UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 6-K
REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER
PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16 UNDER THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the month of September 2023
Commission File Number: 001-34602
DAQO NEW ENERGY CORP.
Unit 29D, Huadu Mansion, 838 Zhangyang Road,
Shanghai, 200122
The People’s Republic of China
(+86-21) 5075-2918
(Address of principal
executive office)
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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, thereunto duly authorized.
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DAQO NEW ENERGY CORP. |
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/s/ Xiang Xu |
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Name: |
Xiang Xu |
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Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer |
Date: September 27, 2023 |
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Exhibit 99.1
Daqo New Energy Releases Labor Due Diligence
Report
Shanghai,
China—September 27, 2023—Daqo
New Energy Corp. (NYSE: DQ) ("Daqo New Energy", the "Company" or “we”), a leading manufacturer of high-purity
polysilicon for the global solar PV industry, today announced that it has released a labor due diligence report (“Labor Due Diligence
Report”) based on a labor audit conducted by an independent third-party legal advisor.
The report
is the result of a compliance assessment by the legal advisor of labor practices and records at Xinjiang Daqo New Energy Co., Ltd.
(“Xinjiang Daqo”), Daqo New Energy, Chongqing Daqo New Energy Co., and other
affiliated companies and organizations of Xinjiang Daqo (collectively referred as the “Daqo Companies”).
The investigations
neither found evidence of forced labor or child labor of any kind, nor identified any activities that would constitute a violation
of human rights under applicable labor laws or regulations. In particular, the Daqo Companies have no cooperation or partnerships with
any labor camps, education and training centers or detention centers.
Ming Yang, CFO of Daqo New Energy, commented:
“We are very pleased that this extensive review of our labor practices confirms that the Daqo Companies’ labor practices have
been sound and in compliance with all applicable laws and regulations. The Board of Directors and the management of the Company have always
had zero tolerance for unfair labor practices, especially forced labor.”
Key highlights of the Labor Due Diligence Report
include:
A sound labor management structure runs
across the entire human resources management structure of the Daqo Companies.
| · | Human Rights Protection
of Ethnic Minorities |
The Daqo Companies have not set forth
any restrictions against ethnic minorities in their recruitment or other labor management processes.
| · | Forced Labor and
child labor |
There is neither forced labor nor child
labor within the Daqo Companies.
| · | Employment Discrimination |
There is no employment discrimination
based on factors such as gender, age, or sexual orientation within the labor management processes of the Daqo Companies.
| · | Employee TRAINING
AND Protection |
The Daqo Companies conduct extensive
training for new employees and provide protective measures to employees engaged in special types of work, such as work involving exposure
to toxic substances or other occupational hazards.
Further details of the due diligence report can
be found at http://ir.xjdqsolar.com/index.php?s=/Index/annual.
About Daqo New Energy Corp.
Daqo New Energy Corp. (NYSE: DQ) (“Daqo” or the “Company”)
is a leading manufacturer of high-purity polysilicon for the global solar PV industry. Founded in 2007, the Company manufactures and sells
high-purity polysilicon to photovoltaic product manufactures, who further process the polysilicon into ingots, wafers, cells and modules
for solar power solutions. The Company has a total polysilicon nameplate capacity of 205,000 metric tons and is one of the world's lowest
cost producers of high-purity polysilicon.
For more information, please visit www.dqsolar.com.
For additional information, please contact:
Daqo New Energy Corp.
Investor Relations
Email: ir@daqo.com
Christensen
In China
Mr. Rene Vanguestaine
Phone: +86 178 1749 0483
Email: rene.vanguestaine@christensencomms.com
In the U.S.
Ms. Linda Bergkamp
Phone: +1 480 614 3004
Email: lbergkamp@christensencomms.com
Safe Harbor Statement
This announcement contains forward-looking statements. These statements
are made under the “safe harbor” provisions of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking
statements can be identified by terminology such as “will,” “expects,” “anticipates,” “future,”
“intends,” “plans,” “believes,” “estimates,” “might,” “guidance”
and similar statements. Among other things, Daqo New Energy’s share repurchase plan and the industry’s outlook contain forward-looking
statements. The Company may also make written or oral forward-looking statements in its reports filed or furnished to the U.S. Securities
and Exchange Commission, in its annual reports to shareholders, in press releases and other written materials and in oral statements made
by its officers, directors or employees to third parties. Statements that are not historical facts, including statements about the Company’s
beliefs and expectations, are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements involve inherent risks and uncertainties, all of
which are difficult or impossible to predict accurately and many of which are beyond the Company’s control. A number of factors
could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statement, including but not limited to the
following: the demand for photovoltaic products and the development of photovoltaic technologies; global supply and demand for polysilicon;
alternative technologies in cell manufacturing; the Company’s ability to significantly expand its polysilicon production capacity
and output; the reduction in or elimination of government subsidies and economic incentives for solar energy applications; and the Company’s
ability to lower its production costs. Further information regarding these and other risks is included in the reports or documents that
the Company has filed with, or furnished to, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. All information provided in this press release
is as of the date hereof, and the Company undertakes no duty to update such information or any forward-looking statement, except as required
under applicable law.
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