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Re:
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China
Recycling Energy Corporation
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Form
10-K for the Fiscal Year Ended December 31,
2009
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Filed
March 16, 2010
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Form
10-Q for the Quarterly Period Ended June 30,
2010
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Filed
August 16, 2010
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File
No. 1-34625
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We
reviewed your response to comment two in our letter dated September 22,
2010. Please confirm that you intend to include the conformed
signature of your independent accountant in the amendment you intend to
file upon conclusion of our review.
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We
reviewed your response, along with the analysis provided in the appendix,
to comment three in our letter dated September 22, 2010. We
acknowledge the guidance in ASC 230-10-45-22 that certain cash receipts
and payments may have aspects of more than one class of cash flows, and
that the appropriate cash flow classification should depend on the
activity that is likely to be the predominate source of cash
flows. As such, it appears that the construction costs of power
generating systems and the related proceeds from the sale of these systems
should be consistently presented as either operating or investing
activities dependent on the predominant source of cash
flows. Please tell us how you are applying the referenced
guidance in determining whether cash flows from the
acquisition/construction and sale of power generation systems should be
classified as operating or investing activities. In your
response, please address the following questions with respect to the
consolidated statement of cash flows provided in the
appendix:
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We
note that the increase in construction in progress is classified in cash
flows from operating activities while principal collections on sales type
leases are classified in cash flows from investing
activities. Please tell us your basis in GAAP for these cash
flow classifications in light of the guidance in ASC 230-10-
45-22.
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We
note that sales of systems are classified as cash outflows from investing
activities in the initial investment in sales type lease line
item. Please tell us why the sale of systems results in cash
outflows.
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It
seems as though sales of power generating systems net of the costs of
systems subject to sales and lease back arrangements represent non-cash
income and expense. If you consider construction expenditures
and collection of principal on sales type leases as investing cash flows,
please tell us why you should not present gross profit from the sale of
systems as a reduction to cash flows from operating activities in the
adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash provided by
operating activities.
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Response:
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After
reviewing ASC 230-10-45-22, we have classified cash flow from construction
in progress as cash flow operating activities because we concluded that
construction of energy saving systems is like the production of inventory
in a manufacturing environment. We do not have sales lease back
type arrangements but the sales type leases of terms of 15 to 20 years;
therefore, we concluded these cash inflows from collections are
appropriately classified as cash flows from investing activities as they
are received.
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Sales
of systems result in an increase in receivables from sales type leases.
This is similar to making an installment loan. The lease receivable will
be collected over 15-20 years; therefore, we have concluded a cash outflow
should be classified as investing cash flow. Similarly,
principal collections are classified as investing cash
inflow. The sale of systems results in an increase in assets
and is, consequently, treated as a cash
outflow.
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We
consider construction expenditure to be operating cash flows as described
in the paragraph above. Gross profit is included in lease
receivables like accounts receivable, which includes gross profit on
sales. Therefore, we have concluded that gross profit from sales of
systems should not be an adjustment to cash provided by operating
activities.
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We
reviewed your response to comment six in our letter dated September 22,
2010. It appears that the guidance at ASC 505-50-30-11 through
ASC 505-50-30-17 should be followed when determining the measurement date
for equity instruments issued in a share-based payment transaction with
nonemployees. If you disagree, please explain in greater detail
why such guidance is not applicable. Given this guidance, as
previously requested, please tell us in more detail the basis for your
determination that the measurement date for the warrants issued to
non-employees was the same as the grant date. Refer to the
guidance in ASC 505-50-30-11 through ASC 505-50-30-17 and discuss why you
believe: (i) performance was complete on the grant date or (ii)
a performance commitment to earn the equity instruments was probable on
the grant date because of sufficiently large disincentives for
nonperformance. With respect to the latter, please explain in
detail the sufficiently large disincentives for
nonperformance.
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4.
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We
note that you conduct substantially all of your operations outside of the
United States. In order to enhance our understanding of how you
prepare your financial statements and assess your internal control over
financial reporting, we ask that you provide us with the following
information:
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In
connection with your process to determine whether your internal control
over financial reporting was effective, please describe whether and how
you considered controls to address financial reporting risks that are
relevant to all locations where you have
operations.
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If
you have an internal audit function, please describe it and explain how,
if at all, that function impacted your evaluation of your internal control
over financial reporting.
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If
you maintain your books and records in accordance with U.S. GAAP, describe
the controls you maintain to ensure that the activities you conduct and
the transactions you consummate are recorded in accordance with U.S.
GAAP.
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If
you do not maintain your books and records in accordance with U.S. GAAP,
tell us what basis of accounting you use and describe the process you go
through to convert your books and records to U.S. GAAP for SEC
reporting. Describe the controls you maintain to ensure that
you have made all necessary and appropriate adjustments in your
conversions and disclosures.
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We
would like to understand more about the background of the people who are
primarily responsible for preparing and supervising the preparation of
your financial statements and evaluating the effectiveness of your
internal control over financial reporting and their knowledge of U.S. GAAP
and SEC rules and regulations. Do not identify people by name,
but for each person, please tell
us:
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what
role he or she takes in preparing your financial statements and evaluating
the effectiveness of your internal
control;
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what
relevant education and ongoing training he or she has had relating to U.S.
