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                              EXHIBIT NUMBER 13(a)1

                                  CERTIFICATION
            PURSUANT TO SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
                 WITH RESPECT TO THE ANNUAL REPORT ON FORM 20-F
                      FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2002
                          OF CHINA ENTERPRISES LIMITED

         Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (subsections
(a) and (b) of section 1350, chapter 63 of title 18, United States Code), the
undersigned officer of China Enterprises Limited, a Bermuda company (the
"Company"), does hereby certify, to the best of such officer's knowledge, that:

1.      The Company's Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31,
        2002 (the "Form 20-F") fully complies with the requirements of Section
        13(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, except that
        the Form 20-F was not filed in a timely manner. The Company was advised
        by its independent auditors that audited financial statements of Ananda
        Wing On Travel (Holdings) Limited for the year ended December 31, 2002,
        an unconsolidated entity in which the Company has a 32% interest, should
        be included in the Form 20-F pursuant to Article 3-09 of Regulation S-X
        of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended ("SEC Requirements"). However,
        the Company was not able to obtain audited financial statements of
        Ananda Wing On Travel (Holdings) Limited with reconciliation to
        generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America
        pursuant to the SEC Requirements so as to permit the Company to file the
        Form 20-F in a timely manner. Further, the Form 20-F does not include an
        audited reclassification of the Company's 2000 consolidated statement of
        operations in connection with reporting discontinued operations as a
        result of Arthur Andersen & Co., the independent auditors who audited
        the Company's 2000 financial statements, ceasing to practice accounting
        as of July 1, 2002. The Company is not able to gain access to the books
        and records of the discontinued operations, after reasonable efforts, to
        enable its current independent auditors to perform a reaudit of the 2000
        consolidated statement of operations. Also as a result of the cessation
        of Arthur Andersen's auditing operations, the Form 20-F does not contain
        an audit report in respect of the financial information in the financial
        statement schedule in Item 18 for the year ended December 31, 2000 as
        Arthur Andersen was the Company's independent auditor for such year.


2.      Information contained in the Form 20-F fairly presents, in all material
        respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the
        Company.


Dated: July 31, 2003

                                               /s/ Dr. Chan Kwok Keung, Charles
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                                                  Dr. Chan Kwok Keung, Charles
                                                     Chief Executive Officer

         The certification set forth above is being furnished as an Exhibit
solely pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and is not
being filed as part of the Form 20-F or as a separate disclosure document of the
Company or the certifying officer.



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