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C-ME's CEO Frank Yuan, To Be Speaker at China Conference

PASADENA, CA – October 19, 2000 – Frank Yuan, CEO of Cyber Merchants Exchange, (C-ME) (OTC-BB: CMEE) will be the keynote luncheon speaker at a conference on October 24th entitled, “New Approaches to China Business – Policy Developments Open Doors.”  The program is sponsored by the Fordham University Graduate School of Business Administration and the United States of America – China Chamber of Commerce and will take place at the Fordham University Graduate School of Business in New York City.

Mr. Yuan will be discussing the topic, “E-Commerce:  The Future is B2B” and incorporate his experiences as the founder of C-ME, one of the first true global B2B e-commerce solution companies.  Mr. Yuan  is considered a pioneer in opening up the markets in the Far East using web-based solutions.  He will utilize his first-hand knowledge of both the Chinese and American business landscapes to discuss opportunities for success as well as challenges for those who wish to participate in the B2B sector of China’s rapidly-growing business environment.

C-ME is a global B2B e-commerce company that provides U.S. retailers with a direct merchandise sourcing channel to the Far East.  Within the past year, C-ME has opened offices in twenty-one cities in seven countries and has recently announced the creation of a China joint venture corporation called Global Purchasing Dotcom, that seeks to provide retailers direct access to hundreds of vendors in China. Plans are to open five local offices in China in 2000 and fifteen in 2001. 

Commented Ernest J. Scalberg, Dean of the Fordham University Graduate School of Business, “We are very pleased to have Frank Yuan as our keynote speaker.   As the founder of C-ME, Frank is one of the innovators in establishing e-commerce solutions to facilitate and advance trade between the U.S. and China in the New Economy.   Several years ago, Frank envisioned the potential for the Internet to help retailers make direct connections to suppliers in countries such as China, which manufacture the majority of the world’s goods and products.  With the prospect of China being included in the World Trade Organization, an entrepreneur like Frank is in an ideal position to identify for others the opportunities and pitfalls of the current environment.”

Speakers will include a broad spectrum of experts from various business sectors.  These include Cheryl McQueen, the Deputy Directory of the Office of the Chinese Economic Area at the U.S. Department of Commerce, Dr. Fan Zhang, Professor and Director of China Business Research Project at Peking University, David Malpass, the Chief International Economist and Senior Managing Director at Bear Stearns and Edward Marwell, Founder and President of Curtis Instruments.

A full color video presentation with sound of Mr. Yuan’s keynote address will be available at www.c-me.com several weeks after the conference.

About Cyber Merchants Exchange, Inc. (C-ME)

C-ME (http://www.C-ME.com) is to use its proprietary web-based software to create a global B2B e-commerce solution that streamlines the way retailers locate finished and made-to-order viable merchandise.  C-ME’s current retail partners include Factory 2-U Stores (NASDAQ: FTUS) and Burlington Coat Factory (NYSE: BCF).  The company also provides vendors with the Virtual Trade Show ™ (“VTS”), a vertical marketplace for vendors to display their product in an open environment. The company is currently forming multiple joint ventures in the Pacific Rim to facilitate direct international merchandise sourcing for its U.S. retail partners.  C-ME has operations in twenty-one cities in seven countries.

About The Fordham University Graduate School of Business Administration:

Fordham’s Graduate School of Business Administration was established in 1969 and has been recognized nationally for the quality, innovation and comprehensiveness of its programs, which prepare graduates for global competition.  The school’s part-time MBA program is ranked 14th by U.S. News & World Report.

Founded in 1841, Fordham is New York City’s Jesuit University.  It has residential campuses in the north Bronx and Manhattan, as well as academic centers in Tarrytown and Armonk, N.Y.

Certain of the statements made herein constitute forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. In such instances, actual results could differ materially as a result of a variety of factors including the risks associated with the effect of changing economic conditions at home and abroad, variations in cash flow, reliance on collaborative retail customers, reliance on intellectual property legislation, use of proprietary un-patented technology, dependence on the Internet and on new product development, variations in new product and service development, risks associated with rapid technological change, and potential of introduced or undetected flaws and defects in products and services and other risk factors detailed in forms filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission from time to time.