GAAP;
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the
nature of his or her contractual or other relationship to
you;
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whether
he or she holds and maintains any professional designations such as
Certified Public Accountant (U.S.) or Certified Management Accountant;
and
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about
his or her professional experience, including experience in preparing
and/or auditing financial statements prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP
and evaluating effectiveness of internal control over financial
reporting.
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6.
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If
you retain an accounting firm or other similar organization to prepare
your financial statements or evaluate your internal control over financial
reporting, please tell us:
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the
name and address of the accounting firm or
organization;
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the
qualifications of their employees who perform the services for your
company;
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how
and why they are qualified to prepare your financial statements or
evaluate your internal control over financial
reporting;
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how
many hours they spent last year performing these services for you;
and
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the
total amount of fees you paid to each accounting firm or organization in
connection with the preparation of your financial statements and in
connection with the evaluation of internal control over financial
reporting for the most recent fiscal year
end.
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Name
and Address: Yvonne Zhang, Certified Public Accountant (DBA: V
Trust Accounting and Tax Services); 32 S Almansor St., Alhambra, CA
91801
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Qualifications
and Personnel: The person who prepares the Company’s financial
statements is Yvonne Zhang, who is a U.S. CPA, licensed in the State of
California.
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Reasons
for Qualification: The Company CPA is qualified to prepare the
Company’s financial statements because she is a CPA and has about 10 years
of experience working in various U.S. accounting firms
supervising, planning and performing financial statement audits and
reviews (for both SEC reporting and private companies), preparing
financial statement compilations and related footnote disclosures and
special reports, and preparing corporate, partnership and personal income
tax returns. She has a strong background in accounting systems
and financial operations reporting in a variety of industries including
trading, high technology, professional services, real estate investments,
foods, entertainment and shipping. Specific to the Company’s
operations and business model, the Company’s CPA has traveled extensively
to mainland China to lead audit teams to conduct SEC financial statement
audits for U.S. publicly-traded companies with main operating subsidiaries
located in China. In addition, she has experience performing
CFO duties for another publicly traded company with primarily China-based
operations, where she supervised and trained Chinese accounting staffs in
US GAAP. Her professional designations
include: Member of AICPA; and Institute of Management
Accountants.
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Hours
Spent Performing Company’s Work: During 2009, the Company’s CPA spent
approximately 210 hours preparing the Company’s financial
statements.
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7.
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If
you retain individuals who are not your employees and are not employed by
an accounting firm or other similar organization to prepare your financial
statements or evaluate your internal control over financial reporting, do
not provide us with their names, but please tell
us:
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why
you believe they are qualified to prepare your financial statements or
evaluate your internal control over financial
reporting;
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how
many hours they spent last year performing these services for you;
and
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the
total amount of fees you paid to each individual in connection with the
preparation of your financial statements and in connection with the
evaluation of internal control over financial reporting for the most
recent fiscal year end.
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We
note that you identify Mr. Sean Shao, member of your audit committee, as a
financial expert in your Proxy Statement filed April 30,
2010. Please describe the financial expert’s qualifications,
including the extent of the financial expert’s knowledge of U.S. GAAP and
internal control over financial
reporting.
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Mr.
Shao currently serves as an independent director of several NASDAQ-listed
and NYSE-listed companies, one NYSE Amex-listed company and one OTCBB
company;
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Mr.
Shao served as the CFO of Trina Solar Limited, an integrated manufacturer
of solar photovoltaic products. During his tenure, Mr. Shao assisted the
Company in its initial public offering on NYSE and led the implementation
of corporate governance to meet the requirement of a U.S. public
company;
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Mr.
Shao served as the CFO of ChinaEdu Corporation, an educational service
provider, and upgraded the financial reporting process and forecast
capabilities to prepare the Company for its listing on NASDAQ; Mr. Shao
initiated the review of internal control for the Company to comply with
the requirements of SOX 404;
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Mr.
Shao served as the CFO of Watchdata Technologies Ltd., a China-based
security software company, and led the company in its effort to build up
financial reporting processes to prepare financial statements in
accordance with US GAAP;
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Mr.
Shao held several managerial positions at Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu and
managed many US GAAP audits for Chinese
companies;
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Mr.
Shao holds a master’s degree in health care administration from the
University of California, Los
Angeles;
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Mr.
Shao holds a bachelor’s degree in art from East China Normal University in
Shanghai; and
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Mr.
Shao is a member of American Institute of Certified Public
Accountants.
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9.
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We
reviewed your response to comment 11 in our letter dated September 22,
2010. In your response you state that you classified the shares
to be issued as a non-current liability. However, shares to be
issued are classified as temporary equity between total liabilities and
equity. Please classify the obligation as a non-current
liability in future filings.
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Very
truly yours,
/s/
Thomas Wardell
Thomas
Wardell
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cc: | Tony Peng, CFO,
China Recycling Energy Corp.
Jeffrey
Li, Esq.
James
L. Thornton,
Esq.
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