China’s 100 Richest 2021: Collective Wealth Climbs To Nearly $1.5 Trillion Amid Tumult Shifts in government policy in education and tech, along with worries about real estate debt, led many of the country’s largest private-sector companies to see steep share declines. Yet the total wealth of China’s 100 Richest increased to $1.48 trillion from $1.33 trillion a year earlier.