800,000+ Preventive Medicine Professionals Find TheirNew Home On the Internet.

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HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 13, 2000

InterWeb to Build Chinese Preventive Medicine Association a Massive

Internet Community With Free Member Web Sites and Free Email

Houston InterWeb Design (OTCBB:HITD) announced today that it has signed

an agreement with the China Preventive Medicine Association (CPMA) to build an enormous Internet community for more than 800,000 preventative medical professionals. This contract is the latest in the series of InterWeb's joint ventures with the Chinese government. In the last two weeks, InterWeb has announced that it has teamed up with the government to put 5,000 years of traditional medicine online and that it has also set up a joint venture with the Ministry of Culture to launch the first major MP3 site supported by the Chinese government.

The CPMA is a national academic body under the direct leadership of the Ministry of Health. The Chinese government has always attached significant importance to the policy of "prevention first". Since 1949, the number of preventive medicine professionals in the areas of prevention, health care, education and scientific research has grown to more than 800,000 people today. At present the CPMA has approximately 100,000 members consisting of scientific and technological professionals in the fields of preventive medicine. The association publishes 32 periodicals on specialized subjects such as occupational medicine, hygienic insecticide, food hygiene and erroneous diagnoses. CPMA is a member of the World Federation of Public Health Associations (WFPHA).

According to the agreement, Houston InterWeb will build an enormous Internet community for CPMA. The new portal will become the new home for CPMA's members, unorganized medical professionals and anyone interested in preventive medicine.

"This is a major undertaking," says Harry White, CEO of Houston InterWeb. "We'll put all of the CPMA's periodicals online, thus enabling practically anyone to have access to valuable scientific information online. CPMA members will enjoy free email, and by utilizing our SiteBlazer(TM) technology, they can even build their own Web sites at no charge."

"By putting all of the preventive medicine related information on one gigantic site," White explains, "CPMA will be able to encourage professional interaction and promote continuous academic learning. More importantly, CPMA can use the site to popularize preventive medical science and technology to raise the awareness of self health care to the entire nation. It will also promote the development of the scientific and technological achievements to its members. CPMA understands how important it is to share information to enhance academic and scientific growth."

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