NOTE 10 – STATUTORY RESERVE

Pursuant to the laws applicable to the PRC, PRC entities must make appropriations from after-tax profit to the non-distributable “statutory surplus reserve fund.” Subject to certain cumulative limits, the “statutory surplus reserve fund” requires annual appropriations of 10% of after-tax profit until the aggregated appropriations reach 50% of the registered capital (as determined under accounting principles generally accepted in the PRC at each year-end). The statutory surplus reserve fund is non-discretionary other than during liquidation and can be used to fund previous years’ losses, if any, and may be utilized for business expansion or converted into share capital by issuing new shares to existing shareholders in proportion to their shareholding or by increasing the par value of shares currently held by them, provided that the remaining statutory surplus reserve balance after such issuance is not less than 25% of the registered capital before the conversion. The statutory reserve of Mingda Tianjin amounted to $327,140 as of December 31, 2024 and 2023.

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The Company deconsolidated Mingda Tianjin from its consolidated financial statements on March 5, 2025. As a result, a statutory reserve of $327,140 was eliminated from equity in the accompanying consolidated financial statements.