With increasing numbers of students, the Board of Directors raised funds to purchase the property land where the Chong Hwa Primary School is situated today.

Soon after, the school anthem was composed with the aid of the music teacher, Mr. Chen Luo Han (陈洛汉).

Owing to the Education Act in that period of time, the secondary school has to be shifted to Jalan Gombak.

In the year of 1954, under the administration of Mr. Ye Shao Chun (叶少春), the school increased its size to 2,000 students.

On 8 September 1994, Mr. Li Yu Chai (黎煜才) was appointed as the acting principal after the retirement of Mr. Chen Di Long.

On 16 October 1999, Mr. Zhou Fu Chai (周福彩) was appointed as the school principal after the retirement of Mr Chen Bao Wu on 8 August that year.

Mr. Zhou Fu Chai has brought SMJK Chong Hwa to yet another reputable standard in his eight years of serving as the school principal.

Ms. Liu was then transferred to SMK La Salle, Sentul on 23 August 2009, then replaced by Mr. Leong Kum Loy (梁金来).

The academic and co-curriculum performance has also shown tremendous improvement especially in the Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) examinations.