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Correspondence 0001193125-23-223273 from Waterdrop Inc. (WDH) (CIK 0001823986) (WDH)

Waterdrop Inc. (WDH) (CIK 0001823986)
Date: Aug. 29, 2023 · CIK: 0001823986 · Accession: 0001193125-23-223273

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File numbers found in text: 001-40376

Referenced dates: August 10, 2023

Date
August 29, 2023
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Waterdrop Inc. (WDH) (CIK 0001823986)

Letter

VIA EDGAR Division of Corporation Finance Office of Finance Securities and Exchange Commission Waterdrop Inc. (the “Company”) Form 20-F for the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2022 Filed on April 17, 2023 File No. 001-40376

Dear Mr. Klein, Mr. Henderson, Ms. Block, Ms. Mateo, Ms. Thompson and Mr. Pattan,

This letter sets forth the Company’s responses to the comments contained in the letter dated August 10, 2023 from the staff (the “Staff”) of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) regarding the Company’s annual report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022 filed with the Commission on April 17, 2023 (the “2022 Form 20-F”). The Staff’s comments are repeated below in bold and are followed by the Company’s responses thereto. All capitalized terms used but not defined in this letter shall have the meaning ascribed to such terms in the 2022 Form 20-F.

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

General

1. In future filings, please prominently disclose that you are not a Chinese operating company but a Cayman Islands holding company with operations conducted by your subsidiaries and through contractual arrangements with variable interest entities (VIEs) based in China and that this structure involves unique risks to investors. If true, disclose that these contracts have not been tested in court. Explain whether the VIE structure is used to provide investors with exposure to foreign investment in China-based companies, and disclose that investors may never hold equity interests in the Chinese operating company. Your disclosure should acknowledge that Chinese regulatory authorities could disallow this structure, which would likely result in a material change in your operations and/or a material change in the value of the securities that you are registering for sale, including that it could cause the value of such securities to significantly decline of become worthless. Please include your proposed disclosure in the response letter.

Division of Corporation Finance

Office of Finance

Securities and Exchange Commission

August 29, 2023

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The Company respectfully submits that it has disclosed its holding company structure and VIE structure at the outset of Item 3. Key Information. In response to the Staff’ s comment, the Company respectfully proposes to include the following revised disclosure (page reference is made to the 2022 Form 20-F to illustrate the approximate location of the disclosure) in its future Form 20-F filings (with deletions shown in strikethrough and additions underlined), subject to updates and adjustments to be made in connection with any material development of the subject matter being disclosed.

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Waterdrop Inc. is not an operating company in China but rather a Cayman Islands holding company with no material operations of its own and no equity ownership in the VIEs (defined below). We conduct our operations primarily through (i) our PRC subsidiaries and (ii) the VIEs, with which we maintain contractual agreements. PRC The laws and regulations of mainland China restrict and impose conditions on foreign direct investment in companies involved in the provision of value-added telecommunication services, insurance brokerage services or insurance agency services. Therefore, we operate such businesses in China through the variable interest entities, Zhuiqiu Jizhi, Shuidi Hubao, Shuidi Hulian, Zongqing Xiangqian and Guangmu Weichen, which we refer to as the VIEs in this annual report, and rely on contractual arrangements among our PRC subsidiaries, the VIEs and their shareholders to control the business operations of the VIEs. Revenues contributed by the VIEs accounted for 99.5%, 99.6% and, 93.6% and % of our total net revenues for the fiscal years 2020, 2021 and, 2022 and 2023, respectively. As used in this annual report, “Waterdrop,” “we,” “us,” “our company” or “our” refers to Waterdrop Inc., and its subsidiaries, and, in the context of describing the consolidated financial information, the VIEs and their subsidiaries in China. Investors in our ADSs thus are not purchasing equity interest in the VIEs in China but instead are purchasing equity interest in Waterdrop Inc., a Cayman Islands holding company, and may never directly hold equity interests in the VIEs in China. The consolidated VIEs are PRC companies conducting operations in China, and their financial results have been consolidated into our consolidated financial statements under U.S. GAAP for accounting purposes. Waterdrop Inc. is a holding company with no operations of its own. We do not have any equity ownership in the consolidated VIEs.

