xincaifu, a financial monthly magazine based in shenzhen, began compiling its fortune 500 list in april 2013.
shanghai, with 52, leads shenzhen in number of billionaires on the list, according to yesterday's report by shenzhen economic daily.
shenzhen is also home to half of guangdong's listed billionaires.
guangdong boasts the most billionaires in china, followed by beijing, zhejiang, shanghai and jiangsu.
the total assets of the 500 listed billionaires exceeds 4.49 trillion yuan (us$736 billion), an increase of 25.7 percent over last year.
there are five billionaires reported as each having assets exceeding 50 billion yuan. the number is more than double that of last year.
li hejun, president of hanergy holding group ltd., tops the list with assets of 8.7 billion yuan.
headquartered in beijing, hanergy is china's largest private supplier of clean energy. the firm does business in hydropower, wind power and photovoltaic power generation.
the president of shenzhen-based tencent, ma huateng, aka pony ma, maintained at fourth place with assets of 73.9 billion yuan.
there are a total of 17 women appearing on the list, only three of whom are involved primarily in real estate.
yang huiyan, daughter of the founder of real estate developer country garden, ranked as the richest woman in china with assets of 38 billion yuan.
guangdong is base for the headquarters of enterprises run by four female billionaires on the list.
the real estate industry is no longer the realm of most of the 10 richest persons in china, according to xincaifu. this year's top 10 billionaires are mainly in industries like new energy, the internet and consumption.
the listed 46 billionaires are from the telecommunications, media and technology industries (tmt). the number reflects a year-on-year growth of more than 30 percent.
the average assets of the 46 billionaires exceeds 13.4 billion yuan.
(source: shenzhen daily)
