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BEIJING, March 18 /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ -- China Agritech, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: CAGC - News; "China Agritech" or "the Company"), a leading national liquid and granular organic compound fertilizer manufacturer and distributor in China, today announced it has appointed Mr. Mingfang Zhu as Chief Operating Officer. Ms. Xiaorong Teng has stepped down from her current COO position.

Mr. Zhu, 42, joined Beijing Agritech Fertilizer Co., Ltd. ("Beijing Agritech"), a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, in January 2006 as Vice President of Strategic Development. He became the President of Beijing Agritech in April 2007. From 2002 to end of 2005, Mr. Zhu was the CEO and Director of Gateguard Information, an IT company based in Beijing.

Mr. Zhu holds a bachelor's degree in physics from Xuzhou Normal University and a master's in physics from Henan University. He also holds a law degree and is a state-certified Economist in China.

"I am very pleased to have Mr. Zhu join China Agritech's senior executive team," Mr. Yu Chang, Chairman and CEO of China Agritech, said. "Over the past three years, Mr. Zhu has demonstrated his superb managerial skills at Beijing Agritech and successfully executed our expansion plans in the domestic market. And his understanding of the Chinese law and the macroeconomic environment for Chinese companies is an additional benefit we can draw upon as China Agritech positions itself for a period of rapid growth in the granular organic fertilizer market in China."

About China Agritech, Inc.

China Agritech, Inc. is engaged in the development, manufacturing and distribution of liquid and granular organic compound fertilizers and related products in China. The Company has developed proprietary formulas that provide a continuous supply of high-quality agricultural products while maintaining soil fertility. The Company sells its products to farmers located in 26 provinces of China.

For more information, please visit http://www.chinaagritechinc.com .

Safe Harbor Statement

This release contains certain "forward-looking statements" relating to the business of China Agritech and its subsidiary companies, which can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as "believes, expects" or similar expressions regarding the continued demand for China Agritech's products, China Agritech's ability to sustain growth for the balance of the year and China Agritech's ability to generally meet all of its objectives. Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties, including all business uncertainties relating to product development, marketing, concentration in a single customer, raw material costs, market acceptance, future capital requirements, and competition in general and other factors that may cause actual results to be materially different from those described herein as anticipated, believed, estimated or expected. Certain of these risks and uncertainties are or will be described in greater detail in our filings with the SEC. Except as required by law, China Agritech is under no obligation to (and expressly disclaims any such obligation to) update or alter its forward-looking statements whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

    For more information, please contact:

    In China:
     Mr. Kelviz Lim Kok Siak
     Investor Relations
     China Agritech, Inc.
     Tel:   +86-10-5962-1220
     Email: kelviz@chinaagritech.com

    In the U.S.:
     Mr. Kevin Theiss / Mr. Valentine Ding
     Investor Relations
     Grayling
     Tel:   +1-646-284-9409
     Email: ktheiss@hfgcg.com
            vding@hfgcg.com