Specialty Chemical Company China XD Plastics Files Extension for Annual Report Form 10-K Filing

HARBIN,China,April 1,2019 -- China XD Plastics Company Limited (NASDAQ: CXDC) ("China XD Plastics" or the "Company"),one of China's leading specialty chemical companies engaged in the development,manufacture and sale of polymer composite materials primarily for automotive applications,today announced that it has filed a Form 12b-25 (the "Filing") with the Securities and Exchange Commission indicating that it will not be in a position to file its Quarterly Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,2018 within the 15-day extension period provided in Rule 12b-25(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

The Company is in the process of preparing and reviewing the financial information and compiling and disseminating the information to be included in the Form 10-K for the period ended December 31,2018,as well as the completion of the required review of the Company's financial information,none of which could be complete by the date required without incurring undue hardship and expenses.

The Company expects to file the Annual Report on Form 10-K within the fifteen-day following extension period provided by this Form 12b-25 and new earnings conference call coordinates will be forthcoming and provided in a separate press release prior to the Form 10-K filing.

About China XD Plastics Company Limited

China XD Plastics Company Limited,through its wholly-owned subsidiaries,develops,manufactures and sells polymer composites materials,primarily for automotive applications. The Company's products are used in the exterior and interior trim and in the functional components of 31 automobile brands manufactured in China,including without limitation,AUDI,Mercedes Benz,BMW,Toyota,Buick,Chevrolet,Mazda,Volvo,Ford,Citroen,Jinbei,VW Passat,Golf,Jetta,etc.. The Company's wholly-owned research center is dedicated to the research and development of polymer composites materials and benefits from its cooperation with well-known scientists from prestigious universities in China. As of December 31,488 of the Company's products have been certified for use by one or more of the automobile manufacturers in China. For more information,please visit the Company's English website at http://www.chinaxd.net,and the Chinese website at http://www.xdholding.com.

Safe Harbor Statement

This announcement contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. All statements other than statements of historical fact in this announcement are forward-looking statements,including but not limited to,the Company's growth potential in international markets; the effectiveness and profitability of the Company's product diversification strategy; the impact of the Company's product mix shift to more advanced products and related pricing policies; the effectiveness,profitability,and the marketability of its the ongoing mix shift to more advanced products; the prospects of the Company's Harbin facility,and its penetration into Northeast China; the Company's projections of its revenues for performance in fiscal 2018.These forward-looking statements can be identified by terminology such as "will," "expect," "project," "anticipate," "forecast," "plan," "believe," "estimate" and similar statements. Forward-looking statements involve inherent risks and uncertainties and are based on current expectations,assumptions,estimates and projections about the Company and the industry. A number of important factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statement. Potential risks and uncertainties include,but are not limited to,the global economic uncertainty could further impair the automotive industry and limit demand for our products; fluctuations in automotive sales and production could have a material adverse effect on our results of operations and liquidity; our financial performance may be affected by the prospect of our Dubai facility and the associated expansion into Middle East,Europe and other parts of Asia; the withdrawal of preferential government policies and the tightening control over the Chinese automotive industry and automobile purchase restrictions imposed in certain major cities may limit market demand for our products; the slowing of Chinese automotive industry's growth; the concentration of our distributors,customers and suppliers; and other risks detailed in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission and available on its website at http://www.sec.gov. The Company undertakes no obligation to update forward-looking statements to reflect subsequent occurring events or circumstances,or to changes in its expectations,except as may be required by law.Although the Company believes that the expectations expressed in these forward looking statements are reasonable,it cannot assure you that its expectations will turn out to be correct,and investors are cautioned that actual results may differ materially from the anticipated results.

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