page_title: Chen Lihua
hierarchical_section_title: Chen Lihua
caption_attribution_description: English: Chen Lihua, China's richest woman, at the 2012 Time 100 gala.
context_page_description: Chen Lihua, rendered Chan Laiwa in Cantonese, is the founder and chairman of Fuwah International Group, one of Beijing's largest commercial property developers. In 2014, Forbes ranked her as the 10th richest mainland Chinese, the richest woman in China, and one of only 19 female billionaires in the world who did not inherit their billionaire status. In 2015, touchscreen entrepreneur Zhou Qunfei surpassed Chen as China's richest woman.
  Chen is the founder and curator of the China Red Sandalwood Museum. She is also known as one of the cultural diplomats of China.
context_section_description: Chen Lihua (simplified Chinese: 陈丽华; traditional Chinese: 陳麗華; born 1941), rendered Chan Laiwa in Cantonese, is the founder and chairman of Fuwah International Group, one of Beijing's largest commercial property developers. In 2014, Forbes ranked her as the 10th richest mainland Chinese, the richest woman in China, and one of only 19 female billionaires in the world who did not inherit their billionaire status. In 2015, touchscreen entrepreneur Zhou Qunfei surpassed Chen as China's richest woman.
  Chen is the founder and curator of the China Red Sandalwood Museum. She is also known as one of the cultural diplomats of China.
caption: Chen Lihua in 2012
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