Our corporate structure is subject to risks associated with our contractual arrangements with the VIEs. Investors may not directly hold equity interests in the VIEs or in the businesses that are conducted by the VIEs, and the VIE structure provides contractual exposure to foreign investment in the China-based companies which involve foreign investment restrictions. If the PRC government finds that the agreements that establish the structure for operating our business do not comply with PRC laws and regulations, or if these regulations or their interpretations change in the future, we could be subject to severe penalties or be forced to relinquish our interests in those operations. This may result in the VIEs being deconsolidated, which would materially and adversely affect our operations, and our ADSs may decline significantly in value or become worthless. The legality and enforceability of the contractual agreements between our PRC subsidiaries, the VIEs, and their nominee shareholders, as a whole, have not been tested in a court of law in mainland China as of the date of this annual report. Our holding company, our PRC subsidiaries, the VIEs, and investors of our company face uncertainty about potential future actions by the PRC government that could affect the enforceability of the contractual arrangements with the VIEs and, consequently, significantly affect the financial performance of the VIEs and our company as a whole. The PRC regulatory authorities could disallow the VIE structure, which would likely result in a material adverse change in our operations, and our ordinary shares or our ADSs may decline significantly in value or become worthless. As such, the VIE structure involves unique risks to investors of our holding company. For a detailed description of the risks associated with our corporate structure, please refer to risks disclosed under “Item 3. Key Information—D. Risk Factors—Risks Related to Our Corporate Structure.”

Division of Corporation Finance

Office of Finance

Securities and Exchange Commission

August 29, 2023

Page

For the Staff’s easy reference of the requested disclosure, the Company has highlighted the relevant disclosure in grey shade as shown above.

2. In future filings, please provide prominent disclosure about the legal and operational risks associated with being based in or having the majority of the company’s operations in China. Your disclosure should make clear whether these risks could result in a material change in your operations and/or the value of the securities you are registering for sale or could significantly limit or completely hinder your ability to offer or continue to offer securities to investors and cause the value of such securities to significantly decline or be worthless. Your disclosure should address how recent statements and regulatory actions by China’s government, such as those related to the use of variable interest entities and data security or anti-monopoly concerns, have or may impact the company’s ability to conduct its business, accept foreign investments, or list on a U.S. or other foreign exchange. Please disclose the location of your auditor’s headquarters and whether and how the Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act, as amended by the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023, and related regulations will affect your company. Please include your proposed disclosure in your response letter.

In response to the Staff’ s comment, the Company respectfully proposes to include the following revised disclosure (page reference is made to the 2022 Form 20-F to illustrate the approximate location of the disclosure) in its future Form 20-F filings (with deletions shown in strikethrough and additions underlined), subject to updates and adjustments to be made in connection with any material development of the subject matter being disclosed.

Division of Corporation Finance

Office of Finance

Securities and Exchange Commission

August 29, 2023

Page

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We face various legal and operational risks and uncertainties related to doing business in China. Our business operations are primarily conducted in China, and we are subject to complex and evolving PRC laws and regulations. For example, we face risks associated with The PRC government has recently issued statements and regulatory actions relating to areas such as regulatory approvals on offshore offerings, the use of VIE structure, anti-monopoly regulatory actions, and oversight on cybersecurity and data privacy. For example, on February 17, 2023, China Securities Regulatory Commission, or the CSRC issued the Trial Administrative Measures of Overseas Securities Offering and Listing by Domestic Companies, or the Overseas Listing Regulations, and five supporting guidelines, which became effective on March 31, 2023. Pursuant to the Overseas Listing Regulations, companies in China that directly or indirectly offer or list their securities in an overseas market must file with the CSRC within three business days after submitting their listing application documents to the regulator in the place of intended listing. The Overseas Listing Regulations also provide that a company in China must file with the CSRC within three business days after completion of its follow-on offering of securities after it is listed in an overseas market. There remains uncertainties with respect to how the CSRC filing procedures under the Overseas Listing Regulations would be applied to, and implicate, the procedures, timetables and outcomes of our future offering or other capital raising activities. These risks could result in a material adverse change in our operations and the value of our ADSs, significantly limit or completely hinder our ability to continue to offer securities to investors and accept foreign investments or list on another foreign exchange, or cause the value of such securities to significantly decline or be worthless. For a detailed description of risks related to doing business in China, “Item 3. Key Information—D. Risk Factors—Risks Related to Doing Business in China.”

