Xu Jiayin, president of real estate giant Evergrande Group, topped the Forbes China philanthropy list with the most cash donations in 2019, reaching 3.01 billion yuan ($428.9 million), marking the fifth time for him to claim first place since Forbes China established the list 14 years ago.

Xu Yingqiu, chairman of Kaiyuan Real Estate. [Photo/sztqb.sznews.com]

Dang Yanbao, chairman of Baofeng Real Estate. [Photo/topics.gmw.cn]

Huang Lunru and his son Huang Tao, who oversees Golden Resources Group. [Photo/gongyishibao.com]

Yu Liang, chairman of the board of Vanke Group. [Photo/Xinhua]

Ma Huateng, chairman and CEO of Tencent, speaks at the plenary session of the Fourth World Internet Conference in Wuzhen, East China's Zhejiang province, on Dec 3, 2017. [Photo/Xinhua]

Jack Ma Yun, the founder of e-commerce heavyweight Alibaba, delivers a speech at the Africa Netpreneur Conference on Nov 17, 2019. [Photo/Xinhua]

Zhu Mengyi, founder of Pearl River Investment. [Photo/Forbes]

Sun Hongbin, chairman of SUNAC. [Photo/sunac.com.cn]

Yang Guoqiang, chairman of Country Garden. [Photo/Official WeChat account of Country Garden]

Xu Jiayin, chairman of Evergrande Group, speaks at a football club meeting in Guangzhou, on Feb 25, 2019. [Photo/Xinhua]