Forbes China released its latest Chinese celebrities top 100 list, which ranked mainland Chinese celebrities according to income and media exposure. (Chinese from Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan etc. not included)
NBA basketball star Yao Ming tops the list…
At 2nd is also an athlete, Liu Xiang who broke the world record for 110m hurdles…
Director Zhang Yimou is the first entertainer on the list, at 3rd spot…
While Zhang Ziyi is the highest ranked actor/actress at #4…
Supergirl Idol Li Yuchun is the highest ranked singer at #8…
Other celebrities that made it into the top 10 are all actresses… Gong Li (5), Zhou Xun (6), Fan Bingbing (7), Xu Jinglei (9) and Carina Lau (10).