UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC  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):  March 1, 2013

 

ORIENT PAPER, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

Nevada 001-34577 20-4158835
(State or Other Jurisdiction (Commission File Number) (IRS Employer
of Incorporation)   Identification No.)

 

Science Park, Juli Road

Xushui County, Baoding City

Hebei Province, People’s Republic of China 072550

 

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

Registrant's telephone number, including area code:   (86) 312-8698215

 

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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

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¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 
 

 

 

Item 7.01  Regulation FD Disclosure.

 

On March 1, 2013, Orient Paper, Inc., a Nevada corporation (the “Company”), announced today that it is preparing for the upcoming comprehensive environmental protection inspection, which is part of a large-scale special pollution inspection conducted by the local Xushui County government, in response to a series of environmental pollution incidents and public health crises in North China in recent months. The public announcement was made by means of a news release, the text of which is set forth in Exhibit 99.1 hereto.

 

The information in Item 7.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K, including Exhibit 99.1, shall not be deemed to be "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, and shall not be deemed to be incorporated by reference into any of the Company’s filings under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, whether made before or after the date hereof and regardless of any general incorporation language in such filings, except to the extent expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.

 

 

Item 9.01  Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

(d) Exhibits.

 

99.1 Press release, dated March 1, 2013, issued by Orient Paper, Inc.
   

 

 

 
 

 

SIGNATURES

 

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.

 

Date: March 1, 2013  
   
  ORIENT PAPER, INC.
     
  By:   /s/ Winston C. Yen
  Winston C. Yen
  Chief Financial Officer