
FORM 20-F (Mark One)☐REGISTRATION STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR (g) OF THE SECURITIESEXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 OR ☐ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGEACT OF 1934 For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023 OR ☐TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIESEXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 OR ☐SHELL COMPANY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIESEXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 Date of event requiring this shell company report For the transition period fromto Commission file number 001-38024 BeyondSpring Inc.(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter) N/A(Translation of Registrant’s name into English) Cayman Islands(Jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) BeyondSpring Inc.100 Campus Drive, West Side, 4th Floor, Suite 410Florham Park, New Jersey 07932(Address of principal executive offices) Dr. Lan Huang, Chairperson of the Board and Chief Executive OfficerTelephone: +1 (646) 305-6387Facsimile: +1 (646) 882-4228BeyondSpring Inc. 100 Campus Drive, West Side, 4th Floor, Suite 410Florham Park, New Jersey 07932 (Name, Telephone, E-mail and/or Facsimile number and Address of Company Contact Person) Securities registered or to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act. Title of each classOrdinary Shares, par value $0.0001 pershare Trading SymbolBYSI Securities registered or to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: None Securities for which there is a reporting obligation pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Act: None Indicate the number of outstanding shares of each of the issuer’s classes of capital or common stock as of theclose of the period covered by the annual report: 39,029,163 Ordinary Shares as of December 31, 2023 Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of theSecurities Act. Yes☐No☐ If this report is an annual or transition report, indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to filereports pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Yes☐No☐ Note—Checking the box above will not relieve any registrant required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 from their obligations under those sections. Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period thatthe registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for thepast 90 days. Yes☐No☐ Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File requiredto be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files). Yes☐No☐ Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-acceleratedfiler, or an emerging growth company. See definition of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” and“emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. Large accelerated filer☐Non-accelerated filer☐ Accelerated filer☐Emerging growth company☐ If an emerging growth company that prepares its financial statements in accordance with U.S. GAAP, indicateby check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with anynew or revised financial accounting standards† provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.☐ † The term “new or revised financial accounting standard” refers to any update issued by the FinancialAccounting Standards Board to its Accounting Standards Codification after April 5, 2012. Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed a report on and attestation to its management’sassessment of the e☐ectiveness of its internal control over financial reporting under Section 404(b) of theSarbanes-Oxley Act (15 U.S.C. 7262(b)) by the registered public accounting firm that prepared or issued itsaudit report.☐ If securities are registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act, indicate by check mark whether the financialstatements of the registrant included in the filing reflect the correction of an error to previously issued financialstatements.☐ Indicate by check mark whether any of those error corrections are restatements that required a recoveryanalysis of incentive-based compensation received by any of the registrant’s executive officers during therelevant recovery period pursuant to §240.10D-1(b).☐ Indicate by check mark which basis of accounting the registrant has used to prepare the financial statementsincluded in this filing: U.S. GAAP☐ International Financial Reporting Standards as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board☐Other☐ If “Other” has been checked in response to the previous que