A female businesswoman and shop owner prepares items in her store in Shanghai. (Photo : Reuters)
At least 15 Chinese women have made it to Forbes’ Asia Power Businesswomen for the year, besting competitors from 16 countries and regions in Asia.
The Forbes list also includes two female businesswomen from China's global e-commerce firm Alibaba. The entries represented women who came from a wide range of industries, including fields often dominated by males such as manufacturing and information technology.
Included in the list of Chinese women are two female executives of Alibaba. They are Lucy Peng, the company's co-founder responsible for putting up Ant Financial, whose potential IPO may be valued at $50 billion. Another one is Maggie Wu, Alibaba's chief financial officer who helped the firm made the record-breaking IPO sale of $21.8 billion on the New York Stock Exchange in September last year.
Enid Huey-Chin Tsai is also on the list. She works for Hiwin Technology in Taiwan, a company engaged in the manufacture of industrial robots.
Others in the list include Zhang Xin, co-founder and CEO of Soho China; Sonia Cheng, CEO for Hong Kong's Rosewood Hotel Group and executive director of New World Development; and Xu Xin, founder of Capital Today.
Cheng Xue, a newcomer, was also listed. She works for Foshan Haitian Flavouring & Food, the country's Heinz counterpart.
Last year, the Hurun Research Institute conducted a study which revealed that 19 Chinese women were members of the world's self-made female billionaire club, three of them in the top spots.
Also in the Forbes' list of "women to watch" or rising stars in business include 12 Asian women. Jean Liu, president of Didi Dache, a taxi-hailing app, is included. Other stars include Liu Hanyu, founder and CEO of yidianer.com, China's first online art gallery that accepts online payments; and Xin Li, Christie's Asia deputy chairman.
