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Received by NSD/FARA Registration Unit 06/01/2020 12:20:30 PM OMB No. 1124-0003; Expires May 31, 2020 U.S. Department of Justice Amendment to Registration Statement

Washington, dc 20530 Pursuant to the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938, as amended

INSTRUCTIONS. File this amendment form for any changes to a registration. Compliance is accomplished by filing an electronic amendment to registration statement and uploading any supporting documents at https://www.fara.gov.

Privacy Act Statement. The filing of this document is required for the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938, as amended, 22 U.S.C. § 611 et seq., for the purposes of registration under the Act and public disclosure. Provision of the information requested is mandatory, and failure to provide the information is subject to the penalty and enforcement provisions established in Section 8 of the Act. Eveiy registration statement, short form registration statement, supplemental statement, exhibit, amendment, copy of informational materials or other document or information filed with the Attorney General under this Act is a public record open to public examination, inspection and copying duiing the posted business hours of the FARA Unit in Washington, DC. Statements are also available online at the FARA Unit’s webpage: https://www.fara.gov. One copy of eveiy such document, other than informational materials, is automatically provided to the Secretary of State pursuant to Section 6(b) of the Act, and copies of any and all documents are routinely made available to other agencies, departments and Congress pursuant to Section 6(c) of the Act. The Attorney General also transmits a semi-annual report to Congress on the administration of the Act which lists the names of all agents registered under the Act and the foreign principals they represent. This report is available to the public in print and online at: https://www.fara.gov

Public Reporting Burden. Public reporting burden for this collection of information is estimated to average .75 hours per response, including the tune for reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the collection of information. Send comments regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect of this collection of information, including suggestions for reducing this burden to Chief, FARA Unit, Counterintelligence and Export Control Section, National Security Division, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20530; and to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, Washington, DC 20503.

1. Name of Registrant 2. Registration Number

China Daily Distribution Corp. 3457

3. This amendment is filed to accomplish the following indicated purpose(es): □ To give a 10-day notice of change in information as required by Section 2(b) of the Act. [x] To correct a deficiency in □ Initial Statement

0 Supplemental Statement for the 6 month period ending for Years 2017 through 2020 □ Other purpose (specify) □ To give notice of change in an exhibit previously filed.

4. If this amendment requires the filing of a document or documents, please list:

5. Each item checked above must be explained below in full detail together with, where appropriate, specific reference to and identity of the item in the registration statement to which it pertains.

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EXECUTION

In accordance with 28 U.S.C. § 1746, and subject to the penalties of 18 U.S.C. § 1001 and 22 U.S.C. § 618, the undersigned swears or affirms under penalty of perjury that he/she has read the infonnation set forth in this Amendment to Registration Statement, that he/ she is familiar with the contents thereof, and that such contents are in their entirety true and accurate to the best of his/her knowledge and belief

Date Printed Name Signature1

June 01, 2020 Shengli Zhou /s/ Shengli Zhou eSigned

1 This statement shall be signed by the individual agent, if the registrant is an individual, or by a majority of those partners, officers, directors or persons performing similar functions, if the registrant is an organization, except that the organization can. by power of attorney, authorize one or more individuals to execute this statement on its behalf.

Received by NSD/FARA Registration Unit 06/01/2020 12:20:30 PM OMB No. 1124-0002; Expires May 31, 2020 U.S. Department of Revived by NSD/FARA Regig^jfle,tfaiti^j,&fl^l2:20:30 PM

Washington, dc 20530 Pursuant to the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938, as amended

For Six Month Period Ending 04/30/2017 (Insert date) I REGISTRANT

1. (a) Name of Registrant (b) Registration No.

China Daily Distribution Corp. 3457

2. Has there been a change in the information previously furnished m connection with the following? (a) If an individual: (1) Residence address(es) Yes □ No □ (2) Citizenship Yes □ No □ (3) Occupation Yes □ No □ (b) If an organization: (1) Name Yes □ No [x] (2) Ownership or control Yes □ No 0 (3) Branch offices Yes □ No 0 (c) Explain fully all changes, if any, indicated in Items (a) and (b) above.

IF THE REGISTRANT IS AN INDIVIDUAL, OMIT RESPONSE TO ITEMS 3,4, AND 5(a). 3. If you have previously filed Exhibit C1, state whether any changes therein have occurred during this 6 month reporting period. Yes □ No 0 If yes, have you filed an amendment to the Exhibit C? Yes □ No □ If no, please attach the required amendment.

1 The Exhibit C, for which no printed form is provided, consists of a tree copy of the charter, articles of incorporation, association, and by laws of a registrant that is an organization. (A waiver of the requirement to file an Exhibit C may be obtained for good cause upon written application to the Assistant Attorney General, National Security Division. U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20530.) FORM NSD-2 Received by NSD/FARA Registration Unit 06/01/2020 12:20:30 PM Revised 05/17 Received by NSD/FARA Registration Unit 06/01/2020 12:20:30 PM (page2) 4. (a) Have any persons ceased acting as partners, officers, directors or similar officials of the registrant during this 6 month reporting period? Yes □ No 0 If yes, furnish the following information: Name Position Date Connection Ended

(b) Have any persons become partners, officers, directors or similar officials during this 6 month reporting period? Yes □ No 0 If yes, furnish the following information: Name Residence Address Citizenship Position Date Assumed

5. (a) Has any person named in Item 4(b) rendered services directly in furtherance of the interests of any foreign principal? Yes □ No S If yes, identify each such person and describe the service rendered.

(b) During this six month reporting period, has the registrant hired as employees or in any other capacity, any persons who rendered or will render services to the registrant directly in furtherance of the interests of any foreign principal(s) in other than a clerical or secretarial, or in a related or similar capacity? Yes □ No 0

Name Residence Address Citizenship Position Date Assumed

(c) Have any employees or individuals, who have filed a short form registration statement, terminated their employment or connection with the registrant during this 6 month reporting period? Yes d No 0 If yes, furnish the following information: Name Position or Connection Date Terminated

(d) Have any employees or individuals, who have filed a short form registration statement, terminated their connection with any foreign principal during this 6 month reporting period? Yes [U No 0

If yes, furnish the following information: Name Position or Connection Foreign Principal Date Terminated

6. Have short form registration statements been filed by all of the persons named in Items 5(a) and 5(b) of the supplemental statement? Yes □ No □ If no, list names of persons who have not filed the required statement.

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7. Has your connection with any foreign principal ended during this 6 month reporting period? Yes □ No S If yes, furnish the following information:

Foreign Principal Date of Temanation

8. Have you acquired any new foreign principal(s)2 during this 6 month reporting period? Yes □ No [x] If yes, furnish th following information:

Name and Address of Foreign Principal(s) Date Acquired

9. In addition to those named in Items 7 and 8, if any, list foreign principal(s)2 whom you continued to represent during the 6 month reporting period. China Daily of Beijing

10. (a) Have you filed exhibits for the newly acquired foreign principal(s), if any, listed in Item 8? Exhibit A3 Yes □ No □ Exhibit B4 Yes □ No □ If no, please attach the required exhibit.

(b) Have there been any changes in the Exhibits A and B previously filed for any foreign principal whom you represented during this six month period? Yes □ No [HI If yes, have you filed an amendment to these exhibits? Yes □ No □ If no, please attach the required amendment.

2 The term "foreign principal" includes, in addition to those defined in Section 1(b) of the Act, an individual organization any of whose activities are directly or indirectly supervised, directed, controlled, financed, or subsidized in whole or in major part by a foreign government, foreign political party, foreign organization or foreign individual. (See Rule 100(a) (9)). A registrant who represents more than one foreign principal is required to list in the statements he files under the Act only those principals for whom he is not entitled to claim exemption under Section 3 of the Act. (See Rule 208.) 3 The Exhibit A, which is filed on Form NSD-3, sets forth the information required to be disclosed concerning each foreign principal. 4 The Exhibit B, which is filed on Form NSD-4. sets forth the information concerning the agreement or understanding between the registrant and the foreign principal. Received by NSD/FARA Registration Unit 06/01/2020 12:20:30 PM Received by NSD/FARA Registration Unit 06/01/2020 12:20:30 PM (PAGE 4) III - ACTIVITIES

11. During this 6 month reportmg period, have you engaged in any activities for or rendered any services to any foreign principal named in Items 7, 8, or 9 of this statement? Yes 0 No □

If yes, identify each foreign principal and describe in full detail your activities and services:

Foreign Principal: China Daily of Beijing

China Daily Distribution Corporation (DBA China Daily USA) publishes China Daily U.S. Edition on behalf of China Daily of Beijing and facilitates the publication of informational and advertorial materials in U.S. media. China Daily USA also produces coverage about the U.S. for publication in China Daily's flagship edition in China.

12. During this 6 month reportmg period, have you on behalf of any foreign principal engaged in political activity5 *as defmed below? Yes □ No IE

If yes, identify each such foreign principal and describe in full detail all such political activity, indicating, among other things, the relations, interests and policies sought to be influenced and the means employed to achieve this purpose. If the registrant arranged, sponsored or delivered speeches, lectures or radio and TV broadcasts, give details as to dates, places of delivery, names of speakers and subject matter.

13. In addition to the above described activities, if any, have you engaged in activity on your own behalf which benefits your foreign principal(s)? Yes □ No [x]

If yes, describe fully.

