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DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS AND ORGANIZATION
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2011
DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS AND ORGANIZATION
NOTE 1
DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS AND ORGANIZATION
 
Lihua International, Inc. (“Lihua” or the “Company”) was incorporated in the State of Delaware on January 24, 2006 under the name Plastron Acquisition Corp.  On September 22, 2008, the Company changed its name from Plastron Acquisition Corp. to Lihua International, Inc. The Company conducts its business through two operating subsidiaries, Danyang Lihua Electron Co., Ltd. and Jiangsu Lihua Copper Industry Co., Ltd.

On September 4, 2009, the Company’s common stock began trading on the NASDAQ Capital Market under the symbol LIWA.

As of June 30, 2011, details of the subsidiaries of the Company are as follows:

Subsidiaries’ names
 
Domicile and date of
incorporation
 
Paid-up capital
   
Effective
ownership
   
Principal activities
                     
Ally Profit Investments Limited (“Ally Profit”)
 
British Virgin Islands
March 12, 2008
 
$
100
     
100
 
Holding company of other subsidiaries
                         
Lihua Holdings Limited (“Lihua Holdings”)
 
Hong Kong
April 17, 2008
 
HK$
100
     
100
%
 
Holding company of other subsidiaries
                         
Danyang Lihua Electron Co., Ltd. (“Lihua Electron”)
 
People’s Republic of China (“PRC”)
December 30, 1999
 
$
10,500,000
     
100
 
Manufacturing and sales of copper wire and bimetallic composite conductor wire such as copper clad aluminum (CCA) wire and enameled CCA wire
                         
Jiangsu Lihua Copper Industry Co., Ltd. (“Lihua Copper”)
 
PRC
August 31, 2007
 
$
46,000,000
     
100
 
Manufacturing and sales of refined copper