SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of report (date of earliest event reported): April 1321, 2017 (April 718, 2017)

HONGLI CLEAN ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES CORP.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Florida	001-15931	98-0695811
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

Kuanggong Road and Tiyu Road, 10th Floor,

Chengshi Xin Yong She, Tiyu Road,

Xinhua District, Pingdingshan, Henan Province

People’s Republic of China

467000

(Address of principal executive offices and zip code)

+86-3752882999

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

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~~Item~~ITEM 34.01 ~~Notice~~CHANGES ofIN ~~Delisting~~REGISTRANT’S orCERTIFYING ~~Failure To Satisfy A Continued Listing Rule or Standard; Transfer of Listing~~ACCOUNTANT.

On(a) Effective April 7 18, 2017, ~~Hongli~~ ~~Clean Energy Technologies Corp. (~~the ~~“Company”)~~registrant ~~received~~dismissed aKSP ~~Determination~~GROUP, ~~letter~~INC. (~~the~~ “~~Letter~~KSP”) ~~from the~~as ~~Nasdaq~~its ~~Stock~~independent ~~Market~~auditors. This ~~LLC~~action ~~(the~~was approved ~~“Nasdaq”)~~by ~~notifying~~ the ~~Company~~Audit Committee of the ~~Nasdaq Hearings Panel~~registrant’s ~~determination (the~~Board ~~“Determination”) to i) delist the Company’s securities from the Nasdaq Capital Market and ii) suspend the trading~~ of ~~Company’s~~Directors ~~common stock, effective April 11, 2017 due to its failure to comply with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5250~~(~~c)(1) (~~the “~~Reporting Rule~~Board”)~~. As of the date of this Current Report~~, ~~the Company has not timely filed its Form 10-K for the year ended June 30, 2016~~ and ~~Form~~ratified ~~10-Qs~~by ~~for~~ the ~~quarters ended September 30, 2016 and December 31, 2016~~Board. ~~Pursuant to the Letter,~~ ~~unless~~This ~~the~~decision ~~Company~~was ~~requests~~made ~~a review of the Determination~~ by the ~~Nasdaq~~registrant ~~Listing~~because ~~and~~it ~~Hearing~~fears ~~Review~~that ~~Council~~KSP ~~(the~~may ~~“Council”) by~~be ~~April~~viewed ~~22,~~as ~~2017,~~ a ~~Form~~successor ~~25-NSE~~to ~~will be filed with~~ the ~~SEC,~~firm ~~causing~~Kabani ~~the~~& ~~Company’s securities to be removed from listing~~Kabani, ~~and~~whose registration onwas ~~the~~recently ~~Nasdaq~~revoked ~~Capital~~by ~~Market. While~~ the ~~Company~~PCAOB. ~~currently~~KSP ~~intends~~apparently todoes ~~request~~not ahold ~~review~~itself ofout ~~the~~as ~~Determination~~a ~~by the~~successor ~~Council~~organization, ~~there~~and remains ~~can~~in begood nostanding ~~assurance~~with ~~that~~ the ~~Council~~PCAOB, ~~will~~but ~~grant~~ the ~~Company’s~~registrant ~~request~~decided ~~for~~to ~~additional~~find ~~time~~a tonew ~~regain~~auditor ~~compliance~~nonetheless.

