Chinese business magazine CBNweekly recently ranked the most active 500 Chinese celebrities in the fields of entertainment and sports by their commercial value, crowning Hu Ge, a 34-year-old actor, the most commercially valued celebrity in China.
The ranking, using big data, measured celebrities' commercial value relating to professional competence, endorsement ability, media activism and personality segmentation.
CBNweekly said the "content" that a celebrity can make, which includes professional work, performance on social media and brand marketing stories, is what determines his or her commercial value in the age of mobile internet.
Let's have a look at the top 10 Chinese celebrities with the most commercial value.
No 10 Yang Yang
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| Chinese actor Yang Yang attends a food brand's media conference in Shanghai, Sept 1, 2016. (Photo/IC) |
No 9 Sun Li
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| Chinese actress Sun Li (middle) attends an event to mark the 80-day countdown to the grand opening day of Shanghai Disney Resort in Shanghai, March 28, 2016. (Photo/IC) |
No 8 Zhao Liying
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| Chinese actress Zhao Liying poses on the red carpet for the 2015 Tencent App Awards in Beijing, Jan 17, 2016. (Photo/IC) |
No 7 Lu Han
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| Chinese singer and actor Lu Han, a former member of the South Korean-Chinese boy band EXO, poses with his trophies during the award ceremony of the Global Chinese Golden Chart in Beijing, April 3, 2016. (Photo/IC) |
No 6 Jay Chow
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| Taiwan pop music superstar Jay Chow (Zhou Jielun) attends a press conference to promote motorbikes and his cyber game team "J Team" in Taipei, Dec 1, 2016. (Photo/IC) |
No 5 Liu Tao
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| Chinese actress Liu Tao holds an umbrella and poses at a event organized by Porsche in Shanghai, Nov 7, 2016. (Photo/IC) |
