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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, 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 OF 1934

GULF RESOURCES, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

Delaware		13-3637458
(State of Incorporation or Organization)		(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
No. 99, Wenchang Rd., Chenming Industrial Park, Shouguang City, Shandong, China		262714
(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 registered:  Common Stock, par value $0.0005 per share

Name of each exchange on which each class is to be registered:  The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC

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), please 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), please check the following box. ¨

Securities Act registration statement file number to which this form relates: None

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

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

The description of the common stock, par value $0.0005 per share, of Gulf Resources, Inc. (the “Registrant”), as included under the caption “Our Securities” in the Registration Statement on Form SB-2 (Registration No. 333-144001)(the “Registration Statement”), filed under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), is incorporated by reference herein.

Item 2.              Exhibits.

Under the Instructions as to Exhibits with respect to Form 8-A, no exhibits are required to be filed because no other securities of the Registrant are registered on The NASDAQ Stock Market  LLC and the securities registered hereby are not being registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act.

SIGNATURE

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.

	GULF RESOURCES, INC.
Date: October 20, 2009	By:	/s/ Xiaobin Liu
	Name:	Xiaobin Liu
	Title:	Chief Executive Officer