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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): July 30, 2010
 
 
CHINA AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

Delaware
  
000-33123
  
33-0885775
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
  
(Commission File Number)
  
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
 
No. 1 Henglong Road, Yu Qiao Development Zone
Shashi District, Jing Zhou City
Hubei Province, 43400
The People’s Republic of China

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)
 
 
(86) 716-832 9196
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
 
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Item 5.07.        Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
 
The 2010 annual general meeting of stockholders of China Automotive Systems, Inc. (the “Company”) was held on July 8, 2010.  The following matters were voted upon:
 
 
1.
The election of five directors to serve a one-year term expiring at the 2011 annual general meeting of stockholders and until their successors have been elected and qualified.
 
The five nominees receiving the largest number of affirmative votes cast representing shares of the Company’s common stock present and entitled to vote at the annual general meeting were elected as directors, by the following vote (with 247,969 Abstentions and 5,384,549 Broker Non-Votes):
 
Nominee
    
For
  
Withheld
Hanlin Chen
  
21,433,024
  
21,401
Qizhou Wu
  
21,437,795
  
16,630
Guangxun Xu
  
21,436,447
  
17,978
Bruce Carlton Richardson
  
21,436,674
  
17,751
Robert Tung
  
21,430,365
  
20,060
 
 
2.
The ratification of the appointment of Schwartz Levitsky Feldman LLP to serve as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2010.
 
The appointment of Schwartz Levitsky Feldman as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2010, was ratified by the following vote (with 247,969 Abstentions and 1,473,678 Broker Non-Votes):
 
Matter
    
For
  
Against
  
Withheld
Ratification of the appointment of Schwartz Levitsky Feldman LLP
    
23,061,710
  
687,906
  
1,615,680

 
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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.
  
       
Date:   July 30, 2010
By:
/s/ Hanlin Chen  
    Hanlin Chen  
    Chairman  
       
 
 
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