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: January 10, 2010
CHINA
NATURAL GAS, INC.
(Exact
name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
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Delaware
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001-31539
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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:
¨ Written communications
pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act
¨ Soliciting material
pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act
¨ Pre-commencement
communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act
¨ 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.
On
January 10, 2010, Ms. Veronica Jin Chen, resigned as the Chief Financial Officer
of China Natural Gas, Inc. (the “Company”) effective January 31, 2010. Ms.
Chen’s resignation was not the result of any disagreement with the Company on
any matter relating to the Company’s operations, policies or
practices.
Our Board
of Directors accepted Ms. Chen’s resignation and appointed Mr. David She as the
Company’s acting Chief Financial Officer effective February 1,
2010.
Mr. She
joined China Natural Gas in 2007 as Vice President of Finance and was placed in
charge of the Company’s New York office and was soon promoted to Assistant Chief
Financial Officer in December 2008. Prior to joining China Natural Gas, Mr. She
served as a securities analyst for West China Securities in Beijing in 2006. He
received bachelor’s degrees in mathematics and business administration from
Beijing Institute of Technology in 2006 as well as a master’s degree in finance
from State University of New York in Buffalo in 2007.
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:
January 14, 2010
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/s/ Qinan Ji
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Qinan
Ji
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Chief
Executive Officer
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