Exhibit 12.1

                                  CERTIFICATION



I, ZUO XUNSHENG, certify that:


1.       I have reviewed this report on Form 20-F of China Netcom Group
Corporation (Hong Kong) Limited (the "Company");


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
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 annual report;


4.       The Company'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)) and 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 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 officer 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 function):


         (a) All significant deficiencies and material weakness 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.



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Date: May 31, 2007


                                                   By: /s/ Zuo Xunsheng

                                                   ____________________________
                                                   Zuo Xunsheng




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