EXHIBIT 99.1

                    CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

      I, Richard L. Federico, Chief Executive Officer of P.F. Chang's China
Bistro, Inc. (the "Registrant"), do hereby certify in accordance with 18 U.S.C.
1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002,
that, based on my knowledge:

     (1) the Annual Report on Form 10-K of the Registrant, to which this
     certification is attached as an exhibit (the "Report"), fully complies with
     the requirements of section 13(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
     (15 U.S.C. 78m); and

     (2) the information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all
     material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the
     Registrant.



Dated: February 12, 2003                      /s/ Richard L. Federico
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                                              Richard L. Federico
                                              Chairman & Chief Executive Officer