中国两会，富豪云集

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傅才德, 中国两会，富豪云集. 纽约时报中文网, Mar 3, 2015
cn.nytimes.com/china/20150303/c03rich/

, which is translated from

Michael Forsythe, Billionaire Lawmakers Ensure the Rich Are Represented in China’s Legislature.

the first three paragraphs:

“Lawmakers in much of the world are often accused of being in the pockets of billionaires. But there’s a difference in China. Here, the lawmakers are the billionaires.

“Among the 1,271 richest Chinese people tracked by the Shanghai-based Hurun Report, a record 203, or more than one in seven, are delegates to the nation’s Parliament or its advisory body, which will convene for their yearly joint session this week in Beijing. According to figures released by the Hurun Report on Monday, the delegates’ combined net worth is $463.8 billion, more than the annual economic output of Austria.

“American lawmakers are poor by comparison. According to figures provided by the Center for Responsive Politics, a Washington-based group that tracks money in American politics, the richest person in any of the United States government’s three branches, Representative Darrell Issa, a California Republican, would rank as only the 166th richest member at the meeting of China’s National People’s Congress and the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Congress which opens on Wednesday.

Note:
(a) There is no need to read the rest.
(b) Many reliable media reports pegs Mr Issa’s personal wealth $450 million.