GDP by implementing a comprehensive technical upgrade of its ferrosilicon production line to meet the City’s energy-saving targets.  Erdos is currently researching the technical rectification scheme. Once the scheme is determined, Erdos TCH will carry out technical transformation for its waste heat power station project. During this period, Erdos will compensate Erdos TCH RMB 1 million ($154,238)145,524) per month, until operations resume. The Company has not recognized any income due to the uncertainty of collection. In addition, Erdos TCH has 30% ownership in DaTangShiDai (BinZhou) Energy Savings Technology Co., Ltd. (“BinZhou Energy Savings”), 30% ownership in DaTangShiDai DaTong Recycling Energy Technology Co., Ltd. (“DaTong Recycling Energy”), and 40% ownership in DaTang ShiDai TianYu XuZhou Recycling Energy Technology Co, Ltd. (“TianYu XuZhou Recycling Energy”). These companies were incorporated in 2012 but had no operations since then nor has any registered capital contribution been made.


 

Chengli Waste Heat Power Generation Projects

On July 19, 2013, Xi’an TCH formed a new company, “Xi’an Zhonghong New Energy Technology Co., Ltd.” (“Zhonghong”), of which it owns 90% of Zhonghong,, with HYREF owning the other 10%. Zhonghong provides energy saving solution and services, including constructing, selling and leasing energy saving systems and equipment to customers. On December 29, 2018, Shanghai TCH entered into a Share Transfer Agreement with HYREF, pursuant to which HYREF transferred its 10% ownership in Zhonghong to Shanghai TCH for RMB 3 million ($0.44 million). The transfer was completed on January 22, 2019. The Company owns 100% of Xi’an Zhonghong after the transaction.

On July 24, 2013, Zhonghong entered into a Cooperative Agreement of CDQ and CDQ WHPG Project (Coke Dry Quenching Waste Heat Power Generation Project) with Boxing County Chengli Gas Supply Co., Ltd. (“Chengli”). The parties entered into a supplement agreement on July 26, 2013. Pursuant to these agreements, Zhonghong will design, build and maintain a 25 MW CDQ system and a CDQ WHPG system to supply power to Chengli, and Chengli will pay energy saving fees (the “Chengli Project”).

On December 29, 2018, Xi’an Zhonghong, Xi’an TCH, HYREF, Guohua Ku, and Mr. Chonggong Bai entered into a CDQ WHPG Station Fixed Assets Transfer Agreement, pursuant to which Xi’an Zhonghong transferred Chengli CDQ WHPG station (‘the Station”) as the repayment for the loan of RMB 188,639,400 ($27.54 million) to HYREF. Xi’an Zhonghong, Xi’an TCH, Guohua Ku and Chonggong Bai also agreed to a Buy Back Agreement for the Station when certain conditions are met (see Note 8)10). The transfer of the Station was completed on January 22, 2019, when the Company recorded a $624,133 loss from this transfer. However, because the loan was not deemed repaid due to the buyback provision (See Note 810 for detail), the Company kept the loan and the Chengli project in its consolidated financial statements (“CFS”) until April 9, 2021. The Buy Back Agreement was terminated on April 9, 2021, HYREF did not execute the buy-back option and did not ask for any additional payment from the buyers other than keeping the CDQ WHPG station.

Formation of Zhongxun

On March 24, 2014, Xi’an TCH incorporated a subsidiary, Zhongxun Energy Investment (Beijing) Co., Ltd. (“Zhongxun”) with registered capital of $5,695,502 (RMB 35,000,000), which must be contributed before October 1, 2028. Zhongxun is 100% owned by Xi’an TCH and will be mainly engaged in project investment, investment management, economic information consulting, and technical services. Zhongxun has not commenced operations nor has any capital contribution been made as of the date of this report.

Formation of Yinghua

On February 11, 2015, the Company incorporated a subsidiary, Shanghai Yinghua Financial Leasing Co., Ltd. (“Yinghua”) with registered capital of $30,000,000, to be paid within 10 years from the date the business license is issued. Yinghua is 100% owned by the Company and will be mainly engaged in financial leasing, purchase of financial leasing assets, disposal and repair of financial leasing assets, consulting and ensuring of financial leasing transactions, and related factoring business. Yinghua has not commenced operations nor has any capital contribution been made as of the date of this report.


Other Events

In December 2019, a novel strain of coronavirus (COVID-19) was reported, and the World Health Organization declared the outbreak to constitute a “Public Health Emergency of International Concern.” This contagious disease outbreak, which continues to spread to additional countries, and disrupts supply chains and affecting production and sales across a range of industries as a result of quarantines, facility closures, and travel and logistics restrictions in connection with the outbreak. The COVID-19 outbreak impacted the Company’s operations for the first quarter of 2020. However, as a result of PRC government’s effort on disease control, most cities in China were reopened in April 2020, the outbreak in China is under the control. From April 2020 to the end of 2021, there were some new COVID-19 cases discovered in a few provinces of China, however, the number of new cases are not significant due to PRC government’s strict control. From JanuaryIn 2022, to date, COVID-19 casecases fluctuated and increased again in many cities of China including Xi’an Province where the Company is located; as a result of such increases, there have been periodic short-term lockdowns and restrictions on travel in Xi’an Province and other areas of China, the Company’s operations have been adversely impacted by the travel and work restrictions imposed on a temporary basis in China to limit the spread of COVID-19. In January 2023, China dropped all COVID restrictions, and the Company actively resumed its business transformation task to transform and expand into an energy storage integrated solution provider sector.

On July 27, 2021, the Company filed a certificate of change to the Company’s Articles of Incorporation with the Secretary of State of the State of Nevada to increase the total number of the Company’s authorized shares of common stock from 10,000,000  to 100,000,000, par value $0.001 per share.

On March 3, 2022, the Company filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Nevada a Certificate of Amendment to the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to change our corporate name from China Recycling Energy Corporation to Smart Powerr Corp, effective March 3, 2022.


2. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Basis of Presentation

The accompanying unaudited financial information as of and for the ninesix and three months ended SeptemberJune 30, 2023 and 2022 was prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the U.S.(“ (“US GAAP”) for interim financial information and with the instructions to Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and Article 10 of Regulation S-X. In the opinion of management, such financial information includes all adjustments (consisting only of normal recurring adjustments, unless otherwise indicated) considered necessary for a fair presentation of our financial position at such date and the operating results and cash flows for such periods. Operating results for the nine and threesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 20222023 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the entire year or for any other subsequent interim period. The interim consolidated financial information should be read in conjunction with the Financial Statements and the notes thereto, included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021,2022, previously filed with the SECSecurities Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on September 13, 2022.May 8, 2023.  

BasisPrinciple of Consolidation

The CFSConsolidated Financial Statements (“CFS”) include the accounts of SPC and its subsidiaries, Shanghai Yinghua Financial Leasing Co., Ltd. (“Yinghua”) and Sifang Holdings; Sifang Holdings’ wholly owned subsidiaries, Huahong New Energy Technology Co., Ltd. (“Huahong”) and Shanghai TCH Energy Tech Co., Ltd. (“Shanghai TCH”); Shanghai TCH’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Xi’an TCH Energy Tech Co., Ltd. (“Xi’an TCH”); and Xi’an TCH’s subsidiaries, 1) Erdos TCH Energy Saving Development Co., Ltd (“Erdos TCH”), 100% owned by Xi’an TCH, 2) Zhonghong, 90% owned by Xi’an TCH and 10% owned by Shanghai TCH, and 3) Zhongxun, 100% owned by Xi’an TCH. Substantially all the Company’s revenues are derived from the operations of Shanghai TCH and its subsidiaries, which represent substantially all the Company’s consolidated assets and liabilities as of SeptemberJune 30, 2022.2023. However, there was no revenue for the Company for the ninesix and three months ended SeptemberJune 30, 2022 and 2021.2023 or 2022. All significant inter-company accounts and transactions were eliminated in consolidation.


 

Uses and Sources of Liquidity

For the ninesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 20222023 and 2021,2022, the Company had a net loss of $1.11 million$337,346 and net income of $1.39 million,$666,269, respectively. For the three months ended SeptemberJune 30, 20222023 and 2021,2022, the Company had a net lossesloss of $0.45 million$247,842 and $0.56 million.$224,810, respectively. The Company had an accumulated deficit of $56.38$60.08 million as of SeptemberJune 30, 2022.2023. The Company disposed all of its systems and currently holds five power generating systems through Erdos TCH, the five power generating systems are currently not producing any electricity. The Company is in the process of transforming and expanding into an energy storage integrated solution provider.provider business. The Company plans to pursue disciplined and targeted expansion strategies for market areas the Company currently does not serve. The Company actively seeks and explores opportunities to apply energy storage technologies to new industries or segments with high growth potential, including industrial and commercial complexes, large scale photovoltaic (PV) and wind power stations, remote islands without electricity, and smart energy cities with multi-energy supplies.  The Company’s cash flow forecast indicates it will have sufficient cash to fund its operations for the next 12 months from the date of issuance of these CFS.

Use of Estimates

In preparing these CFS in accordance with US GAAP, management makes estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities in the balance sheets as well as revenues and expenses during the period reported. Actual results may differ from these estimates. On an on-going basis, management evaluates its estimates, including those allowances for bad debt, and inventory obsolescence, impairment loss on fixed assets and construction in progress, income taxes, and contingencies and litigation. Management bases its estimates on historical experience and on various other assumptions that are believed to be reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which form the basis for making judgments about the carrying values of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other resources.


Revenue Recognition

A) Sales-type Leasing and Related Revenue Recognition

The Company follows Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 842. The Company’s sales type lease contracts for revenue recognition fall under ASC 842. During the ninesix and three months ended SeptemberJune 30, 20222023 and 2021,2022, the Company did not sell any new power generating projects.

The Company constructs and leases waste energy recycling power generating projects to its customers. The Company typically transfers legal ownership of the waste energy recycling power generating projects to its customers at the end of the lease.

The Company finances construction of waste energy recycling power generating projects. The sales and cost of sales are recognized at the inception of the lease, which is when control is transferred to the lessee. The Company accounts for the transfer of control as a sales type lease in accordance with ASC 842-10-25-2. The underlying asset is derecognized, and revenue is recorded when collection of payments is probable. This is in accordance with the revenue recognition principle in ASC 606 - Revenue from contracts with customers. The investment in sales-type leases consists of the sum of the minimum lease payments receivable less unearned interest income and estimated executory cost. Minimum lease payments are part of the lease agreement between the Company (as the lessor) and the customer (as the lessee). The discount rate implicit in the lease is used to calculate the present value of minimum lease payments. The minimum lease payments consist of the gross lease payments net of executory costs and contingent rentals, if any. Unearned interest is amortized to income over the lease term to produce a constant periodic rate of return on net investment in the lease. While revenue is recognized at the inception of the lease, the cash flow from the sales-type lease occurs over the course of the lease, which results in interest income and reduction of receivables. Revenue is recognized net of value-added tax.

B) Contingent Rental Income

The Company records income from actual electricity generated of each project in the period the income is earned, which is when the electricity is generated. Contingent rent is not part of minimum lease payments.


Operating Leases

The Company determines if an arrangement is a lease or contains a lease at inception. Operating lease liabilities are recognized based on the present value of the remaining lease payments, discounted using the discount rate for the lease at the commencement date. As the rate implicit in the lease is not readily determinable for an operating lease, the Company generally uses an incremental borrowing rate based on information available at the commencement date to determine the present value of future lease payments. Operating lease right-of-use (“ROU assets”) assets represent the Company’s right to control the use of an identified asset for the lease term and lease liabilities represent the Company’s obligation to make lease payments arising from the lease. ROU assets are generally recognized based on the amount of the initial measurement of the lease liability. Lease expense is recognized on a straight-line basis over the lease term.

ROU assets are reviewed for impairment when indicators of impairment are present. ROU assets from operating and finance leases are subject to the impairment guidance in ASC 360, Property, Plant, and Equipment, as ROU assets are long-lived nonfinancial assets.


ROU assets are tested for impairment individually or as part of an asset group if the cash flows related to the ROU asset are not independent from the cash flows of other assets and liabilities. An asset group is the unit of accounting for long-lived assets to be held and used, which represents the lowest level for which identifiable cash flows are largely independent of the cash flows of other groups of assets and liabilities. The Company recognized no impairment of ROU assets as of SeptemberJune 30, 2023 or December 31, 2022.

Operating leases are included in operating lease ROU and operating lease liabilities (current and non-current), on the consolidated balance sheets.

Cash

Cash includes cash on hand, demand deposits placed with banks or other financial institutions and all highly liquid investments with an original maturity of three months or less as of the purchase date.

Accounts Receivable

The Company’s policy is to maintain an allowance for potential credit losses on accounts receivable. Management reviews the composition of accounts receivable and analyzes historical bad debts, customer concentrations, customer credit worthiness, current economic trends and changes in customer payment patterns to evaluate the adequacy of these reserves.

As of SeptemberJune 30, 20222023 and December 31, 2021,2022, the Company had no accounts receivable. 

 

Advance to suppliers

Advance to suppliers consist of balances paid to suppliers for materials that have not been received. The Company reviews its advances to suppliers on a periodic basis and makes general and specific allowances when there is doubt as to the ability of a supplier to provide supplies to the Company or refund an advance.

Short term loan receivables

The Company provided loans to certain third parties for the purpose of making use of its cash.

The Company monitors all loans receivable for delinquency and provides for estimated losses for specific receivables that are not likely to be collected. Management periodically assesses the collectability of these loans receivable. Delinquent account balances are written-off against the allowance for doubtful accounts after management has determined that the likelihood of collection is not probable. As of June 30, 2023 and 2022, the Company did not accrue allowance against short term loan receivables.

Concentration of Credit Risk

Cash includes cash on hand and demand deposits in accounts maintained within China. Balances at financial institutions and state-owned banks within the PRC are covered by insurance up to RMB 500,000 ($70,425)71,792) per bank. Any balance over RMB 500,000 ($70,425)71,792) per bank in PRC willis not be covered. At September 30, 2022, cash held in PRC banks of $136,117,059 was not covered by such insurance. The Company has not experienced any losses in such accounts.

Certain other financial instruments, which subject the Company to concentration of credit risk, consist of accounts and other receivables. The Company does not require collateral or other security to support these receivables. The Company conducts periodic reviews of its customers’ financial condition and customer payment practices to minimize collection risk on accounts receivable.

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


Property and Equipment

Property and equipment are stated at cost, net of accumulated depreciation. Expenditures for maintenance and repairs are expensed as incurred; additions, renewals and betterments are capitalized. When property and equipment are retired or otherwise disposed of, the related cost and accumulated depreciation are removed from the respective accounts, and any gain or loss is included in operations. Depreciation of property and equipment is provided using the straight-line method over the estimated lives as follows: 

Vehicles2 - 5 years
Office and Other Equipment2 - 5 years
Software2 - 3 years


Impairment of Long-lived Assets

In accordance with FASB ASC Topic 360, “Property, Plant, and Equipment,” the Company reviews its long-lived assets, including property and equipment, for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amounts of the assets may not be fully recoverable. If the total expected undiscounted future net cash flows are less than the carrying amount of the asset, a loss is recognized for the difference between the fair value (“FV”) and carrying amount of the asset. The Company did not record any impairment for the ninesix and three months ended SeptemberJune 30, 20222023 and 2021.2022.  

 

Account and other payables

Accounts and other payables represent liabilities for goods and services provided to the Company prior to the end of the financial year which are unpaid. They are classified as current liabilities if payment is due within one year or less (or in the normal operating cycle of the business if longer). Otherwise, they are presented as non-current liabilities.

Accounts and other payables are initially recognized as fair value, and subsequently carried at amortized cost using the effective interest method.

Borrowings

Borrowings are presented as current liabilities unless the Company has an unconditional right to defer settlement for at least 12 months after the financial year end date, in which case they are presented as non-current liabilities.

Borrowings are initially recognized at fair value (net of transaction costs) and subsequently carried at amortized cost. Any difference between the proceeds (net of transaction costs) and the redemption value is recognized in profit or loss over the period of the borrowings using an effective interest method.

Borrowing costs are recognized in profit or loss using the effective interest method.

Cost of Sales

Cost of sales consists primarily of the direct material of the power generating system and expenses incurred directly for project construction for sales-type leasing and sales tax and additions for contingent rental income.  