5 "Political activity," as defined in Section l(o) of the Act, means any activity that the person engaging hi believes will, or that the person intends to, hi any way influence any agency or official of the-povernment of the Unhe-rUflates-gr ariwêcliomof the public within the-United Statesywidi velerejy&tOjfotinHlatjna, adophugîr changing the domestic or foreign policies of tlJeM^fi^fYêft)rQ}/h refer? nee4fepfeMcafer putî§n§rT9-,y

14 (a) RECEIPTS-MONIES During this 6 month reporting period, have you received from any foreign principal named in Items 7, 8, or 9 of this statement, or from any other source, for or in the interests of any such foreign principal, any contributions, income or money either as compensation or otherwise? Yes 0 No □

If no, explain why.

If yes, set forth below in the required detail and separately for each foreign principal an account of such monies6 Date From Whom Purpose Amount

See Attachment I Item 14 (a) November 2016- April 2017

Total

(b) RECEIPTS - FUNDRAISING CAMPAIGN During this 6 month reporting period, have you received, as part of a fundraising campaign7, any money on behalf of any foreign principal named in Items 7, 8, or 9 of this statement? Yes □ No S If yes, have you filed an Exhibit D8 to your registration? Yes □ No □

If yes, indicate the date the Exhibit D was filed. Date

(c) RECEIPTS-THINGS OF VALUE During this 6 month reporting period, have you received any thing of value9 other than money from any foreign principal named in Items 7, 8, or 9 of this statement, or from any other source, for or in the interests of any such foreign principal? Yes EED No □

If yes, furnish the following information:

Foreign Principal Date Received Thmg of Value Purpose China Daily of Beijing Continual Exclusive right to distribute Publication of the China Daily newspaper in the newspaper United States

6,1 A registrant is required to file an Exhibit D if he collects or receives contributions, loans, moneys, or other things of value for a foreign principal, as part of a fundraising campaign. (See Rule 201(e)). 8 An Exhibit D, for which no printed form is provided, sets forth an account of money collected or received as a result of a fundraising campaign and transmitted for a foreign principal. 9 Things of value include but are not limited to gifts, interest free loans, expense free travel, favored stock purchases, exclusive rights, favored treatment over competitors, ■kickbacks," and the h^ecejve(^ NSD/FARA Registration Unit 06/01/2020 12:20:30 PM Received by NSD/FARA Registration Unit 06/01/2020 12:20:30 PM (PAGE 6)

15. (a) DISBURSEMENTS-MONIES During this 6 month reporting period, have you (1) disbursed or expended monies in connection with activity on behalf of any foreign principal named in Items 7, 8, or 9 of this statement? Yes [x] No □ (2) transmitted monies to any such foreign principal? Yes □ No 0

If no, explain in full detail why there were no disbursements made on behalf of any foreign principal.

If yes, set forth below in the required detail and separately for each foreign principal an account of such monies, including monies transmitted, if any, to each foreign principal.

Date To Whom Purpose Amount See Attachment II Item 15(a) November 2016- April 2017

Total

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Date Recipient Foreign Principal Thing of Value Purpose

(c) DISBURSEMENTS-POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS During this 6 month reporting period, have you from your own funds and on your own behalf either directly or through any other person, made any contributions of money or other things of value11 in connection with an election to any political office, or in connection with any primary election, convention, or caucus held to select candidates for political office? Yes □ No S

If yes, furnish the following information: Date Amount or Thing of Value Political Organization or Candidate Location of Event

10, 11 Tilings of value include but are not limited to gifts, interest fr ee loans, expense free travel, favored stock purchases, exclusive rights, favored treatment over competitors. Received by NSD/FARA Registration Unit 06/01/2020 12:20:30 PM Received by NSD/FARA Registration Unit 06/01/2020 12:20:30 PM (PAGE 8) V - INFORMATIONAL MATERIALS

16. (a) During this 6 month reporting period, did you prepare, disseminate or cause to be disseminated any informational materials?12 Yes m No □ If Yes, go to Item 17. (b) If you answered No to Item 16(a), do you disseminate any material in connection with your registration? Yes □ No □ If Yes, please forward the materials disseminated during the six month period to the Registration Unit for review. 17. Identify each such foreign principal. China Daily of Beijing Activities performed: 1. Distribution of China Daily newspaper pursuant to an exclusive distribution rights contract. 2. Advertising campaigns in Wall Street Journal and Washington Post.

18. During this 6 month reporting period, has any foreign principal established a budget or allocated a specified sum of money to finance your activities in preparing or disseminating informational materials? Yes [x] No □ If yes, identify each such foreign principal, specify amount, and mdicate for what period of time.

Foreign principal: China Daily of Beijing Amount: $5,783,538.95 Time period: 11/01/2016-04/30/2017

19. During this 6 month reporting period, did your activities in preparing, disseminating or causing the dissemination of informational materials include the use of any of the following: □ Radio or TV broadcasts 0 Magazine or newspaper D Motion picture films □ Letters or telegrams (El Advertising campaigns □ Press releases □ Pamphlets or other publications □ Lectures or speeches □ Other (specifyj Electronic Communications □ Email 0 Website URL(s): chinadailyusa.com 0 Social media websites URL(s): See Attachment III Item 19 Nov 2016-Apr 2017 □ Other (specify)

20. During this 6 month reporting period, did you disseminate or cause to be disseminated informational materials among any of the following groups: Q Public officials |x] Newspapers □ Libraries □ Legislators □ Editors □ Educational institutions □ Government agencies □ Civic groups or associations □ Nationality groups

□ Other (specify)

21. What language was used in the informational materials: 0 English □ Other (specify)

22. Did you file with the Registration Unit, U.S. Department of Justice a copy of each item of such informational materials disseminated or caused to be disseminated during this 6 month reporting period? Yes EH No EH

23. Did you label each item of such informational materials with the statement required by Section 4(b) of the Act? Yes [x] No □

12 The term informational materials includes any oral, visual, graphic, written, or pictorial information or matter of any kind, including that published by means of advertising, books, periodicals, newspapers, lectures, broadcasts, motion pictures, or any means or instrumentality of interstate or foreign commerce or otherwise. Informational materials disseminated by an agent of a foreign principal as part of an activity in itself exempt from registration, or an activity which by itself would not requir e registration, need not be filed pursuant to Section 4(b) of the Act. Received by NSD/FARA Registration Unit 06/01/2020 12:20:30 PM Received by NSD/FARA Registration Unit 06/01/2020 12:20:30 PM (PAGE 9)

VI - EXECUTION In accordance with 28 U.S.C. § 1746, the undersigned swear(s) or affmn(s) under penalty of perjury that he/she has (they have) read the information set forth in this registration statement and the attached exhibits and that he/she is (they are) familiar with the contents thereof and that such contents are in their entirety true and accurate to the best of his/her (their) knowledge and belief, except that the undersigned make(s) no representation as to truth or accuracy of the information contained in the attached Short Form Registration Statement(s), if any, insofar as such information is not within his/her (their) personal knowledge.

(Date of signature) (Print or type name under each signature or provide electronic signature13)

June 01, 2020 /s/ Shengli Zhou eSigned

13 This statement shall be signed by the individual agent, if the registrant is an individual, or by a majority of those partners, officers, directors or persons performing similar functions, if the registrant is an organization, except that the organization can, by power of attorney, authorize one or more individuals to execute this statement on its behalf.

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Attachment I Applicable to Item 14 (a) RECEIPTS-MONIES For period 11/01/2016-04/30/2017

Ending 11/30/2016 Ending 12/31/2016 Ending 01/31/2017 Ending 02/28/2017 Ending 03/31/2017 Ending 04/30/2017 Newspaper Subscription Income from Various Customers 7,112.22 14,710.02 12,882.12 6,330.23 4,629.84 28,953.49 Advertisement Income from Various Customers 29,240.00 74,673.00 7,880.00 9,000.00 100.00 Fund from Fleadquarter Office 960,743.28 1,090,155.34 843,302.25 892,166.29 880,522.24 1,116,649.55

Total 997,095.50 1,179,538.36 856,184.37 906,376.52 894,152.08 1,145,703.04 Total 5,979,049.87

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Attachment II Applicable to Item 15 (a) DISBURSEMENTS-MONIE For Period 11/01/2016-04/30/2017

Cost of Goods Sold To Whom Purpose Ending 11/30/2016 Ending 12/31/2016 Ending 01/31/2017 Ending 02/28/2017 Ending 03/31/2017 Ending 04/30/2017 Los Angeles Times Printing Newspaper-Los Angeles 16,209.71 16,205.27 16,000.00 12,000.00 20,000.00 16,000.00 Transcontinental Printing Corporation Printing Newspaper-San Francisco 49,139.65 39,311.72 39,325.52 35,762.48 49,138.85 39,312.52 The Seattle Times Printing Newspaper -Seattle 9,680.00 12,000.00 12,363.72 11,520.00 14,400.00 11,520.00 Chicago Tribune Printing Newspaper-Chicago 5,752.00 5,752.00 6,516.00 7,495.09 8,145.00 5,016.00 The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Printing Newspaper -Atlanta 5,812.00 7,265.00 6,548.00 6,380.00 7,979.75 6,383.80 FNP Printing & Publishing Printing Newspaper-Washington DC 26,191.84 32,816.35 33,090.71 19,643.88 32,946.67 26,937.29 Steliar Printing, Inc. Printing Newspaper-New York City 29,940.00 23,592.00 21,024.00 30,464.00 33,315.00 28,160.00 The Houston Chronicle Printing Newspaper-Houston 13,680.00 17,100.00 14,280.00 13,080.00 17,100.00 13,680.00 The Boston Globe Printing Newspaper-Boston 15,478.28 15,470.58 15,467.08 15,467.08 19,333.85 15,460.00 Hawaii Hochi Ltd. Printing Newspaper-Hawaii 5,700.00 6,903.85 5,155.80 7,439.92 6,800.00 7,689.95 Metroland Media Printing Newspaper-Toronto 9,318.48 11,930.73 9,884.45 9,768.29 12,022.50 9,000.00 Empresa Folha da Manha S.A. Printing Newspaper-Sao Paulo Brazil 7,840.00 7,840.00 7,840.00 7,840.00 7,840.00 7,840.00 Transcontinental Vancouver Printing Newspaper-Vancouver 10,267.60 12,834.50 13,148.33 11,556.00 14,448.76 8,990.74 Sun Sentinel Company Printing Newspaper-Miami 4,590.00 5,737.50 6,382.30 5,234.80 6,543.50 5,346.60 Various Vendors in Peru, Chile & Ecuado Printing Newspaper in Peru, Chile&Ecu 54,841.25 Total Cost of Goods Sold 209,599.56 214,759.50 207,025.91 193,651.54 250,013.88 201,336.90

