The concept of Chinese merchants as well as the status of Chinese merchants in the regions of Hong Kong，Macau and Taiwan are clarified at the beginning of this report. Then，based on two types of well-known Rich Lists——Hurun Rich List 2013 and Forbes World’s Billionaires 1996 to 2013——the author analyzes the distribution and fluctuation of wealth owned by Chinese merchants who have done businesses in the regions of Hong Kong，Macau and Taiwan during the past 18 years. At the same time，comparative analyses have been conducted so that the ripple effect of the global economy could be detected and investigated. At the last part，illuminating conclusions and regression models have been drawn by way of cross correlation and lagged regression analyses.