On May 8, 1980, China Recycling Energy Corporation (the "Company") (formerly China Digital Wireless, Inc.) was incorporated under the laws of the State of Colorado. On September 6, 2001, the Company re-domiciled its state of incorporation from Colorado to Nevada. On June 23, 2004, the Company entered into a stock exchange agreement with Sifang Holdings Co. Ltd. ("Sifang Holdings") and certain shareholders. Pursuant to the stock exchange agreement, the Company issued 13,782,636 shares of its common stock in exchange for a 100% equity interest in Sifang Holdings, making Sifang Holdings a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company. Sifang Holdings was established under the laws of the Cayman Islands on February 9, 2004 for the purpose of holding a 100% equity interest in Shanghai TCH Data Technology Co., Ltd. ("TCH"). TCH was established as a foreign investment enterprise in Shanghai under the laws of the People's Republic of China (the "PRC") on May 25, 2004. Since January 2007, the Company has gradually phased out and substantially scale down most of its business of mobile phone distribution and provision of pager and mobile phone value-added information services. In the first and second quarter of 2007, the Company did not engage in any substantial transaction and activity in connection to these businesses. On May 10, 2007, the Company approved and announced that it completely ceased and discontinued these businesses. These businesses are reflected in continuing operations for all periods presented as the criteria for discontinued operations prescribed by Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (SFAS) No. 144, "Accounting for the Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets". On February 1, 2007, the Company's subsidiary, TCH, entered into a TRT Project Joint-Operation Agreement ("Joint-Operation Agreement") with Xi'an Yingfeng Science and Technology Co., Ltd. ("Yingfeng"). Yingfeng is a joint stock company registered in Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, the PRC, and engages in the business of designing, installing, and operating TRT systems and sales of other renewable energy products. Under the Joint-Operation Agreement, TCH and Yingfeng jointly operate a top gas recovery turbine project ("Project") which is to design, construct, install and operate a TRT system in Xingtai Iron and Steel Company, Ltd. ("Xingtai"). This project was originally initiated by a Contract to Design and Construct TRT System ("Project Contract") entered into between Yingfeng and Xingtai on Sep 26, 2006. TCH provides various forms of investments and properties into the Project including cash, hardware, software, equipments, major components and devices. In return, TCH becomes entitled to all the rights, titles, benefits and interests that Yingfeng originally had under the Project Contract, including but not limited to the cash payment made by Xingtai on regular basis and other property rights and interests. On March 8, 2007, the Company changed its name to "China Recycling Energy Corporation" and commences the recycling energy business in the provision of energy saving and recycling products and services. Consequently, the businesses of mobile phone distribution and provision of pager and mobile phone value-added information services were discontinued. |