Company: CAAS
Filing Date: 2025-09-17
Form Type: 8-A12B
Source: 0001104659-25-090562
Chunk: 1

Company: China Automotive Systems, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-09-17
Form: 8-A12B
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 on July 1, 2025, as amended from time to time (Registration
No. 333-288447) (the “”) to which this Form 8-A relates is incorporated herein by reference.
Any form of prospectus or prospectus supplement to the Registration Statement that includes such descriptions and that are subsequently
filed are hereby also incorporated by reference herein.

The ordinary shares to be
registered hereunder have been approved for listing on The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (“Nasdaq”) under the symbols “CAAS.”

Item 2. Exhibits

Under the Instructions as
to Exhibits with respect to Form 8-A, no exhibits are required to be filed herewith or incorporated by reference herein because no other
securities of the registrant are registered on Nasdaq and the securities registered hereby are not being registered pursuant to Section
12(g) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

<div align='center'>SIGNATURE</div>

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereto duly authorized.

|                          | China Automotive Systems, Inc. |                       |
|                          | By                             | /s/ Hanlin Chen       |
|                          | Name:                          | Hanlin Chen           |
|                          | Title:                         | Chairman of the Board |
| Date: September 17, 2025 |                                |                       |