CEO of the Year Obermatt Pin


China 100 Ranking: China – 2017

Published: December 8, 2017

Below are all the winners in the competition China 100 Ranking, China, 2017. Publicly-listed companies are included in this competition when they meet this criterion:

Criteria to participate: The biggest 100 companies based on sales and employees

All Winners in the Market

The gold winners are the top three on the list. These CEOs receive an Obermatt gold pin – an 18-karat gold pin that is personally presented to the winners in recognition of their outstanding performance. The next best CEOs up to 10th place are the silver winners. The bronze winners are all those CEOs that outperformed the market with a ranking over 50.


Combined Performance

These CEOs showed the best overall performance in growth, operating efficiency and investment performance.

In the Multi-year rankings, you can see cumulative performance for each CEO over the years.

Growth Performance

These CEOs drove the highest growth among their peers.

Pin CEO Rank
Gold
Podium
Xuguang Tan (Weichai Power)
98
Yufeng Guo (Xishui Strong Year Inner Mongolia)
94
Jianping Li (China Grand Automotive Services)
91
Silver
Top 10
Xiaomi Lai (China Huarong Asset Management)
90
Baolin Liu (Jointown Pharmaceutical)
89
Jiayin Xu (Evergrande)
88
Yi Huang (Zhongsheng Group)
88
Jianlin Qian (Hengtong Optic Electric)
88
Chuanfu Wang (BYD)
85
Qinhua Pang (Pang Da Automobile)
85
Hao Ren (Shandong Iron and Steel)
85
Zengtai Liao (Wanhua Chemical)
85
Bronze
Outperformer
Feng Chen (Hainan Airlines)
84
Guoqiang Yang (Country Garden)
83
Heyi Xu (BAIC Motor)
82
Jianhang Hou (China Cinda Asset Management)
81
Dr. Yan Wu (The People's Insurance)
80
Huateng Ma (Tencent)
80
Kai Nie (China Gezhouba)
80
Heyi Xu (Beiqi Foton Motor)
78
Wenhui Xu (AAC Technologies)
78
Ruiming Zhang (Qingdao Haier)
78
Deyi Jiang (BBMG)
75
Xingtian Ma (Kangmei Pharmaceutical)
75
Hongbin Sun (Sunac China)
74
Haijun Zhao (Semiconductor Manufacturing International)
73
Tingge Wang (Wuchan Zhongda)
72
Dehui Yu (Aluminum of China)
71
Yusong Wang (ENN Energy)
70
Mingzhe Ma (Ping An)
66
Xuansong Zhang (Yonghui Superstores)
66
Silian Li (Guangzhou R&F Properties)
65
Guangju Song (Poly Developments)
65
Jun Zhou (Shanghai Pharmaceutical)
62
Baomin Li (Jiangxi Copper)
61
Yang Shi (Aisino)
60
Jianping Zhou (HLA CORP)
59
Yuxiang Tang (Zhengzhou Yutong Bus)
58
Dewang Cao (Fuyao Glass)
57
Chuanzhi Liu (Legend)
56
Guofu Gao (SPD Bank)
55
Haijian Gao (Maanshan Iron)
54
Jinhe Chen (Zijin Mining)
54
Wenbo Shi (Hengan International)
54
Wengen Liang (Sany Heavy)
53
Xuyuan Chen (Shanghai International Port)
53
Cunhui Nan (Chint Electrics)
53
Yajun Wu (Longfor)
52
Jiangang Fan (China Shipbuilding Industry Group Power)
52
Rucheng Li (Youngor)
50

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In the Multi-year rankings, you can see cumulative performance for each CEO over the years.

Operating Performance

These CEOs managed their companies most efficiently and delivered the strongest profit growth compared with their peers.

Pin CEO Rank
Gold
Podium
Wenhui Xu (AAC Technologies)
98
Xuguang Tan (Weichai Power)
91
Haijun Zhao (Semiconductor Manufacturing International)
90
Silver
Top 10
Xiaomi Lai (China Huarong Asset Management)
88
Chuanfu Wang (BYD)
85
Jiayin Xu (Evergrande)
85
Zengtai Liao (Wanhua Chemical)
85
Huateng Ma (Tencent)
84
Yi Huang (Zhongsheng Group)
80
Heyi Xu (BAIC Motor)
78
Bronze
Outperformer
Haijian Gao (Maanshan Iron)
77
Xingtian Ma (Kangmei Pharmaceutical)
74
Jianping Li (China Grand Automotive Services)
72
Hongbin Sun (Sunac China)
72
Qinhua Pang (Pang Da Automobile)
69
Jianhang Hou (China Cinda Asset Management)
67
Liu Jianzhong (Chongqing Rural Commercial Bank Co)
67
Jianlin Qian (Hengtong Optic Electric)
66
Guoqiang Yang (Country Garden)
65
Guangde Han (CSSC Offshore & Marine Engineering)
65
Xuansong Zhang (Yonghui Superstores)
64
Dehui Yu (Aluminum of China)
64
Baolin Liu (Jointown Pharmaceutical)
63
Cunhui Nan (Chint Electrics)
62
Mingzhe Ma (Ping An)
60
Guofu Gao (SPD Bank)
60
Chuanzhi Liu (Legend)
60
Jianjiang Cai (Air China)
59
Yuxiang Tang (Zhengzhou Yutong Bus)
59
Rucheng Li (Youngor)
59
Jinhe Chen (Zijin Mining)
58
Tingge Wang (Wuchan Zhongda)
55
Yajun Wu (Longfor)
53
Deyi Jiang (BBMG)
52
Mingbo Sun (Tsingtao Brewery)
52
Zhuolin Chen (Agile Property)
52
Yong Zhao (Sichuan Changhong Electric)
51
Kai Nie (China Gezhouba)
50
Silian Li (Guangzhou R&F Properties)
50
Ruiming Zhang (Qingdao Haier)
50
Yuanfa Deng (China Railway Hi-tech)
50
Jianping Zhou (HLA CORP)
50

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In the Multi-year rankings, you can see cumulative performance for each CEO over the years.

Investment Performance

These CEOs pursued strategies and made investments which attracted investors the most. As such, they achieved the highest Total Shareholder Returns (TSR) amongst their peers.

In the Multi-year rankings, you can see cumulative performance for each CEO over the years.


Multi-Year Winners in China:

China 100 Ranking
China Top 100 Growth Companies