Certification by the Chief Executive OfficerPursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-OxleyAct of 2002  I, Shyue-Ching Lu, certify that:  1. I have reviewed this annual report on Form 20-F of Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd.;  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;  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;  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:  (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;  (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 evaluation; 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; and  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):  (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  (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.  Date: April 20, 2011  By: Name: Title: Shyue-Ching Lu Chairman and Chief Executive Officer 13