[[Letterhead of Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP] January 14, 2015 Brett E. Cooper (415) 773-5918 bcooper@orrick.com VIA EDGAR CORRESPONDENCE Robert F. Telewicz, Jr., Senior Staff Accountant Division of Corporation Finance 100 F Street, NE Re: China Metro-Rural Holdings Limited Form 20-F for Fiscal Year Ended March 31, 2014 Filed July 11, 2014 File No. 000-53776 Dear Mr. Telewicz: Form 20-F]
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[Zhaopin Limited James Jianmin Guo Chief Financial Officer Press Release Notice of Annual General Meeting Zhaopin Limited to Hold 2015 Annual General Meeting on February 9, 2015 Zhaopin Company ADSs BEIJING, Jan. 12, 2015 /PRNewswire/ Zhaopin Limited (NYSE: ZPIN) ( No resolutions are proposed to be submitted for shareholder approval at the AGM. Instead, the AGM will]
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[Execution Version SHARE PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT Agreement Signing Date Purchaser Seller This Purchase and Sale Agreement (this Company Ordinary Shares ADSs Securities WHEREAS, on the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, the Seller desires to sell, and the Purchaser desires to purchase, (i) 91,600,000 ordinary shares of CNinsure Inc., a Cayman Islands exempted company (the ] [SCHEDULE 13D CUSIP No. G2352K 108 1 Names of reporting persons CDH Inservice Limited 2 Check the appropriate box if a member of a group (see instructions) ¨ x (a) 3 SEC use only 4 Source of funds (see instructions) WC 5 ¨ 6]
[Execution Version SHARE PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT Agreement Signing Date Purchaser Seller This Purchase and Sale Agreement (this Company Ordinary Shares ADSs Securities WHEREAS, on the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, the Seller desires to sell, and the Purchaser desires to purchase, (i) 91,600,000 ordinary shares of CNinsure Inc., a Cayman Islands exempted company (the ] [SCHEDULE 13D CUSIP No. G2352K 108 1 Names of reporting persons CDH Inservice Limited 2 Check the appropriate box if a member of a group (see instructions) ¨ x (a) 3 SEC use only 4 Source of funds (see instructions) WC 5 ¨ 6]
[JOINT FILING AGREEMENT This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same instrument. [Remainder of this page has been left intentionally blank.] KINGSFORD RESOURCES LIMITED Qiuping Lai Director HIGH RANK INVESTMENTS LIMITED Qiuping Lai Director BETTER RISE INVESTMENTS LIMITED Peng Ge Director QIUPING LAI] [DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF KINGSFORD RESOURCES LIMITED PERSONS CONTROLLING KINGSFORD RESOURCES LIMITED DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF HIGH RANK INVESTMENTS LIMITED PERSONS CONTROLLING HIGH RANK INVESTMENTS LIMITED DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF BETTER RISE INVESTMENTS LIMITED PERSONS CONTROLLING BETTER RISE INVESTMENTS LIMITED The name, business address, present principal employment and citizenship of each director of Kingsford Resources Limited are] [SHARE PURCHASE Agreement Signing Date Purchaser Seller This Purchase and Sale Agreement (this “ Company Ordinary Shares ADSs Securities WHEREAS, on the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, the Seller desires to sell, and the Purchaser desires to purchase, (i) 91,600,000 ordinary shares of CNinsure Inc., a Cayman Islands exempted company (the “ NOW THEREFORE, the parties hereby] []
[JOINT FILING AGREEMENT This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same instrument. [Remainder of this page has been left intentionally blank.] KINGSFORD RESOURCES LIMITED Qiuping Lai Director HIGH RANK INVESTMENTS LIMITED Qiuping Lai Director BETTER RISE INVESTMENTS LIMITED Peng Ge Director QIUPING LAI] [DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF KINGSFORD RESOURCES LIMITED PERSONS CONTROLLING KINGSFORD RESOURCES LIMITED DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF HIGH RANK INVESTMENTS LIMITED PERSONS CONTROLLING HIGH RANK INVESTMENTS LIMITED DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF BETTER RISE INVESTMENTS LIMITED PERSONS CONTROLLING BETTER RISE INVESTMENTS LIMITED The name, business address, present principal employment and citizenship of each director of Kingsford Resources Limited are] [SHARE PURCHASE Agreement Signing Date Purchaser Seller This Purchase and Sale Agreement (this “ Company Ordinary Shares ADSs Securities WHEREAS, on the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, the Seller desires to sell, and the Purchaser desires to purchase, (i) 91,600,000 ordinary shares of CNinsure Inc., a Cayman Islands exempted company (the “ NOW THEREFORE, the parties hereby] []
