EXHIBIT 31

SECTION 302 CERTIFICATIONS

I, Howard Ullman, certify that:

1. I have reviewed this quarterly report on form 10-QSB of
         China Direct Trading Corporation.

2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any
         untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state
         a material fact necessary to make the statements  made, in light of the
         circumstances  under which such  statements  were made,  not misleading
         with respect to the period covered by this report;

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and
         other financial information included in this report,
         fairly  present  in all  material  respects  the  financial  condition,
         results of operations  and cash flows of the small  business  issuer as
         of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4. I am responsible for establishing and maintaining
         disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in
         Exchange Act Rules  13a-15(e)  and  15d-15(e))  for the small  business
issuer and have:

a. Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or
         caused such disclosure controls and procedures to
         be designed under our supervision,  to ensure that material information
         relating  to the small  business  issuer,  including  its  consolidated
         subsidiaries,  is made  known to us by others  within  those  entities,
         particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

b. Designed such disclosure control over financial
         reporting, or caused such internal control over financial
         reporting got be designed under our supervision,  to provide reasonable
         assurance  regarding  the  reliability  of financial  reporting and the
         preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance
         with generally accepted accounting principles;

c. Evaluated the effectiveness of the small business
         issuer's disclosure controls and procedures and presented
         in  this  report  our  conclusions   about  the  effectiveness  of  the
         disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered
         by this report based on such evaluation; and

d. Disclosed in this report any change in the small business
         issuer's internal control over financial reporting
         that  occurred  during  the this  fiscal  quarter  that has  materially
         affected,  or is  reasonably  likely to  materially  affect,  the small
         business issuer's internal control over financial reporting; and

5. I have disclosed, based on my most recent evaluation of internal
control over financial reporting, to the
small business  issuer's  auditors and the audit committee of the small issuer's
board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

a. All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the
design or operation of internal control over
financial  reporting which are reasonably  likely to adversely  affect the small
business  issuer's  ability to record,  process,  summarize and report financial
information; and

b. Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or
other employees who have a significant
role in the small business issuer's internal control over financial reporting.

Date: November 14, 2005

/s/ Howard Ullman
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Howard Ullman
CEO, President and Chairman
(Principal Executive and Financial Officer)