Paul Cheung Kwok Wing was born in Shenzhen, Guangdong.
Later, he moved to Hong Kong and worked at 3M, an American company, as a warehouse assistant, courier and salesman one after another.
With the financial support from his mother, Paul started his trading business by selling flagstone salt from Guangzhou to Hong Kong.
Later, he founded Kingboard Chemical Holdings and set up factories in Shenzhen for productions of copper-clad laminate.
The production line was then expanded to Dongguan, Huizhou and Qingyuan.