Who are China’s new mainland 500 richest people?

The first ranking list covering the global Chinese richest people was recently released by the World Outstanding Chinese Business Association. It took a month to conduct various statistics on the top 500 Chinese richest people in the world, and invited Professor Qi Jianguo from the Institute of Quantitative Economics and Technical Economics of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences to conduct an in-depth analysis of the statistical results. In the statistics, the reporter found that 30% of the rich Chinese in the top 500 have their ancestral home in Guangdong and Zhejiang.

Age structure: There are many rich people between 41 and 60 years old

The reporter compiled various data on the top 500 Chinese richest people in the world and found that there are 260 rich people between 41 and 60 years old, the largest number. Moreover, a group of young rich people have emerged, including two under the age of 30.

The youngest among them is Li Zhaohui of Shanxi Haixin Group, who is engaged in the steel industry, and is only 25 years old. The oldest is 98-year-old Lien Yingzhou, who runs Singapore's United Overseas Bank.

Experts analyze that the age distribution is very reasonable and there are two ways for young people to make a fortune

The ancestral origins of Guangdong and Zhejiang account for 30%

In the rankings, 78 people are from Guangdong. , tops the list; there are 75 people from Zhejiang, ranking second. People from Guangdong and Zhejiang account for 30% of the total. There are 16 rich people from Beijing, ranking seventh.

Experts analyze that the congenital factors are mostly external influences

Thirty percent of the Chinese rich are originally from Zhejiang, Guangdong. First, they have a natural business acumen, but more often than not, they have a natural business acumen. Caused by external economic structure and economic policies.

Professor Qi said that three of my country’s four reform and opening up special zones are in Guangdong, and the most open areas are often the first to succeed.

Zhejiang is the region with the most developed private economy, so there will inevitably be more wealthy people.

Top 10 people by ancestral home of the rich

1. 78 people from Guangdong 2. 75 people from Zhejiang 3. 56 people from Fujian 4. 43 people from Jiangsu 5. 27 people from Shandong 6. 22 people from Shanghai 7. Beijing 16 people 7. Sichuan 16 people 9. Shanxi 12 people 10. Hebei 11 people

Regional distribution Chinese rich people are distributed in 19 countries and regions

The top 500 Chinese richest people are located in the region It is widely distributed, with total distribution in 19 countries and regions around the world. In addition to Asia (476 people), America is the region with the largest number of Chinese rich people, with 16 Chinese rich people concentrated in it, followed by 2 people in Europe and 6 people in Oceania.

Expert analysis: There is asymmetry between the personal assets of the rich and the scale of the business

Professor Qi Jianguo said that the size of the business and the personal assets of entrepreneurs are not necessarily symmetrical. Chinese enterprises are distributed in different countries and regions. The differences in basic systems, economic systems and development levels of these countries and regions are an important reason for this asymmetry.

Traditionally speaking, Southeast Asia has always been an area where the Chinese economy is relatively active, so in this area, the number of companies and the number of wealthy people are basically proportional and symmetrical; however, in Europe and the United States, although there are a large number of Chinese economy, but most of them are based on small-scale operations such as the catering industry; there are also many Chinese in this area who have rapidly grown into leaders in the IT economy in recent years, but the accumulation of personal wealth has not been that fast.

As for the United States and Canada in the Americas, since these two countries are immigrant countries and have more opportunities for social development, it is relatively easy to obtain wealth and become rich. But in America, relatively speaking, there are more Chinese rich people. In fact, they are far from occupying the dominant position in the local economy.

Ranking comparison: There are no mainlanders in the top 30

Among the top 500, the top 10 are almost occupied by Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan. Li Ka-shing of Hong Kong Cheung Kong Holdings (Group) Co., Ltd. remains the richest Chinese with assets of 150.4 billion yuan, while the Kwok Bing-xiang brothers of Sun Hung Kai Properties and Lee Shau-kee of Henderson Land ranked second and third respectively.

Among the top 30, no one from mainland China was shortlisted. The top rankings in mainland China are only the 36th-ranked Jiangsu tycoon Shi Zhengrong (with assets of 15 billion yuan) and the 38th-ranked Beijing tycoon Huang Guangyu (with assets of 14 billion yuan).

Experts analyze that after more than ten years of development, mainland China’s ranking will improve

Professor Qi said that the current situation is indeed the case, “But in 10 or 15 years, we will wait for a group of mainland rich people When you start to really enter the financial field, a ranking jump is just around the corner."

Compared with mainland rich people, the total assets of the top 500 Chinese billionaires exceed 2.4 trillion yuan, of which Hong Kong is on the list. The total assets of the 49 richest people reached more than 700 billion yuan, accounting for 29.2%.

Although there are 350 rich people from the Mainland selected, more than seven times the number of Hong Kong rich people, their total assets are not as good as those of Hong Kong rich people, accounting for only 27.4% of the total assets.

Expert analysis: Hong Kong has accumulated wealth earlier than mainland wealthy people have great potential

Professor Qi said that Hong Kong began to accumulate wealth very early. The mainland's economy only started to accumulate in the 1990s, and its scale is relatively small, so capital accumulation is not that large.

He said: “However, we should be optimistic. There are not only a large number of wealthy people in the mainland, but also development prospects. All they need is time.

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