Company: CAAS
Filing Date: 2025-09-17
Form Type: 8-A12B
Source: 0001104659-25-090562
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Company: China Automotive Systems, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-09-17
Form: 8-A12B
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<div align='center'>UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSIONWASHINGTON, DC 20549

FORM 8-A

FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES
PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(B) OR 12(G) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT

CHINA AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, INC.(EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN ITS CHARTER)</div>

| Cayman Islands                                                 |                       33-0885775 |
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) | -IRS Employer Identification No. |
| No. 1 Henglong Road, Yu Qiao Development Zone                  
 Shashi District, Jing Zhou City, Hubei Province                
 The People’s Republic of China                                 |                           434000 |
| (Address of principal executive offices)                       |                        -Zip Code |

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

| Title of each                                 
 class                                         
 to be so registered                           | Name of each                   
 exchange on which              
 each class is to be registered |
| ordinary shares, par value US$0.001 per share | The Nasdaq Capital Market      |

If this form relates to the registration of a
class of securities pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(c) or (e), check
the following box. x

If this form relates to the registration of a
class of securities pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(d) or (e), check
the following box ¨

If this form relates to the registration of a
class of securities concurrently with a Regulation A offering, check the following box. ¨

Securities Act registration statement or Regulation
A registration statement file number to which this form relates: 333-288447

Securities to be registered pursuant to Section
12(g) of the Act: None

Item 1. Description of Registrant’s Securities to be Registered

The securities to be registered
hereby are the ordinary shares, par value $0.001 per share, of China Automotive Systems, Inc. The description of the ordinary shares contained
under the heading “Description of Share Capital of CAAS Cayman” in the proxy statement/prospectus forming a part of the Registration
Statement on Form F-4, as originally filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission