| Rank | Artist | Sales US$* | Art College | Art Category |
| 1 | Zhao Wuji | 35,100,000 | Hangzhou National College of Art | Oil Painting |
| 2 | Wu Guanzhong | 31,700,000 | Hangzhou National College of Art/ Ecole nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts | Oil Painting, Chinese Ink Painting |
| 3 | Fan Zeng | 21,700,000 | China Central Academy of Fine Arts | Chinese Ink Painting |
| 4 | Zhu Dequn | 14,200,000 | Hangzhou National College of Art | Oil Painting |
| 5 | Zhu Ming | 11,500,000 | Wood Carving Master: Li Jinchuan | Sculpture |
| 6 | Zeng Fanzhi | 10,900,000 | Hubei Institute of Fine Arts | Oil Painting |
| 7 | Jin Shangyi | 8,370,000 | China Central Academy of Fine Arts | Oil Painting |
| 8 | Zhou Chunya | 7,700,000 | Sichuan Fine Arts Institute/ University of Kassel | Oil Painting |
| 9 | Bai Xueshi | 6,410,000 | Masters: Zhao Mengzhu & Liang Shunian | Chinese Ink Painting |
| 10 | Huang Yongyu | 5,800,000 | Xiamen Jimei Middle School | Chinese Ink Painting |
| 11 | He Jiaying | 5,560,000 | Tianjin Academy of Fine Arts | Chinese Ink Painting |
| 12 | Li Shan | 5,400,000 | Shanghai Theatrical Institute | Oil Painting |
| 13 | Zhang Xiaogang | 5,390,000 | Sichuan Fine Arts Institute | Oil Painting |
| 14 | Wang Yidong | 5,290,000 | China Central Academy of Fine Arts | Oil Painting |
| 15 | Cui Ruzhuo | 4,210,000 | Master: Li Kuchan | Chinese Ink Painting |
| 16 | Luo Zhongli | 3,780,000 | Sichuan Fine Arts Institute/ Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts de Bruxelles | Oil Painting |
| 17 | Fang Lijun | 3,730,000 | China Central Academy of Fine Arts | Oil Painting |
| 18 | Liu Wenxi | 3,650,000 | Zhejiang Academy of Fine Arts | Chinese Ink Painting |
| 19 | Chen Peiqiu | 3,480,000 | Hangzhou National College of Art | Chinese Ink Painting |
| 20 | Wang Guangyi | 3,470,000 | Zhejiang Academy of Fine Arts | Oil Painting |
| 21 | Liu Ye | 3,190,000 | China Central Academy of Fine Arts/ The Berlin University of the Arts | Oil Painting |
| 22 | Yue Minjun | 3,100,000 | Hebei Normal University | Oil Painting |
| 23 | Liu Danzhai | 3,050,000 | | Chinese Ink Painting |
| 24 | Wang Huaiqing | 2,960,000 | Central Academy of Arts and Design | Oil Painting |
| 25 | Shiqi | 2,950,000 | Fujian Academy of Arts and Design | Chinese Ink Painting |
| 26 | Wang Mingming | 2,630,000 | | Chinese Ink Painting |
| 27 | Cai Guoqiang | 2,450,000 | Shanghai Theatrical Institute | Gunpowder 'Painting' |
| 28 | Liu Xiaodong | 2,400,000 | China Central Academy of Fine Arts | Oil Painting |
| 29 | Feng Zhengjie | 2,400,000 | Sichuan Fine Arts Institute | Oil Painting |
| 30 | Yang Feiyun | 2,310,000 | China Central Academy of Fine Arts | Oil Painting |
| 31 | Liu Dawei | 2,130,000 | Inner Mongolia Normal University/ China Central Academy of Fine Arts | Chinese Ink Painting |
| 32 | Ai Xuan | 2,110,000 | The Affiliated High School of China Central Academy of Fine Arts | Oil Painting |
| 33 | Jin Zhilin | 1,980,000 | China Central Academy of Fine Arts | Oil Painting |
| 34 | Shi Guoliang | 1,860,000 | Beijing 3rd. Normal University/ China Central Academy of Fine Arts | Chinese Ink Painting |
| 35 | Wang Xijing | 1,760,000 | The Affiliated High School of Xian Academy of Fine Arts | Chinese Ink Painting |
| 36 | Leng Jun | 1,760,000 | Wuhan Normal University | Oil Painting |
| 37 | Yang Yanwen | 1,740,000 | Beijing University of the Arts | Chinese Ink Painting |
| 38 | Lou Shibai | 1,740,000 | Catholic University of Peking | Chinese Ink Painting |
| 39 | Huang Gang | 1,680,000 | Central Academy of Arts and Design | Sculpture, Mixed Media Painting |
| 40 | Chen Danqing | 1,680,000 | China Central Academy of Fine Arts | Oil Painting |
| 41 | Sun Zixi | 1,650,000 | China Central Academy of Fine Arts | Oil Painting |
| 42 | Xu Linlu | 1,540,000 | Tianjin University of Commerce | Chinese Ink Painting |
| 42 | Ye Yongqing | 1,540,000 | Sichuan Fine Arts Institute | Oil Painting |
| 44 | Wang Ziwu | 1,510,000 | Xi'an Academy of Fine Arts | Chinese Ink Painting |
| 45 | Cui Zifan | 1,490,000 | Master: Zhang Zilian | Chinese Ink Painting |
| 46 | Xiang Jing | 1,450,000 | China Central Academy of Fine Arts | Sculpture |
| 47 | Yang Shaobin | 1,450,000 | Hebei Light Industry Institute | Oil Painting |
| 48 | Yin Zhaoyang | 1,410,000 | China Central Academy of Fine Arts | Oil Painting |
| 49 | Zhan Wang | 1,380,000 | Beijing Academy of Arts and Design/ China Central Academy of Fine Arts | Sculpture |
| 50 | Lin Yong | 1,370,000 | Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts | Chinese Ink Painting |