Operation Expenses Washington Post Advertisement Expenses 149,081.25 149,081.27 209,977.11 172,310.43 172,310.43 172,310.43 Wall Street Journal Advertisement Expenses 110,000.00 110,000.04 0.04 110,000.00 324,200.04 Twitter Advertisement Expenses 14,602.29 14,050.38 3,000.00 3,000.00 2,000.00 3,950.00 The Globe & Mail Advertisement Expenses 84,952.46 Various Vendors Administration Expenses 10,310.60 95,820.02 14,423.55 5,220.23 8,293.88 6,192.26 Government Agencies Taxes Expenses 13,443.44 53,797.11 17,140.56 21,366.70 15,190.30 18,510.82 Various Employees Payroll Expense 124,373.39 151,836.10 107,484.92 114,664.63 118,230.37 115,803.01 Various Insurance Companies Insurance Expenses 18,235.44 18,798.24 19,874.78 18,957.91 19,101.18 18,957.31 Various Landlords Rent Expenses 48,482.08 52,522.66 50,765.04 53,063.54 52,774.16 53,293.36 Various Employees & Vendors Travel & Transportation 32,823.65 44,214.92 12,875.76 2,011.80 21,900.12 12,160.23 Various Telehpone & Internet Companie: Telephone & Internet 3,806.33 6,928.42 3,122.63 3,565.88 4,890.08 5,184.63 Various Delivery Vendors Delivery Expenses 186,407.54 220,481.07 195,143.19 187,198.47 213,830.09 187,928.07 Various Utility Companies Utility Expenses 2,457.38 3,505.67 3,433.39 3,741.31 3,046.67 2,917.63 Canada Expenses Overseas Expenses 4,305.54 4,285.53 4,860.23 4,659.59 7,629.06 4,543.14 House of Printing ,BPA Worldwide Inc. Marketing Expenses 22,714.00 Total Operation Expenses 718,328.93 1,010,273.89 642,101.20 722,474.49 639,196.34 925,950.93

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Attachment III Item 19 Nov 2016 - Apr 2017

Social media websites URL(s):

• Facebook accounts China Daily New York, https://www.facebook.com/ChinaDailyNewYork/ China Daily Houston, https://www.facebook.com/ChinaDailvHouston/ China Daily Los Angeles, https://www.facebook.com/ChinaDailyLosAngeles/ China Daily San Francisco, https://www.facebook.com/ChinaDailySanFrancisco/ China Daily Boston, https://www.facebook.com/ChinaDailyBoston/ China Daily Washington DC, https://www.facebook.com/ChinaDailyWashington/ China Daily Seattle, https://www.facebook.com/ChinaDailySeattle/ China Daily Chicago, https://www.facebook.com/ChinaDailyChicago/ China Daily Atlanta, https://www.facebook.com/ChinaDailyAtlanta/

• Instagram account China Daily USA, https://www.instagram.com/chinadailv usa/

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Washington, dc 20530 Pursuant to the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938, as amended

For Six Month Period Ending 10/31/2017 (Insert date) I REGISTRANT

1. (a) Name of Registrant (b) Registration No.

China Daily Distribution Corp. 3457

IF THE REGISTRANT IS AN INDIVIDUAL, OMIT RESPONSE TO ITEMS 3,4, AND 5(a). 3. If you have previously filed Exhibit C*1, state whether any changes therein have occurred during this 6 month reporting period. Yes □ No 0 If yes, have you filed an amendment to the Exhibit C? Yes □ No □ If no, please attach the required amendment.

Name Residence Address Citizenship Position Date Assumed

(d) Have any employees or individuals, who have filed a short form registration statement, terminated their connection with any foreign principal during this 6 month reporting period? Yes [U No 0

If yes, furnish the following information: Name Position or Connection Foreign Principal Date Terminated

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7. Has your connection with any foreign principal ended during this 6 month reporting period? Yes □ No S If yes, furnish the following information:

Foreign Principal Date of Temanation

8. Have you acquired any new foreign principal(s)2 during this 6 month reporting period? Yes □ No [x] If yes, furnish th following information:

Name and Address of Foreign Principal(s) Date Acquired

9. In addition to those named in Items 7 and 8, if any, list foreign principal(s)2 whom you continued to represent during the 6 month reporting period. China Daily of Beijing

10. (a) Have you filed exhibits for the newly acquired foreign principal(s), if any, listed in Item 8? Exhibit A3 Yes □ No □ Exhibit B4 Yes □ No □ If no, please attach the required exhibit.

11. During this 6 month reportmg period, have you engaged in any activities for or rendered any services to any foreign principal named in Items 7, 8, or 9 of this statement? Yes 0 No □

If yes, identify each foreign principal and describe in full detail your activities and services:

Foreign Principal: China Daily of Beijing

12. During this 6 month reportmg period, have you on behalf of any foreign principal engaged in political activity5 *as defmed below? Yes □ No IE

13. In addition to the above described activities, if any, have you engaged in activity on your own behalf which benefits your foreign principal(s)? Yes □ No [x]

If yes, describe fully.

If no, explain why.

If yes, set forth below in the required detail and separately for each foreign principal an account of such monies6 Date From Whom Purpose Amount

See Attachment I Item 14 (a) May- October 2017

Total

If yes, indicate the date the Exhibit D was filed. Date

If yes, furnish the following information:

Foreign Principal Date Received Thmg of Value Purpose China Daily of Beijing Continual Exclusive right to distribute Publication of the China Daily newspaper in the newspaper United States

If no, explain in full detail why there were no disbursements made on behalf of any foreign principal.

If yes, set forth below in the required detail and separately for each foreign principal an account of such monies, including monies transmitted, if any, to each foreign principal.

Date To Whom Purpose Amount See Attachment II Item 15(a) May- October 2017

Total

Date Recipient Foreign Principal Thing of Value Purpose

If yes, furnish the following information: Date Amount or Thing of Value Political Organization or Candidate Location of Event

Foreign principal: China Daily of Beijing Amount: $5,898,260.45 Time period: 05/01/2017-10/31/2017

□ Other (specify)

21. What language was used in the informational materials: 0 English □ Other (specify)

23. Did you label each item of such informational materials with the statement required by Section 4(b) of the Act? Yes [x] No □

(Date of signature) (Print or type name under each signature or provide electronic signature13)

June 01, 2020 /s/ Shengli Zhou eSigned

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Attachment I Applicable to Item 14 (a) RECEIPTS-MONIES For Period 05/01/2017-10/31/2017

Ending 05/31/2017 Ending 06/30/2017 Ending 07/31/2017 Ending 08/31/2017 Ending 09/30/2017 Ending 10/31/2017 Newspaper Subscription Income from Various Customers 6,329.53 4,840.26 6,816.32 7,310.03 4,838.27 3,781.71 Advertisement Income from Various Customers 10,950.00 11,696.00 5,800.00 14,275.00 15,998.00 159,300.00 Fund from Headquarter Office 959,168.14 1,001,642.77 915,394.92 1,020,247.13 1,095,104.53 906,702.96

Total 976,447.67 1,018,179.03 928,011.24 1,041,832.16 1,115,940.80 1,069,784.67 Total 6,150,195.57

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Attachment II Applicable to Item 15 (a) DISBURSEMENTS-MONIE For Period 05/01/2017-10/31/2017

Cost of Goods Sold To Whom Purpose Ending 05/31/2017 Ending 06/30/2017 Ending 07/31/2017 Ending 08/31/2017 Ending 09/30/2017 Ending 10/31/2017 Los Angeles Times Printing Newspaper-Los Angeles 24,241.22 16,186.58 16,000.00 21,029.02 16,176.41 16,000.30 Transcontinental Printing Corporation Printing Newspaper-San Francisco 39,311.72 49,136.50 39,314.87 39,311.72 49,139.65 39,311.72 The Seattle Times Printing Newspaper -Seattle 11,220.00 14,400.00 11,520.00 11,200.00 14,400.00 11,998.32

Chicago Tribune Printing Newspaper-Chicago 6,516.00 8,145.00 6,000.00 7,526.00 7,000.00 5,600.00 The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Printing Newspaper -Atlanta 6,383.80 7,979.75 6,383.81 6,383.80 7,979.75 6,383.81 FNP Printing & Publishing Printing Newspaper-Washington DC 26,203.97 33,062.46 26,735.55 26,191.84 29,968.10 28,422.56 Stellar Printing, Inc. Printing Newspaper-New York City 26,040.00 33,315.00 26,652.00 26,652.00 33,315.00 26,692.00 The Houston Chronicle Printing Newspaper-Houston 13,680.00 17,100.00 13,680.00 13,680.00 17,100.00 13,680.00 The Boston Globe Printing Newspaper-Boston 15,456.58 16,818.97 11,477.90 11,477.90 14,347.15 11,652.12 Hawaii Hochi Ltd. Printing Newspaper-Hawaii 5,440.00 7,799.92 6,689.95 6,439.96 7,799.96 6,689.95 Metroland Media Printing Newspaper-Toronto 9,568.28 12,210.35 10,333.40 10,165.37 15,710.80 10,002.72 Empresa Folha da Manha S.A. Printing Newspaper-Sao Paulo Brazil 7,840.00 7,840.00 9,800.00 9,800.00 7,840.00 9,800.00 Sun Sentinel Company Printing Newspaper-Miami 10,559.60 6,543.50 5,234.80 5,234.80 5,234.80 6,543.50 Transcontinental Vancouver Printing Newspaper-Vancouver 11,557.64 8,668.23 Total Cost of Goods Sold 214,018.81 239,206.26 189,822.28 195,092.41 226,011.62 192,777.00

