Along with Li on the list include the founder of Xiaomi Inc. Lei Jun, the co-founder and CEO of Qihoo 360 Zhou Hongyi, the Chairman of iFLYTEK Co., Ltd. Liu Qingfeng, the Chairman of Hisense Co., Ltd. Zhou Houjian, and so on.

A group photo of the 2017 Top 10 Economic Personages of China

Li said the award was a recognition for GPHL and the practitioners of pharmaceutical industry, and he believed entrepreneurs should be passionated, energetic, rational and deliberate.

In Li’s opinion, entrepreneurs should be aspiring and willing to do good turns, and GPHL’s mission is to lower healthcare costs and improve the health conditions for the people.

It is of note that GPHL achieved a sales revenue of RMB 100 billion in 2017 and has topped the list of China’s Top 100 Pharmaceutical Companies for years in a row. Li said GPHL’s next goal is to become one of the listed Fortune Global 500 enterprises by 2020.

(Author: Monica Liu; Editor: Olivia Yang)