Zheng Shuliang and her family are ranked No. 63 on the Forbes 2026 World’s Billionaires list, tied with two others, with a net worth of $33.2 billion. She is a vice chairperson of China Hongqiao Group, one of the world’s largest aluminium producers.
Zheng Shuliang was born in 1946 and lives in Binzhou, in China’s Shandong Province. Little biographical detail about her is public, and she has no English Wikipedia entry.
Net Worth and Rank
- Forbes 2026 list: No. 63 (tied with He Xiangjian and Abigail Johnson), with $33.2 billion, listed as “Zheng Shuliang & family”
- Women’s ranking: a search summary of Forbes’ 2026 list of the world’s richest women placed the family 10th with $33.2 billion
Career
- 1996–2001: she held posts at Weiqiao Pioneering Group, including director of its measurement section and of its raw material supply department
- July 2009: joined Shandong Hongqiao
- January 2010: became vice chairperson of China Hongqiao Group
- November 2011: became a director of Weiqiao Aluminum & Power
- September 2020: became chair of the Binzhou Shiping Public Welfare Foundation
The Company
Her husband, Zhang Shiping, was the founder of the Weiqiao group. According to Wikipedia, Zhang Shiping founded Shandong Hongqiao in 1994 as a denim manufacturer, and it began aluminium operations in 2001. In March 2011 China Hongqiao raised $2.2 billion in its Hong Kong initial public offering. Its parent, Shandong Weiqiao Pioneering Group, began as a towel manufacturer, ranked 282nd on the Fortune Global 500 in 2021 and has aluminium operations in Indonesia and Guinea.
Family and Recognition
She and Zhang Shiping have children including their son Zhang Bo. In March 2026 she ranked sixth on the Forbes China Outstanding Businesswomen 100 list.
Why It Matters
China Hongqiao is one of the world’s largest producers of primary aluminium, and the family’s control of the Weiqiao group makes it one of the richest in China.
Net worth figures change daily with share prices. Rankings here follow the Forbes 2026 World’s Billionaires list, with wealth measured on March 1, 2026.
Image: The Yellow River bridge at Binzhou in Shandong, the city where Zheng Shuliang lives (file photo, 2017; she is not pictured). Photo: Lwr1016 / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)
