| 1 | In 1996, she set up the Nine Dragons Paper Industries Co., Ltd. in Dongguan of Guangdong Province. | |
| 2 | Second place went to Zhang Yin and family, owners of the paper recycler Nine Dragons Paper, while in third place was Xu Rongmao and family, the owners of the Shimao property group. | |
| 3 | Flannery said Forbes calculated Zhang's wealth separately from the stakes that her husband and brother own in Nine Dragons. | |
| 4 | The head of Nine Dragons Paper, China's largest packaging maker, was previously one of only 10 self-made female billionaires in the world. | |
| 5 | Flavored drinks magnate Zong Qinghou, of Wahaha, tops the list, followed by pharmaceutical tycoon Li Li and China's richest woman, "Paper Queen" Zhang Yin, of Nine Dragons Paper. |