---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193805-22-001468"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GURE"
cik: "0000885462"
company_name: "GULF RESOURCES, INC."
filed_at: "2022-11-01T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-22T20:48:24.736323+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.15
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Gulf Resources shareholders elect seven directors and ratify WWC as auditor at 2022 annual meeting

## Summary
- All seven nominees elected: Ming Yang, Xiaobin Liu, Naihui Miao, Shengwei Ma, Yang Zou, Shitong Jiang, Tengfei Zhang.
- Director votes ranged from 4,696,021 (Ming Yang) to 5,372,955 (Shengwei Ma) in favor.
- Ratification of WWC, P.C. as independent auditor for FY 2022 passed with 7,699,819 for, 209,873 against, 6,575 abstain.
- Broker non-votes of 1,886,677 on director elections and none on auditor ratification.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193805-22-001468
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GURE
- cik: 0000885462
- company_name: GULF RESOURCES, INC.
- filed_at: 2022-11-01T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.15
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/885462/000119380522001468/0001193805-22-001468-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/885462/000119380522001468/e617984_8k-gulf.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  GULF RESOURCES, INC. shareholders approved Ratification of the Company's Independent Auditors at the 2022-11-01 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2022-11-01
  source text: 2. Ratification of the Company’s Independent Auditors Stockholders ratified the appointment of WWC, P.C. Certified Public Accountants as the independent auditors of the Company for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022, in accordance with the voting results listed below. For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes 7,699,819 209,873 6,575 -
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/885462/000119380522001468/0001193805-22-001468-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  GULF RESOURCES, INC. shareholders approved Election of Directors at the 2022-11-01 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2022-11-01
  source text: All of the following seven nominees were elected to the Company’s Board of Directors, in accordance with the voting results listed below, to serve for a term of one year, until the next Annual Meeting and until their successors have been duly elected and have qualified. Nominee For Against Withheld Broker Non-Votes Ming Yang 4,696,021 - 1,333,569 1,886,677 Xiaobin Liu 5,220,991 - 808,599 1,886,677 Naihui Miao 5,344,701 - 684,889 1,886,677 Shengwei Ma 5,372,955 - 656,635 1,886,677 Yang Zou 5,220,662 - 808,928 1,886,677 Shitong Jiang 5,221,921 - 807,669 1,886,677 Tengfei Zhang 5,221,602 - 807,988 1,886,677
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/885462/000119380522001468/0001193805-22-001468-index.htm

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