SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549


                                    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): July 16, 2004



                    KIWA BIO-TECH PRODUCTS GROUP CORPORATION
               (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)



            UTAH                    000-33167                  84-0448400
(State or Other Jurisdiction       (Commission              (I.R.S. Employer
      of Incorporation)            File Number)             Identification No.)




             17700 CASTLETON STREET, SUITE 589
               CITY OF INDUSTRY, CALIFORNIA                     91748
         (Address of Principal Executive Offices)             (Zip Code)



                                 (626) 964-3232
              (Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code)





ITEM 5. - OTHER EVENTS AND REGULATION FD DISCLOSURE

         On July  16,  2004,  Kiwa  Bio-tech  Products  Group  Corporation  (the
"Registrant")  issued a press release announcing that the Registrant had entered
into a Standby Equity Distribution  Agreement ("Equity  Agreement") with Cornell
Capital  Partners,  LP. Under the Equity  Agreement,  the Registrant may, at its
discretion, periodically issue and sell to Cornell Capital Partners common stock
for a total  purchase  price of up to  $10,000,000.  The  Registrant  agreed  to
register  the shares of common stock  issuable  under the Equity  Agreement  for
resale by Cornell  Capital  Partners  prior to the first sale of such  shares of
common  stock.  A copy of the  press  release  is  attached  to this Form 8-K as
Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

ITEM 7. - FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, PRO FORMA FINANCIAL INFORMATION AND EXHIBITS.

         (a)      Financial Statements of business acquired.

                  None.

         (b)      Pro forma Financial Information.

                  None.

         (c)      Exhibits.

                  99.1  Press  release  dated  July  16,  2004,  issued  by  the
                  Registrant.


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                                    SIGNATURE

         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.


                                    KIWA BIO-TECH PRODUCTS GROUP CORPORATION



Date:    July 19, 2004              By:      /S/ WEI LI
                                       -----------------------------------------
                                       Wei Li, Chief Executive Officer


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                                  EXHIBIT INDEX

EXHIBIT
NUMBER            DESCRIPTION
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99.1              Press release dated July 16, 2004, issued by the Registrant.


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