Explore popular quotes and sayings by a Chinese businesswoman Zhang Yin.
Last updated on December 22, 2024.
Zhang Yin, also known as Cheung Yan according to the Cantonese pronunciation of her name, is a Chinese entrepreneur and one of the richest persons in greater China. She currently ranks as the fourth richest woman in Mainland China, and 24th richest overall, according to the Hurun Report China Rich List 2013. 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 the '80s and '90s, China went through a giant change. It needed all resources. At the time, I was in the recycled paper business, and I realized the China market was a blank slate.
Waste paper is like a forest - paper recycles itself, generation after generation.
I went to the U.S. for business because I thought America is a big consuming country, although it's not an overconsuming country.
My desire has always been to be the leader in an industry.
Some day, I'd like to be known as the queen of containerboards.