MEDIA RELEASE PR39130 
 
Li Hongxin of Shandong Sun Paper Wins RISI's Asian CEO of the Year Award 
 
SHANGHAI, April 14 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ -- 
 
    RISI, the leading information provider for the global forest products industry, 
today announced that the Chairman of Shandong Sun Paper Industry Joint Stock Co. Ltd, 
Li Hongxin, has been selected as the Asian CEO of the Year for 2010. 
 
 
    The award will be presented to Li Hongxin at RISI's 11th Asian Pulp & Paper 
Outlook Conference in Shanghai, China to be held on June 7-9, 2010. RISI is also 
pleased to announce that Shandong Sun Paper's Chairman will give the keynote speech 
at the conference on June 8, 2010. Speakers from the sector's leading companies and 
associations will be represented at the RISI Conference, including International 
Paper Asia, APP China, the Japan Paper Association, Fibria and many others.  
 
    Li Hongxin was chosen as the RISI 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.  
 
    Analysts noted that they chose Li Hongxin as the winner due to Shandong Sun 
Paper's healthy financial performance and also its exploration in upstream 
development (including forest plantation abroad). Li Hongxin commented, "I feel 
really happy to be awarded the '2010 RISI Asian CEO of the Year Award' and I also 
feel honored and inspired. We will continue to dedicate ourselves to building 
Shandong Sun Paper into an environmental friendly and sustainable company with 
international competitive edge. Along with our peers in the industry, we will 
contribute further to the development of China, Asia and the world's paper industry 
for a prosperous future." 
 
    RISI's Asian CEO of the Year Award was inaugurated in 2008 and was won by Chen 
Hongguo of Shandong Chenming Paper for the first two years in a row. RISI organizes 
four regional CEO awards each year in Europe, Asia, Latin America and North America, 
which are handed out to the winners at the regional RISI conferences. In addition, 
the Global CEO of the Year award is presented at the PPI Awards event, which will be 
held in Brussels on November 16 this year.  
 
    About the RISI Asian Conference 
    The 11th RISI Asian Pulp & Paper Outlook Conference will be held at the Four 
Seasons Hotel in Shanghai, China on June 7-9, 2010. The conference will address some 
of the key issues in today's Asian pulp and paper market. HP, ColorLok, Voith, 
Kadant, and BTG have signed on as official sponsors for the event. Conference 
 
    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, 
 
    About Shandong Sun Paper Industry Joint Stock Co. Ltd 
    Shandong Sun Paper Industry Joint Stock Co. Ltd is one of the leading Chinese and 
Asian papermaking companies and is listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange. As one of 
the top 100 paper producing companies in the world, Shandong Sun Paper is involved in 
various businesses, including papermaking, chemicals, international trade, power, 
scientific research, forestry, investment and some other fields. The company's annual 
pulp and paper capacity totals three million tonnes and Shandong Sun Paper employs a 
staff of 10,000 people. The head office is located in Yanzhou city in Shandong 
Province, and has 15 subsidiaries and affiliates, which are distributing products 
mainly in China, Southeast Asia and the U.S. For more information, visit 
 
 
    Contact: 
    Jennifer Freitas 
    RISI 
    4 Alfred Circle 
    Bedford, MA 01730 USA 
    Tel: +1.781.734.8949 
    jfreitas@risi.com 
 
 
SOURCE: RISI 
 
    CONTACT:  Jennifer Freitas,  
              RISI,  
              +1-781-734-8949,  
              jfreitas@risi.com