Falikang is a distribution entity jointly owned by AstraZeneca and FibroGen Beijing. FibroGen Beijing owns 51.1% of the outstanding shares of Falikang.

Pursuant to the guidance under ASC 810, the Company concluded that Falikang qualifies as a VIE. As Falikang is a distribution entity and AstraZeneca is the final decision maker for all the roxadustat commercialization activities, the Company lacks the power criterion, while AstraZeneca meets both the power and economic criteria under the ASC 810 to direct the activities of Falikang that most significantly impact its performance. Therefore, the Company is not the primary beneficiary of this VIE for accounting purposes. As a result, the Company accounts for its investment in Falikang under the equity method, and Falikang is not consolidated into the Company’s consolidated financial statements. The Company records its total investments in Falikang as an equity method investment in an unconsolidated VIE in the consolidated balance sheet. In addition, the Company recognizes its proportionate share of the reported profits or losses of Falikang as investment gain or loss in unconsolidated VIE in the consolidated statement of operations and as an adjustment to its investment in Falikang in the consolidated balance sheet. The Company may provide shareholder loans to Falikang to meet necessary financial obligations as part of its operations. To date, there has been no such loans. During the year ended December 31, 2023, the Company received $2.3 million of dividend distribution from Falikang.

The Company’s equity method investment in Falikang was as follows for the year ended December 31, 2023 (in thousands):


Entity	Ownership Percentage			Balance at December 31, 2022		Share of Net Income		Dividend Received			Currency Translation			Balance at December 31, 2023
Falikang		51.1	%	$	5,061	$	2,638	$	(2,255	)	$	(154	)	$	5,290

Falikang is considered as a related party to the Company. See Note 16, Related Party Transactions, for related disclosures.

On an ongoing basis, the Company re-evaluates the VIE assessment based on changes in facts and circumstances, including but not limited to, the shareholder loans received by Falikang and the execution of any future significant agreements between Falikang and its shareholders and/or other third parties. In addition, the Company assesses the impairment of its equity method investment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that a decrease in value of the investment has occurred that is other than temporary. There has been no such event or change in circumstances to date.