Zhang Yin (entrepreneur)

Zhang Yin (Cheung Yan)
张茵
Born
Zhang Xiuhua[1]

1957 (age 66–67)
Shaoguan, Guangdong, China
NationalityChinese
Other namesQueen of Trash [2]
OccupationEntrepreneur
TitleFounder and director of Nine Dragons Paper Holdings
SpouseLiu Ming Chung (second husband)
Children2
In this Chinese name, the family name is Zhang.

Zhang Yin (Chinese: 张茵; born 1957 in Shaoguan, Guangdong with family roots in Heilongjiang), also known as Cheung Yan according to the Cantonese pronunciation of her name, is a Chinese entrepreneur and one of the richest people in greater China.[3] She currently ranks as the fourth richest woman in Mainland China, and 24th richest overall, according to the Hurun Report China Rich List 2013.[4] She is the founder and director of the family company Nine Dragons Paper Holdings Limited, a recycling company that buys scrap paper from the United States, imports it into China, and mainly turns it into cardboard for use in boxes to export Chinese goods. The company is China's biggest paper maker.

In January 2007, it was reported that Zhang was also a member of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, a political advisory body for the Chinese government.[5]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference ny was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Osnos, Evan (30 March 2009). "Wastepaper Queen". The New Yorker. Retrieved 26 July 2016.
  3. ^ Will Hutton (15 October 2006). "Thanks to Mao, Zhang Yin's a billionaire". The Guardian. London.
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  5. ^ Cardboard puts woman at top of China's rich list, The Standard, 17 January 2007 Archived 12 June 2012 at the Wayback Machine