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The Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act

Our auditor is located in mainland China. Pursuant to the Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act, as amended by the Consolidated Appropriations Act that was signed into law on December 29, 2022, if the SEC determines that we have filed audit reports issued by a registered public accounting firm that has not been subject to inspections by the PCAOB for two consecutive years, the SEC will prohibit our shares or the ADSs from being traded on a national securities exchange or in the over-the-counter trading market in the United States. [Rest of paragraph will stay intact and is omitted.]

3. In future filings, please include Item 16J of Form 20-F or tell us why you do not need to include this item. Please include your proposed disclosure in your response letter.

The Company respectfully submits to the Staff that, according to SEC Release No. 33-11138, foreign private issuers are required to include Item 16J disclosures “in the first filing that covers the first full fiscal period that begins on or after April 1, 2023.” As a December 31 fiscal year-end company, annual disclosures must first be provided in the 20-F for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024. The Company undertakes to include the required disclosures beginning in its 20-F filing for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024.

Division of Corporation Finance

Office of Finance

Securities and Exchange Commission

August 29, 2023

Page

Introduction, page 1

4. In future filings, clearly disclose how you will refer to the holding company, subsidiaries, and VIEs when providing the disclosure throughout the document so that it is clear to investors which entity the disclosure is referencing and which subsidiaries or entities are conducting the business operations. Refrain from using terms such as “we” or “our” when describing activities or functions of a VIE. For example, disclose, if true, that your subsidiaries and/or the VIE conduct operations in China, that the VIE is consolidated for accounting purposes but is not an entity in which you own equity, and that the holding company does not conduct operations. Disclose clearly the entity (including the domicile) in which investors are purchasing an interest. Please include your proposed disclosure in your response letter.

In response to the Staff’ s comment, the Company respectfully proposes to include the following revised disclosure (page reference is made to the 2022 Form 20-F to illustrate the approximate location of the disclosure) in its future Form 20-F filings (with deletions shown in strikethrough and additions underlined), subject to updates and adjustments to be made in connection with any material development of the subject matter being disclosed.

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“Waterdrop,” “we,” “us,” “our company” and “our” are to Waterdrop Inc., our Cayman Islands holding company and its subsidiaries, and, in the context of describing the consolidated financial information, its consolidated variable interest entities and the subsidiaries of the consolidated variable interest entities in China, including, but not limited to, the VIEs. We conduct our operations primarily through (i) our PRC subsidiaries and (ii) the VIEs, with which we maintain contractual agreements. The consolidated VIEs are PRC companies conducting operations in China, and their financial results have been consolidated into our consolidated financial statements under U.S. GAAP for accounting purposes.

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Waterdrop Inc. is not an operating company in China but rather a Cayman Islands holding company with no material operations of its own and no equity ownership in the VIEs (defined below). We conduct our operations primarily through (i) our PRC subsidiaries and (ii) the VIEs, with which we maintain contractual agreements. PRC The laws and regulations of mainland China restrict and impose conditions on foreign direct investment in companies involved in the provision of value-added telecommunication services, insurance brokerage services or insurance agency services.

Division of Corporation Finance

Office of Finance

Securities and Exchange Commission

August 29, 2023

Page

Therefore, we operate such businesses in China through the variable interest entities, Zhuiqiu Jizhi, Shuidi Hubao, Shuidi Hulian, Zongqing Xiangqian and Guangmu Weichen, which we refer to as the VIEs in this annual report, and rely on contractual arrangements among our PRC subsidiaries, the VIEs and their shareholders to control the business operations of the VIEs. Revenues contributed by the VIEs accounted for 99.5%, 99.6% and, 93.6% and % of our total net revenues for the fiscal years 2020, 2021 and, 2022 and 2023, respectively. As used in this annual report, “Waterdrop,” “we,” “us,” “our c

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 Waterdrop Inc.

