In May 2008, Zhou Yongjian died of illness at the age of 56. During his serious illness, he spent all his life's income and donated 1 10,000 yuan to set up the Chongqing Calligraphy Award Fund to encourage the inheritance of cutting-edge calligraphy art. As the former deputy editor-in-chief and editor-in-chief of Chongqing Publishing Group, Zhou Yongjian has made great achievements as the chief planner and editor of books. Among them, the series "Printed Style of China in Past Dynasties" won the nomination of the 5th National Book Award and the first prize of the 1st Art Book Award in China.

Zhou Yongjian is a famous calligrapher. Through decades of unremitting exploration and research on ancient calligraphy art, he published two academic monographs on calligraphy, An Overview of Official Calligraphy and An Analysis of Feng Zanqin, with 350,000 words of papers and artistic comments. Two art albums, Zhou Yongjian's Calligraphy Works and Zhou Yongjian's Calligraphy Works, were published, and more than 200 paintings and calligraphy works were published in national newspapers such as People's Daily, China Calligraphy, Art Watch, China Calligraphy and Painting Newspaper and other works published by various publishing houses. His calligraphy works have also participated in many national and international calligraphy exchange exhibitions, such as China Calligraphy Exhibition, the First All-China Calligraphers Exhibition and the Third Tokyo International Calligraphy Exchange Exhibition.

Zhuang said in the preface to the collection of calligraphy and painting: "It is not easy to concentrate on learning art at this time, but it is difficult for those who are materialistic and not depressed. It is difficult to learn art forever, but it is clear. He is self-reliant, so he is a person I often cherish and hold more hopes and expectations. "