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    Simpson Thacher & Bartlett

    icbc
    tower, 35th floor

    3 garden
    road, central

    hong
    kong

    telephone:
    +852-2514-7600

    facsimile:
    +852-2869-7694

    Direct Dial Number

    +852-2514-7620

    E-mail Address

    ygao@stblaw.com

    October 5,
    2023

Confidential
and via edgar

Division of Corporation Finance

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

100 F Street, N.E.

Washington, D.C. 20549

    Attention:
    Mr. Ameen Hamady

    Ms. Shannon Menjivar

    Mr. Austin Pattan

    Mr. Andrew Mew

    Mr. Kibum Park

    Mr. David Link

 Re: GreenTree
                                            Hospitality Group Ltd.

                                            Form 20-F for the Year Ended December 31, 2022

                                            Filed on April 28, 2023

                                            File No. 001-38425

Ladies and Gentlemen:

On behalf of our client, GreenTree Hospitality
Group Ltd. (the “Company”), we are submitting this letter in response to your correspondence dated September 11,
2023 (the “September 11 Letter”) concerning the above-referenced annual report on Form 20-F that the Company
filed with the Commission on April 28, 2023.

In
the September 11 Letter, you requested that the Company respond to the Staff’s comments within 10 business days or advise
the Staff as soon as possible when the Company will respond. On September 25, 2023, we submitted a letter on the Company’s
behalf to the Staff to request an extension of the deadline for responding to October 5, 2023. The Company respectfully advises
the Staff that it is still working on its responses, and given the current status of the preparation work, it will require an additional
three business days from the date hereof in order to respond fully to your letter.

    michael
    j.c.M. ceulen
       marjory
    j. ding
       daniel
    fertig
    adam
    C. furber
    YI
    GAO
    MAKIKO
    HARUNARI
    Ian
    C. Ho
    JONATHAN
    HWANG
    anthony
    d. king
    jin
    hYUK park
    ERIK
    P. WANG
    christopher
    k.s. wong

    resident
                                            partners

    simpson
    thacher & bartlett, hong kong is an affiliate of simpson thacher & bartlett llp with offices in:

     New
    York
    Beijing
    Brussels
    Houston
    LONDON
    Los
    Angeles
    Palo
    Alto
    SÃO
    PAULO
    TOKYO
    Washington,D.C.

    Simpson Thacher & Bartlett

    Division of Corporation Finance

    U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

    -2-
    October 5,
    2023

The
Company is therefore requesting a further extension until October 10, 2023 and expects to respond no later than that date.

In the meantime, please do not hesitate to contact
me at +852-2514-7620 (work) or ygao@stblaw.com (email).

    Very truly yours,

    /s/ Yi Gao

    Yi Gao

 cc: Alex S. Xu, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

Gregory James Karns, Director, General Counsel

Yiping Yang, Chief Financial Officer

GreenTree Hospitality Group Ltd.

Zhao Xiang Gu, Partner

Ernst & Young Hua Ming LLP