Block C, Wangjing Science and Technology Park

No. 2 Lize Zhonger Road

Chaoyang District, Beijing 100102

People’s Republic of China

 August 29, 2023

VIA EDGAR

 Mr. Robert Klein

Mr. Michael Henderson

 Ms. Susan Block

Ms. Madeleine Joy Mateo

 Ms. Jennifer Thompson

Mr. Austin Pattan

 Division of Corporation Finance

Office of Finance

 Securities and Exchange Commission

100 F Street, N.E.

 Washington, D.C. 20549

Re:

Waterdrop Inc. (the “Company”)

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

Filed on April 17, 2023

 File No. 001-40376

 Dear Mr. Klein, Mr. Henderson, Ms. Block, Ms. Mateo, Ms. Thompson and Mr. Pattan,

This letter sets forth the Company’s responses to the comments contained in the letter dated August 10, 2023 from the staff (the
“Staff”) of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) regarding the Company’s annual report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022 filed with the Commission on
April 17, 2023 (the “2022 Form 20-F”). The Staff’s comments are repeated below in bold and are followed by the Company’s responses thereto. All capitalized terms used but not defined in this letter shall have the
meaning ascribed to such terms in the 2022 Form 20-F.

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

General

1.
 In future filings, please prominently disclose that you are not a Chinese operating company but a Cayman
Islands holding company with operations conducted by your subsidiaries and through contractual arrangements with variable interest entities (VIEs) based in China and that this structure involves unique risks to investors. If true, disclose that
these contracts have not been tested in court. Explain whether the VIE structure is used to provide investors with exposure to foreign investment in China-based companies, and disclose that investors may never hold equity interests in the
Chinese operating company. Your disclosure should acknowledge that Chinese regulatory authorities could disallow this structure, which would likely result in a material change in your operations and/or a material change in the value of the
securities that you are registering for sale, including that it could cause the value of such securities to significantly decline of become worthless. Please include your proposed disclosure in the response letter.

 Division of Corporation Finance

Office of Finance

 Securities and Exchange Commission

August 29, 2023

  Page
 2

 The Company respectfully submits that it has disclosed its holding company structure and VIE
structure at the outset of Item 3. Key Information. In response to the Staff’ s comment, the Company respectfully proposes to include the following revised disclosure (page reference is made to the 2022 Form 20-F to illustrate the
approximate location of the disclosure) in its future Form 20-F filings (with deletions shown in strikethrough and additions underlined), subject to updates and adjustments to be made in connection with any material development of the subject matter
being disclosed.

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Waterdrop Inc. is not an operating company in China but rather a Cayman Islands holding company with no material operations of its own and no
equity ownership in the VIEs (defined below). We conduct our operations primarily through (i) our PRC subsidiaries and (ii) the VIEs, with which we maintain contractual agreements. PRC The laws and regulations of
mainland China restrict and impose conditions on foreign direct investment in companies involved in the provision of value-added telecommunication services, insurance brokerage services or insurance agency services. Therefore, we operate such
businesses in China through the variable interest entities, Zhuiqiu Jizhi, Shuidi Hubao, Shuidi Hulian, Zongqing Xiangqian and Guangmu Weichen, which we refer to as the VIEs in this annual report, and rely on contractual arrangements among our PRC
subsidiaries, the VIEs and their shareholders to control the business operations of the VIEs. Revenues contributed by the VIEs accounted for 99.5%, 99.6% and, 93.6% and
        % of our total net revenues for the fiscal years 2020, 2021 and, 2022 and 2023, respectively. As used in this annual report, “Waterdrop,”
“we,” “us,” “our company” or “our” refers to Waterdrop Inc., and its subsidiaries, and, in the context of describing the consolidated financial information, the VIEs and their
subsidiaries in China. Investors in our ADSs thus are not purchasing equity interest in the VIEs in China but instead are purchasing equity interest in Waterdrop Inc., a Cayman Islands holding company, and may never directly hold equity
interests in the VIEs in China. The consolidated VIEs are PRC companies conducting operations in China, and their financial results have been consolidated into our consolidated financial statements under U.S. GAAP for accounting purposes.
Waterdrop Inc. is a holding company with no operations of its own. We do not have any equity ownership in the consolidated VIEs.

