8 Toshiaki Egashira
Mr. Toshiaki Egashira was named President and Representative Director in Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Group Holdings, Inc., effective April 1, 2008. Prior to that, he served as President, Executive President and Representative Director in Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Company, Ltd. He served as Director in President's Office, Chief Director of China, Chief Director of Kanagawa & Shizuoka, Managing Executive Officer and Chief Executive Officer in Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Company, Ltd.
9 Lining
Li is most famous for winning 6 medals at the 1984 Summer Olympics, including 3 gold medals (in floor exercise, pommel horse, and rings), 2 silver medals, and a bronze medal. In 1982, he won six of the seven medals awarded at the Sixth World Cup Gymnastic Competition, earning him the title "Prince of gymnastics".
Li retired from sporting competition in 1988, and in 1990 he founded the Li-Ning Company Limited, which sells footwear and sporting apparel in China. Li remains chairman of the company's board of directors.
Li was inducted into the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame in 2000, becoming the first Chinese inductee.
At the 2008 Summer Olympics Li Ning ignited the cauldron at the opening ceremony after being hoisted high into the air with cables and miming running around the high portion of the stadium.
10 Zhang Xiangqing
Zhang Xiangqing has won nationwide applause by donating 100 million yuan to the quake-hit Sichuan province. Orphaned by the Tangshan earthquake 30 years ago, he has become one of the most generous donors to the recent disaster.
All together, he has donated 100 million yuan to the disaster.
Zhang Xiangqing is the president of Tianjin Rockcheck Steel Group in Tianjin municipality in north China. He started his business in 1989 as a vendor and then became involved in the steel industry in 1991. Behind all his business success, stands the memory of the 7.8-magnitude earthquake more than 30 years ago in the city of Tangshan that left him orphaned.
He says that he wants to adopt 100 orphans and another 3,000 older people and children and bring them to his company's school.
He has devoted himself to charity work, especially in the fields of education and public service. He won the "Outstanding Contributions to Chinese Charities" award by the China Charity Federation in 2006.
