2004 China Philanthropists List
Chen Weidong - 2004 China Philanthropists List:No.9
| 2003 donations: | 3,010,000 |
| causes： | health care |
| age: | 41 |
| birthplace: | Guangdong |
| company: | Wanji Group |
| head office: | Guangdong |
| industry: | Health care products and pharmaceuticals |
| personal info: | Continuing to consolidate its health care products business, Wanji this year has unsuccessfully tried to acquire a second spirits business. Whilst Wanji’s key products include its flagship ginseng health care range, a menopause product, milk powder and a bird nest range, it also has interests in department stores and recently real estate. With sales in 2002 of $240 million, Wanji has 10,000 employees. A former Shenzhen government official, the low-key Chen in 1991 was selling pharmaceuticals on his bicycle, the following year winning approval to set up a pharmaceutical factory and starting with ginseng in 1994. |
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