Lens Technology () is a Chinese

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headquartered in

Hunan Hunan (, ; ) is a landlocked province of the People's Republic of China, part of the South Central China region. Located in the middle reaches of the Yangtze watershed, it borders the province-level divisions of Hubei to the north, Jiangxi to ...

that engages in the research, development, manufacture, and sale of lens products. It produces and sells touch panel cover glass, touch sensor modules, and touch panel covers. Lens Technology is a member of the

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list with a market cap of over $22 billion as of Jan 2021. Its founder,

Zhou Qunfei Zhou Qunfei (; born 1970) is a Chinese entrepreneur who founded the major touchscreen maker Lens Technology. After the public listing of her company on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange, Shenzhen ChiNext market in March 2015, her net worth reached US$1 ...

, is the world's richest woman whose fortune is self made. In December 2020, the company was reported to be using forced labor from Uyghur

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in their factories. Some workers were given the choice between working at a factory or being sent to a

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{{SZSE 100 Index Chinese companies established in 2003 Manufacturing companies based in Hunan Companies based in Changsha