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SEC Company Response from MingZhu Logistics Holdings Ltd (YGMZ) (CIK 0001782037) (YGMZF) — Sep 27, 2019

MingZhu Logistics Holdings Ltd (YGMZ) (CIK 0001782037)
Date: Sept. 27, 2019 · CIK: 0001782037 · Accession: 0001213900-19-019199

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Date
Sept. 27, 2019
Author
/s/ Jinlong Yang
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MingZhu Logistics Holdings Ltd (YGMZ) (CIK 0001782037)

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VIA EDGAR Division of Corporation Finance Office of Transportation and Leisure Re: MingZhu Logistics Holdings Ltd. Draft Registration Statement on Form F-1 Submitted August 2, 2019 CIK No. 0001782037

Dear Mr. McWilliams:

On behalf of our client MingZhu Logistics Holdings Ltd (the “Company”), we hereby transmit the Company’s response to the comment letter received from the staff (the “Staff”) of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”), on August 29, 2019, regarding the Draft Registration Statement on Form F-1 submitted to the Commission on August 2, 2019.

For the Staff’s convenience, we have repeated below the Staff’s comments in bold, and have followed each comment with the Company’s response. Disclosure changes made in response to the Staff’s comments have been made in a Registration Statement on Form F-1 (the “Registration Statement”), which is being filed with the Commission contemporaneously with the submission of this response letter.

Draft Registration Statement Submitted August 2, 2019

General

1. Please provide us copies of all written communications, as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act, that you, or anyone authorized to do so on your behalf, present to potential investors in reliance on Section 5(d) of the Securities Act, whether or not they retain copies of the communications.

We respectfully advise the Staff that, as of the date hereof, no written communications have been provided to potential investors in reliance on Section 5(d) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). We will supplementally provide the Staff with copies of all written communications presented to potential investors in reliance on Section 5(d) of the Securities Act.

J. Nolan McWilliams

September 27, 2019

Page 2 of 3

Risk Factors

Our reliance on major customers and any loss of our major customers, page 7

2. Please place the risks described in context by naming each ten percent or greater customer and the respective percentage of revenues attributable to that customer.

In response to the Staff’s comment, we have updated the risk factor. The revised disclosure can be found on page 7 of the Registration Statement.

We rely on subcontractors to handle a proportion of our trucking service, page 8

3. To the extent material, please describe the risks because of your guarantee of the subcontractor capital lease disclosed on page 42.

As disclosed in the Registration Statement, in connection with our guarantee to the lessor of the capital lease for our subcontractor, we entered into another guarantee agreement with Shenzhen Yangang Mingzhu Logistics Co., Ltd. (“MingZhu Logistics”), a company owned by the sister of Jinlong Yang, our Chief Executive Officer. Pursuant to the guarantee between us and MingZhu Logistics, if our subcontractor fails to perform its obligations under the capital lease and we make a payment to the lessor as a guarantor of the capital lease, MingZhu Logistics has the obligation to immediately pay us the full amount paid by us to the lessor. We believe that such contractual mechanism mitigates the risks resulting from our guarantee to the lessor and there will not be material risks resulting from our guarantee of the subcontractor capital lease.

Use of Proceeds, page 30

4. You state that PRC laws and regulations limit your ability to utilize the proceeds of this offering to make loans or capital contributions to PRC subsidiaries on satisfaction of government registration and approval requirements. Please place this disclosure in context by quantifying the amount of loans or capital contributions you may currently make to your PRC subsidiaries without approval. Similarly revise the first full risk factor on page 20.

In response to the Staff’s comment, we have revised the Registration Statement. The revised disclosure can be found on pages 21 and 31 of the Registration Statement.

Management’s Discussion and Analysis, page 35

5. Please provide the trend disclosure required by Item 5.D of Form 20-F. For guidance, refer to Section III.B.3. of Release No. 33-8350. We note by way of example: (i) the second paragraph on page 38 where you discuss reasons for the decline in revenues from Guangdong province; and (ii) your disclosure in the third risk factor on page 7 and first risk factor on page 8 regarding past due receivables and the timing mismatch of customer payments and trade payables. Also discuss the extent to which percentage growth you attribute to the Xinjiang expansion is indicative of future growth.

In response to the Staff’s comment, we have revised the Registration Statement. The revised disclosure can be found on pages 37, 39 and 41 of the Registration Statement.

