UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

Form 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 OR 15(d) of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): ~~September~~November 2413, 2024

China Automotive Systems, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware	000-33123	33-0885775
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

No. 1 Henglong Road, Yu Qiao Development Zone
Shashi District, Jing Zhou City
Hubei Province
The People's Republic of China
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code (86) 27-8757 0027

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class	Trading Symbol	Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, $0.0001 par value	CAAS	The Nasdaq Capital Market

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company ¨

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ¨

Item 52.0702 ~~Submission~~Results of ~~Matters~~Operations toand aFinancial ~~Vote of Security Holders~~Condition

~~The~~On ~~2024~~November ~~annual~~13, ~~meeting of~~2024, ~~stockholders of~~ China Automotive Systems, Inc. ~~(the~~issued ~~“Company”)~~a ~~was~~press ~~held~~release onannouncing ~~September~~financial ~~24,~~results ~~2024~~for ~~(Tuesday) at~~ the ~~Second~~quarter ~~Floor~~ended ~~Meeting~~September ~~Room~~30, ~~D8 Henglong Building, Optics Valley Software Park, No~~2024. 1The ~~Guanshan~~press ~~First~~release ~~Avenue,~~is ~~Wuhan~~attached ~~City,~~as ~~Hubei~~Exhibit ~~Province, the People’s Republic of China~~99. Of1 ~~the 30,185,702 shares of the Company’s common stock entitled~~ to ~~vote at~~this ~~the~~Current ~~meeting,~~Report ~~23,874,663~~on ~~shares,~~Form ~~or 79~~8-K.~~09%, were represented at the meeting in person or by proxy, constituting a quorum. The voting results are presented below.~~

The information in this Item 2.02 and in Exhibit 99.1 attached to this Form 8-K is furnished pursuant to Item 2.02 of ~~Election~~Form 8-K and shall not be deemed to be “filed” for purposes of ~~Directors~~Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section.

~~The~~Item ~~Company’s~~9.01 ~~shareholders~~Financial ~~elected~~Statements ~~the five nominees below to hold office until the 2024 annual meeting of shareholders~~ and ~~until their successors are elected and qualified. Each of the nominees received more than a majority of the votes cast. The votes regarding the election of directors were as follows:~~Exhibits

Nominee	For	Authority Withheld	Broker Non-Votes
Hanlin Chen	21,474,244	106,313	-
Qizhou Wu	21,547,450	33,107	-
Guangxun Xu	20,787,513	793,044	-
Robert Wei Cheng Tung	21,546,055	34,502	-
Tong Kooi Teo	21,268,368	312,189	-

(d)

Exhibits

2. Ratification and Approval of the Appointment of Independent Auditor

Exhibit No	Description

99.1	Press Release of China Automotive Systems, Inc. dated November 13, 2024.
104	Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted in Inline XBRL in Exhibit 101)

~~The appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers Zhong Tian LLP as the Company’s independent auditors for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2024 was ratified and approved by the following votes:~~2

For		Against		Abstained		Broker Non-Vote
23,681,858		190,741		2,064		-

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Company has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

	China Automotive Systems, Inc.
	(Registrant)
Date: September 25, 2024	By:	/s/ Hanlin Chen
Date: November 13, 2024	By:	/s/ Hanlin Chen
		Hanlin Chen
		Chairman

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