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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN 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(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * AKAZAWA HISASHI   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol American Lorain CORP [[ALRC.OB]] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) _____ Director __X__ 10% Owner _____ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) (Last) (First) (Middle) #301 TAKESHIRODAI 1-1-3 MINAMI-KU, SAKAI- SHI 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 12/22/2008 (Street) OSAKA, MO, F4 590-0105 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line) _X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip) Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price Common Stock 12/22/2008   O   14,676,815 D $ 0 1,631,057 D   Common Stock 12/22/2008   S   1,631,057 D $ 0 0 D

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)

2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)

3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)

4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)

5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4, and 5)

6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)

7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities (Instr. 3 and 4)

8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)

9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)

10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)

Code

V

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Option (right to sell) (1)

$ 2.83 (2)

12/22/2008

O

14,676,815

05/03/2007

05/03/2014

Common Stock

14,676,815

$ 0

0

D

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
AKAZAWA HISASHI #301 TAKESHIRODAI 1-1-3 MINAMI-KU SAKAI- SHI OSAKA, MO, F4 590-0105		X

Signatures

/s/ Hisashi Akazawa		12/23/2008
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	Pursuant to an Option Agreement between the Reporting Person and Mr. Si Chen, dated May 3, 2007, the Reporting Person granted an option to Mr. Chen to purchase 627,897 shares of the Issuer's Series B Voting Convertible Preferred Stock held by the Reporting Person along with any shares of Common Stock that such Series B Voting Convertible Preferred Stock may be converted into. On July 17, 2007, the shares of Series B Voting Convertible Preferred Stock automatically converted on the basis of 767.635 shares of Common Stock for each one share of Series B Voting Convertible Preferred Stock and all shares of Common Stock were subsequently subject to a 1-for-32.84 reverse split by the Issuer.
(2)	Payment of the exercise price was waived.

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