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 of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): July ~~June 29~~18, 2018

CHINA AUTO LOGISTICS INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Nevada

001-34393

98-065797

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

(Commission File Number)

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

Floor 1 FTZ International Auto Mall 86 Tianbao Avenue, Free Trade Zone

Tianjin Province, The People’s Republic of China 300461

(Address of principal executive offices)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (86) 22-2576-2771

(Former Name or Former Address if Changed Since Last Report)

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Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On ~~June~~July 2918, ~~Tong~~2018 ~~Shiping~~Howard Barth resigned from his position as aChair of ~~Director~~the Audit Committee and ~~Officer~~ a Director of China Auto Logistics Inc. (the “Company”). ~~Mr. Shiping was the Chief Executive Officer, President and Chairman of the Board.~~

OnAs ~~June~~detailed ~~29,~~in ~~Xinwei~~Mr. ~~Wang~~Barth’s ~~resigned~~resignation asletter aattached hereto (the “Director ~~and~~Resignation ~~Officer of~~Letter”), the ~~Company.~~circumstances Msof Mr. ~~Wang~~Barth’s ~~was~~resignation relate to the ~~Chief~~independent ~~Financial~~investigation disclosed ~~Officer,~~in ~~Treasurer~~a Current Report on Form 8-K filed on April 10, ~~Vice~~2018 ~~President~~(the ~~and~~“Investigation”) abeing ~~Director~~conducted by the Audit Committee. The Company strongly disagrees with Mr. Barth’s characterization of management’s non-cooperation with the Investigation.

OnA ~~June~~copy ~~30,~~of ~~Jun~~the YuDirector ~~resigned~~Resignation asLetter ais ~~Director~~attached ~~and~~as ~~Officer of~~Exhibit ~~the Company~~17. Ms1. ~~Yu was the Senior Vice President and a Director.~~

~~The~~Item ~~foregoing~~9.01. ~~Directors~~Financial ~~and~~Statements Officers of the Company resigned as a result of a police investigation (the “PRC Investigation”) initiated by certain employees of the Company in The People’s Republic of China alleging violations of data privacy and unlawful forfeiture of personal electronics and email accounts arising out of the requests of the Audit Committee and its legal advisor in connection with the internal investigation disclosed in a Current Report on Form 8-K filed on April 10, 2018Exhibits. The Company has responded to the PRC Investigation, which it now believes is moving onto the legal advisor handling the internal investigation on behalf of the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors.

1(d) Exhibits

SIGNATURE PAGE

Exhibit Number		Description
17.1		Director Resignation Letter

~~Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.~~2

~~Date:~~SIGNATURE ~~July 16, 2018~~PAGE

~~CHINA~~Pursuant ~~AUTO~~to ~~LOGISTICS~~the ~~INC.~~requirements of ~~By:~~the ~~/s/~~Securities LvExchange ~~Fuqi~~Act ~~Name:~~of Lv1934, ~~Fuqi~~as ~~Title:~~amended, ~~Director~~the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

2Date: July 27, 2018

	CHINA AUTO LOGISTICS INC.

	By:	/s/ Jin Yan
	Name:	Jin Yan
	Title:	Chief Operating Officer

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