**EXHIBIT 31.1**

**Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002**

I, Xiao Ping Zhang, certify that:

|           (1)          I   have reviewed this Amendment to Form 10-QSB of SORL AUTO PARTS, INC.;                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
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|           (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;                                                                     |
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|           (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;                                                                             |
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|           (4)          The   small business issuer’s other certifying officer(s) 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)) and internal control over   financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and   15d-15(f)) for the small business issuer and have: |
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|                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |                (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; |
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|                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |                (b)          Designed   such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal   control over financial reporting to 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; |
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|                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |                (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 |
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|                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |                (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   most recent fiscal quarter (the small business issuer’s fourth fiscal quarter   in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is   reasonably likely to materially affect, the small business issuer’s internal   control over financial reporting; and |
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|           (5)          The   small business issuer’s other certifying officer(s) 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   the small business issuer’s board of directors (or persons performing the   equivalent functions):                           |
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|                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |                (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 |
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|                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |                (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. |