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 FORM 3                                                   OMB APPROVAL
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                                                  Expires: December 31, 2001
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                UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

            INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

    Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(f)
                     of the Investment Company Act of 1940


(Print or Type Response)


                                                                                                    
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 1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*  2. Date of Event Requiring    4. Issuer Name and Ticker or        6. If Amendment, Date
       Ren        Jian                        Statement                     Trading Symbol                      of Original
----------------------------------------      (Month/Day/Year)             LOTUS PACIFIC, INC. LPFC.OB          (Month/Day/Year)
     (Last)     (First)     (Middle)          29 June 2001               ----------------------------------
13/F, 8 Tai Chung Road, Tsuen Wan          ----------------------------  5. Relationship of Reporting        -----------------------
----------------------------------------   3. I.R.S. Identification           Person(s) to Issuer            7. Individual or Joint/
             (Street)                         Number of Reporting           (Check all applicable)              Group Filing (Check
            HONG KONG                         Person, if an entity         X   Director          10% Owner      Applicable Line)
--------------------------------------        (voluntary)                -----            -----                X    Form filed by
      (City)      (State)      (Zip)       ----------------------------        Officer           Other       -----  One Reporting
                                                                         ----- (give      -----  (specify           Person
                                                                               title below)      below)             Form filed by
                                                                                                             -----  More than One
                                                                         ----------------------------------         Reporting Person
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                                      TABLE 1 -- NON-DERIVATIVE SECURITIES BENEFICIALLY OWNED
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 1. Title of Security                         2. Amount of Securities         3. Ownership Form:         4. Nature of Indirect
    (Instr. 4)                                   Beneficially Owned              Direct (D) or              Beneficial
                                                 (Instr. 4)                      Indirect (I)               Ownership (Instr. 5)
                                                                                 (Instr. 5)
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           N/A                                       N/A                            N/A                           N/A
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Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly.
* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(b)(v).

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 FORM 3 (CONTINUED)               TABLE II -- DERIVATIVE SECURITIES BENEFICIALLY OWNED
                            (E.G., PUTS, CALLS, WARRANTS, OPTIONS, CONVERTIBLE SECURITIES)

                                                                                              
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1. Title of Derivative Security  2. Date            3. Title and Amount of         4. Conver-    5. Owner-   6. Nature of Indirect
   (Instr. 4)                       Exercisable and    Securities Underlying          sion or       ship        Beneficial Ownership
                                    Expiration Date    Derivative Security            Exercise      Form of     (Instr. 5)
                                    (Month/Day/        (Instr. 4)                     Price of      Deriv-
                                    Year)                                             Deriv-        ative
                                                                                      ative         Security:
                                                                                      Security
                                 -------------------   ---------------------------                  Direct
                                 Date      Expira-                       Amount or                  (D) or
                                 Exercis-  tion             Title        Number                     Indirect (I)
                                 able      Date                          of Shares                  (Instr. 5)

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         N/A                     N/A       N/A              N/A            N/A           N/A           N/A              N/A
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Explanation of Responses:
                                                                                   /s/ Ren Jian                      July 17, 2001
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                                                                                **Signature of Reporting Person          Date

**Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal
  Violations.  See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).

Note: File three copies of this form, one of which must be manually signed.                                                Page 2
  If space is insufficient, See Instruction 6 for procedure.

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are not required to respond unless the form displays a currently valid OMB Number.