UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act 1934

Date of Report (date of earliest event reported): ~~December~~January 2815, ~~2015~~2016

QKL STORES INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

Delaware	033-10893	75-2180652
(State of Incorporation)	(Commission File No.)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

4 Nanreyuan Street

Dongfeng Road

Sartu District

163300 Daqing, PRC

(Address Of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

(011) 86-459-460-7825

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

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(Former Name or Former Address, is Changed Since Last Report)

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Item 43.01 ~~Changes~~Notice inof ~~Registrant's~~Delisting ~~Certifying~~or ~~Accountant.~~Failure to Satisfy a Continued Listing Rule or Standard; Transfer of Listing

On January 15, 2016, QKL Stores Inc. (the “Company”) received a letter from the Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (“Nasdaq”). ~~Former~~Nasdaq ~~Independent~~indicated ~~Registered~~in ~~Public~~its letter ~~Accounting~~that ~~Firm~~Listing Rule 5550(a)(2) (the “Rule”) requires listed securities to maintain a minimum bid price of US$1.0 per share. Based upon Nasdaq’s review of the Company’s closing bid price for the last thirty (30) consecutive business days, the Company no longer meets this requirement. Consequently, a deficiency exists with regard to the Rule.

OnConsistent ~~December~~with ~~28,~~Nasdaq’s ~~2015~~rules, ~~Albert Wong &~~Nasdaq ~~Co.~~indicated ~~LLP~~that ~~(“Albert~~it ~~Wong”)~~will ~~resigned~~provide as the ~~independent~~Company ~~registered~~a ~~public~~cure ~~accounting~~period ~~firm~~in oforder ~~QKL~~to ~~Stores~~regain ~~Inc~~compliance. ~~(the~~The “Company~~”). On~~ ~~that~~has ~~same~~until ~~day~~July 13, ~~the~~2016 ~~Audit~~to regain ~~Committee~~compliance. ofIn the ~~Board~~event ofthe ~~Directors~~Company ~~approved~~does ~~AWC~~not ~~CPA~~regain ~~Limited~~compliance asby ~~the~~this ~~Company’s~~date, ~~new~~it ~~auditors~~will receive written notification from Nasdaq that its securities are subject to delisting.

The ~~reports of Albert Wong on the~~ Company~~’s financial~~ ~~statements~~expects ~~for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2013 and 2014 did not contain an adverse opinion or a disclaimer of opinion and were not qualified or modified as~~ to ~~uncertainty,~~regain ~~audit scope or accounting principles. During the fiscal years ended~~compliance ~~December~~prior 31, 2013 and 2014, and in the subsequent interim periods through December 28, 2015, there were no disagreements with Albert Wong on any matter of accounting principles or practices, financial statement disclosure or auditing scope and procedure which, if not resolved to the ~~satisfaction~~end of ~~Albert Wong, would have caused Albert Wong to make reference to~~ the ~~matter~~cure ~~in its report~~period.

During the fiscal years ended December 31, 2013 and 2014, and in the subsequent interim periods through December 28, 2015, there were no “reportable events” as that term is defined in Item 304(a)(i)(v) of Regulation S-K promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (“Regulation S-K”).SIGNATURES

~~The~~Pursuant ~~Company provided Albert Wong with a copy of the foregoing disclosures and requested Albert Wong~~ to ~~furnish~~ the ~~Company~~requirements ~~with~~of ~~a letter addressed to~~ the Securities ~~and~~ Exchange ~~Commission~~Act ~~stating~~of ~~whether~~1934, ~~or not it agrees with~~ the ~~above~~registrant ~~disclosures.~~has Aduly ~~copy~~caused ofthis ~~the~~report ~~letter furnished pursuant~~ to ~~that request~~be issigned ~~filed~~on asits ~~Exhibit~~behalf ~~16.1~~by tothe ~~this~~undersigned ~~Current~~hereunto ~~Report~~duly ~~on Form 8-K~~authorized.

~~(b)~~QKL ~~New~~STORES ~~Independent~~INC. ~~Registered~~By: ~~Public~~/s/ ~~Accounting Firm~~Tsz-Kit Chan Name: Title: Tsz-Kit Chan Chief Financial Officer

OnDate: ~~December~~January 2819, 2015, the Company appointed AWC CPA Limited (“AWC”) as the Company's new independent registered public accounting firm, effective immediately. During the fiscal years ended December 31, 2013 and 2014, and during all subsequent interim periods through December 28, 2015, the Company did not consult AWC regarding the application of accounting principles to a specified transaction, either completed or proposed, the type of audit opinion that might be rendered on the Company’s financial statements or any matter that was the subject of a "disagreement" with its former accountants or a "reportable event" as those terms are defined in Item 304 of Regulation S-K.2016

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

16.1 Letter from Albert Wong & Co. LLP to the Securities and Exchange Commission regarding a change in certifying accountant.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

QKL STORES INC. By: /s/ Tsz-Kit Chan Name: Title: Tsz-Kit Chan Chief Financial Officer

Date: December 30, 2015

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