Next round, where is the trend of Zhuhai’s wealth creation?
Hurun Research Institute recently released the "2022 Global Rich List", with a total of 1,133 Chinese people on the list, an increase of 75 from last year, becoming the country with the largest number of entrepreneurs in the world with a "wealth" of one billion US dollars. Among them, the Pearl River Delta is the region with the strongest ability to make wealth in China, with 302 people on the list, almost 30% of the Chinese rich people on the list.
However, within the Greater Bay Area, the distribution of wealthy people is uneven, showing a "hot east and cold west" pattern: Shenzhen and Dongguan, located on the east bank of the Pearl River Estuary, are 113 and 16 respectively, while there are few rich people on the list in the west bank of the Pearl River Estuary, most of whom are hovering between 1-3. The list of
also reflects the current economic level and industrial structure of Zhuhai from one aspect.
Nandu reporter sorted out the list of rich people since 2017. Zhuhai has been on the list for five consecutive years, but the industry has changed from time to time and new and old faces have changed. Among them, pharmaceuticals, biology, medical and health (health products) are the most glorious. The emerging lithium batteries and new energy industries have emerged and become the industry with the strongest ability to create wealth in Zhuhai. Home appliances, electrical and real estate are facing downward pressure. These former wealth-creating players are absent from the list this year.
Which region in China has the most wealthy people?
Nearly 30% of China's rich people come from the Pearl River Delta. The region is distributed in the "heat in the east and cold in the west"
The annual list of rich people is always changing, and this year is no exception.
data shows that this year, a total of 3,381 entrepreneurs from 69 countries and 2,558 companies were listed on the 2022 Hurun Global Rich List. Among them, the total number of Chinese rich people on the list reached 1,133, an increase of 75 from last year, becoming the country with the largest number of entrepreneurs in the world with a "wealth" of one billion US dollars.
From the perspective of the region where wealthy people are distributed, as one of the most dynamic development and the highest economic development level in my country, the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area has become the "big winner", with a total of 302 people on the list, an increase of 105 people from 2019.
In fact, the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area has become the "engine" and "leader" of global wealth creation. As early as the 2021 Global Rich List was released, Hurun publicly stated that the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area has become the world's most rich bay area, twice as many as the second-ranked New York Bay Area, followed by the London Bay Area, San Francisco Bay Area, Tokyo Bay Area, and Sydney Bay Area.
However, within the Greater Bay Area, it is generally polarized with "hot east and cold west". Most of the rich are concentrated in Shenzhen and Dongguan on the east coast of the Pearl River Estuary, and Guangzhou in the central location. The number of people on the list is: 113, 16, and 50; among which, Shenzhen has surpassed New York and has become the third city with the largest number of rich people in the world. A reporter from Nandu further found that in the past five years, with the rapid development of the urban economy, the number of wealthy people in Shenzhen has ushered in explosive growth, an increase of 46 compared with 2019, and has surpassed Hong Kong for the first time in 2020. Since then, it has continuously expanded its leading advantage, from leading one in Hong Kong at the beginning to 28 more people now.
In comparison, there are only a few rich people on the list on the west bank of the Pearl River Estuary, with only 3 people on the list on the west bank of Zhuhai and Zhongshan and 1 person on the Jiangmen. Foshan, which is also on the west bank of the Pearl River Estuary, is an exception. With its location advantages and strong industrial foundation as well as Guangzhou, there are 28 rich people on the list in 2022, ranking 21st in the world.
Who is the "richest man" in Zhuhai?
Chairman of Jianfan Biology has been ranked as the richest man again. Leading companies are to be cultivated. Who is the "richest man" in Zhuhai? The latest list of
gives the answer: a total of 3 people in Zhuhai are on the list this year, among which Dong Fan, chairman and general manager of Jianfan Bio, has been ranked as the richest man in Zhuhai for a total of 24 billion yuan, ranking 925th in the world, down 365th from last year.
53-year-old chairman Liang Yunchao, ranked second in Zhuhai’s richest man list with a wealth of 23.5 billion yuan, and also ranked 952nd in the world, up 88 places from the previous year.
56-year-old Xu Yanming is the new face to be on the list for the first time this year. As the chairman and general manager of Zhuhai Guanyu, he ranks third on the Zhuhai Rich List with a wealth of 17.5 billion yuan and ranks 1288th in the world.
Nandu reporter sorted out the number, list, wealth value and industry Zhuhai entrepreneurs have been on the Hurun Global Rich List since 2017. The number of people on the Zhuhai list was 2 in 2017, and has risen to 3 since 2018. It has maintained this level so far.During the same period, Zhuhai's industry ushered in the fastest development stage since the establishment of the Special Administrative Region. The GDP rose from 256.5 billion yuan in 2017 and ranked ninth in the province to 388.175 billion yuan in 2021 and ranked sixth in the province. During this period, Zhuhai's GDP growth rate ranked first in the province in many years.
In contrast, during the same period, thanks to the rapid economic development, the number of wealthy people on the list in Shenzhen increased by nearly 50 and Dongguan increased by nearly 10.
Why didn’t Zhuhai give birth to more global wealthy people like Shenzhen and Dongguan at the same time?
In the view of analysts, global wealthy people are mainly concentrated in leading enterprises. The cold growth of the number of wealthy people and the rapid economic growth have revealed to a certain extent that Zhuhai's industrial structure is still dominated by small and medium-sized enterprises, and the relatively lack of leading and leading enterprises, and the agglomeration effect and scale effect are not yet prominent enough. Taking the 2020 list of top 100 private enterprises in Guangdong Province released by the Provincial Federation of Industry and Commerce as an example, there are only 2 companies on the list in Zhuhai, and the number of shortlisted enterprises has decreased by 2 compared with 5 years ago. During the same period, 36 and 26 were shortlisted in Shenzhen and Guangzhou respectively.