Income Taxes

Income taxes are accounted for using an asset and liability method. Under this method, deferred income taxes are recognized for the tax consequences in future years of differences between the tax bases of assets and liabilities and their financial reporting amounts at each period end based on enacted tax laws and statutory tax rates, applicable to the periods in which the differences are expected to affect taxable income. Valuation allowances are established, when necessary, to reduce deferred tax assets to the amount expected to be realized. 

The Company follows FASB ASC Topic 740, which prescribes a more-likely-than-not threshold for financial statement recognition and measurement of a tax position taken or expected to be taken in a tax return. ASC Topic 740 also provides guidance on recognition of income tax assets and liabilities, classification of current and deferred income tax assets and liabilities, accounting for interest and penalties associated with tax positions, accounting for income taxes in interim periods, and income tax disclosures.

Under FASB ASC Topic 740, when tax returns are filed, it is likely that some positions taken would be sustained upon examination by the taxing authorities, while others are subject to uncertainty about the merits of the position taken or the amount of the position that would be ultimately sustained. The benefit of a tax position is recognized in the financial statementsCFS in the period during which, based on all available evidence, management believes it is more likely than not that the position will be sustained upon examination, including the resolution of appeals or litigation processes, if any. Tax positions taken are not offset or aggregated with other positions. Tax positions that meet the more-likely-than-not recognition threshold are measured as the largest amount of tax benefit that is more than 50% likely of being realized upon settlement with the applicable taxing authority. The portion of the benefits associated with tax positions taken that exceeds the amount measured as described above is reflected as a liability for unrecognized tax benefits in the accompanying balance sheets along with any associated interest and penalties that would be payable to the taxing authorities upon examination. Interest associated with unrecognized tax benefits is classified as interest expense and penalties are classified in selling, general and administrative expenses in the statement of income. At SeptemberJune 30, 20222023 and December 31, 2021,2022, the Company did not take any uncertain positions that would necessitate recording a tax related liability.  


 

Statement of Cash Flows

In accordance with FASB ASC Topic 230, “Statement of Cash Flows,” cash flows from the Company’s operations are calculated based upon the local currencies. As a result, amounts related to assets and liabilities reported on the statement of cash flows may not necessarily agree with changes in the corresponding balances on the balance sheet.

Fair Value of Financial Instruments

For certain of the Company’s financial instruments, including cash and equivalents, restricted cash, accounts receivable, other receivables, accounts payable, accrued liabilities and short-term debts, the carrying amounts approximate their FVs due to their short maturities. Receivables on sales-type leases are based on interest rates implicit in the lease.

FASB ASC Topic 820, “Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures,” requires disclosure of the FV of financial instruments held by the Company. FASB ASC Topic 825, “Financial Instruments,” defines FV, and establishes a three-level valuation hierarchy for disclosures of FV measurement that enhances disclosure requirements for FV measures. The carrying amounts reported in the consolidated balance sheets for receivables and current liabilities each qualify as financial instruments and are a reasonable estimate of their FV because of the short period of time between the origination of such instruments and their expected realization and their current market rate of interest. The three levels of valuation hierarchy are defined as follows:

Level 1 inputs to the valuation methodology are quoted prices (unadjusted) for identical assets or liabilities in active markets.

Level 2 inputs to the valuation methodology include quoted prices for similar assets and liabilities in active markets, and inputs that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly, for substantially the full term of the financial instrument.

Level 3 inputs to the valuation methodology are unobservable and significant to FV measurement.

The Company analyzes all financial instruments with features of both liabilities and equity under FASB ASC 480, “Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity,” and ASC 815, “Derivatives and Hedging.”

As of SeptemberJune 30, 20222023 and December 31, 2021,2022, the Company did not have any long-term debt; and the Company did not identify any assets or liabilities that are required to be presented on the balance sheet at FV.

Stock-Based Compensation

The Company accounts for share-based compensation awards to employees in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 718, “Compensation – Stock Compensation”, which requires that share-based payment transactions with employees be measured based on the grant-date FV of the equity instrument issued and recognized as compensation expense over the requisite service period.

The Company accounts for share-based compensation awards to non-employees in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 718 and FASB ASC Subtopic 505-50, “Equity-Based Payments to Non-employees”. Share-based compensation associated with the issuance of equity instruments to non-employees is measured at the FV of the equity instrument issued or committed to be issued, as this is more reliable than the FV of the services received. The FV is measured at the date that the commitment for performance by the counterparty has been reached or the counterparty’s performance is complete.

The Company follows ASU 2018-07, “Compensation — Stock Compensation (Topic 718): Improvements to Nonemployee Share-Based Payment Accounting,” which expands the scope of ASC 718 to include share-based payment transactions for acquiring goods and services from non-employees. An entity should apply the requirements of ASC 718 to non-employee awards except for specific guidance on inputs to an option pricing model and the attribution of cost. ASC 718 applies to all share-based payment transactions in which a grantor acquires goods or services to be used or consumed in a grantor’s own operations by issuing share-based payment awards.


 

Basic and Diluted Earnings per Share

The Company presents net income (loss) per share (“EPS”) in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 260, “Earning Per Share.” Accordingly, basic income (loss) per share is computed by dividing income (loss) available to common stockholders by the weighted average number of shares outstanding, without consideration for common stock equivalents. Diluted EPS is computed by dividing the net income by the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding as well as common share equivalents outstanding for the period determined using the treasury-stock method for stock options and warrants and the if-converted method for convertible notes. The Company made an accounting policy election to use the if-converted method for convertible securities that are eligible to receive common stock dividends, if declared. Diluted EPS reflect the potential dilution that could occur based on the exercise of stock options or warrants or conversion of convertible securities using the if-converted method.

For the nine and threesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 20222023 and 2021,2022, the basic and diluted income (loss) per share were the same due to the anti-dilutive features of the warrants and options. For the nine and three months ended SeptemberJune 30, 2023 and 2022, the basic and 2021,diluted income (loss) per share were the same due to the anti-dilutive features of the warrants and options. For the six months ended June 30, 2023 and 2022, 30,911 shares purchasable under warrants and options were excluded from the EPS calculation as these were not dilutive due to the exercise price was more than the stock market price. For the three months ended June 30, 2023 and 2022, 30,911 shares purchasable under warrants and options were excluded from the EPS calculation as these were not dilutive due to the exercise price was more than the stock market price.

Foreign Currency Translation and Comprehensive Income (Loss)

The Company’s functional currency is the Renminbi (“RMB”). For financial reporting purposes, RMB were translated into U.S. Dollars (“USD” or “$”) as the reporting currency. Assets and liabilities are translated at the exchange rate in effect at the balance sheet date. Revenues and expenses are translated at the average rate of exchange prevailing during the reporting period. Translation adjustments arising from the use of different exchange rates from period to period are included as a component of stockholders’ equity as “Accumulated other comprehensive income.” Gains and losses resulting from foreign currency transactions are included in income.

The Company follows FASB ASC Topic 220, “Comprehensive Income.” Comprehensive income is comprised of net income and all changes to the statements of stockholders’ equity, except those due to investments by stockholders, changes in paid-in capital and distributions to stockholders.  

Segment Reporting

FASB ASC Topic 280, “Segment Reporting,” requires use of the “management approach” model for segment reporting. The management approach model is based on the way a company’s management organizes segments within the company for making operating decisions and assessing performance. Reportable segments are based on products and services, geography, legal structure, management structure, or any other manner in which management disaggregates a company. FASB ASC Topic 280 has no effect on the Company’s CFS as substantially all of the Company’s operations are conducted in one industry segment. All of the Company’s assets are located in the PRC.

 

New Accounting Pronouncements

In June 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-13, Financial Instruments-CreditInstruments - Credit Losses (Topic 326),: Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments, which requires entities to measure all expected credit losses for financial assets held at the reporting date based on historical experience, current conditions, and reasonable and supportable forecasts. ThisASU 2016-13 replaces the existingprobable, incurred loss model and is applicable to the measurement of credit losses on financial assets measured at amortized cost. Thiscost basis. An entity should apply ASU 2016-13 on a modified-retrospective transition approach that would require a cumulative-effect adjustment to the opening retained earnings in the balance sheets as of the date of adoption. In March 2022, the FASB issued ASU 2022-02, Financial Instruments – Credit Losses (Topic 326): Troubled Debt Restructurings and Vintage Disclosures, which eliminates the accounting guidance isfor trouble debt restructurings by creditors and enhances the disclosure requirements for modifications of loans to borrowers experiencing financial difficulty. Additionally, ASU 2022-02 requires disclosure of gross write-offs by year of origination for receivables within the scope of Subtopic 326-20, Financial Instruments - Credit Losses - Measured at Amortized Cost, which should be applied prospectively. Both ASU 2016-13 and ASU 2022-02 are effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within thosesmaller reporting companies for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2022. Early application will be permitted for all entities for fiscal years, and2022, including interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning after December 15, 2018.years. The Company is currently evaluatingadopted ASU 2016-13 and ASU 2022-02 on January 1, 2023. The adoption of ASU 2016-13 and ASU 2022-02 did not have any impact on the impact that the standard will have on itsCompany’s CFS.


In January 2017, the FASB issued ASU No. 2017-04, Simplifying the Test for Goodwill Impairment. The guidance removes Step 2 of the goodwill impairment test, which requires a hypothetical purchase price allocation. A goodwill impairment will now be the amount by which a reporting unit’s carrying value exceeds its fair value,FV, not to exceed the carrying amount of goodwill. The guidance should be adopted on a prospective basis. As a smaller reporting company, the standard will bewas effective for the Company for interim and annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2022, with early adoption permitted. The Company is currently evaluatingadopted ASU 2017-04 for its interim and annual goodwill impairment tests on January 1, 2023. The adoption of ASU 2017-04 did not have any impact on the impact of adopting this standard on itsCompany’s CFS. 


Other recent accounting pronouncements issued by the FASB, including its Emerging Issues Task Force, the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, and the SEC did not or are not believed by management to have a material impact on the Company’s present or future CFS. 

3. OTHER RECEIVABLES

As of SeptemberJune 30, 2023, other receivables mainly consisted of (i) advance to third parties of $6,920, bearing no interest, payable upon demand, and ii) others of $46,952.

As of December 31, 2022, other receivables mainly consisted of (i) advancesadvance to third parties of $7,042,$7,179, bearing no interest, payable upon demand, ii) advance to employees of $4,499, iii) advance to suppliers of $3,449$2,583 and (iv)(iii) others of $861,997 including social insurance receivable of $4,497, prepayment of $850,000 (see below) and others of $7,500.

$19,579.   

4. SHORT-TERM LOAN RECEIVABLE

As of March 31, 2023, the Company had $140,576,568 (RMB 966.0 million) short term loan to Jinan Youkai Engineering Consulting Co., Ltd (“Youkai”), an unrelated party of the Company. The short-term loan was for five days with a capital utilization fee of $43,657 (RMB 300,000) per day for total of $218,287 (RMB 1.5 million). To ensure the safety of the funds, before money was transferred to Youkai, Youkai handed over the official seal, financial seal and bank account UK to the Company for custody and management until repayment of the loan. The Company received the repayment of $140.6 million in full plus capital utilization fee on April 3, 2023.

As of June 30, 2023, the Company had $67,120,596 (RMB 485.0 million) short term loan to Jinan Youkai Engineering Consulting Co., Ltd (“Youkai”), an unrelated party of the Company. The short-term loan was for five days with a capital utilization fee of $13,839 (RMB 100,000) per day for total of $69,196 (RMB 500,000). To ensure the safety of the funds, before money was transferred to Youkai, Youkai handed over the official seal, financial seal and bank account UK to the Company for custody and management until repayment of the loan. The Company received the repayment of $67.2 million in full plus capital utilization fee on July 3, 2023.

5. ADVANCE TO SUPPLIERS

On June 19, 2023, the Company entered a purchase agreement with Hubei Bangyu New Energy Technology Co., Ltd. (“Bangyu”). The total contract amount was $82.3 million (RMB 595.0 million) for purchasing the energy storage battery systems. As of June 30, 2023, the Company made a prepayment to Bangyu of $65.9 million (RMB 476.0 million). The Company is in the process of transforming and expanding into energy storage integrated solution provider business. The Company actively seeks and explores opportunities to apply energy storage technologies to new industries or segments with high growth potential, including industrial and commercial complexes, large scale photovoltaic (PV) and wind power stations, remote islands without electricity, and smart energy cities with multi-energy supplies. 

On August 2, 2021, the Company entered a Research and Development (“R&D”) Cooperation Agreement with a software development company to design, establish, upgrade and maintenance of Smart Energy Management Cloud Platform for energy storage and remote-site monitoring; upon completion, the Company will provide such platform to its customers at a fee. Total contracted research and developmentR&D cost is $1,000,000, as of September 30,December 31, 2022, the Company prepaidpaid $200,000 as R&D expense, and was committed to pay remaining $800,000 after trial operation. During the year ended December 31, 2022, the Company expensed $200,000 in R&D.


On August 23, 2021, the Company entered a Market Research and Project Development Service Agreement with a consulting company in Xi’an for a service period of 12 months. The consulting company will perform market research for new energy industry including photovoltaic and energy storage, develop potential new customers and due diligence check, assisting the Company for business cooperation negotiation and relevant agreements preparation. Total contract amount is $1,150,000, and the Company prepaidpaid $650,000 at commencement of the service;service and recorded as R&D expense during the year ended December 31, 2022; the Company will payprepaid $200,000 upon issuance ofduring the research report,quarter ended June 30, 2023, and will pay the remaining of $300,000 upon completion all the services. As of September 30, 2022, due to the impact of the epidemic, it is difficult to conduct field research and collect effective information, the market research work is making slow progress and can only be proceed after PRC overall epidemic improves.

As of December 31, 2021, other receivables mainly consisted of (i) advances to third parties of $7,842, bearing no interest, payable upon demand, ii) advance to employees of $7,618, iii) advance to suppliers of $2,821 and (iv) others of $862,331 including social insurance receivable of $4,831, prepayment of $850,000, and others of $7,500.    

 

4.6. ASSET SUBJECT TO BUYBACK

  

The Chengli project finished construction, and was transferred to the Company’s fixed assets at a cost of $35.24 million (without impairment loss) and was ready to be put into operation as of December 31, 2018. On January 22, 2019, Xi’an Zhonghong completed the transfer of Chengli CDQ WHPG project as partial repayment for the loan and accrued interest of RMB 188,639,400 ($27.54 million) to HYREF (see Note 8)10).

On April 9, 2021, Xi’an TCH, Xi’an Zhonghong, Guohua Ku, Chonggong Bai and HYREF entered a Termination of Fulfillment Agreement (termination agreement). Under the termination agreement, the original buyback agreement entered on December 19, 2019 was terminated upon signing of the termination agreement. HYREF will not execute the buy-back option and will not ask for any additional payment from the buyers other than keeping the CDQ WHPG station. As a result of the termination of the buy-back agreement, the Company recorded a gain of approximately $3.1 million from transferring the CDP WHPG station to HYREF as partial repayment of the entrusted loan, which is the difference between the carrying value of the assets and loan and interest payable on the loan.


5.7. ACCRUED LIABILITIES AND OTHER PAYABLES

Accrued liabilities and other payables consisted of the following as of SeptemberJune 30, 20222023 and December 31, 2021:2022:

 

 2022  2021  2023  2022 
Education and union fund and social insurance payable $257,753  $272,352  $244,255  $270,116 
Consulting and legal expenses  31,090   31,924 
Accrued payroll and welfare  236,007   287,026   232,193   251,021 
Accrued litigation  2,082,022   2,203,149 
Other  42,340   41,506   29,505   52,128 
Total $567,190  $632,808  $2,587,975  $2,776,414 

Accrued litigation was mainly for court enforcement fee, fee to lawyer, penalty and other fees (see Note 16).

