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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 20-F

(Mark One)

☐ **REGISTRATION STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR (g) OF THE SECURITIES

EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

OR

☒ **ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the fiscal year ended December 31,2024

OR

☐ **TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from to .

OR

☐ **SHELL COMPANY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

**Date of event requiring this shell company report **

For the transition period from to

Commission file number:001-38726

**CNFinance Holdings Limited

**(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

N/A

(Translation of Registrant’s name into English)

Cayman Islands

(Jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)

**22/F, South Finance Center, No. 6 Wuheng Road

Tianhe District, Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province

People’s Republic of China

(Address of principal executive offices)

**Bin Zhai, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman

Tel:+86-20-62316688

E-mail: ir@cashchina.cn

At the address of the Company set forth above

(Name, Telephone, E-mail and/or Facsimile number and Address of Company Contact Person)

Securities registered or to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each classTrading SymbolName of each exchange on which registered
American depositary shares, each ADS representing 20 ordinary shares, par value US$0.0001 per shareCNFThe New York Stock Exchange
Ordinary shares, par value US$0.0001 per share*The New York Stock Exchange
*Not for trading, but only in connection with the listing on the New York Stock Exchange of American depositary shares.

Securities registered or to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:

**None

(Title of Class)

Securities for which there is a reporting obligation pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Act:

**None

(Title of Class)

Indicate the number of outstanding shares of each of the issuer’s classes of capital or common stock as of the close of the period covered by the annual report.

1,371,643,240 ordinary shares, par value US$0.0001 per share, as of December 31, 2024.

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act.

Yes☐ No ☒

If this report is an annual or transition report, indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

Yes☐ No ☒

Note – Checking the box above will not relieve any registrant required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 from their obligations under those Sections.

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.

Yes ☒ No☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files).

Yes ☒ No☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or an emerging growth company. See definition of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

Large Accelerated Filer ☐Accelerated Filer ☒Non-accelerated Filer ☐Emerging growth company ☐

If an emerging growth company that prepares its financial statements in accordance with U.S. GAAP, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards† provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed a report on and attestation to its management’s assessment of the effectiveness of its internal control over financial reporting under Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (15 U.S.C. 7262(b)) by the registered public accounting firm that prepared or issued its audit report.☒

If securities are registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act, indicate by check mark whether the financial statements of the registrant included in the filing reflect the correction of an error to previously issued financial statements.☐

Indicate by check mark whether any of those error corrections are restatements that required a recovery analysis of incentive-based compensation received by any of the registrant’s executive officers during the relevant recovery period pursuant to § 240.10D-1(b).☐

Indicate by check mark which basis of accounting the registrant has used to prepare the financial statements included in this filing:

☒U.S. GAAP
☐International Financial Reporting Standards as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board
☐Other

If “Other” has been checked in response to the previous question, indicate by check mark which financial statement item the registrant has elected to follow.

☐ Item 17☐ Item 18

If this is an annual report, indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).

Yes☐ No☒

APPLICABLE ONLY TO ISSUERS INVOLVED IN BANKRUPTCY PROCEEDINGS DURING THE PAST FIVE YEARS

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed all documents and reports required to be filed by Section 12, 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 subsequent to the distribution of securities under a plan confirmed by a court.

Yes☐ No☐

†The term “new or revised financial accounting standard” refers to any update issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board to its Accounting Standards Codification after April 5, 2012.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Page
Introductioniii
Forward-Looking Informationv
Part I1
Item 1. Identity of Directors, Senior Management and Advisers1
Item 2. Offer Statistics And Expected Timetable1
Item 3. Key Information1
3.A. [Reserved]5
3.B. Capitalization and Indebtedness5
3.C. Reason for the Offer and Use of Proceeds5
3.D. Risk Factors5
Item 4. Information On The Company55
4.A. History and Development of the Company55
4.B. Business Overview55
Item 4A. Unresolved Staff Comments96
Item 5. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects96
5.A. Operating Results96
5.B. Liquidity and Capital Resources123
5.C. Research and Development128
5.D. Trend Information129
5.E. Critical Accounting Estimates129
Item 6. Directors, Senior Management and Employees129
6.A. Directors and Senior Management129
6.B. Compensation131
6.C. Board Practices134
Item 7. Major Shareholders and Related Party Transactions139
7.A. Major Shareholders139
7.B. Related Party Transactions139
7.C. Interests of Experts and Counsel139
Item 8. Financial Information139
8.A. Consolidated Statements and Other Financial Information139
8.B. Significant Changes140
Item 9. The Offer And Listing140
9.A. Offering and Listing Details140
9.B. Plan of Distribution140
9.C. Markets140
9.D. Selling Shareholders140
9.E. Dilution141
9.F. Expenses of the Issue141
Item 10. Additional Information141
10.A. Share Capital141
10.B. Memorandum and Articles of Association141
10.C. Material Contracts141
10.D. Exchange Controls141
10.E. Taxation141
10.F. Dividends and Paying Agents148
10.G. Statement by Experts148
10.H. Documents on Display148
10.I. Subsidiary information149
Item 11. Quantitative And Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk149
Item 12. Description of Securities Other Than Equity Securities150

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12.A. Debt Securities150
12.B. Warrants and Rights150
12.C. Other Securities150
12.D. American Depositary Shares150
Part II152
Item 13. Item Defaults, Dividend Arrearages And Delinquencies152
Item 14. Material Modifications To The Rights Of Security Holders and Use of Proceeds152
14.A.-14.D. Material Modifications to the Rights of Security Holders152
14.E. Use of Proceeds152
Item 15. Controls and Procedures152
Item 16. [Reserved]153
16.A. Audit Committee Financial Expert153
16.B. Code of Ethics153
16.C. Principal Accountant Fees and Services154
16.D. Exemptions from the Listing Standards for Audit Committees154
16.E. Purchases of Equity Securities by the Issuer and Affiliated Purchasers154
16.F. Change in Registrant’s Certifying Accountant155
16.G. Corporate Governance155
16.H. Mine Safety Disclosure156
16.I. Disclosure Regarding Foreign Jurisdictions that Prevent Inspections156
16.J. Insider Trading Policies156
16.K. Cybersecurity156
Part III157
Item 17. Financial Statements157
Item 18. Financial Statements157
Item 19. Exhibits157

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