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Wang Jianlin

The latest news on Wang Jianlini, Chinese business magnate, investor, philanthropist and chairperson of the Wanda Group, including business news and updates.

Born

24 Oct 1954

Industry

Business

Job Title

Founder of Dalian Wanda Group

China property

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International capital is circling China’s property sector, testing valuations and chasing returns after years of strain.

17 Aug 2026 - 10:17AMvideocam

China society

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26 Oct 2025 - 9:00AMvideocam

China's economic recovery

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31 May 2024 - 2:09PMvideocam

Dalian Wanda Group

Wang Jianlin’s Wanda unit gets a fund injection from PAG-led group

Dalian Wanda Group, the parent of Wanda Commercial and the country’s largest shopping centre operator, has been grappling with a liquidity crisis over the past two years, and has been selling assets to repay debt.

2 Apr 2024 - 7:20PM

Dalian Wanda Group’s Qingpu shopping mall in Shanghai on Thursday, May 25, 2023. Photo: Bloomberg

Banking & finance

Cash-starved Chinese property group Dalian Wanda sells Shanghai luxury hotel

The cash-strapped Dalian Wanda Group sold its luxury hotel in Shanghai to Indonesian pulp and paper billionaire Sukanto Tanoto, at a reported price of between 1.44 billion and 1.66 billion yuan (US$204 million and US$234 million).

3 Jan 2024 - 7:20PM

Banking & finance

Wanda bond prices rise after creditors chose not to seek early loan repayments

Dalian Wanda’s dollar bonds jumped to a new high on Monday after it said creditors of loans worth US$1.3 billion had not demanded early repayments following the failed IPO of unit Zhuhai Wanda.

29 May 2023 - 8:30PM

IPO

Dalian Wanda unit’s Hong Kong IPO application lapses for the third time

The deadline to list Zhuhai Wanda Commercial Management Group lapsed on Tuesday, the Hong Kong stock exchange said, putting parent Dalian Wanda Commercial’s bonds under further pressure.

25 Apr 2023 - 6:21PM

Dalian Wanda Group’s woes mount after an affiliate’s IPO deadline lapsed in Hong Kong. Photo: Reuters

Bonds

Wanda Group firm’s bonds slide on loan extension concerns, unit’s IPO deadline

Dalian Wanda Commercial Management’s offshore bonds fell this week as investors are concerned about possible extension to onshore trust loans, while the clock is ticking for its subsidiary to launch its IPO.

19 Apr 2023 - 6:29PM

Bonds

Dalian Wanda returns to offshore markets with US$300 million bond sale

Dalian Wanda Commercial Management is poised to issue US$300 million of high-yield bonds, its second offering in the offshore debt market this year, according to people familiar with the matter.

6 Feb 2023 - 9:30PMvideocam

China property

Chinese conglomerate Dalian Wanda to open renovated Beijing mall in June

Dalian Wanda Group plans to open a new mall in Beijing in June 2023 under its “asset-light” business model, further expanding its shopping-centre empire on the mainland.

26 Dec 2022 - 7:00PMvideocam

Dalian Wanda Group

Thanks to Reddit’s traders, Wanda turns AMC stake into a gain

Chinese conglomerate Dalian Wanda Group has sold almost all of its stake in US cinema chain AMC Entertainment Holdings, the highly indebted company said on Sunday.

25 May 2021 - 11:57AMvideocam

AMC reported a net loss of US$4.6 billion for 2020 on Friday. Photo: AFP

Dalian Wanda Group

Dalian Wanda’s media flagship runs aground as AMC stake shrinks

Dalian Wanda Group has lost its control in AMC Entertainment Holdings, the largest cinema chain in the US, after AMC’s additional equity sales and bond conversion diluted shareholders’ stake amid the pandemic.

18 Mar 2021 - 1:17AM

Dalian Wanda Group

Dalian Wanda signs ambitious China tourism plan in bet on Greater Bay Area

Dalian Wanda, controlled by Chinese billionaire Wang Jianlin, is embarking on an ambitious plan to develop the tourism potentials of Zhaoqing city in Greater Bay Area.

30 Sep 2020 - 9:30AMvideocam

Dalian Wanda Group

Tycoon Wang Jianlin’s Wanda Group sells Chicago tower for US$270 million

Hong Kong-listed Wanda Hotel Development is selling the under-construction Vista Tower to Chicago-based Magellan Parcel for a net gain of US$12.1 million.

30 Jul 2020 - 4:02PM

Dalian Wanda Group is battling to repay massive debts. Photo: Reuters

China economy

China’s top cinema operator expects first-half loss of up to US$228 million

Over 600 theatres of China’s biggest cinema chain operator in the mainland have been shut since January.

14 Jul 2020 - 9:25PMvideocam

Cinemas have remained closed in China since late January due to the Covid-19 epidemic. Photo: EPA-EFE

Coronavirus China

Wanda Film shrugs off pandemic impact with plan to add 70 new cinemas

Wanda Film, controlled by Chinese billionaire Wang Jianlin, is pushing ahead with an expansion plan to grab market share, as the industry looks forward to reopening its doors to film-goers soon.

