---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001213900-23-009778"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GDC"
cik: "0001641398"
company_name: "GD Culture Group Ltd"
filed_at: "2023-02-09T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-19T20:27:16.044248+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# GD Culture appoints new COO and director; board member Zhang resigns

## Summary
- Lu Cai appointed COO effective Feb 9, 2023; annual compensation $30,000.
- Jing Zhang resigned as director and committee member; no disagreement with company.
- Shuaiheng Zhang appointed as director and member of three committees; annual compensation $10,000.
- New director Shuaiheng Zhang brings over 40 years management experience, currently GM at Sunwoda Huizhou New Energy.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001213900-23-009778
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GDC
- cik: 0001641398
- company_name: GD Culture Group Ltd
- filed_at: 2023-02-09T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1641398/000121390023009778/0001213900-23-009778-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1641398/000121390023009778/ea173098-8k_gdculture.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001213900-23-009778
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001213900-23-009778.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001213900-23-009778.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Jing Zhang resigned as Director at GD Culture Group Ltd.
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Director
  source text: Ms. Jing Zhang tendered her resignation as a director and a member of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, the Compensation Committee, and the Audit Committee of the Company, effective February 9, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1641398/000121390023009778/0001213900-23-009778-index.htm
- Executive change
  Lu Cai was appointed as Chief Operating Officer at GD Culture Group Ltd.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Operating Officer
  source text: Ms. Lu Cai was appointed as the Chief Operating Officer of the Company, effective February 9, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1641398/000121390023009778/0001213900-23-009778-index.htm
- Executive change
  Shuaiheng Zhang was appointed as Director at GD Culture Group Ltd.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: Mr. Shuaiheng Zhang was appointed as a director and a member of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, the Compensation Committee, and the Audit Committee of the Company, effective February 9, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1641398/000121390023009778/0001213900-23-009778-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.