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                     U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                                     FORM 5

               ANNUAL STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

    Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
       Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or
               Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

[_]  Check box if no longer  subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations
     may continue. See Instruction 1(b).

[_]  Form 3 Holdings Reported

[_]  Form 4 Transactions Reported

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1.   Name and Address of Reporting Person*

    Ries                               Al
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   (Last)                            (First)              (Middle)

                             2195 River Cliff Drive
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                                    (Street)

    Roswell                            GA                   30076
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   (City)                            (State)                (Zip)
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2.   Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol


                              Inforte Corp. (INFT)
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3.   IRS Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an Entity (Voluntary)



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4.   Statement for Month/Year


                                 December, 2001
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5.   If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year)



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6.   Relationship of Reporting Person to Issuer
     (Check all applicable)

     [X]  Director                             [_]  10% Owner
     [_]  Officer (give title below)           [_]  Other (specify below)

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7.   Individual or Joint/Group Filing
     (Check applicable line)

     [X]  Form filed by one Reporting Person
     [_]  Form filed by more than one Reporting Person
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           Table I -- Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of,
                             or Beneficially Owned
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                                                                                                 5.             6.
                                                                 4.                              Amount of      Owner-
                                                                 Securities Acquired (A) or      Securities     ship
                                                                 Disposed of (D)                 Beneficially   Form:     7.
                                                                 (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)             Owned at End   Direct    Nature of
                                      2.            3.           -----------------------------   of Issuer's    (D) or    Indirect
1.                                    Transaction   Transaction                  (A)             Fiscal Year    Indirect  Beneficial
Title of Security                     Date          Code             Amount      or     Price    (Instr. 3      (I)       Ownership
(Instr. 3)                            (mm/dd/yy)    (Instr. 8)                   (D)             and 4)         (Instr.4) (Instr. 4)
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*    If the form is filed by more than one  Reporting  Person,  see  Instruction
     4(b)(v).

Reminder:  Report on a separate line for each class of  securities  beneficially
owned directly or indirectly.


                                                                          (Over)
(Form 3/99)




FORM 5 (continued)

Table II -- Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
         (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

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                                                                                                          9.        10.
                                                                                                          Number    Owner-
                                                                                                          of        ship
                    2.                                                                                    Deriv-    of
                    Conver-                    5.                              7.                         ative     Deriv-   11.
                    sion                       Number of                       Title and Amount           Secur-    ative    Nature
                    or                         Derivative   6.                 of Underlying      8.      ities     Secur-   of
                    Exer-                      Securities   Date               Securities         Price   Bene-     ity:     In-
                    cise     3.                Acquired (A) Exercisable and    (Instr. 3 and 4)   of      ficially  Direct   direct
                    Price    Trans-   4.       or Disposed  Expiration Date    ----------------   Deriv-  Owned     (D) or   Bene-
1.                  of       action   Trans-   of (D)       (Month/Day/Year)            Amount    ative   at End    In-      ficial
Title of            Deriv-   Date     action   (Instr. 3,   ----------------            or        Secur-  of        direct   Owner-
Derivative          ative    (Month/  Code     4 and 5)     Date       Expira-           Number   ity     Year      (I)      ship
Security            Secur-   Day/     (Instr.  ------------ Exer-      tion               of      (Instr. (Instr.   (Instr.  (Instr.
(Instr. 3)          ity      Year)    8)        (A)   (D)   cisable    Date     Title    Shares   5)      4)        4)       4)
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Stock Option                                                                    Common
(right to buy)      $9.70    10/31/01 A         10,000      (1)        10/31/11 Stock   10,000            10,000   D
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Explanation of Responses:

Note 1:  The option becomes exercisable in three equal annual installments
         beginning on the first anniversary of the grant date specified in
         Column 3.



        /s/ Al Ries                                         February 13, 2002
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      Al Ries                                                  Date


**   Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal
     Violations.

     See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).

Note:  File three copies of this form, one of which must be manually signed.
       If space provided is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure.