UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 6-K

Report of Foreign Private Issuer

Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16

under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

For the month of January 2023

Commission File Number: 001-14550

China Eastern Airlines Corporation Limited

(Translation of Registrant’s name into English)

Board Secretariat’s Office

5/F, Block A2, Northern District, CEA Building

36 Hongxiang 3rd Road, Minhang District

Shanghai, China 200335

(Address of principal executive offices)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F: ☒ Form 20-F ☐ Form 40-F

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1): ☐

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant by furnishing the information contained in this Form is also thereby furnishing the information to the Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934: ☐ Yes ☒ No

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SIGNATURES

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

	China Eastern Airlines Corporation Limited
	China Eastern Airlines Corporation Limited (Registrant)
	(Registrant)
Date January 17, 2023	By	/s/ Wang Jian
Date January 13, 2023	By	/s/ Wang Jian
		Name: Wang Jian
		Title: Company Secretary

Certain statements contained in this announcement may be regarded as “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, which may cause the actual performance, financial condition or results of operations of the Company to be materially different from any future performance, financial condition or results of operations implied by such forward-looking statements. Further information regarding these risks, uncertainties and other factors is included in the Company’s filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The forward-looking statements included in this announcement represent the Company’s views as of the date of this announcement. While the Company anticipates that subsequent events and developments may cause the Company’s views to change, the Company specifically disclaims any obligation to update these forward-looking statements, unless required by applicable laws. These forward-looking statements should not be relied upon as representing the Company’s views as of any date subsequent to the date of this announcement.

~~Hong~~Next ~~Kong~~Day ~~Exchanges~~Disclosure ~~and~~Return Clearing Limited and The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited take no responsibility for the contents of this announcement, make no representation as to its accuracy or completeness and expressly disclaim any liability whatsoever for any loss howsoever arising from or in reliance upon the whole or any part of the contents of this announcement.

~~ANNOUNCEMENT~~(Equity OFissuer ~~INTENTION~~- TOchanges ~~DELIST~~in ~~AMERICAN~~issued ~~DEPOSITARY~~share ~~SHARES~~capital ~~FROM~~and/or ~~THE~~share ~~NEW~~buybacks) ~~YORK STOCK EXCHANGE AND SUBSEQUENT ARRANGEMENTS~~

China Eastern Airlines Corporation Limited (the “Company”) announces that it has notified the New York Stock Exchange (the “NYSE”) on 13 January 2023 (U.S. Eastern Time) of its proposed application for voluntary delisting of its American depositary shares (the “ADSs”) from the NYSE and deregistration of such ADSs and the underlying overseas listed foreign shares (the “H Shares”, with a par value of RMB1 each) under the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). Taking into consideration the following commercial factors: (i) the fact that the underlying number of H Shares represented by the ADSs is relatively small as compared to the total number of H Shares of the Company; (ii) the limited trading volume of the ADSs of the Company as compared to the worldwide trading volume of H Shares of the Company; (iii) the considerable costs associated with maintaining the listing of the ADSs on the NYSE and the registration of the ADSs and the underlying H Shares with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) and complying with the periodic reporting and related obligations under the Exchange Act; and (iv) the fact that the Company has never utilized the NYSE for any follow-on financings while the Company believes that The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the “Hong Kong Stock Exchange”) and the Shanghai Stock Exchange are sufficient alternatives for the Company’s future financing needs, the board of directors (the “Board”) of the Company approved the delisting of the ADSs from the NYSE and the deregistration of the ADSs and the underlying H Shares under the Exchange Act.

AsSection ~~such,~~I ~~the~~must ~~Company~~be ~~intends~~completed toby ~~file~~ a ~~Form~~listed 25issuer ~~with~~where ~~the~~there ~~SEC~~has onbeen ora ~~around~~change ~~23 January~~in ~~2023 to delist~~ its ~~ADSs~~issued ~~from~~share ~~the~~capital ~~NYSE.~~which ~~Such delisting~~ is discloseable ~~expected~~pursuant to ~~become~~ ~~effective~~rule ~~ten~~13.25A ~~days after the filing~~ of the ~~Form~~Main ~~25.~~Board ~~The~~Rules ~~last trading day of~~ (the ~~ADSs~~“Main onBoard ~~the~~Listing ~~NYSE~~Rules”) is/ ~~expected~~rule ~~to be on or about 2 February 2023~~17.27A Onof ~~and after such date,~~ the ~~ADSs~~GEM ~~will~~Rules ~~no longer be listed on~~ (the ~~NYSE~~“GEM ~~and~~Listing ~~whether~~Rules”) orGoverning ~~not~~ the ~~ADSs~~ ~~will~~Listing beof ~~traded~~Securities on ~~the~~The ~~over-the-counter~~Stock ~~market~~Exchange ~~thereafter will depend on the actions~~ of ~~shareholders~~Hong ~~and~~Kong ~~independent third parties, without~~ Limited (the ~~Company’s involvement.~~“Exchange”)

After the delisting becomes effective, once the Company satisfies the conditions for deregistration, the Company intends to file a Form 15F with the SEC to deregister the ADSs and the underlying H Shares under the Exchange Act. Thereafter, the reporting obligations of the Company under the Exchange Act will be suspended unless the Form 15F is subsequently revoked or rejected. The deregistration and the termination of the reporting obligations of the Company under the Exchange Act are expected to become effective 90 days after the filing of the Form 15F. Upon the filing of the Form 15F, the Company will make available the information required by Rule 12g3–2(b) under the Exchange Act on its website at www.ceair.com. The Company, as a listed issuer, will also continue to comply with its financial reporting and other obligations under the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the “Listing Rules”).


Section I
1. Type of shares	Ordinary shares	Class of shares	Class A	Listed on SEHK (Note 11)	No
Stock code (if listed)		Description	A Shares listed on Shanghai Stock Exchange (stock code: 600115)

The Company intends to terminate its ADSs program in an appropriate manner in accordance with the deposit agreement in due course after the delisting of the ADSs from the NYSE. The H Shares of the Company will continue to be traded on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.

Issues of shares
(Notes 6 and 7)

No. of shares

Issued shares as a %
of existing number of
issued shares before
relevant share issue
(Notes 4, 6 and 7)

Issue price per share
(Notes 1 and 7)

Closing market price per
share of the immediately
preceding business day
(Note 5)

% discount(-)/
premium of issue
price to market price
(Note 7)

Opening balance as at (Note 2) 31 December 2022

13,697,662,301

1). Placing/Subscription

Non-public issuance of A shares

Date of changes 12 January 2023

3,416,856,492

24.94

RMB 4.39

RMB 5.36

-18.1

Closing balance as at (Note 8) 12 January 2023

17,114,518,793

~~The~~Page ~~Company~~1 ~~reserves~~of ~~its~~4 right in all aspects to postpone or withdraw the above filings prior to their effectiveness; if necessary, the Company will make further announcements as required by the Listing Rules and other applicable laws.

ByWe ~~order~~hereby ofconfirm to the ~~Board~~best ~~CHINA~~knowledge, ~~EASTERN~~information ~~AIRLINES~~and ~~CORPORATION~~belief ~~LIMITED~~that, ~~Wang~~in ~~Jian~~relation ~~Company~~to ~~Secretary~~each ~~Shanghai~~issue of securities as set out in Section I, it has been duly authorised by the ~~People’s~~board ~~Republic~~of directors of ~~China~~the 13listed ~~January~~issuer ~~2023~~and, insofar as applicable: (Note 9)

~~As at the date of this announcement, the directors of the Company include Li Yangmin~~ (~~Vice Chairman, President~~i), ~~Tang~~all ~~Bing (Director),~~money ~~Lin~~due ~~Wanli~~to ~~(Director),~~the ~~Cai~~listed ~~Hongping~~issuer ~~(Independent~~in ~~non-executive~~respect ~~Director),~~of ~~Dong~~the ~~Xuebo~~issue ~~(Independent~~of ~~non-executive~~securities ~~Director),~~has ~~Sun~~been ~~Zheng~~received ~~(Independent~~by ~~non-executive Director), Lu Xiongwen (Independent non-executive Director) and Jiang Jiang (Employee Representative Director).~~ it;

~~Announcement~~(ii) ofall ~~Intention~~pre-conditions tofor ~~Delist~~the ~~American~~listing ~~Depositary~~imposed ~~Shares~~by ~~from~~ the ~~New~~Main ~~York~~Board ~~Stock~~Listing ~~Exchange~~Rules ~~and Subsequent~~/ ~~Arrangements~~GEM Listing Rules under “Qualifications of listing” have been fulfilled;