 Our
corporate structure is subject to risks associated with our contractual arrangements with the VIEs. Investors may not directly hold equity interests in the VIEs or in the businesses that are conducted by the VIEs, and the VIE structure provides
contractual exposure to foreign investment in the China-based companies which involve foreign investment restrictions. If the PRC government finds that the agreements that establish the structure for operating our business do
not comply with PRC laws and regulations, or if these regulations or their interpretations change in the future, we could be subject to severe penalties or be forced to relinquish our interests in those operations. This may result in the VIEs being
deconsolidated, which would materially and adversely affect our operations, and our ADSs may decline significantly in value or become worthless. The legality and enforceability of the contractual agreements between our PRC subsidiaries, the VIEs,
and their nominee shareholders, as a whole, have not been tested in a court of law in mainland China as of the date of this annual report. Our holding company, our PRC subsidiaries, the VIEs, and investors of our company face uncertainty about
potential future actions by the PRC government that could affect the enforceability of the contractual arrangements with the VIEs and, consequently, significantly affect the financial performance of the VIEs and our company as a whole. The PRC
regulatory authorities could disallow the VIE structure, which would likely result in a material adverse change in our operations, and our ordinary shares or our ADSs may decline significantly in value or become worthless. As such, the VIE structure
involves unique risks to investors of our holding company. For a detailed description of the risks associated with our corporate structure, please refer to risks disclosed under “Item 3. Key Information—D. Risk Factors—Risks Related
to Our Corporate Structure.”

 Division of Corporation Finance

Office of Finance

 Securities and Exchange Commission

August 29, 2023

  Page
 3

 For the Staff’s easy reference of the requested disclosure, the Company has highlighted
the relevant disclosure in grey shade as shown above.

2.
 In future filings, please provide prominent disclosure about the legal and operational risks associated with
being based in or having the majority of the company’s operations in China. Your disclosure should make clear whether these risks could result in a material change in your operations and/or the value of the securities you are registering for
sale or could significantly limit or completely hinder your ability to offer or continue to offer securities to investors and cause the value of such securities to significantly decline or be worthless. Your disclosure should address how recent
statements and regulatory actions by China’s government, such as those related to the use of variable interest entities and data security or anti-monopoly concerns, have or may impact the company’s ability to conduct its business, accept
foreign investments, or list on a U.S. or other foreign exchange. Please disclose the location of your auditor’s headquarters and whether and how the Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act, as amended by the Consolidated Appropriations Act,
2023, and related regulations will affect your company. Please include your proposed disclosure in your response letter.

In response to the Staff’ s comment, the Company respectfully proposes to include the following revised disclosure (page reference is made
to the 2022 Form 20-F to illustrate the approximate location of the disclosure) in its future Form 20-F filings (with deletions shown in strikethrough and additions underlined), subject to updates and adjustments to be made in connection with any
material development of the subject matter being disclosed.

 Division of Corporation Finance

Office of Finance

 Securities and Exchange Commission

August 29, 2023

  Page
 4

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We face various legal and operational risks and uncertainties related to doing business in China. Our business operations are primarily
conducted in China, and we are subject to complex and evolving PRC laws and regulations. For example, we face risks associated with The PRC government has recently issued statements and regulatory actions relating to areas such
as regulatory approvals on offshore offerings, the use of VIE structure, anti-monopoly regulatory actions, and oversight on cybersecurity and data privacy. For example, on February 17, 2023, China Securities Regulatory Commission,
or the CSRC issued the Trial Administrative Measures of Overseas Securities Offering and Listing by Domestic Companies, or the Overseas Listing Regulations, and five supporting guidelines, which became effective on March 31, 2023. Pursuant to
the Overseas Listing Regulations, companies in China that directly or indirectly offer or list their securities in an overseas market must file with the CSRC within three business days after submitting their listing application documents to the
regulator in the place of intended listing. The Overseas Listing Regulations also provide that a company in China must file with the CSRC within three business days after completion of its follow-on offering of securities after it is listed in an
overseas market. There remains uncertainties with respect to how the CSRC filing procedures under the Overseas Listing Regulations would be applied to, and implicate, the procedures, timetables and outcomes of our future offering or other capital
raising activities. These risks could result in a material adverse change in our operations and the value of our ADSs, significantly limit or completely hinder our ability to continue to offer securities to investors and accept foreign
investments or list on another foreign exchange, or cause the value of such securities to significantly decline or be worthless. For a detailed description of risks related to doing business in China, “Item 3. Key Information—D.
Risk Factors—Risks Related to Doing Business in China.”

