TEXT-EXTRACT 2 filename2.txt February 4, 2019 Jianghuai Lin Chief Executive Officer Taoping Inc. 21st Floor, Everbright Bank Building Zhuzilin, Futian District Shenzhen, Guangdong 518040 People's Republic of China Re: Taoping Inc. Registration Statement on Form F-3 Filed January 22, 2019 File No. 333-229323 Dear Mr. Lin: This is to advise you that we have not reviewed and will not review your registration statement. Please refer to Rule 461 regarding requests for acceleration. We remind you that the company and its management are responsible for the accuracy and adequacy of their disclosures, notwithstanding any review, comments, action or absence of action by the staff. Please contact Bernard Nolan, Attorney-Adviser, at (202) 551-6515 or, in his absence, Jan Woo, Legal Branch Chief, at (202) 551-3453 with any questions. Sincerely, Division of Corporation Finance Office of Information Technologies and Services cc: Kevin (Qixiang) Sun