~~SHANGHAI, January 13, 2023/ PRNewswire/ China Eastern Airlines Corporation Limited~~ (the “Company”) announces that it has notified the New York Stock Exchange (the “NYSE”) on 13 January 2023 (U.S. Eastern Time) of its proposed application for voluntary delisting of its American depositary shares (the “ADSs”) from the NYSE and deregistration of such ADSs and the underlying overseas listed foreign shares (the “H Shares”, with a par value of RMB1 each) under the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). Taking into consideration the following commercial factors: (i) the fact that the underlying number of H Shares represented by the ADSs is relatively small as compared to the total number of H Shares of the Company; (ii) the limited trading volume of the ADSs of the Company as compared to the worldwide trading volume of H Shares of the Company; (iii) ~~the~~ ~~considerable~~all ~~costs associated with maintaining the listing of the ADSs on the NYSE and the registration of the ADSs and the underlying H Shares with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission~~ (~~the~~if ~~“SEC”) and complying with the periodic reporting and related obligations under the Exchange Act; and (iv) the fact that the Company has never utilized the NYSE for~~ any ~~follow-on financings while the Company believes that The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the “Hong Kong Stock Exchange”~~) ~~and~~conditions ~~the~~contained ~~Shanghai~~in ~~Stock Exchange are sufficient alternatives for~~ the ~~Company’s~~formal ~~future~~letter ~~financing~~granting ~~needs,~~listing ~~the board~~ of ~~directors (the “Board”) of the Company approved the delisting of the ADSs from the NYSE~~ and ~~the~~permission ~~deregistration~~to ofdeal ~~the~~in ~~ADSs and~~ the ~~underlying H~~securities ~~Shares~~have ~~under~~been ~~the Exchange Act.~~ fulfilled;

As(iv) ~~such,~~all the ~~Company~~securities ~~intends to file a Form 25 with the SEC on or around 23 January 2023 to delist its ADSs from the NYSE. Such delisting is expected to become effective ten days after the filing~~ of ~~the~~each ~~Form~~class ~~25.~~are ~~The~~in ~~last~~all ~~trading~~respects ~~day~~identical of(Note the ADSs on the NYSE is expected to be on or about 2 February 2023. On and after such date, the ADSs will no longer be listed on the NYSE and whether or not the ADSs will be traded on the over-the-counter market thereafter will depend on the actions of shareholders and independent third parties, without the Company’s involvement. 10);

~~After~~(v) ~~the~~all ~~delisting~~documents ~~becomes~~required ~~effective,~~by ~~once~~ the ~~Company~~Companies ~~satisfies~~(Winding ~~the~~Up ~~conditions~~and ~~for~~Miscellaneous ~~deregistration,~~Provisions) ~~the Company~~Ordinance ~~intends~~ to ~~file~~be afiled ~~Form 15F~~ with the ~~SEC~~Registrar ~~to deregister the ADSs and the underlying H Shares under the Exchange Act. Thereafter, the reporting obligations~~ of ~~the~~Companies ~~Company~~have ~~under~~been ~~the~~duly ~~Exchange~~filed ~~Act will be suspended unless the Form 15F is subsequently revoked or rejected. The deregistration~~ and ~~the~~that ~~termination~~compliance ofhas ~~the~~been ~~reporting~~made obligations of the Company under the Exchange Act are expected to become effective 90 days after the filing of the Form 15F. Upon the filing of the Form 15F, the Company will make available the information required by Rule 12g3–2(b) under the Exchange Act on its website at www.ceair.com. The Company, as a listed issuer, will also continue to comply with ~~its financial reporting and~~ other ~~obligations under~~legal ~~the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the “Listing Rules”).~~ requirements;

~~The~~(vi) ~~Company~~all ~~intends to terminate its ADSs program in an appropriate manner in accordance with~~ the ~~deposit~~definitive ~~agreement~~documents ~~in due course after the delisting~~ of ~~the~~title ~~ADSs~~have ~~from~~been ~~the~~delivered/are ~~NYSE.~~ready ~~The~~to Hbe ~~Shares~~delivered/are ofbeing ~~the~~prepared ~~Company~~and will ~~continue~~be todelivered bein ~~traded~~accordance onwith the ~~Hong~~terms ~~Kong~~of ~~Stock Exchange.~~ issue;

