AiXin Life International (AIXN) Risk Analysis

Article 26 of the Trial Measures issued by the CSRC on February 17, 2023 came into effect on March 31, 2023. Article 26 provides that if an overseas securities regulatory agency intends to conduct an investigation and collect evidence regarding an overseas offering or listing activities by a domestic company, and request assistance of the CSRC under relevant cross-border securities regulatory cooperation agreements, the CSRC may provide necessary assistance in accordance with the laws of the PRC. Any domestic entity or individual intending to provide documents and materials requested by an overseas securities regulatory agency in connection with an investigation may not provide such information without prior approval from the CSRC and competent authorities under the State Council. In addition, Article 11 of the Provisions on Strengthening Confidentiality and Archives Administration in Respect of Overseas Issuance and Listing of Securities by Domestic Enterprises which was jointly issued by the CSRC, the Ministry of Finance, the State Secrecy Administration and the State Archives Bureau on February 24, 2023 came into effect on March 31, 2023, and provides that, when an overseas securities regulator and the relevant competent authorities intends to conduct inspections or investigations to collect evidence from a domestic enterprise and any domestic securities firms and securities service agencies providing services regarding the overseas offering and listing activities of the domestic enterprise, the inspection or investigation shall be carried out under the appropriate cross-border regulatory cooperation agreement, and the CSRC or the relevant authorities shall provide the requisite assistance pursuant to the bilateral and multilateral cooperation mechanism. Further, any domestic company, securities firm and securities service agency shall obtain the consent of the CSRC or the relevant administrative authorities prior to cooperating in an inspection or investigation carried out by an overseas securities regulator or relevant administrative authorities or providing documents and materials for cooperating in the inspection or investigation. As this regulation has recently been adopted, clarifying regulations have not been issued and companies in China and their counsel generally have little experience in assessing when permission must be obtained before releasing information to a foreign regulatory agency. If the Company were to provide information to any securities regulatory agency in violation of Article 26 or Article 11, it would be subject to fines and, if the information were deemed a state secret, government work secret or might jeopardize the national security of China or the public interest, as provided in the Confidentiality and Archives Provisions, it could cause the Company or the individuals responsible for the disclosure to be subject to criminal investigation. Likewise, if the Company refuses to provide information requested by any U.S. securities regulatory agency in circumstances that the Company believes would have caused it to violate Article 26 or Article 11, it will be subject in the United States to fines, penalties. While detailed interpretation of or implementation rules under Article 177, of Article 26 and Article 11 have yet to be promulgated, the inability of an overseas securities regulator to directly conduct an investigation or evidence collection activities within China may further increase difficulties that you may face in protecting your interests.

We, along with third parties with which we do business, are subject to complex compliance and litigation risks. The cost of defending against claims that might be brought against us or the ultimate resolution of such claims, whether by settlement or adverse court decision, may harm our business. Further, potential claimants may be encouraged to bring lawsuits based on a settlement from us or adverse court decisions against us. We cannot currently assess the likely outcome of such suits, but if the outcome were negative, it could have a material adverse effect on our reputation, results of operations, financial condition and cash flows. In addition, we may be impacted by litigation trends, including class action lawsuits involving consumers and shareholders, that could have a material adverse effect on our reputation, the market price of our common stock, results of operations, financial condition and cash flows.

The manufacture and distribution of food products, and the sale of food and beverages at our hotel, as well as other aspects of our business, require that we maintain various permits and licenses and conduct our operations in accordance with applicable safety requirements and other regulations. Should we be unable to renew any of our licenses and permits, it could have a material adverse effect on our results of operations and the profitability of our business, even if the disruption is for only a limited period of time.

