Exhibit 31

                                 CERTIFICATIONS


I, James N. L. Chow, certify that:

1.       I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of China Ventures
         Limited (registrant);

2.       Based on my knowledge, this quarterly 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 quarterly report;

3.       Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial
         information included in this quarterly 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 quarterly report;

4.       As sole officer of the registrant, I am responsible for establishing
         and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in
         Exchange Act Rules 13a-14 and 15d-14) for the registrant and I have:

         a)       designed such disclosure controls and procedures to ensure
                  that material information relating to the registrant,
                  including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us
                  by others within those entities, particularly during the
                  period in which this quarterly report is being prepared;

         b)       evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure
                  controls and procedures as of a date within 90 days prior to
                  the filing date of this quarterly report (the "Evaluation
                  Date"); and

         c)       presented in this quarterly report our conclusions about the
                  effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures based
                  on our evaluation as of the Evaluation Date;

5.       As sole officer of the registrant, I have disclosed, based on our most
         recent evaluation, to the registrant's auditors and the audit committee
         of registrant's board of directors (or persons performing the
         equivalent function):

         a)       all significant deficiencies in the design or operation of
                  internal controls which could adversely affect the
                  registrant's ability to record, process, summarize and report
                  financial data and have identified for the registrant's
                  auditors any material weaknesses in internal controls; and

         b)       any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management
                  or other employees who have a significant role in the
                  registrant's internal controls; and

6.       As sole officer of the registrant,I have indicated in this quarterly
         report whether or not there were significant changes in internal
         controls or in other factors that could significantly affect
         internalcontrols subsequent to the date of our most recent
         evaluation,including any corrective actions with regard to significant
         deficienciesand material weaknesses.

August 5, 2003


/s/ James N. L. Chow
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James N. L. Chow
President, Secretary and Principal Financial and Accounting Officer