~~The~~(vii) ~~Company~~completion ~~reserves~~has ~~its~~taken ~~right~~place inof ~~all~~the ~~aspects~~purchase toby ~~postpone~~the orissuer ~~withdraw~~of ~~the~~all ~~above~~property ~~filings~~shown ~~prior~~in tothe ~~their~~listing ~~effectiveness;~~document ifto ~~necessary,~~have ~~the~~purchased ~~Company~~or ~~will~~agreed ~~make further~~to ~~announcements~~be aspurchased ~~required~~ by it and the ~~Listing~~purchase ~~Rules~~consideration ~~and~~for ~~other~~all ~~applicable~~such ~~laws.~~ property has been duly satisfied; and

~~Contact~~(viii) ~~Email~~the oftrust ~~Investor~~deed/deed ~~Relations:~~poll ~~ir@ceair.com~~relating to the debenture, loan stock, notes or bonds has been completed and executed, and particulars thereof, if so required by law, have been filed with the Registrar of Companies.

~~QIN~~Notes ~~Yan~~to Section I:

~~+86-21-2233-0934~~1. Where shares have been issued at more than one issue price per share, a weighted average issue price per share should be given.

~~qinyan@ceair~~2.~~com~~ Please insert the closing balance date of the last Next Day Disclosure Return published pursuant to Main Board Rule 13.25A / GEM Rule 17.27A or Monthly Return pursuant to Main Board Rule 13.25B / GEM Rule 17.27B, whichever is the later.

Please set out all changes in issued share capital requiring disclosure pursuant to Main Board Rule 13.25A / GEM Rule 17.27A together with the relevant dates of issue. Each category will need to be disclosed individually with sufficient information to enable the user to identify the relevant category in the listed issuer’s Monthly Return. For example, multiple issues of shares as a result of multiple exercises of share options under the same share option scheme or of multiple conversions under the same convertible note must be aggregated and disclosed as one category. However, if the issues resulted from exercises of share options under 2 share option schemes or conversions of 2 convertible notes, these must be disclosed as 2 separate categories.

The percentage change in the number of issued shares of listed issuer is to be calculated by reference to the listed issuer’s total number of shares in issue (excluding for such purpose any shares repurchased or redeemed but not yet cancelled) as it was immediately before the earliest relevant event which has not been disclosed in a Monthly Return or Next Day Disclosure Return.

5.	Where trading in the shares of the listed issuer has been suspended, “closing market price per share of the immediately preceding business day” should be construed as “closing market price per share of the business day on which the shares were last traded”.

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6.	In the context of a repurchase of shares:

•

“issues of shares” should be construed as “repurchases of shares”; and

•

“issued shares as a % of existing number of shares before relevant share issue” should be construed as “repurchased shares as a % of existing number of shares before relevant share repurchase”.

7.	In the context of a redemption of shares:

•

“issues of shares” should be construed as “redemptions of shares”;

•

“issued shares as a % of existing number of shares before relevant share issue” should be construed as “redeemed shares as a % of existing number of shares before relevant share redemption”; and

•

“issue price per share” should be construed as “redemption price per share”.

8.	The closing balance date is the date of the last relevant event being disclosed.

9.	Items (i) to (viii) are suggested forms of confirmation which may be amended to meet individual cases.

10.

“Identical” means in this context:

•

the securities are of the same nominal value with the same amount called up or paid up;

•

they are entitled to dividend/interest at the same rate and for the same period, so that at the next ensuing distribution, the dividend/interest payable per unit will amount to exactly the same sum (gross and net); and

•

they carry the same rights as to unrestricted transfer, attendance and voting at meetings and rank pari passu in all other respects.

11.

SEHK refers to Stock Exchange of Hong Kong.

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Section II must also be completed by a listed issuer where it has made a repurchase of shares which is discloseable under Main Board Rule 10.06(4)(a) / GEM Rule 13.13(1).

The issuer has Purchase report or additional information for issuer whose primary listing is on the Exchange Not applicable


Submitted by:		Wang Jian
		(Name)

Title:		Company Secretary
		(Director, Secretary or other Duly Authorised Officer)

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Instrument:

Equity issuer

New Submission

Name of Issuer:

China Eastern Airlines Corporation Limited

Date Submitted:

13 January 2023

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