The title of China’s richest woman has changed hands. According to the female entrepreneur ranking released by the Hurun Research Institute on the 30th, the chairwoman of innovative pharmaceutical giant “Hansoh Pharmaceutical,” 64-year-old Zhong Huijuan and her 38-year-old daughter Sun Yuan, have, for the first time, topped the China female rich list with a net worth of 141 billion RMB (83.283 billion MYR).
The “2025 Hurun Female Entrepreneur List” shows that Zhong Huijuan and her daughter, with a net worth of 141 billion RMB, have replaced Wahaha Group’s 43-year-old Zong Fuli to become the new richest women in China. Zhou Qunfei, 55-year-old chairwoman of Lens Technology, ranks second with 110 billion RMB (64.972 billion MYR), while Zong Fuli ranks third with 87.5 billion RMB (51.683 billion MYR).
Zhong Huijuan graduated with a bachelor’s degree in chemistry from Jiangsu Normal University and started her career as a chemistry teacher in Lianyungang, Jiangsu. After marrying her husband Sun Piaoyang, the founder of Hengrui Medicine (the predecessor of Hansoh Pharmaceutical), she resolutely resigned to join the company and took on corporate management. Over the past 30 years, she led the company from humble beginnings in generic drugs, gradually forging a transformation path focused on the combination of generics and innovation. In the first half of last year, the company achieved revenue of 7.434 billion RMB (4.391 billion MYR), a year-on-year increase of 14.27%.
Compared to the strong growth in the pharmaceutical and technology sectors, female entrepreneurs’ wealth in real estate has declined significantly. Among them, Yang Huiyan, the chairwoman of the board at Country Garden, saw her fortune shrink by 10.5 billion RMB, with her current wealth at just 31.5 billion RMB, ranking 20th after falling 10 places. Her fortune is now only 14% of what it was five years ago—the sharpest decrease among the group. Another representative of the real estate field, Chen Lihua of Fu Wah, also saw her wealth decreased by 8 billion RMB, dropping to 47 billion, and her ranking fell to 11th.