HONG KONG -- One of China's first homegrown entrepreneurs, Liu Yonghao, accumulated his fortune as he flourished under paramount leader Deng Xiaoping's economic-opening policy introduced in the late 1970s, and eventually became one of the country's wealthiest individuals. Liu further established his presence as part of the Communist Party's political machinery for nearly three decades.
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Liu Yonghao, chairman of New Hope Group, was among the first private capitalists to be appointed to the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. (Source photos by AP and Reuters)
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