6.8. TAXES PAYABLE

Taxes payable consisted of the following as of SeptemberJune 30, 20222023 and December 31, 2021:2022:

 2022  2021  2023  2022 
Income tax $7,619,664  $7,641,787  $7,682,757  $7,639,832 
Other  141   71   180   145 
Total  7,619,805   7,641,858   7,682,937   7,639,977 
Current  3,053,180   3,075,233   3,724,312   3,681,352 
Noncurrent $4,566,625  $4,566,625  $3,958,625  $3,958,625 

As of SeptemberJune 30, 2022,2023, income tax payable included $7.61 million ($3.05 million included in current tax payable and $4.57 million noncurrent) from recording the estimated one-time transition tax on post-1986 foreign unremitted earnings under the Tax Cut and Jobs Act signed on December 22, 2017.2017 ($3.65 million included in current tax payable and $3.96 million noncurrent). An election was available for the U.S. shareholders of a foreign company to pay the tax liability in installments over a period of eight years (until year 2026) with 8% of net tax liability in each of the first five years, 15% in the sixth year, 20% in the seventh year, and 25% in the eighth year. The Company made such an election. 


7.9. DEFERRED TAX, NET

Deferred tax assets resulted from asset impairment loss which was temporarily non-tax deductible for tax purposes but expensed in accordance with US GAAP; interest income in sales-type leases which was recognized as income for tax purposes but not for book purpose as it did not meet revenue recognition in accordance with US GAAP; accrued employee social insurance that can be deducted for tax purposes in the future, and the difference between tax and accounting basis of cost of fixed assets which was capitalized for tax purposes and expensed as part of cost of systems in accordance with US GAAP. Deferred tax liability arose from the difference between tax and accounting basis of net investment in sales-type leases.

As of SeptemberJune 30, 20222023 and December 31, 2021,2022, deferred tax assets consisted of the following:

 2022  2021  2023  2022 
Accrued expenses $55,049  $61,301  $52,614  $57,611 
Write-off Erdos TCH net investment in sales-type leases *  5,656,880   6,299,343   4,271,168   4,579,725 
Impairment loss of Xi’an TCH’s investment into the HYREF fund  2,640,919   2,940,854   2,594,868   2,692,186 
US NOL  540,455   463,508   889,941   730,855 
PRC NOL  9,150,325   10,189,545   9,257,662   9,118,123 
Total deferred tax assets  18,043,628   19,954,551   17,066,253   17,178,500 
Less: valuation allowance for deferred tax assets  (18,043,628)  (19,954,551)  (17,066,253)  (17,178,500)
Deferred tax assets, net $-  $-  $-  $- 

*This represents the tax basis of Erdos TCH investment in sales type leases, which was written off under US GAAP upon modification of lease terms, which made the lease payments contingent upon generation of electricity.


8.10. LOAN PAYABLE

Entrusted Loan Payable (HYREF Loan)

The HYREF Fund was established in July 2013 with a total fund of RMB 460 million ($77 million) invested in Xi’an Zhonghong for Zhonghong’s three new CDQ WHPG projects. The HYREF Fund invested RMB 3 million ($0.5 million) as an equity investment and RMB 457 million ($74.5 million) as a debt investment in Xi’an Zhonghong; in return for such investments, the HYREF Fund was to receive interest from Zhonghong for the HYREF Fund’s debt investment. The loan was collateralized by the accounts receivable and the fixed assets of Shenqiu Phase I and II power generation systems; the accounts receivable and fixed assets of Zhonghong’s three CDQ WHPG systems; and a 27 million RMB ($4.39 million) capital contribution made by Xi’an TCH in Zhonghong. Repayment of the loan (principal and interest) was also jointly and severally guaranteed by Xi’an TCH and the Chairman and CEO of the Company. In the fourth quarter of 2015, three power stations of Erdos TCH were pledged to Industrial Bank as an additional guarantee for the loan to Zhonghong’s three CDQ WHPG systems. In 2016, two additional power stations of Erdos TCH and Pucheng Phase I and II systems were pledged to Industrial Bank as an additional guarantee along with Xi’an TCH’s equity in Zhonghong. 

The term of this loan was for 60 months from July 31, 2013 to July 30, 2018, with interest of 12.5%. The Company had paid RMB 50 million ($7.54 million) of the RMB 280 million ($42.22 million), and on August 5, 2016, the Company entered into a supplemental agreement with the lender to extend the due date of the remaining RMB 230 million ($34.68 million) of the original RMB 280 million ($45.54 million) to August 6, 2017. During the year ended December 31, 2017, the Company negotiated with the lender again to further extend the remaining loan balance of RMB 230 million ($34.68 million), RMB 100 million ($16.27 million), and RMB 77 million ($12.08 million) The lender had tentatively agreed to extend the remaining loan balance until August 2019 with an adjusted annual interest rate of 9%, subject to the final approval from its headquarters. The headquarters did not approve the extension proposal with an adjusted interest of 9%; however, on December 29, 2018, the Company and the lender agreed to an alternative repayment proposal as described below. 


Repayment of HYREF loan

1. Transfer of Chengli project as partial repayment

On December 29, 2018, Xi’an Zhonghong, Xi’an TCH, HYREF, Guohua Ku, and Chonggong Bai entered into a CDQ WHPG Station Fixed Assets Transfer Agreement, pursuant to which Xi’an Zhonghong transferred Chengli CDQ WHPG station as the repayment for the loan of RMB 188,639,400 ($27.54 million) to HYREF, the transfer of which was completed on January 22, 2019.

Xi’an TCH is a secondary limited partner of HYREF. The FV of the CDQ WHPG station applied in the transfer was determined by the parties based upon the appraisal report issued by Zhonglian Assets Appraisal Group (Shaanxi) Co., Ltd. as of August 15, 2018. However, per the discussion below, Xi’an Zhonghong, Xi’an TCH, Guohua Ku and Chonggong Bai (the “Buyers”) entered into a Buy Back Agreement, also agreed to buy back the Station when conditions under the Buy Back Agreement are met. Due to the Buy Back agreement, the loan was not deemed repaid, and therefore the Company recognized Chengli project as assets subject to buyback and kept the loan payable remained recognized under ASC 405-20-40-1 as of December 31, 2020. The Buy Back agreement was terminated in April 2021 (see 2 below for detail).

2. Buy Back Agreement

On December 29, 2018, Xi’an TCH, Xi’an Zhonghong, HYREF, Guohua Ku, Chonggong Bai and Xi’an Hanneng Enterprises Management Consulting Co. Ltd. (“Xi’an Hanneng”) entered into a Buy Back Agreement.  


Pursuant to the Buy Back Agreement, the Buyers jointly and severally agreed to buy back all outstanding capital equity of Xi’an Hanneng which was transferred to HYREF by Chonggong Bai (see 3 below), and a CDQ WHPG station in Boxing County which was transferred to HYREF by Xi’an Zhonghong. The buy-back price for the Xi’an Hanneng’s equity was based on the higher of (i) the market price of the equity shares at the time of buy-back; or (ii) the original transfer price of the equity shares plus bank interest. The buy-back price for the Station was based on the higher of (i) the FV of the Station on the date transferred; or (ii) the loan balance at the date of the transfer plus interest accrued through that date. HYREF could request that the Buyers buy back the equity shares of Xi’an Hanneng and/or the CDQ WHPG station if one of the following conditions is met: (i) HYREF holds the equity shares of Xi’an Hanneng until December 31, 2021; (ii) Xi’an Huaxin New Energy Co., Ltd., is delisted from The National Equities Exchange And Quotations Co., Ltd., a Chinese over-the-counter trading system (the “NEEQ”); (iii) Xi’an Huaxin New Energy, or any of the Buyers or its affiliates has a credit problem, including not being able to issue an auditor report or standard auditor report or any control person or executive of the Buyers is involved in crimes and is under prosecution or has other material credit problems, to HYREF’s reasonable belief; (iv) if Xi’an Zhonghong fails to timely make repayment on principal or interest of the loan agreement, its supplemental agreement or extension agreement; (v) the Buyers or any party to the Debt Repayment Agreement materially breaches the Debt Repayment Agreement or its related transaction documents, including but not limited to the Share Transfer Agreement, the Pledged Assets Transfer Agreement, the Entrusted Loan Agreement and their guarantee agreements and supplemental agreements. Due to halted trading of Huaxin stock by NEEQ for not filing its 2018 annual report, on December 19, 2019, Xi’an TCH, Xi’an Zhonghong, Guohua Ku and Chonggong Bai jointly and severally agreed to buy back all outstanding capital equity of Xi’an Hanneng which was transferred to HYREF by Chonggong Bai earlier. The total buy back price was RMB 261,727,506 ($37.52 million) including accrued interest of RMB 14,661,506 ($2.10 million), and was paid in full by Xi’an TCH on December 20, 2019.

On April 9, 2021, Xi’an TCH, Xi’an Zhonghong, Guohua Ku, Chonggong Bai and HYREF entered a Termination of Fulfillment Agreement (termination agreement). Under the termination agreement, the original buyback agreement entered on December 19, 2019 was terminated upon signing of the termination agreement. HYREF will not execute the buy-back option and will not ask for any additional payment from the buyers other than keeping the CDQ WHPG station. The Company recorded a gain of approximately $3.1 million from transferring the CDP WHPG station to HYREF as partial repayment of the entrusted loan resulting from the termination of the buy-back agreement.


3. Transfer of Xuzhou Huayu Project and Shenqiu Phase I & II project to Mr. Bai for partial repayment of HYREF loan

On January 4, 2019, Xi’an Zhonghong, Xi’an TCH, and Mr. Chonggong Bai entered into a Projects Transfer Agreement, pursuant to which Xi’an Zhonghong transferred a CDQ WHPG station (under construction) located in Xuzhou City for Xuzhou Huayu Coking Co., Ltd. (“Xuzhou Huayu Project”) to Mr. Bai for RMB 120,000,000 ($17.52 million) and Xi’an TCH transferred two Biomass Power Generation Projects in Shenqiu (“Shenqiu Phase I and II Projects”) to Mr. Bai for RMB 127,066,000 ($18.55 million). Mr. Bai agreed to transfer all the equity shares of his wholly owned company, Xi’an Hanneng, to HYREF as repayment for the RMB 247,066,000 ($36.07 million) loan made by Xi’an Zhonghong to HYREF as consideration for the transfer of the Xuzhou Huayu Project and Shenqiu Phase I and II Projects. 

On February 15, 2019, Xi’an Zhonghong completed the transfer of the Xuzhou Huayu Project and Xi’an TCH completed the transfer of Shenqiu Phase I and II Projects to Mr. Bai, and on January 10, 2019, Mr. Bai transferred all the equity shares of his wholly owned company, Xi’an Hanneng, to HYREF as repayment of Xi’an Zhonghong’s loan to HYREF as consideration for the transfer of the Xuzhou Huayu Project and Shenqiu Phase I and II Projects. 

Xi’an Hanneng is a holding company and was supposed to own 47,150,000 shares of Xi’an Huaxin New Energy Co., Ltd. (“Huaxin”), so that HYREF will indirectly receive and own such shares of Xi’an Huaxin as the repayment for the loan of Zhonghong. Xi’an Hanneng already owned 29,948,000 shares of Huaxin; however, Xi’an Hanneng was not able to obtain the remaining 17,202,000 shares due to halted trading of Huaxin stock by NEEQ for not filing its 2018 annual report.

On December 19, 2019, Xi’an TCH, Xi’an Zhonghong, Guohua Ku and Chonggong Bai jointly and severally agreed to buy back all outstanding capital equity of Xi’an Hanneng which was transferred to HYREF by Chonggong Bai earlier. The total buy back price was RMB 261,727,506 ($37.52 million) including accrued interest of RMB 14,661,506 ($2.10 million), and was paid in full by Xi’an TCH on December 20, 2019. On December 20, 2019, Mr. Bai, Xi’an TCH and Xi’an Zhonghong agreed to have Mr. Bai repay the Company in cash for the transfer price of Xuzhou Huayu and Shenqiu in five installment payments. The 1st payment of RMB 50 million ($7.17 million) was due on January 5, 2020, the 2nd payment of RMB 50 million ($7.17 million) was due on February 5, 2020, the 3rd payment of RMB 50 million ($7.17 million) was due on April 5, 2020, the 4th payment of RMB 50 million ($7.17 million) iswas due on June 30, 2020, and the final payment of RMB 47,066,000 ($6.75 million) was due on September 30, 2020. As of December 31, 2020, the Company received the full payment of RMB 247 million ($36.28 million) from Mr. Bai.


On April 9, 2021, Xi’an TCH, Xi’an Zhonghong, Guohua Ku, Chonggong Bai and HYREF entered a Termination of Fulfillment Agreement (termination agreement). Under the termination agreement, the original buyback agreement entered on December 19, 2019 was terminated upon signing of the termination agreement. HYREF will not execute the buy-back option and will not ask for any additional payment from the buyers other than keeping the CDQ WHPG station. The Company recorded a gain of approximately $3.1 million from transferring the CDP WHPG station to HYREF as partial repayment of the entrusted loan resulting from the termination of the buy-back agreement.

4. The lender agreed to extend the repayment of RMB 77.00 million ($12.13 million) to July 8, 2023. However, per court’s judgement on June 28, 2021, the Company should repay principal $12.13 million and accrued interest of $0.38 million within 10 days from the judgment date. The Company has not paid it yet as of this report date, but will pay it in full by the end of 2022.date.

Xi’an TCH had investment RMB 75.00 million ($11.63 million) into the HYREF fund as a secondary limited partner, and the Company recorded an impairment loss of $11.63 million for such investment during the year ended December 31, 2021 due to uncertainty of the collection of the investment. This was impaired as Hongyuan does not have the ability to pay back (see Note 1516 – Litigation).

9. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

As of September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, the Company had $24,743 and $27,357, respectively, in advances from the Company’s management, which bears no interest, is unsecured, and payable upon demand. 

On February 23, 2021, the Company entered into certain securities purchase agreements with several non-U.S. investors (the “Purchasers”), pursuant to which the Company agreed to sell to the Purchasers, up to 3,320,000 shares of common stock of the Company, at $11.522 per share. One of the purchasers is the Company’s CEO (who is also the Company’s Chairman), who purchased 1,000,000 common shares of the Company. In April 2021, the Company’s CEO amended the number of shares that he would purchase from 1,000,000 to 940,000. In April 2021 the Company returned to the Company’s CEO the $691,320 in extra proceeds that had been received earlier.

10.11. NOTE PAYABLE, NET 

Promissory Notes in December 2020

On December 4, 2020, the Company entered into a Note Purchase Agreement with an institutional investor, pursuant to which the Company issued the Purchaser a Promissory Note of $3,150,000. The Purchaser purchased the Note with an original issue discount (“OID”) of $150,000, which was recognized as debt discount is amortized using the interest method over the life of the note. The Note bears interest at 8% and has a term of 24 months. All outstanding principal and accrued interest on the Note iswas due and payable December 3, 2022. The Company’s obligations under the Note may be prepaid at any time, provided that in such circumstance the Company would pay 125% of any amounts outstanding under the Note and being prepaid. Beginning on the date that is six months from the issue date of the Note, Purchaser shall have the right to redeem any amount of this Note up to $500,000 per calendar month by providing written notice to the Company. Upon receipt of the redemption notice from the lender, the Company shall pay the applicable redemption amount in cash to lender within three trading days of receipt of such redemption notice; if the Company fails to pay, then the outstanding balance will automatically be increased by 25%. During the nine monthsyear ended September 30,December 31, 2022, the Company amortized OID of $69,355 and recorded $835 interest expense on this Note. During the three months ended September 30, 2022, the Company amortized OID of $0 and recorded $0 interest expense on this Note.


During the year ended December 31, 2021, the Company entered into several Exchange Agreements with the lender, pursuant to the Agreements, the Company and Lender partitioned new Promissory Notes of $3,850,000 from the original Promissory Note, including adjustment of $818,914 to increase the principal of the notes during the second quarter of 2021 as a result of the Company’s failure to pay the redemption amount in cash to lender within three trading days from receipt of the redemption notice, the Company recorded $818,914 principal adjustment as interest expense. The Company and Lender exchanged these Partitioned Notes for the delivery of 576,108 shares of the Company’s common stock. The Company recorded $151,275 loss on conversion of these notes in 2021. On January 10, 2022, the Company and Lender exchanged a Partitioned Notes of $346,986 for the delivery of 58,258 shares of the Company’s common stock. The Company recorded $26,193 loss on conversion of this note in 2022. This Promissory Notes was paid in full on January 10, 2022.