Operation Expenses Washington Post Advertisement Expenses 172,310.43 172,310.43 172,310.39 172,310.43 172,310.41 78,816.66 Wall Street Journal Advertisement Expenses 110,000.00 110,000.00 110,000.08 210,000.04 195,714.36 195,714.32 Twitter Advertisement Expenses 5,000.00 6,390.82 4,200.00 14,391.27 21,335.58 21449.29 Brazil Infoglobo Advertisement Expenses 37,974.68 Various Vendors Administration Expenses 14,918.54 8,903.09 14,795.88 14,050.39 13,418.40 14,961.37 Government Agencies Taxes Expenses 14,072.33 12,064.56 14,979.65 15,203.69 17,966.43 12,888.42 Various Employees Payroll Expense 114,050.71 110,871.66 114,164.41 116,777.11 113,159.16 113,627.75 Various Insurance Companies Insurance Expenses 21,937.35 17,493.79 18,935.77 16,182.10 17,973.03 19,134.85 Various Landlords Rent Expenses 53,657.59 53,151.28 52,708.16 49,307.53 55,135.37 50,916.01 Various Employees & Vendors Travel & Transportation 20,768.80 13,356.77 33,352.99 15,572.59 13,269.55 12,354.72 Various Telehpone & Internet Companie: Telephone & Internet 5,200.22 6,665.12 4,370.07 4,262.59 5,373.93 4,900.40 Various Delivery Vendors Delivery Expenses 206,820.48 207,444.49 180,970.59 192,230.99 199,005.42 184,621.75 Various Utility Companies Utility Expenses 4,781.79 3,223.70 3,382.27 2,452.77 4,957.34 3,283.73 Canada Expenses Overseas Expenses 4,511.47 4,651.62 4,582.69 4,566.91 4,615.35 4,405.09

Total Operation Expenses 748,029.71 726,527.33 728,752.95 827,308.41 872,209.01 717,074.36

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Attachment III Item 19 May-Oct 2017

Social media websites URL(s):

• Instagram account China Daily USA, https://www.instagram.com/chinadailv usa/

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Washington, dc 20530 Pursuant to the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938, as amended

For Six Month Period Ending 04/30/2018 (Insert date) I REGISTRANT

1. (a) Name of Registrant (b) Registration No.

China Daily Distribution Corp. 3457

Name Residence Address Citizenship Position Date Assumed

(d) Have any employees or individuals, who have filed a short form registration statement, terminated their connection with any foreign principal during this 6 month reporting period? Yes [U No 0

If yes, furnish the following information: Name Position or Connection Foreign Principal Date Terminated

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7. Has your connection with any foreign principal ended during this 6 month reporting period? Yes □ No S If yes, furnish the following information:

Foreign Principal Date of Temanation

8. Have you acquired any new foreign principal(s)2 during this 6 month reporting period? Yes □ No [x] If yes, furnish th following information:

Name and Address of Foreign Principal(s) Date Acquired

9. In addition to those named in Items 7 and 8, if any, list foreign principal(s)2 whom you continued to represent during the 6 month reporting period. China Daily of Beijing

10. (a) Have you filed exhibits for the newly acquired foreign principal(s), if any, listed in Item 8? Exhibit A3 Yes □ No □ Exhibit B4 Yes □ No □ If no, please attach the required exhibit.

11. During this 6 month reportmg period, have you engaged in any activities for or rendered any services to any foreign principal named in Items 7, 8, or 9 of this statement? Yes 0 No □

If yes, identify each foreign principal and describe in full detail your activities and services:

Foreign Principal: China Daily of Beijing

12. During this 6 month reportmg period, have you on behalf of any foreign principal engaged in political activity5 *as defmed below? Yes □ No IE

13. In addition to the above described activities, if any, have you engaged in activity on your own behalf which benefits your foreign principal(s)? Yes □ No [x]

If yes, describe fully.

If no, explain why.

If yes, set forth below in the required detail and separately for each foreign principal an account of such monies6 Date From Whom Purpose Amount

See Attachment I Item 14 (a) November 2017- April 2018

Total

If yes, indicate the date the Exhibit D was filed. Date

If yes, furnish the following information:

Foreign Principal Date Received Thmg of Value Purpose China Daily of Beijing Continual Exclusive right to distribute Publication of the China Daily newspaper in the newspaper United States

If no, explain in full detail why there were no disbursements made on behalf of any foreign principal.

If yes, set forth below in the required detail and separately for each foreign principal an account of such monies, including monies transmitted, if any, to each foreign principal.

Date To Whom Purpose Amount See Attachment II Item 15(a) November 2017- April 2018

Total

Date Recipient Foreign Principal Thing of Value Purpose

If yes, furnish the following information: Date Amount or Thing of Value Political Organization or Candidate Location of Event

Foreign principal: China Daily of Beijing Amount: $6,007,870.62 Time period: 11/01/2017-04/30/2018

□ Other (specify)

21. What language was used in the informational materials: 0 English □ Other (specify)

23. Did you label each item of such informational materials with the statement required by Section 4(b) of the Act? Yes [x] No □

(Date of signature) (Print or type name under each signature or provide electronic signature13)

June 01, 2020 /s/ Shengli Zhou eSigned

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Attachment I Applicable to Item 14 (a) RECEIPTS-MONIES For Period 11/01/2017-04/30/2018

Ending 11/30/2017 Ending 12/31/2017 Ending 01/31/2018 Ending 02/28/2018 Ending 03/31/2018 Ending 04/30/2018 Newspaper Subscription Income from Various Customers 10,986.70 6,886.71 15,921.87 6,361.66 14,657.26 5,985.86 Advertisement Income from Various Customers 5,700.00 43,012.10 27,729.00 27,150.00 2,152.00 4,992.00 Fund from Fleadquarter Office 1,159,394.78 1,275,718.95 833,949.36 863,545.21 937,623.85 937,638.47

Total 1,176,081.48 1,325,617.76 877,600.23 897,056.87 954,433.11 948,616.33 Total 6,179,405.78

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Attachment II Applicable to Item 15 (a) DISBURSEMENTS-MONIE For Period 11/01/2017-04/30/2018

Cost of Goods Sold To Whom Purpose Ending 11/30/2017 Ending 12/31/2017 Ending 01/31/2018 Ending 02/28/2018 Ending 03/31/2018 Ending 04/30/2018 Los Angeles Times Printing Newspaper-Los Angeles 20,387.38 20,000.00 16,119.13 16,161.60 20,000.00 16,000.00 Bay Area Production Services, LLC Printing Newspaper-San Francisco 49,139.65 39,311.72 39,311.72 47,364.63 39,734.74 39,311.72 The Seattle Times Printing Newspaper -Seattle 11,718.00 14,400.00 11,989.20 11,670.00 14,400.00 12,140.92 Chicago Tribune Printing Newspaper-Chicago 5,600.00 7,000.00 7,579.00 7,477.00 7,000.00 5,600.00 The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Printing Newspaper -Atlanta 6,383.81 7,979.75 7,403.82 6,383.81 7,979.75 6,383.80 FNP Printing & Publishing Printing Newspaper-Washington DC 31,105.20 32,946.00 29,888.10 18,598.00 29,414.70 27,533.90 Stellar Printing, Inc. Printing Newspaper-New York City 33,315.00 33,315.00 26,552.00 19,096.50 29,852.50 31,804.00 The Houston Chronicle Printing Newspaper-Houston 13,680.00 17,100.00 13,680.00 13,680.00 17,100.00 13,680.00 The Boston Globe Printing Newspaper-Boston 11,309.53 14,336.88 11,469.00 11,460.88 14,329.88 11,463.90 Hawaii Hochi Ltd. Printing Newspaper-Hawaii 6,439.96 7,799.96 6,689.95 6,439.96 7,477.96 6,689.95 Metroland Media Printing Newspaper-Toronto 9,582.12 12,503.40 10,650.77 10,002.72 11,905.15 10,528.80 Empresa Folha da Manha S.A. Printing Newspaper-Sao Paulo Brazil 7,840.00 7,840.00 7,840.00 7,840.00 7,840.00 9,800.00 Sun Sentinel Company Printing Newspaper-Miami 5,234.80 6,543.50 5,234.80 6,837.95 6,543.50 5,313.25 Total Cost of Goods Sold 211,735.45 221,076.21 194,407.49 183,013.05 213,578.18 196,250.24

Operation Expenses Washington Post Advertisement Expenses 170,833.31 275,000.02 110,666.67 171,227.93 179,397.03 190,629.04 Wall Street Journal Advertisement Expenses 195,714.28 194,616.04 85,714.28 85,714.28 85,057.57 110,000.00 Twitter Advertisement Expenses 20,692.00 8,000.00 6,480.76 7,000.00 9,712.79 20,765.52 The Globe & Mail Advertisement Expenses 48,792.40 Brazil Editora Globo S/A Advertisement Expenses 75,860.00 Various Vendors Administration Expenses 9,763.57 101,277.98 4,123.16 7,372.06 7,394.92 18,175.06 Government Agencies Taxes Expenses 13,481.08 152,861.42 19,303.91 19,851.74 23,818.25 14,889.91 Various Employees Payroll Expense 113,188.65 176,268.47 103,525.84 102,888.61 127,930.42 117,466.53 Various Insurance Companies Insurance Expenses 19,075.84 23,152.65 20,333.03 19,592.50 18,850.14 17,954.67 Various Landlords Rent Expenses 53,845.11 53,482.93 53,096.79 53,929.11 53,191.87 53,633.47 Various Employees & Vendors Travel & Transportation 21,745.20 25,904.12 16,234.10 6,830.25 13,956.37 13,627.57 Various Telehpone & Internet Companie: Telephone & Internet 5,407.34 4,645.95 3,982.75 3,776.57 4,883.35 4,059.62 Various Delivery Vendors Delivery Expenses 186,464.79 208,596.11 192,064.23 191,645.35 208,836.01 188,064.35 Various Utility Companies Utility Expenses 3,447.31 3,336.30 3,326.19 5,569.26 2,907.59 3,278.16 Canada Expenses Overseas Expenses 4,258.96 4,362.21 4,586.95 4,585.66 7,156.04 4,582.20 House of Printing & Various Vendors,BPA Worldwide Inc. Marketing Expenses 93,531.60 18,670.00 Total Operation Expenses 942,569.84 1,325,035.80 642,108.66 679,983.32 743,092.35 757,126.10

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Attachment III Item 19 Nov 2017 - Apr 2018

Social media websites URL(s):

• Instagram account China Daily USA, https://www.instagram.com/chinadailv usa/

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Washington, dc 20530 Pursuant to the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938, as amended

For Six Month Period Ending 10/31/2018 (Insert date) I REGISTRANT

1. (a) Name of Registrant (b) Registration No.

China Daily Distribution Corp. 3457

Name Residence Address Citizenship Position Date Assumed

(d) Have any employees or individuals, who have filed a short form registration statement, terminated their connection with any foreign principal during this 6 month reporting period? Yes [U No 0

If yes, furnish the following information: Name Position or Connection Foreign Principal Date Terminated

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7. Has your connection with any foreign principal ended during this 6 month reporting period? Yes □ No S If yes, furnish the following information:

Foreign Principal Date of Temanation

8. Have you acquired any new foreign principal(s)2 during this 6 month reporting period? Yes □ No [x] If yes, furnish th following information:

Name and Address of Foreign Principal(s) Date Acquired

9. In addition to those named in Items 7 and 8, if any, list foreign principal(s)2 whom you continued to represent during the 6 month reporting period. China Daily of Beijing

10. (a) Have you filed exhibits for the newly acquired foreign principal(s), if any, listed in Item 8? Exhibit A3 Yes □ No □ Exhibit B4 Yes □ No □ If no, please attach the required exhibit.

11. During this 6 month reportmg period, have you engaged in any activities for or rendered any services to any foreign principal named in Items 7, 8, or 9 of this statement? Yes 0 No □

If yes, identify each foreign principal and describe in full detail your activities and services:

Foreign Principal: China Daily of Beijing

12. During this 6 month reportmg period, have you on behalf of any foreign principal engaged in political activity5 *as defmed below? Yes □ No IE

13. In addition to the above described activities, if any, have you engaged in activity on your own behalf which benefits your foreign principal(s)? Yes □ No [x]

If yes, describe fully.

If no, explain why.

If yes, set forth below in the required detail and separately for each foreign principal an account of such monies6 Date From Whom Purpose Amount

See Attachment I Item 14 (a) May- October 2018

Total

If yes, indicate the date the Exhibit D was filed. Date

If yes, furnish the following information:

Foreign Principal Date Received Thmg of Value Purpose China Daily of Beijing Continual Exclusive right to distribute Publication of the China Daily newspaper in the newspaper United States

If no, explain in full detail why there were no disbursements made on behalf of any foreign principal.

If yes, set forth below in the required detail and separately for each foreign principal an account of such monies, including monies transmitted, if any, to each foreign principal.

Date To Whom Purpose Amount See Attachment II Item 15(a) May- October2018

Total

Date Recipient Foreign Principal Thing of Value Purpose

If yes, furnish the following information: Date Amount or Thing of Value Political Organization or Candidate Location of Event

Foreign principal: China Daily of Beijing Amount: $5,649,675.85 Time period: 05/01/2018-10/31/2018

□ Other (specify)

21. What language was used in the informational materials: 0 English □ Other (specify)

23. Did you label each item of such informational materials with the statement required by Section 4(b) of the Act? Yes [x] No □

(Date of signature) (Print or type name under each signature or provide electronic signature13)

June 01, 2020 /s/ Shengli Zhou eSigned

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Attachment I Applicable to Item 14 (a) RECEIPTS-MONIES For Period 05/01/2018-10/31/2018

Ending 05/31/2018 Ending 06/30/2018 Ending 07/31/2018 Ending 08/31/2018 Ending 09/30/2018 Ending 10/31/2018 Newspaper Subscription Income from Various Customers 4,224.90 5,409.38 7,246.89 16,957.41 8,327.25 5,176.29 Advertisement Income from Various Customers 29,545.00 1,805.00 12,034.38 9,466.00 15,428.00 16,284.50 Fund from Fleadquarter Office 847,148.34 1,035,979.41 899,747.12 1,000,224.85 991,953.17 874,622.96

Total 880,918.24 1,043,193.79 919,028.39 1,026,648.26 1,015,708.42 896,083.75 Total 5,781,580.85

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Attachment II Applicable to Item 15 (a) DISBURSEMENTS-MONIE For Period 05/01/2018-10/31/2018

Cost of Goods Sold To Whom Purpose Ending 05/31/2018 Ending 06/30/2018 Ending 07/31/2018 Ending 08/31/2018 Ending 09/30/2018 Ending 10/31/2018 Los Angeles Times Printing Newspaper-Los Angeles 16,000.00 25,066.52 16,155.68 16,155.68 17,025.08 19,275.29 Bay Area Production Services, LLC Printing Newspaper-San Francisco 49,139.65 39,311.72 39,311.72 52,943.59 41,002.36 51,252.95 The Seattle Times Printing Newspaper -Seattle 12,120.00 14,850.00 12,190.12 15,359.40 12,118.50 12,276.00 Chicago Tribune Printing Newspaper-Chicago 5,600.00 8,744.00 6,820.00 8,788.00 6,788.00 6,788.00 The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Printing Newspaper -Atlanta 6,383.80 7,979.75 6,383.81 7,979.75 6,383.80 6,383.80 FNP Printing & Publishing Printing Newspaper-Washington DC 29,888.10 28,237.60 26,039.97 30,960.96 26,846.04 28,226.05 Stellar Printing, Inc. Printing Newspaper-New York City 33,920.00 27,232.00 27,150.00 33,920.00 26,992.00 34,064.00 The Houston Chronicle Printing Newspaper-Houston 13,680.00 17,100.00 13,680.00 17,100.00 13,680.00 13,680.00 The Boston Globe Printing Newspaper-Boston 11,467.40 14,350.88 10,940.70 14,890.04 11,460.75 11,470.26 Hawaii Hochi Ltd. Printing Newspaper-Hawaii 6,479.96 8,994.91 6,454.96 8,049.95 6,439.96 6,439.96 Metroland Media Printing Newspaper-Toronto 10,002.72 12,503.40 10,002.72 12,503.40 9,602.72 9,923.34 Empresa Folha da Manha S.A. Printing Newspaper-Sao Paulo Brazil 7,840.00 7,840.00 9,800.00 7,840.00 7,840.00 9,800.00 Sun Sentinel Company Printing Newspaper-Miami 5,234.80 6,837.95 5,470.00 5,470.00 5,470.36 5,232.00 Total Cost of Goods Sold 207,756.43 219,048.73 190,399.68 231,960.77 191,649.57 214,811.65

Operation Expenses Washington Post Advertisement Expenses 104,166.67 104,166.66 104,166.66 104,166.66 104,166.65 49727.57 Wall Street Journal Advertisement Expenses 110,580.27 259,136.22 165,047.02 177,620.02 165,495.62 177162.67 Twitter Advertisement Expenses 2,848.15 2,300.00 13,443.55 9,000.00 6,059.82 12,777.00 CQ-Roll Call Advertisement Expenses 38,000.00 38,000.00 Des Moines Register Advertisement Expenses 34,600.00 Various Vendors Administration Expenses 5,739.61 13,434.62 8,515.85 6,549.24 15,875.60 10,506.36 Government Agencies Taxes Expenses 15,315.09 19,373.72 15,499.81 15,404.62 19,649.15 15,552.43 Various Employees Payroll Expense 120,404.17 113,609.94 121,576.60 121,975.46 117,964.56 118,422.00 Various Insurance Companies Insurance Expenses 19,287.71 18,211.29 19,673.89 20,180.12 19,515.43 20,448.15 Various Landlords Rent Expenses 53,693.75 53,889.35 57,039.76 59,755.85 59,883.78 54,238.85 Various Employees & Vendors Travel & Transportation 27,369.42 20,899.96 24,680.79 13,428.16 22,594.67 9,489.71 Various Telehpone & Internet Companie: Telephone & Internet 4,540.16 4,306.22 4,433.13 5,123.47 3,742.20 2,737.04 Various Delivery Vendors Delivery Expenses 185,157.03 220,391.92 188,425.53 207,375.76 193,147.69 195,826.10 Various Utility Companies Utility Expenses 3,700.72 1,958.77 73.51 3,061.31 3,550.80 4,235.89 Canada Expenses Overseas Expenses 4,596.20 4,669.78 4,818.66 4,673.46 4,641.95 4,525.22

Total Operation Expenses 657,398.95 836,348.45 727,394.76 786,314.13 808,887.92 675,648.99

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Attachment III Item 19 May-Oct 2018

Social media websites URL(s):

• Twitter account China Daily USA, https://twitter.com/ChinaDailyUSA

• Instagram account China Daily USA, https://www.instagram.com/chinadailv usa/

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Washington, dc 20530 Pursuant to the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938, as amended

For Six Month Period Ending 04/30/2019 (Insert date) I REGISTRANT

1. (a) Name of Registrant (b) Registration No.

