EXHIBIT 12.2

                                 CERTIFICATIONS

I, Joseph Li, in my capacity as Chief Financial Officer, certify that:

      1. I have reviewed this annual report on Form 20-F of Nam Tai Electronics,
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 company's other certifying officers 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 15(d) to 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 annual 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 controls and procedures as of the end of
      the period covered by this report based on such evaluations; 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.

      5. The company's other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based
on our most recent evaluation of internal controls over financial reporting, to
the company's auditors and the

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audit committee of company's Board of Directors (or persons performing the
equivalent Function):

            a. All Significant deficeiencies and material weakneses in the
      design or operation of internal controls 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 involve management or
               other employees who have a significant role in the company's
               internal controls over financial reporting.


                                                    /s/ Joseph Li
                                                    ____________________________
                                                    Joseph Li
                                                    Chief Financial Officer

Date: March 15, 2005