AsKSP ~~previously~~has ~~reported, on~~not ~~October~~issued ~~12,~~an ~~2016,~~audit ~~the~~or ~~Company~~other ~~received~~opinion aon ~~determination~~any ~~letter from the Nasdaq notifying the Company~~ of the ~~Nasdaq’s determination~~financial ~~that the~~statements ~~Company’s~~of ~~failure to timely file its annual report on Form 10-K for~~ the ~~fiscal year ended June 30~~registrant, ~~2016~~and ~~could serve~~there ashave anbeen ~~additional~~(i) ~~basis~~no ~~for~~disagreements ~~delisting~~between ~~from~~ the ~~Nasdaq~~registrant ~~Capital~~and ~~Market~~KSP ~~pursuant to the Reporting Rule. In addition,~~ on ~~November 16,~~any ~~2016,~~matters ~~the Company received an additional deficiency notice for the late filing~~ of ~~its periodic report on Form 10-Q for the~~accounting ~~quarter~~principles ~~ended~~or ~~September 30~~practices, ~~2016,~~financial ~~which~~statement could also serve as an additional basis for delisting pursuant to Listing Rule 5250(c)(1). The Company had previously been notified that it did not comply with the $1.00 bid price requirement for continued listingdisclosure, asor ~~set forth~~auditing inscope ~~Listing~~or ~~Rule 5550(a)(2) (the “Minimum Bid Price Rule”). In response~~procedures, onwhich ~~October 27~~disagreements, ~~2016,~~if ~~the~~not ~~Company~~resolved ~~effected~~to athe ~~1-for-10~~satisfaction ~~reverse~~of ~~stock split and its bid price has since remained above $1.00 per share. Based on the foregoing~~KSP, ~~the Company~~would ~~requested~~have acaused ~~hearing~~KSP ~~before~~to amake ~~Nasdaq~~reference ~~Listing~~to ~~Qualifications Panel (~~the ~~“Panel”).~~subject ~~Following~~matter ~~the~~of ~~oral hearing before~~ the ~~Panel~~disagreement onin ~~November~~its ~~17,~~reports ~~2016,~~ on ~~November 21, 2016, the Company received written notification that the Panel had determined~~ ~~that~~ the ~~Company has regained compliance with the Minimum Bid Price Rule and has granted the Company~~registrant’s ~~request~~financial statements for ~~continued listing~~such ~~pending~~periods, ~~the filing of its delinquent reports~~ and ~~any necessary restatements with the Securities and Exchange Commission~~ (~~the “SEC”~~ii) ~~through~~no ~~January~~adverse 31opinions, ~~2017. On January 30~~qualifications, ~~2017,~~disagreements ~~the~~or ~~Company~~reportable events ~~informed~~within the ~~Panel~~meaning ~~that~~set ~~its~~forth ~~auditor~~in ~~had~~Item ~~notified the Company on January 26~~304(a)(1)(ii), ~~2017~~(iv) ~~that~~or it(v) ~~would need additional time to complete the audit. The Panel granted the Company’s request for extension~~ of ~~exception~~Regulation ~~period pending the filing of its delinquent reports and any necessary restatements with the SEC by March 31, 2017~~S-K. ~~On March 31, 2017, the Company informed the Panel that it had decided to seek a different auditor and therefore was not able to comply with the Reporting Rule.~~

The registrant provided KSP with a copy of the disclosures contained herein and requested that KSP furnish it with a letter addressed to the Securities and Exchange Commission stating whether or not KSP agrees with its statements in this Item 74.01. ~~Regulation~~A FDcopy ~~Disclosure~~of the letter, if any, furnished by KSP in response to such request, will be filed as Exhibit 16 to an amendment to this Form 8-K filed promptly after receipt thereof.

~~Notwithstanding~~(b) Effective ofApril ~~the~~19, ~~period~~2017, inthe ~~connection~~registrant ~~with~~engaged ~~the~~Wei ~~suspension~~Wei of& ~~Company’s~~Co., ~~securities~~LLP, ~~described~~Certified inPublic ~~the~~Accountants ~~foregoing Letter~~(“Wei”), onas ~~April~~its 7,independent ~~2017,~~auditors ~~Nasdaq~~to ~~announced~~audit ~~through~~the aregistrant’s ~~press~~financial ~~release~~statements ~~that~~for itthe ~~has~~year ~~halted~~ended ~~the~~June ~~trading~~30, of2016 ~~Company’s~~and ~~securities,~~to ~~effective~~review ~~12:15pm~~the onregistrant’s ~~April~~financial ~~10,~~statements ~~2017,~~ for ~~“additional~~the ~~information~~quarters ~~requested”~~ended ~~from~~September ~~the~~30, ~~Company~~2016, atDecember a31, ~~last~~2016 ~~sale~~and ~~price~~March of31, $42017.~~6399.~~ ~~Trading~~The ~~will~~decision ~~remain~~to engage Wei was recommended ~~halted~~by ~~until~~the ~~Company~~Audit ~~fully~~Committee ~~satisfies~~of ~~Nasdaq~~the registrant’s ~~request~~Board ~~for~~of ~~such additional information~~Directors.

During the registrant’s two most recent fiscal years and through the date of the engagement of Wei, the registrant did not consult with Wei regarding either (1) the application of accounting principles to a specified transaction, either completed or proposed, or the type of audit opinion that might be rendered on the registrant’s financial statements, or (2) any matter that was either the subject of a disagreement (as defined in Item 304(a)(1)(iv) of Regulation S-K) or a reportable event (as defined in Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K).

Prior to the engagement of Wei, Wei did not provide the registrant with any written or oral advice that Wei concluded was an important factor considered by the registrant in reaching any decision as to any accounting, auditing or financial reporting issue.

SIGNATURE

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

Dated: April 13, 2017	HONGLI CLEAN ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES CORP.
Dated: April 21, 2017	HONGLI CLEAN ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES CORP.
	By:	/s/ Jianhua Lv
	Name:	Jianhua Lv
	Its:	Chief Executive Officer

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