China Daily Distribution Corp. 3457

Name Residence Address Citizenship Position Date Assumed

(d) Have any employees or individuals, who have filed a short form registration statement, terminated their connection with any foreign principal during this 6 month reporting period? Yes [U No 0

If yes, furnish the following information: Name Position or Connection Foreign Principal Date Terminated

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7. Has your connection with any foreign principal ended during this 6 month reporting period? Yes □ No S If yes, furnish the following information:

Foreign Principal Date of Temanation

8. Have you acquired any new foreign principal(s)2 during this 6 month reporting period? Yes □ No [x] If yes, furnish th following information:

Name and Address of Foreign Principal(s) Date Acquired

9. In addition to those named in Items 7 and 8, if any, list foreign principal(s)2 whom you continued to represent during the 6 month reporting period. China Daily of Beijing

10. (a) Have you filed exhibits for the newly acquired foreign principal(s), if any, listed in Item 8? Exhibit A3 Yes □ No □ Exhibit B4 Yes □ No □ If no, please attach the required exhibit.

11. During this 6 month reportmg period, have you engaged in any activities for or rendered any services to any foreign principal named in Items 7, 8, or 9 of this statement? Yes 0 No □

If yes, identify each foreign principal and describe in full detail your activities and services:

Foreign Principal: China Daily of Beijing

China Daily Distribution Corporation (DBA China Daily USA) publishes China Daily Global Edition on behalf of China Daily of Beijing and facilitates the publication of informational and advertorial materials in U.S. media. China Daily USA also produces coverage about the U.S. for publication in China Daily's flagship edition in China.

12. During this 6 month reportmg period, have you on behalf of any foreign principal engaged in political activity5 *as defmed below? Yes □ No IE

13. In addition to the above described activities, if any, have you engaged in activity on your own behalf which benefits your foreign principal(s)? Yes □ No [x]

If yes, describe fully.

If no, explain why.

If yes, set forth below in the required detail and separately for each foreign principal an account of such monies6 Date From Whom Purpose Amount

See Attachment I Item 14 (a) November 2018- April 2019

Total

If yes, indicate the date the Exhibit D was filed. Date

If yes, furnish the following information:

Foreign Principal Date Received Thmg of Value Purpose China Daily of Beijing Continual Exclusive right to distribute Publication of the China Daily newspaper in the newspaper United States

If no, explain in full detail why there were no disbursements made on behalf of any foreign principal.

If yes, set forth below in the required detail and separately for each foreign principal an account of such monies, including monies transmitted, if any, to each foreign principal.

Date To Whom Purpose Amount See Attachment II Item 15(a) November 2018- April 2019

Total

Date Recipient Foreign Principal Thing of Value Purpose

If yes, furnish the following information: Date Amount or Thing of Value Political Organization or Candidate Location of Event

Foreign principal: China Daily of Beijing Amount: $5,760,449.18 Time period: 11 /01/2018-04/30/2019

19. During this 6 month reporting period, did your activities in preparing, disseminating or causing the dissemination of informational materials include the use of any of the following: □ Radio or TV broadcasts 0 Magazine or newspaper D Motion picture films □ Letters or telegrams (El Advertising campaigns □ Press releases □ Pamphlets or other publications □ Lectures or speeches □ Other (specifyj Electronic Communications □ Email □ Website URL(s): 0 Social media websites URL(s): See Attachment III Item 19 Nov 2018-Apr 2019 □ Other (specify)

□ Other (specify)

21. What language was used in the informational materials: 0 English □ Other (specify)

23. Did you label each item of such informational materials with the statement required by Section 4(b) of the Act? Yes [x] No □

(Date of signature) (Print or type name under each signature or provide electronic signature13)

June 01, 2020 /s/ Shengli Zhou eSigned

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Attachment I Applicable to Item 14 (a) RECEIPTS-MONIES For Period 11/01/2018-04/30/2019

Ending 11/30/2018 Ending 12/31/2018 Ending 01/31/2019 Ending 02/28/2019 Ending 03/31/2019 Ending 04/30/2019 Newspaper Subscription Income from Various Customers 5,587.25 10,233.80 17,484.46 4,294.95 4,234.07 21,337.53 Advertisement Income from Various Customers 38,910.41 56,814.50 28,878.00 5,000.00 27,520.00 33,000.00 Fund from Fleadquarter Office 1,223,952.56 1,197,216.86 936,345.24 734,539.17 724,460.58 943,934.77

Total 1,268,450.22 1,264,265.16 982,707.70 743,834.12 756,214.65 998,272.30 Total 6,013,744.15

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Attachment II Applicable to Item 15 (a) DISBURSEMENTS-MONIE For Period 11/01/2018-04/30/2019

Cost of Goods Sold To Whom Purpose Ending 11/30/2018 Ending 12/31/2018 Ending 01/31/2019 Ending 02/28/2019 Ending 03/31/2019 Ending 04/30/2019 Los Angeles Times Printing Newspaper-Los Angeles 17,023.18 17,020.00 20,225.49 17,291.48 22,033.26 17,016.48 Bay Area Production Services, LLC Printing Newspaper-San Francisco 41,002.36 41,482.36 49,552.20 34,142.10 39,641.76 39,641.76 The Seattle Times Printing Newspaper -Seattle 14,594.40 12,255.82 12,039.60 9,351.00 10,620.00 12,900.00 Chicago Tribune Printing Newspaper-Chicago 8,475.00 5,600.00 5,152.46 6,622.00 5,432.00 5,432.00 The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Printing Newspaper -Atlanta 7,979.75 6,383.80 5,100.40 5,100.40 5,100.40 8,194.38 FNP Printing & Publishing Printing Newspaper-Washington DC 32,323.53 29,222.24 29,303.54 25,187.43 23,412.85 27,801.95 Stellar Printing, Inc. Printing Newspaper-New York City 27,136.00 27,136.00 29,660.00 20,659.00 21,632.00 23,728.00 The Houston Chronicle Printing Newspaper-Houston 17,100.00 13,680.00 13,680.00 13,680.00 13,680.00 17,100.00 The Boston Globe Printing Newspaper-Boston 14,337.83 11,477.34 11,472.72 14,335.62 11,474.54 11,471.18 Hawaii Hochi Ltd. Printing Newspaper-Hawaii 8,049.95 6,439.96 6,439.96 3,863.96 5,151.96 6,439.95 Metroland Media Printing Newspaper-Toronto 12,503.40 6,834.72 60,047.39 10,297.73 5,571.85 8,907.00 Empresa Folha da Manha S.A. Printing Newspaper-Sao Paulo Brazil 7,840.00 9,800.00 41,400.00 7,680.00 7,840.00 7,840.00 SA LA NACION Printing Newspaper in Argentina 67,600.00 Sun Sentinel Company Printing Newspaper-Miami 6,837.95 5,470.36 5,470.36 5,470.36 4,322.18 5,470.36 Total Cost of Goods Sold 282,803.35 192,802.60 289,544.12 173,681.08 175,912.80 191,943.06

Operation Expenses Washington Post Advertisement Expenses 147,006.66 147,006.66 104,166.66 104,166.64 104,166.64 104,166.64 Wall Street Journal Advertisement Expenses 210,299.56 331,138.66 60,298.27 60,298.27 60,298.27 170,298.31 Twitter Advertisement Expenses 20,114.93 2,627.93 New York Times Advertisement Expenses 50,000.00 The Globe & Mail Advertisement Expenses 40,067.76 Brazil Editora Globo S/A Advertisement Expenses 34,286.00 Various Vendors Administration Expenses 13,111.68 94,898.84 9,714.96 5,401.11 8,179.19 20,982.32 Government Agencies Taxes Expenses 14,289.37 74,975.98 17,686.13 17,891.91 13,937.17 17,018.95 Various Employees Payroll Expense 120,449.05 169,813.23 116,365.26 116,868.26 121,814.09 132,326.63 Various Insurance Companies Insurance Expenses 17,644.41 20,715.41 26,834.67 22,478.48 20,477.41 29,441.43 Various Landlords Rent Expenses 54,228.85 20,125.05 20,361.03 23,374.36 23,374.36 57,401.53 Various Employees & Vendors Travel & Transportation 14,721.56 30,905.25 14,214.00 6,524.07 1,960.88 18,159.63 Various Telehpone & Internet Companie: Telephone & Internet 6,123.24 6,607.10 3,491.79 3,139.95 3,517.42 6,152.09 Various Delivery Vendors Delivery Expenses 207,654.89 198,044.89 251,707.22 193,592.40 185,189.77 190,865.17 Various Utility Companies Utility Expenses 2,241.30 1,952.99 2,047.42 5,609.00 1,770.40 Canada Expenses Overseas Expenses 4,323.27 4,366.92 4,646.41 4,695.65 7,000.27 4,950.70 House of Printing, BPA Marketing Expenses 32,558.00 19,045.00 Total Operation Expenses 956,562.53 1,135,736.91 650,578.82 564,040.10 551,685.87 751,763.40

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Attachment III Item 19 Nov 2018 - Apr 2019

Social media websites URL(s):

• Twitter account China Daily USA, https://twitter.com/ChinaDailyUSA

• Instagram account China Daily USA, https://www.instagram.com/chinadailv usa/

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Washington, dc 20530 Pursuant to the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938, as amended

For Six Month Period Ending 10/31/2019 (Insert date) I REGISTRANT

1. (a) Name of Registrant (b) Registration No.

