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Restricted Net Assets
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2021
Restricted net assets  
Restricted net assets
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. Restricted net assets
The Group’s ability to pay dividends may depend on the Group receiving distributions of funds from its Chinese subsidiary. Relevant PRC statutory laws and regulations permit payments of dividends by the Group’s Chinese subsidiary only out of its retained earnings, if any, as determined in accordance with PRC accounting standards and regulations. The results of operations reflected in the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP differ from those reflected in the statutory financial statements of the Group’s PRC subsidiary.
In accordance with the Company Law of the PRC, a domestic enterprise is required to provide statutory reserves of at least 10% of its annual
after-tax
profit until such reserve has reached 50% of its respective registered capital based on the enterprise’s PRC statutory accounts. A domestic enterprise is also required to provide discretionary surplus reserve, at the discretion of the Board of Directors, from the profits determined in accordance with the enterprise’s PRC statutory accounts. The aforementioned reserves can only be used for specific purposes and are not distributable as cash dividends. The Group’s Chinese subsidiary was established as domestic invested enterprise and therefore is subject to the above-mentioned restrictions on distributable profits.
During the three and six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020, no appropriation to
statutory reserves was made because the Group’s Chinese subsidiary had substantial losses during such periods.
As a result of these PRC laws and regulations subject to the restrictions discussed above that require annual appropriations of 10% of
after-tax
income to be set aside, prior to payment of dividends, as general reserve fund, the Group’s Chinese subsidiary is restricted in their ability to transfer a portion of their net assets to the Group.
Foreign exchange and other regulation
s
in China may further restrict the Group’s Chinese subsidiary from transferring funds to the Group in the form of dividends, loans and advances. As of June 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, amounts restricted are the
paid-in
capital of the Group’s Chinese subsidiaries, which amounted to $306,010 and $205,858, respectively.