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 10, 2004

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