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 1, 2014

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

Nevada 001-32898 86-0442833
(State or other jurisdiction (Commission File No.) (IRS Employer
of incorporation)   Identification No.)

BAK Industrial Park, Meigui Street
Huayuankou Economic Zone,
Dalian, China, 116422

(Address, including zip code, of principal executive offices)

(86)(411)6251-0619
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

BAK Industrial Park, No. 1 BAK Street
Kuichong Town, Longgang District
Shenzhen, 518119
People’s Republic of China
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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ITEM 5.02.

DEPARTURE OF DIRECTORS OR CERTAIN OFFICERS; ELECTION OF DIRECTORS; APPOINTMENT OF CERTAIN OFFICERS; COMPENSATORY ARRANGEMENTS OF CERTAIN OFFICERS.

On August 1, 2014, the Board of Directors of China BAK Battery, Inc. (the “Company”) appointed Mr. Guosheng Wang (“Mr. Wang”) as the Company’s director to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of Mr. Huanyu Mao on April 17, 2014.

Mr. Wang, age 42, has been in charge of the construction of facilities of the Company’s subsidiary, Dalian BAK Power Battery Co., Ltd (“Dalian BAK”) and the relocation of assets and equipment of BAK International (Tianjin) Limited (“BAK Tianjin”) to Dalian BAK since June 2014. Prior to that, Mr. Wang served as vice president of operations of BAK Tianjin since May 2013, where he was managing the Quality Department, Purchase Department, Equipment Department and HR Department. From May 2010 to May 2013, Mr. Wang served as manager of Equipment Department of BAK Tianjin. From March 2008 to May 2010, he served as Director of No. 1 Manufacture Department of BAK Tianjin. Mr. Wang began his career working as an engineer at Harbin Railway Transportation Equipment Co., Ltd in 1994. Mr. Wang obtained his bachelor’s degree in mechanical manufacturing engineering and equipment from Lanzhou Jiaotong University in July 1994.

There are no arrangements or understandings between Mr. Wang and any other persons pursuant to which he was selected as a director and there are no transactions between the Company and Mr. Wang that would require disclosure under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.

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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.

  CHINA BAK BATTERY, INC.
     
     
Date: August 4, 2014 By: /s/ Xiangqian Li                      
    Xiangqian Li
    Chief Executive Officer

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