Exhibit 12.1
**CERTIFICATION**
I, Raymond K.F. Ch’ien, certify that:
1. I have reviewed this annual report on Form 20-F/A of chinadotcomcorporation; 2. Based on my knowledge, this annual report does not contain any untruestatement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary tomake the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which suchstatements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered bythis annual report; 3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financialinformation included in this annual report, fairly present in all materialrespects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows ofthe company as of, and for, the periods presented in this annual report; 4. The company’s other certifying officer and I are responsible forestablishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (asdefined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the company andinternal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange ActRuler 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) for the company and have:
(a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or causedsuch disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under oursupervision, to ensure that material information relating to thecompany, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to usby others within those entities, particularly during the period inwhich this report is being prepared; (b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, orcaused such internal control over financial reporting to be designedunder our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding thereliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financialstatements for external purposes in accordance with generallyaccepted accounting principles; (c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the company’s disclosurecontrols and procedures and presented in this report our conclusionabout the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, asof the end of the period covered by this report based on suchevaluation; and (d) Disclosed in this report any change in the company’s internalcontrol over financial reporting that occurred during the periodcovered by the annual report that has materially affected, or isreasonably likely to materially affect, the company’s internalcontrol over financial reporting; and
5. The company’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based onour most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting,to the company’s auditors and the audit committee of the company’s boardof directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):
(a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in thedesign or operation of internal control over financial reportingwhich are reasonably likely to adversely affect the company’s abilityto record, process, summarize and report financial information; and (b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management orother employees who have a significant role in the company’s internalcontrol over financial reporting.
Date: July 7, 2004     /s/ Raymond K.F. Ch’ien   Raymond K.F. Ch’ien Executive Chairman and ActingChief Executive Officer