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                                                                    EXHIBIT 31.1

                                  CERTIFICATION

I, Shujun Liu, the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of American Oriental
Bioengineering, Inc. (the "Company") certify that:

1.  I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of the Company for the
    period ended March 31, 2006;

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 Company as of, and for, the periods presented in this quarterly
    report;

4.  The Company'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)) for the Company and have:

    a.   designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such
         disclosure controls or procedures to be designed under our supervision,
         to ensure that material information relating to the Company, 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;

    b.   [Omitted in accordance with SEC Release No. 33-8618.]

    c.   evaluated the effectiveness of the Company'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;

    d.   disclosed in this report any change in the Company's internal control
         over financial reporting that occurred during the Company's most recent
         fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to
         materially affect, the Company's internal control over financial
         reporting.

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

Date: May 12, 2006

/s/ Shujun Liu
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Shujun Liu
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer