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Opple Lighting

Opple Lighting (欧普照明) is a Chinese home and commercial lighting manufacturer founded in 1996 by the married couple Wang Yaohai and Ma Xiuhui, now headquartered in Shanghai and listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange.

Ou Jinfeng

Ou Jinfeng (欧锦锋, born 1978) is a Chinese businessman who founded Higold Group, a home hardware and outdoor furniture maker based in Shunde, Foshan, Guangdong, which listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange in 2025.

Pan Gang

Pan Gang (潘刚, born 1970) is a Chinese dairy executive who joined Yili in 1992, led it to Asia's first dairy company with revenue over RMB 100 billion.

Pan Laican

Pan Laican (潘来灿) is a Chinese businessman and top-ten shareholder of Foshan Haitian, China's largest condiment maker, who trained as a traditional soy-sauce brewer under Xu Fangqiu.

Pan Ning

Pan Ning (潘宁) was a Chinese industrialist who founded the Pearl River Refrigerator Factory in 1984 and built it into Kelon, maker of China's best-selling Ronshen refrigerator.

Pan Quanzhi

Pan Quanzhi (潘权枝) is a Chinese entrepreneur, one of the seven co-founders of the kitchen appliance maker Vatti, founded in Zhongshan, Guangdong, in April 1992, and father of Vatti's chairman Pan Yejiang.

Pan Yejiang

Pan Yejiang (潘叶江, born 1977) is a Chinese businessman who chairs Vatti Corporation, a kitchen appliance maker in Zhongshan, Guangdong, becoming its actual controller in 2014.

Pang Kang

Pang Kang (庞康), born 1956, is a Chinese businessman who joined the Haitian soy sauce factory in 1982 and led its maker, Foshan Haitian Flavouring & Food, as chairman until 2024.

Pang Yunjing

Pang Yunjing (庞云鏳, 1833–1889) was a Chinese silk merchant of Nanxun who built the Pang Yitai silk export business and founded the Pang Zide medicine house.

Peak Sport Products

Peak Sport Products (匹克, PEAK) is a Chinese sportswear company founded in 1989 in Quanzhou, Fujian, by Xu Jingnan, known for basketball shoes, NBA endorsements, and its Taichi cushioning line.

Peng Xin

Peng Xin (彭心, born 1987) is a Chinese entrepreneur who co-founded the premium tea chain Nayuki in Shenzhen with her husband Zhao Lin in 2014.

Pop Mart

Pop Mart (泡泡玛特) is a Beijing-based designer-toy company founded by Wang Ning in 2010, known for blind-box collectible figures such as Molly and Labubu; it listed in Hong Kong in 2020.

Proya Cosmetics

Proya Cosmetics (珀莱雅), known as Proya, is a Hangzhou-based Chinese cosmetics group founded by Hou Juncheng that has been China's largest homegrown beauty brand by revenue since 2023.

Qian Cheng

Qian Cheng (钱程), also known as David Cheng Qian, is a Canadian-Chinese executive who serves as Vice Chairman of Ecovacs Robotics and CEO of its service-robot business.

Qian Jinbo

Qian Jinbo (钱金波) is a Chinese businessman, founder and chairman of Zhejiang Red Dragonfly Footwear, the Wenzhou shoe company he built from 1995 and listed in 2015.

Qin Shuguang

Qin Shuguang (秦曙光) is a Chinese electronics executive who has been chairman and CEO of Readboy Education Holding, a Zhongshan-based maker of K12 learning devices, since 2021.

Qin Yinglin

Qin Yinglin (秦英林, born 1965) is the founder of Muyuan Foods, China's largest pig farmer, which he built from 22 pigs in 1992 into the world's biggest hog producer.

Readboy

Readboy (读书郎) is a Chinese smart learning device maker founded in 1999 in Zhongshan, Guangdong, known for student tablets and listed in Hong Kong since 2022.

Red Dragonfly

Red Dragonfly (Hongqingting) is a Chinese footwear and leather-goods company founded by Qian Jinbo in 1995 in Yongjia, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, listed in Shanghai since 2015.

Red Star Macalline

Red Star Macalline (红星美凯龙) is a Chinese home furnishing mall operator founded by Che Jianxin, who opened a Changzhou furniture workshop in 1986; at its 2016 peak it ran 200 malls, the world's largest portfolio.

Reignwood Group

Reignwood Group (华彬集团) is a private conglomerate founded by Yan Bin in Thailand in 1984, anchored in China by its Red Bull beverage business and diversified into property, golf clubs, and aviation.

Ren Fujia

Ren Fujia (任富佳, born 1983) is a Chinese executive, chairman and general manager of kitchen appliance maker Hangzhou Robam Appliances, son of founder Ren Jianhua.

Ren Jianhua

Ren Jianhua (任建华, born 1956) founded Robam Appliances in Hangzhou, a kitchen appliance maker listed in Shenzhen in 2010, and was its chairman until 2026.

Ren Luozhong

Ren Luozhong (任罗忠, born 1962) is a Chinese appliance executive who served as director and deputy general manager of Robam Appliances, then chaired its board of supervisors.

Robam Appliances

Robam Appliances, also known as ROBAM or 老板电器, is a Chinese kitchen appliance maker headquartered in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, founded by Ren Jianhua and listed in Shenzhen in 2010.

Rong Yaozhong

Rong Yaozhong (荣耀中) is a Chinese entrepreneur, born in 1950 in Wuxi, Jiangsu, who founded Shanghai Totole Food in 1988 and invented chicken essence seasoning in 1984.

Ruan Liping

Ruan Liping (阮立平) is a Chinese businessman, born in 1964, who founded the electrical-accessories maker Bull Group in Cixi, Zhejiang, in 1995 and serves as its chairman.

Ruan Xueping

Ruan Xueping (阮学平, born 1972) is a Chinese businessman who co-founded Gongniu Group, the Cixi, Zhejiang maker of power strips and wall switches, and serves as its vice chairman.

Ruan Zhenhua

Ruan Zhenhua (阮振华), born in 1989, is a Chinese executive who is president of Jack Holding Group and vice chairman of Shanghai-listed Jack Technology, a leading industrial sewing machine maker.

Sacon Group

Sacon Group (帅康), formally Zhejiang Sacon Electric, is a Chinese kitchen-appliance manufacturer founded in 1984 in Yuyao, Zhejiang, known for range hoods and water heaters.