Chenming has approximately 15,700 employees from eight paper mills located at different provinces of China.

As at eight November 2016 the company is in the constituents of SZSE Component Index but not in SZSE 300 Index, making the company was ranked between the 301st to 500th by free float adjusted market capitalization.

In 1993, Chenming took a step further to transform itself from a state owned enterprise to corporation, offering its employees the opportunity to take ownership of the company.

Inspired by the change, Chenming went into a rapid growth phase, buying out many heavily in debt paper mills around China and turned them around by bring in new management skills and advanced technology.

It is the 18th largest company in the paper sector in 2010, with a production of 3.350 million tons.