Shandong Sun Paper Co., Ltd.

Shandong Sun Paper Co., Ltd., operating as Sun Paper or Sun Paper Group, is a major Chinese integrated forestry-pulp-paper manufacturer founded in 1982 and headquartered in Yanzhou District, Jining City, Shandong Province. The company produces a wide range of paper and pulp products including cultural paper such as coated art and offset paper, packaging paper including kraft linerboard and coated cardstock, household paper products like tissues and toilet paper, specialty papers, and dissolving pulp for viscose and other applications. It also generates electricity and steam, manufactures papermaking chemicals, and engages in trade and seedling cultivation.

The firm operates through an integrated forest-pulp-paper model with three primary bases: Shandong, Guangxi (including the Nanning facility established as a wholly-owned subsidiary in 2022 for an integrated industrial park), and Laos, where it maintains overseas forest assets. Total production capacity exceeds 10 million tons annually of pulp and paper, with ongoing expansions in high-Kappa chemical pulp, packaging paper, and specialty lines. It emphasizes sustainability, biomass materials, and low-carbon operations.

Sun Paper is publicly listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange under code 002078. It forms part of the broader Sun Paper Group structure under controlling shareholder Shandong Sun Holdings Group Co., Ltd., ultimately controlled by the Li family. The company ranks among China's top paper producers and Fortune China 500 firms, positioning it as one of the leading private integrated players in the domestic and international pulp and paper industry with exports to ASEAN and other markets.