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CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20100209

ITEM INFORMATION:		Changes in Registrant's Certifying Accountant

ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits

FILED AS OF DATE:		20100323

DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20100324


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	COMPANY DATA:	

		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			GULF RESOURCES, INC.

		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000885462

		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	CHEMICALS & ALLIED PRODUCTS [2800]

		IRS NUMBER:				133637458

		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE

		FISCAL YEAR END:			1130



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		FORM TYPE:		8-K/A

		SEC ACT:		1934 Act

		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-34499

		FILM NUMBER:		10698189



	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	

		STREET 1:		CHEMING INDUSTRIAL PARK

		STREET 2:		UNIT - HAOYUAN CHEMICAL COMPANY LIMITED

		CITY:			SHOUGUANG CITY, SHANDONG

		STATE:			F4

		ZIP:			262714

		BUSINESS PHONE:		(310) 470-2886



	MAIL ADDRESS:	

		STREET 1:		CHEMING INDUSTRIAL PARK

		STREET 2:		UNIT - HAOYUAN CHEMICAL COMPANY LIMITED

		CITY:			SHOUGUANG CITY, SHANDONG

		STATE:			F4

		ZIP:			262714



	FORMER COMPANY:	

		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	DIVERSIFAX INC

		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19940331



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Company, which dismissal was effective immediately.&#160;&#160;MC was engaged by
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disagreements that, if not resolved to MC&#8217;s satisfaction, would have caused MC
to make reference to the subject matter of the disagreement in connection with
its report issued in connection with the audit of the Company&#8217;s financial
statements.&#160;&#160;None of the reportable events described under Item
304(a)(1)(v)(A)-(D) of Regulation S-K occurred within the two fiscal years of
the Company ended December 31, 2007 and 2008 and subsequently up to the date of
dismissal except for the following: as described in MC&#8217;s annual report dated
March 12, 2009 on the Company&#8217;s internal control over financial reporting
included in the Company&#8217;s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008, that
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financial reporting as of December 31, 2008 based on criteria established in
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maintained effective internal controls over financial reporting as of December
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to the inquiries of MC&#8217;s successor accountant concerning such
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of the Company contained no adverse opinion or disclaimer of opinion, nor was it
qualified or modified as to uncertainty, audit scope or accounting
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as Exhibit 16.1 is an updated letter from MC addressed to the Securities and
Exchange Commission stating that it concurs with the statements made by the
Company with respect to MC in this Current Report on Form 8-K except for the
following:&#160;&#160;as described in MC&#8217;s annual report dated March 12, 2009 on
the Company&#8217;s internal control over financial reporting included in the
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the Company had not maintained effective internal control over financial
reporting as of December 31, 2008 based on criteria established in <font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-STYLE: italic">Internal Control &#8211; Integrated
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immediately upon the dismissal of MC.&#160;&#160;The decision to engage BDO as
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Committee of the Company on February 9, 2010.&#160;&#160;During the two fiscal
years of the Company ended December 31, 2008 and 2009, and through the date of
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application of accounting principles to a specified transaction (either
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the Company&#8217;s financial statements; or (ii) any matter that was either the
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2010</font></div>
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                    <div align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Form
      8-K Filed February 11, 2010</font></div>
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                      <div align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Form
      8-K/A filed March 12, 2010</font></div>
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                        <div align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">File
      No. 1-34499</font></div>
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Gordon:</font></div>
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          <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Gulf
Resources, Inc. (&#8220;We&#8221; or the &#8220;Company&#8221;) is submitting this correspondence via
the EDGAR system in response to a comment letter issued by the Staff of the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#8220;Commission&#8221;) on March 19, 2010 (the
&#8220;Comment Letter&#8221;).&#160;&#160;In order to facilitate your review, we have
restated and responded, to each of the comments set forth in the Staff&#8217;s Letter,
on a point-by-point basis. The numbered paragraphs set forth below correspond to
the numbered paragraphs in the Staff&#8217;s Letter.</font></div>
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      note that Items 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K states that you must
      disclose the information required by Item 304(a)(1)(iv) of Regulation S-K
      for any reportable events.&#160;&#160;As such, please amend your form 8-K
      to disclose the following:</font></div>
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                    <div align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">State
      whether the audit committee or similar committee of the board of directors
      discussed the reportable event with the former accountant;
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                    <div align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">State
      whether you have authorized the former accountant to respond fully to the
      inquiries of the successor accountant concerning the reportable event and
      if not, describe the nature of any limitation thereon and the reason
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disclosure on the Form 8-K has been revised to provide the disclosures required
by Item 304(a)(1)(iv) of Regulation S-K.&#160;&#160;A copy of the form 8-K
Amendment which we have filed today is attached.</font></div>
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      the extent that you make changes to the Form 8-K to comply with our
      comments, please obtain and file an updated Exhibit 16 letter form the
      former accountants stating whether the accountant agrees with the
      statement made in your revised 8-K.</font></div>
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to Comment 2:</font></div>
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obtained and filed and updated Exhibit 16 letter with the Form 8-K Amendment
filed today.</font></div>
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prompt attention to this filing would be greatly appreciated.&#160;&#160;Should
you have any questions concerning any of the foregoing please contact Ms. Tahra
Wright, Esq. our U.S. legal counsel at (212) 407-4122.</font></div>
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Resources, Inc.</font></div>
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<font style="DISPLAY: inline; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">/s/ Xiaobin
Liu</font></font></div>
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Liu</font></div>
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Executive Officer</font></div>
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Tahra Wright, Esq.</font></div>
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