CGA China Green Agriculture Inc

Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

(a) Effective April 18, 2017, Yiru Shi resigned as a director of China Green Agriculture, Inc. (the “Company”). Ms. Shi’s resignation from the Board of Directors of the Company did not result from any disagreement with the Company.

(d) On April 15, 2017, the Board of Directors, upon the recommendation of its Nominating Committee, appointed Daqing Zhu to serve on the Board. Mr. Zhu will also serve on the Audit Committee, Nominating Committee and Compensation Committee of the Board.

Mr. Zhu, aged 52, has served as the president of Shaanxi Aisuo Consulting Co. Ltd., a company specializing in providing professional management and finance services, since 2014. In 2004, Mr. Zhu founded Shaanxi Xintianyou Auto Dealership Co. Ltd, a dealership of auto sales and services for various brands, including BYD Auto, and had served as its CEO and Chairman of the Board until 2014. In addition to founding and developing commercial businesses, Mr. Zhu had also worked in the public sector since the 1990s. His public administration experience includes working at various agencies and offices of the Shaanxi provincial government from 1990 to 2004. Earlier in his career, in the 1980's, Mr. Zhu was a corporate banking officer at Industrial and Commercial Bank of China in Xi'an. As the corporate leader with responsibility for all aspects of business management, Mr. Zhu has executive level experience in financial management, internal control, marketing to individuals and small businesses, sales, customer care, operations, product management, electronic commerce, financial services, executive compensation, strategic planning, technology, and mergers and acquisitions.

The Board has determined that Mr. Zhu meets the independence standards adopted by the Board in compliance with the New York Stock Exchange corporate governance listing standards and Item 407(a) of Regulation S-K.

Mr. Zhu has (i) no arrangements or understandings with any other person pursuant to which he was appointed as a director, and (ii) no family relationship with any director or executive officer of the Company or any person nominated or chosen by the Company to become a director or executive officer.

Mr. Zhu has had (i) no direct or indirect material interest in any transaction or series of similar transactions contemplated by Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K and, (ii) as of the date of this Current Report on Form 8-K, Mr. Zhu holds no direct or indirect beneficial ownership in the Company’s stock or rights to acquire the Company’s stock.

Mr. Zhu will receive the standard compensation paid by the Company to all of its non-employee directors, pro-rated to reflect the actual time Mr. Zhu will serve on the Company’s Board this year. In connection with his appointment, Mr. Zhu will enter into a standard indemnification agreement with the Company in the form previously approved by the Board, which is attached as Exhibit 3.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 10-QSB filed with the SEC on November 9, 2007 and is incorporated by reference herein.