Promissory Notes in April 2021

 

On April 2, 2021, the Company entered into a Note Purchase Agreement with an institutional investor, pursuant to which the Company issued to the Purchaser a Promissory Note of $5,250,000. The Purchaser purchased the Note with an OID of $250,000, which was recognized as a debt discount is amortized using the interest method over the life of the note. The Note bears interest at 8% and has a term of 24 months. All outstanding principal and accrued interest on the Note iswas due and payable on April 1, 2023. However, as of this report date, the Company did not repay the loan, and no any further action from the lender. The Company’s obligations under the Note may be prepaid at any time, provided that in such circumstance the Company would pay 125% of any amounts outstanding under the Note and being prepaid. Beginning on the date that is six months from the issue date of the Note, Purchaser shall have the right to redeem any amount of this Note up to $825,000 per calendar month by providing written notice to the Company. Upon receipt of the redemption notice from the lender, the Company shall pay the applicable redemption amount in cash to lender within three trading days of receipt of such redemption notice; if the Company fails to pay, then the outstanding balance will automatically be increased by 25%. On October 28, 2021, the lender made an adjustment of $1,370,897 to increase the outstanding principal of the notes as a result of the Company’s failure to pay the redemption amount in cash to lender on time, the Company recorded $1,370,897 principal adjustment as interest expense in 2021. The lender made an adjustment of $229,015 to increase the outstanding principal of the notes based on a forbearance agreement entered on September 14, 2022 resulting from the Company’s default event of being delinquent on SEC filings, the Company recorded the $229,015 principal adjustment as interest expense. During the ninesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 2022,2023, the Company amortized OID of $93,750$31,250 and recorded $341,134$220,082 interest expense on this Note; and the Company and Lender exchanged these Partitioned Notes of $1,550,000$750,000 for the delivery of 255,386396,010 shares of the Company’s common stock. During the three months ended SeptemberJune 30, 2022,2023, the Company amortized OID of $31,250 and recorded $111,706$109,018 interest expense on this Note.Note; and the Company and Lender exchanged these Partitioned Notes of $250,000 for the delivery of 154,473 shares of the Company’s common stock. The Company recorded $94,928 loss$5,602 gain on conversion of these notes in 2022. As of SeptemberJune 30, 2022,2023, the outstanding principal balance of this note was $5,666,477 (net of unamortized OID of $62,500)$5,400,906 with accrued interest of $245,514.$59,188. The Note was classified as a current liability in accordance with ASC 470-10-45 Other Presentation Matters – General Due on Demand Loan Arrangements.

11. SHARES ISSUED FOR12. STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY FINANCING AND STOCK COMPENSATION

  

Shares Issued for Equity Financing in 2021

On February 23, 2021, the Company entered into securities purchase agreements with several non-U.S. investors (the “Purchasers”), pursuant to which the Company agreed to sell to the Purchasers, up to 3,320,000 shares of common stock of the Company, at $11.522 per share, which was the five-day average closing price immediately prior to signing the Purchase Agreements. One of the purchasers is the Company’s CEO (also is the Company’s Chairman), he purchased 1,000,000 common shares of the Company. On March 11, 2021, the Company received approximately $38.25 million proceeds from the issuance of 3,320,000 shares under the securities purchase agreements, there were no fees paid in connection with this financing. In April 2021, the Company’s CEO amended the number of shares he would purchase from 1,000,000 shares to 940,000; accordingly, total number of shares sold in this offering became 3,260,000. The Company returned $691,320 extra proceeds that were received earlier to the Company’s CEO in April 2021. The stock certificates for these shares were issued in April 2021.


Warrants

Following is a summary of the activities of warrants that were issued from equity financing for the ninesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 2022:2023:

  Number of
Warrants
  Average
Exercise
Price
  Weighted
Average
Remaining
Contractual
Term in
Years
 
Outstanding at January 1, 2023  30,411  $14.0   1.21 
Exercisable at January 1, 2023  30,411  $14.0   1.21 
Granted  -   -   - 
Exchanged  -   -   - 
Forfeited  -   -   - 
Expired  -   -   - 
Outstanding at June 30, 2023  30,411  $14.0   0.71 
Exercisable at June 30, 2023  30,411  $14.0   0.71 


  Number of
Warrants
  Average
Exercise
Price
  Weighted
Average
Remaining
Contractual
Term in
Years
 
Outstanding at January 1, 2022  30,411  $14.0   2.21 
Exercisable at January 1, 2022  30,411  $14.0   2.21 
Granted  -   -   - 
Exchanged  -   -   - 
Forfeited  -   -   - 
Expired  -   -   - 
Outstanding at September 30, 2022  30,411  $14.0   1.46 
Exercisable at September 30, 2022  30,411  $14.0   1.46 

12.13. STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION PLAN

Options to Employees and Directors

On June 19, 2015, the stockholders of the Company approved the China Recycling Energy Corporation Omnibus Equity Plan (the “Plan”) at its annual meeting. The total shares of Common Stock authorized for issuance during the term of the Plan is 124,626 .124,626. The Plan was effective immediately upon its adoption by the Board of Directors on April 24, 2015, subject to stockholder approval, and will terminate on the earliest to occur of (i) the 10th anniversary of the Plan’s effective date, or (ii) the date on which all shares available for issuance under the Plan shall have been issued as fully-vested shares. The stockholders approved the Plan at their annual meeting on June 19, 2015.

The following table summarizes option activity with respect to employees and independent directors for the ninesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 2022:2023:

  Number of
Shares
  Average
Exercise
Price
per Share
  Weighted
Average
Remaining
Contractual
Term in
Years
 
Outstanding at January 1, 2022  500  $16.1   5.32 
Exercisable at January 1, 2022  500  $16.1   5.32 
Granted  -   -   - 
Exercised  -   -   - 
Forfeited  -   -   - 
Outstanding at September 30, 2022  500  $16.1   4.57 
Exercisable at September 30, 2022  500  $16.1   4.57 
  Number of
Shares
  Average
Exercise
Price
per Share
  Weighted
Average
Remaining
Contractual
Term in
Years
 
Outstanding at January 1, 2023  500  $16.1   4.32 
Exercisable at January 1, 2023  500  $16.1   4.32 
Granted  -   -   - 
Exercised  -   -   - 
Forfeited  -   -   - 
Outstanding atJune 30, 2023  500  $16.1   3.82 
Exercisable at June 30, 2023  500  $16.1   3.82 

13.14. INCOME TAX

The Company’s Chinese subsidiaries are governed by the Income Tax Law of the PRC concerning privately-run enterprises, which are generally subject to tax at 25% on income reported in the statutory financial statements after appropriate tax adjustments. Under Chinese tax law, the tax treatment of finance and sales-type leases is similar to US GAAP. However, the local tax bureau continues to treat the Company’s sales-type leases as operating leases. Accordingly, the Company recorded deferred income taxes. 

The Company’s subsidiaries generate all of their income from their PRC operations. All of the Company’s Chinese subsidiaries’ effective income tax rate for 20222023 and 20212022 was 25%. Yinghua, Shanghai TCH, Xi’an TCH, Huahong, Zhonghong and Erdos TCH file separate income tax returns.


There is no income tax for companies domiciled in the Cayman Islands. Accordingly, the Company’s CFS do not present any income tax provisions related to Cayman Islands tax jurisdiction, where Sifang Holding is domiciled.

The US parent company, SPC is taxed in the US and, as of SeptemberJune 30, 2022,2023, had net operating loss (“NOL”) carry forwards for income taxes of $2.57$4.20 million; for federal income tax purposes, the NOL arising in tax years beginning after 2017 may only reduce 80% of a taxpayer’s taxable income, and may be carried forward indefinitely. However, the coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act (“the CARES Act”) issued in March 2020, provides tax relief to both corporate and noncorporate taxpayers by adding a five-year carryback period and temporarily repealing the 80% limitation for NOLs arising in 2018, 2019 and 2020. Management believes the realization of benefits from these losses uncertain due to the US parent company’s continuing operating losses. Accordingly, a 100% deferred tax asset valuation allowance was provided.


As of SeptemberJune 30, 2022,2023, the Company’s PRC subsidiaries had $36.60$37.03 million NOL that can be carried forward to offset future taxable income for five years from the year the loss is incurred. The NOL was mostly from Erdos TCH and Zhonghong. Management considers the scheduled reversal of deferred tax liabilities, projected future taxable income and tax planning strategies in making this assessment. After consideration of all the information available, management believes that significant uncertainty exists with respect to future realization of the deferred tax assets due to the recurring losses from operations of these entities, accordingly, the Company recorded a 100% deferred tax valuation allowance for the PRC NOL.

The following table reconciles the U.S. statutory rates to the Company’s effective tax rate for the ninesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 20222023 and 2021:2022:

  2023  2022 
U.S. statutory rates expense (benefit)  (21.0)%  (21.0)%
Tax rate difference – current provision  4.1%  0.6%
Permanent differences  2.0%  8.3%
Change in valuation allowance  37.6%  15.8%
Tax expense (benefit) per financial statements  22.7%  3.7%

  2022  2021 
U.S. statutory rates expense (benefit)  (21.0)%  21.0%
Tax rate difference – current provision  0.5%  10.1%
Prior year income tax adjustment in current year      (8.8)%
Permanent differences  10.0%  16.1%
Change in valuation allowance  13.9%  (45.1)%
Tax expense (benefit) per financial statements  3.4%  (6.7)%

The following table reconciles the U.S. statutory rates to the Company’s effective tax rate for the three months ended SeptemberJune 30, 2023 and 2022, and 2021:respectively:

  2023  2022 
U.S. statutory rates expense (benefit)  (21.0)%  (21.0)%
Tax rate difference – current provision  4.4%  0.8%
Permanent differences  0.5%  3.0%
Change in valuation allowance  46.6%  19.9%
Tax expense (benefit) per financial statements  30.5%  2.7%

  2022  2021 
U.S. statutory rates expense (benefit)  (21.0)%  (21.0)%
Tax rate difference – current provision  0.5%  0.3%
Permanent differences  12.6%  35.7%
Change in valuation allowance  10.9%  (13.0)%
Tax expense (benefit) per financial statements  3.0%  2.0%

The provision for income tax expense (benefit) for the ninesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 20222023 and 20212022 consisted of the following:

  2022  2021 
Income tax expense (benefit)  – current $36,511  $(87,051)
Income tax expense – deferred  -   - 
Total income tax expense (benefit) $36,511  $(87,051)


  2023  2022 
Income tax expense (benefit)  – current $62,492  $23,557 
Income tax expense – deferred  -   - 
Total income tax expense (benefit) $62,492  $23,557 

  

The provision for income tax expense (benefit) for the three months ended SeptemberJune 30, 20222023 and 20212022 consisted of the following:

  2023  2022 
Income tax expense (benefit)  – current $57,958  $5,850 
Income tax expense – deferred  -   - 
Total income tax expense (benefit) $57,958  $5,850 


  2022  2021 
Income tax expense– current $12,954  $10,902 
Income tax expense – deferred  -   - 
Total income tax expense $12,954  $10,092 

14.15. STATUTORY RESERVES

Pursuant to the corporate law of the PRC effective January 1, 2006, the Company is only required to maintain one statutory reserve by appropriating from its after-tax profit before declaration or payment of dividends. The statutory reserve represents restricted retained earnings.

Surplus Reserve Fund

The Company’s Chinese subsidiaries are required to transfer 10% of their net income, as determined under PRC accounting rules and regulations, to a statutory surplus reserve fund until such reserve balance reaches 50% of the Company’s registered capital. 

The surplus reserve fund is non-distributable other than during liquidation and can be used to fund previous years’ losses, if any, and may be utilized for business expansion or converted into share capital by issuing new shares to existing shareholders in proportion to their shareholding or by increasing the par value of the shares currently held by them, provided that the remaining reserve balance after such issue is not less than 25% of the registered capital. 

  

The maximum statutory reserve amount has not been reached for any subsidiary. The table below discloses the statutory reserve amount in the currency type registered for each Chinese subsidiary as of SeptemberJune 30, 20222023 and December 31, 2021:2022:

Name of Chinese Subsidiaries Registered
Capital
 Maximum
Statutory
Reserve
Amount
 Statutory
reserve at
September 30,
2022
 Statutory
reserve at
December 31,
2021
 Registered
Capital
 Maximum
Statutory
Reserve
Amount
 Statutory
reserve at
June 30,
2023
 Statutory
reserve at
December 31,
2022
 
Shanghai TCH $29,800,000  $14,900,000  ¥6,564,303 ($1,003,859) ¥6,564,303 ($1,003,859) $29,800,000  $14,900,000  ¥6,564,303 ($1,003,859) ¥6,564,303 ($1,003,859)
                            
Xi’an TCH ¥202,000,000  ¥101,000,000  ¥73,746,526 ($11,247,856) ¥73,862,151 ($11,261,339) ¥202,000,000  ¥101,000,000  ¥73,904,935 ($11,267,161) ¥73,781,005 ($11,249,275)
                            
Erdos TCH ¥120,000,000  ¥60,000,000  ¥19,035,814 ($2,914,869) ¥19,035,814 ($2,914,869) ¥120,000,000  ¥60,000,000  ¥19,035,814 ($2,914,869) ¥19,035,814 ($2,914,869)
                            
Xi’an Zhonghong ¥30,000,000  ¥15,000,000  Did not accrue yet due to accumulated deficit Did not accrue yet due to accumulated deficit ¥30,000,000  ¥15,000,000   Did not accrue yet due to accumulated deficit   Did not accrue yet due to accumulated deficit 
                            
Shaanxi Huahong $2,500,300  $1,250,150  Did not accrue yet due to accumulated deficit Did not accrue yet due to accumulated deficit $2,500,300  $1,250,150   Did not accrue yet due to accumulated deficit   Did not accrue yet due to accumulated deficit 
                            
Zhongxun ¥35,000,000  ¥17,500,000  Did not accrue yet due to accumulated deficit Did not accrue yet due to accumulated deficit ¥35,000,000  ¥17,500,000   Did not accrue yet due to accumulated deficit   Did not accrue yet due to accumulated deficit 

Common Welfare Fund

The common welfare fund is a voluntary fund to which the Company can transfer 5% to 10% of its net income. This fund can only be utilized for capital items for the collective benefit of the Company’s employees, such as construction of dormitories, cafeteria facilities, and other staff welfare facilities. This fund is non-distributable other than upon liquidation. The Company does not participate in this fund.  


15.16. CONTINGENCIES

China maintains a “closed” capital account, meaning companies, banks, and individuals cannot move money in or out of the country except in accordance with strict rules. The People’s Bank of China (PBOC) and State Administration of Foreign Exchange (SAFE) regulate the flow of foreign exchange in and out of the country. For inward or outward foreign currency transactions, the Company needs to make a timely declaration to the bank with sufficient supporting documents to declare the nature of the business transaction. The Company’s sales, purchases and expense transactions are denominated in RMB and all of the Company’s assets and liabilities are also denominated in RMB. The RMB is not freely convertible into foreign currencies under the current law. Remittances in currencies other than RMB may require certain supporting documentation in order to make the remittance.


The Company’s operations in the PRC are subject to specific considerations and significant risks not typically associated with companies in North America and Western Europe. These include risks associated with, among others, the political, economic and legal environments and foreign currency exchange. The Company’s results may be adversely affected by changes in governmental policies with respect to laws and regulations, anti-inflationary measures, currency conversion and remittance abroad, and rates and methods of taxation, among other things.  

Litigation 

1In November 2019, Beijing Hongyuan Recycling Energy Investment Center (“BIPC”), or Hongyuan, filed a lawsuit with the Beijing Intermediate People’s Court against Xi’an TCH to compel Xi’an TCH to repurchase certain stock pursuant to a stock repurchase option agreement. On April 9, 2021, the court rendered a judgment in favor of Hongyuan. Xi ‘anXi’an TCH filed a motion for retrial to High People’s Court of Beijing on April 13, 2022, because Xi’an TCH paid RMB 267261 million ($39.837.58 million) principal and interest to Hongyuan as an out-of-court settlement. On April 11, 2022, Xi ‘anXi’an Zhonghong New Energy Technology Co. Ltd., filed an application for retrial and provided relevant evidence to the Beijing High People’s Court on the Civil Judgment No. 264.,264, awaiting trial. On August 10, 2022, Beijing No. 1 Intermediate People’s Court of Beijing issued a Certificate of Active Performance,Performance, proving that Xi ‘anXi’an Zhonghong New Energy Technology Co., Ltd. had fulfilled its buyback obligations. Onobligations as disclosed in Note 10 that, on April 9, 2021, Xi’an TCH, Xi’an Zhonghong, Guohua Ku, Chonggong Bai and HYREF entered a Termination of Fulfillment Agreement (termination agreement). Under the termination agreement, the original buyback agreement entered on December 19, 2019 was terminated upon signing of the termination agreement. HYREF will not execute the buy-back option and will not ask for any additional payment from the buyers other than keeping the CDQ WHPG station.

