National domination can be an expensive ambition, especially in the world’s most populous country. So far, this has not hampered Chinese billionaire Wang Jianlin, chairman and major shareholder of Chinese conglomerate Wanda Group, in turn the major shareholder of Hong Kong-listedDalian Wanda Commercial Properties. By its own assertion, Wanda Group is China’s largest developed-property owner, with more than 20m sq metres, as well as being the world’s largest cinema chain operator, with more than 500 cinemas.
想要在全國佔據龍頭地位可能需要付出不菲代價,尤其是在世界第一人口大國。到目前爲止,這一事實卻未能阻擋住中國億萬富翁王健林。王健林是萬達集團(Wanda Group)的董事長和大股東,相應的也是在香港上市的大連萬達商業地產(Dalian Wanda Commercial Properties)的大股東。按照萬達集團自己的聲明,該集團持有中國最大規模的已開發物業,面積在2000萬平米以上。此外,該集團還是全球最大的院線營運商,旗下擁有逾500家電影院。