Charity Confederation; vice chair of the China Folk Chamber of Commerce; vice chair of the China Enterprise Confederation and the China Enterprise Directors Association; vice chair of the China General Chamber of Commerce; vice-chair of the Global Advisory Council of Harvard University. In 2011, he donated to charitable causes, such as underwriting the restoration of an ancient temple in Nanjing. In 2014-2015 he donated for the restoration of the Electric Fountain in Beverly Hills, California. In 2017 he donated CNY 20 million to help 2017 Sichuan landslide victims, it was speculated that he empathized especially with the region having grown up in Ngawa Prefecture himself. Wang maintains a close relationship with the Chinese Communist Party. The New York Times reported in 2015 that relatives of high-ranking Party officials amassed a stake in the company prior to the IPO of Dalian Wanda which appreciated to over $1.1 billion when the company was listed. These relatives include Qi Qiaoqiao, the sister of Xi Jinping, as well as the daughter of Wen Jiabao. However, Wang's personal motto is “stay close to the government and distant from politics.” He believes entrepreneurs should be "close" to the government and "clear" from the government as well. "If the government never talk to entrepreneurs, they'll never know what entrepreneurs want to invest, develop or solve." In 2010, Wang donated a billion yuan (US$156 million) to the city of Nanjing for reconstruction of the Porcelain Tower of Nanjing . This is reported to be the largest single personal donation ever made in China. Wealth Wang Jianlin has been ranked prominently in worldwide billionaire lists for years. The previous year, Forbes ranked him the 128th richest person in the world, with . In August 2013, he was listed as the wealthiest person in China with a net worth of by Bloomberg. In September 2013, his net worth rose to , according to numbers of the Hurun Report. According to the Hurun Report, in 2014 he was the 25th richest person in the world with . In 2015, Bloomberg listed him as the richest person in Asia with . According to Forbes, in 2016 he was the richest person in Asia with . A year later, Forbes ranked him 18th in its 2017 World's Billionaires list, making him the richest man in China with a net worth of . However, on May 14, Jack Ma overtook Wang Jianlin as the