CHINANET ONLINE HOLDINGS, INC.
No. 9 South Min Zhuang Road, Haidian District
Beijing, PRC 100195
July 30, 2020
Filed via Edgar
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Division of Corporation Finance
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, DC 20549
| Re: | ChinaNet Online Holdings, Inc. Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-228061) |
Acceleration Request
Requested Date: Monday, August 3, 2020
Requested Time: 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time
Ladies and Gentlemen:
ChinaNet Online Holdings, Inc. (the “Registrant”) hereby requests, in accordance with Rule 461 of the General Rules and Regulations under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, that the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) take appropriate action to make the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-3, as amended (File No. 333-228061) effective at the Requested Date and Requested Time as set forth above, or as soon thereafter as practicable.
In delivering such request, the Registrant acknowledges and agrees that:
| · | should the Commission or the staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority, declare the filing effective, it does not foreclose the Commission from taking any action with respect to the filing; |
| · | the action of the Commission or the staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority, in declaring the filing effective, does not relieve the Registrant from its full responsibility for the adequacy and accuracy of the disclosure in the filing; and |
| · | the Registrant may not assert staff comments and the declaration of effectiveness as a defense in any proceeding initiated by the Commission or any person under the federal securities laws of the United States. |
Please advise the undersigned at (86) 10 6084 6616 or via email at george.chu@chinanet-online.com when the order permitting such Registration Statement to become effective is issued.
Very truly yours,
CHINANET ONLINE HOLDINGS, INC.
By: /s/ Handong Cheng
Handong Cheng
Chief Executive Officer
cc: Tahra Wright, Esq., Loeb & Loeb LLP (telephone (212) 407-4000)