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 First China (PINK:FCPG)

Tuesday, January 24, 2012

Item 4.01. Changes in Registrant’s Certifying Accountant.

(a) Dismissal of Independent Certifying Accountant

 

Effective January 16, 2012, Parker Randall CF (H.K.) CPA Limited (“Parker”) was dismissed as the independent registered public accounting firm of First China Pharmaceutical Group, Inc. (the “Company”). The dismissal of Parker as the independent registered public accounting firm was approved by the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company.

 

The reports of Parker regarding the Company’s financial statements for the fiscal years ended March 31, 2011 and 2010 did not contain any adverse opinion or disclaimer of opinion and were not qualified or modified as to uncertainty, audit scope or accounting principles, except that the audit report of Parker on the Company’s financial statements for fiscal years ended March 31, 2011 and 2010 contained an explanatory paragraph which noted the restatement of the consolidated financial statements for the year ended March 31, 2011.

 

During the years ended March 31, 2011 and 2010, and during the period from March 31, 2011 to January 16, 2012, the date of dismissal, (i) there were no disagreements with Parker on any matter of accounting principles or practices, financial statement disclosure or auditing scope or procedures, which disagreements, if not resolved to the satisfaction of Parker would have caused it to make reference to such disagreement in its reports; and (ii) there were no reportable events as defined in Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K.

 

The Company has provided Parker with a copy of the foregoing disclosures and requested that Parker furnish the Company with a letter addressed to the SEC stating whether or not it agrees with the above statements, and if not, stating the respects in which it does not agree. The Company will file such letter with the Securities and Exchange Commission as an exhibit to an amendment to this Current Report on Form 8-K/A within two days of receiving it but no later than ten days after the filing of this Report.

 

(b) Engagement of Independent Certifying Accountant

 

Effective January 16, 2012, the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company engaged EFP Rotenberg LLP (“EFP”) as its independent registered public accounting firm to audit the Company’s financial statements for the Company’s current fiscal year.