On March 11, the Chinese version of Forbes magazine officially announced its "2008 List of Famous People in China". Among the top five are three sports celebrities: Yao Ming (No. 1), Liu Xiang (No. 2), and Yi Jianlian (No. 4). In terms of famous actors, Jet Li and Zhang Ziyi ranked No. 3 and No. 5 respectively.
The main actors of influential TV series and films in 2007, including Li Youbin and Song Jia from the TV series "Crossing Northeast", Wang Baoqiang who played Xu Sanduo in the TV series "The Soldier", Tang Wei, and Han Yu who played Gu Zidi in the movie "Assembly" made it to the list for the first time on this Forbes list of celebrities in 2008.