Company: GURE
Filing Date: 2025-04-11
Form Type: 10-K
Source: 0001193805-25-000461
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Company: GULF RESOURCES, INC.
Filing Date: 2025-04-11
Form: 10-K
Item: Item 1A
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which we are subject may change rapidly and with little notice to us or our shareholders. As a result, the application,
interpretation, and enforcement of new and existing laws and regulations in the PRC are often uncertain. In addition, these laws and
regulations may be interpreted and applied inconsistently by different agencies or authorities, and inconsistently with our current
policies and practices. New laws, regulations, and other government directives in the PRC may also be costly to comply with, and
such compliance or any associated inquiries or investigations or any other government actions may:

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●Delay or impede our development,

●Result in negative publicity or increase our operating costs,

●Require significant management time and attention, and

●Subject us to remedies, administrative penalties and even criminal liabilities that may harm our business,
including fines assessed for our current or historical operations, or demands or orders that we modify or even cease our business practices.

The promulgation
of new laws or regulations, or the new interpretation of existing laws and regulations, in each case that restrict or otherwise unfavorably
impact the ability or manner in which we conduct our business and could require us to change certain aspects of our business to ensure
compliance, which could decrease demand for our products, reduce revenues, increase costs, require us to obtain more licenses, permits,
approvals or certificates, or subject us to additional liabilities. To the extent any new or more stringent measures are required to be
implemented, our business, financial condition and results of operations could be adversely affected as well as materially decrease the
value of our Common Stock.

If the Chinese government
chooses to exert more oversight and control over offerings that are conducted overseas and/or foreign investment in China-based issuers,
such action could significantly limit or completely hinder our ability to offer or continue to offer securities to investors and cause
the value of such securities to significantly decline or be worthless.

Recent statements
by the Chinese government have indicated an intent to exert more oversight and control over offerings that are conducted overseas and/or
foreign investments in China based issuers. PRC has recently proposed new rules that would require companies collecting or holding large
amounts of data to undergo a cybersecurity review prior to listing in foreign countries, a move that would significantly tighten oversight
over China-based internet giants. On January 4, 2022, the Cyberspace Administration of China, or CAC, issued the revised Measures on Cyberspace
Security Review (the “Revised Measures”), which came