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QILIAN INTERNATIONAL HOLDING GROUP LTD.
Jiuquan Economic and Technological Development Zone
Jiuquan City, Gansu Province, 735000
People's Republic of China
You are cordially invited
to attend the 2022 Annual General Meeting (the "Meeting") of Stockholders of Qilian International Holding Group Ltd. (the
"Company") to be held at the corporate headquarters of the Company, located at Jiuquan Economic and Technological Development
Zone, Jiuquan City, Gansu Province, 735000, People's Republic of China, at 9:30 a.m. local time on September 30, 2022
(9:30 p.m. ET, September 29, 2022).
Information regarding each
of the matters to be voted on at the Meeting is contained in the attached Proxy Statement and Notice of Annual General Meeting of Stockholders.
We urge you to read the proxy statement carefully.
The proxy statement and proxy
card are expected to be mailed to all stockholders of record on or about August 31, 2022.
Because it is important that
your shares be voted at the Meeting, we urge you to complete, date and sign the enclosed proxy card and return it as promptly as possible
in the accompanying envelope, whether or not you plan to attend in person. Even after returning your proxy, if you are a stockholder of
record and do attend the meeting and wish to vote your shares in person, you still may do so.
intend to hold the Annual General Meeting in person at the location specified above. However, we are actively monitoring the coronavirus
("COVID-19") pandemic and we are sensitive to the public health and travel concerns our stockholders may have and the protocols
that national and local governments may impose. In the event that it is not possible or advisable to hold the Annual General Meeting
in person at the location specified above, we will announce on our website (http://qilianinternational.com/)
and the website of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (www.sec.gov) alternative arrangements for the meeting as promptly
as practicable, which may include holding the meeting at an alternative location or by means of remote communication. Please monitor
our website, and the website of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for updated information. As always, we encourage you to vote
your shares by proxy and following voting instruction prior to the Annual General Meeting.
| /s/ Zhanchang Xin | |
| Zhanchang Xin Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors |
QILIAN INTERNATIONAL HOLDING GROUP LTD.
Jiuquan Economic and Technological Development Zone
Jiuquan City, Gansu Province, 735000
People's Republic of China
NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS
To Be Held September 30, 2022
TO THE STOCKHOLDERS OF QILIAN INTERNATIONAL HOLDING
NOTICE HEREBY IS GIVEN that
the 2022 Annual General Meeting of Stockholders (the "Meeting") of Qilian International Holding Group Ltd. (the "Company")
will be held at the corporate headquarters of the Company, located at Jiuquan Economic and Technological Development Zone, Jiuquan City,
Gansu Province, 735000, People's Republic of China, at 9:30 a.m. local time on September 30, 2022 (9:30 p.m. ET,
September 29, 2022), to consider and act upon the following:
| 1. | To elect five directors, each to serve until the 2023 Annual General Meeting of Stockholders or until such person's successor is qualified and elected; |
| 2. | To ratify the appointment of Friedman, LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2022; |
| 3. | To transact such other business as properly may come before the annual general meeting or any adjournments thereof. |
Stockholders of record at
the close of business on August 31, 2022 are entitled to receive notice of and to vote at the 2022 Annual General Meeting and any
adjournments thereof. The Annual General Meeting may be adjourned or postponed from time to time without notice other than by announcement
stockholders must present a form of personal photo identification in order to be admitted to the Meeting. In addition, if your shares
are held in the name of your broker, bank or other nominee and you wish to attend the Meeting, you must bring an account statement or
letter from the broker, bank or other nominee indicating that you were the owner of the ordinary shares as of August 31, 2022.
intend to hold the Annual General Meeting in person at the location specified above. However, we are actively monitoring the coronavirus
("COVID-19") pandemic and we are sensitive to the public health and travel concerns our stockholders may have and the protocols
that national and local governments may impose. In the event that it is not possible or advisable to hold the Annual General Meeting
in person at the location specified above, we will announce on our website (http://qilianinternational.com/) and
the website of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (www.sec.gov) alternative arrangements for the meeting as promptly
as practicable, which may include holding the meeting at an alternative location or by means of remote communication. Please monitor
our website, and the website of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for updated information. As always, we encourage you to vote
your shares by proxy and following voting instruction prior to the Annual General Meeting.
