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SEC Comment Letter 0000000000-25-003729 to Zai Lab Ltd (ZLAB)

Zai Lab Ltd
Date: April 8, 2025 · CIK: 0001704292 · Accession: 0000000000-25-003729

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File numbers found in text: 001-38205

Date
April 8, 2025
Author
Division of
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UPLOAD
Company
Zai Lab Ltd

Letter

Re: Zai Lab Limited Form 10-K for Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2024 Filed February 27, 2025 File No. 001-38205 Dear Yajing Chen:

April 8, 2025

Yajing Chen Chief Financial Officer Zai Lab Limited 4560 Jinke Road Bldg. 1, 4th Floor Pudong Shanghai, China

We have reviewed your filing and have the following comment.

Please respond to this letter within ten business days by providing the requested information or advise us as soon as possible when you will respond. If you do not believe our comment applies to your facts and circumstances, please tell us why in your response.

After reviewing your response to this letter, we may have additional comments.

Form 10-K for Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2024 General

1. We note the changes to your disclosure appearing at the outset of your annual report, in Item 1. Business and Item 1A. Risk Factors relating to legal and operational risks associated with operating in China. It is unclear to us that there have been changes in the regulatory environment in the PRC since our prior 10-K review completed on June 10, 2022, warranting revised disclosure to mitigate the challenges you face and related disclosures. The Sample Letters to China-Based Companies sought specific disclosure relating to the risk that the PRC government may intervene in or influence your operations at any time, or may exert control over operations of your business, which could result in a material change in your operations and/or the value of your securities. We remind you that, pursuant to federal securities rules, the term control (including the terms controlling, controlled by, and under common control with ) as defined in Securities Act Rule 405 means the possession, direct or indirect, April 8, 2025 Page 2

of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract, or otherwise. We do not believe that your revised disclosure conveys the same risk. In future filings, please restore your disclosures in these areas to the disclosures as they existed in prior filings. For example, and without limitation, we note that your disclosure in your Annual Report on Form 10-K does not (i) state that the PRC government may intervene in or influence your operations at any time; (ii) explain how cash is transferred through your organization; and (iii) discuss the regulatory systems affecting your business in China. We remind you that the company and its management are responsible for the accuracy and adequacy of their disclosures, notwithstanding any review, comments, action or absence of action by the staff.

Please contact Jenn Do at 202-551-3743 or Kevin Vaughn at 202-551-3494 if you have questions regarding comments on the financial statements and related matters. Please contact Tyler Howes at 202-551-3370 or Chris Edwards at 202-551-6761 with any other questions.

Sincerely,
Division of
Corporation Finance
Office of Life
Sciences

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 April 8, 2025

Yajing Chen
Chief Financial Officer
Zai Lab Limited
4560 Jinke Road
Bldg. 1, 4th Floor
Pudong
Shanghai, China

 Re: Zai Lab Limited
 Form 10-K for Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2024
 Filed February 27, 2025
 File No. 001-38205
Dear Yajing Chen:

 We have reviewed your filing and have the following comment.

 Please respond to this letter within ten business days by providing the
requested
information or advise us as soon as possible when you will respond. If you do
not believe
our comment applies to your facts and circumstances, please tell us why in your
response.

 After reviewing your response to this letter, we may have additional
comments.

Form 10-K for Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2024
General

1. We note the changes to your disclosure appearing at the outset of your
annual report,
 in Item 1. Business and Item 1A. Risk Factors relating to legal and
operational risks
 associated with operating in China. It is unclear to us that there have
been changes in
 the regulatory environment in the PRC since our prior 10-K review
completed on June
 10, 2022, warranting revised disclosure to mitigate the challenges you
face and related
 disclosures. The Sample Letters to China-Based Companies sought specific
disclosure
 relating to the risk that the PRC government may intervene in or
influence your
 operations at any time, or may exert control over operations of your
business, which
 could result in a material change in your operations and/or the value of
your
 securities. We remind you that, pursuant to federal securities rules,
the term control
 (including the terms controlling, controlled by, and
under common control
 with ) as defined in Securities Act Rule 405 means the possession,
direct or indirect,
 April 8, 2025
Page 2

 of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and
policies of a
 person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract,
or
 otherwise. We do not believe that your revised disclosure conveys the
same risk. In
 future filings, please restore your disclosures in these areas to the
disclosures as they
 existed in prior filings. For example, and without limitation, we note
that your
 disclosure in your Annual Report on Form 10-K does not (i) state that
the PRC
 government may intervene in or influence your operations at any time;
(ii) explain
 how cash is transferred through your organization; and (iii) discuss the
regulatory
 systems affecting your business in China.
 We remind you that the company and its management are responsible for
the accuracy
and adequacy of their disclosures, notwithstanding any review, comments, action
or absence
of action by the staff.

 Please contact Jenn Do at 202-551-3743 or Kevin Vaughn at 202-551-3494
if you
have questions regarding comments on the financial statements and related
matters. Please
contact Tyler Howes at 202-551-3370 or Chris Edwards at 202-551-6761 with any
other
questions.

 Sincerely,

 Division of
Corporation Finance
 Office of Life
Sciences
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