China Daily Distribution Corp. 3457

Name Residence Address Citizenship Position Date Assumed

(d) Have any employees or individuals, who have filed a short form registration statement, terminated their connection with any foreign principal during this 6 month reporting period? Yes [U No 0

If yes, furnish the following information: Name Position or Connection Foreign Principal Date Terminated

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7. Has your connection with any foreign principal ended during this 6 month reporting period? Yes □ No S If yes, furnish the following information:

Foreign Principal Date of Temanation

8. Have you acquired any new foreign principal(s)2 during this 6 month reporting period? Yes □ No [x] If yes, furnish th following information:

Name and Address of Foreign Principal(s) Date Acquired

9. In addition to those named in Items 7 and 8, if any, list foreign principal(s)2 whom you continued to represent during the 6 month reporting period. China Daily of Beijing

10. (a) Have you filed exhibits for the newly acquired foreign principal(s), if any, listed in Item 8? Exhibit A3 Yes □ No □ Exhibit B4 Yes □ No □ If no, please attach the required exhibit.

11. During this 6 month reportmg period, have you engaged in any activities for or rendered any services to any foreign principal named in Items 7, 8, or 9 of this statement? Yes 0 No □

If yes, identify each foreign principal and describe in full detail your activities and services:

Foreign Principal: China Daily of Beijing

12. During this 6 month reportmg period, have you on behalf of any foreign principal engaged in political activity5 *as defmed below? Yes □ No IE

13. In addition to the above described activities, if any, have you engaged in activity on your own behalf which benefits your foreign principal(s)? Yes □ No [x]

If yes, describe fully.

If no, explain why.

If yes, set forth below in the required detail and separately for each foreign principal an account of such monies6 Date From Whom Purpose Amount

See Attachment I Item 14 (a) May- October 2019

Total

If yes, indicate the date the Exhibit D was filed. Date

If yes, furnish the following information:

Foreign Principal Date Received Thmg of Value Purpose China Daily of Beijing Continual Exclusive right to distribute Publication of the China Daily newspaper in the newspaper United States

If no, explain in full detail why there were no disbursements made on behalf of any foreign principal.

If yes, set forth below in the required detail and separately for each foreign principal an account of such monies, including monies transmitted, if any, to each foreign principal.

Date To Whom Purpose Amount See Attachment II Item 15(a) May- October 2019

Total

Date Recipient Foreign Principal Thing of Value Purpose

If yes, furnish the following information: Date Amount or Thing of Value Political Organization or Candidate Location of Event

Foreign principal: China Daily of Beijing Amount: $5,304,347.04 Time period: 05/01/2019-10/31/2019

19. During this 6 month reporting period, did your activities in preparing, disseminating or causing the dissemination of informational materials include the use of any of the following: □ Radio or TV broadcasts 0 Magazine or newspaper D Motion picture films □ Letters or telegrams (El Advertising campaigns □ Press releases □ Pamphlets or other publications □ Lectures or speeches □ Other (specifyj Electronic Communications □ Email □ Website URL(s): 0 Social media websites URL(s): See Attachment III Item 19 May-Oct 2019 □ Other (specify)

□ Other (specify)

21. What language was used in the informational materials: 0 English □ Other (specify)

23. Did you label each item of such informational materials with the statement required by Section 4(b) of the Act? Yes [x] No □

(Date of signature) (Print or type name under each signature or provide electronic signature13)

June 01, 2020 /s/ Shengli Zhou eSigned

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Attachment I Applicable to Item 14 (a) RECEIPTS-MONIES For Period 05/01/2019-10/31/2019

Ending 05/31/2019 Ending 06/30/2019 Ending 07/31/2019 Ending 08/31/2019 Ending 09/30/2019 Ending 10/31/2019 Newspaper Subscription Income from Various Customers 6,757.70 3,211.14 2,679.01 5,510.87 2,184.71 8,818.40 Advertisement Income from Various Customers 16,900.00 10,989.50 7,400.00 10,000.00 22,900.00 60,590.00 Fund from Fleadquarter Office 847,902.56 807,438.11 805,716.17 834,273.01 986,229.21 1,022,787.98

Total 871,560.26 821,638.75 815,795.18 849,783.88 1,011,313.92 1,092,196.38 Total 5,462,288.37

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Attachment II Applicable to Item 15 (a) DISBURSEMENTS-MONIE For Period 05/01/2019-10/31/2019

Cost of Goods Sold To Whom Purpose Ending 05/31/2019 Ending 06/30/2019 Ending 07/31/2019 Ending 08/31/2019 Ending 09/30/2019 Ending 10/31/2019 Los Angeles Times Printing Newspaper-Los Angeles 18,441.18 18,000.00 18,760.47 22,500.00 18,000.00 17,002.65 Bay Area Production Services, LLC Printing Newspaper-San Francisco 49,552.20 39,641.76 45,141.42 37,808.54 39,641.76 47,718.98 The Seattle Times Printing Newspaper -Seattle 13,196.40 10,434.22 8,111.70 13,166.02 10,758.00 10,628.40 Chicago Tribune Printing Newspaper-Chicago 6,750.00 5,404.00 4,053.00 6,755.00 5,404.00 5,404.00 Walton Press, Inc. Printing Newspaper -Atlanta 8,648.90 6,919.12 5,189.26 8,648.80 6,919.04 6,919.04 FNP Printing & Publishing Printing Newspaper-Washington DC 23,149.92 30,445.45 25,876.29 27,559.91 24,921.88 27,994.12 Stellar Printing, Inc. Printing Newspaper-New York City 29,660.00 23,487.00 26,875.00 23,728.00 23,871.00 28,637.00 The Houston Chronicle Printing Newspaper-Houston 17,100.00 13,680.00 13,600.00 17,180.00 13,680.00 13,680.00 The Boston Globe Printing Newspaper-Boston 14,338.98 11,467.82 8,605.74 11,479.78 14,347.94 11,520.66 Hawaii Hochi Ltd. Printing Newspaper-Hawaii 6,439.95 5,151.96 3,863.97 6,439.95 5,151.96 5,151.96 Metroland Media Printing Newspaper-Toronto 11,220.77 9,192.06 8,453.85 11,309.13 8,976.61 8,882.05 Empresa Folha da Manha S.A. Printing Newspaper-Sao Paulo Brazil 7,840.00 7,840.00 11,960.00 13,400.00 10,720.00 10,720.00 Sun Sentinel Company Printing Newspaper-Miami 6,872.86 5,470.36 5,470.36 6,837.95 5,470.36 5,561.53 Total Cost of Goods Sold 213,211.16 187,133.75 185,961.06 206,813.08 187,862.55 199,820.39

Operation Expenses Various Media Including Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, Foreign Policy Advertisement Expenses & Twitter 171,364.34 159,534.11 180,040.10 209,181.46 355,538.67 381,133.46 Washington Post Advertisement Expenses 104,166.64 104,166.62 104,166.64 Wall Street Journal Advertisement Expenses 170,298.31 156,900.04 176,000.00 102,500.00 250,987.14 156,966.82 Foreign Policy Advertisement Expenses 120,000.00 Twitter Advertisement Expenses 1,066.03 2,634.07 4,040.10 2,514.82 384.91 Various Vendors Administration Expenses 13,237.62 7,578.97 11,340.44 4,687.97 8,642.11 12,090.27 Government Agencies Taxes Expenses 13,742.35 17,219.29 14,080.24 12,873.71 17,182.36 13,118.24 Various Employees Payroll Expense 124,849.10 125,917.95 125,090.09 111,167.89 112,191.60 112,242.01 Various Insurance Companies Insurance Expenses 27,232.61 24,373.40 26,053.30 21,230.64 23,348.23 23,720.47 Various Landlords Rent Expenses 56,790.96 56,234.41 56,911.56 56,202.94 56,009.74 57,828.27 Various Employees & Vendors Travel & Transportation 25,517.12 9,403.71 21,102.54 3,912.28 9,951.94 10,077.28 Various Telehpone & Internet Companie: Telephone & Internet 4,057.77 6,144.13 5,390.50 3,193.18 3,189.54 4,314.83 Various Delivery Vendors Delivery Expenses 193,176.68 197,639.26 173,062.95 204,172.86 204,169.83 188,408.47 Various Utility Companies Utility Expenses 908.93 4,147.33 3,003.72 87.63 3,491.51 3,736.41 Canada Expenses Overseas Expenses 4,665.58 4,825.73 4,704.80 4,719.88 4,821.27 4,627.07 PR Newswire Association, LLC Marketing Expenses 10,245.00 Total Operation Expenses 806,907.40 772,552.40 800,820.34 840,611.90 1,154,075.47 1,202,675.24

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Attachment III Item 19 May-Oct 2019

Social media websites URL(s):

• Twitter account China Daily USA, https://twitter.com/ChinaDailyUSA

• Instagram account China Daily USA, https://www.instagram.com/chinadailv usa/

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Washington, dc 20530 Pursuant to the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938, as amended

For Six Month Period Ending 04/30/2020 (Insert date) I REGISTRANT

1. (a) Name of Registrant (b) Registration No.