The processing, formulation, safety, manufacturing, packaging, labeling, advertising and distribution of our products are subject to numerous Chinese laws and regulations as well as laws and regulations imposed by provincial and local governments and agencies. Government regulations may prevent or delay the introduction, or require the reformulation, of our products, which could result in lost revenues and increased costs to us. Manufacturers and distributors of health and wellness products and dietary supplements and dietary ingredients are prohibited from marketing products that are adulterated or misbranded, and the governing agencies may take enforcement action against any adulterated or misbranded health and wellness product or dietary supplement on the market. If we violate applicable regulatory requirements, we may be subject to enforcement actions against us, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, prospects, financial condition, and results of operations. The government may not accept the evidence of safety for any new product or ingredient we may wish to market, may determine that a particular product or ingredient presents an unacceptable health risk based on reported serious adverse events or other information, and may determine that a particular claim or statement of efficacy or nutritional value that we use to support the marketing of a product is not substantiated, or is an unauthorized version of a "health claim." Any of these actions could prevent us from marketing particular products or making certain claims or statements with respect to those products. We could also be required to remove a particular product from the market. Any future recall or removal would result in costs to us, including lost revenues from any products that we are required to remove from the market, any of which could be material. Any product recalls or removals could also lead to an increased risk of litigation and liability, substantial costs, and reduced growth prospects. Additional or more stringent laws and regulations of health and wellness products have been considered from time to time. These developments could require reformulation of some products to meet new standards, recalls or discontinuance of some products not able to be reformulated, additional record-keeping requirements, increased documentation of the properties of some products, additional or different labeling, additional scientific substantiation, or other new requirements. Any of these developments could increase our costs significantly. In addition, regulators' evolving interpretation of existing laws could have similar effects.

The PRC government may intervene or influence our operations at any time, which could result in a material change in our operations and/or the value of our common stock. For example, the PRC government has recently published new policies that significantly affected certain industries such as the education and internet industries, and we cannot rule out the possibility that the PRC government will release regulations or policies regarding any industry that could adversely affect the business, financial condition and results of operations of our company. Furthermore, the PRC government has also recently indicated an intent to exert more oversight and control over securities offerings and other capital markets activities that are conducted overseas and foreign investment in China-based companies. Any such action, once taken by the PRC government, could significantly limit or completely hinder our ability to offer or continue to offer securities to investors and cause the value of such securities to significantly decline or in extreme cases, become worthless. The PRC government initiated a series of regulatory actions and statements to regulate business operations in China with little advance notice, including cracking down on illegal activities in the securities market, enhancing supervision over China-based companies listed overseas using variable interest entity ("VIE") structures, adopting new measures to extend the scope of cybersecurity reviews and expanding anti-monopoly enforcement efforts. These statements and regulatory actions have yet to have an impact on our daily business operations, the ability to accept foreign investments or list our securities on a U.S. or other foreign exchange. Since these statements and regulatory actions are new, it is highly uncertain how soon legislative or administrative regulation making bodies will respond and what existing or new laws or regulations or detailed implementations and interpretations will be modified or promulgated, if any, and the potential impact such modified or new laws and regulations will have on our daily business operation, the ability to accept foreign investments and list our securities on an U.S. or other foreign exchange.

On December 24, 2021, the CSRC released the Administrative Provisions of the State Council Regarding the Overseas Issuance and Listing of Securities by Domestic Enterprises (Draft for Comments) (the "Administrative Provisions") and the Measures for the Overseas Issuance of Securities and Listing Record-Filings by Domestic Enterprises (Draft for Comments) (the "Measures"). The Administrative Provisions and Measures lay out the filing regulation arrangement for both direct and indirect overseas listing and clarify the determination criteria for indirect overseas listing in overseas markets. The Administrative Provisions and Measures, if enacted, may subject us to additional compliance requirement in the future. Any failure of us to fully comply with new regulatory requirements may significantly limit or completely hinder our ability to offer or continue to offer our common stock, cause significant disruption to our business operations, and severely damage our reputation, which would materially and adversely affect our financial condition and results of operations and cause our common stock shares to significantly decline in value or become worthless.

