Exhibit 31.1



Certification of Chief Executive Officer
Pursuant to

Securities Exchange Act Rules 13a-14(a) and
15d-14(a)

as Adopted Pursuant to Section 302
of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002



I, Zhenggang Wang, certify that:



1.   I have reviewed this quarterly
report on Form 10-Q of Yosen Group, Inc.;



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 registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;



4.   The registrant’s other
certifying officer 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 registrant 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 registrant, 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 registrant’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 registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s
most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected,
or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and



5.   The registrant’s other
certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the
registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’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 registrant’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 registrant’s
internal control over financial reporting.



|November 15, 2016 | /s/ Zhenggang Wang                                   | 
|----------------- | ---------------------------------------------------- | 
|                  | Zhenggang Wang, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman
|                  | (Principal Executive Officer)