China's most wanted

1958

Born in Shaocuo village in Jinjiang, Fujian province, as one of eight children. Receives only three years' formal education and becomes a well digger

1979

With about US$150, opens a factory making car parts with friends - the first of a series of businesses that includes a textile factory, an electronics store, a shipping business, an investment company and a cigarette plant

1991

Emigrates to Hong Kong through adoption by a family friend, despite being 35, but his permanent residency and HKSAR passport are revoked in 2002 by the government, which says he obtained them dishonestly