At present, while Zhuhai is rapidly improving the urban energy level, it must not only support the rapid development of small and medium-sized enterprises, but also focus on cultivating leading enterprises, so that the latter can form a leading effect and agglomeration effect.
What industries does Zhuhai rich people concentrate?
The annual rich list is often regarded as the industry barometer of the city. The number of rich people and the changes in their industries reflect the economic development level and industrial competitiveness of a city to a certain extent.
In the past six years, although the total number of wealthy people on Zhuhai has basically stabilized at 3 people, the list of wealthy people and their industries have changed from time to time. Among them, there are regular customers who dominate the list every year, and new faces that stand at the forefront of the times.
From the list, Dong Fan, chairman and general manager of Jianfan Biology, and Liang Yunchao, chairman of Tang Cheng Beijian, are the most stable and well-known to Zhuhai. They have never missed the list since 2017, but their rankings are high and low. In comparison, Zhuhai’s third rich man on the list has changed. In the past six years, they have welcomed Shirong Zhaoye’s “Liang Shezeng and Liang Jiarong father and son”; Dong Mingzhu, chairman and president of Gree Electric Appliances; Xu Yanming, chairman and general manager of Zhuhai Guanyu.
From the industry perspective, biomedicine and medical health (health products) are the industries with the strongest ability to make wealth and the strongest competitiveness in Zhuhai. Dong Fan of Jianfan Bio, Dong Fan and Tong Cheng Beijian Liang Yunchao, who are on the global rich list every year, are undoubtedly vivid portrayals of the rapid development of the above two industries in Zhuhai in recent years.
Take biomedicine as an example. Data from Zhuhai Municipal Bureau of Statistics shows that from January to December 2021, Zhuhai Biomedicine completed a cumulative industrial added value of 8.189 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 19.5%, a growth rate of 10.7 percentage points higher than the city's industrial added value above the designated size. It is the fastest-growing industry among the seven pillar industries in Zhuhai during the same period.
On the other hand, with the "rastic advancement" of the global new energy industry, Zhuhai's lithium battery industry has emerged, showing strong development vitality and strength to create wealth. Xu Yanming, chairman and general manager of Zhuhai Guanyu, who was on the list for the first time this year, is a microcosm of the rapid development of Zhuhai's lithium battery and new energy industries. Public information from
shows that Zhuhai Guanyu was founded in 2007. It was not previously familiar to the public. It has grown rapidly in recent years and became the first company in Zhuhai to list on the Science and Technology Innovation Board in October 2021. The following year, Xu Yanming, the helmsman of the company, was on the Hurun Global Rich List. According to statistics, in 2020, Zhuhai Guanyu ranked second in the total shipment of lithium-ion batteries for laptops and tablets, and ranked fifth in the world in the world in the shipment of lithium-ion batteries for smartphones.
In the context of my country's active promotion of carbon peak and carbon neutrality, new energy is undoubtedly one of the most popular industrial "tracks" in recent years. New energy industries including lithium batteries have become one of the five major billion-level industrial clusters that Zhuhai has vigorously developed. The 9th Zhuhai Party Congress, which was held previously, proposed that it will rely on leading enterprises to cultivate and strengthen the new energy industry with power batteries, energy storage batteries and photovoltaic equipment as the focus, and create a new pillar of economic growth in the city.
It can be foreseen that with Zhuhai increasing investment and continuing to focus on the new energy industry, it is expected to give birth to more wealthy people in the future.
Where is the next round of wealth creation in Zhuhai?
integrated circuits, new materials, and high-end printing equipment are attracting attention
In contrast, Zhuhai's real estate industry and home appliances and electrical equipment are currently under pressure to move forward. These former wealth-creating trends have "no harvest" on this global rich list this year.
is reflected in the data. In the past six years, there has been only one rich man on the list from Zhuhai's real estate industry. "Liang Shezeng and Liang Jiarong and his son" from Shirong Zhaoye were on the list twice in 2018 and 2019, and has been absent since then. Instead, Dong Mingzhu, chairman and president of Gree Electric Appliances, was on the list in 2020 and 2021. However, this year, due to the influence of multiple factors such as the domestic traditional home appliance and electrical market entering a bottleneck, the stock market is sluggish, and Gree's diversified layout is still in the cultivation stage, this widely-watched "Iron Lady" in the business world missed the list this time.
It is worth mentioning that the absence of the wealthy people on the Zhuhai real estate industry in the past three years is not only a true portrayal of the overall decline in real estate and a sluggish real estate market, but also related to the fact that the actual controllers of the company have been constantly involved in negative news in recent years. According to Southern Daily, in 2020, Liang Jiarong, the actual controller of Shirong Zhaoye, was investigated by the public security organs, leaving Shirong Zhaoye still shrouded in darkness.
At present, Zhuhai is accelerating the cultivation of five major billion-level industrial clusters focusing on integrated circuits, biomedicine, new materials, new energy, and high-end printing equipment. It is not difficult to find that Zhuhai Biomedicine and New Energy have successfully spawned local global wealthy people, and have become the main wealth creation hotline in Zhuhai in the past six years. It can be seen that focusing on integrated circuits, new materials, and high-end printing equipment, as Zhuhai continues to increase investment and introduce and cultivate more leading enterprises, these three billion-level industrial clusters are not only the focus of the next round of industrial development, but also the most potential new wealth creation hotline in Zhuhai in the future. It is expected to replace traditional industries such as real estate and spawn new wealth creation hotlines.
Produced by: Nandu Bay Area Living Room
Data compilation/computing: Nandu reporter Yang Liang Intern Feng Lin