As of this report date, Xi’an Zhonghong is waiting for Court’s decision on retrial petition that was submitted in April 2022. During this waiting period, BIPC entered the execution procedure, and there is a balance of RMB 14,204,317 ($2.20 million) between the amount executed by the court and the liability recognized by Xi ‘an TCH, which was mainly the enforcement fee, legal and penalty fee for the original judgement, and was automatically generated by the toll collection system of the People’s court. The Company accrued $2.08 million litigation expense as of June 30, 2023.

In February 2016, Xuzhou

2On June 28, 2021, Beijing No.4 Intermediate People’s Court of Jiangsu Province, or the Xuzhou Court, accepted an execution proceeding request from Zhongrong International Trust Co. Ltd., or Zhongrong, against Mr. Guohua Ku,Beijing entered into a judgement that Xi’an TCH, Xuzhou Taifate SteelZhonghong Technology Co., Ltd., or Xuzhou Taifate, to satisfy should pay the obligation arising out of a loan agreement and guarantee agreement among the parties. On March 21, 2018 and March 20, 2019, the Xuzhou Court ordered a deduction from the bank accounts of Mr. Kuprincipal of RMB 371,47077 million ($55,349) and RMB 254,824 ($37,969), respectively. On August 21, 2020, the Xuzhou Court reopened the case in response to Zhongrong’s request against Xuzhou Taifa for the resolution of an additional11.06 million) with loan interest of RMB 145,356,1002,418,229 ($21,658,089)0.35 million) to Beijiang Hongyuan Recycling Energy Investment Center (Limited Partnership). In the end of 2022, Beijing No.4 Intermediate People’s Court of Beijing entered into the judgment enforcement procedure, which, in addition to the loan principal with interest amount, Xi’an Zhonghong Technology Co., whichLtd. was paidto pay judgment enforcement fee, late fee and other fees of RMB 80,288,184 ($11.53 million) in fulltotal, the Company recorded these additional fees in settlement. The Xuzhou Court concluded the2022. There was no update for this case on December 21, 2020.as of this report date.

16.17. COMMITMENTS

Lease Commitment

On November 20, 2017, Xi’an TCH entered into a lease for its office from December 1, 2017 through November 30, 2020. The monthly rent was RMB 36,536 ($5,600) with quarterly payment in advance. This lease expired in November 2020. The Company entered a new lease contract for the same location from January 1, 2021 through December 31, 2023 with monthly rent of RMB 36,536 ($5,600), to be paid every half year in advance.


 

The components of lease costs, lease term and discount rate with respect of the office lease with an initial term of more than 12 months are as follows:

 Nine Months
Ended
  Six Months Ended 
 September 30,
2022
  June 30,
2023
 
Operating lease cost – amortization of ROU $46,593  $30,863 
Operating lease cost – interest expense on lease liability $3,178  $774 
Weighted Average Remaining Lease Term - Operating leases  1.25 years   0. 5 years 
Weighted Average Discount Rate - Operating leases  5%  5%

  Six Months Ended 
  June 30,
2022
 
Operating lease cost– amortization of ROU $31,399 
Operating lease cost – interest expense on lease liability $2,413 

  

 Nine Months
Ended
  Three Months
Ended
June 30,
2022
 
 September 30,
2021
 
Operating lease cost– amortization of ROU $45,299 
Operating lease cost – amortization of ROU $15,245 
Operating lease cost – interest expense on lease liability $5,513  $385 

 Three Months
Ended
September 30,
2022
  Three Months
Ended
June 30,
2022
 
Operating lease cost – amortization of ROU $15,194  $15,359 
Operating lease cost – interest expense on lease liability $765  $1,193 

  Three Months
Ended
September 30,
2021
 
Operating lease cost – amortization of ROU $15,329 
Operating lease cost – interest expense on lease liability $1,610 

The following is a schedule, by years, of maturities of the office lease liabilities as of SeptemberJune 30, 2022:2023:

For the year ended September 30, 2023, $61,753 
Total undiscounted cash flows  61,753 
Less: imputed interest  (1,519)
Present value of lease liabilities $60,234 


For the year ended June 30, 2024, $30,338 
Total undiscounted cash flows  30,338 
Less: imputed interest  (4)
Present value of lease liabilities $30,334 

 

Employment Agreement

On May 8, 2020, the Company entered an employment agreement with Yongjiang Shi, the Company’s CFO for 24 months. The monthly salary was RMB 16,000 ($2,200). The Company will grant the CFO no less than 5,000 shares of the Company’s common stock annually; however, as of this report date, the Board of Directors and Compensation Committee have not approved the number of shares to be given to the CFO, nor any stock reward agreement has been signed.

On May 6, 2022, the Company entered another employment agreement with Mr. Shi for 24 months with monthly salary of RMB 18,000 ($2,500). The Company will grant the CFO no less than 5,000 shares of the Company’s common stock annually; however, as of this report date, the Board of Directors and Compensation Committee have not approved the number of shares to be given to the CFO, nor any stock reward agreement has been signed.  

Investment Banking Engagement Agreement

On October 10, 2019, the Company entered an investment banking agreement with an investment banking firm to engage it as the exclusive lead underwriter for a registered securities offering of up to $20 million. The Company shall pay the investment banker an equity retainer fee of 15,000 shares of the restricted Common Stock of the Company (10,000 shares was issued within 10 business days of signing the agreement, and remaining 5,000 shares will be paid upon completion of the offering). The agreement expired in March 2021.

On May 2, 2021, the Company entered an agreement with an investment banker (which will serve as the exclusive placement agent or exclusive lead underwriter of the Company) with the intension to raise approximately $10,000,000 from either a public offering or a private placement. Under the agreement, upon the closing of the financing, the Company will pay Univest Securities, LLC (the “Underwriter” or “Univest”) a discount equal to 8% of the gross proceeds raised in the offering, a non-accountable expense allowance equal to one percent (1%) of the gross proceeds of the offering, as well as underwriter warrants to purchase that number of shares of common stock and accompanying Warrants equal to 5% of the shares of common stock and Warrants sold in the offering, including upon exercise by the Underwriter of its over-allotment option (“Underwriter Warrants”). The Underwriter Warrants shall be exercisable at any time, and from time to time, in whole or in part, during the period commencing 180 days from the date of commencement of sales of the offering, which period shall not extend further than five years from the date of commencement of sales of the offering in compliance with FINRA Rule 5110(g)(8)(A). After an initial period of six months from the agreement entering date, this engagement may be terminated at any time by either party upon 10 days written notice to the other party, effective upon receipt of written notice to that effect by the other party. The Company filed an S-1 with the SEC on July 28, 2021.

17.18. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

The Company follows the guidance in FASB ASC 855-10 for the disclosure of subsequent events. The Company evaluated subsequent events through the date the unaudited financial statements were issued and determined the Company had no major subsequent event need to be disclosed.

 


 

 

ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

 

This quarterly report on Form 10-Q and other reports filed by the Company from time to time with the SEC (collectively the “Filings”) contain or may contain forward-looking statements and information that are based upon beliefs of, and information currently available to, Company’s management as well as estimates and assumptions made by Company’s management. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which are only predictions and speak only as of the date hereof. When used in the filings, the words “may”, “will”, “should”, “would”, “anticipate”, “believe”, “estimate”, “expect”, “future”, “intend”, “plan”, or the negative of these terms and similar expressions as they relate to Company or Company’s management identify forward-looking statements. Such statements reflect the current view of Company with respect to future events and are subject to risks, uncertainties, assumptions, and other factors (including the statements in the section “results of operations” below), and any businesses that Company may acquire. Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should the underlying assumptions prove incorrect, actual results may differ significantly from those anticipated, believed, estimated, expected, intended, or planned.

 

Although the Company believes the expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements are based on reasonable assumptions, the Company cannot guarantee future results, levels of activity, performance, or achievements. Except as required by applicable law, including the securities laws of the United States, the Company does not intend to update any of the forward-looking statements to conform these statements to actual results. Readers are urged to carefully review and consider the various disclosures made throughout the entirety of annual report, which attempts to advise interested parties of the risks and factors that may affect our business, financial condition, results of operations, and prospects.

 

Our financial statements are prepared in US Dollars and in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States. See “Foreign Currency Translation and Comprehensive Income (Loss)” below for information concerning the exchange rates at which Renminbi (“RMB”) were translated into US Dollars (“USD”) at various pertinent dates and for pertinent periods.

 

OVERVIEW

 

The Company was incorporated on May 8, 1980 as Boulder Brewing Company under the laws of the State of Colorado. On September 6, 2001, the Company changed its state of incorporation to the State of Nevada. In 2004, the Company changed its name from Boulder Brewing Company to China Digital Wireless, Inc. and on March 8, 2007, again changed its name from China Digital Wireless, Inc. to its current name, China Recycling Energy Corporation. On March 3, 2022, the Company changed its name to Smart Powerr Corp. The Company, through its subsidiaries, provides energy saving solutions and services, including selling and leasing energy saving systems and equipment to customers, project investment, investment management, economic information consulting, technical services, financial leasing, purchase of financial leasing assets, disposal and repair of financial leasing assets, consulting and ensuring of financial leasing transactions in the Peoples Republic of China (“PRC”). 

 

The Company is in the process of transforming and expanding into an energy storage integrated solution provider.provider business. We plan to pursue disciplined and targeted expansion strategies for market areas we currently do not serve. We actively seek and explore opportunities to apply energy storage technologies to new industries or segments with high growth potential, including industrial and commercial complexes, large scale photovoltaic (“PV”) and wind power stations, remote islands without electricity, and cities with multi-energy supplies.


 

In December 2019, a novel strain of coronavirus (COVID-19) was reported, and the World Health Organization declared the outbreak to constitute a “Public Health Emergency of International Concern.” This contagious disease outbreak, which continues to spread to additional countries, and disrupts supply chains and affecting production and sales across a range of industries as a result of quarantines, facility closures, and travel and logistics restrictions in connection with the outbreak. The COVID-19 outbreak impacted the Company’s operations for the first quarter of 2020. However, as a result of PRC government’s effort on disease control, most cities in China were reopened in April 2020, the outbreak in China is under the control. SinceFrom April 2020 to the end of 2021, there were some new COVID-19 cases discovered in a few provinces of China, however, the number of new cases is not significant due to PRC government’s strict control. From JanuaryIn 2022, to date, COVID-19 cases fluctuated and increased again in many cities of China including Xi’an Province where the Company is located. As a result of such increases, there have been periodic short-term lockdowns and restrictions on travel in Xi’an Province and other areas of China, the Company’s operations have been adversely impacted by the travel and work restrictions imposed on a temporary basis in China to limit the spread of COVID-19. From January 2023, China has dropped all COVID restrictions, and the Company actively resumed its business transformation task to transform and expand into an energy storage integrated solution provider sector.


 

For the ninesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 20222023 and 2021,2022, the Company had net loss of $1,113,906$337,346 and net income of $1,386,773,$666,269, respectively. For the three months ended SeptemberJune 30, 20222023 and 2021,2022, the Company had net loss of $447,637$247,842 and $556,574,$224,810, respectively. The Company has an accumulated deficit of $56.38$60.08 million as of SeptemberJune 30, 2022.2023.

 

TheOn June 30, 2023, the Company had $136.22 million$456,155 cash on hand, and loan receivable of $67,120,596 (RMB 485.0 million), a short term loan to Jinan Youkai Engineering Consulting Co., Ltd (“Youkai”), who is an unrelated party of the Company. The short-term borrowing was for five days with capital utilization fee of $13,839 (RMB 100,000) per day for total of $69,196 (RMB 500,000). The Company received the repayment of $67.1 million in full and capital utilization fee of $69,196 on September 30, 2022 and thisJuly 3rd, 2023. This satisfies the Company’s estimated liquidity needs for 12 months from the issuance of the financial statements. The Company believes the business transformation and expansion discussed above are probable of occurring and the occurrence, as well as the cash flow discussed, mitigate the substantial doubt raised by the Company’s historical operating results. 

 

Management also intends to raise additional funds by way of a private or public offering, or by obtaining loans from banks or others. While the Company believes in the viability of its strategy to generate sufficient revenue and in its ability to raise additional funds on reasonable terms and conditions, there can be no assurances to that effect. The ability of the Company to continue as a going concern depends upon the Company’s ability to further implement its business plan and generate sufficient revenue and its ability to raise additional funds by way of a public or private offering, or debt financing including bank loans.

 

Our Subsidiaries and Projects

 

Our business is primarily conducted through our wholly-owned subsidiaries, Yinghua and Sifang, Sifang’s wholly-owned subsidiaries, Huahong and Shanghai TCH, Shanghai TCH’s wholly-owned subsidiaries, Xi’an TCH, Xi’an TCH’s wholly-owned subsidiary Erdos TCH and Xi’an TCH’s 90% owned and Shanghai TCH’s 10% owned subsidiary Xi’an Zhonghong New Energy Technology Co., Ltd., and Zhongxun. Shanghai TCH was established as a foreign investment enterprise in Shanghai under the laws of the PRC on May 25, 2004, and currently has registered capital of $29.80 million. Xi’an TCH was incorporated in Xi’an, Shaanxi Province under the laws of the PRC in November 2007. Erdos TCH was incorporated in April 2009. Huahong was incorporated in February 2009. Xi’an Zhonghong New Energy Technology Co., Ltd. was incorporated in July 2013. Xi’an TCH owns 90% and Shanghai TCH owns 10% of Zhonghong. Zhonghong provides energy saving solutions and services, including constructing, selling and leasing energy saving systems and equipment to customers.

 

Zhongxun was incorporated in March 2014 and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Xi’an TCH.  Zhongxun will be mainly engaged in project investment, investment management, economic information consulting, and technical services. Zhongxun has not yet commenced operations nor has any capital contribution been made as of the date of this report. 

 


Yinghua was incorporated on February 11, 2015 by the U.S. parent company. Yinghua will be mainly engaged in financial leasing, purchase of financial leasing assets, disposal and repair of financial leasing assets, consulting and ensuring of financial leasing transactions, and related factoring business. Yinghua has not yet commenced operations nor has any capital contribution been made as of the date of this report. 

 

The Company’s organizational chart as of SeptemberJune 30, 20222023 is as follows:

 

  


  

Erdos TCH – Joint Venture

 

On April 14, 2009, the Company formed a joint venture (the “JV”) with Erdos Metallurgy Co., Ltd. (“Erdos”) to recycle waste heat from Erdos’ metal refining plants to generate power and steam to be sold back to Erdos. The name of the JV was Inner Mongolia Erdos TCH Energy Saving Development Co., Ltd. (“Erdos TCH”) with a term of 20 years. Erdos contributed 7% of the total investment of the project, and Xi’an TCH Energy Technology Co., Ltd. (“Xi’an TCH”) contributed 93%. On June 15, 2013, Xi’an TCH and Erdos entered into a share transfer agreement, pursuant to which Erdos sold its 7% ownership interest in the JV to Xi’an TCH for $1.29 million (RMB 8 million), plus certain accumulated profits. Xi’an TCH paid the $1.29 million in July 2013 and, as a result, became the sole stockholder of the JV. Erdos TCH currently has two power generation systems in Phase I with a total of 18 MW power capacity, and three power generation systems in Phase II with a total of 27 MW power capacity. On April 28, 2016, Erdos TCH and Erdos entered into a supplemental agreement, effective May 1, 2016, whereby Erdos TCH cancelled monthly minimum lease payments from Erdos, and started to charge Erdos based on actual electricity sold at RMB 0.30 / KWH. The selling price of each KWH is determined annually based on prevailing market conditions. In May 2019, Erdos TCH ceased its operations due to renovations and furnace safety upgrades of Erdos, and the Company initially expected the resumption of operations in July 2020, but the resumption of operations was further delayed due to government’s mandate for Erdos to significantly lower its energy consumption per unit of GDP by implementing a comprehensive technical upgrade of its ferrosilicon production line to meet the City’s energy-saving targets.  Erdos is currently researching the technical rectification scheme. Once the scheme is determined, Erdos TCH will carry out supporting technical transformation for its waste heat power station project. During this period, Erdos will compensate Erdos TCH RMB 1 million ($145,460) per month, until operations resume. The Company has not recognized any income due to the uncertainty of collection. 

