Mayor Patrick McManus and Mayor James Garner Join the Board of Directors of China Natural Gas, Inc.

NEW YORK -- China Natural Gas, Inc., the first China-based natural gas public company in the US capital markets (stock symbol: CHNG, website: www.naturalgaschina.com), announced today the addition of Patrick McManus and James Garner to China Natural Gas, Inc. Board of Directors. CHNG has five board members, of which three of them are independent board members.

Mr. Patrick McManus, CPA, J.D., will join the company as Chairman of Audit Committee.

Mr. McManus brings over 25 years of experience in business, finance and law to the company. He was elected Mayor of the City of Lynn, Massachusetts in 1992 and served in this position until his retirement to the private practice of law and accounting in 2002. While serving the City of Lynn as its Mayor, he was elected a member and trustee of the Executive Committee of the U.S. Conference of Mayors (USCM) with responsibility for developing policy for the USCM. He also served as the Chairman of the USCM Science and Technology Subcommittee, the Urban Water Council, and the USCM Audit Committee. Mayor McManus started his career in business with the General Electric Company (NYSE: GE) in 1979, and was a Professor of Business and Finance at Salem State College in Massachusetts. Mayor McManus is an expert on China. He was instrumental in establishing a close alliance as well as coordinating a regular exchange of visits by members of the U.S. Conference of Mayors and the China Association of Mayors. Mr. McManus has been a Certified Public Accountant since 1985. Mr. McManus received his Juris Doctorate from Boston College Law School and an M.B.A. from Suffolk University. Mr. McManus also serves on the Board of Directors for Bodisen Biotech, Inc. and Harbin Electric, Inc. as an independent board member. Bodisen Biotech, Inc. (AMEX stock symbol: BBC) is the first China-based environmentally friendly bio-fertilizer company listed on a US stock exchange and owns a 10% equity stake in China Natural Gas, Inc.

Mayor James A. Garner, will join the company as Chairman of Compensation Committee.

Mayor Garner brings over 30 years of experience in business and political contacts to China Natural Gas. During his tenure as Mayor of Hempstead, New York for 16 years until his retirement to the private sector in April 2005, Mayor Garner was an accomplished city manager as well as a renowned politician. He was instrumental in improving the living standards of the citizens of his city. His accomplishments have won national recognition and awards from national agencies such as US Housing & Urban Development and the American Planning Association (APA). Mayor Garner was elected the 61st President of the United States Conference of Mayors in June 2003 and served the Conference for one year traveling all over the world advocating the needs of US cities. An accomplished Republican, Mayor Garner is a regular guest of honor in the US Congress and the White House. Mayor Garner holds a Bachelor of Science Degree from Adelphi University and an Honorary Degree of Doctorate of Civil Law from Molly College. His business acumen led to his appointment as a delegate to the 1986 White House Conference on Small Business. Mayor Garner has won numerous awards including National Minority Businessman of the Year. He was recently appointed to the United States Small Business Administration's National Advisory Council.

About China Natural Gas, Inc.

The profitable China Natural Gas, Inc. ("CHNG") owns and operates a natural gas pipeline in Xian, China and distributes natural gas to residential and industrial customers in the Xian area. CNG is currently supplying natural gas to households and wholesales compressed natural gas to filling stations. Taxis and buses in Xian operate on compressed natural gas supplied by the company. CHNG's business is focused upon building and acquiring company-operated filling stations in the Xian metropolitan area.