Cui Lijie (; born c. 1959) is a Chinese billionaire businesswoman, Hong Kong citizen, and majority owner of
Imperial Pacific.
Background
Originally from
Harbin
Harbin, ; zh, , s=哈尔滨, t=哈爾濱, p=Hā'ěrbīn; IPA: . is the capital of Heilongjiang, China. It is the largest city of Heilongjiang, as well as being the city with the second-largest urban area, urban population (after Shenyang, Lia ...
,
Heilongjiang
Heilongjiang is a province in northeast China. It is the northernmost and easternmost province of the country and contains China's northernmost point (in Mohe City along the Amur) and easternmost point (at the confluence of the Amur and Us ...
, China, she is a former
barefoot doctor
Barefoot doctors () were healthcare providers who underwent basic medical training and worked in rural villages in China. They included farmers, folk healers, rural healthcare providers, and recent middle or secondary school graduates who receiv ...
who worked in the countryside.
In 1988, she invested in an auto parts and equipment factory serving a military school in Harbin.
She later invested in pawnshop lending and real estate.
Career
She and her son Ji Xiaobo () became involved in the
Macau
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