EXHIBIT 31.1  

CERTIFICATION

I, Lu Pingji, certifythat: 

1.              I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K of China Housing & Land          Development, Inc. for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2007; 

2.              Based on my knowledge, this annual 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 annual report; 

3.              Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information          included in this annual report, fairly present in all material respects the          financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as          of, and for, the periods presented in this annual report; 

4.              The registrant’s other certifying officer 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)) for the registrant and we have: 

    (a)                 designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure          controls or procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that          material information relating to the registrant, including our consolidated          subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly          during the period in which this annual report is being prepared; 

    (b)         evaluatedthe effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and               procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about theeffectiveness                of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end ofthe period covered                by this report based on such evaluation;  

    (c)                      disclosedin this report any change in the registrant’s internal control                overfinancial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s fourth               fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to               materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial               reporting.  

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

    (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 registrant’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 registrant’s internal control over          financial reporting. 

Date: March 28, 2008 

/s/ Lu Pingji