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 9, 2013

CHINA BAK BATTERY, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

BAK Industrial Park, No. 1 BAK Street
Kuichong Town, Longgang District
Shenzhen, 518119
People’s Republic of China
(Address, including zip code, of principal executive offices)

(86-755) 6188-6818, ext 6856
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Not applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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Item 8.01. Other Events.

On August 9, 2013, China BAK Battery, Inc. (the “Company”) received notification from the NASDAQ Listing Qualifications department that the Company has regained compliance with the independent director and audit committee requirements for continued listing set forth in NASDAQ Listing Rules 5605(b)(1) and 5605(c)(2), respectively, as Mr. Jonathan Christopher Paugh has been appointed as a member of the Company’s Board of Directors, a member of each of the Audit, Compensation and Nominating and Corporate Governance Committees. As a result, the matter of the Company's noncompliance with the independent director and audit committee requirements as set forth in NASDAQ Listing Rule 5605, as announced in the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, dated March 14, 2013, had been closed.

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SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

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