Exhibit 31.2



Certification of Principal Financial
Officer



Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley
Act of 2002

and Securities and Exchange Commission
Release 34-46427



I, Bode Xu, certify that:



1. I have reviewed this annual report on
Form 10-K of China Natural Gas, Inc.;



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)) and internal control over financial
reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant 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 registrant, 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 registrant’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 registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal
quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably
likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and















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 functions):



a) all 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: April 2, 2012



| | /s/ Bode Xu                                        
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| | Bode Xu, Principal Financial and Accounting Officer