The Confidentiality and Archives Provisions, which went into effect March 31, 2023, require, among other items, that PRC domestic enterprises seeking to offer and list securities in overseas markets, establish an archival system which will maintain the confidentiality of information in accordance with applicable laws and regulations. Further, if a PRC domestic enterprise plans, directly or indirectly, to release documents or provide material that contain state secrets or government work secrets, or that will jeopardize national security or the public interest, it must strictly comply with all relevant governmental procedures and obtain approval of the appropriate regulatory before doing so. Although we are subject to the Confidentiality and Archives Provisions, we believe that none of the documents or materials we intend to provide to parties outside of the PRC contains materials that would require us to make any filing or obtain any approval of a Chinese regulatory authority. Nevertheless, the determination of whether information contains state secrets, government work secrets or jeopardizes national security or the public interest is subjective and any failure or perceived failure by us or our subsidiaries to comply with the confidentiality and archive administration requirements under the Confidentiality and Archives Provisions could cause us to be referred for criminal investigation and held liable for such violations by the authorities in China. Further, PRC regulatory authorities could use these regulations to limit our disclosures or interfere with our operations. Any determination that we have violated the Confidentiality and Archives Provisions or use of these provisions to limit our disclosures could cause the value of our common stock to significantly decline in value or become worthless.

China does not have treaties providing for the reciprocal recognition and enforcement of judgments of courts with the United States and many other countries and regions. Even judgements from countries that have an enforcement treaty with China are often not enforceable in China. Therefore, recognition and enforcement in China of judgments of a court in any non-PRC jurisdiction in relation to any matter not subject to a binding arbitration provision may be difficult or impossible. It may also be difficult for you to enforce U.S. courts judgments based on violations of the civil liability provisions of the U.S. federal securities laws against us and our officers and directors, since most of them are residents of the PRC and those who are not residents of the PRC reside outside of the United States for all or a significant portion of time. In addition, there is uncertainty as to whether the courts of China would recognize or enforce judgments of U.S. courts.

The PRC's economy is in a transition from a planned economy to a market oriented economy subject to five-year and annual plans adopted by the central government that set national economic development goals. Policies of the PRC government can have significant effects on the economic conditions of the PRC. The PRC government has confirmed that economic development will follow the model of a market economy. Under this direction, we believe that the PRC will continue to strengthen its economic and trading relationships with foreign countries and business development in the PRC will follow market forces. While we believe that this trend will continue, we cannot assure you that this will be the case. Changes in policies, regulations, rules and the enforcement of laws by the PRC government, which changes may be quick with little advance notice, could adversely affect our interests by. Although the PRC government has been pursuing economic reform policies for more than two decades, we cannot assure you that the government will continue to pursue such policies or that such policies may not be significantly altered, especially in the event of a change in leadership, social or political disruption, or other circumstances affecting the PRC's political, economic and social environment.

Most of our operations are conducted in the PRC and are governed by PRC laws, rules and regulations. Our PRC Subsidiaries are subject to laws, rules and regulations applicable to foreign investment in China. The PRC legal system is a civil law system based on written statutes. Unlike the common law system, prior court decisions may be cited for reference but have limited precedential value. In 1979, the PRC government began to promulgate a comprehensive system of laws, rules and regulations governing economic matters in general. However, China has not developed a fully integrated legal system, and recently enacted laws, rules and regulations may not sufficiently cover all aspects of economic activities in China or may be subject to significant degree of interpretation by PRC regulatory agencies and courts. In particular, because these laws, rules and regulations are relatively new, and because of the limited number of published decisions and the non-precedential nature of these decisions, and because the laws, rules and regulations often give the relevant regulator significant discretion in how to enforce them, the interpretation and enforcement of these laws, rules and regulations involve uncertainties and can be inconsistent and unpredictable. Therefore, it is possible that our existing operations may be found not to be in full compliance with relevant laws and regulations. In addition, the PRC legal system is based in part on government policies and internal rules, some of which are not published on a timely basis or at all, and which may have a retroactive effect. As a result, we may not be aware of our violation of these policies and rules until after the occurrence of the violation. Any administrative and court proceedings in China may be protracted, resulting in substantial costs and diversion of resources and management attention. Since PRC administrative and court authorities have significant discretion in interpreting and implementing statutory and contractual terms, it may be more difficult to evaluate the outcome of administrative and court proceedings and the level of legal protection we enjoy than in more developed legal systems. These uncertainties may impede our ability to enforce the contracts we have entered into and could materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.

