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    <reportingOwner>
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                <value>Common Stock $0.001 par value</value>
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                <value>2014-09-05</value>
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                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value>See footnote</value>
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            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock $0.001 par value</value>
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                <value>2014-09-08</value>
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                    <value>D</value>
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                    <value>10552181</value>
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                    <value>I</value>
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                    <value>See footnote</value>
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">The price shown is the weighted average prices of the shares sold in this transaction. The price range for this transaction is $1.50 to $1.51. The reporting person undertakes to provide, upon request by the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission, the issuer, or a security holder of the issuer, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price for this transaction.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Following the consummation of the transactions reported herein, Carlyle Asia Growth Partners III, L.P. and CAGP III Co-Investment, L.P. are the record holders of 10,102,784 and 449,397 shares, respectively, of Common Stock of China Recycling Energy Corporation. Carlyle Group Management L.L.C. is the general partner of The Carlyle Group L.P. which is a publicly traded entity listed on NASDAQ. The Carlyle Group L.P. is the managing member of Carlyle Holdings II GP L.L.C., which is the general partner of Carlyle Holdings II L.P., which is the general partner of TC Group Cayman Investment Holdings, L.P., which is the general partner of TC Group Cayman Investment Holdings Sub L.P., which is the sole shareholder of CAGP, Ltd., which is the general partner of CAGP General Partner, L.P., which is the general partner of each of Carlyle Asia Growth Partners III, L.P. and CAGP III Co-Investment, L.P.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks></remarks>

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        <signatureName>CAGP LTD. By: /s/Norma Kuntz, attorney-in-fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2014-09-09</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>CARLYLE GROUP MANAGEMENT L.L.C By: /s/Norma Kuntz, attorney-in-fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2014-09-09</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>THE CARLYLE GROUP L.P By: /s/Norma Kuntz, attorney-in-fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2014-09-09</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>CARLYLE HOLDING II GP L.L.C By: /s/Norma Kuntz, attorney-in-fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2014-09-09</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>CARLYLE HOLDINGS II L.P By: /s/Norma Kuntz, attorney-in-fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2014-09-09</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>TC GROUP CAYMAN INVESTMENT HOLDINGS , L.P. By: /s/Norma Kuntz, attorney-in-fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2014-09-09</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>TC GROUP CAYMAN INVESTMENT HOLDINGS SUB L.P. By: /s/Norma Kuntz, attorney-in-fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2014-09-09</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>CAGP GENERAL PARTNER, L.P. By: /s/Norma Kuntz, attorney-in-fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2014-09-09</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>CARLYLE ASIA GROWTH PARTNERS III, L.P. By: /s/Norma Kuntz, attorney-in-fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2014-09-09</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>CAGP III Co-INVESTMENT, L.P. By: /s/Norma Kuntz, attorney-in-fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2014-09-09</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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