Chinese beverage magnate Zong Qinghou, chairman of soft drinks maker Wahaha, has topped the Hurun Rich List 2012 with a personal fortune of 12.6 billion U.S. dollars, said a report on Monday.

It is the second time the 67-year-old Zong has taken the crown after topping the list in 2010, said the report launched by the Shanghai-based Hurun Research Institute. The organization is known for its annual China Rich List.

Following Zong, Wang Jianlin of real estate giant Dalian Wanda, and Li Yanhong of China's search engine firm Baidu gained the list's second and third positions, respectively.

In a year when the Shanghai Stock Exchange fell 23 percent, 469 of the top 1,000 of the Hurun Rich List saw their wealth shrink, according to the report. These were mainly companies from the solar, textiles and retail sectors.

Meanwhile, 291 saw their wealth grow and 114 stayed the same. There were 150 new faces.

"Although this year has seen some significant bloodletting in terms of wealth, it is worth remembering that these entrepreneurs are still up 40 percent on two years ago and almost ten times from ten years ago", said Rupert Hoogewerf, Hurun Report Chairman and Chief Researcher.

Hoogewerf began compiling the China Rich List in 1999.

沪江英语快讯：2012年胡润百富榜出炉！国内软饮料巨头娃哈哈集团的掌门人宗庆后及其家族继2010年后再次登上中国首富的宝座，其财富总额高达800亿元人民币！大连万达集团的的王健林以财富650亿元排名第二。这也是自胡润百富榜开创以来，地产业首次被超越，制造业排名第一。

2012年胡润百富榜前10名榜单

来源：《2012雅居乐海南清水湾胡润百富榜》
* 对比去年新进入前10名； ↑对比去年排名有所上升；↓对比去年排名有所下降；—对比去年排名保持不变