Hurun

Mr. Liang's secretary said he declined to comment and referred questions about his wealth estimate to Hurun.

It may also explain why the Hurun Report had such a difficult time tracking down all of the country's billionaires. '

In the view of digging out more super wealthy people, Hurun seems to be helplessly powerless.

"The richer they are, the younger they seem to want to send their children overseas" says Rupert Hoogewerf of Hurun.

But for sheer numbers, said Rupert Hoogewerf, the Hurun founder, China probably has the most billionaires of any country.

The folks at the Hurun Report, the Chinese wealth trackers and luxury publishers, have put out a "report" on the new Chinese rich.

Rupert Hoogewerf, Hurun's chairman and chief researcher, acknowledged in a statement that the estimates are likely incomplete.

September 29, in Shanghai, China issued the "Hurun" , one with the beverage giant and Zong among the top five list.

The Hurun report notes that healthcare fortunes are on the rise, "primarily due to increased market share in traditional Chinese medicine" .

Zong Qinghou, the head of drinks company Wahaha, heads Hurun's table with a cool $12 billion fortune.

A recent survey by the Hurun Group, a consultancy which tracks China's wealthy elite, finds that these impressions are critical to the rich.

others, like the Hurun list of female billionaires, may put China in front.

In the latest Hurun report that surveyed 401 Chinese dollar millionaires, Cuba's Cohiba was nominated as the best luxury cigar.

Hoogewerf that Suzhou's economy is well developed now, prices are not low, but the ranks of the wealthy Hurun the number was small.

The first resource Hurun lacks is powerful media support, which makes its report not amply convincing to the public.

Zong Qinghou, head of drinks company Wahaha Group, tops Hurun's ranking with a $12 billion fortune.

Shanghai Marriott Hotel Changfeng Park has been awarded as one of 'Hurun Hot Hotels 2010 Executive Lounge award'.

There have been other Chinese brand rankings before, such as one by the Hurun Report, the publisher of an annual rich list for China.

When Hurun published the country's first rich list in 1999, it required a personal fortune of just $6m to make it into the top 50.

Moreover, 95 percent of the billionaires on Hurun's list got rich by carrying out their business in the domestic market.

Hurun's entertainment rich list isn't what you'd expect.

The Hurun Report is a luxury publishing and events group, its Web site says.

Hurun says there were only six new entrants to the top-100 wealthiest Chinese this year; there were two in 2009.

Ma is reported to have assets of RMB29. 3b and is ranked No 2 on the latest Hurun Rich List.

Ma is reported to have assets of 29. 3 billion yuan (US $ 4 billion) and is ranked NO. 2 on the latest Hurun Rich List.

Mr Rong came 320th in Hurun's rich list this year with a net worth of $350m.

Two other Tencent executives are ranked among Hurun's entertainment top 20.

Works by the top 50 artists on the 2010 Hurun list sold a combined $258 million at auction last r, a 37% drop from the previous r.

She was the first woman to top the list of richest people in China published by Hurun Report in 2006.

The values assigned by Hurun couldn't be independently verified.

Hurun said its wealth estimate for Sany's Mr. Liang is based on his 58% share of Sany Heavy Industry.

The second resource Hurun lacks is the ability to tap the new rich people.

We estimate there to be 4, 000 yuan billionaires in China, with only a third making the Hurun Rich List.

According to Hurun, he is worth 14. 5 billion yuan from entertainment portions of his business.

The Hurun Rich List counted 130 billionaires in China this year, up from 101 a year ago and none in 2003.

The richest youngster, according to Hurun, is Ma Huateng, the 39-year-old co-founder of Internet giant Tencent.

The first Hurun Rich List, in 1999, included only 50 people, with a cut-off of $6m.

According to the Hurun report, Zhang Yin is the world's wealthiest woman.

Her wealth increased 50% over the past year, according to Hurun.

In 2008 he topped the Hurun Report's China rich list.

China's top 100 philanthropists have given away RMB12. 9b since 2003, the Hurun Philanthropy List released Wednesday.

China has the highest number of billionaires in the world, according to the just released 2010 "Hurun Rich List" .

Hurun estimated his wealth at $4. 6 billion.

He topped the annual Hurun Report's rankings of China's richest in 2008, 2004 and 2005.

Hurun puts his wealth at $4. 4 billion.

Four of the top 10 richest people in China this year were property developers, according to the Hurun Rich list.

52-year-old Zhang Yin & family topped the Hurun Low Carbon Rich List, which was released for the first time Monday.

Last year, China's authoritative Hurun Rich list named him the mainland's 43rd-richest person with a personal fortune of $2. 6bn.

According to a 2010 Hurun report, the wealthy in China are 15 years younger than in the West.

Hurun statistics, in 2009, China (Mainland) billionaire 5. 5 million people. In 2010, this figure rose 9. 1 percent to 6 million people.

The number of millionaires in China rose 9. 7% in 2010, to 960, 000, Hurun said.

The annual Hurun Report said China has 130 known dollar billionaires, up from 101 last year.

The annual Hurun Report said that China has 130 known dollar billionaires, up from 101 last year.

China's economy grew by 8. 7% last year but the number of millionaires grew only 6%, to 875, 000, according to the new Hurun Report.

The number of US dollar billionaires in China grew to 106 this year from just 14 last year, according to the Hurun rich list.

Here are a few more details from the Hurun Report study

The average millionaire in China is 39 years old, younger than the global average of 54, according to Hurun.