SEC Form 3

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 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Winer Gary M (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O HCW BIOLOGICS INC 2929 N. COMMERCE PARKWAY (Street) MIRAMAR FL 33025 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 10/26/2021	3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol HCW Biologics Inc. [ HCWB ]
		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 of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)
			6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) X Form filed by One Reporting Person Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

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	7,500	D

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: 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

Explanation of Responses:

Remarks:

Exhibit 24.1: Power of Attorney

	/s/ Nicole Valdivieso, as Attorney-in-Fact for Gary M. Winer	10/28/2021
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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POWER OF ATTORNEY

The undersigned as a Section 16 reporting person of HCW Biologics Inc. (the
"Company"), hereby constitutes and appoints
Hing C. Wong, Rebecca Byam and Nicole Valdivieso, and each of them, the
undersigned's true and lawful attorney in fact to:

(1)	execute, deliver and file for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the
undersigned's capacity as an officer and/or director of
the Company, Forms 3, 4, and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Exchange
Act;

(2)	do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which
may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute
any such Form 3, 4, or 5, complete and execute any amendment or amendments
thereto, and timely file such form with the SEC and any stock exchange or
similar authority;

(3)	seek or obtain, as the undersigned's representative and on the undersigned's
behalf, information on transactions in the Company's securities from any third
party, including brokers, employee benefit plan administrators and trustees, and
the undersigned hereby authorizes any such person to release any such
information to the undersigned and approves and ratifies any such release of
information; and

(4)	take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the
foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney in fact,
may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the
undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney in
fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in
such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney in fact
may approve in such attorney in fact's discretion.

The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney in fact full power and
authority to do and perform any and every act and thing
whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of
the rights and powers herein granted,
as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if
personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation,
hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney in fact, or such attorney
in fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause
to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein
granted.  The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys in fact, in
serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming,
nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply
with Section 16 of the Exchange Act.  The undersigned further acknowledges and
agrees that the attorney-in-fact and the Company are relying on written and oral
information provided by the undersigned to complete such forms and the
undersigned is responsible for reviewing the completed forms prior to their
filing.  The attorney-in-fact and the Company are not responsible for any errors
or omissions in such filings. The attorney-in-fact and the Company are not
responsible for determining whether or not the transactions reported could be
matched with any other transactions for the purpose of determining liability for
short-swing profits under Section 16(b).

This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5
with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities
issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned
in a signed writing delivered to the Company and the foregoing attorneys in
fact.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be
executed as of this 25th day of October, 2021.

/s/ Gary M. Winer
Name:  Gary M. Winer