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Youngor Group

Youngor Group (雅戈尔集团) is a Chinese textile and apparel group founded in 1979 in Ningbo, Zhejiang, whose men's shirts and suits have led national market share for decades.

Youxuetianxia

Youxuetianxia, formally Shenzhen Youxuetianxia Education Development, is a Chinese education electronics company in Shenzhen, founded in 2011 by Tang Benguo and known for the Uxuepai student tablet.

YTO Express Group

YTO Express Group, also called Yuantong Express, is a Shanghai-headquartered Chinese express delivery company founded in 2000 by Yu Huijiao, China's second-largest courier by parcel volume, with its own cargo airline.

Yu Awu

Yu Awu (虞阿五, born 1941) is a Chinese jewelry manufacturer who founded the Ming Jewelry factory in Shaoxing, Zhejiang, in 1987 and chairs its listed company.

Yu Huijiao

Yu Huijiao (喻会蛟) is the Chinese founder, chairman, and controlling shareholder of YTO Express (圆通速递), the Shanghai-headquartered express-delivery company he started in 2000 with RMB 50,000 and led to a 2016 stock listing.

Yu Weijiao

Yu Weijiao (喻渭蛟) is a Chinese entrepreneur, a native of Tonglu, Zhejiang, who founded YTO Express in Shanghai in 2000 with 50,000 borrowed yuan and chairs the company.

Yue Xianyang

Yue Xianyang (乐显扬) was a Qing dynasty imperial physician in Beijing who founded the Tongrentang medicine room in 1669, a pharmacy brand over 300 years old.

Yunda Express

Yunda Express (韵达快递) is one of China's largest franchised express-delivery companies, founded in Shanghai in 1999 by the married couple Nie Tengyun and Chen Liying, who remain its controlling shareholders.

Yunnan Baiyao Group

Yunnan Baiyao Group (云南白药) is a Chinese pharmaceutical and consumer-health company based in Kunming, Yunnan, listed in Shenzhen since 1993 and known for its state-secret wound-healing remedy created in 1902.

Zhan Jisheng

Zhan Jisheng (詹际盛) is a Chinese express-delivery entrepreneur from Chun'an, Zhejiang, who co-founded STO Express's predecessor in 1993 and founded Tiantian Express in Hangzhou in 1994.

Zhang Chuanwei (Ming Yang Smart Energy Group)

Zhang Chuanwei (张传卫), born in 1962, is a Chinese entrepreneur who founded and leads Mingyang Smart Energy, a Zhongshan-based wind turbine maker, starting the business in 1993 with 12,000 yuan.

Zhang Hong (businesswoman)

Zhang Hong (张红), born 1974, is an Australian businesswoman who, with her husband Li Yifeng, is an actual controller of Bear Electric Appliance, a Shenzhen-listed small-appliance maker.

Zhang Hongchao

Zhang Hongchao (张红超) is the founder and executive chairman of MIXUE Group, which he began in 1997 as a shaved-ice stall in Zhengzhou and grew into the world's largest freshly-made drinks chain.

Zhang Hongfu

Zhang Hongfu (张红甫) is a Chinese entrepreneur who co-founded Mixue Group, the Zhengzhou-based freshly-made-drink chain, and was its chief executive officer from December 2017 until March 2026.

Zhang Jindong

Zhang Jindong (张近东) is a Chinese retail entrepreneur who founded Suning in Nanjing in 1990, building it into one of China's largest appliance and electronics retailers.

Zhang Liaoyuan

Zhang Liaoyuan (章燎原), born 1976, is a Chinese businessman who founded the Wuhu-based snack company Three Squirrels in 2012, serving as its chairman, controlling shareholder, and actual controller.

Zhang Ruimin

Zhang Ruimin (张瑞敏), born 1949 in Shandong, is the founder of Haier, the Chinese appliance group, which he led from 1984 to 2021 and created the RenDanHeYi management model.

Zhang Songxian

Zhang Songxian (张颂贤, 1817–1892) was a Chinese silk and salt merchant of Nanxun, Zhejiang, who exported Jili silk from Shanghai and became Zhejiang's largest salt monopolist.

Zhang Xiaojuan

Zhang Xiaojuan (张小娟, born 1969) is a Chinese businesswoman who co-founded YTO Express with her husband Yu Huijiao in Shanghai in 2000 and serves as a director of the listed company.

Zhang Xin

Zhang Xin (张新) is a Chinese industrialist who founded and chairs TBEA, a power-equipment and new-energy group in Changji, Xinjiang, listed in Shanghai since 1997.

Zhang Yin (businesswoman)

Zhang Yin (张茵, Cheung Yan) is a Chinese entrepreneur who founded Nine Dragons Paper and became China's first woman to top the 2006 Hurun Rich List.

Zhang Yong (restaurateur)

Zhang Yong (张勇) is a Chinese restaurant entrepreneur, born in 1971, who co-founded the Haidilao hot pot chain in 1994 and built it into a global chain.

Zhang Zhixiang

Zhang Zhixiang (张志祥), born 1967, is a Chinese steel entrepreneur who founded and leads Beijing Jianlong Heavy Industry Group, which ranked 7th among world steelmakers in 2024.

Zhangzhou Pien Tze Huang Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.

Zhangzhou Pien Tze Huang Pharmaceutical (漳州片仔癀药业) is a Chinese traditional-medicine manufacturer in Zhangzhou, Fujian, sole producer of the state-secret formula Pien Tze Huang, listed in Shanghai since 2003.

Zhao Ding

Zhao Ding (赵定) is a Chinese snacks entrepreneur who founded Zhao Yiming Snacks in Yichun, Jiangxi in 2019, and is deputy chairman of Busy Ming Group.

Zhao Hongze

Zhao Hongze (赵宏泽, born 1976) is a Taiwan-born restaurateur who co-founded Lao Wang, the Shanghai-based Cantonese pork-tripe-chicken hotpot chain, with childhood friend Liao Zhiwei; it grew to roughly 150 restaurants.

Zhejiang Liziyuan Food Co., Ltd.

Zhejiang Liziyuan Food Co., Ltd., shortened to Liziyuan (李子园), is a Chinese dairy-beverage maker founded by Li Guoping in Jinhua, Zhejiang, best known for its sweet bottled milk drink.

Zhejiang Meida Industrial

Zhejiang Meida Industrial (浙江美大) is a Chinese kitchen-appliance maker in Haining, Zhejiang, credited with China's first integrated stove in 2003, listed in Shenzhen since 2012 under code 002677.

Zhejiang Ming Jewelry

Zhejiang Ming Jewelry (明牌珠宝) is a Chinese jewelry maker and retailer in Shaoxing, Zhejiang, founded in 1987 and listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange since 2011.

Zhejiang Rongsheng Holding Group

Zhejiang Rongsheng Holding Group (浙江荣盛控股集团) is a private Chinese petrochemical conglomerate headquartered in Hangzhou and chaired by founder Li Shuirong, ranked 115th on the 2026 Fortune Global 500.