Under the PRC Anti-Monopoly Law, companies undertaking acquisitions relating to businesses in China must notify the anti-monopoly enforcement agency in advance of any transaction where the parties' revenues in the China market exceed certain thresholds and the buyer would obtain control of, or decisive influence over, the other party. In addition, on August 8, 2006, six PRC regulatory agencies, including the MOFCOM, the State-Owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission, the State Administration of Taxation, the SAIC, the China Securities Regulatory Commission, or the CSRC, and the State Administration of Foreign Exchange, or SAFE, jointly adopted Regulations on Mergers and Acquisitions of Domestic Enterprises by Foreign Investors, or the M&A Rules, which came into effect on September 8, 2006 and was amended on June 22, 2009. Under the M&A Rules, the approval of MOFCOM must be obtained in circumstances where overseas companies established or controlled by PRC enterprises or residents acquire domestic companies affiliated with such PRC enterprises or residents. Applicable PRC laws, rules and regulations also require certain merger and acquisition transactions to be subject to security review.

SAFE promulgated the Circular on Relevant Issues Concerning Foreign Exchange Control on Domestic Residents' Offshore Investment and Financing and Roundtrip Investment through Special Purpose Vehicles, or SAFE Circular 37, on July 4, 2014, which replaced the former circular commonly known as "SAFE Circular 75." SAFE Circular 37 requires PRC residents to register with local branches of SAFE in connection with their direct establishment or indirect control of an offshore entity, for the purpose of overseas investment and financing, with such PRC residents' legally owned assets or equity interests in domestic enterprises or offshore assets or interests, referred to in SAFE Circular 37 as a "special purpose vehicle." SAFE Circular 37 further requires amendment to the registration in the event of any significant changes with respect to the special purpose vehicle, such as changes in capital contributed by PRC individuals, share transfers or exchanges, mergers, divisions or other material events. In the event that a PRC shareholder holding interests in a special purpose vehicle fails to fulfill the required SAFE registration, the PRC Subsidiaries of that special purpose vehicle may be prohibited from making profit distributions to the offshore parent and from carrying out subsequent cross-border foreign exchange activities, and the special purpose vehicle may be restricted in its ability to contribute additional capital into its PRC Subsidiaries. Moreover, failure to comply with the various SAFE registration requirements could result in liability under PRC law for evasion of foreign exchange controls. As we have little control over the registration procedures, we cannot assure you of the outcome of such registration, and we cannot assure you that any of our shareholders who are PRC residents will submit the required registration or amend or update their registration as required under Circular 37 and the Notice of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Further Simplifying and Improving the Foreign Exchange Administration Policies for Direct Investment [Hui Fa (2015) No.13] issued by SAFE with effect from June 1, 2015, or SAFE Notice 13, in a timely manner or at all. In addition, we may not be aware of the identities of all of our beneficial owners who are PRC residents. We do not have control over our beneficial owners and cannot assure you that all of our PRC-resident beneficial owners will comply with SAFE Circular 37 and subsequent implementation rules. The failure of our current and future beneficial owners who are PRC residents to register or amend their SAFE registrations in a timely manner pursuant to SAFE Circular 37 and subsequent implementation rules, may subject the beneficial owners or our PRC Subsidiaries to fines and legal sanctions. On February 13, 2015, SAFE promulgated a Notice on Further Simplifying and Improving Foreign Exchange Administration Policy on Direct Investment, or SAFE Notice 13, which became effective on June 1, 2015. Pursuant to SAFE Notice 13, entities and individuals are required to apply for foreign exchange registration of foreign direct investment and overseas direct investment, including those required under the SAFE Circular 37, with designated domestic banks, instead of SAFE. The designated domestic banks will directly review the applications and conduct the registration. Furthermore, since it is unclear how the new SAFE regulations, and any future regulation concerning offshore or cross-border transactions, will be interpreted, amended and implemented by the relevant PRC government authorities, we cannot predict how these regulations will affect our business operations or future strategy. Failure to register or comply with relevant requirements may also limit our ability to contribute additional capital to our PRC Subsidiaries and limit our PRC Subsidiaries' ability to distribute dividends to our company. These risks may have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

