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CHINANET
ONLINE HOLDINGS, INC.
NO.3
MIN ZHUANG ROAD, BUILDING 6
YU
QUAN HUI GU TUSPARK, HAIDIAN DISTRICT, BEIJING, PRC 100195
December
29, 2009
Securities
and Exchange Commission
100 F
Street, NE
Washington,
D.C. 20549
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Re:
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ChinaNet
Online Holdings, Inc.
Registration
Statement on Form S-1
File
No. 333-162038
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Ladies
and Gentlemen:
ChinaNet
Online Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”) hereby requests that the effective date of
the above-captioned Registration Statement be accelerated to 4:00 p.m., Eastern
Standard Time, on Thursday, December 31, 2009, or as soon thereafter as
practicable.
The
Company hereby acknowledges that:
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Should
the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission ”) or the Staff,
acting pursuant to delegated authority, declare the Registration Statement
effective, the Commission is not foreclosed from taking any action with
respect to the Registration
Statement;
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The
action of the Commission or the Staff, acting pursuant to delegated
authority, in declaring the Registration Statement effective, does not
relieve the Company from its full responsibility for the adequacy and
accuracy of the disclosure in the Registration Statement;
and
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The
Company 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.
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Very truly yours,
CHINANET ONLINE HOLDINGS,
INC.
By: /s/ Handong
Cheng
Name: Handong
Cheng
Title:
Chief Executive Officer and Chairman