China Daily Distribution Corp. 3457

1 The Exhibit C, for which no printed form is provided, consists of a tree copy of the charter, articles of incorporation, association, and by laws of a registrant that is an organization. (A waiver of the requirement to file an Exhibit C may be obtained for good cause upon written application to the Assistant Attorney General, National Security Division. U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20530.) FORM NSD-2 Received by NSD/FARA Registration Unit 06/01/2020 12:20:30 PM Revised 05/17 Received by NSD/FARA Registration Unit 06/01/2020 12:20:30 PM (page2) 4. (a) Have any persons ceased acting as partners, officers, directors or similar officials of the registrant during this 6 month reporting period? Yes 0 No □ If yes, furnish the following information: Name Position Date Connection Ended Yuan Zhang Deputy Bureau Chief & Vice President 01/14/2020

Name Residence Address Citizenship Position Date Assumed

(c) Have any employees or individuals, who have filed a short form registration statement, terminated their employment or connection with the registrant during this 6 month reporting period? Yes 0 No CH If yes, furnish the following information: Name Position or Connection Date Terminated Yuan Zhang Deputy Bureau Chief & Vice President 01/14/2020

(d) Have any employees or individuals, who have filed a short form registration statement, terminated their connection with any foreign principal during this 6 month reporting period? Yes [U No S If yes, furnish the following information: Name Position or Connection Foreign Principal Date Terminated

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7. Has your connection with any foreign principal ended during this 6 month reporting period? Yes □ No S If yes, furnish the following information:

Foreign Principal Date of Temanation

8. Have you acquired any new foreign principal(s)2 during this 6 month reporting period? Yes □ No [x] If yes, furnish th following information:

Name and Address of Foreign Principal(s) Date Acquired

9. In addition to those named in Items 7 and 8, if any, list foreign principal(s)2 whom you continued to represent during the 6 month reporting period. China Daily of Beijing

10. (a) Have you filed exhibits for the newly acquired foreign principal(s), if any, listed in Item 8? Exhibit A3 Yes □ No □ Exhibit B4 Yes □ No □ If no, please attach the required exhibit.

11. During this 6 month reportmg period, have you engaged in any activities for or rendered any services to any foreign principal named in Items 7, 8, or 9 of this statement? Yes 0 No □

If yes, identify each foreign principal and describe in full detail your activities and services:

Foreign Principal: China Daily of Beijing

12. During this 6 month reportmg period, have you on behalf of any foreign principal engaged in political activity5 *as defmed below? Yes □ No IE

13. In addition to the above described activities, if any, have you engaged in activity on your own behalf which benefits your foreign principal(s)? Yes □ No [x]

If yes, describe fully.

If no, explain why.

If yes, set forth below in the required detail and separately for each foreign principal an account of such monies6 Date From Whom Purpose Amount

See Attachment I Item 14 (a) Nov 2019-Apr 2020

Total

If yes, indicate the date the Exhibit D was filed. Date

If yes, furnish the following information:

Foreign Principal Date Received Thmg of Value Purpose China Daily of Beijing Continual Exclusive right to distribute Publication of the China Daily newspaper in the newspaper United States

If no, explain in full detail why there were no disbursements made on behalf of any foreign principal.

If yes, set forth below in the required detail and separately for each foreign principal an account of such monies, including monies transmitted, if any, to each foreign principal.

Date To Whom Purpose Amount See Attachment II Item 15(a) Nov 2019-Apr 2020

Total

Date Recipient Foreign Principal Thing of Value Purpose

If yes, furnish the following information: Date Amount or Thing of Value Political Organization or Candidate Location of Event

Foreign principal: China Daily of Beijing Amount: $4,775,792.81 Time period: 11/01/2019-04/30/2020

19. During this 6 month reporting period, did your activities in preparing, disseminating or causing the dissemination of informational materials include the use of any of the following: □ Radio or TV broadcasts 0 Magazine or newspaper D Motion picture films □ Letters or telegrams (El Advertising campaigns □ Press releases □ Pamphlets or other publications □ Lectures or speeches □ Other (specifyj Electronic Communications □ Email □ Website URL(s): 0 Social media websites URL(s): See Attachment III Item 19 Nov 2019-Apr 2020 □ Other (specify)

□ Other (specify)

21. What language was used in the informational materials: 0 English □ Other (specify)

23. Did you label each item of such informational materials with the statement required by Section 4(b) of the Act? Yes [x] No □

(Date of signature) (Print or type name under each signature or provide electronic signature13)

June 01, 2020 /s/ Shengli Zhou eSigned

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Attachment I Applicable to Item 14 (a) RECEIPTS-MONIES For Period 11/01/2019-04/30/2020

Ending 11/30/2019 Ending 12/31/2019 Ending 01/31/2020 Ending 02/29/2020 Ending 03/31/2020 Ending 04/30/2020 Newspaper Subscription Income from Various Customers 5,134.54 2,300.43 8,309.74 2,350.59 7,635.54 12,607.99 Advertisement Income from Various Customers 48,985.00 21,560.00 38,700.00 22,712.24 44,500.00 8,000.00 Fund from Fleadquarter Office 755,792.16 1,015,890.63 860,351.89 677,871.45 731,112.80 734,773.88

Total 809,911.70 1,039,751.06 907,361.63 702,934.28 783,248.34 755,381.87 Total 4,998,588.88

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Attachment II Applicable to Item 15 (a) DISBURSEMENTS-MONIE For Period 11/01/2019-04/30/2020

Cost of Goods Sold To Whom Purpose Ending 11/30/2019 Ending 12/31/2019 Ending 01/31/2020 Ending 02/29/2020 Ending 03/31/2020 Ending 04/30/2020 Los Angeles Times Printing Newspaper-Los Angeles 17,000.00 17,000.00 21,245.00 16,996.00 16,996.00 17,000.71 Bay Area Production Services, LLC Printing Newspaper-San Francisco 35,230.98 35,475.43 39,641.76 39,641.76 39,641.76 48,136.66 The Seattle Times Printing Newspaper -Seattle 10,344.30 10,666.80 13,374.00 10,818.00 10,201.50 10,183.09 Chicago Tribune Printing Newspaper-Chicago 5,404.00 5,404.00 6,750.00 5,400.00 5,392.00 5,352.00 Walton Press, Inc. Printing Newspaper -Atlanta 6,919.04 6,919.04 8,702.80 7,135.04 6,919.04 8,648.80 FNP Printing & Publishing Printing Newspaper-Washington DC 24,432.28 23,173.60 23,435.03 23,172.70 26,656.88 25,046.38 Stellar Printing, Inc. Printing Newspaper-New York City 20,865.00 20,659.00 25,568.00 23,728.00 23,108.00 28,141.00 The Houston Chronicle Printing Newspaper-Houston 13,680.00 13,680.00 17,100.00 13,680.00 13,680.00 13,680.00 The Boston Globe Printing Newspaper-Boston 11,527.88 11,524.92 14,405.04 11,512.34 11,592.23 14,213.66 Hawaii Hochi Ltd. Printing Newspaper-Hawaii 5,151.96 5,151.96 6,439.95 5,151.96 5,151.96 6,439.95 Metroland Media Printing Newspaper-Toronto 8,266.24 8,907.03 6,732.46 7,429.95 8,328.24 8,326.13 Empresa Folha da Manha S.A. Printing Newspaper-Sao Paulo Brazil 8,040.00 10,040.00 13,400.00 8,040.00 10,720.00 10,720.00 Sun Sentinel Company Printing Newspaper-Miami 5,470.36 6,837.95 6,837.95 5,470.36 5,470.36 5,470.36 S/A CORREIO BRAZILINESE Printing Newspaper-Brazil 15,450.00 Total Cost of Goods Sold 187,782.04 175,439.73 203,631.99 178,176.11 183,857.97 201,358.74

Operation Expenses Wall Street Journal Advertisement Expenses 110,000.00 145,154.57 177,145.14 70,452.68 58,144.53 70,452.67 Foreign Policy Advertisement Expenses 20,000.00 20,000.00 20,000.00 20,000.00 20,000.00 20,000.00 Various Vendors Administration Expenses 11,983.02 83,579.96 9,019.47 9,947.60 50,015.73 46,172.72 Government Agencies Taxes Expenses 13,091.97 120,968.37 18,096.64 14,810.91 20,756.88 12,011.85 Various Employees Payroll Expense 116,179.48 175,394.87 113,644.72 117,388.46 119,422.32 99,475.00 Various Insurance Companies Insurance Expenses 24,561.26 32,445.36 27,158.11 20,935.16 26,529.00 15,386.12 Various Landlords Rent Expenses 56,654.38 57,270.20 52,968.10 53,276.18 52,864.74 52,675.74 Various Employees & Vendors Travel & Transportation 22,389.85 26,661.22 10,380.99 2,701.05 6,069.63 769.20 Various Telehpone & Internet Companie: Telephone & Internet 4,532.23 7,664.04 3,152.37 3,920.26 4,391.48 3,172.13 Various Delivery Vendors Delivery Expenses 180,882.99 182,708.50 198,517.48 180,774.24 186,343.95 208,584.72 Various Utility Companies Utility Expenses 896.24 2,437.20 5,782.07 2,049.48 1,443.52 1,841.59 Canada Expenses Overseas Expenses 4,379.61 4,577.33 4,717.39 7,016.03 4,560.63 5,313.38 Various Vendors Marketing Expenses 168,442.30 19,425.00 Total Operation Expenses 565,551.03 1,027,303.92 660,007.48 503,272.05 550,542.41 535,855.12

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Attachment III Item 19 Nov 2019 - Apr 2020

Social media websites URL(s):

• Twitter account China Daily USA, https://twitter.com/ChinaDailyUSA

• Instagram account China Daily USA, https://www.instagram.com/chinadailv usa/

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