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 LVPAI GROUP LIMITED

 50 West Liberty Street, Suite 880, Reno, Nevada

 December 29, 2023

 Mr. Peter McPhun and Mr. Wilson Lee

 Office of Real Estate & Construction

 Division of Corporate Finance

 U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

 Mail Stop 4631

 100 F Street, N.E.

 Washington, D.C. 20549

       Re:

   LVPAI GROUP LIMITED

   Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended January 31, 2023

   Filed May 25, 2023

   File No. 033-20966

 Dear Mr. Peter McPhun and Mr. Wilson Lee,

       This letter is in response to the letters dated October 2, 2023 from the staff (the “Staff”) of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) addressed to LVPAI GROUP LIMITED. (the “Company,” “we,” and “our”). For ease of reference, we have recited the Staff’s comments in this response and numbered them accordingly.

 Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended January 31, 2023

 General

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   Refer to prior comment 1. Please provide prominent disclosure about the legal and operational risks associated with a majority of your directors and officers based in or having significant ties to China. Your disclosure should make clear whether these risks could result in a material change in your search for a target company and/or the value of the securities you are registering for sale. Your disclosure should address how recent statements and regulatory actions by China's government, such as those related to data security or antimonopoly concerns, have or may impact the company's ability to conduct its business, accept foreign investments, or list on a U.S. or other foreign exchange.

 Response: The Company respectfully acknowledges the Staff’s comment and in response the revised disclosure will be included in the form 10-K/A for the fiscal year ended January 31, 2023 with regard to the risk factors sections “ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS - Risks Relating to Being Located in China” . Please find the language words as follows.

 Uncertainties in the interpretation and enforcement of PRC laws and regulations could limit the legal protections available to investors and our company.

 LVPAI Group Limited (the “Company”) is a Nevada incorporated company and holding company with no operation in the PRC, but all of our executive officers and directors are located in or residing in the PRC. We may be subject to certain legal and operational risks associated with being located in the PRC, including uncertainty in the interpretation and enforcement of PRC laws and regulations.

 As the relevant laws and regulations are relatively new and the PRC legal system continues to rapidly evolve, the interpretations of many laws, regulations and rules are not always uniform and enforcement of these laws, regulations and rules involve uncertainties.

 From time to time, we may have to resort to administrative and court proceedings to enforce our legal rights. However, since the PRC administrative and court authorities have significant discretion in interpreting and implementing statutory and contractual terms, it may be more difficult to evaluate the outcome of administrative and court proceedings and the level of legal protection we enjoy than in a more developed legal systems. Furthermore, the PRC legal system is based in part on government policies and internal rules (some of which are not published in a timely manner or at all) that may have retroactive effect. As a result, we may not be aware of our violation of these policies and rules until sometime after the violation. Such uncertainties, including uncertainty over the scope and effect of our contractual, property (including intellectual property) and procedural rights, and any failure to respond to changes in the regulatory environment in China could materially and adversely affect our business and impede our ability to continue our operations.

 Furthermore, the General Office of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the General Office of the State Council jointly issued the Opinions on Severe and Lawful Crackdown on Illegal Securities Activities, which was available to the public on July 6, 2021. These opinions emphasized the need to strengthen the administration over illegal securities activities and the supervision on overseas listings by China-based companies. These opinions proposed to take effective measures, such as promoting the construction of relevant regulatory systems, to deal with the risks and incidents facing China-based overseas-listed companies and the demand for cybersecurity and data privacy protection. The aforementioned policies and any related implementation rules to be enacted may subject us to additional compliance requirement in the future. As these opinions were recently issued, official guidance and interpretation of the opinions remain unclear in several respects at this time. Therefore, we cannot assure you that we will remain fully compliant with all new regulatory requirements of these opinions or any future implementation rules on a timely basis, or at all.

 Uncertainties regarding the enforcement of laws and the fact that rules and regulations in China can change quickly with little advance notice, along with the risk that the Chinese government may intervene or influence our operations at any time, or may exert more control over offerings conducted overseas and/or foreign investment in China-based issuers. Such risks could materially and adversely affect our ability to consummate an initial business combination, which may result in a material and adverse change in our operations and/or the value of our securities.

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   Disclose each permission or approval that you or your officers and directors are required to obtain from Chinese authorities to search for a target company. State whether your directors and officers are covered by permissions requirements from the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC), Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) or any other governmental agency, and state affirmatively whether you have received all requisite permissions or approvals and whether any permissions or approvals have been denied. Please also describe the consequences to you and your investors if your officers and directors (i) do not receive or maintain such permissions or approvals, (ii) inadvertently conclude that such permissions or approvals are not required, or (iii) applicable laws, regulations, or interpretations change and you are required to obtain such permissions or approvals in the future.

 Response: the revised disclosure will be included in the form 10-K/A for the fiscal year ended January 31, 2023 in the risk factors sections “ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS - Risks Relating to Being Located in China” . Please find the language words as follows.

 Although we are currently not required to obtain approval from any of the PRC central or local government to obtain any approval in connection with our search for a target business or related activities, our operations may be adversely affected in the future, directly or indirectly, by existing or future relevant laws and regulations if the PRC government takes the view that its approval is required.

 LVPAI Group Limited is a holding company incorporated under the laws of the state of Nevada, USA. As the date of this reporting, the Company is held by our directors Chen Yuanhang and Yang Fuzhu who are Chinese citizens. We currently do not hold any equity interest in any PRC company or operate any business in China.

