ENGLISH :Richest list :

6.   Billion-Wang Chuanfu ,43 - Automobiles,  batteries, Shenzhen.( see comments here below) With the midas touch of Warren Buffet , one of the investors in Wang’s company.

5.9 Billion -Liu Yongxing , 61- Agriculture, Metals, Shanghai .Was the number one last year.

5.    Billion -Zong Qinghou , 64 -Food, Hangzhou. He was the partner of Danone France for ten years, Joint venture which ended in a divorce recently

(please see comments on our blog)

4. Billion -Lu Xiangyang , 47 -Finance , Guangzhou

4. Billion First lady Yang Huiyan , 28 years old only, Real Estate, Foshan.

This year to be on the list , people needed at least $  1.45 billion , among the top eight, most of them were big winners on the stock market .

Average age of the top 40 , is 49 and six are 40 and under.

China is the place  to be rich and young !

Any mistake, une erreur,  please contact : bj@abusinesstabloid.com

FRENCH: Comment séduire les super-riches Chinois, un eldorado pour l’industrie mondiale du luxe.

Le  Monsieur, Madame, bling-bling Chinois   n’est pas concerné par la crise, ce n’est plus une limousine qui vient les chercher au pieds de leurs jets, mais 30 Mercedes (vu recemment, a fait la une des journaux)

Un étalage de richesse extravagant dans un pays encore communiste ou le nombre des milliardaires en dollars à augmenter de 30%, mais il y a un nombre équivalent de milliardaires qui n’ont pas dévoilé leur fortune, pour échapper à l’impot, ou quelques fois à la prison !

D’autre part, Aujourdhui près de un million de chinois possèdent plus de un million d’euros.

La Chine est devenue le deuxième marché mondial du luxe, devant les Etats Unis, derrière le Japon qui sera rattrapé en 2009-2010.

Les ventes de produits de luxe dépassent en 2009, les 500 millions d’euros le double comparé à 2008 et cela ne fait que commencer !

Mercedes Benz a vu ses ventes augmenter de 49%.

Enfin un tiers des milliardaires chinois sont membres du Parti Communiste.

Hotels  & Restaurants In  Shanghai

Until now, one kind of establishment has eluded the city: the boutique hotel. But a new wave of these hotels are opening this year, providing yet another lure to entice the young international travelers who are already flocking to this city, whose transformation is occurring at breathtaking speed.

While the label “boutique” has evolved in recent years to describe hotels of almost any size that feature a modern design concept, three new establishments — Jia Shanghai, the Mansion Boutique Hotel and M Suites — will epitomize the term.

Jia Shanghai, an outpost of the popular Philippe Starck-designed Hong Kong hotel,  have 55 rooms, while the Mansion Hotel, in a renovated French villa-style manor, have just 30 rooms. M Suites, part of a new development on Suzhou Creek, with just 24 rooms, is the most boutique of them all.

With major brands racing to open locations in the city — among them the W, Park Hyatt, the Peninsula and the Mandarin Oriental — these new establishments represent just a small percentage of the available rooms in the city’s vast hospitality landscape. Yet the appeal, in terms of buzz and prestige, is tremendous.

Jia Shanghai  at 931 West Nanjing Road, (86-21) 6217-9000. Its arrival in Shanghai has been noted in the local press and in international travel publications like Travel & Leisure, and in guidebooks such as the Luxe city-guide series. With just about no hotel experience, Yenn Wong, the 28-year-old Singaporean entrepreneur behind the Jia concept, opened Jia Hong Kong in 2003 with the boutique-hotel originator himself, Mr. Starck, and created a runaway success that was also Hong Kong’s first designer boutique property. (Ms. Wong has opted to go with the Australian firm Hecker Phelan & Guthrie to design the Shanghai hotel.)

“There are a lot of frequent travelers now, and there are more choices,” she said. “Even with Philippe Starck, we downplayed the design of the rooms, and made it more comfortable. And that worked very well.”

Jia, which means “home” in Chinese, is based on a hotel-as-domestic space concept, where rooms feel like apartments. “This concept is something we are going to translate to all our other properties,” she said. Another branch of Jia is to open in Krabi, Thailand, next year.

Located within a former apartment building, Jia Shanghai will feature an Italian restaurant on the second floor to be managed by the celebrity chef Salvatore Cuomo, the entrepreneur who has a chain of high-end and mid-priced Italian restaurants throughout Japan. Eventually, a bar and lounge will open on the roof. The interiors will be a series of modern but warm spaces, with touches like timber-paneled walls, a minimal style with hints of chinoiserie, and funky accents like Gio Ponti chairs and sofas by Antonio Citterio.

The hotel is entered with a private key card, a move the hotel says is intended to give guests a sense of privacy as well as exclusivity. “We think there’s a niche for this kind of product,” said Daniel Ong, the hotel’s general manager, noting that the rates for the hotel are in the mid-range, with rack rates around $275 a night — and sometimes lower — making it more affordable to a younger crowd who are not on corporate accounts.

