Zhou Zhiyuan, a native of Chinese mainland, Shunde, Guangdong, is a Hong Kong businessman and the founder of Chow Tai Fook Jewelry and Gold Store. He is the father-in-law of Zheng Yutong, chairman of New World Development Corporation. Zhou Zhiyuan founded the first Chow Tai Fook gold shop in Hongde Road, Henan, Guangzhou on 1929, mainly dealing in traditional gold ornaments. 193 1 year, Venus moved to Macau due to Japanese invasion of China. 1943, Zhou's daughter Zhou married the person who was in charge of the gold bank at that time. 1946, Gold Bank opened its first branch in Hong Kong in Queen's Road Central. 1956, took over Zhou's gold shop. 1960, he expanded the gold shop to operate jewelry retail. Today, Chow Tai Fook Jewellery and Gold Shop has become one of the most recognized brands in the jewelry industry in Chinese mainland, Hongkong and Macau.