2004 China Rich List
by rank:
| 2004 rank | name | wealth USD$m | company | industry |
| 1 | Huang Guangyu | 1300 | Eagle Investments | Electronics retail and Beijing real estate |
| 2 | Timothy Chen Tianqiao | 1050 | Shanda Networking Development | Online games |
| 3 | Larry Rong Zhijian | 1000 | Citic Pacific Group | Aviation, civil infrastructure, real estate and telecoms |
| 4 | Xu Rongmao | 850 | Shimao Group | Shanghai, Beijing and Fuzhou real estate, hotel |
| 5 | Lu Guanqiu | 735 | Wanxiang Group | Auto parts and finance |
| 6 | Li Jinyuan | 720 | Tiens Group | Direct sales of health care products |
| 7 | Chen Lihua | 600 | Fu Wah International Hong Kong Group | Beijing real estate and sandalwood museum |
| 7 | William Ding Lei | 600 | NetEase.com Inc | Online games, SMS-messaging and internet portal |
| 9 | Liu Yonghao | 540 | New Hope Group | Animal feed, finance and real estate, dairy products |
| 9 | Ye Lipei | 540 | Super Ocean Group | Shanghai real estate |
| 9 | Zhu Mengyi and family | 540 | Hopson Development | Guangdong, Beijing, Shanghai and Tianjin real estate |
| 12 | Liu Yongxing | 505 | East Hope Group | Animal feed, alumina |
| 12 | Sun Guangxin | 505 | Guanghui Group | Liquid natural gas, car trading, exhibition and logistics, Urumqi real estate |
| 14 | Du Sha | 450 | The Home World Group | Hypermarket and DIY retail |
| 15 | Zhou Jianhe | 420 | Junefield Group | Beijing and Shanghai real estate and hotels |
| 16 | Liu Fang | 410 | Yuan Trust Investments | Insurance |
| 17 | Guo Guangchang | 400 | Fosun High-Tech Group | Steel, Shanghai real estate and pharmaceuticals |
| 17 | Yan Bin | 400 | Ruoy Chai International Group | Bejing real estate and drinks distribution |
| 19 | Huang Maoru | 360 | Maoye Group | Retail and Shenzhen real estate |
| 19 | Li Zhaohui | 360 | Shanxi Haixin Iron and Steel Group | Steel Products |
| 19 | Yang Zhao and brothers | 360 | Glorious Sun Group | Textile manufacturing and retail, Hong Kong and New York real estate |
| 19 | Zhang Yin | 360 | America Chung Nam Inc | Paperboard and paper-based packaging products |
| 19 | Zhou Zerong | 360 | Kingold Group | Guangzhou and Australia real estate, investments |
| 24 | Ming Jinxing | 340 | People’s Food Holdings | Meat products |
| 24 | Tong Jingquan | 340 | Changfeng Group | Shanghai real estate |
| 24 | Xu Ming | 340 | Shide Group | PVC profiles, soccer, finance and petrochemicals |
| 27 | Lu Hui & Chen Ningning (mother &daughter) | 325 | Pioneer Metals Holdings | Iron ore trade, iron and steel production and investments |
| 27 | Huang Junqin | 325 | Towercrest Group | Beijing and Shenyang real estate and hi-tech |
| 27 | Liu Changle | 325 | Phoenix TV | Media |
| 30 | Shen Wen | 300 | Zijiang Group | Printing and packaging, Shanghai real estate and precision instruments |
| 31 | Ren Yunliang and family | 290 | Huafeng Group | Special equipment, plastic pipes, Liaoning and Changchun real estate |
| 31 | Wang Chuanfu | 290 | BYD Company | Rechargeable batteries and cars |
| 33 | Guo Hao and family | 275 | Chaoda Modern Agriculture Holdings | Organic vegetables and fruits |
| 34 | Huang Hongsheng | 265 | Skyworth Digital Holdings | Color televisions and digital appliances |
| 34 | Li Shufu | 265 | Geely Group | Automobiles |
| 36 | Liu Genshan | 250 | Mexan Holdings Group | Infrastructure and Shanghai real estate |
| 36 | Lv Xiangyang | 250 | Youngy Investment & Management Group | Finance, rechargeable batteries, Guangzhou and Shanghai real estate |
| 36 | Zhang Zhixiang | 250 | Jianlong Steel | Iron and steel products |
| 39 | Chen Zhuoxian and family | 240 | Agile Holdings | Guangzhou and Zhongshan real estate |
| 39 | Huo Dongling | 240 | Comba Telecom Systems Holdings | Telecommunications equipment |
| 39 | Li Yanhong | 240 | Baidu.com Inc | Online Chinese-language search engine |
| 39 | Mi Enhua | 240 | Hualing Group | Wholesale markets and exhibition centers |
| 39 | Wang Yusuo and family | 240 | XinAo Group | Gas infrastructure and supply, Hebei real estate |
| 39 | Xu Jiayin | 240 | Hengda Group | Guangzhou real estate |
| 39 | Zhang Rongkun | 240 | Fuxi Investments | Infrastructure, insurance and investments |
| 39 | Zhang Yong | 240 | Linfeng Group | Power station and Chengdu real estate |
| 39 | Zhu Yicai | 240 | Yurun Group | Meat products and real estate |
| 48 | Cai Tianzhen | 230 | Titan Oil Pte | Trading of oil products, oil transportation and storage |
| 48 | Liu Xiaoming | 230 | Global Bio-Chem Technology Group | Corn refined and corn-based biochemical products |
| 48 | Tao Xinkang | 230 | Xin Gao Chao Group | Wood products |
by rank
methodology:
Valuing the wealth of China's Rich is as much an art as it is a science. Our team of researchers has - for the sixth year running - travelled the length and breadth of the country cross-checking information with entrepreneurs, industry experts, journalists, bankers, and regulators, as well as previous years’ databases. The cut-off date for valuation of listed companies was September 10. For non-listed companies we valued by comparing them with their listed equivalents using industry P/E ratios.