That same fashionable crowd has also been flocking to the Pier One development, along the city’s Suzhou Creek. Not too far away from the gallery district, the former Union Brewery has been renovated into a night-life playground, which includes a huge supper club on the ground floor, a rooftop bar and — sandwiched in between — M Suites, at 88 Yi Chang Road, (86-21) 5155-8399, or www.msuites.com.cn.

Set in a re-landscaped public park, the hotel, which opened in January, features a range of accommodations, from single rooms at 980 yuan (about $130 at 7.9 yuan to the U.S. dollar) to the Empress Suite at 2,888 yuan. While the design is meant to be modern and sleek — with large flat-screen TVs, and circular beds in some rooms — it’s similiar to what’s offered at W hotels.

Like the other entrepreneurs, Miao-Miao Jiang, M Suites’ executive director, was also quick to emphasize the lack of designer hotels in Shanghai. “Not many others have done it here,” she said. “So I don’t think we have too many competitors. Also, who else can be near the downtown business center, with a park, underground parking spaces and a boating dock?” Indeed, the hotel does feature these amenities, but its location, in a largely industrial area on the edge of the city center, puts it in an unconventional category.

If both Jia and M Suites were meant to reflect Shanghai’s desire for modern amenities, the Mansion Hotel, at 82 Xinle Road, (86-21) 5403-9888, in the heart of the city’s French Concession district, is a complete throwback to the swinging Shanghai of the 1920s.

Situated in a French manor-style house that was once the home of a notorious Chinese mob boss, the Mansion Hotel has been rehabilitated from a largely abandoned shell that as recently as last spring had badly sagging wood floors. With its gut renovation completed last month, this charming five-story limestone structure has been painstakingly restored into a 30-room property that feels more like a member’s club for the Fortune 500 set.

Right before the hotel’s partial opening last month, its developer, Lu-Jun Yin, cranked an old Columbia gramophone from 1910, and instantly the cavernous lobby, with its 15-foot ceilings, filled with a 1920s recording of the Beijing opera singer Mei Lanfang.

Luxury Hotels in Shanghai for World Expo 2010

Grand Hyatt, Intercontinental Pudong, Sofitel Jin Jiang Oriental

Shanghai has a wide choice of five star venues but best for World Expo 2010 are those in Pudong, the business and commercial hub located barely an hour from the two international airports.

Shanghai’s top hotels have extensive business facilities but are equally suited to leisure travellers, offering opportunities to relax in stylish surroundings and enjoy some of the best dining in town.

Grand Hyatt Shanghai for World Expo 2010

At the heart of Pudong, the Grand Hyatt Shanghai occupies floors 53 to 87 of the Jin Mao tower, close to all amenities and attractions such as the Yu Yuan Gardens and the Shanghai Art Museum. It’s just 4 km to the Bund and 6 km to the People’s Square.

The Grand Hyatt claims 555 spacious rooms and suites, ranging from Deluxe, Executive and Diplomatic Suites to Presidential and Chairman Suites, overlooking the Bund, river and city.

The award winning restaurants and bars offer a wide choice of cuisine, such as Cantonese, Italian and Japanese, in casual surroundings or exclusive settings. Top of the list are Club Jin Mao and Cloud 9 boasting panoramic views on the 87th floor .There’s a piano bar, PU-J’s for dining and entertainment plus a fitness centre, spa and pool.

Intercontinental Shanghai Pudong

Close to the new International Expo Centre, city sights, shopping and metro, the Intercontinental Shanghai Pudong has 398 rooms and suites, including panoramic Club Intercontinental Premier rooms on the upper floors. The contemporary design favours soothing shades such as beige.

The spa offers reflexology, massage, body wraps, beauty rituals, sauna and steam, combining eastern philosophy and western techniques in single, couple or VIP rooms. Gym and pool complete the fitness facilities.

The Level 1 restaurant serves international cuisine, Sushiman is for Japanese fare or guests may enjoy Chinese specialities at the Oriental House or noodles and hot pots at the Red Chopsticks. The modern I Bar is for cocktails and snacks.

Luxury Hotels in Shanghai, Sofitel Jin Jiang Oriental

The 47 floor Sofitel Jin Jiang Oriental is a stylish venue, conveniently situated for World Expo 2010. The 446 rooms and suites range from Luxury to Luxury Club Sofitel and the Opera Suite, at 56 m² designed to entertain. The décor is an unusual blend of Chinese and French styles and there are fabulous views of the city’s skyline and Century Park.

The Sofitel dining options include the international Grand Café, the gourmet X Sensation, 180 metres above the city, the Cantonese Crystal Bridge and the Shanghai Spring Restaurant for regional cuisine and garden view. The lobby lounge serves afternoon tea.

A health club with sauna, massage and indoor pool with natural light complete the picture 

Luxury restaurants in Shanghai

The Cupola in Three on the Bund, Shanghai