FORM 3

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(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *   DEG - Deutsche Investitions- und Entwicklungsgesellschaft mbH 2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 09/07/2016 3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol American Lorain CORP [ALN] (Last) (First) (Middle) KAMMERGASSE 22 4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) _____ Director __X__ 10% Owner _____ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) 5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) (Street) KOLN, 2M 50676 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 Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 4) 2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4) 3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5) Common Stock, par value $0.001 10,794,066 I Pledged by Shareholder

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

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
DEG - Deutsche Investitions- und Entwicklungsgesellschaft mbH KAMMERGASSE 22 KOLN, 2M 50676	Â	  X	Â	Â

Signatures

/s/ Lother Lammers, Director Special Operatins		09/07/2016
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date
/s/ Guido Reckmann, Senior Counsel		09/07/2016
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(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).
  Remarks: EXHIBIT A to Form 3 Explanation of Responses The Reporting Person DEG- Deutsche Investitions- und Entwicklungsgesellschaft mbH is the lender under that certain full recourse Loan Agreement, dated May 31, 2010, (the "Loan Agreement"), by and among the Reporting Person, the Issuer, its subsidiary Junan Hongrun Foodstuff Co., Ltd. ("Junan Hongrun" and together with the Issuer, the "Borrower") and the Issuer's chief executive officer, Mr. Si Chen, pursuant to which the Reporting Person made a loan (the "Loan") of approximately $15 million to the Borrower.  Mr. Chen initially pledged 5,313,574 shares of Common Stock for the benefit of the Reporting Person in order to secure the obligations of the Borrower under the Loan Agreement pursuant to that certain Share Pledge Agreement dated as of October 19, 2010 (the "Pledge Agreement").  Pursuant to a letter agreement, dated November 15, 2012, Mr. Chen subsequently pledged an additional 5,480,492 shares of Common Stock to the Reporting Person under the Pledge Agreement.  By written notice dated September 7, 2016, the Reporting Person notified the Agent under the Pledge Agreement that the Borrower was in default under the Loan Agreement and that the Reporting Person was exercising its right under the Pledge Agreement to have the pledged shares registered in its name.  Under the Pledge Agreement, the Reporting Person has the right to sell the shares and apply the proceeds to the repayment of the Loan. The Reporting Person is joined by its parent entity (Kreditanstalt fur Wiederaufbau) as an additional beneficial owner in filing its own Form 3.

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