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                               November 9, 2022

       Handong Cheng
       Chief Executive Officer
       ZW Data Action Technologies Inc.
       Room 1106, Xinghuo Keji Plaza
       No. 2 Fufeng Road
       Fengtai District, Beijing
       China 100070

                                                        Re: ZW Data Action
Technologies Inc.
                                                            Form 10-K for the
Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2021
                                                            File No. 001-34647

       Dear Handong Cheng:

              We have reviewed your October 21, 2022 response to our comment
letter and have the
       following comments. In some of our comments, we may ask you to provide
us with information
       so we may better understand your disclosure.

              Please respond to these comments within ten business days by
providing the requested
       information or advise us as soon as possible when you will respond. If
you do not believe our
       comments apply to your facts and circumstances, please tell us why in
your response.

             After reviewing your response to these comments, we may have
additional
       comments. Unless we note otherwise, our references to prior comments are
to comments in our
       September 9, 2022 letter.

       Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2021

       Our Subsidiaries, Variable Interest Entities (VIEs) and Ownership
Interest Investment Affiliates,
       page 3

   1.                                                   We note your response
to comment three and your proposed disclosure. Please revise
                                                        your reference to
primary beneficiary here and elsewhere throughout the filing to clarify
                                                        that you are the
primary beneficiary    of the VIEs for accounting purposes only.
       Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm, page F-1

   2.                                                   We note your response
to comment seven and proposed disclosure. If the critical audit
                                                        matter relates to your
ability to continue as a going concern, then the disclosure both in the
                                                        audit report and in
your filing should state that clearly versus referencing managements
 Handong Cheng
ZW Data Action Technologies Inc.
November 9, 2022
Page 2
         promise / commitment. Please revise accordingly.
3. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
e) Cash and cash equivalents,, page F-15

3.       We note your response to comment 10 and proposed disclosure. In this
regard, please
         quantify the amount of cash held in PRC and the U.S. Disclose whether
the VIEs, VIE
         subsidiaries, and PRC subsidiaries have transferred cash outside of
the PRC and the
         amounts of the transfers. Also, your statement that cash and cash
equivalents are
         "unrestricted as to withdrawal or use" appears to contradict other
disclosure as to
         restrictions imposed by applicable laws and regulations, including
restrictions on foreign
         exchange. Please revise accordingly.
General

4.       We note your response to comment 11 and proposed disclosure. Please
enhance your
         disclosure to clearly state that the delisting of your common stock or
the threat of being
         delisted could cause the value of your securities to significantly
decline or be worthless.
        You may contact Inessa Kessman, Senior Staff Accountant, at
202-551-3371 or Robert
Littlepage, Accounting Branch Chief, at 202-551-3361 if you have any questions.



FirstName LastNameHandong Cheng                                 Sincerely,
Comapany NameZW Data Action Technologies Inc.
                                                                Division of
Corporation Finance
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Technology
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