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): May 29, 2020

CHINA RECYCLING ENERGY CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

Nevada	001-34625	90-0093373
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

4/F, Tower C Rong Cheng Yun Gu Building Keji 3rd Road, Yanta District Xi’an City, Shaanix Providence, China	710075
(Address of principal executive offices)	(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (86-29) 8765-1097

N/A

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class	Trading Symbol(s)	Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share	CREG	Nasdaq Stock Market

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Section 1 – Registrant’s Business and Operations

Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

On May 29, 2020, China Recycling Energy Corporation, a Nevada corporation (the “Company”), entered into an Exchange Agreement (the “Exchange Agreement”) with Iliad Research and Trading, L.P., a Utah limited partnership (the “Lender”).

Pursuant to the Exchange Agreement, the Company and the Lender agreed to partition a new Promissory Note in the original principal amount of $150,000 (the “Partitioned Note”) from a Convertible Promissory Note dated February 27, 2019 which was exchanged for a new Promissory Note in the original principal amount of $1,165,379.18 on April 14, 2019 (the “Note”). The Company and the Lender agreed to exchange the Partitioned Note for 65,674 shares of common stock of the Company, and then the amount of the outstanding balance of the Note will be reduced by an amount equal to the Partitioned Note. The shares of common stock were issued without any restrictions.

The foregoing description of the Exchange Agreement is not complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Exchange Agreement, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.41.

Section 3 – Securities and Trading Markets

Item. 3.02.  Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities.

Reference is made to the disclosure set forth under Item 1.01 above, which disclosure is incorporated herein by reference.

The issuance of the shares of common stock was made pursuant to Section 3(a)(9) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

Exhibit No.	Description
10.41	Exchange Agreement dated as of May 29, 2020 by and between Iliad Research and Trading, L.P. and China Recycling Energy Corporation

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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 thereunto duly authorized.

	CHINA RECYCLING ENERGY CORPORATION
Date: June 4, 2020	By:	/s/ Yongjiang Shi
		Yongjiang Shi
		Chief Financial Officer

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