We are a holding company with no material operations of our own. We conduct substantially all of our operations through the operating companies established in the PRC. Substantially all of our revenue is denominated in Renminbi. The Renminbi is currently convertible under the "current account," which includes dividends, trade and service-related foreign exchange transactions, but requires approval from or registration with appropriate government authorities or designated banks under the "capital account," which includes foreign direct investment and loans, including loans we may secure from our onshore subsidiaries. The relevant PRC governmental authorities or the local bank may limit or eliminate our ability to purchase foreign currencies in the future for current account transactions. Since 2016, PRC governmental authorities have imposed more stringent restrictions on outbound capital flows, including heightened scrutiny over "irrational" overseas investments for certain industries, as well as over four kinds of "abnormal" offshore investments, which are: - investments through enterprises established for only a few months without substantive operation;- investments with amounts far exceeding the registered capital of the onshore parent and not supported by its business performance shown on financial statements;- investments in targets which are unrelated to an onshore parent's main business; and - investments with abnormal sources of Renminbi funding suspected to be involved in illegal transfer of assets or illegal operation of underground banking. On January 26, 2017, SAFE promulgated the Circular on Further Improving Reform of Foreign Exchange Administration and Optimizing Genuineness and Compliance Verification, which tightened the authenticity and compliance verification of cross-border transactions and cross-border capital flow, including requiring banks to verify board resolutions, tax filing forms and audited financial statements before wiring foreign invested enterprises' foreign exchange dividend distribution of over US$50,000. In addition, the Outbound Investment Sensitive Industry Catalogue (2018) lists certain sensitive industries that are subject to NDRC pre-approval requirements prior to remitting investment funds offshore, which subjects us to increased approval requirements and restrictions should we have overseas investments. Since a significant amount of our PRC revenue is denominated in Renminbi, any existing and future restrictions on currency exchange may limit our ability to utilize revenue generated in Renminbi to fund our business activities outside of the PRC, make investments, service any debt we may incur outside of China or pay dividends in foreign currencies to our shareholders.

We are an offshore holding company conducting our operations in China through our PRC Subsidiaries. We may make loans or provide guarantees for the benefit of our PRC Subsidiaries subject to the approval of or registration with governmental authorities and limitations of the amount, or we may make additional capital contributions to our PRC Subsidiaries. Any loans to our PRC Subsidiaries, which are treated as foreign-invested enterprises under PRC law, are subject to foreign exchange loan registrations. In addition, a foreign-invested enterprise, or FIE, shall use its capital pursuant to the principle of authenticity and self-use within its business scope. The capital of an FIE shall not be used for the following purposes: (i) directly or indirectly for payments beyond the business scope of the enterprise or payments prohibited by relevant laws and regulations; (ii) directly or indirectly for investments in securities or investments other than in banks' principal-secured products unless otherwise provided by relevant laws and regulations; (iii) the granting of loans to non-affiliated enterprises, except where it is expressly permitted in the business license; and (iv) paying the expenses related to the purchase of real estate that is not for self-use (except for foreign-invested real estate enterprises). In light of the requirements imposed by PRC regulations on loans to and direct investments in PRC entities by offshore holding companies, we cannot assure you that we will be able to complete the necessary government registrations or obtain the necessary government approvals on a timely basis, if at all, with respect to future loans by us to our PRC Subsidiaries or with respect to future capital contributions by us to our PRC Subsidiaries. If we fail to complete such registrations or obtain such approvals, our ability to capitalize or otherwise fund our PRC operations may be negatively affected, which could materially and adversely affect our liquidity and our ability to fund and expand our business.

The PRC legal system is a codified legal system made up of written laws, regulations, circulars, administrative directives and internal guidelines. Unlike common law jurisdictions like the U.S., decided cases (which may be taken as reference) do not form part of the legal structure of the PRC and thus have no binding effect on subsequent cases with similar issues and fact patterns. Furthermore, in line with its transformation from a centrally-planned economy to a more free market-oriented economy, the PRC government is still in the process of developing a comprehensive set of laws and regulations. As the legal system in the PRC is still evolving, laws and regulations or the interpretation of the same may be subject to further changes. For example, the PRC government may impose more stringent environmental regulations which would affect our ability to comply with, or our costs to comply with, such regulations. Such changes, if implemented, may adversely affect our business operations and may reduce our profitability.