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                                                                    EXHIBIT 12.1

                            CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
                  SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
                            (18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350)

I, ZHU Xiaojun, Chief Financial Officer of the company, certify that:

         1.       I have reviewed this report on Form 20-F of DF China
Technology, Inc.;

         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;

         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
company as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

         4.       The company's other certifying officers 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 company and have:

                  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 company,
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;

                  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;

                  c.       evaluated the effectiveness of the company'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

                  d.       Disclosed in this report any change in the company's
internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the period
covered by the annual report that has materially affected, or is reasonably
likely to materially affect, the company's internal control over financial
reporting; and

         5.       The company's other certifying officers and I have disclosed,
based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial
reporting, to the company's auditors and the audit committee of company's board
of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

                  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 company's ability to record,
process, summarize and report financial information; and

                  b.       any fraud, whether or not material, that involves
management or other employees who have a significant role in the company's
internal control over financial reporting.

Date: October 15, 2003

                                         /s/ ZHU XIAOJUN
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                                         ZHU Xiaojun, Chief Financial Officer

                                                                    Exhibit 12.1
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