August 16, 2017
VIA EDGAR
Barbara Jacobs, Assistant Director
Jeff Kauten, Staff Attorney
Katherine Wray, Staff Attorney
Craig D. Wilson, Senior Assistant Chief Accountant
Morgan Youngwood, Staff Accountant
Securities and Exchange Commission
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20549
| Re: | Bitauto Holdings Limited (the“Company”) Form 20-F for Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2016 (the“2016 20-F”) Filed April 28, 2017 (File No. 001-34947) |
Dear Ms. Jacobs, Mr. Kauten, Ms. Wray, Mr. Wilson, and Mr. Youngwood:
The Company has received the letter dated August 7, 2017 from the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission regarding the Company’s 2016 20-F. The Company would like to request an extension to the deadline for its responses to the letter. The Company will provide its response to the letter via EDGAR as soon as possible, and in any event no later than September 4, 2017.
If you have any additional questions or comments regarding the 2016 20-F, please contact the undersigned at (8610) 6849-2298 or the Company’s U.S. counsel, Z. Julie Gao of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, at (852) 3740-4863, respectively. Thank you very much.
| Very truly yours, | ||
| /s/Cynthia Kun He | ||
| Cynthia Kun He | ||
| Chief Financial Officer | ||
| Bitauto Holdings Limited |
| cc: | Bin Li, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Bitauto Holdings Limited |
Xuan Zhang, President, Bitauto Holdings Limited
Z. Julie Gao, Esq., Partner, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
Haiping Li, Esq., Partner, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
Geoffrey Wang, PricewaterhouseCoopers Zhong Tian LLP
Sunny Dong, PricewaterhouseCoopers Zhong Tian LLP