On May 17, the 2023 New Fortune Top 500 Rich List was officially released, with a total of five people (or families) from Shunde listed. Among them, the He Xiangjian family from Midea Group ranked 10th with a wealth of 137.82 billion yuan and continued to be the richest man in Foshan. The Liang Qingde family from Galanz Group entered the top 50 fastest wealth growing list, with a wealth increase of 50%.

Since 2003, New Fortune has released the list of top 500 rich people in China for 21 consecutive years, and published the report on the development of China's private enterprises, which records their entrepreneurship, wealth creation, and development trend. The changes in their wealth actually reflects the development and achievement of China's private economy and its upgrading and transformation.

As to the industries where the richest people are from, five major industries, namely comprehensive industry, TMT, business services, energy and environmental protection, and durable consumer goods rank in the forefront. It means that in the modern industrial system, private enterprises are vigorously creating more wealth in these industries because of their advantageous industrial position.

Reporter | Tang

Revisor | Eleanor, Eddie

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