Beijing is now home to more billionaires than any other city in the world, according to the latest Forbes' annual rich list.根据最新的福布斯年度富豪榜，北京是目前世界四亿万富翁总数最多的城市。The Chinese capital aded 33 billionaires year and now hosts 100, said the business magazine.《福布斯》数据显示，中国首都北京去年增加了33位亿万富翁，现在总人数为100位。This narrowly beats New York City, which hosts 99 and has held the top ranking for the last seven years.纽约有99位亿万富豪，并在过去7年里一直保持着榜首位置，而北京以微弱优势胜之。Chin's quick containment of Covid-19, the rise of its technology firms and stock markets helped it gain top spot.中国能够夺得榜首位置，很大程度上缘于其快速的疫情防控措施及科技公司的崛起。
Beijing's richest resident was Zhang Yiming, the founder of video-sharing app TikTok and chief executive of its parent firm ByteDance.北京首富是张一鸣，他是视频分享应用TikTok的创始人及其母公司字节跳动的首席执行官。He saw his net worth double to $35.6bn.他的净资产增加了了一倍,达到356亿美元。In contrast, New York City's richest resident, former Mayor Michael Bloomberg, had a fortune worth $59bn.而纽约首富为前市长迈克尔.布隆伯格，其资产为590亿美元。China, along with the US, has seen its technology giants become even bigger during the pandemic as more people shopped online and looked for sources of entertainment.中国与美国一样由于网。上购物线上娱乐产品用户越来越多，科技巨头在疫情期间业务变得更加庞大。This saw the massive wealth for the founders and shareholders of these tech titans.这使得这些科技巨头的创始人和股东拥有了大量的个人财富。China, whose figure included Hong Kong and Macao in the Forbes count, added more billionaires to the list than any other country globally, with 210 newcomers.根据《福布斯)统计，大中华地区(内陆及港澳台地 区)新增的亿万富翁比全球任何一个国家都多，有210位新上榜者。Half of China's new billionaires made their fortunes from manufacturing or technology ventures,中国新上榜的亿万富翁中，有一半是靠制造业或科技公司发家的，including female billionaire Kate Wang, who made her money from e-cigarettes.其中包括靠电子烟发家的女亿万富翁汪莹。
With 698 billionaires, China is closing in on the US, which still leads with 724 billionaires.美国仍以724名的亿万富翁人二壹公人数领先世界,而中国拥有698名，正在逼近美国。A record 493 newcomers joined the hist globally last year roughly one new billionaire every 17 hours, according to Forbes.根据《福布斯》的数据，去年全球有493位新人加入该 榜单，大约每1小时就有一位新的亿万富翁上榜， 创下历史新高。India had the third-highest number of billionaires, with 140.印度以140位的亿万富翁人数位居第二。In total, the 1,149 billionaires from Asia Pacific were worth $4.7tn, compared with the US billionaires $4.4tn.亚太比1149位亿万富翁的财富总额为4.7万亿美元，而美国亿万富翁财富总额为4.4万亿美元。
Jeff Bezos, founder and chief executive of Amazon, remains the world's richest person for the fourth consecutive year.亚马逊创始人兼首席执行官杰夫.贝索斯已经连续第四年蝉联世界首富。His net worth grew by $64bn to $177bn last year.他的身家去年增加了640亿美元，达到1770亿美元。
