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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001104659-22-110001
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	6-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20221019
FILED AS OF DATE:		20221019
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20221019

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			TANTECH HOLDINGS LTD
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001588084
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	INDUSTRIAL ORGANIC CHEMICALS [2860]
		IRS NUMBER:				000000000
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			D8
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		6-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-36885
		FILM NUMBER:		221318970

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		NO. 10 CEN SHAN RD, SHUIGE INDTRL ZONE
		STREET 2:		LISHUL CITY
		CITY:			ZHEJIANG
		STATE:			F4
		ZIP:			323000
		BUSINESS PHONE:		86 578 226 2309

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		NO. 10 CEN SHAN RD, SHUIGE INDTRL ZONE
		STREET 2:		LISHUL CITY
		CITY:			ZHEJIANG
		STATE:			F4
		ZIP:			323000
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION<BR>
Washington, D.C. 20549</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 14pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>FORM 6-K</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER PURSUANT TO
RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16<BR>
UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>For the month of October 2022</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">Commission File Number: 001-36885</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 14pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>TANTECH HOLDINGS LTD</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; background-color: white"><FONT STYLE="background-color: white"><B>c/o
Zhejiang Forest Bamboo Technology Co., Ltd.</B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; background-color: white"><FONT STYLE="background-color: white"><B>No.
10 Cen Shan Road, Shuige Industrial Zone</B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; background-color: white"><FONT STYLE="background-color: white"><B>Lishui
City, Zhejiang Province 323000</B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; background-color: white"><FONT STYLE="background-color: white"><B>+86-578-226-2305</B></FONT></P>

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executive offices)</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual
reports under cover Form 20-F or Form 40-F.</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 25%; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Form 40-F&nbsp;<FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&uml;</FONT></FONT></TD>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K
in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1):&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&uml;</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K
in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7):&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&uml;</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">On October 19, 2022, Tantech Holdings Ltd (the
 &ldquo;Company&rdquo;) issued a press release announcing that it will hold its 2022 annual meeting of shareholders on December 8, 2022,
at 10:00 A.M., local time (9:00 P.M., Eastern Time, on December 7, 2022), at Room 1803, 18F, Dikai Ginza, 29 Jiefang East Road, Jianggan
District, Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province 310016, People&rsquo;s Republic of China. Shareholders as of the record date, close of business
on November 7, 2022, will be entitled to vote at the meeting.&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Although the Company does not provide its shareholders
with any right to put any proposals before its annual meetings, any shareholder may submit a proposal to the Company for consideration
of inclusion in a proxy statement. The Company has determined that October 31, 2022 should be the deadline for receipt of proposals. Such
proposals by mail should be delivered to: Tantech Holdings Ltd, No. 10 Cen Shan Road, Shuige Industrial Zone, Lishui City, Zhejiang Province
323000, People&rsquo;s Republic of China. Attention: Corporate Secretary. Proposals by email should be sent to: ir@tantech.cn.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">The press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to
this Current Report on Form 6-K.</P>

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    <TD><A HREF="tm2228434d1_ex99-1.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Press release dated October 19, 2022</FONT></A></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>SIGNATURE</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.</P>

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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Date: October 19, 2022</FONT></TD>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: right"><B>Exhibit 99.1</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Tantech Holdings Ltd to Hold Annual Meeting
of Shareholders on December 8, 2022</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>LISHUI, China, October 19, 2022</B> /PRNewswire/ &ndash;&nbsp;Tantech
Holdings Ltd (NASDAQ: TANH) (&ldquo;Tantech&rdquo; or the &ldquo;Company&rdquo;), a high-tech enterprise group specialized in developing
and manufacturing bamboo charcoal-based products and electric vehicles, today announced that it will hold its 2022 annual meeting of shareholders
on December 8, 2022, at 10:00 A.M., local time (9:00 P.M., Eastern Time, on December 7, 2022), at Room 1803, 18F, Dikai Ginza, 29 Jiefang
East Road, Jianggan District, Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province 310016, People&rsquo;s Republic of China. Shareholders as of the record
date, close of business on November 7, 2022, will be entitled to vote at the meeting.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Although the Company does not provide its shareholders with any right
to put any proposals before its annual meetings, any shareholder may submit a proposal to the Company for consideration of inclusion in
a proxy statement. The Company has determined that October 31, 2022 should be the deadline for receipt of proposals. Such proposals by
mail should be delivered to: Tantech Holdings Ltd, No. 10 Cen Shan Road, Shuige Industrial Zone, Lishui City, Zhejiang Province 323000,
People&rsquo;s Republic of China. Attention: Corporate Secretary. Proposals by email should be sent to: ir@tantech.cn.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><B>About Tantech Holdings Ltd</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">For the past decade, Tantech has been a highly
specialized high-tech enterprise producing, researching and developing bamboo charcoal-based products with an established domestic and
international sales and distribution network. Since 2017, when the Company acquired 70% of Shangchi Automobile, a vehicle manufacturer
based in Zhangjiagang City, Jiangsu Province, it has manufactured and sold vehicles. The Company established two new subsidiaries, Lishui
Smart New Energy Automobile Co., Ltd. and Zhejiang Shangchi New Energy Automobile Co., Ltd., in November 2020, to produce and sell street
sweepers and other electric vehicles. The Company is fully ISO 90000 and ISO 14000 certified and has received a number of national, provincial
and local honors, awards and certifications for its products and scientific research efforts. The Company's subsidiary, First International
Commercial Factoring (Shenzhen) Co., LTD, is engaged in commercial factoring for businesses in and related to its supply chain. For more
information please visit: http://ir.tantech.cn.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><B><I>Forward-Looking Statements</I></B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><I>&nbsp;</I></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><I>This news release contains forward-looking
statements as defined by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements include statements concerning
the sales, plans, objectives, goals, strategies, future events or performance, and underlying assumptions and other statements that are
other than statements of historical facts. These statements are subject to uncertainties and risks including, but not limited to, product
and service demand and acceptance, changes in technology, economic conditions, the impact of competition and pricing, government regulations,
and other risks contained in reports filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission. All such forward-looking statements,
whether written or oral, and whether made by or on behalf of the Company, are expressly qualified by this cautionary statement and any
other cautionary statements which may accompany the forward-looking statements. In addition, the Company disclaims any obligation to update
any forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date hereof</I>.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>For more information, please contact:</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Tantech Holdings Ltd</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Investor Relations</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Tel: +86 (578) 226-2305</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">ir@tantech.cn</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

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