SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of report (date of earliest event reported): ~~September~~October 2911, 2016 ~~(September 28, 2016)~~

HONGLI CLEAN ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES CORP.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Florida	001-15931	98-0695811
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

Kuanggong Road and Tiyu Road, 10th Floor,

Chengshi Xin Yong She, Tiyu Road,

Xinhua District, Pingdingshan, Henan Province

People’s Republic of China

467000

(Address of principal executive offices and zip code)

+86-3752882999

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

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~~ITEM~~Item 38.01 ~~NOTICE~~Other ~~OF DELISTING OR FAILURE TO SATISFY A CONTINUED LISTING RULE OR STANDARD; TRANSFER OR LISTING~~Events.

On September 28 29, 2016, Hongli Clean ~~Energy Technologies~~ EnergyTechnologies Corp. (the “Company”) ~~received~~filed a ~~Determination~~Form ~~letter~~12b-25 with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “~~Letter~~SEC”) with ~~from~~respect ~~The~~to ~~NASDAQ~~its ~~Stock~~annual ~~Market~~report ~~(“NASDAQ”)~~on ~~notifying~~Form ~~the~~10-K ~~Company~~for of the ~~NASDAQ~~period ~~Staff’s~~ended ~~determination~~June 30, 2016 (the “~~Determination~~Annual Report”). Company todoes ~~delist~~not ~~the~~anticipate ~~Company’s~~to, ~~securities~~without ~~from~~unreasonable ~~The~~effort ~~NASDAQ~~or ~~Capital~~expense, ~~Market~~file ~~due~~its toAnnual ~~its~~Report ~~failure~~on toOctober ~~regain~~13, ~~compliance~~2016 ~~with~~filing ~~the~~extension date ~~$1.00~~applicable ~~per~~to ~~share~~smaller ~~minimum~~reporting ~~required~~companies ~~for~~due ~~continued~~to ~~listing~~a ondelay ~~The~~experienced ~~NASDAQ~~by ~~Capital~~the ~~Market~~Company ~~pursuant~~in tocompleting ~~NASDAQ~~its ~~Marketplace~~financial ~~Rule~~statements ~~5550(a)(2)~~and ~~(the~~other ~~“Minimum~~disclosures ~~Bid~~in ~~Price~~the ~~Rule”)~~Annual Report, ~~after~~as ~~the~~well ~~second~~as ~~180~~audited ~~calendar~~consolidated ~~day~~financial ~~compliance~~statements ~~period.~~for ~~Pursuant to~~its ~~the~~subsidiaries ~~Letter,~~for ~~unless~~ the ~~Company~~fiscal year ~~requests~~ended anJune ~~appeal~~30, of2016. ~~the~~As ~~Determination~~a byresult, ~~October~~the 5,Company ~~2016,~~is ~~trading~~still ofin the ~~Company’s~~process ~~common stock~~of ~~will~~working bediligently ~~suspended~~with atits ~~the~~new ~~opening~~independent ofregistered public ~~business~~accounting onfirm, ~~October~~KSP 7Group, ~~2016,~~Inc. ~~and~~(“KSP”) awhich ~~Form~~was ~~25-NSE~~recently ~~will~~engaged beon ~~filed~~August ~~with~~29, ~~the~~2016, ~~Securities~~to ~~and~~compile required ~~Exchange~~information ~~Commission~~and (complete the ~~“SEC”),~~Annual ~~causing~~Report. ~~the~~The Company’s ~~securities~~anticipates tothat beit ~~removed~~will ~~from~~file ~~listing~~the ~~and~~Annual ~~registration on~~Report ~~The~~within ~~NASDAQ~~the ~~Capital~~next ~~Market~~75 days.

AsThis ~~previously~~Current ~~reported,~~Report on ~~September~~Form ~~29, 2015,~~8-K ~~the Company received a notification letter (the “Notice”) from NASDAQ advising the Company that for 30 consecutive~~contains ~~business~~forward-looking ~~days~~statements ~~preceding~~within the ~~date~~meaning of the ~~Notice,~~Private ~~the~~Securities ~~bid~~Litigation ~~price~~Reform Act of the Company’s common stock had closed below the $1.00 per share minimum required for continued listing on The NASDAQ Capital Market pursuant to the Minimum Bid Price Rule. The Company was provided 180 calendar days1995, ~~or until March 28~~including, ~~2016,~~without ~~to regain compliance with the Minimum Bid Price Rule. The Company was unable to regain compliance with the Minimum Bid Price Rule by March 28~~limitation, ~~2016. On April 4, 2016, NASDAQ granted the Company an additional~~ ~~180~~statements ~~calendar~~regarding ~~days, or until September 26, 2016, to regain compliance with~~ the ~~Minimum~~timing ~~Bid Price Rule. As~~ of ~~the~~filing ~~date of this report,~~ the Company’s ~~has~~Annual ~~not~~Report ~~regained~~on ~~compliance~~Form ~~with the Minimum Bid Price Rule though it is in the process of completing a one~~10-~~for-ten reverse stock split~~K.

~~The~~Forward-looking ~~Company~~statements ~~currently~~by ~~intends~~their ~~to request~~nature aaddress ~~hearing~~matters ~~before~~that aare, ~~Hearings~~to ~~Panel~~different ~~(the~~degrees, ~~“Panel”)~~uncertain. ~~Such~~Forward-looking astatements ~~request~~involve ~~will~~a ~~stay~~number ~~the suspension~~ of ~~the Company’s securities and the filing of the Form 25-NSE pending the Panel’s decision. At the hearing~~assumptions, ~~the~~risks ~~Company intends to present a plan to regain compliance with the Minimum Bid Price Rule~~ and ~~request that the Panel allow the Company additional time within which to~~ ~~regain~~uncertainties ~~compliance. While the Company believes~~ that itcould ~~will~~cause beactual ~~able~~results to ~~present~~differ amaterially. ~~viable~~All ~~plan~~forward-looking tostatements ~~regain~~are ~~compliance,~~based ~~there~~on ~~can~~information beavailable noto ~~assurance~~us ~~that~~on the ~~Panel~~date ~~will~~hereof, ~~grant~~and ~~the~~we ~~Company’s~~assume ~~request~~no ~~for~~obligation ato ~~suspension~~update ofsuch ~~delisting or continued listing on NASDAQ~~statements.

The information contained in Item 8.01 of this report is being furnished and shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section. Such information shall not be incorporated by reference into any filing of the Company, whether made before or after the date hereof, regardless of any general incorporation language in such filing.

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

Dated: September 29, 2016	HONGLI CLEAN ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES CORP.
Dated: October 11, 2016	HONGLI CLEAN ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES CORP.
	By:	/s/ Jianhua Lv
	Name:	Jianhua Lv
	Its:	Chief Executive Officer

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