Top 400 richest people in China

By Zhang Junmian
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Liang Wengen, chairman of China's heavy machinery maker Sany Group, is the richest person on the Chinese mainland with a net worth of US$ 9.3 billion, moving up from the third spot last year, according to the latest China Rich List released by the Forbes magazine yesterday.

Liang also bragged the top spot of the Hurun Rich List 2011 released Wednesday by the Hurun Research Institute. Beverage tycoon Zong Qinghou of Wahaha, top rich on last year's Forbes China Rich List, slipped to the fifth place this year.

Along with Liang, three other entrepreneurs with Sany, namely, Tang Xiuguo, Mao Zhongwu and Xiang Wenbo, are also included in the list.

Robin Li, co-founder of China's dominant search engine Baidu, came in as the second with a net worth of US$ 9.2 billion. He was followed by Liu Yongxing, chairman of the East Hope Group, China's largest animal feed producer with US$ 6.8 billion.

The number of billionaires among Chinese mainland's richest 400 people rose from 128 last year to a record 146, second only to the U.S. which has 413. The total wealth of these 400 people was US$ 459 billion this year, an eight percent increase from US$423.2 billion a year earlier.


Some thirty of the top 100 on the list are partly or entirely engaged in the real estate area. Of the top 10, three are from the real estate: Liu Yonghao and his family, board chairman of the New Hope Group, partly engaged in real estate; Hu Yajun, chief executive of Longfor Properties; and Xu Jiayin, board chairman of Evergrande Group.

Following are the top 400 richest people on the Chinese mainland as compiled by the Forbes:


Rank

Name

Net Worth ($mil)

Age

Origin of Wealth

1

Liang Wengen

9,300

54

Construction Equipment

2

Robin Li

9,200

42

Baidu

3

Liu Yongxing

6,800

63

Diversified

4

Liu Yonghao & family

6,600

60

Agribusiness

5

Zong Qinghou

6,500

66

Beverages

6

Hui Ka Yan

6,200

52

Real estate

7

Wu Yajun & family

5,900

47

Real estate

8

Zhang Jindong

5,600

48

Retail

9

He Xiangjian

5,500

69

Appliances

10

Qiu Guanghe & family

4,800

59

Retail

11

Yang Huiyan

4,500

29

Real estate

12

Zhou Chengjian

4,400

46

Retail

13

Ma Huateng

4,300

39

Internet

14

Zhang Shiping & family

4,200

64

Minerals, Textiles

15

Wang Jianlin

4,000

57

Real estate

16

Zhang Xin & family

3,300

45

Real estate

17

Wong Kwong Yu & family

3,250

42

Retail

18

Chen Fashu

3,200

50

Diversified

19

Lu Zhiqiang

3,100

59

Diversified

20

Li Shuirong

3,080

55

Petrochemicals

21

Lu Guanqiu & family

3,060

66

Diversified

22

Zhang Zhirong

3,000

42

Shipbuilding

23

Li Li

2,900

47

Pharmaceuticals

24

Sun Guangxi

2,800

48

Diversified

25

William Ding

2,760

39

Internet

26

Huang Wei & family

2,750

51

Real Estate

27

Guo Guangchang

2,740

44

Diversified

28

Chen Jianhua & family

2,500

40

Manufacturing

29

Hui Wing Mau

2,400

61

Real Estate

30

Zhu Gongshan

2,300

53

Solar Energy

31

Zhu Yicai & family

2,260

47

Diversified

32

Chan Laiwa & family

2,230

70

Real Estate

33

Chu Lam Yiu

2,200

41

Flavorings

34

Liu Zhongtian

2,010

47

Metal Processors

35

Shen Guojun

2,000

49

Retail

36

Sze Man Bok

1,980

61

Consumer Products

37

Hui Lin Chit

1,940

58

Consumer Products

38

Gong Hongjia & family

1,930

46

Electronics

39

Jack Ma

1,900

46

Internet

40

Wang Muqing

1,860

60

Auto Distribution

41

Meng Qingshan & family

1,850

62

Chemicals

42

Shi Yuzhu

1,830

48

diversified

43

Chen Ningning & family

1,800

40

Investments

44

Shen Wenrong

1,790

65

Steel

45

Wu Yiling & family

1,730

61

Pharmaceuticals

46

Zhang Zhidong

1,720

39

Internet

47

Jiang Bin

1,710

44

Electronics

48

Gao Dekang & family

1,700

59

Apparel

49

Liang Qingde & family

1,690

74

Appliances

50

He Qiaonv & family

1,680

45

Landscape Architecture

51

Zhou Furen & family

1,670

54

Diversified

52

Ma Xingtian & family

1,610

42

Dharmaceuticals

53

Sit Kwong Lam

1,600

43

Oil Transportation

54

Zhang Guiping

1,540

60

Real Estate

55

Huang Zelan

1,530

56

Metals

56

Wang Chuanfu

1,520

45

Auto

57

Wang Yusuo & family

1,510

47

Energy, Real Estate

57

Song Zuowen

1,510

64

Diversified

59

Zhang Li

1,500

58

Real Estate

60

Li San Yim & family

1,490

61

Manufacturing

61

Zhang Hongwei

1,480

56

Diversified

61

Pang Qinghua

1,480

55

Auto Distribution

63

Ye Chenghai & family

1,470

68

Pharmaceuticals

64

Huang Maoru & family

1,460

46

Retail

65

Zhu Xingliang

1,450

52

Interior Decorating

65

Fu Guangming & family

1,450

57

Poultry

67

Lin Xiucheng & family

1,440

55

Electronics

68

Tang Xiuguo

1,430

47

Construction Equipment

69

Huang Rulun

1,410

59

Real Estate

70

Tong Jinquan

1,400

56

Real Estate

71

Wong Luen Hei

1,380

49

Manufacturing

72

Lin Congying

1,370

50

Apparel

73

Huang Yi

1,360

49

Auto Distribution

74

Lin Li

1,350

48

Investments

75

Chen Zhuolin & family

1,340

49

Real Estate

76

Zan Shengda

1,320

48

Diversified

77

Liu Gexin

1,310

60

Pharmaceuticals

77

Ding Xinxin & family

1,310

53

Decoration

79

Xiang Wenbo

1,290

49

Construction Equipment

79

Mao Zhongwu

1,290

49

Construction Equipment

81

Yuan Zhimin & family

1,280

50

Plastics, Investment

82

Wu Guangming & family

1,270

49

Medical Equipment

83

Xu Jingren & family

1,260

66

Pharmaceuticals

84

Huang Shaowu

1,250

40

Retail

84

Fang Wei

1,250

37

Manufacturing

86

Liu Zhiqiang & family

1,240

46

Diversified

87

Li Shufu

1,230

48

Auto

87

Che Jianxin

1,230

45

Retail

89

Huang Shih Tsai

1,220

60

Real Estate

90

Wang Wenjing

1,210

46

Software

90

Jiang Rensheng

1,210

57

Pharmaceuticals

90

Huo Qinghua

1,210

50

Coal

93

Sun Piaoyang

1,200

52

Pharmaceuticals

93

Liu Qiangdong

1,200

37

E-Commerce

95

Liu Zaiwang & family

1,190

39

Decoration

96

Yan Zhi

1,180

38

Real Estate

96

Liu Canglong

1,180

56

Diversified

96

Du Jiangtao & family

1,180

41

Chemicals, Power

99

Yu Awu & family

1,170

69

Jewelry

99

Cho Tak Wong & family

1,170

65

Manufacturing


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