[EXPLANATORY NOTE SUBJECT TO COMPLETION, DATED JANUARY 14, 2015 PRELIMINARY PROSPECTUS SINOCOKING COAL AND COKE CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, INC. 5,746,774 Shares of Common Stock This prospectus covers the sale of up to: • • • 1,644,737 Shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of option issued in the September 2014 offering subject to the September 19, 2014 Prospectus Supplement. • •] [Barnett, Bolt, Kirkwood, Long & McBride Attorneys At Law SUITE 700 601 BAYSHORE BOULEVARD TAMPA, FLORIDA 33606-2763 LESLIE J. BARNETT CRAIG E. BEHRENFELD ROBERT S. BOLT HUNTER J. BROWNLEE CHARLES A. CARLSON CHRISTOPHER R. DINGMAN MICAH G. FOGARTY MICHAEL V. HARGETT DAVID M. HEMEYER LESLIE WAGER HUDOCK PETER T. KIRKWOOD DAVID L. KOCHE TELEPHONE: (813) 253-2020 TELECOPIER: (813) 251-6711 January] [Kaufman & Canoles, P.C. Two James Center Mailing Address T (804) 771.5700 kaufCAN.com January 14, 2015 SinoCoking Coal and Coke Chemical Industries, Inc. Kuanggong Road and Tiyu Road, 10th Floor Chengshi Xin Yong She, Tiyu Road, Xinhua District Pingdingshan, Henan Province, China 467000 Re: Registration Statement on Form S-3 Ladies and Gentlemen: SinoCoking Coal and Coke Chemical Industries, Inc. January] [Subsidiaries of SinoCoking Coal and Coke Chemical Industries, Inc. 1. 2. Pingdingshan Hongyuan Energy Science and Technology Development Co., Ltd. (“Hongyuan”), a limited liability company in the People’s Republic of China (“PRC”), is wholly owned by Top Favour. 3. Henan Province Pingdingshan Hongli Coal & Coke Co., Ltd. (“Hongli”), a limited liability company in the PRC, is controlled by Hongyuan] [To the Members of the Audit Committee SinoCoking Coal and Coke Chemical Industries, Inc. We consent to the inclusion in this Registration Statement of SinoCoking Coal and Coke Chemical Industries, Inc. on Form S-1 of our report dated September 30, 2013, with respect to our audit of the consolidated financial statements of SinoCoking Coal and Coke Chemical Industries, Inc. and] [CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED ACCOUNTING FIRM We consent to the inclusion in this registration statement of Sinocoking Coal & Coke Chemical Industries, Inc., on Form S-1, of our report dated September 29, 2014, appearing in the Annual Report on Form 10-K of Sinocoking Coal & Coke Chemical Industries, Inc., for the year ended June 30, 2014. HHC Forest Hills, NY]
[EXPLANATORY NOTE SUBJECT TO COMPLETION, DATED JANUARY 14, 2015 PRELIMINARY PROSPECTUS SINOCOKING COAL AND COKE CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, INC. 5,746,774 Shares of Common Stock This prospectus covers the sale of up to: • • • 1,644,737 Shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of option issued in the September 2014 offering subject to the September 19, 2014 Prospectus Supplement. • •] [Barnett, Bolt, Kirkwood, Long & McBride Attorneys At Law SUITE 700 601 BAYSHORE BOULEVARD TAMPA, FLORIDA 33606-2763 LESLIE J. BARNETT CRAIG E. BEHRENFELD ROBERT S. BOLT HUNTER J. BROWNLEE CHARLES A. CARLSON CHRISTOPHER R. DINGMAN MICAH G. FOGARTY MICHAEL V. HARGETT DAVID M. HEMEYER LESLIE WAGER HUDOCK PETER T. KIRKWOOD DAVID L. KOCHE TELEPHONE: (813) 253-2020 TELECOPIER: (813) 251-6711 January] [Kaufman & Canoles, P.C. Two James Center Mailing Address T (804) 771.5700 kaufCAN.com January 14, 2015 SinoCoking Coal and Coke Chemical Industries, Inc. Kuanggong Road and Tiyu Road, 10th Floor Chengshi Xin Yong She, Tiyu Road, Xinhua District Pingdingshan, Henan Province, China 467000 Re: Registration Statement on Form S-3 Ladies and Gentlemen: SinoCoking Coal and Coke Chemical Industries, Inc. January] [Subsidiaries of SinoCoking Coal and Coke Chemical Industries, Inc. 1. 2. Pingdingshan Hongyuan Energy Science and Technology Development Co., Ltd. (“Hongyuan”), a limited liability company in the People’s Republic of China (“PRC”), is wholly owned by Top Favour. 3. Henan Province Pingdingshan Hongli Coal & Coke Co., Ltd. (“Hongli”), a limited liability company in the PRC, is controlled by Hongyuan] [To the Members of the Audit Committee SinoCoking Coal and Coke Chemical Industries, Inc. We consent to the inclusion in this Registration Statement of SinoCoking Coal and Coke Chemical Industries, Inc. on Form S-1 of our report dated September 30, 2013, with respect to our audit of the consolidated financial statements of SinoCoking Coal and Coke Chemical Industries, Inc. and] [CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED ACCOUNTING FIRM We consent to the inclusion in this registration statement of Sinocoking Coal & Coke Chemical Industries, Inc., on Form S-1, of our report dated September 29, 2014, appearing in the Annual Report on Form 10-K of Sinocoking Coal & Coke Chemical Industries, Inc., for the year ended June 30, 2014. HHC Forest Hills, NY]
