Company: DDC
Filing Date: 2025-10-24
Form Type: F-1
Source: 0001213900-25-102214
Chunk: 182

Company: DDC Enterprise Ltd
Filing Date: 2025-10-24
Form: F-1
Chunk 182
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DC shares. Research and Development, Patent and Licenses, We regard our trademarks, copyrights, domain names, know -how, patents, and similar intellectual property as critical to our success, and we rely on a combination of intellectual property laws and contractual arrangements, including confidentiality and non -competeagreements with our employees and others, to protect our proprietary rights As of December 31, 2024, we had registered 279 trademarks, 1 copyright of works and 5 computer software copyrights in China, including three registered trademarks in Hong Kong. Employees As of June 30, 2025 we had 42 employees. The employees are based in China and the United States. The following table sets forth the number of employees by function as of June 30, 2025:

| Function                                  |     | Number of 
 Employees |     | Percentage |   |
| Sales and Marketing                       |     |        22 |     |       52.4 | % |
| Supply Chain Management                   |     |         4 |     |        9.5 | % |
| Legal, Compliance, and Finance            |     |        10 |     |       23.8 | % |
| Technology & Product Design & Development |     |         2 |     |        4.8 | % |
| Operations                                |     |         4 |     |        9.5 | % |
| Total                                     |     |        42 |     |        100 | % |

Our success depends on our ability to attract, retain, and motivate employees. We offer employees competitive salaries, performance -basedcash bonuses, equity -basedincentives, comprehensive training and development programs, and other fringe benefits and incentives. We have maintained a good working relationship with its employees, and the Company has not experienced any material labor disputes or work stoppages. As per PRC law, we participate in various government statutory employee benefit plans, including social insurance funds, namely, medical insurance, maternity insurance, workplace injury insurance, unemployment insurance, and pension benefits, as well as a housing provident fund. We are required under PRC law and from time -to -timeby the local government to contribute to employee benefit plans. As of June 30, 2025, we have not experienced any significant disputes with our employees. None of our employees was represented by any labor union that engages in collective bargaining. We enter standard labor contracts with our employees. All employees sign a standard confidentiality agreement and certain key employees have