EXHIBIT 31.1

CERTIFICATION OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICER
PURSUANT TO SECTION 302 OF THE
SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

I, Zhenyong
Liu certify that:

1. I
have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Orient Paper, Inc.;

2. Based
on my knowledge, this quarterly 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 quarterly
report;

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

4.
The registrant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)) and internal controls over
financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f))
for the registrant 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 registrant, including its
  consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those
  entities, particularly during the period in which this quarterly 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 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                                                                                                         
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| | 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 that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely
  to materially affect, the registrants internal control over financial reporting;                                                                                  

5. The
registrants 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 function):

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 controls over
financial reporting.

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|Dated: May 15, 2009 | By: | /s/ Zhenyong Liu               
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|                    |     | Zhenyong Liu                   
|                    |     | Chief
  Executive Officer      
|                    |     | (principal
  executive officer)

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