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Once again China's billionaires decided to compare their assets. This time, the Hurun Report, a luxury magazine publisher, has ranked them. There are significant changes in the leading positions of the list. Wang Jianlin, the property tycoon, who controls Wanda Group, was named China's new richest person. His worth is estimated at 135 billion yuan. He left behind his major rival, beverage king Zong Qinghou. He was ranked number 2 with 115 billion yuan. Only the lucky businessmen with wealth of 2 billion yuan and higher can get into the cherished rating of China's billionaires. The top 5 has been changed this year. Number 3 on the Hurun list was Ma Huateng, founder of a popular provider of online games and entertainment, with 62 billion yuan. He is followed by owner of Great Wall Motors Wei Jianjun with 51.5 billion yuan. And the fifth one is the youngest member, he is only 32, developer Yáng Huìyán with 51 billion yuan. Meanwhile, according to Hurum experts, the average age of the Chinese billionaire is 52.) They determined that 23%, the major part of the list, are representatives of the real estate sector. Moreover, the number of oligarchs increased by 64 annually. The rating authors use public data, but in accordance with a reliable source, the amount of unregistered billionaires in the Empire, perhaps, even larger and the funds of some of them greatly exceed Wang Jianlin’s savings.