Item 8.01 Other Events.

On March 4, 2020, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") issued an order under Section 36 (Release No. 34-88318) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended ("Exchange Act"), granting exemptions from specified provisions of the Exchange Act and certain rules thereunder (the "Order"). The Order provides that a registrant subject to the reporting requirements of Exchange Act Section 13(a) or 15(d), and any person required to make any filings with respect to such a registrant, is exempt from any requirement to file or furnish materials with the Commission under Exchange Act Sections 13(a), 13(f), 13(g), 14(a), 14(c), 14(f), 15(d) and Regulations 13A, Regulation 13D-G (except for those provisions mandating the filing of Schedule 13D or amendments to Schedule 13D), 14A, 14C and 15D, and Exchange Act Rules 13f-1, and 14f-1, as applicable, where certain conditions are satisfied.

Kiwa Bio-Tech Products Group Corporation (the "Company") originally filed a Form 8-K regarding the coronavirus' potential impact on its business and its ability to timely file its Form 10-K Annual Report for the period ended December 31, 2020. We are furnishing this Amended Current Report on Form 8-K/A to indicate our reliance on the Order in connection with the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019 as a result of the circumstances set forth below.

As previously announced in its Form 8-K filed on March 6, 2020 (and amended on March 30, 2020), the preparation of the Company's Annual Report including financial statements and completion of the auditing process has been delayed by Chinese Government-imposed quarantines, office closings and travel restrictions which affect both the Company's and its service provider's personnel. Specifically, the Company has significant operations in the city of Yangling, Shaanxi Province, China. Due to concerns related to the spread of the Coronavirus, the entire city of Yangling was locked down by the Government of China since January 25, 2020 and has only recently re-opened. Until recently, all of the Company's employees in this area have been required by the Government to stay at home until further notice, subject to the containment of the Coronavirus. In compliance with the Government's health emergency rules in place, the Company's building has been temporarily closed since January 19, 2020 and, until recently, people were not allowed to enter the office and to access certain of the Company's business records located in it. Due to Government-imposed quarantines, office closings and travel restrictions affecting the Company's personnel and service providers, the Company's accounting department has been unable to process certain of its accounting records and receipts on a timely basis as required to complete the audit of the Company's financial statements.

These unforeseen circumstances have resulted in the Company being unable to timely file an accurate Annual Report on Form 10-K for its year-ended December 31, 2019 by the prescribed date without undue hardship and expense to the Company. Accordingly, in reliance upon the Order, the Company has requested an additional extension of the filing deadline for the Form 10-K from May 15, 2020 to June 1, 2020.





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