Tycoon Li Ka-shing may
have made his billions in Hong Kong and around the world but he is No1
with mainland residents, who have voted him China's most impressive
entrepreneur.
Li topped a list of China's 10 most impressive Chinese business people
in a poll of 4,236 residents in 10 cities across the country, including
Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou.
The other nine achievers are all mainland entrepreneurs.
Second on the list is Zhang Ruimin, of white goods manufacturing giant
Haier Group.
At No 3 is Liu Yonghao, of the privately run New Hope Group, who Forbes
says is the mainland's richest man.
He is followed by Liu Chuanzhi of Hong Kong-listed Legend Group;
Charles Zhang of Nasdaq-listed Sohu.com; Ni Runfeng of television
manufacturing giant Sichuan Changhong; Xu Ming of Dalian Shide Group; Wang
Zhidong, the former chief executive of Nasdaq-listed Sina.com, Yang Lan of
Sun Media Group, and Wu Shihong, general manager of home appliance
manufacturing giant TCL Holdings.
The poll was conducted by Zero-point Opinion Poll Agency, which also
asked industry insiders to vote for their favourite entrepreneurs.
Topping the list is Wang Shi of Shenzhen property developer China Vanke.
He is followed by Liu Yonghao of New Hope Group; Zhang Ruimin of Haier; Li
Shufu of Zhejiang-based China Geely Group; Yang Rong, former executive of
Hong Kong-listed Brilliance China Automotive Holdings; Pan Shiyi of
Hongshi Group; Yin Mingshan of Chongqing-based Lifan Group; Xu Shaochun of
Shenzhen-based Kingdee International Software Group; Wang Wenjing of
Beijing-based software developer UFsoft; and Liu Wei of Hong Kong-based
Pacific City International (Group). - Liu
Qi
