UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
 
FORM 8-A
 
FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES
PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR 12(g) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
 
CHINANET ONLINE HOLDINGS, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
 
Nevada	 	20-4672080	
(State of Incorporation	 	(I.R.S. Employer	
or Organization)	 	Identification No.)	
 
No.3 Min Zhuang Road, Building 6,
Yu Quan Hui Gu Tuspark, Haidian District, Beijing, PRC 100195
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)                            (Zip Code)
 
Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
 
Title of Each Class to be so Registered	 	Name of Each Exchange on Which Each Class is to be Registered	
 	 	 	
Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share	 	NYSE Amex LLC	

If this Form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(c), please check the following box.  x	 	
 	 	
If this Form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(d), please check the following box.  ¨	 	
 
Securities Act registration statement file number to which this form relates:
 
Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:  None

 
Item 1.    Description of Registrant's Securities to be Registered.

The description of the common stock, par value $0.001 per share, of ChinaNet Online Holdings, Inc. (the “Registrant”), as included under the caption “Description of Capital Stock” in the prospectus forming a part of the Registration Statement on Form S-1, as amended (Registration No. 333-162038) (the “Registration Statement”), filed under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), is incorporated by reference herein.

Item 2.    Exhibits.

Under the Instructions as to Exhibits with respect to Form 8-A, no exhibits are required to be filed because no other securities of the Registrant are registered on NYSE Amex and the securities registered hereby are not being registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act.

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SIGNATURE
 
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereto duly authorized.
 
 	CHINANET ONLINE HOLDINGS, INC.	 	
 	 	 	 	
Date:  March 2, 2010	By:	/s/ Handong Cheng 	 	
 	 	Name:  Handong Cheng 	 	
 	 	Title:   Chief Executive Officer 	 	

 
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