August 14, 2019

CERTIFIED MAIL
RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED

Handong Cheng
Chief Executive Officer
ChinaNet Online Holdings, Inc.
No. 3 Min Zhuang Road, Building 6
Yu Quan Hui Gu Tuspark, Haidian District
Beijing, PRC 100195

        Re: ChinaNet Online Holdings, Inc.
            Registration Statement on Form S-3
            Filed October 30, 2018
            File No. 333-228061

Dear Mr. Cheng:

        It has been more than nine months since you filed this registration
statement and it is now
out of date. Within 30 days from the date of this letter, you should either:

    amend it to comply with the applicable requirements of the Securities Act
of 1933, the rules
    and regulations under the Act, and the requirements of the form; or

    file a request for withdrawal.

       If you requested confidential treatment for portions of any exhibits to
your registration
statement and you request withdrawal of that registration statement, please
submit a concurrent
request for withdrawal of your application for confidential treatment.

       If you do not amend the registration statement or file a request for
withdrawal (or provide
us with a satisfactory explanation of why you have not done either) within 30
days, we may enter
an order declaring the registration statement abandoned under rule 479 of the
Act.

       Please contact Mitchell Austin, Attorney-Advisor, at (202) 551-3574 or
Matthew
Crispino, Attorney-Advisor, at (202) 551-3456 with any questions.
 Handong Cheng
ChinaNet Online Holdings, Inc.
August 14, 2019
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