AMERICAN ORIENTAL BIOENGINEERING, INC. COMMON STOCK APPROVED FOR LISTING ON THE ARCHIPELAGO EXCHANGE

American Oriental Bioengineering, Inc. (AMEX:AOB), an emerging Chinese company that produces and distributes a broad range of pharmaceutical and nutraceutical products, announced today that its common stock has been approved for listing on the Archipelago Exchange (ArcaEx), a facility of the Pacific Exchange, under the symbol AOB. The Company anticipates that its common stock will commence trading on ArcaEx on November 11, 2005.

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