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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
COMMISSION</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Form 8-K</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">CURRENT REPORT</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">The Securities Exchange Act of 1934</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):
August 15, 2012</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>China Automotive Systems, Inc.</B></P>

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its Charter)</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 33%; padding-right: 0.8pt; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold; text-align: center"><B>000-33123</B></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 33%; padding-right: 0.8pt; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold; text-align: center"><B>33-0885775</B></TD></TR>
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        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0.8pt 0pt 0; text-align: center">(State or other jurisdiction of</P>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0.8pt; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center">(Commission File Number)</TD>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0.8pt 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>No. 1 Henglong Road, Yu Qiao
Development Zone</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0.8pt 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Shashi District, Jing Zhou
City</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0.8pt 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Hubei Province</B></P>

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of China</B></P>

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including zip code)</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">Registrant&rsquo;s telephone number, including
area code <B>(86) 27-8757 0027</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended
to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 8%; padding-right: 0.8pt; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold"><B>Item 5.07</B></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 92%; padding-right: 0.8pt; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold"><B>Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders</B></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">The 2012 annual meeting of stockholders of China Automotive
Systems, Inc. (the &ldquo;Company&rdquo;) was held on Wednesday, August 15, 2012 at the Grand Metropark Resort Sanya, Sanya, Hainan
Province, China.&nbsp;&nbsp;Of the 28,260,302 shares of the Company&rsquo;s common stock entitled to vote at the meeting, 26,480,662
shares, or 93.70%, were represented at the meeting in person or by proxy, constituting a quorum.&nbsp;&nbsp;The voting results
are presented below.</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 4%; padding-right: 0.8pt; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold"><B>1.</B></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 92%; padding-right: 0.8pt; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold"><B>Election of Directors</B></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">The Company&rsquo;s shareholders elected the five nominees below
to hold office until the 2013 annual meeting of shareholders and until their successors are elected and qualified.&nbsp;&nbsp;Each
of the nominees received more than a majority of the votes cast.&nbsp;&nbsp;The votes regarding the election of directors were
as follows:</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 64%; padding-right: 0.8pt; font-weight: bold; text-align: center"><B>Nominee</B></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 1%; padding-right: 0.8pt; font-weight: bold">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 10%; border-bottom: black 1.5pt solid; padding-right: 0.8pt; font-weight: bold; text-align: center"><B>For</B></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 1%; padding-right: 0.8pt; font-weight: bold">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 1%; padding-right: 0.8pt; font-weight: bold">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 10%; border-bottom: black 1.5pt solid">
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0.8pt 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Authority</B></P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0.8pt 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Withheld</B></P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 1%; padding-right: 0.8pt; font-weight: bold">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 1%; padding-right: 0.8pt; font-weight: bold">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 10%; border-bottom: black 1.5pt solid">
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0.8pt 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Broker</B></P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0.8pt 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Non-Votes</B></P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 1%; padding-right: 0.8pt; font-weight: bold">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0.8pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0.8pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0.8pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0.8pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0.8pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0.8pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0.8pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0.8pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0.8pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0.8pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; background-color: #CCFFCC">
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0.8pt">Hanlin Chen</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0.8pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0.8pt; text-align: center">21,458,839</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0.8pt; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0.8pt; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0.8pt; text-align: center">79,854</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0.8pt; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0.8pt; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0.8pt; text-align: center">4,941,969</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0.8pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0.8pt">Qizhou Wu</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0.8pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0.8pt; text-align: center">21,467,475</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0.8pt; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0.8pt; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0.8pt; text-align: center">71,218</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0.8pt; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0.8pt; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0.8pt; text-align: center">4,941,969</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0.8pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; background-color: #CCFFCC">
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0.8pt">Arthur Wong</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0.8pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0.8pt; text-align: center">21,458,673</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0.8pt; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0.8pt; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0.8pt; text-align: center">80,020</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0.8pt; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0.8pt; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0.8pt; text-align: center">4,941,969</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0.8pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0.8pt">Guangxun Xu</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0.8pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0.8pt; text-align: center">21,289,320</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0.8pt; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0.8pt; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0.8pt; text-align: center">249,373</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0.8pt; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0.8pt; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0.8pt; text-align: center">4,941,969</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0.8pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; background-color: #CCFFCC">
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0.8pt">Robert Tung</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0.8pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0.8pt; text-align: center">21,300,395</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0.8pt; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0.8pt; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0.8pt; text-align: center">238,298</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0.8pt; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0.8pt; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0.8pt; text-align: center">4,941,969</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0.8pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 4%; padding-right: 0.8pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 4%; padding-right: 0.8pt; font-weight: bold"><B>2.</B></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 92%; padding-right: 0.8pt; font-weight: bold"><B>Ratification and Approval of the Appointment of Independent Auditor</B></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">The appointment of PricewatershouseCoopers Zhong Tian CPAs Limited
Company as the Company&rsquo;s independent auditor for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2012 was ratified and approved by the
following votes:</P>

