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The 2011 Forbes Chinese Top Celebrities List released yesterday. Andy Lau is first on the list earning 139 million RMB last year, Jay Chou is second and Faye Wong is third. Late last year, Faye held her concert tour where every show was a full house, she earned nearly 118 million RMB and makes her in the lead for female stars. However, among the celebrities, basketball player Yau Ming is still the richest with 229 million. There were a 100 artists from all over China in on the list and together they made a total of 3.9 billion RMB. There are 55 male artists and 45 female artists on the list.

For the female stars, Zhang Ziyi is the highest ranked after Faye Wong. She takes the 7th rank (74.5 million RMB) and Fan Bingbing is in 9th (51 million RMB). For male stars, Donnie Yen is in 6th place (nearly 126 million RMB), Jet Li in 8th (nearly 151 million RMB), Eason Chan in 18th (about 66 million RMB), Jacky Cheung in 19th place, Chow Yun Fat in 29th place, Aaron Kwok in 30th, and Raymond Lam in 71st place. The married couple team Nicholas Tse and Cecilia Cheung takes 23rd and 26th place.

Source: Mingpao
Translated by: aZnangel @ AsianEU