**EXHIBIT
      31.1**





**CERTIFICATION**




**By
      Principal Executive Officer**


**Pursuant
      to Rules 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a)**


**under
      the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended**




I,
      Zhao
      Ming, certify that:




1.
      I have
      reviewed this annual report on Form 10-KSB of Puda Coal, Inc.;




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.
      The
      small business issuer’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for
      establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined
      in
      Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) [As the small
      business issuer is not an “accelerated filer”, this language is intentionally
      omitted pursuant to the Commission’s transition rules in SEC Release Nos.
      33-8238 and 34-47986, as modified] 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)
      [As
      the small business issuer is not an “accelerated filer,” this language is
      intentionally omitted pursuant to the Commission’s transition rules in SEC
      Release Nos. 33-8238 and 34-47986, as modified];





(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 small business
      issuer’s fourth 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.
      The
      small business issuer’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on
      our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to
      the
      small business issuer’s auditors and the audit committee of small business
      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 controls 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.







Dated:
                April 13, 2007
            /s/
                Zhao MingZhao
                Ming
              Chief
                Executive Officer
              (principal
                executive officer of Puda Coal, Inc.)