China Celebrity 100

China Celebrity 100 is a list published annually by Forbes, and is similar to Celebrity 100 also published by Forbes. Factors that are taken into account include income, search engine hits, as well as exposure on newspapers, magazines and television.

In 2010, the list started to include Chinese celebrities born in Hong Kong, Taiwan and abroad. Prior to that it only included celebrities born in Mainland China.

Top-10 List by Year

Rank	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011
1	Yao Ming	Yao Ming	Yao Ming	Yao Ming	Yao Ming	Yao Ming	Jackie Chan (HK)	Andy Lau (HK)
2	Zhang Ziyi	Zhang Ziyi	Zhou Xun	Liu Xiang	Liu Xiang	Zhang Ziyi	Jay Chou (TW)	Jay Chou (TW)
3	Vicki Zhao	Liu Xiang	Zhang Ziyi	Zhang Yimou	Jet Li	Yi Jianlian	Andy Lau (HK)	Faye Wong
4	Faye Wong	Vicki Zhao	Vicki Zhao	Zhang Ziyi	Yi Jianlian	Guo Jingjing	Yao Ming	Jackie Chan (HK)
5	Gong Li	Faye Wong	Liu Xiang	Gong Li	Zhang Ziyi	Liu Xiang	Zhang Ziyi	Yao Ming
6	Zhang Yimou	Zhang Yimou	Li Yuchun	Zhou Xun	Fan Bingbing	Jet Li	Zhao Benshan	Donnie Yen (HK)
7	Zhou Xun	Zhou Xun	Fan Bingbing	Fan Bingbing	Vicki Zhao	Vicki Zhao	Jolin Tsai (TW)	Zhang Ziyi
8	Leon Lai	Sun Nan	Chen Kaige	Li Yuchun	Zhou Xun	Fan Bingbing	Donnie Yen (HK)	Jet Li
9	Sun Nan	Carina Lau	Sun Nan	Xu Jinglei	Li Bingbing	Zhou Xun	Liu Xiang	Fan Bingbing
10	Jet Li	Fan Bingbing	Li Bingbing	Carina Lau	Zhao Benshan	Li Bingbing	Fan Bingbing	Zhao Benshan

Legend:

• pink color - female celebrity
• HK - originally from Hong Kong.
• TW - originally from Taiwan.

References

• Press Release on 2009 list
• Press Release on 2010 List