J. Nolan McWilliams

September 27, 2019

Page 3 of 3

Customers, page 65

6. Please describe the material terms of the master agreements you enter into with customers. Similarly describe in the last section on page 67 the material terms of the subcontracting master agreements.

In response to the Staff’s comment, we have added descriptions of the material terms of the master agreements with customers and subcontracting master agreements. The revised disclosure can be found on pages 67 and 70 of the Registration Statement.

Regulations, page 74

7. Please discuss here the PRC regulations on and approvals required for uses of proceeds from offerings such as this, including the regulations on loans or capital contributions to your PRC subsidiaries. We note your disclosure in the last paragraph on page 30.

In response to the Staff’s comment, we have added disclosure relating to PRC regulations on and approvals required for uses of proceeds from this offering. The revised disclosure can be found on pages 21, 30, 79 and 80 of the Registration Statement.

Description of Share Capital

Articles of Association – Exclusive Forum Provision, page 89

8. We note that your forum selection provision identifies the courts of the Cayman Islands as the sole and exclusive jurisdiction for certain litigation, including "any derivative action." Please disclose whether this provision applies to actions arising under the Securities Act or Exchange Act. If so, please add risk factor disclosure, state that there is uncertainty as to whether a court would enforce such provision, and state that investors cannot waive compliance with the federal securities laws and the rules and regulations thereunder. If this provision does not apply to actions arising under the Securities Act or Exchange Act, please also ensure that the exclusive forum provision in your amended articles of association states this clearly, or tell us how you will inform investors in future filings that the provision does not apply to any actions arising under the Securities Act or Exchange Act.

In response to the Staff’s comment, we have removed disclosure relating to forum selection and will file the form of our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association that reflects such change in a subsequent amendment to the Registration Statement.

We thank the Staff for its review of the foregoing. If you have further comments, we ask that you forward them by electronic mail to our counsel, Richard Anslow, Esq. at ranslow@egsllp.com or by telephone at (212) 370-1300.

Sincerely,
/s/ Jinlong Yang

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MingZhu
Logistics Holdings Ltd

27F,
Yantian Modern Industry Service Center

No.
3018 Shayan Road, Yantian District

Shenzhen,
Guangdong, China 518081

September
27, 2019

VIA
EDGAR

U.S.
Securities & Exchange Commission

Division
of Corporation Finance

Office
of Transportation and Leisure

100
F Street, NE

Washington,
D.C. 20549

Attn:
J. Nolan McWilliams

    Re:
    MingZhu Logistics Holdings Ltd.

    Draft Registration Statement on Form F-1

    Submitted August 2, 2019

    CIK No. 0001782037

Dear
Mr. McWilliams:

On
behalf of our client MingZhu Logistics Holdings Ltd (the “Company”), we hereby transmit the Company’s
response to the comment letter received from the staff (the “Staff”) of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
(the “Commission”), on August 29, 2019, regarding the Draft Registration Statement on Form F-1 submitted to
the Commission on August 2, 2019.

For
the Staff’s convenience, we have repeated below the Staff’s comments in bold, and have followed each comment with
the Company’s response. Disclosure changes made in response to the Staff’s comments have been made in a Registration
Statement on Form F-1 (the “Registration Statement”), which is being filed with the Commission contemporaneously
with the submission of this response letter.

Draft
Registration Statement Submitted August 2, 2019

General

 1. Please
                                         provide us copies of all written communications, as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities
                                         Act, that you, or anyone authorized to do so on your behalf, present to potential investors
                                         in reliance on Section 5(d) of the Securities Act, whether or not they retain copies
                                         of the communications.

We
respectfully advise the Staff that, as of the date hereof, no written communications have been provided to potential investors
in reliance on Section 5(d) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). We will supplementally
provide the Staff with copies of all written communications presented to potential investors in reliance on Section 5(d) of the
Securities Act.

    1

J.
Nolan McWilliams

September
27, 2019

Page
2 of 3

Risk
Factors

Our
reliance on major customers and any loss of our major customers, page 7

 2. Please
                                         place the risks described in context by naming each ten percent or greater customer and
                                         the respective percentage of revenues attributable to that customer.

In
response to the Staff’s comment, we have updated the risk factor. The revised disclosure can be found on page 7 of the Registration
Statement.

We
rely on subcontractors to handle a proportion of our trucking service, page 8

 3. To
                                         the extent material, please describe the risks because of your guarantee of the subcontractor
                                         capital lease disclosed on page 42.

