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This was the first major test for the world number 7 of Taiwan, but he beat Lee 38 in just 31 minutes.
"My opponent slowed down in the second game, and I managed to take advantage of it," said Chou after the match.
He will face Chinese Qiao Bin at the Singapore Indoor Stadium on Saturday while his compatriot Hsu Jen Hao will face Vietnamese Nguyen Tien Minh.
B Sai Praneeth, defending champion of the men's singles, collapsed on the first day of the tournament after being beaten by the Japanese Yu Igarashi 16-21, 21-16, 21-18.
The Singapore tournament is the last of four competitions held over several weeks for the world championships from July 30 to August 5 in Nanjing.
This resulted in the lack of power of stars like world number one Viktor Axelsen from Denmark and Malaysian number two Lee Chong Wei, who chose to miss Singapore.
On the women's side, Thailand's Nitchaon Jindapol resisted a crazy challenge from Taiwan's Chen Su-yu 25-23, 21-16 to secure a spot in the semi-finals.
Repeating the Uber Cup semifinal match, Nitchaon will face Chinese Gao Fangjie who toppled fellow countryman Cai Yanyan 16-21, 21-16, 24-22.
Mixed Doubles Olympic champions Tontowi Ahmad and Liliyana Natsir maintained dominance in their competition with a comfortable 21-16, 21-15 victory over Reginald Lee and Chau Hoi-wah of Hong Kong.
They will face Indonesian compatriots Akbar Bintang Cahyono and Winny Oktavina Kandow in the semifinals.
In men's doubles, Ou Xuanyu and Xiangyu Ren beat Malaysian duo Mohamad Arif Abdul Latif and Nur Mohd Azriyn Ayub 9-21, 21-16, 21-15, and will face compatriots Han Chengkai and Zhou Haodong on Saturday.
In the women's doubles, seeded Jongkolphan Kititharakul and Rawinda Prajongjai of Thailand sent Chinese Tang Jinhua and Yu Xiaohan in a tight match, beating them 21-19, 26-24.
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