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): ~~April~~July 2126, 2017 (~~April~~July 1820, 2017)

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~~Indicate 4by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.01405 ~~CHANGES~~of INthis ~~REGISTRANT’S~~chapter) ~~CERTIFYING~~or ~~ACCOUNTANT~~Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

~~(a) Effective April~~Emerging ~~18,~~growth ~~2017,~~company the registrant dismissed KSP GROUP, INC. (“KSP”) as its independent auditors. This action was approved by the Audit Committee of the registrant’s Board of Directors (the “Board”), and ratified by the Board. This decision was made by the registrant because it fears that KSP may be viewed as a successor to the firm Kabani & Kabani, whose registration was recently revoked by the PCAOB. KSP apparently does not hold itself out as a successor organization, and remains in good standing with the PCAOB, but the registrant decided to find a new auditor nonetheless. ¨

~~KSP has not issued~~ If an ~~audit~~emerging orgrowth ~~other opinion on any of the financial statements of the registrant~~company, ~~and~~indicate ~~there~~by ~~have~~check ~~been~~mark ~~(i)~~if ~~no disagreements between~~ the registrant ~~and~~has ~~KSP~~elected ~~on any matters of accounting principles or practices, financial statement disclosure, or auditing scope or procedures, which disagreements, if~~ not ~~resolved~~ to ~~the~~use ~~satisfaction of KSP, would have caused KSP to make reference to~~ the ~~subject~~extended ~~matter~~transition ofperiod ~~the disagreement in its reports on~~for ~~the~~complying ~~registrant’s~~with ~~financial~~any ~~statements~~new ~~for such periods, and (ii) no adverse opinions, qualifications, disagreements~~ or ~~reportable events~~revised ~~within~~financial ~~the~~accounting ~~meaning~~standards ~~set~~provided ~~forth~~pursuant into ~~Item~~Section ~~304~~13(a)~~(1)(ii),~~ ~~(iv) or (v)~~ of ~~Regulation~~the ~~S-K~~Exchange Act. ¨

The registrant provided KSP with a copy of the disclosures contained herein and requested that KSP furnish it with a letter addressed to the Securities and Exchange Commission stating whether or not KSP agrees with its statements in this Item 43.01. ANotice ~~copy~~ of ~~the~~Delisting ~~letter,~~or ifFailure ~~any,~~To ~~furnished~~Satisfy byA ~~KSP~~Continued inListing ~~response~~Rule toor ~~such~~Standard; ~~request,~~Transfer ~~will be~~of ~~filed as Exhibit 16 to an amendment to this Form 8-K filed promptly after receipt thereof~~Listing.

~~(b) Effective~~On ~~April 19~~July 20, 2017, Hongli Clean Energy Technologies Corp. (the ~~registrant~~“Company”) ~~engaged~~received ~~Wei~~a ~~Wei~~decision &from ~~Co.,~~the ~~LLP,~~Nasdaq ~~Certified~~Listing ~~Public~~and ~~Accountants~~Hearing Review Council (the “~~Wei~~Listing Council”),. asThe ~~its~~decision ~~independent~~of ~~auditors to~~the ~~audit~~Listing Council affirms the ~~registrant~~Nasdaq Hearings Panel’s ~~financial~~April 7, ~~statements~~2017 ~~for~~decision to i) delist the ~~year~~Company’s ~~ended~~securities ~~June~~from ~~30,~~the ~~2016~~Nasdaq Capital Market and toii) ~~review~~suspend the ~~registrant~~trading of Company’s common ~~financial~~stock. The listing standard at issue is Nasdaq Listing Rule 5250(c)(1), which requires listed companies to timely file all ~~statements~~periodic ~~for~~reports that the ~~quarters~~SEC ~~ended~~requires ~~September~~them ~~30,~~to ~~2016,~~file. ~~December~~At ~~31,~~the ~~2016~~time ~~and~~of ~~March~~this 31filing, ~~2017.~~the ~~The~~Company has no right to appeal the Listing Council’s decision to ~~engage~~The ~~Wei~~Nasdaq ~~was~~Stock ~~recommended by~~Exchange LLC. However, the ~~Audit~~Nasdaq ~~Committee~~Board, ofin its sole discretion, may call the ~~registrant~~Listing Council’s decision for review pursuant to Nasdaq Listing Rule 5825, no later than the next Nasdaq Board meeting that is 15 calendar days or more following the date of ~~Directors~~the Listing Council’s decision.

~~During~~If the ~~registrant’s~~Nasdaq Board ~~two~~declines ~~most~~to ~~recent~~review ~~fiscal~~the ~~years~~Listing ~~and through~~Council’s ~~the~~decision ~~date~~or ofdecides to stay the ~~engagement~~Listing ofCouncil’s ~~Wei~~decision after review, ~~the~~Nasdaq ~~registrant~~will ~~did~~file ~~not~~a ~~consult~~Form 25-NSE with ~~Wei~~the ~~regarding~~SEC, ~~either~~causing ~~(1)~~ the ~~application~~Company’s ~~of accounting~~securities ~~principles~~ to abe ~~specified~~removed ~~transaction,~~from ~~either~~listing ~~completed~~and registration oron ~~proposed,~~the orNasdaq ~~the~~Capital ~~type~~Market. ofIn ~~audit~~the ~~opinion~~event ~~that~~it ~~might~~happens, bethe ~~rendered on~~Company will advise the ~~registrant’s~~shareholders ~~financial~~of ~~statements,~~where orits stock ~~(2) any~~will ~~matter~~trade ~~that~~by ~~was~~filing ~~either~~an announcement on the ~~subject~~form of a8-K. ~~disagreement~~The ~~(as~~Company ~~defined in~~may ~~Item 304(a)(1)(iv)~~choose ofto ~~Regulation~~file ~~S-K)~~an orappeal awith ~~reportable~~the ~~event~~SEC regarding ~~(as~~Nasdaq’s ~~defined~~decision, inbut ~~Item 304(a)(1)(v)~~has ofnot ~~Regulation~~yet ~~S-K)~~determined whether it will do so.

Prior to the engagement of Wei, Wei did not provide the registrant with any written or oral advice that Wei concluded was an important factor considered by the registrant in reaching any decision as to any accounting, auditing or financial reporting issue.

SIGNATURE

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

Dated: April 21, 2017	HONGLI CLEAN ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES CORP.
Dated: July 26, 2017	HONGLI CLEAN ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES CORP.
	By:	/s/ Jianhua Lv
	Name:	Jianhua Lv
	Its:	Chief Executive Officer

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