By Order of the Board of Directors
| /s/ Zhanchang Xin | |
| Zhanchang Xin Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors |
IMPORTANT NOTICE REGARDING THE AVAILABILITY
OF PROXY MATERIALS FOR THE
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS TO BE
HELD ON SEPTEMBER 30, 2022:
WHETHER OR NOT YOU PLAN TO ATTEND OUR 2022
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS, YOUR VOTE IS IMPORTANT. PLEASE FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS IN THE PROXY MATERIALS TO VOTE YOUR PROXY
VIA THE INTERNET OR BY EMAIL OR REQUEST AND PROMPTLY COMPLETE, EXECUTE AND RETURN THE PROXY CARD BY FOLLOWING THE INSTRUCTIONS ON THE
PROXY CARD. IF YOU ATTEND OUR 2022 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS, YOU MAY REVOKE YOUR PROXY AND VOTE IN PERSON IF YOU
QILIAN INTERNATIONAL HOLDING GROUP LTD.
Jiuquan Economic and Technological Development Zone
Jiuquan City, Gansu Province, 735000
People's Republic of China
FOR THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS
To Be Held September 30, 2022
The enclosed proxy is
solicited on behalf of the board of directors (the "Board") of Qilian International Holding Group Ltd., a Cayman Islands corporation
(the "Company"), for use at the 2022 Annual General Meeting of Stockholders (the "Meeting") to be held at the
corporate headquarters of the Company, located at Jiuquan Economic and Technological Development Zone, Jiuquan City, Gansu Province, 735000,
People's Republic of China, at 9:30 a.m. local time on September 30, 2022 (9:30 p.m. ET, September 29, 2022),
or at any adjournment(s) or postponement(s) thereof, for the purposes set forth herein and in the accompanying Notice of Annual
General Meeting of Stockholders (the "Meeting"). This Proxy Statement and the accompanying form of proxy card are expected
to be mailed on or about August 31, 2022, to the stockholders of the Company entitled to vote at the Meeting.
AND OUTSTANDING SHARES
The Board has fixed the
close of business on August 31, 2022 as the record date (the "Record Date") for the determination of the stockholders
entitled to receive notice and to vote at the Meeting or any adjournment(s) or postponement(s) thereof. As of the Record
Date, there were 35,750,000 ordinary shares, par value US$0.00166667 per share (the "Ordinary Shares") issued and outstanding.
Each shareholder of Ordinary Shares on the Record Date is entitled to one (1) vote for each Ordinary Share then held. The shares
represented by any proxy in the enclosed form will be voted in accordance with the instructions given on the proxy if the proxy is properly
executed and is received by the Company prior to the close of voting at the Meeting or any adjournment(s) or postponement(s) thereof.
Any proxies returned without instructions will be voted FOR the proposals set forth on the Notice of Annual General Meeting of Stockholders.
The quorum of the Meeting
shall be one or more shareholders holding shares which carry in aggregate (or representing by proxy) not less than one-third of all votes
attaching to all shares in issue and entitled to vote at such general meeting, present in person or by proxy. If you choose to have your
shares represented by proxy at the Meeting, you will be considered part of the quorum.
Our Ordinary Shares are
listed on the NASDAQ Global Market under the symbol "QLI"
A shareholder giving
a proxy may revoke it at any time before it is exercised. A proxy may be revoked by mail or by email of a written notice of revocation
by a duly executed proxy bearing a later date, or by attending the Meeting and voting in person.
ELECTION OF DIRECTORS
Our Board currently consists of five (5) members.
All of our current directors will stand for re-election at the 2022 Annual General Meeting. Directors appointed to the Board serve until
the next annual general meeting of stockholders or until such director's successor is duly qualified and elected, subject to his