As
disclosed in the Registration Statement, in connection with our guarantee to the lessor of the capital lease for our subcontractor,
we entered into another guarantee agreement with Shenzhen Yangang Mingzhu Logistics Co., Ltd. (“MingZhu Logistics”),
a company owned by the sister of Jinlong Yang, our Chief Executive Officer. Pursuant to the guarantee between us and MingZhu Logistics,
if our subcontractor fails to perform its obligations under the capital lease and we make a payment to the lessor as a guarantor
of the capital lease, MingZhu Logistics has the obligation to immediately pay us the full amount paid by us to the lessor. We
believe that such contractual mechanism mitigates the risks resulting from our guarantee to the lessor and there will not be material
risks resulting from our guarantee of the subcontractor capital lease.

Use
of Proceeds, page 30

 4. You
                                         state that PRC laws and regulations limit your ability to utilize the proceeds of this
                                         offering to make loans or capital contributions to PRC subsidiaries on satisfaction of
                                         government registration and approval requirements. Please place this disclosure in context
                                         by quantifying the amount of loans or capital contributions you may currently make to
                                         your PRC subsidiaries without approval. Similarly revise the first full risk factor on
                                         page 20.

In
response to the Staff’s comment, we have revised the Registration Statement. The revised disclosure can be found on pages
21 and 31 of the Registration Statement.

Management’s
Discussion and Analysis, page 35

 5. Please
                                         provide the trend disclosure required by Item 5.D of Form 20-F. For guidance, refer to
                                         Section III.B.3. of Release No. 33-8350. We note by way of example: (i) the second paragraph
                                         on page 38 where you discuss reasons for the decline in revenues from Guangdong province;
                                         and (ii) your disclosure in the third risk factor on page 7 and first risk factor on
                                         page 8 regarding past due receivables and the timing mismatch of customer payments and
                                         trade payables. Also discuss the extent to which percentage growth you attribute to the
                                         Xinjiang expansion is indicative of future growth.

In
response to the Staff’s comment, we have revised the Registration Statement. The revised disclosure can be found on pages
37, 39 and 41 of the Registration Statement.

    2

J.
Nolan McWilliams

September
27, 2019

Page
3 of 3

Customers,
page 65

 6. Please
                                         describe the material terms of the master agreements you enter into with customers. Similarly
                                         describe in the last section on page 67 the material terms of the subcontracting master
                                         agreements.

In
response to the Staff’s comment, we have added descriptions of the material terms of the master agreements with customers
and subcontracting master agreements. The revised disclosure can be found on pages 67 and 70 of the Registration Statement.

Regulations,
page 74

 7. Please
                                         discuss here the PRC regulations on and approvals required for uses of proceeds from
                                         offerings such as this, including the regulations on loans or capital contributions to
                                         your PRC subsidiaries. We note your disclosure in the last paragraph on page 30.

In
response to the Staff’s comment, we have added disclosure relating to PRC regulations on and approvals required for uses
of proceeds from this offering. The revised disclosure can be found on pages 21, 30, 79 and 80 of the Registration Statement.

Description
of Share Capital

Articles
of Association – Exclusive Forum Provision, page 89

 8. We
                                         note that your forum selection provision identifies the courts of the Cayman Islands
                                         as the sole and exclusive jurisdiction for certain litigation, including "any derivative
                                         action." Please disclose whether this provision applies to actions arising under
                                         the Securities Act or Exchange Act. If so, please add risk factor disclosure, state that
                                         there is uncertainty as to whether a court would enforce such provision, and state that
                                         investors cannot waive compliance with the federal securities laws and the rules and
                                         regulations thereunder. If this provision does not apply to actions arising under the
                                         Securities Act or Exchange Act, please also ensure that the exclusive forum provision
                                         in your amended articles of association states this clearly, or tell us how you will
                                         inform investors in future filings that the provision does not apply to any actions arising
                                         under the Securities Act or Exchange Act.

In
response to the Staff’s comment, we have removed disclosure relating to forum selection and will file the form of our amended
and restated memorandum and articles of association that reflects such change in a subsequent amendment to the Registration Statement.

We
thank the Staff for its review of the foregoing. If you have further comments, we ask that you forward them by electronic mail
to our counsel, Richard Anslow, Esq. at ranslow@egsllp.com or by telephone at (212) 370-1300.

    Sincerely,

    /s/ Jinlong Yang

    Jinglong Yang, Chief Executive Officer

    MingZhu Logistics Holdings Ltd.

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	  Ellenoff Grossman & Schole LLP

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