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, 2006

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

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