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July 27, 2018

CONFIDENTIAL AND VIA EDGAR

Division of Corporation Finance

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

100 F Street, N.E.

Mail Stop 4561

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

Attention: Ms. Folake Ayoola, Esq., Special Counsel
     Mr. Matthew Derby, Esq., Attorney-Advisor
     Mr. Stephen Krikorian, Accounting Branch Chief
     Mr. Morgan Youngwood, Staff Accountant

 

            Re: Qutoutiao Inc.
     Draft Registration Statement on Form F-1
     Submitted May 23, 2018
     CIK No. 0001733298

Ladies and Gentlemen:

On behalf of our client, Qutoutiao Inc., an exempted company incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands with limited liability (the “Company”), formerly known as Qtech Ltd., we enclose herewith for submission on a confidential basis with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), a revised draft (the “Draft No. 4”) of the above-referenced draft registration statement on Form F-1 (the “Draft Registration Statement”).

We enclose herewith five (5) courtesy copies of Draft No. 4, which has been marked to show changes to the Company’s Draft Registration Statement confidentially submitted to the Commission on May 23, 2018 (the “May 23 Submission”).

 

DANIEL FERTIG    ADAM C. FURBER         IAN C. HO    ANTHONY D. KING    CELIA C.L. LAM    CHRIS K.H. LIN    JIN HYUK PARK    KATHRYN KING SUDOL    CHRISTOPHER K.S. WONG

RESIDENT PARTNERS

 

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The Company has responded to the comment contained in the comment letter dated June 14, 2018 from the Staff (the “Staff”) of the Commission (the “June 14 Comment Letter”) by providing an explanation in response to the comment. In addition, the Company has revised the May 23 Submission to include financial information as of and for the six months ended June 30, 2018 and to update operating data and certain other disclosures.

Set forth below is the Company’s response to the Staff’s comment in the June 14 Comment Letter. The Staff’s comment is retyped in bold italics below for your ease of reference.

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Business

Monetization, page 108

 

1. Please revise to provide the duration of the membership registration agreement with Baidu.

The Company respectfully advises the Staff that the Company’s membership registration agreement with Baidu does not have a finite duration; rather, the standard terms and conditions in the membership registration agreement which are generally applicable to companies that utilize Baidu’s advertising platform, including the Company, will continue to apply to the Company for as long as the Company uses Baidu’s advertising platform, or until Baidu terminates the membership registration agreement.

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If you have any question regarding the Draft Registration Statement, please do not hesitate to contact me at +852-2514-7650 (work), +852-9198-4235 (mobile) or clin@stblaw.com (email) or David Lee at +852-2514-7655 (work), +852-9036-9375 (mobile) or dlee@stblaw.com (email).

 

Very truly yours,
/s/ Chris K.H. Lin
Chris K.H. Lin

Enclosures

 

cc:   Eric Siliang Tan, Executive Chairman
  Lei Li, Director and Chief Executive Officer
  Jingbo Wang, Director and Chief Financial Officer
        Qutoutiao Inc.
  Daniel Fertig
  David Lee
        Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
  Dan Ouyang
  Jie Zhu
        Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
  Sean Fu
        PricewaterhouseCoopers Zhong Tian LLP

 

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