Arum, whose fighters include Manny Pacquiao and three-time world champion Miguel Cotto, added: "People here want to see and feel what we do in Las Vegas, on the biggest possible stage, a Pacquiao fight and so forth.
"And that's what we gave them tonight. It cost a lot of money to do all those lights and all that sort of stuff, but that's part of the experience. And the people in China deserve that experience."
Writing in his column for British tabloid The Sun on the eve of Zou's professional bow, boxing promoter Frank Warren conceded that "it seems the sport has chanced upon an untapped but ridiculously lucrative new market".
"Initially it will be dependent upon Zou delivering between the ropes," Warren wrote.
"But with Hall of Famer Bob Arum pulling the promotional strings, he is primed to hit the outside lane to a world-title challenge as early as 2014."
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