 Page 5

The Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act

Our auditor is located in mainland China. Pursuant to the Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act, as amended by the Consolidated
Appropriations Act that was signed into law on December 29, 2022, if the SEC determines that we have filed audit reports issued by a registered public accounting firm that has not been subject to inspections by the PCAOB for two consecutive
years, the SEC will prohibit our shares or the ADSs from being traded on a national securities exchange or in the over-the-counter trading market in the United States. [Rest of paragraph will stay intact and is omitted.]

3.
 In future filings, please include Item 16J of Form 20-F or tell us why you do not need to include this
item. Please include your proposed disclosure in your response letter.

 The Company respectfully submits to the Staff
that, according to SEC Release No. 33-11138, foreign private issuers are required to include Item 16J disclosures “in the first filing that covers the first full fiscal period that begins on or after April 1, 2023.”
As a December 31 fiscal year-end company, annual disclosures must first be provided in the 20-F for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024. The Company undertakes to include the required disclosures beginning in its 20-F filing for the
fiscal year ended December 31, 2024.

 Division of Corporation Finance

Office of Finance

 Securities and Exchange Commission

August 29, 2023

  Page
 5

 Introduction, page 1

4.
 In future filings, clearly disclose how you will refer to the holding company, subsidiaries, and VIEs when
providing the disclosure throughout the document so that it is clear to investors which entity the disclosure is referencing and which subsidiaries or entities are conducting the business operations. Refrain from using terms such as “we”
or “our” when describing activities or functions of a VIE. For example, disclose, if true, that your subsidiaries and/or the VIE conduct operations in China, that the VIE is consolidated for accounting purposes but is not an entity in
which you own equity, and that the holding company does not conduct operations. Disclose clearly the entity (including the domicile) in which investors are purchasing an interest. Please include your proposed disclosure in your response letter.

 In response to the Staff’ s comment, the Company respectfully proposes to include the following revised
disclosure (page reference is made to the 2022 Form 20-F to illustrate the approximate location of the disclosure) in its future Form 20-F filings (with deletions shown in strikethrough and additions underlined), subject to updates and adjustments
to be made in connection with any material development of the subject matter being disclosed.

 Page 1:

•

 “Waterdrop,” “we,” “us,” “our company” and “our” are to
Waterdrop Inc., our Cayman Islands holding company and its subsidiaries, and, in the context of describing the consolidated financial information, its consolidated variable interest entities and the subsidiaries of the consolidated variable
interest entities in China, including, but not limited to, the VIEs. We conduct our operations primarily through (i) our PRC subsidiaries and (ii) the VIEs, with which we maintain contractual agreements. The consolidated VIEs
are PRC companies conducting operations in China, and their financial results have been consolidated into our consolidated financial statements under U.S. GAAP for accounting purposes.

Page 3:

 Waterdrop Inc. is not an
operating company in China but rather a Cayman Islands holding company with no material operations of its own and no equity ownership in the VIEs (defined below). We conduct our operations primarily through (i) our PRC subsidiaries and
(ii) the VIEs, with which we maintain contractual agreements. PRC The laws and regulations of mainland China restrict and impose conditions on foreign direct investment in companies involved in the provision of
value-added telecommunication services, insurance brokerage services or insurance agency services.

 Division of Corporation Finance

Office of Finance

 Securities and Exchange Commission

August 29, 2023

  Page
 6

Therefore, we operate such businesses in China through the variable interest entities, Zhuiqiu Jizhi, Shuidi Hubao, Shuidi Hulian, Zongqing Xiangqian and Guangmu Weichen, which we refer to as the
VIEs in this annual report, and rely on contractual arrangements among our PRC subsidiaries, the VIEs and their shareholders to control the business operations of the VIEs. Revenues contributed by the VIEs accounted for 99.5%,
99.6% and, 93.6% and         % of our total net revenues for the fiscal years 2020, 2021 and, 2022 and 2023,
respectively. As used in this annual report, “Waterdrop,” “we,” “us,” “our c