| 2005 rank | name | wealth USD$m | company | industry |
| 1 | Huang Guangyu | 1700 | Eagle Investments | Household appliance retail, property |
| 2 | Yan Jiehe | 1500 | China Pacific Construction Group | Civil construction |
| 3 | Timothy Chen Tianqiao | 1450 | Shanda Networking Development | Online Games and internet portal |
| 4 | William Ding Lei | 1250 | NetEase.com Inc | Online Games and internet portal |
| 5 | Xu Rongmao | 1200 | Shimao Group | Property |
| 6 | Larry Rong Zhijian | 1100 | Citic Pacific Group | Aviation, civil infrastructure, property and telecoms |
| 7 | Lu Guanqiu & Family | 1000 | WanXiang Group | Auto parts and finance |
| 8 | Zong Qinghou | 800 | Wahaha Group | Soft drinks and children clothes |
| 8 | Zhu Mengyi | 800 | Hopson Development & Zhujiang Investment | Property |
| 10 | Chen Ningning & Lv Hui | 770 | Pioneer Metals Holdings | Iron ore trade, iron and steel and investments |
| 11 | Xu Jiayin | 750 | Hengda Group | Guangdong property and iron and steel |
| 11 | Li Jinyuan | 750 | Tiens Group | Direct sales of Health care products |
| 13 | Huang Junqin | 670 | Towercrest Group | Property |
| 13 | Guo Guangchang | 670 | Fosun Group | Shanghai property, steel and pharmaceuticals |
| 13 | Li Zhaohui | 670 | Shanxi Haixin Iron and Steel Group | Iron and steel |
| 16 | Chen Lihua | 610 | Fu Wah international Hong Kong Group | Property and sandalwood |
| 16 | Eddie Ye Lipei | 610 | Super Ocean Group | Shanghai property |
| 18 | Liu Zhenjian & Liu Fang | 600 | Yuan Trust Investments | Insurance |
| 18 | Li Yanhong | 600 | Baidu.com Inc | Online Chinese-language search engine |
| 20 | Liu Yonghao | 580 | New Hope Group | Animal feed, finance, property and chemicals |
| 21 | Liu Yongxing | 550 | East Hope Group | Animal feed and aluminium |
| 21 | Song Weiping | 550 | Greentown Group | Hangzhou Shanghai and Beijing property and education |
| 23 | Sun Guangxin | 530 | Guanghui Group | Natural gas, car trading exhibition and logistics and property |
| 24 | Du Sha | 520 | The Home World Group | Retail |
| 24 | Zhu Xinli | 520 | Beijing Huiyuan Juice Beverage | Drinks |
| 26 | Zhou Zerong | 500 | Kingold Group | Guangzhou and Australia property, hospitality, telecommunication, education |
| 26 | Huang Maoru | 500 | Maoye Group | Property and retail |
| 26 | Xu Ming | 500 | Shide Group | PVC profiles, soccer, finance and petrochemicals |
| 29 | Zhou Jianhe | 460 | Junefield Group | Beijing property, hospitality, international trade |
| 30 | Yan Bin | 430 | Ruoy Chai International Group | Drinks, property |
| 30 | Zhu Yincai | 430 | Yurun Group | Meat products, property |
| 30 | Zhang Zhixiang | 430 | Jianlong Steel | Iron and steel |
| 33 | Guo Hao & Family | 400 | Chjaoda Modern Agriculture Holdings | Organic vegetables and fruits |
| 34 | Shen Wenrong | 395 | Jiangsu Shagang Group | Iron and steel |
| 34 | Ming Jinxing | 395 | People's Food Holdings | Meat products |
| 36 | Liu Zhiqiang & Zhai Meiqing | 370 | Heung Kong Group | Guangzhou property, furniture retail |
| 36 | Lu Zhiqiang | 370 | Fanhai Group | Property and finance |
| 36 | Tong Jingquan | 370 | Changfeng Group | Shanghai property |
| 36 | Zhou Qingzhi | 370 | Narada Group | Property |
| 36 | Zhang Yin | 370 | America Chung Nam Inc | Paperboard and paper-based packaging products |
| 36 | Sun Hongbin | 370 | Sunco China Holdings | Property |
| 36 | Jack Ma Yun | 370 | Alibaba.com | EC, internet portal |
| 43 | Zhang Li | 350 | R&F Properties Group | Property |
| 43 | Shi Yuzhu | 350 | Giant Investments | Pharmaceuticals and investments |
| 43 | Dai Hao | 350 | Zhong Fa Industry | Property, insurance |
| 43 | Wang Zhangxing | 350 | Jiashijia | Logistics, investments |
| 43 | Gao Shijun | 350 | Gaoli Group | Property |
| 48 | Miao Shouliang | 320 | Shenzhen Fuyuan Group | Property, education |
| 48 | Han Jingyuan | 320 | China Oriental Group | Iron and steel |
| 48 | Cai Tianzhen | 320 | Titan Oil | Trading of oil products, oil transportation and storage |