Prior to starting her own paper-trading business, Mrs.Yan worked in the textile industry in Guangdong, and then joined a paper-dealing company in Shenzhen. It was in 1985 that she founded Nine Dragons Paper, which has seen a constant growth ever since. By 1990, she expanded the company overseas by opening a counterpart in Los Angeles. With full-time staff of over 18,000 people, Nine Dragons expects to witness an increase in its manufacturing capacity by 21% by % by June 2014 compared with two years earlier.
