- There are more than 100 billionaires in China's legislature and its top advisory body, including the
- CEOs of Tencent, JD.com, Baidu and Xiaomi.
- Their combined net worth is $624 billion, twice that of Ireland's GDP.
- President Xi Jinping vowed to fix income inequality and eradicate poverty by 2020, a deadline that is two years away and 40 million people are still struggling.
A new global rich list has tallied 104 billionaires in the upper echelons of China's leadership.
Released this week, research