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Z. JULIE GAO (CALIFORNIA)

  

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November 22, 2019

Confidential

Draft Registration Statement

Securities and Exchange Commission

100 F Street, N.E.

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

  Re:

BlueCity Holdings Limited

Confidential Submission of the Draft Registration Statement on Form F-1

Dear Sir/Madam,

On behalf of our client, BlueCity Holdings Limited, a foreign private issuer organized under the laws of the Cayman Islands (the “Company”), we are hereby submitting a draft registration statement on Form F-1 (the “Draft Registration Statement”) relating to a proposed initial public offering in the United States of the Company’s ordinary shares, par value US$0.0001 per share, to be represented by American depositary shares (“ADSs”) via EDGAR to the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) for confidential review pursuant to the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act, as amended (the “JOBS Act”). The Company confirms that it is an “emerging growth company” as defined in the JOBS Act and its securities have not been previously sold pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. A registration statement on Form F-6 relating to the ADSs will be filed with the Commission in due course.

Financial Statements

The Company has included in this submission its audited consolidated financial statements and selected financial information as of and for the year


Draft Registration Statement

Securities and Exchange Commission

November 22, 2019

Page 2

 

ended December 31, 2018, and unaudited interim consolidated financial statements and selected financial information as of September 30, 2019 and for the nine months ended September 30, 2018 and 2019. As an emerging growth company, the Company has omitted from the Draft Registration Statement its financial statements for 2017, and has also omitted the selected financial information for the years before 2018 as it reasonably expects that the omitted financial information will not be required at the time when the registration statement is publicly filed. Prior to the distribution of a preliminary prospectus, the Company will amend the registration statement to include all financial statements required by Regulation S-X at the date of the amendment.

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Draft Registration Statement

Securities and Exchange Commission

November 22, 2019

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If you have any question regarding the Draft Registration Statement, please contact the undersigned by phone at +852 3740-4863 or via e-mail at julie.gao@skadden.com, or Allen Lu, partner at KPMG Huazhen LLP, by telephone at +86 10 8508-7805 or via email at allen.lu@kpmg.com. KPMG Huazhen LLP is the independent registered public accounting firm of the Company.

 

Very truly yours,

/s/ Z. Julie Gao

Z. Julie Gao

 

cc:    Baoli Ma, Chief Executive Officer, BlueCity Holdings Limited
   Zhiyong (Ben) Li, Chief Financial Officer, BlueCity Holdings Limited
   Allen Lu, Partner, KPMG Huazhen LLP
   Chris K.H. Lin, Esq., Partner, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
   Yi Gao, Esq., Counsel, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP