Ms. Yang is Chairwoman of Esquel Group, a Hong Kong-based textile and apparel manufacturer with operations throughout the world, producing over 110 million cotton shirts every year for well-acclaimed brands and retailers such as Ralph Lauren, Tommy Hilfiger, Hugo Boss, Nike, and Marks and Spencer. The Esquel Group has provided microfinance to 300 rural households in China’s unrest-ridden Xinjiang region, where the privately held company has cotton farming, ginning and spinning operations.