Exhibit 12.2



Certification



Pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) of the Exchange
Act



I, Frank Zheng, certify that:



| | 1. | I have reviewed this annual report on Form 20-F of Cogo Group, Inc.;
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| | 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;
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| | 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;
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| | 4. | The company’s other certifying officer(s) 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:
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| | 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;
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| | 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;
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| | 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
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| | 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
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| | 5. | The company’s other certifying officer(s) 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 the company’s board of directors (or
persons performing the equivalent functions):
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| | 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
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| | 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: April 2, 2012 | By: | /s/ Frank Zheng                             
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|                    |     | Name: Frank Zheng                           
|                    |     | Title:  Chief Financial Officer             
|                    |     | (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)