Unassociated Document
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 EARLIEST REPORTED EVENT: December 10, 2007
CHINA
NATURAL GAS, INC.
(Exact
name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
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Delaware
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000-31539
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98-0231607
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(State
or other jurisdiction
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(Commission
File Number)
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(IRS
Employer Identification
Number)
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of
incorporation)
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19th
Floor, Building B, Van Metropolis
Tang
Yan Road, Hi-Tech Zone
Xian,710065,
Shaanxi Province
China
(Address
of principal executive offices)
86-29-88323325
(Registrant’s
telephone number, including area code)
Check
the
appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously
satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following
provisions:
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communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act
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Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act |
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Pre-commencement communications pursuant
to
Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act |
Item
5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors;
Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain
Officers.
Mr.
Xiaogang Zhu, Chief Financial Officer of China Natural Gas, Inc. (the
“Company”), resigned from the Company effective December 10, 2007. Mr. Zhu’s
resignation was not the result of any disagreement with the Company on any
matter relating to the Company’s operations, policies or practices.
On
December 10, 2007, the Board of Directors of the Company appointed Lihong Guo
as
Chief Financial Officer of the Company, effective immediately.
Ms.
Guo
has over 12 years of financial experience at various companies in China,
including previously serving in the role of Chief Financial Officer. Most
recently, from September 2005 to July 2007, Ms. Guo was the Chief Financial
Officer of Aoda Enterprise Group Co., Ltd. Prior to that, Ms. Guo served as
Director of Finance of Xi’an Yangsen Pharmaceutical Ltd., a subsidiary of
Johnson & Johnson Company.
Ms.
Guo
received her bachelor’s degree in economics and management from Shaanxi Normal
University in 1987 and her MBA from Northwest University in Shaanxi, China,
in
2002.
Ms.
Guo
will receive an annual cash compensation of US$10,000 and no equity
compensation.
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.
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CHINA
NATURAL GAS,
INC. |
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| Date:
December 10,
2007 |
By: |
/s/
Qinan
Ji |
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Qinan Ji |
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Chief
Executive Officer |