SEC Comment Letter 0000000000-23-006188 to Viomi Technology Co., Ltd (VIOT) (CIK 0001742770) (VIOT)
Viomi Technology Co., Ltd (VIOT) (CIK 0001742770)
Date: June 9, 2023 · CIK: 0001742770 · Accession: 0000000000-23-006188
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United States securities and exchange commission logo
June 9, 2023
Xiaoping Chen
Chief Executive Officer
Viomi Technology Co., Ltd
Wansheng Square, Rm 1302 Tower C
Xingang East Road , Haizhu District
Guangzhou, Guangdong , 510220
People’s Republic of China
Re:Viomi Technology Co., Ltd
Form 20-F for the Year Ended December 31, 2022
Filed April 25, 2023
File No. 001-38649
Dear Xiaoping Chen:
We have limited our review of your filing to the financial statements and related
disclosures and have the following comments. In some of our comments, we may ask you to
provide us with information so we may better understand your disclosure.
Please respond to these comments 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
comments apply to your facts and circumstances, please tell us why in your response.
After reviewing your response to these comments, we may have additional comments.
Form 20-F for the Year Ended December 31, 2022
Item 16I. Disclosure Regarding Foreign Jurisdictions that Prevent Inspections, page 152
1.We note your statement that you reviewed your register of members and public filings
made by your shareholders in connection with your required submission under paragraph
(a). Please supplementally describe any additional materials that were reviewed and tell us
whether you relied upon any legal opinions or third-party certifications such as affidavits
as the basis for your submission. In your response, please provide a similarly detailed
discussion of the materials reviewed and legal opinions or third-party certifications relied
upon in connection with the required disclosures under paragraphs (b)(2) and (3).
FirstName LastNameXiaoping Chen
Comapany NameViomi Technology Co., Ltd
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Xiaoping Chen
Viomi Technology Co., Ltd
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2.In order to clarify the scope of your review, please supplementally describe the steps you
have taken to confirm that none of the members of your board or the boards of your
consolidated foreign operating entities are officials of the Chinese Communist Party. For
instance, please tell us how the board members’ current or prior memberships on, or
affiliations with, committees of the Chinese Communist Party factored into your
determination. In addition, please tell us whether you have relied upon third-party
certifications such as affidavits as the basis for your disclosure.
3.We note that your disclosures pursuant to Items 16I(b)(2), (b)(3), and (b)(5) are provided
for Viomi Technology Co., Ltd or the consolidated variable interest entities. We also note
that your list of significant subsidiaries and consolidated variable interest entities in
Exhibit 8.1 appears to indicate that you have subsidiaries in Hong Kong and countries
outside China that are not included in your VIEs. Please note that Item 16I(b) requires that
you provide disclosures for yourself and your consolidated foreign operating entities,
including variable interest entities or similar structures.
•With respect to (b)(2), please supplementally clarify the jurisdictions in which your
consolidated foreign operating entities are organized or incorporated and provide the
percentage of your shares or the shares of your consolidated operating entities owned
by governmental entities in each foreign jurisdiction in which you have consolidated
operating entities in your supplemental response.
•With respect to (b)(3) and (b)(5), please provide the required information for you and
all of your consolidated foreign operating entities in your supplemental response.
In closing, 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.
Contact Jimmy McNamara at 202-551-7349 or Jennifer Thompson at 202-551-3737. If
you have any questions about comments related to your status as a Commission-Identified Issuer
during your most recently completed fiscal year. You may contact SiSi Cheng at (202) 551- 5004
or Hugh West at (202) 551-3872 with any other questions.
Sincerely,
Division of Corporation Finance
Office of Manufacturing