**EXHIBIT      31.1 **

**SARBANES-OXLEY      SECTION 302(A) CERTIFICATION **

**PRINCIPAL      EXECUTIVE OFFICER **

| (1) | I                have reviewed this Form 10-K of Synutra International, Inc.; |
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| (2) | Based                on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement                of a                material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make                the                statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements                were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this                report; |
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| (3) | Based                on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information                included in this report, fairly present in all material respects                the                financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the                issuer as                of, and for, the periods presented in this report; |
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| (4) | The                issuer’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for                establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as                defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal                control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules                13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the issuer and have: |
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|   | (a) | Designed                such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure                controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to                ensure                that material information relating to the small business issuer,                including                its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within                those                entities, particularly during the period in which this report is                being                prepared; |
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|   | (b) | Designed                such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal                control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision,                to                provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial                reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external                purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles; |
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|   | (c) | Evaluated                the effectiveness of the issuer’s disclosure controls and procedures and                presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness                of the                disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered                by                this report based on such evaluation; and |
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|   | (d) | Disclosed                in this report any change in the small business issuer’s internal control                over financial reporting that occurred during the issuer’s most recent                fiscal quarter (the issuer’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an                annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely                to                materially affect, the issuer’s internal control over financial reporting;                and |
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| (5) | The                issuer’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our                most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting,                to                the issuer’s auditors and the audit committee of the issuer’s board of                directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions): |
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|   | (a) | All                significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or                operation of internal control over financial reporting which are                reasonably likely to adversely affect the issuer’s ability to record,                process, summarize and report financial information; and |
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|   | (b) | Any                fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other                employees who have a significant role in the issuer’s internal control                over financial reporting. |
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| Date:                June 27, 2007 | By:                                                    | /s/                Liang Zhang |
|                               | Liang                ZhangChief                Executive Officer |

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