China Direct, Inc. to Present at the ROTH Capital Partners 20th Annual OC Growth Stock Conference on February 19th, 2008 at 11:00 a.m. PST.

DEERFIELD BEACH, Fla. -- China Direct, Inc. (AMEX:CDS) (the "Company"), a US company taking controlling interests in Chinese companies and providing business consulting services to China (the "PRC"), today announced that the Company will present at the ROTH Capital Partners 20th Annual OC Growth Stock Conference on Tuesday, February 19th, 2008 at 11:00 a.m. PST. The conference will be held at the Ritz Carlton in Laguna Niguel, California.

The presentation will be held in the Ritz Ballroom Salon 3 (Track 1 - China Track). A breakout session will immediately follow and management will participate in one-on-one meetings with analysts and investors throughout the day. Mr. David Stein, Chief Operating Officer for China Direct Inc., will present at the conference. The conference presentation will be simultaneously web cast at the following link, http://www.wsw.com/webcast/roth16/cds/.

Management will discuss the Company's portfolio of majority-controlled businesses in China, provide an update on its consulting division, and the continued growth of the PRC's Small to Medium Sized Entities (SME's) sector in which the Company specializes.

Participation is by invitation only. For more information on the conference or to book a 1-on-1 meeting, contact your Roth representative or visit www.rothcp.com.

About the ROTH Conference

Now in its 20th year, the ROTH Annual OC Conference will feature presentations from over 300 small-cap companies including over 60 U.S.-listed Chinese companies. The distinguished list of presenting companies have been identified by the firm's award-winning research team and are representative of a broad spectrum of sectors, including Technology, Healthcare, Energy and Industrial as well as Consumer Products.

About China Direct, Inc.

China Direct, Inc. (AMEX: CDS) is a U.S.-based company doing business in China through two business divisions. The Company's management division takes controlling stakes in Chinese companies, provides investment capital and active management to enable these companies to thrive as our subsidiaries in their respective industries. The consulting division assists companies in China and the U.S. in establishing and maintaining a presence in the U.S. capital markets. As a direct link to China, China Direct serves as a vehicle to allow investors to directly participate in the rapid growth of the Chinese economy in a diversified and balanced manner.

For more information about China Direct, please visit http://www.cdii.net.

Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward Looking Information

Certain statements in this news release may contain forward-looking information about China Direct, Inc. and its subsidiaries' business and products within the meaning of Rule 175 under the Securities Act of 1933 and Rule 3b-6 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and are subject to the safe harbor created by those rules. The actual results may differ materially depending on a number of risk factors including, but not limited to, the general economic and business conditions in the PRC, market and customer acceptance and demand for products, ability to market products, fluctuations in foreign currency markets, the use of estimates in the preparation of financial statements, the impact of competitive products and pricing, the ability to develop and launch new products on a timely basis, the regulatory environment, fluctuations in operating results, and various other factors beyond its control. All forward-looking statements are expressly qualified in their entirety by this Cautionary Statement and the risks factors detailed in the Company's reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. China Solar & Clean Energy Solutions, Inc. undertakes no duty to revise or update any forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this release.