Source: xinmsn, Forbes China



Jay Chou is crowned the top China celebrity in 2012

Jay Chou has overtaken Andy Lau to top the 2012 Forbes Top 100 China Celebrity list.

The 2012 Forbes Top 100 China Celebrity list, which started to include Taiwanese and Hong Kong celebrities in 2010, takes into consideration both a celebrity's income and media exposure and charts them according to their business value and influence. On the list that was released in the Chinese edition of Forbes yesterday, Taiwanese superstar Jay topped the list, pushing last year's number one, Hong Kong superstar, Andy Lau to second place.

The multi-talented Jay, who had released an album and held many concerts over the past year, had also starred in a box-office hit, The Viral Factor in 2012. His endorsements and commercial performances were believed to be part of the reason why he was ranked above the father-to-be, who held more than 10 concerts in two months along with his participation in the highly acclaimed movie, A Simple Life.

Chinese actress, Fan Bing Bing came in third for the 2012 Forbes Top 100 China Celebrity. Other celebrities who made it to the list include Faye Wong, Li Na, Zhao Benshan, Jolin Tsai, Yao Ming, Jackie Chan and Lin Chi-ling.

Yang Mi, who was rumoured to be seeing Nicholas Tse a while ago, became the fastest rising celebrity on the list, climbing to the 13th place from the 92nd position last year.

Complete List:
1 Jay Chou
2 Andy Lau
3 Fan Bing Bing
4 Faye Wong
5 Li Na (李娜) (Tennis Athlete)
6 Zhao Benshan (赵本山)
7　Jolin Tsai
8 Yao Ming
9 Jackie Chan
10　Lin Chi-Ling
11 Eason Chan
12 Nicholas Tse
13 Yang Mi
14 Zhang Ziyi
15 Jacky Cheung
16　Leehom Wang
17　Show Luo
18 Donnie Yen
19　Shu Qi
20 Li Bing Bing
21 Aaron Kwok
22 Jet Li
23 Huang Xiao Ming
24 Louis Koo
25 Cecilia Cheung
26 Sun Honglei
27 Tony Leung (Chiu Wai)
28 Jane Zhang
29 Chris Li (Li Yu Chun)
30 Zhou Xun
31　Dee Hsu
32 Guo De Gang (郭德纲)
33 Yao Chen (姚晨)
34　Ruby Lin
35 Hai Qing (海清)
36　A-Mei Chang
37　Mayday
38 Vicki Zhao
39 Zhang Guoli (张国立)
40 Liu Xiang (刘翔) (Athlete)
41 Feng Shuo Feng
42 Yi Jianlian (易建联)
43　Nicky Wu
44 Chow Yun Fat
45　Barbie Hsu
46 Huang Haibo (黄海波)
47 Wu Xiubo (吴秀波)
48 Lang Lang (郎朗) (Pianist)
49 Aloys Chen (Chen Kun)
50　Rene Liu
51 Zhang Jiayi (张嘉译)
52 Chen Daoming (陈道明)
53　Rainie Yang
54 Xu Jinglei (徐静蕾)
55 Karen Mok
56 Li Chen (李晨)
57　Hebe Tien
58 Han Han (韩寒) (Author)
59 Feng Xiaogang (冯小刚)
60 Raymond Lam
61　Wilber Pan
62　Wakin Chau
63　Jam Hsiao
64　Peter Ho
65 Joey Yung
66 Deng Chao (邓超)
67 Xiao Shen Yang (小沈阳)
68 Han Geng (韩庚) (former Super Junior member)
69 Myolie Wu
70 Guo Jing Ming (郭敬明)
71 When Zhang (文章)
72 Yang Lan (杨澜) (Businesswoman/Talk Show Host)
73 Miriam Yeung
74 Li Jing (李静)
75　Kaneshiro Takeshi
76　(Magician) Lu Chen
77 Li Yundi (李云迪) (Pianist)
78 Ge You (葛优) (Best Actor @ 1994 Cannes Film Festival)
79 Sammi Cheng
80　Ethan Ruan
81 Zhang Jizhong (张纪中)
82 Charlene Choi
83 Wang Luodan (王珞丹)
84 Gao Xixi (高希希)
85 Xie Na (Nana)
86 Carina Lau
87　Christine Fan
88 Jaing Wenli (蒋雯丽)
89 Teng Hau Tao (滕华涛)
90 Tang Wei
91 Jacqueline Li (李小璐)
92　Yoga Lin
93 Hanyu Zhang (张涵予)
94 Wang Feng (汪峰)
95　Ella Chen
96 Sun Li (孙俪)
97 He Jiong (何炅)
98 Liu Wen (Super Model)
99 Cecelia Liu (刘诗诗)
100 Angelababy

** You can take a look at the Forbes China site to see how their income level, reasons, etc of how this list was determined.