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SEC Comment Letter 0000000000-23-009694 to Li Auto Inc. (LI, LAAOF) (CIK 0001791706) (LI)

Li Auto Inc. (LI, LAAOF) (CIK 0001791706)
Date: Aug. 31, 2023 · CIK: 0001791706 · Accession: 0000000000-23-009694

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File numbers found in text: 001-39407

Date
August 31, 2023
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Li Auto Inc. (LI, LAAOF) (CIK 0001791706)

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United States securities and exchange commission logo August 31, 2023 Tie Li Chief Financial Officer Li Auto Inc. 11 Wenliang Street Shunyi District, Beijing 101399 People’s Republic of China Re:Li Auto Inc. Form 20-F for the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2022 File No. 001-39407 Dear Tie Li: We have limited our review of your filing to the submission and/or disclosures as required by Item 16I of Form 20-F 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. After reviewing your response to these comments, we may have additional comments. Form 20-F for the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2022 Item 16I. Disclosure Regarding Foreign Jurisdictions that Prevent Inspections, page 162 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). 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

FirstName LastNameTie Li Comapany NameLi Auto Inc. August 31, 2023 Page 2 FirstName LastName Tie Li Li Auto Inc. August 31, 2023 Page 2 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 “Li Auto Inc., the VIEs, or the VIEs’ subsidiaries.” We also note that your disclosures on page 103 and the list of significant subsidiaries and consolidated variable interest entities in Exhibit 8.1 indicate that you have subsidiaries in mainland China and Hong Kong 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. 4.With respect to your disclosure pursuant to Item 16I(b)(5), we note that you have included language that such disclosure is “to our knowledge.” Please supplementally confirm without qualification, if true, that your articles and the articles of your consolidated foreign operating entities do not contain wording from any charter of the Chinese Communist Party. 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 Tyler Howes at 202-551-3370 or Jennifer Gowetski at 202-551-3401 with any questions. Sincerely, Division of Corporation Finance Disclosure Review Program cc: Haiping Li, Esq.

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United States securities and exchange commission logo
August 31, 2023
Tie Li
Chief Financial Officer
Li Auto Inc.
11 Wenliang Street
Shunyi District, Beijing 101399
People’s Republic of China
Re:Li Auto Inc.
Form 20-F for the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2022
File No. 001-39407
Dear Tie Li:
            We have limited our review of your filing to the submission and/or disclosures as
required by Item 16I of Form 20-F 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.
            After reviewing your response to these comments, we may have additional comments.
Form 20-F for the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2022
Item 16I. Disclosure Regarding Foreign Jurisdictions that Prevent Inspections, page 162
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).
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

 FirstName LastNameTie Li
 Comapany NameLi Auto Inc.
 August 31, 2023 Page 2
 FirstName LastName
Tie Li
Li Auto Inc.
August 31, 2023
Page 2
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 “Li Auto Inc., the VIEs, or the VIEs’ subsidiaries.” We also note that your disclosures
on page 103 and the list of significant subsidiaries and consolidated variable interest
entities in Exhibit 8.1 indicate that you have subsidiaries in mainland China and Hong
Kong 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.
4.With respect to your disclosure pursuant to Item 16I(b)(5), we note that you have included
language that such disclosure is “to our knowledge.” Please supplementally confirm
without qualification, if true, that your articles and the articles of your consolidated
foreign operating entities do not contain wording from any charter of the Chinese
Communist Party.
            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 Tyler Howes at 202-551-3370 or Jennifer Gowetski at 202-551-3401 with
any questions.
Sincerely,
Division of Corporation Finance
Disclosure Review Program
cc:       Haiping Li, Esq.