CHINA AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, INC.
No. 1 Henglong Road, Yu Qiao Development Zone
Shashi District, Jing Zhou City
Hubei Province, the People’s Republic of China
July 25, 2022
VIA EDGAR
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Division of Corporation Finance
Office of Manufacturing
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Attention: | Charles Eastman |
Andrew Blume
Re: | China Automotive Systems, Inc. |
Form 10-K for Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2021
Filed March 30, 2022
File No. 0-33123
Ladies and Gentlemen:
China Automotive Systems, Inc. (the “Company”) acknowledges receipt of your comment letter dated July 20, 2022 (the “Comment Letter”) with respect to the Company’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021 filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on March 30, 2022. The Company respectfully requests an extension to respond to the Comment Letter. The company respectfully requests an extension of an additional ten (10) business days until August 17, 2022 to respond to the Comment Letter in order to provide sufficient time for the Company to prepare the necessary response. The Company is committed to responding to the Comment Letter promptly and intends to provide a response to the Commission no later than August 17, 2022. Should you have any questions regarding the requests made herein, please do not hesitate to contact David Sakowitz of Winston & Strawn LLP at (212) 294-2639. Thank you very much for your courtesy and cooperation in this matter.
Sincerely,
/s/ Jie Li
Jie Li
Chief Financial Officer