 


In addition, Erdos TCH has 30% ownership in DaTangShiDai (BinZhou) Energy Savings Technology Co., Ltd. (“BinZhou Energy Savings”), 30% ownership in DaTangShiDai DaTong Recycling Energy Technology Co., Ltd. (“DaTong Recycling Energy”), and 40% ownership in DaTang ShiDai TianYu XuZhou Recycling Energy Technology Co, Ltd. (“TianYu XuZhou Recycling Energy”). These companies were incorporated in 2012 but have not had any operations since then nor has any registered capital contribution been made. 

 

Chengli Waste Heat Power Generation Projects

 

On July 19, 2013, Xi’an TCH formed a new company, “Xi’an Zhonghong New Energy Technology Co., Ltd.” (“Zhonghong”), of which it owns 90% of Zhonghong, with HYREF owning the other 10%. Zhonghong provides energy saving solution and services, including constructing, selling and leasing energy saving systems and equipment to customers. On December 29, 2018, Shanghai TCH entered into a Share Transfer Agreement with HYREF, pursuant to which HYREF transferred its 10% ownership in Zhonghong to Shanghai TCH for RMB 3 million ($0.44 million). The transfer was completed on January 22, 2019. The Company owns 100% of Xi’an Zhonghong after the transaction. 

 

On July 24, 2013, Zhonghong entered into a Cooperative Agreement of CDQ and CDQ WHPG Project (Coke Dry Quenching Waste Heat Power Generation Project) with Boxing County Chengli Gas Supply Co., Ltd. (“Chengli”). The parties entered into a supplement agreement on July 26, 2013. Pursuant to these agreements, Zhonghong will design, build and maintain a 25 MW CDQ system and a CDQ WHPG system to supply power to Chengli, and Chengli will pay energy saving fees (the “Chengli Project”).

 

On December 29, 2018, Xi’an Zhonghong, Xi’an TCH, HYREF, Guohua Ku, and Mr. Chonggong Bai entered into a CDQ WHPG Station Fixed Assets Transfer Agreement, pursuant to which Xi’an Zhonghong transferred Chengli CDQ WHPG station (‘the Station”) as the repayment for the loan of RMB 188,639,400 ($27.54 million) to HYREF. Xi’an Zhonghong, Xi’an TCH, Guohua Ku and Chonggong Bai also agreed to a Buy Back Agreement for the Station when certain conditions are met (see Note 8)9). The transfer of the Station was completed on January 22, 2019, the Company recorded a $624,133 loss. However, because the loan was not deemed repaid due to the buyback provision (See Note 89 for detail), the Company kept the loan and the Chengli project recognized in its consolidated financial statements (“CFS”) until April 9, 2021. The Buy Back Agreement was terminated on April 9, 2021, HYREF did not execute the buy-back option and did not ask for any additional payment from the buyers other than keeping the CDQ WHPG station.

 

CRITICAL ACCOUNTING POLICIES AND ESTIMATES

 

Our management’s discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations are based on our consolidated financial statements (“CFS”), which were prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“US GAAP”). The preparation of these financial statementsCFS requires us to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements as well as the reported net sales and expenses during the reporting periods. On an ongoing basis, we evaluate our estimates and assumptions. We base our estimates on historical experience and various other factors that we believe are reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which form the basis for making judgments about the carrying value of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. Actual results may differ from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions.

 

While our significant accounting policies are more fully described in Note 2 to our CFS, we believe the following accounting policies are the most critical to assist you in fully understanding and evaluating this management discussion and analysis.

 


 

 

Basis of Presentation

 

These accompanying CFS were prepared in accordance with US GAAP and pursuant to the rules and regulations of the SEC for financial statements.

 

BasisPrinciple of Consolidation

 

The CFS include the accounts of CREG and, its subsidiary, Sifang Holdings and Yinghua; Sifang Holdings’ wholly-owned subsidiaries, Huahong and Shanghai TCH; Shanghai TCH’s wholly-owned subsidiary Xi’an TCH; and Xi’an TCH’s subsidiaries, Erdos TCH, Zhonghong, and Zhongxun. Substantially all of the Company’s revenues are derived from the operations of Shanghai TCH and its subsidiaries, which represent substantially all of the Company’s consolidated assets and liabilities as of SeptemberJune 30, 2022.2023. All significant inter-company accounts and transactions were eliminated in consolidation.

 

Use of Estimates

 

In preparing the CFS, management makes estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities in the balance sheets as well as revenues and expenses during the year reported. Actual results may differ from these estimates. 

 

Concentration of Credit Risk

 

Cash includes cash on hand and demand deposits in accounts maintained within China. Balances at financial institutions within China are not covered by insurance. The Company has not experienced any losses in such accounts. 

 

Certain other financial instruments, which subject the Company to concentration of credit risk, consist of accounts and other receivables. The Company does not require collateral or other security to support these receivables. The Company conducts periodic reviews of its customers’ financial condition and customer payment practices to minimize collection risk on accounts receivable.

 

The operations of the Company are located in the PRC. Accordingly, the Company’s business, financial condition and results of operations may be influenced by the political, economic and legal environments in the PRC.

 

Revenue Recognition

 

Sales-type Leasing and Related Revenue Recognition 

 

The Company follows Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 842. Results and disclosure requirements for reporting periods beginning after January 1, 2019 are presented under ASC Topic 842 (See Operating lease below as relates to the Company as a lessee). The Company’s sales type lease contracts for revenue recognition fall under ASC 842.

 

The Company constructs and leases waste energy recycling power generating projects to its customers. The Company typically transfers ownership of the waste energy recycling power generating projects to its customers at the end of the lease.

 

The Company finances construction of waste energy recycling power generating projects. The sales and cost of sales are recognized at the inception of the lease, which is when the control is transferred to the lessee. The Company accounts for the transfer of control as a sales type lease in accordance with ASC 842-10-25-2. The underlying asset is derecognized, and revenue is recorded when collection of payments is probable. This is in accordance with the revenue recognition principle in ASC 606 -Revenue from contracts with customers. The investment in sales-type leases consists of the sum of the minimum lease payments receivable less unearned interest income and estimated executory cost. Minimum lease payments are part of the lease agreement between the Company (as the lessor) and the customer (as the lessee). The discount rate implicit in the lease is used to calculate the present value of minimum lease payments. The minimum lease payments consist of the gross lease payments net of executory costs and contingent rentals, if any. Unearned interest is amortized to income over the lease term to produce a constant periodic rate of return on net investment in the lease. While revenue is recognized at the inception of the lease, the cash flow from the sales-type lease occurs over the course of the lease, which results in interest income and reduction of receivables. Revenue is recognized net of value-added tax.

 


 

 

Contingent Rental Income

 

The Company records income from actual electricity generated of each project in the period the income is earned, which is when the electricity is generated. Contingent rent is not part of minimum lease payments.

 

Foreign Currency Translation and Comprehensive Income (Loss)

 

The Company’s functional currency is RMB. For financial reporting purposes, RMB figures were translated into USD as the reporting currency. Assets and liabilities are translated at the exchange rate in effect on the balance sheet date. Revenues and expenses are translated at the average rate of exchange prevailing during the reporting period. Translation adjustments arising from the use of different exchange rates from period to period are included as a component of stockholders’ equity as “Accumulated other comprehensive income.” Gains and losses from foreign currency transactions are included in income. There has been no significant fluctuation in exchange rate for the conversion of RMB to USD after the balance sheet date.

 

The Company uses “Reporting Comprehensive Income” (codified in FASB ASC Topic 220). Comprehensive income is comprised of net income and all changes to the statements of stockholders’ equity, except those due to investments by stockholders, changes in paid-in capital and distributions to stockholders.

 

RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

 

Comparison of Results of Operations for the ninesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 20222023 and 20212022

 

The following table sets forth the results of our operations for the periods indicated as a percentage of net sales. Certain columns may not add due to rounding.

 

 2022 %  of Sales 2021 %  of Sales  2023  %
of Sales
  2022  %
of Sales
 
Sales $-       -% $-            -% $-   -% $    -     -%
Cost of sales  -   -%  -   -%  -   -%  -   -%
Gross profit  -   -%  -   -%  -   -%  -   -%
Interest income on sales-type leases  -   -%  -   -%  -   -%  -   -%
Total operating expenses  552,264   -%  764,192   -%  459,235   -%  383,506   -%
Loss from operations  (552,264)  -%  (764,192)  -%  (459,235)  -%  (383,506)  -%
Total non-operating income (expenses), net  (525,131)  -%  2,063,914   -%
Income (loss) before income tax  (1,077,395)  -%  1,299,722   -%
Income tax expense (benefit)  36,511   -%  (87,051)  -%
Net income (loss) $(1,113,906)  -% $1,386,773   -%
Total non-operating expenses, net  184,381   -%  (259,206)  -%
Loss before income tax  (274,854)  -%  (642,712)  -%
Income tax expense  62,492   -%  23,557   -%
Net loss $(337,346)  -% $(666,269)  -%

 

SALES. Total sales for the ninesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 20222023 and 20212022 were $0. 

 

COST OF SALES. Cost of sales (“COS”) for the ninesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 20222023 and 20212022 were $0. 

  

GROSS PROFIT. Gross incomeprofit for the ninesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 20222023 and 20212022 were $0 with gross margin of 0%.

 

OPERATING EXPENSES. Operating expenses consisted of general and administrative expenses (“G&A”) totaling $552,264$459,235 for the ninesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 2023, compared to $383,506 for the six months ended June 30, 2022, compared to $764,192 for the nine months ended September 30, 2021, a decreasean increase of $211,928$75,729 or 27.7%19.7%. The decreaseincrease in operating expenses was mainly due to decreased serviceincreased audit fee by $217,800$76,100, increased legal expense by $26,000 and increased other G&A expenses by $42,990, which was partly offset by increased other G&A expensedecreased amortization on long term convertible note by $5,870.$69,350.


 

NET NON-OPERATING INCOME (EXPENSES)(EXPENSES). Net non-operating income (expenses)expenses consisted of gain or loss on note conversion, interest income, interest expenses, Impairment loss on long term equity investment of Xi’an TCH’s investment into the HYREF fund, and miscellaneous expenses. For the ninesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 2022,2023, net non-operating expenseincome was $525,131$184,381 compared to non-operating expense of $259,206 for the six months ended June 30, 2022. For the six months ended June 30, 2023, we had $170,441 interest income, gain on note conversion of $5,602 and other income of $2,063,914 for$228,618, which was offset by $220,280 interest expense on note payable. For the ninesix months ended September 30, 2021. For the nine months ended SeptemberJune 30, 2022, we had $329,576$223,915 interest income whichbut the amount was offset by $570,984$230,318 interest expense on note payable, loss on note conversion of $121,121, and other expenses of $162,536. For the nine months ended September 30, 2021, we had $302,426 interest income and gain on termination of buy-back agreement of Chengli project of $3,156,138 (see Note 8), which was offset by $393,555 interest expense on note payable, interest expense on failure of note redemption on time of $818,914, loss on note conversion of $61,155 and other expenses of $121,026.$131,682.  


 

INCOME TAX EXPENSE (BENEFIT). Income tax expense was $36,511$62,492 for the ninesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 2022,2023, compared with income tax benefit of $87,051$23,557 for the ninesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 2021.2022. The consolidated effective income tax (benefit) ratesrate for the ninesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 2023 and 2022 were 22.7% and 2021 were 3.4% and (6.7)%3.7%, respectively.

 

NET INCOME (LOSS)LOSS. Net loss for the ninesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 2023 was $337,346 compared to $666,269 for the six months ended June 30, 2022, was $1,113,906 compared to net income of $1,386,773 for the nine months ended September 30, 2021, an increasea decrease of net loss of $2,500,679.$328,923. This increasedecrease in net loss was mainly due to increaseddecreased other expenses by $360,300 and decreased loss on note conversion by $59,966,$126,723, which was partly offset by increased G&A expenses by $75,729, increased income tax expense by $123,562$38,935 and no gain from project termination (while in 2021, we had gain on termination of buy-back agreement of Chengli project of $3,155,959), which was partly offset by decreased interest expenseincome by $641,419.$53,474 as described above. 

 

Comparison of Results of Operations for the three months ended SeptemberJune 30, 20222023 and 20212022

 

The following table sets forth the results of our operations for the periods indicated as a percentage of net sales. Certain columns may not add due to rounding.

 

 2022  %  of Sales  2021  %  of Sales  2023  %
of Sales
  2022  %
of Sales
 
Sales $-       -% $-       -% $-   -% $      -   -%
Cost of sales  -   -%  -   -%  -   -%  -   -%
Gross profit  -   -%  -   -%  -   -%  -   -%
Interest income on sales-type leases  -   -%  -   -%  -   -%  -   -%
Total operating expenses  168,758   -%  380,040   -%  374,407   -%  187,726   -%
Loss from operations  (168,758)  -%  (380,040)  -%  (374,407)  -%  (187,726)  -%
Total non-operating income (expenses), net  (265,925)  -%  (165,632)  -%  184,523   -%  (31,234)  -%
Income (loss) before income tax  (434,683)  -%  (545,672)  -%  (189,884)  -%  (218,960)  -%
Income tax expense  12,954   -%  10,902   -%  57,958   -%  5,850   -%
Net income (loss) $(447,637)  -% $(556,574)  -%
Net loss $(247,842)  -% $(224,810)  -%

 

SALES. Total sales for the three months ended SeptemberJune 30, 20222023 and 20212022 were $0. 

 

COST OF SALES. COSCost of sales (“COS”) for the three months ended SeptemberJune 30, 20222023 and 20212022 were $0.

 

GROSS PROFIT. Gross income for the three months ended SeptemberJune 30, 20222023 and 20212022 were $0 with gross margin of 0%.

 

OPERATING EXPENSES. Operating expenses consisted of G&Ageneral and administrative expenses totaling $168,758$374,407 for the three months ended SeptemberJune 30, 2022,2023, compared to $380,040$187,726 for the three months ended SeptemberJune 30, 2021, a decrease2022, an increase of $211,282$186,681 or 55.6%99%. The decreaseincrease in operating expenses was mainly due to decreased servicean increased legal fee by $223,440, which was partly offset$60,000, increased audit fee by $93,790, and increased other G&A expenseexpenses by $12,160.$32,890.

 

NET NON-OPERATING INCOME (EXPENSES). Net non-operating income (expenses) consisted of loss on note conversion, interest income, interest expenses, Impairment loss on long term equity investment of Xi’an TCH’s investment into the HYREF fund, and miscellaneous expenses. For the three months ended SeptemberJune 30, 2022,2023, net non-operating expenseincome was $265,925$184,523 compared to $165,632non-operating expenses of $31,234 for the three months ended SeptemberJune 30, 2021.2022. For the three months ended SeptemberJune 30, 2023, we had $82,246 interest income and other income of $216,333, but the amount was offset by $109,176 interest expense on note payable and loss on note conversion by $4,880. For the three months ended June 30, 2022, we had $105,661$109,585 interest income, whichbut the amount was offset by $340,732$109,742 interest expense on note payable, and other expenses of $30,854. For the three months ended September 30, 2021, we had $109,269 interest income which was offset by $165,854 interest expense on note payable, loss on note conversion of $58,436, and other expenses of $50,790.  $31,077.


 

INCOME TAX EXPENSE (BENEFIT). Income tax expense was $12,954$57,958 for the three months ended SeptemberJune 30, 2022,2023, compared with $10,902$5,850 for the three months ended SeptemberJune 30, 2021.2022. The consolidated effective income tax (benefit) ratesrate for the three months ended SeptemberJune 30, 2023 and 2022 were 30.5% and 2021 were 3.0% and 2.0%2.7%, respectively.

 

NET LOSS.  Net loss for the three months ended SeptemberJune 30, 20222023 was $447,637$247,842 compared to $556,574$224,810 for the three months ended SeptemberJune 30, 2021, a decrease2022, an increase of net loss of $108,937.$23,032. This decreaseincrease in net loss was mainly due to decreased operatingincreased G&A expenses by $186,681, increased income tax expense by $211,282$52,108 and decreased loss on note conversioninterest income by $58,436,$27,339, which was partly offset by increased interest expenseother income by $174,878$247,410 as described above. 


