Chen Hongguo of Shandong Chenming Group Wins RISI's Asian CEO of the Year Award for the
Second Time in a Row
SHANGHAI, May 13 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ --
RISI, the leading information provider for the global forest products industry, today announced that
Shandong Chenming's Chairman, Chen Hongguo has been selected for the second time as the Asian
CEO of the Year.
The award will be presented at RISI's 10th Asian Pulp & Paper Outlook Conference in Shanghai,
China to be held on June 8-10, 2009. Chen Hongguo was chosen as the Asian CEO of the Year by a
group of investment analysts and portfolio managers covering the forest products industry. The
analysts responded to a survey organized by RISI and the criteria for nomination included leadership,
vision and strategic accomplishment.
One leading analyst said, "We are voting for Mr. Chen Hongguo from Shandong Chenming Paper
Holding Ltd. for his effort to invest heavily in upstream integration, and his commitment to innovation
and environmental
practices by doing this."
Shandong Chenming is currently number 43 on the PPI Top 100 list of global pulp and paper
company has invested in new pulp and paper facilities over the past few years and recently unveiled
plans to install a new 450,000 tonne/yr fine paper machine at a greenfield mill in Zhanjiang city,
Guangdong province, China.
Chen Hongguo commented, "I'd like to say thanks to RISI and also to friends who championed
Shandong Chenming Group to receive the 'RISI Asian CEO of the Year Award' again this year.
Meanwhile, I will take this award as encouragement to make the group stronger and bigger, together
with the efforts of the management team. We want to turn Chenming into a world renowned brand in
the paper industry in order to show our thanks to people who have given us support."
About the RISI Asian Conference
The 10th RISI Asian Pulp & Paper Outlook Conference will be held in Shanghai, China on June 8-10,
2009. Westerlund has signed on as an official sponsor for the event. Conference programs and
registration details are
About RISI
RISI is the leading information provider for the global forest products industry. The company works
with clients in the pulp and paper, wood products, timber, tissue, nonwovens, printing and publishing
industries to
help them make better decisions.
Headquartered in Boston (Bedford), Massachusetts, RISI operates offices in Brussels, Belgium;
Atlanta, Georgia; San Francisco, California; Portland, Oregon; Sao Paulo, Brazil; Shanghai, China;
Singapore; Helsinki, Finland; and Charlottesville, Virginia. More information can be found at
Contact:
Jennifer Rahall
RISI
4 Alfred Circle
Bedford, MA 01730 USA
Tel: +1.781.734.8949
jrahall@risiinfo.com
SOURCE: RISI
CONTACT: Jennifer Rahall of RISI,
+1-781-734-8949,
jrahall@risiinfo.com
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