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<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="width: 32%; border-bottom: black 1.5pt solid; padding-right: 0.8pt; font-weight: bold; text-align: center"><B>For</B></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 3%; padding-right: 0.8pt; font-weight: bold">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 31%; border-bottom: black 1.5pt solid; padding-right: 0.8pt; font-weight: bold; text-align: center"><B>Against</B></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 3%; padding-right: 0.8pt; font-weight: bold">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 31%; border-bottom: black 1.5pt solid; padding-right: 0.8pt; font-weight: bold; text-align: center"><B>Abstained</B></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0.8pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0.8pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0.8pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0.8pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0.8pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; background-color: #CCFFCC">
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">26,351,635</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">111,000</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">18,027</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>SIGNATURES</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">Pursuant to the requirements
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Company has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned
hereunto duly authorized.</P>

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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0.8pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="padding-right: 1.8pt; font-weight: bold"><B>China Automotive Systems, Inc.</B></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0.8pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0.8pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="padding-right: 1.8pt">(Registrant)</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0.8pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 52%; padding-right: 0.8pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 3%; padding-right: 0.8pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 34%; padding-right: 0.8pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 11%; padding-right: 0.8pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: white 3pt solid; padding-right: 0.8pt">Date:&nbsp; August 20, 2012</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: white 3pt solid; padding-right: 0.8pt">By:</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: black 1.5pt solid; padding-right: 0.8pt; font-style: italic"><I>/s/ Hanlin Chen</I></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: white 3pt solid; padding-right: 0.8pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding-right: 0.8pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding-right: 0.8pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; padding-right: 0.8pt">Hanlin Chen</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding-right: 0.8pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0.8pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0.8pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0.8pt">Chairman</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0.8pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Form 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of
The Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):
August 15, 2012
China Automotive Systems, Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in
its Charter)
Delaware
000-33123
33-0885775
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
(Commission File Number)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
No. 1 Henglong Road, Yu Qiao
Development Zone
Shashi District, Jing Zhou
City
Hubei Province
The People's Republic
of China
(Address of principal executive offices,
including zip code)
Registrant's telephone number, including
area code
(86) 27-8757 0027
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Item 5.07
Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
The 2012 annual meeting of stockholders of China Automotive
Systems, Inc. (the "Company") was held on Wednesday, August 15, 2012 at the Grand Metropark Resort Sanya, Sanya, Hainan
Province, China.  Of the 28,260,302 shares of the Company's common stock entitled to vote at the meeting, 26,480,662
shares, or 93.70%, were represented at the meeting in person or by proxy, constituting a quorum.  The voting results
are presented below.
1.
Election of Directors
The Company's shareholders elected the five nominees below
to hold office until the 2013 annual meeting of shareholders and until their successors are elected and qualified.  Each
of the nominees received more than a majority of the votes cast.  The votes regarding the election of directors were
as follows:
Nominee
For
Authority
Withheld
Broker
Non-Votes
Hanlin Chen
21,458,839
79,854
4,941,969
Qizhou Wu
21,467,475
71,218
4,941,969
Arthur Wong
21,458,673
80,020
4,941,969
Guangxun Xu
21,289,320
249,373
4,941,969
Robert Tung
21,300,395
238,298
4,941,969
2.
Ratification and Approval of the Appointment of Independent Auditor
The appointment of PricewatershouseCoopers Zhong Tian CPAs Limited
Company as the Company's independent auditor for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2012 was ratified and approved by the
following votes:
For
Against
Abstained
26,351,635
111,000
18,027
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Company has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned
hereunto duly authorized.
China Automotive Systems, Inc.
(Registrant)
Date:  August 20, 2012
By:
/s/ Hanlin Chen
Hanlin Chen
Chairman
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