UNITED STATES
                      SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                           WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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                                  FORM 8-K

                               Current Report
                   Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
                       Securities Exchange Act of 1934

    Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):   January 20, 2005


                    ADVANCED BATTERY TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
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           (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 
      Delaware                     0-13337                  22-2497491        
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 (State of Incorporation)      (Commission File        (IRS Employer
                                Number)                 Identification No.)


            136-14 Northern Blvd., Suite 8E, Flushing, NY 11354
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                 (Address of Principal Executive Offices)

                               (718) 359-6866     
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                      Registrant's Telephone Number
	
               425 Washington Blvd., Jersey City, NJ 07310
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              (Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

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Item 3.02  Unregistered Sale of Equity Securities   

     On January 20, 2005 Advanced Battery Technologies entered into a 
contract with its Chairman, Zhiguo Fu, as well as Zhijie Fu and Wenhua Yang.  
The contract acknowledged that these three individuals had provided 
$4,832,976 to fund the construction of plant facilities owned by Heilongjiang 
ZhongQiang Power-Tech Co., Ltd.  Since Advanced Battery Technologies owns 70% 
of Heilongjiang ZhongQiang Power-Tech Co., Ltd., the contract provided that 
Advanced Battery Technologies would issue a total of 11,276,947 shares to 
satisfy $3,383,084 (70%) of the loan from the investors to Heilongjiang 
ZhongQiang Power-Tech Co., Ltd.  The investors agreed that the remaining 30% 
would be a contribution to the capital of Heilongjiang ZhongQiang Power-Tech 
Co., Ltd.

                                   EXHIBITS

10.  Investment Agreement dated January 20, 2005 with Zhiguo Fu, Zhijie Fu 
     and Wenhua Yang.


                                  SIGNATURES
				
     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, 
the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the 
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

                                    ADVANCED BATTERY TECHNOLOGIES, INC.


Dated: January 27, 2005             By:/s/ Zhiguo Fu              
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                                    Zhiguo Fu
                                    Chief Executive Officer