  

LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES

 

Comparison of NineSix Months Ended SeptemberJune 30, 20222023 and 20212022

 

As of SeptemberJune 30, 2022,2023, the Company had cash and equivalents of $136.22 million,$456,155, other current assets of $1.08$133.48 million, current liabilities of $21.30$23.28 million, working capital of $116.00$110.66 million, a current ratio of 6.45:5.75:1 and a liability-to-equity ratio of 0.23:0.26:1.

 

The following is a summary of cash provided by or used in each of the indicated types of activities during the ninesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 20222023 and 2021:2022:

 

 2022  2021  2023  2022 
Cash provided by (used in):          
Operating Activities $(309,125) $(1,583,918) $(69,042,292) $(167,599)
Investing Activities  -   -   (69,994,412)  - 
Financing Activities $-  $42,561,721 

 

Net cash used in operating activities was $309,125$69,042,292 during the ninesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 2022,2023, compared to $1,583,918$167,599 for the ninesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 2021.2022. The decreaseincrease in net cash outflow for the ninesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 20222023 was mainly due to decreasedincreased cash outflow on advance to suppliers by $850,000, decreased cash outflow on taxes payable by $688,016,$68.90 million, which was partly offset by decreased cash inflow from accounts receivable by $345,808.net loss and noncash adjustment to net loss totaling $99,420.

 

On August 2, 2021,June 19, 2023, the Company entered a Research and Development Cooperation Agreementpurchase agreement with a software development company to design, establish, upgrade and maintenance of SmartHubei Bangyu New Energy Management Cloud PlatformTechnology Co., Ltd. (“Bangyu”). The total contract amount was $82.3 million (RMB 595.0 million) for purchasing the energy storage and remote-site monitoring; upon completion,battery systems. As of June 30, 2023, the Company will provide such platformmade a prepayment to its customers at a fee. Total contracted researchBangyu of $65.9 million (RMB 476.0 million). The Company is in the process of transforming and development cost is $1,000,000, the Company prepaid $200,000 in 2021.

On August 23, 2021, the Company entered a Market Research and Project Development Service Agreement with a consulting company in Xi’an for a service period of 12 months. The consulting company will perform the market research for new energy industry including photovoltaic andexpanding into energy storage developintegrated solution provider business. The Company actively seeks and explores opportunities to apply energy storage technologies to new industries or segments with high growth potential, new customersincluding industrial and due diligence check, assisting the Company for business cooperation negotiationcommercial complexes, large scale photovoltaic (PV) and relevant agreements preparation. Total contract amount is $1,150,000,wind power stations, remote islands without electricity, and the Company prepaid $650,000 at commencement of the service; the Company will pay $200,000 upon issuance of the research report, and pay the remaining of $300,000 upon completion all the services.smart energy cities with multi-energy supplies. 

 

Net cash used in investing activities was $0$69,994,412 and $0, respectively, for the ninesix months ended September30, 2022June 30, 2023 and 2021.2022. For the six months ended June 30, 2023, investing activities mainly consists of short-term loan receivable of $69,994,412. 

 

Net cash provided by financing activitiesOn March 31, 2023, the Company had $140,576,568 (RMB 966.0 million) short term loan to Jinan Youkai Engineering Consulting Co., Ltd (“Youkai”), an unrelated party of the Company. The short-term loan was $0 for five days with a capital utilization fee of $43,657 (RMB 300,000) per day for total of $218,287 (RMB 1.5 million). To ensure the nine months ended September 30, 2022 comparedsafety of the funds, before money was transferred to net cash provided by financing activitiesYoukai, Youkai handed over the official seal, financial seal and bank account UK to the Company for custody and management until repayment of $42,561,721 for the nine months ended September 30, 2021.loan. The cash inflow forCompany received the nine months ended September 30, 2021 was proceeds from a private placementrepayment of $37,561,721 and issuance of notes payable of $5,000,000. $140.6 million in full plus capital utilization fee on April 3, 2023.

 


 

 

On February 23, 2021,June 30, 2023, the Company entered into securities purchase agreements with several non-U.S. investors (the “Purchasers”), pursuantloaned $67,120,596 (RMB 485.0 million) to which the Company agreed to sell to the Purchasers, up to 3,320,000 shares of common stock of the Company, at $11.522 per share, which was the five-day average closing price immediately prior to signing the Purchase Agreements. One of the purchasers was the Company’s CEO (also is the Company’s Chairman), he purchased 1,000,000 common sharesYoukai again, an unrelated party of the Company. On March 11, 2021,The short-term loan was for five days with a capital utilization fee of $13,839 (RMB 100,000) per day for total of $69,196 (RMB 500,000). To ensure the safety of the funds, before money was transferred to Youkai, Youkai handed over the official seal, financial seal and bank account UK to the Company for custody and management until repayment of the loan. The Company received approximately $38.25the repayment of $67.2 million proceeds from the issuance of 3,320,000 shares under the securities purchase agreements, therein full plus capital utilization fee on July 3, 2023.

There was no any fees paidcash provided by or use in connection with this financing. In April 2021,financing activities during the Company’s CEO amended the number of shares that he would purchase from 1,000,000 shares to 940,000 shares; accordingly, the number of shares sold in this offering became 3,260,000. The Company returned $691,320 extra proceeds that were received earlier to the Company’s CEO in April 2021.six months ended June 30, 2023 and 2022.

 

We do not believe inflation has had or will have a significant negative impact on our results of operations in 2022.2023.

 

Transfers of Cash to and from Our Subsidiaries

 

The PRC has currency and capital transfer regulations that require us to comply with certain requirements for the movement of capital. The Company is able to transfer cash (US Dollars)(USD) to its PRC subsidiaries through: (i) an investment (by increasing the Company’s registered capital in a PRC subsidiary), or (ii) a stockholder loan. The Company’s subsidiaries in the PRC have not transferred any earnings or cash to the Company to date. The Company’s business is primarily conducted through its subsidiaries. The Company is a holding company and its material assets consist solely of the ownership interests held in its PRC subsidiaries. The Company relies on dividends paid by its subsidiaries for its working capital and cash needs, including the funds necessary: (i) to pay dividends or cash distributions to its stockholders, (ii) to service any debt obligations and (iii) to pay operating expenses. As a result of PRC laws and regulations (noted below) that require annual appropriations of 10% of after-tax income to be set aside in a general reserve fund prior to payment of dividends, the Company’s PRC subsidiaries are restricted in that respect, as well as in others respects noted below, in their ability to transfer a portion of their net assets to the Company as a dividend.

 

With respect to transferring cash from the Company to its subsidiaries, increasing the Company’s registered capital in a PRC subsidiary requires the filing of the local commerce department, while a stockholder loan requires a filing with the state administration of foreign exchange or its local bureau.

 

With respect to the payment of dividends, we note the following:

 

1.PRC regulations currently permit the payment of dividends only out of accumulated profits, as determined in accordance with accounting standards and PRC regulations (an in-depth description of the PRC regulations is set forth below);
  
2.Our PRC subsidiaries are required to set aside, at a minimum, 10% of their net income after taxes, based on PRC accounting standards, each year as statutory surplus reserves until the cumulative amount of such reserves reaches 50% of their registered capital;
  
3.Such reserves may not be distributed as cash dividends;

 

4.Our PRC subsidiaries may also allocate a portion of their after-tax profits to fund their staff welfare and bonus funds; except in the event of a liquidation, these funds may also not be distributed to stockholders; the Company does not participate in a Common Welfare Fund;
  
5.The incurrence of debt, specifically the instruments governing such debt, may restrict a subsidiary’s ability to pay stockholder dividends or make other cash distributions; and
  
6.The Company is subject to covenants and consent requirements.

 

If, for the reasons noted above, our subsidiaries are unable to pay stockholder dividends and/or make other cash payments to the Company when needed, the Company’s ability to conduct operations, make investments, engage in acquisitions, or undertake other activities requiring working capital may be materially and adversely affected. However, our operations and business, including investment and/or acquisitions by our subsidiaries within China, will not be affected as long as the capital is not transferred in or out of the PRC.

 


 

 

PRC Regulations

 

In accordance with PRC regulations on Enterprises with Foreign Investment and their articles of association, a foreign-invested enterprise (“FIE”) established in the PRC is required to provide statutory reserves, which are appropriated from net profit, as reported in the FIE’s PRC statutory accounts. A FIE is required to allocate at least 10% of its annual after-tax profit to the surplus reserve until such reserve has reached 50% of its respective registered capital (based on the FIE’s PRC statutory accounts). The aforementioned reserves may only be used for specific purposes and may not be distributed as cash dividends. Until such contribution of capital is satisfied, the FIE is not allowed to repatriate profits to its stockholders, unless approved by the State Administration of Foreign Exchange. After satisfaction of this requirement, the remaining funds may be appropriated at the discretion of the FIE’s board of directors. Our subsidiary, Shanghai TCH, qualifies as a FIE and is therefore subject to the above-mandated regulations on distributable profits.   

 

Additionally, in accordance with PRC corporate law, a domestic enterprise is required to maintain a surplus reserve of at least 10% of its annual after-tax profit until such reserve has reached 50% of its respective registered capital based on the enterprise’s PRC statutory accounts. The aforementioned reserves can only be used for specific purposes and may not be distributed as cash dividends. Xi’an TCH, Huahong, Zhonghong and Erdos TCH were established as domestic enterprises; therefore, each is subject to the above-mentioned restrictions on distributable profits.

 

As a result of PRC laws and regulations that require annual appropriations of 10% of after-tax income to be set aside, prior to payment of dividends, in a general reserve fund, the Company’s PRC subsidiaries are restricted in their ability to transfer a portion of their net assets to the Company as a dividend or otherwise.

 

Chart of the Company’s Statutory Reserve

 

Pursuant to PRC corporate law, effective January 1, 2006, the Company is required to maintain a statutory reserve by appropriating from its after-tax profit before declaration or payment of dividends. The statutory reserve is restricted retained earnings. Our restricted and unrestricted retained earnings under US GAAP are set forth below:

 

 As of  As of 
 September 30,
2022
  December 31,
2021
  June 30,
2023
  December 31,
2022
 
Unrestricted accumulated deficit $(56,382,103) $(55,281,680) $(60,082,175) $(59,726,943)
Restricted retained earnings (surplus reserve fund)  15,166,584   15,180,067   15,185,889   15,168,003 
Total accumulated deficit $(41,215,519) $(40,101,613) $(44,896,286) $(44,558,940)

 

OFF-BALANCE SHEET ARRANGEMENTS

 

We have not entered into any other financial guarantees or other commitments to guarantee the payment obligations of any third parties. We have not entered into any derivative contracts that are indexed to our shares and classified as stockholders’ equity or that are not reflected in our CFS. Furthermore, we do not have any retained or contingent interest in assets transferred to an unconsolidated entity that serves as credit, liquidity or market risk support to such entity. We do not have any variable interest in any unconsolidated entity that provides financing, liquidity, market risk or credit support to us or engages in leasing, hedging or research and development services with us. 

 

CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS

 

The Company’s contractual obligations as of SeptemberJune 30, 20222023 are as follows:

 

 1 year or More than See Note  1 year or More than See Note 
Contractual Obligation less  1 year  (for details)  less  1 year  (for details) 
Notes payable including accrued interest of $245,514, net of unamortized OID of $62,500 $5,911,991  $        -        10 
Entrusted loan including interest payable of $340,636 $11,186,012  $-   8 
Notes payable including accrued interest of $59,188 $5,460,094  $-   10 
Entrusted loan including interest payable of $334,697 $10,990,957  $-   9 
Total $17,098,003  $-      $16,451,051  $-     

 

The Company believes it has sufficient cash in bank of $136.22 million as of SeptemberJune 30, 2022,2023, and a sufficient channel to commercial institutions to obtain any loans that may be necessary to meet its working capital needs. Historically, we have been able to obtain loans or otherwise achieve our financing objectives due to the Chinese government’s support for energy-saving businesses with stable cash inflows, good credit ratings and history.

 


 

 

Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk.

 

Exchange Rate Risk

 

Our operations are conducted mainly in the PRC. As such, our earnings are subject to movements in foreign currency exchange rates when transactions are denominated in RMB, which is our functional currency. Accordingly, our operating results are affected by changes in the exchange rate between the U.S. dollar and those currencies.

 

Item 4. Controls and Procedures. 

 

Disclosure Controls and Procedures

 

The Company maintains disclosure controls and procedures which are designed to provide reasonable assurance that information required to be disclosed in the Company’s periodic SEC reports is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms, and that such information is accumulated and communicated to its principal executive officer and principal financial officer, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. The Company’s management, with the participation of the Company’s Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) and Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”), has evaluated the effectiveness of the Company’s “disclosure controls and procedures,” as such term is defined in Rules 13a - 15(e) and 15d - 15(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“Exchange Act”) at the end of the period covered by the report. Based upon that evaluation, our CEO and CFO concluded that, as of SeptemberJune 30, 2022,2023, the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures were not effective.

 

Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

 

With the participation of the Company’s management, including its CEO and CFO, the Company also conducted an evaluation of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting to determine whether any changes occurred during the Company’s fiscal quarter ended as of SeptemberJune 30, 2022,2023, that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. Based on such evaluation, management concluded that, as of the end of the period covered by this report, there have not been any changes in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting (as such term is defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act) during the fiscal quarter to which this report relates that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

Inherent Limitations on Effectiveness of Controls

 

Our management, including the CEO and CFO, does not expect that our disclosure controls or our internal control over financial reporting will prevent or detect all error and all fraud. A control system, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance that the control system’s objectives will be met. The design of a control system must reflect the fact that there are resource constraints, and the benefits of controls must be considered relative to their costs. Further, because of the inherent limitations in all control systems, 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, have been detected. The design of any system of controls is based in part on certain assumptions about the likelihood of future events, and there can be no assurance that any design will succeed in achieving its stated goals under all potential future conditions. Projections of any evaluation of the effectiveness of controls to future periods are subject to risks. Over time, controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions or deterioration in the degree of compliance with policies or procedures.

 


 

 

PART II - OTHER INFORMATION

 

Item 1. Legal Proceedings

 

From time to time, we may be subject to legal proceedings and claims in the ordinary course of business. We are not currently a party to any material legal proceedings, and to our knowledge none is threatened. There can be no assurance that future legal proceedings arising in the ordinary course of business or otherwise will not have a material adverse effect on our financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

 

In November 2019, Beijing Hongyuan Recycling Energy Investment Center (“BIPC”), or Hongyuan, filed a lawsuit with the Beijing Intermediate People’s Court against Xi’an TCH to compel Xi’an TCH to repurchase certain stocksstock pursuant to a stock repurchase option agreement. On April 9, 2021, the court rendered a judgment in favor of Hongyuan. Xi ‘anXi’an TCH filed a motion for retrial to High People’s Court of Beijing on April 13, 2022, on the basis thatbecause Xi’an TCH has already paid RMB 267261 million ($37.58 million) principal and interest to Hongyuan as an out-of-court settlement. On April 11, 2022, Xi’an Zhonghong New Energy Technology Co. Ltd., filed an application for retrial and provided relevant evidence to the Beijing High People’s Court on the Civil Judgment No. 264, awaiting trial. On August 10, 2022, Beijing No.1No. 1 Intermediate People’s Court of Beijing issued a Certificate of Active Performance, proving that Xi’an Zhonghong New Energy Technology Co., Ltd. Hadhad fulfilled its buyback obligations.obligations as disclosed in Note 10 that, on April 9, 2021, Xi’an TCH, Xi’an Zhonghong, Guohua Ku, Chonggong Bai and HYREF entered a Termination of Fulfillment Agreement (termination agreement). Under the termination agreement, the original buyback agreement entered on December 19, 2019 was terminated upon signing of the termination agreement. HYREF will not execute the buy-back option and will not ask for any additional payment from the buyers other than keeping the CDQ WHPG station.

As of this report date, Xi’an Zhonghong is waiting for Court’s decision on retrial petition that was submitted in April 2022. During this waiting period, BIPC entered the execution procedure, and there is a balance of RMB 14,204,317 ($2.20 million) between the amount executed by the court and the liability recognized by Xi ‘an TCH, which was mainly the enforcement fee, legal and penalty fee for the original judgement, and was automatically generated by the toll collection system of the People’s court. The Company accrued $2.08 million litigation expense as of June 30, 2023. 

