---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001213900-24-090806"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CBAT"
cik: "0001117171"
company_name: "CBAK Energy Technology, Inc."
filed_at: "2024-10-25T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-30T09:57:56.707350+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# CEO Yunfei Li resigns for retirement; Zhiguang Hu named CEO effective Oct 24, 2024

## Summary
- Yunfei Li resigned as CEO and President effective Oct 24, 2024, for personal reasons and planned retirement.
- Board appointed Zhiguang Hu, a 20-year company veteran, as CEO and President effective same date.
- Hu previously served as Deputy General Manager of Sales and Marketing since June 2023.
- Hu's annual salary set at RMB308,230.33 (approx. $43,301.72); no family ties or reportable transactions.
- Resignation not due to any disagreement with the Company's operations or policies.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001213900-24-090806
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CBAT
- cik: 0001117171
- company_name: CBAK Energy Technology, Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-10-25T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1117171/000121390024090806/0001213900-24-090806-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1117171/000121390024090806/ea0218630-8k_cbakenergy.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001213900-24-090806.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Yunfei Li resigned as Chief Executive Officer and President at CBAK Energy Technology, Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Chief Executive Officer and President
  source text: On and effective October 24, 2024, Mr. Yunfei Li resigned as Chief Executive Officer and President of the Company.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1117171/000121390024090806/0001213900-24-090806-index.htm
- Executive change
  Zhiguang Hu was appointed as Chief Executive Officer and President at CBAK Energy Technology, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Executive Officer and President
  source text: On the same date, the Board of Directors of the Company appointed Mr. Zhiguang Hu as Chief Executive Officer and President of the Company.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1117171/000121390024090806/0001213900-24-090806-index.htm

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