Agreement dated August 6, 2005



 Exhibit 10.9 
  
 Project Contracting Agreement 
  
 Party A: Yongji Economic Development Zone Land Planning and Construction Bureau 
  

Address: 286, Jihua Road, Yongji County, Jilin City 
  
 Party B: Guangdong Xinxingmei Environmental Protection Co., Ltd. 
  
 Address: 6th Floor, Guowei Building, 73, Xianlie Middle Road, Guangzhou 
  
 According to the relevant provisions of the Contract Law of the People’s Republic of China, the Building Law of the People’s Republic of China and the Contract
Regulations for Contracting of Building and Installation Projects and other laws, regulations and rules, in consideration of the relevant local regulations and the specific conditions of the project and based on the principle of equality,
willingness, impartiality, sincerity and credit, both parties have entered into this contract regarding the project construction issues. 
  

	I.	Project name and construction site 

  

	 	1.	Project name: Yongji Economic Development Zone Sewage Treatment Project 

  

	 	2.	Construction site: inside Yongji Economic Development Zone 

  

	II.	Scope of project contract and construction scale 

  

	 	1.	Scope of project contract 

  

	 	(1)	Design of Yongji Economic Development Zone Sewage Treatment Project. 

  

	 	(2)	Construction and installation of the civil work of the Phase-1 works inside the sewage treatment project area (including the lift pump room, control room and office building inside
the factory, indoors decoration, roads inside the plant, walls, etc), automatic control and power distribution works, water supply and discharge works, purchase and installation of master and auxiliary equipments, lighting, fire control and greening
works, etc. 

  

	 	(3)	Debugging of all works within the sewage treatment plant area. 

  

	 	(4)	Training of qualified operators of the sewage treatment plant. 

  

	 	(5)	Qualified trail run and handover of the sewage treatment plant. 

  

	 	(6)	One-year warranty of all equipments and facilities for construction and installation inside the sewage treatment plant area. 











	 	2.	Construction scale 

  

	 	(1)	The design and construction shall be carried out based on the design capability of the sewage treatment project which is 14000 tons/ day. 

  

	 	(2)	The floor area of the sewage treatment project is 10 mou. 

  

	III.	Project quality standard 

  
 To reach the excellent standard according to the national acceptance standard. 
  

	IV.	Price of project contract 

  
 In this contract, the total price is fixed. The total price is RMB Twelve Million Eight Hundred Thousand Only. 
  
 The total contract price shall not be adjusted in any way except for the
following reasons: 
  

	 	1.	Increase or decrease of investment due to the change of equipment, material, material quality, structure works during the process from the preliminary design to the construction
drawing design. 

  

	 	2.	Increase or decrease of investment due to adjustment of the government policies. 

  

	 	3.	Increase or decrease of investment due to force majeure. 

  

	 	4.	Increase or decrease of investment due to design alteration which is caused by Party A during the performance of this contract. 

  

	V.	Payment for project 

  
 After Party B finishes the construction design and both parties have verified and approved it, Party A shall pay 5% of the total contract amount to Party
B. Within ten days after the contractor begins construction, Party A shall pay 20% of the total price of this contract to Party B. When the work load reaches 50%, Party A shall then pay 60% of the total contract price to Party B to enable Party B to
purchase the full set of equipments. Within thirty days after the project is completed and accepted, Party A shall pay 10% of the total price to Party B. The balance which is 5% will be used as the warranty money. The warranty period is one year
starting from the day of completion. Within ten days after the one-year warranty period expires, all the remaining sums will be settled once and for all. 
  

	VI.	Construction period 

  
 The construction period for the project in this contract shall be 12 months and the debugging period shall be 3 months. 
  

	VII.	Responsibility for breach of contract 

  

	 	1.	If Party A breaches the contract, it shall compensate Party B for the actual losses caused by such breach. 

  

	 	2.	If Party B breaches the contract, it shall compensate Party A for the actual losses caused by such breach. 











	VIII.	Contract effect and expiration 

  

	 	1.	This contract shall become effective from August 6, 2005 when it is signed. 

  

	 	2.	This contract shall expire after the sewage treatment project is completed and qualified and the warranty period expires. 

  

	IX.	Responsibilities and obligations of each party 

  
 Relevant terms and conditions of this contract shall apply. 
  

	X.	Punishment, award, dispute and arbitration regarding breach of contract by either party 

  
 Relevant terms and conditions of this contract shall apply. 
  

	XI.	Documents that constitute this contract 

  

	 	1.	This project contract. 

  

	 	2.	Terms and conditions of this contract. 

  

	 	3.	Relevant technical specifications of the project. 

  

	XII.	Miscellaneous 

  
 The above items from No.1 to 8 are the supplementary clause of this contract and shall have the equal legal effect as the clauses of this contract.

  

	XIII.	Supplementary clauses 

  
 Any outstanding issues in this contract shall be settled by both parties through negotiation. In addition, the supplementary clauses agreed upon by both
parties based on the actual construction situations shall be the integral part of this contract and shall have the same binding force as the clauses of this contract. 
  

									
	Party A:	 	Yongji Economic Development Zone Land Planning and Construction Bureau	 	 	 	Party B:	 	Guangdong Xinxingmei Environmental Protection Co., Ltd.
			
	Legal representative:	 	 	 	Legal representative:
			
	Signing representative: \s\ Illegible	 	 	 	 Signing representative: \s\ Illegible

			
	Telephone:	 	 	 	 Telephone:

			
	Fax:	 	 	 	 Fax:

			
	Bank of deposit:	 	 	 	 Bank of deposit:

			
	Account number:	 	 	 	 Account number:

			
	Date of signing: August 6, 2005	 	 	 	 
			
	Place of signing: Guangzhou