---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193805-23-001543"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GURE"
cik: "0000885462"
company_name: "GULF RESOURCES, INC."
filed_at: "2023-11-30T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-07T20:10:08.564890+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Gulf Resources shareholders elect seven directors, including two new members, at 2023 annual meeting

## Summary
- All seven director nominees elected; votes in favor ranged from ~4.0M to ~4.3M, with ~2.73M broker non-votes.
- New directors: Yibo Yang (deputy GM, Shouguang Haoyuan Chemical) and Dongshan Wang (VP/CFO, Anliang Holding Group).
- Dongshan Wang deemed independent under NASDAQ rules; will chair Compensation Committee effective Nov. 30, 2023.
- Stockholders ratified WWC, P.C. as independent auditors for FY2023: 6.52M for, 1.21M against.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193805-23-001543
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GURE
- cik: 0000885462
- company_name: GULF RESOURCES, INC.
- filed_at: 2023-11-30T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.2
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/885462/000119380523001543/0001193805-23-001543-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/885462/000119380523001543/e619089_8k-gulf.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  GULF RESOURCES, INC. shareholders approved Election of Directors at the 2023-11-30 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-11-30
  source text: Election of Directors 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.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/885462/000119380523001543/0001193805-23-001543-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  GULF RESOURCES, INC. shareholders approved Ratification of the Company’s Independent Auditors at the 2023-11-30 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-11-30
  source text: 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, 2023, in accordance with the voting results listed below.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/885462/000119380523001543/0001193805-23-001543-index.htm

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