NetUSA Reaches Agreement with Hubei Science and Technology Institute.

Business Editors/Hi-Tech Writers

FREMONT, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 20, 2000

NetUSA, Inc. (OTCBB: NTSA) announced today that it has reached a cooperation agreement with the Hubei Science and Technology Institute (HBSTI), the official information technology agency for the provincial government of Hubei.

Under the agreement, HBSIT will assist NetUSA in distributing NetUSA's Silicon Valley High Tech magazine in central China and will mirror the electronic version of Silicon Valley High Tech on HBSIT's website. In exchange, NetUSA will mirror HBSIT's website in the United States and will provide further technical assistance to HBSIT in its website.

Hubei is a populous province in central China, with its center at the city of Wuhan. Wuhan is a major transportation center, at the entry of Han River into Yangtze River and a key location on the Beijing-Canton railroad, the major north-south rail link for China.

Including Hubei and its surrounding provinces, the region's population exceeds 100 million.

&uot;This is an exciting opportunity for both us and HBSTI,&uot; said NetUSA President James Yu. &uot;HBSTI will provide us access to over 100 million people in this highly industrialized region of China, and this will help Silicon Valley High Tech to become the most well-circulated Chinese language technology journal around the world. In turn, the quality of information technology available to the people of Hubei will be greatly improved as well.&uot;

NetUSA, Inc., headquartered in Fremont, Calif., is traded on the OTC Bulletin Board market under the symbol NTSA. NetUSA has three divisions.

The WebCenter Division provides complete World Wide Web solutions for businesses and also owns and operates www.softwarecenter.com, one of the largest software information and on-line sales centers on the Internet, and is currently developing www.netchina.com to become an important business solution on the Internet for parties involved in or interested in U. S.-China trade relations.

The Telecom Division (www.netusa.com) employs cutting-edge IP technology for iphone and ifax services that greatly reduces the cost while preserving the quality of the services. The Software Technology Division (www.netusa.com/pacmicro) produces critically acclaimed utility programs for personal computers using Microsoft operating systems, including award-winning Mac-In-DOS.