 

On April 9, 2021, Xi’an TCH, Xi’an Zhonghong, Guohua Ku, Chonggong Bai and HYREF entered a Termination of Fulfillment Agreement (termination agreement). Under the termination agreement, the original buyback agreement entered on December 19, 2019 was terminated upon signing of the termination agreement. HYREF will not execute the buy-back option and will not ask for any additional payment from the buyers other than keeping the CDQ WHPG station.

 

In February 2016, Xuzhou Intermediate People’s Court of Jiangsu Province, or the Xuzhou Court, accepted an execution proceeding request from Zhongrong International Trust Co. Ltd., or Zhongrong, against Mr. Guohua Ku, Xi’an TCH, Xuzhou Taifate Steel Co., Ltd., or Xuzhou Taifate, to satisfy the obligation arising out of a loan agreement and guarantee agreement among the parties. On March 21, 2018 and March 20, 2019, the Xuzhou Court ordered a deduction from the bank accounts of Mr. Ku and Xi’an TCH of RMB 371,470 and RMB 254,824, respectively. On August 21, 2020, the Xuzhou Court reopened the case in response to Zhongrong’s request against Xuzhou Taifa for the resolution of an additional loan in the amount of RMB 145,356,100, which was paid in full in settlement. The Xuzhou Court concluded and closed the case on December 21, 2020. 

 

On June 28, 2021, Beijing No.4 Intermediate People’s Court of Beijing entered into a judgement that Xi’an Zhonghong Technology Co., Ltd. should pay the loan principal of RMB 77 million ($11.06 million) with loan interest of RMB 2,418,229 ($0.35 million) to Beijiang Hongyuan Recycling Energy Investment Center (Limited Partnership). In the end of 2022, Beijing No.4 Intermediate People’s Court of Beijing entered into the judgment enforcement procedure, which, in addition to the loan principal with interest amount, Xi’an Zhonghong Technology Co., Ltd. was to pay judgment enforcement fee, late fee and other fees of RMB 80,288,184 ($11.53 million) in total, the Company recorded these additional fees in 2022. There was no update for this case as of this report date.


Item 1A. Risk Factors

 

There have been no material changes in our risk factors from those disclosed in Part I, Item 1A, of our Annual Report on Form 10-K as of and for the year ended December 31, 2021.2022. An investment in our common stock involves various risks. When considering an investment in our company, you should consider carefully all of the risk factors described in our most recent Form 10-K and the registration statement as referenced above. If any of those risks, incorporated by reference in this Form 10-Q, occur, the market price of our shares of common stock could decline and investors could lose all or part of their investment. These risks and uncertainties are not the only ones facing us and there may be additional matters that we are unaware of or that we currently consider immaterial. All of these could adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows and, thus, the value of an investment in our company.

 

Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

 

None.

 

Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities

 

None.

 

Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures.

 

Not Applicable.

 

Item 5. Other Information

 

Nome.Nome

 


 

 

ITEM 6. EXHIBITS

 

Exhibit No. Description
3.1Articles of Incorporation (filed as Exhibit 3.05 to the Company’s Form 10-KSB for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2001).
3.2Fifth Amended and Restated Bylaws (filed as Exhibit 3.2 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated March 9, 2022).
3.3Certificate of Change (filed as Exhibit 3.6 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated May 24, 2016).
3.4Certificate of Amendment (filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated March 9, 2022).
4.1Common Stock Specimen (filed as Exhibit 4.1 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form SB-2 dated November 12, 2004; 1934 Act File No. 333-120431).
10.1Supplementary Agreement by and between Inner Mongolia Erdos TCH Energy Saving Development Co., Ltd. and Inner Mongolia Erdos Metallurgy Co., Ltd., dated December 1, 2009 (filed as Exhibit 10.27 to the Company’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009).
10.2Joint Operation Agreement by and between Xi’an TCH Energy Technology Co., Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, and Inner Mongolia Erdos Metallurgy Co., Ltd., dated January 20, 2009 (filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended June 30, 2009).
10.3Form of Independent Director Agreement. (filed as Exhibit 10.28 on the Company’s Registration Statement on Form 10, filed on February 5, 2010).
10.4English Translation of Employment Agreement between the Company and Guohua Ku, dated December 10, 2020 (filed as Exhibit 10.4 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 10-K dated December 31, 2021).
10.5English Translation of Employment Agreement between the Company and Yongjiang Shi, dated December 16, 2021 (filed as Exhibit 10.5 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 10-K dated December 31, 2021).
10.6Biomass Power Generation Asset Transfer Agreement (filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated September 16, 2013).
10.7Biomass Power Generation Project Lease Agreement (filed as Exhibit 10.2 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated September 16, 2013).
10.8Partnership Agreement of Beijing Hongyuan Recycling Energy Investment Center, LLP, dated July 18, 2013 (filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended September 30, 2013).
10.9EPC Contract for Boxing CDQ Waste Heat Power Generation Project, dated July 22, 2013, by and between Xi’an Zhonghong New Energy Technology Co., Ltd and Xi’an Huaxin New Energy Co., Ltd (filed as Exhibit 10.3 to the Company’s Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended September 30, 2013).


10.10EPC Contract for CDQ Power Generation Project of Xuzhou Tianyu Group, dated July 22, 2013, by and between Xi’an Zhonghong New Energy Technology Co., Ltd and Xi’an H201uaxin New Energy Co., Ltd. (filed as Exhibit 10.4 to the Company’s Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended September 30, 2013).
10.11Cooperation Agreement, dated July 22, 2013, by and between Xi’an Zhonghong New Energy Technology Co., Ltd. and Jiangsu Tianyu Energy and Chemical Group Co., Ltd (filed as Exhibit 10.5 to the Company’s Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended September 30, 2013).
10.12Waste Heat Power Generation Energy Management Cooperative Agreement with Zhongtai (filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated December 6, 2013).
10.13CDQ Power Generation Energy Management Cooperative Agreement with Rongfeng (filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated December 17, 2013).
10.14China Recycling Energy Corporation Omnibus Equity Plan (Incorporated by reference from Appendix A to the Company’s Definitive Schedule 14A filed on April 30, 2015).
10.15Transfer Agreement of CDQ & Waste Heat Power Generation, dated November 16, 2015, by and between Xi’an TCH Energy Technology Co., Ltd and Tangshan Rongfeng Iron & Steel Co., Ltd. and Xi’an Huaxin New Energy Co., Ltd. (filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated November 20, 2015).
10.16Xuzhou Zhongtai CDQ and Waste Heat Power Generation System Transfer Agreement, dated March 14, 2016, by Xi’an TCH Energy Technology Co., Ltd, Xuzhou Zhongtai Energy Technology Co., Ltd. and Xi’an Huaxin New Energy Co., Ltd. (filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated March 18, 2016).
10.17Repurchase Agreement for Coking Coal Gas Power Generation Project, dated June 22, 2016, by and between Xi’an TCH Energy Technology Co., Ltd., and Qitaihe City Boli Yida Coal Selection Co., Ltd. (filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q dated August 15, 2016).
10.18Securities Purchase Agreement by and between China Recycling Energy Corporation and Iliad Research and Trading, L.P., dated July 11, 2018 (filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated July 17, 2018).
10.19Convertible Promissory Note, issued by China Recycling Energy Corporation to Iliad Research and Trading, L.P., dated July 11, 2018 (filed as Exhibit 10.2 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated July 17, 2018).
10.20Equity Purchase Agreement by and between Shanghai TCH Energy Technology Co., Ltd. and Jinhua Wang, dated September 30, 2018 (filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated September 30, 2018).
10.21Agreement of Supplementary and Amendment by and between Shanghai TCH Energy Technology Co., Ltd. and Jinhua Wang, dated November 21, 2018 (filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated November 26, 2018).
10.22CDQ WHPG Station Fixed Assets Transfer Agreement, dated December 29, 2018, by and among Xi’an Zhonghong, Xi’an TCH, the HYREF, Guohua Ku and Chonggong Bai (filed as Exhibit 10.21 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K dated for the year ended December 31, 2018 filed on March 16, 2019).
10.23Buy-Back Agreement, dated December 29, 2018, by and among HYREF, Xi’an Zhonghong, Xi’an TCH, Guohua Ku, Chonggong Bai and Xi’an Hanneng (filed as Exhibit 10.22 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K dated for the year ended December 31, 2018 filed on March 16, 2019).


10.24Equity Transfer Agreement, dated December 29, 2018, by and between Xi’an TCH and Hongyuan Huifu. (filed as Exhibit 10.23 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K dated for the year ended December 31, 2018 filed on March 16, 2019).
10.25Equity Transfer Agreement, dated December 29, 2018, by and between Shanghai TCH and HYREF. (filed as Exhibit 10.24 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K dated for the year ended December 31, 2018 filed on March 16, 2019).
10.26Supplementary Agreement of Equity Transfer Agreement, dated December 29, 2018, by and among Xi’an TCH, Hongyuan Huifu, and the Fund Management Company. (filed as Exhibit 10.25 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K dated for the year ended December 31, 2018 filed on March 16, 2019).
10.27Projects Transfer Agreement by and among Xi’an Zhonghong, Xi’an TCH, and Mr. Chonggong Bai, dated January 4, 2019 (filed as Exhibit 10.26 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K dated for the year ended December 31, 2018 filed on March 16, 2019).
10.28Securities Purchase Agreement by and between China Recycling Energy Corporation and Great Essential Investment, Ltd, dated February 13, 2019 (filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated February 19, 2019).
10.29Termination of Equity Purchase Agreement and Supplementary Amendment Agreement by and between Shanghai TCH and Mr. Jihua Wang, dated March 29, 2019 (filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated March 29, 2019).
10.30Forebearance Agreement by and between China Recycling Energy Corporation and Iliad Research and Trading, L.P. dated September 11, 2019 (filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated September 11, 2019).
10.31Exchange Agreement by and between China Recycling Energy Corporation and Iliad Research and Trading, L.P. dated September 19, 2019 (filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated September 19, 2019).
10.32Termination Agreement of Lease Agreement of Biomass Power Generation Project by and between Xi’an TCH Energy Technology Co., Ltd. and Pucheng Xin Heng Yuan Biomass Power Generation Co., Ltd. dated September 29, 2019 (filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated September 29, 2019).
10.33Exchange Agreement by and between China Recycling Energy Corporation and Iliad Research and Trading, L.P. dated October 16, 2019 (filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated October 16, 2019).
10.34Exchange Agreement by and between China Recycling Energy Corporation and Iliad Research and Trading, L.P. dated October 16, 2019 (filed as Exhibit 10.2 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated October 16, 2019).
10.35Amendment to Forebearance Agreement by and between China Recycling Energy Corporation and Iliad Research and Trading, L.P. dated December 16, 2019 (filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated December 16, 2019).
10.36Exchange Agreement by and between China Recycling Energy Corporation and Iliad Research and Trading, L.P. dated January 3, 2020 (filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated January 3, 2020).
10.37Exchange Agreement by and between China Recycling Energy Corporation and Iliad Research and Trading, L.P. dated January 13, 2020 (filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated January 13, 2020).
10.38Exchange Agreement by and between China Recycling Energy Corporation and Iliad Research and Trading, L.P. dated May 4, 2020 (filed as Exhibit 10.30 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, dated May 4, 2020).


10.39Employment Agreement by and between China Recycling Energy Corporation and Yongjiang (Jackie) Shi, dated May 8, 2020 (as Exhibit 10.38 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K dated for the year ended December 31, 2020 filed on April 15, 2021).
10.40Exchange Agreement dated as of May 15, 2020 by and between China Recycling Energy Corporation and Lliad Research and Trading, L.P. (filed as Exhibit 10.39 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, dated May 21, 2020).
10.41Forbearance Agreement dated as of May 15, 2020 by and between China Recycling Energy Corporation and Lliad Research and Trading, L.P. (filed as Exhibit 10.40 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, dated May 21, 2020).
10.42Exchange Agreement dated as of May 29, 2020 by and between China Recycling Energy Corporation and Lliad Research and Trading, L.P. (filed as Exhibit 10.41 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, dated June 4, 2020).
10.43Equity Acquisition Agreement dated as of December 22, 2020 by and between China Recycling Energy Corporation and Shanghai TCH Energy Technology Co., Ltd., Zheng Feng, Yinhua Zhang, Weidong Xu and Xi’an Taiying Energy Saving Technology Co., Ltd. (filed as Exhibit 10.43 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, dated December 29, 2020).
10.44Promissory Note dated as of December 4, 2020 by and between China Recycling Energy Corporation and Streeterville Capital, LLC. (filed as Exhibit 10.43 to the Company’s Form S-1/A dated October 6, 2021)
10.45Exchange Agreements dated as of August 24, 2021 by and between China Recycling Energy Corporation and Streeterville Capital, LLC. (filed as Exhibit 10.44 to the Company’s Form S-1/A dated October 6, 2021)
10.46Exchange Agreements dated as of August 31, 2021 by and between China Recycling Energy Corporation and Streeterville Capital, LLC. (filed as Exhibit 10.45 to the Company’s Form S-1/A dated October 6, 2021)
10.47Exchange Agreements dated as of September 1, 2021 by and between China Recycling Energy Corporation and Streeterville Capital, LLC. (filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s quarterly report on Form 10-Q dated November 12, 2021)
10.48Exchange Agreements dated as of October 8, 2021 by and between China Recycling Energy Corporation and Streeterville Capital, LLC. (filed as Exhibit 10.2 to the Company’s quarterly report on Form 10-Q dated November 12, 2021)
10.49Exchange Agreements dated as of October 21, 2021 by and between China Recycling Energy Corporation and Streeterville Capital, LLC. (filed as Exhibit 10.3 to the Company’s quarterly report on Form 10-Q dated November 12, 2021)


10.50Exchange Agreements dated as of October 25, 2021 by and between China Recycling Energy Corporation and Streeterville Capital, LLC. (filed as Exhibit 10.4 to the Company’s quarterly report on Form 10-Q dated November 12, 2021)
10.51Exchange Agreements dated as of November 9, 2021 by and between China Recycling Energy Corporation and Streeterville Capital, LLC. (filed as Exhibit 10.5 to the Company’s quarterly report on Form 10-Q dated November 12, 2021)
10.52Exchange Agreements dated as of November 30, 2021 by and between China Recycling Energy Corporation and Streeterville Capital, LLC. (filed as Exhibit to the Company’s Amendment to Registration Statement on Form S1/A dated December 3, 2021)
10.53Exchange Agreements dated as of November 7, 2022 by and between China Recycling Energy Corporation and Bucktown Capital, LLC. (filed as Exhibit 10.53 to the Company’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022).
10.54Exchange Agreements dated as of January 6, 2023 by and between China Recycling Energy Corporation and Bucktown Capital, LLC. (filed as Exhibit 10.54 to the Company’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022).
10.55Exchange Agreements dated as of January 18, 2023 by and between China Recycling Energy Corporation and Bucktown Capital, LLC. (filed as Exhibit 10.55 to the Company’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022).
10.56Exchange Agreements dated as of February 13, 2023 by and between China Recycling Energy Corporation and Bucktown Capital, LLC.(filed as Exhibit 10.56 to the Company’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022).
10.57Exchange Agreements dated as of May 11, 2023 by and between China Recycling Energy Corporation and Bucktown Capital, LLC. (filed as Exhibit 10.57 to the Company’s quarterly report on Form 10-Q dated June 21, 2023). 
14.1Code of Ethics (filed as Exhibit 14.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated December 2, 2009).
21.1Subsidiaries (filed as Exhibit 21.1 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K dated May 14, 2020).
   
31.1* Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) certification of the Chief Executive Officer.Officer.
   
31.2* Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) certification of the Chief Financial Officer.
   
32.1* Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350.
   
32.2* Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350.
   
101.INS* Inline XBRL Instance Document
   
101.CAL* Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document
   
101.SCH* Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document.
   
101.DEF* Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document
   
101.LAB* Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Labels Linkbase Document
   
101.PRE* Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document
   
104* Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as Inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101).

 


 

 

SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

 

 SMART POWERR CORP.
   
Date: November 14, 2022August 11, 2023By:/s/ Guohua Ku
  Guohua Ku
  

Chairman of the Board and

Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)

   
Date: November 14, 2022August 11, 2023By:/s/ Yongjiang Shi
  Yongjiang Shi
  Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

 

 

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