爱华网16年前，当我怀揣着中国社会科学院的经济学硕士学位证，却干起了废纸贸易时，被孤傲儒生的爸爸狠批了一顿。然而，奇特的是，今天，“废纸”同“中国首富”这两个看似相隔千里的词汇却集中在了一个自然人主体上。
作为美国废纸进口中国的第一单成功贸易的操作者，我，现在已是自惭形秽，深叹不如啊！
获大成者，唯勇猛之人，这在中国是个颠扑不破的真理！
之所以我打开了美国废纸进口中国的贸易之门，并为此考察了美国废纸市场，而回国后惨遭嫉妒的同事暗算，又因此弃中国包装总公司这个"耀眼"的国企而单干，皆因年轻而气盛、短视而鲁莽,因此这次赴美考察并与嫉妒同事的吵架便成为了我的滑铁卢战役!为此,我从法盲变成了律师。
当时是“反对资产阶级自由化”和“6.4”事件结束不久，刚刚研究生毕业的我，虽一心想从商，却抓不住机会......
之所以美国废纸进口贸易难做，就是因为美国的废报纸、废杂志上丰富多彩的内容，与当时中国的现状格格不入。因而，进口来的废纸公安局都要监管。其实，正是这些内容和中国尚达不到的纸的高档质量，给中国废纸进口贸易商们带来了巨大的商机。
当年，我做的是废报纸废杂志的进口，当然，现在已经将报纸和杂志分成两类了。当我看到那些所谓“废的”报纸杂志时，我惊呆了，这哪里是废的呀，明明是钢钢的新么!其实，我当时就想过，如果对这些杂志略做处理的话，按新杂志卖，定会市场无限的。
美国的废纸在中国有市场，是因为中国的造纸业原料都是用原木木材的，因而，东北大小兴安岭繁茂的森林已残至暮年。中国贫瘠的木材原料已无法满足日益增长的纸业市场需求，唯有用再生资源代替。
美国废纸的质量几乎是全球最好的，出浆率最高的。
美国政府和行业协会也十分重视废纸的监管，这主要包括美国ISRI行业协会制定的《美国废纸标准》，其中描述了各种废纸的规格指标，掺杂物指标及用途。在中国的行业协会还是哼哼呀呀的官僚机构的年代（90年），美国行业协会能有如此专业性规定，这令中国贸易商和造纸厂不得不肃然起敬，这也是90年以后，越来越多的美国废纸大量进口中国的原因之一。
中国的首富，因为身临其境，了解中国造纸厂的需求，又抓住了美国废纸刚刚开始大量进口中国的良机而成就了今天，中国的造纸厂又以纸浆的价格比较废纸的价格，因而，这之间的价差就成为了贸易商的收入。首富与废纸的联系，不能不感谢中国的机会主义！
Why Achieved China‘s No1 Richest Woman by America‘s Waste Paper?---By Helen Y. Peng
16 years ago, I was criticized deeply by my overbearing scholar father when I engaged in my waster paper import trade with Master Degree in Economics of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences in my pocket. However, it is very peculiar, today, that the two words—“Waster Paper” and “The China‘s No1 Richest”— seem to have no connection, but focus on the same body of natural person.
As the operator of the first successful trading in America‘s waste paper imported to China, now I feel ashamed and deep sigh better!
Been great, but the brave people, this is an irrefutable truth in China
The reason that I opened the door of America‘s waste paper imported to China, and inspected America‘s waste paper market, and gave up working in a shinning state-owned enterprise--China Packing Corporation because of the plot of my envious colleagues after return, was young and spirited, short-sighted and reckless. So that this trip to America and argue battle against my envious colleagues become my “Battle Waterloo”! Therefore, I become a lawyer from an ignoramus of law.
Why America‘s imported waste paper trade is difficult is that the rich and varied content in America‘s waste newspapers and waste magazines is incompatible with the current situation in China at that time. Thus, the import of waste paper must be supervised and regulated by Public Security Bureau of China. In fact, it is these elements and the high quality which Chinese paper still fail to come up to, that bring tremendous opportunities to Chinese import-traders of waste paper.
That time, what I imported is waste newspapers and waste magazines from America. Certainly, waste newspapers and waste magazines are different area. When I saw the so-called "waste" newspapers and magazines, I was amazed. Absolutely, they are very new but not waste .In fact, at that time, I thought if the strategy of these magazines do deal with the case, according to the new magazine, there will be unlimited market.
In China, that America‘s waste paper can share market, is because the raw materials in the paper industry are used from logs of wood, Thus, in Northeast, the lush forests of Daxing‘anling and Xiaoxing‘anling have become Disabled and old age. China barren wood raw materials have failed to meet the growing demand of paper market, but instead of using renewable resources.
America‘s waste paper is almost the best quality all over the word, and pulp out of the maximum rate.
American government and industry associations also attach great importance to waste regulation .ISRI enacted the "American standard paper" which describes the various indicators of waste paper, adulterant indexes and use. As the industry associations in China still hum bureaucratic babble of the 1990s , American industry associations have such professional provision, that make Chinese traders and mills feel humbled . This is one of the reasons that more and more America‘s waste paper is imported to China in large quantities after 1990s.
Chinese No1 richest can make success today, because she Understood the needs of Chinese paper mills personally on the scene, and seized the opportunity when China just begun to import large quantities of America‘s waste paper.Compared the prices of the paper pulp with the prices of waste paper by China‘s paper mills, Consequently, the traders obtain their profits from price difference .The relationship between No1 richest and the waste paper, must be thanks for opportunism of China!
