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SEC Comment Letter 0000000000-23-007835 to Chindata Group Holdings Ltd (CIK 0001807192)

Chindata Group Holdings Ltd (CIK 0001807192)
Date: July 21, 2023 · CIK: 0001807192 · Accession: 0000000000-23-007835

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File numbers found in text: 001-39556

Date
July 21, 2023
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Form
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Company
Chindata Group Holdings Ltd (CIK 0001807192)

Letter

United States securities and exchange commission logo July 21, 2023 Huapeng Wu Chief Executive Officer Chindata Group Holdings Ltd No. 47 Laiguangying East Road Chaoyang District, Beijing, 100012 The People’s Republic of China Re:Chindata Group Holdings Ltd Form 20-F for the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2022 Filed April 28, 2023 File No. 001-39556 Dear Huapeng Wu: 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 150 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 LastNameHuapeng Wu Comapany NameChindata Group Holdings Ltd July 21, 2023 Page 2 FirstName LastName Huapeng Wu Chindata Group Holdings Ltd July 21, 2023 Page 2 2.We note that your disclosures pursuant to Items 16I(b)(2), (b)(3) and (b)(5) are provided for “Chindata Group Holdings Limited or the VIEs.” We also note that your list of subsidiaries in Exhibit 8.1 appears to indicate that you have subsidiaries in mainland China, 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. 3.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. 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 best 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 Kyle Wiley at (202) 344-5791 or Jennifer Thompson at (202) 551-3737 with any questions. Sincerely, Division of Corporation Finance Disclosure Review Program cc: Steve Lin

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United States securities and exchange commission logo
July 21, 2023
Huapeng Wu
Chief Executive Officer
Chindata Group Holdings Ltd
No. 47 Laiguangying East Road
Chaoyang District, Beijing, 100012
The People’s Republic of China
Re:Chindata Group Holdings Ltd
Form 20-F for the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2022
Filed April 28, 2023
File No. 001-39556
Dear Huapeng Wu:
            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 150
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 LastNameHuapeng Wu
 Comapany NameChindata Group Holdings Ltd
 July 21, 2023 Page 2
 FirstName LastName
Huapeng Wu
Chindata Group Holdings Ltd
July 21, 2023
Page 2
2.We note that your disclosures pursuant to Items 16I(b)(2), (b)(3) and (b)(5) are provided
for “Chindata Group Holdings Limited or the VIEs.” We also note that your list of
subsidiaries in Exhibit 8.1 appears to indicate that you have subsidiaries in mainland
China, 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.
3.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.
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 best 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 Kyle Wiley at (202) 344-5791 or Jennifer Thompson at (202) 551-3737
with any questions.
Sincerely,
Division of Corporation Finance
Disclosure Review Program
cc:       Steve Lin