# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/lai-changxing
# Generated: 2026-08-31T14:38:56.663Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/lai-changxing"
name: "Lai Changxing"
slug: "lai-changxing"
description: "Lai Changxing is a Chinese former businessman and entrepreneur. He was the founder and Chairman of Yuanhua Group, based in the Special Economic Zone of Xiamen. He imported foreign products like cars, cigarettes and was responsible for one-sixth of the national oil imports at one time. In the late 1990s, he was implicated in corruption scandals involving a large smuggling ring. By 1999, he was described by several media organizations as \"China's most wanted fugitive\"."
tagline: "Chinese businessman"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "China"
  isoCode: "CN"
category:
  name: "Founders"
  slug: "founders"
profileType:
  name: "Founder"
  slug: "founder"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q131524"
birthDate: "1958-09-15"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           50.58
  momentum:             2.921174652241113
  historical:           7.874206666666666
  currentAttention:     16.22874806800619
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%B3%B4%E6%98%8C%E6%98%9F"
    title: "賴昌星"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%89_%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AC%D9%83%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AC"
    title: "لاى تشانجكسينج"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lai_Changxing"
    title: "Lai Changxing"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lai_Changxing"
    title: "Lai Changxing"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%BC%D5%A1%D5%B5_%D5%89%D5%A1%D5%B6_%D5%B7%D5%AB%D5%B6"
    title: "Լայ Չան շին"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%A0%BC%E6%98%8C%E6%98%9F"
    title: "頼昌星"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B0%D0%B9_%D0%A7%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%BD"
    title: "Лай Чансин"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lai_Changxing"
    title: "Lai Changxing"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B0%D0%B9_%D0%A7%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%BD"
    title: "Лай Чансин"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1800660"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump