Ownership Submission
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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(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
  Liu Xuemei
 2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
01/12/2005		 3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
DRAGON PHARMACEUTICALS INC [DRUG]
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
C/O DRAGON PHARMACEUTICAL INC., 1055 WEST HASTINGS, SUITE 1900		 4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
__X__ Director _____ 10% Owner
_____ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)
(Street)

VANCOUVER, A1 V6E 2E9		 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 4,450,200 (1)
D
 

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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
Option 01/12/2005 01/12/2010 Common Stock 200,000 $ 1.18 D  
Additional Closing Dragon Shares (2)   (2)   (2) Common Stock 428,240 $ 0 D  

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
Director 10% Owner Officer Other
Liu Xuemei
C/O DRAGON PHARMACEUTICAL INC.
1055 WEST HASTINGS, SUITE 1900
VANCOUVER, A1 V6E 2E9		   X      

Signatures

Xuemei Liu by Maggie Deng pursuant to a power of attorney 01/18/2005
**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).
(1) 2,653,340 shares are held in escrow to be released in two installments on the first and second anniversary dates from January 12, 2005, provided there are no claims made by the Issuer against Reporting Person in connection with the Oriental Wave Share Purchase Agreement.
(2) Under the terms of the June 11, 2004 Share Purchase Agreement, Ms. Liu received Additional Closing Dragon Shares in order to maintain her pro rata interest in the Company in the event certain options and warrants outstanding as of the closing date are subsequently exercised. The Additional Closing Dragon Shares may be issued or cancelled depending on whether or not such outstanding options or warrants are exercised or cancelled. Such Additional Closing Dragon Shares are held in escrow and are not assumed outstanding until released from escrow.

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