FT. LAUDERDALE, Fla., July 19, 2005 (PRIMEZONE) -- China Direct Trading Corp. (OTCBB:CHDT) announced today that its company information will be made available via Standard & Poor's Market Access Program, an information distribution service that enables subscribing publicly traded companies to have their company information disseminated to users of Standard & Poor's Advisor Insight. The company information to be made available through this program includes share price, volume, dividends, shares outstanding, company financial position, and earnings. Standard & Poor's Advisor Insight is an Internet-based research engine used by more than 100,000 investment advisors. A public version of the site is available at www.advisorinsight.com. The company is also adding a link on the corporate website at www.chinadirecttradingco.com for easy access.
In addition, information about companies in Standard & Poor's Market Access Program will be available via S&P's Stock Guide database, which is distributed electronically to virtually all major quote vendors. As part of the program, a full description of CHDT will also be published in the Daily News section of Standard Corporation Records, a recognized securities manual for secondary trading in approximately 37 states under the Blue Sky Laws.
About CHDT
CHDT is a public holding company engaged through its operating subsidiaries in trading Chinese manufacturing goods in North America and assisting U.S. companies in doing business in China and Chinese companies doing business in North America. CHDT has a Beijing office for the conduct of its business development work.
Company information distributed through the Market Access Program is based upon information that Standard & Poor's considers to be reliable, but neither Standard & Poor's nor its affiliates warrant its completeness or accuracy, and it should not be relied upon as such. This material is not intended as an offer or solicitation for the purchase or sale of any security or other financial instrument.