As used in this opinion, (A)“PRC Authorities” means any national, provincial or local governmental, regulatory or administrative authority, agency or commission in the PRC, or any court, tribunal or any other judicial or arbitral body in the PRC; (B)“PRC Laws” means all laws, rules, regulations, statutes, orders, decrees, notices, circulars, judicial interpretations and other legislations of the PRC effective and available to the public as of the date hereof; (C)“Governmental Authorizations” means all approvals, consents, waivers, sanctions, certificates, authorizations, filings, registrations, exemptions, permissions, annual inspections, qualifications, permits and licenses required by any PRC Authorities pursuant to any PRC Laws; (D) “PRC Subsidiaries” means Guangzhou Xiaopeng Zhihui Chuxing Technology Co., Ltd. and Guangzhou Xiaopeng Motors Technology Co., Ltd.; (E) “Variable Interest Entities” means Guangzhou Yidian Intelligent Travel Technology Co., Ltd. and Guangzhou Zhipeng Telematics Technology Co., Ltd.; and (F) “M&A Rules” means the Regulations on Mergers and Acquisitions of Domestic Enterprises by Foreign Investors, which was issued by six PRC regulatory agencies, namely, the Ministry of Commerce, the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission, the State Administration for Taxation, the State Administration for Industry and Commerce, which has been merged into the State Administration for Market Regulation, the China Securities Regulatory Commission (the “CSRC”) and the State Administration for Foreign Exchange, on August 8, 2006 and became effective on September 8, 2006, as amended by the Ministry of Commerce on June 22, 2009.
In so acting, we have examined the originals or copies, certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction, of the documents provided to us by the Company, the PRC Subsidiaries and the Variable Interest Entities, and such other documents, corporate records, certificates, Governmental Authorizations and other instruments as we have deemed necessary or advisable for the purpose of rendering this opinion, including, without limitation, originals or copies of the agreements listed in Appendix A hereof (the “VIE Agreements”) and the certificates issued by the PRC Authorities and officers of the Company (collectively, the “Documents”).
In reviewing the Documents and for the purpose of this opinion, we have assumed:
(1) the genuineness of all the signatures, seals and chops;
(2) the authenticity of the Documents submitted to us as originals, the conformity with the originals of the Documents provided to us as copies and the authenticity of such originals;
(3) the truthfulness, accuracy, completeness and fairness of all factual statements contained in the Documents;
(4) that the Documents have not been revoked, amended, varied or supplemented except as otherwise indicated in such Documents;
(5) that all information (including factual statements) provided to us by the Company, the PRC Subsidiaries and the Variable Interest Entities in response to our enquiries for the purpose of this opinion is true, accurate, complete and not misleading, and that the Company, the PRC Subsidiaries and the Variable Interest Entities have not withheld anything that, if disclosed to us, would reasonably cause us to alter this opinion in whole or in part;
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