EXHIBIT
31.2





CERTIFICATION
PURSUANT TO


18 U.S.C.
SECTION 1350, AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO


SECTION
302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002





I,
Fengtao Wen, certify that:




1. I have
reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008 of
China Armco Metals, Inc. (the “registrant”);





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 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 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)) and internal control over financial reporting (as
defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant 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 registrant, 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 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;





c.  evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant'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 registrant's internal
control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant's most
recent fiscal quarter (the registrant's fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an
annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to
materially affect, the registrant's internal control over financial
reporting




5. The
other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent
evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the Registrant’s
auditors and the audit committee of the Registrant’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 Registrant’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 Registrant’s internal control over
financial reporting.




CHINA
      ARMCO METALS, INC.March
      27, 2009
            By:
            /s/ Fengtao
      WenFengtao
      WenChief
      Financial Officer(Principal
      Financial and Accounting Officer)