1. Chen Lihua, rendered Chan Laiwa in Cantonese, is the founder and chairman of Fuwah International Group, one of Beijing's largest commercial property developers.
10 Facts About Chen Lihua
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Chen Lihua is the founder and curator of the China Red Sandalwood Museum.
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Chen Lihua was born in 1941 in the Summer Palace of Beijing, China.
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Chen Lihua is a descendant of a noble Manchu family of the Qing dynasty.
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Poverty forced Chen Lihua to leave high school and started her own furniture repair business.
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Chen Lihua founded Fuwah International Group in the early 1990s.
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In recent years, Chen Lihua has handed over daily management of her ventures to her son, preferring to concentrate on her museum instead.
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Chen Lihua founded the China Red Sandalwood Museum in 1999, where she invested 20 Billion Yuan.
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Chen Lihua attributed her love of red sandalwood from the childhood years she spent in Summer Palace, where furnishings are made of the timber.
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Chen Lihua has donated sandalwood works to museums around the world.