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 Based on our understanding of the current PRC laws and regulations, no prior permission is required under the M&A Rules, the Opinions, the Trial Measures or the Negative List from any PRC governmental authorities (including the CSRC) to search for a target company, given that: (1) we did not acquire any equity interests or assets of a “PRC domestic company” as such terms are defined under the M&A Rules, and (2) our Company is a holding company incorporated under the laws of the state of Nevada rather than China and our Company does not own or control any equity interest or assets in any PRC company or operate any business in China. Therefore, the M&A Rules and other current regulations of CSRC do not apply to this Offering. If we decide to consummate our business combination with a target business based in and primarily operating in China, the business combination may be subject to approval from PRC governmental authorities such as CSRC on the basis that the Trail Measures or the M&A Rules applies, each depends on the structure of the target company and the definitive rule or interpretation concerning such transaction, and the combined company’s business operations in China through its subsidiaries and VIEs, as applicable, may be also subject to relevant requirements to obtain applicable licenses from PRC governmental authorities under relevant PRC laws and regulations. However, there remains some uncertainty as to how the M&A Rules, the Opinions, or the Trail Measures, if enacted, will be interpreted or implemented in the context of an overseas offering or if we decide to consummate the business combination with a target business based in and primarily operating in China. If the CSRC or another PRC governmental authority subsequently determines that its approval is needed for a business combination with a target business based in and primarily operating in China, we may face approval delays, adverse actions or sanctions by the CSRC or other PRC governmental authorities. In any such event, these governmental authorities may delay the potential business combination, impose fines and penalties, limit our operations in China, or take other actions that could materially and adversely affect our ability to complete a business combination in the prescribed time period or otherwise affect our business, financial condition, results of operations, reputation and prospects, as well as the trading price of our securities.

 Additionally, the Measures for Cybersecurity Reviews issued by the CAC on December 28, 2021, effective as of February 15, 2022, further restates and expands the applicable scope of relevant cybersecurity review procedures in China. According to the Cybersecurity Reviews, the purchase of network products and services by critical information infrastructure operator and the data processing activities carries out by online platform operators, which affects or may affect national security, shall be subject to cybersecurity review; and any operator who applies to list its securities overseas must apply to the Cybersecurity Review Office for a cybersecurity review if it is in possession of the personal information of more than 1,000,000 users. If our PRC-based target business is in possession of the personal information of more than 1,000,000 users, our PRC-based target business would be required to conduct the cybersecurity review. If our PRC-based target business is determined by PRC regulatory authorities to have data security risks, the relevant regulatory authority may have the right to stop the indirect listing of our PRC-based target business’s securities through the consummation of the Business Combination, or (should the consummation of the Business Combination already have occurred) even request for withdrawal of our Nasdaq listing application or delisting of our securities. In accordance with the Measures for Cybersecurity Reviews, the exact manner of intervention is not specified. Per the PRC Data Security Law issued by Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress in June 2021, effective as of September 1, 2021, the cybersecurity review decision would be final and we would not have the ability to appeal. Our PRC counsel has advised us that, based on its understanding of the current PRC laws and regulations, we are not covered by permissions requirements from the CAC because (i) we are a investment and holding company and we do not operate any business in China and (ii) we are not an operator of critical information infrastructure or Internet platform operator as prescribed under the Measures for Cybersecurity Reviews. or any other governmental agency that is required to approve our operations. Moreover, we are not considering any PRC target Company that may be deemed as an operator of critical information infrastructure or Internet platform operator by the CAC. However, the proposed rules might still impact the timetable of our initial business combination and the certainty of our initial business combination. If, for example, our potential initial business combination is with a target business operating in the PRC and if the CAC makes other specific actions to be completed by the target business, we may face uncertainties as to whether such clearance can be timely obtained, or at all, and incur additional time delays to complete any such acquisition. Cybersecurity review could also result in negative publicity with respect to our initial business combination and diversion of our managerial and financial resources. There is no guarantee that we can receive such approval in a timely manner, and we may also be prevented from pursuing certain investment opportunities if the PRC government considers that the potential investments will result in a significant national security issue.

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 If it is determined in the future that CSRC or CAC approval or other procedural requirements are required to be met for and prior to a business combination, it is uncertain whether we can or how long it will take us to obtain such approval or complete such procedures and any such approval could be rescinded. Any failure to obtain or delay in obtaining such approval or completing such procedures for our initial business combination with companies in China, or a rescission of any such approval, could subject us to sanctions by the relevant PRC governmental authorities. In addition, if the PRC governmental authorities later promulgate new rules or explanations requiring that we obtain their approvals for filings, registrations or other kinds of authorizations for our initial business combination, we cannot assure you that we can obtain the approval, authorizations, or complete required procedures or other requirements in a timely manner, or at all, or obtain a waiver of the requisite requirements if and when procedures are established to obtain such a waiver. Any of these failures may cause delay or termination of a potential business combination, imposition of fines and penalties, limitation on our operation in China and materially and adversely affect our ability to complete a business combination in the prescribed time period or otherwise affect our business, financial condition, results of operations, reputation and prospects, as well as the trading price of our securities. Any such action, once taken by the PRC government, could make it more difficult and costly for us to consummate a business combination with a target business operating in the PRC, cause the value of the combined company’s securities to significantly decline, or in extreme cases, become worthless or completely hinder the combined company’s ability to offer or continue to offer securities to investors.

 As the date of this reporting, there are no PRC laws and regulations (including the China Securities Regulatory Commission, or the CSRC, Cyberspace Administration of China, or the CAC, or any other government entity) in force explicitly requiring that we obtain permission from PRC authorities to search a target company, and we have not received any inquiry, notice, warning, sanction or any regulatory objection to search a target company from any relevant PRC authorities.

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   Given the significant oversight and discretion of the government of the People's Republic of China (PRC) over the conduct of your directors' and officers' search for a target company, please describe any material impact that intervention or contr