The ''Forbes'' China Celebrity 100 is a list published annually by ''

Forbes ''Forbes'' () is an American business magazine owned by Integrated Whale Media Investments and the Forbes family. Published eight times a year, it features articles on finance, industry, investing, and marketing topics. ''Forbes'' also re ...

'' that ranks the influence of

Chinese Chinese can refer to: * Something related to China * Chinese people, people of Chinese nationality, citizenship, and/or ethnicity **''Zhonghua minzu'', the supra-ethnic concept of the Chinese nation ** List of ethnic groups in China, people of ...

celebrities. First published in 2004, it is similar to

Celebrity 100 Celebrity 100 is an annual list compiled and published by ''Forbes'' magazine since 1999, preceding by the ''Forbes'' Top 40 entertainers list. Until 2014, the rankings were made based on a complex combination of factors, including earnings, so ...

also published by ''Forbes''. Factors that are taken into account include income, search engine hits, as well as exposure in newspapers, magazines, and television. In 2010, the list started to include Chinese celebrities born in

Hong Kong Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China ( abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China on the eastern Pearl River Delt ...

Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the nort ...

, and other countries or regions. Prior to 2010, it only included celebrities born in

mainland China "Mainland China" is a geopolitical term defined as the territory governed by the People's Republic of China (including islands like Hainan or Chongming), excluding dependent territories of the PRC, and other territories within Greater China. ...

. In 2016, the list was discontinued due to ''Forbes'' ceasing its operations in China. In 2017, the list was revived.

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