11 May 2020 - 10:36PMvideocam

Coronavirus pandemic

Chinese tycoon’s cinema empire feels the pain as theatres remain closed

The industry faces an uncertain future as theatres are ill-suited to the social-distancing requirements that are likely to remain in place for months even after the crisis ends

17 Apr 2020 - 9:25AM

Dalian Wanda Group

Dalian Wanda says reports of AMC’s imminent bankruptcy are ‘pure rumours’

Dalian Wanda Group has described reports about the imminent collapse of its AMC Entertainment unit as ‘pure rumours’ after the company’s stock plunged and bonds fell to distressed levels.

15 Apr 2020 - 9:48PM

A cyclist rides his bike by an AMC theatre during the coronavirus pandemic in San Francisco. The future of AMC cinemas remains in question after shuttering all of its theatres and furloughing all its staff. Photo: Getty Images

Dalian Wanda Group

Wanda Sports considering US$1 billion sale of Ironman Triathlon business

Wanda Sports Group, the sports marketing and event promoter owned by billionaire Wang Jianlin, is considering selling the Ironman triathlon business it bought in 2015.

17 Feb 2020 - 7:12PM

China society

Son of Chinese property billionaire reaches deal with creditors

One of China’s leading investors in online entertainment, Wang Sicong settles after online media company went bankrupt in March.

26 Dec 2019 - 10:35PM

China society

Chinese court seizes assets of billionaire’s son over debts

Wang Sicong could be put on a public list of ‘discredited individuals’ if he does not comply with an order to pay more than US$21 million to creditors.

22 Nov 2019 - 10:02PM

A Beijing court has frozen assets belonging to Wang Sicong. Photo: Baidu

China society

Court tells US$21 million debtor Wang to stick to the bare necessities

No more first-class travel, holidays or buying property for son of Dalian Wanda Group chairman after ruling by Shanghai court.

9 Nov 2019 - 11:21PM

A court in Shanghai has pulled the plug on Wang Sicong’s extravagant lifestyle. Photo: Handout

China society

The son of China’s former richest man lands on list of debtors

Founder of PandaTV, told to pay back US$21.6 million to unnamed creditors.

8 Nov 2019 - 11:59PM

Dalian Wanda Group

Wanda continues shift from property, signs US$870 million hospital deal

Chinese conglomerate Dalian Wanda Group said on Wednesday it had formally signed an operational agreement to develop a high-end hospital in partnership with the University of Pittsburgh Medical Centre in Chengdu.

27 Jun 2019 - 11:33AM

China economy

As tycoons retire, hard-charging scions hold keys to China’s future

Succession might seem like a no-brainer for Chinese family empires. But many adult children – wanting to prove themselves in their own ventures – are reluctant to take over.

11 Jan 2019 - 11:06AM

In this collection of photographs, from top left to right are GCL Power’s chairman Zhu Gongshan, WH Group’s chairman and CEO Wan Long, Huawei’s founder and president Ren Zhengfei; and from bottom left to right are Longfor Properties’ co-founder and chairwoman Wu Yajun, Country Garden’s founder and chairman Yang Guoqiang, and Fuyao Glass’ founder and chairman Cao Dewang.

Ultra Luxury

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24 Dec 2018 - 11:30AM

Jonathan Zeman, CEO of LKF Group, and son of Allan Zeman, the Hong Kong entertainment business tycoon and ‘father of Lan Kwai Fong’, the city’s nightclub district.

China property

As home sales slump, Chinese developers look to insurance services

Hong Kong-listed developer Greentown China Holdings announced on Monday that it will spend 2.72 billion yuan (US$390 million) to acquire an 11.55 per cent stake in Aeon Life Insurance.

19 Dec 2018 - 1:13AM

Dalian Wanda Group

One of China’s richest men to build US$1.74 billion paean to communism

The investment is the second major push by Wang Jianlin’s company to hew to the government’s preferred agenda

14 Dec 2018 - 11:01PM

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.css-1f6sr3w{color:#727272;}In Focus | Bottom fishers? Foreign funds’ moves on China property give hope for rebound

International capital is circling China’s property sector, testing valuations and chasing returns after years of strain.

Video | Chinese man devotes life to helping young drifters find their way home

The mogul and his firm that endured China’s economic tides – when others didn’t

Wang Jianlin’s Wanda unit gets a fund injection from PAG-led group

Dalian Wanda Group, the parent of Wanda Commercial and the country’s largest shopping centre operator, has been grappling with a liquidity crisis over the past two years, and has been selling assets to repay debt.

Cash-starved Chinese property group Dalian Wanda sells Shanghai luxury hotel

The cash-strapped Dalian Wanda Group sold its luxury hotel in Shanghai to Indonesian pulp and paper billionaire Sukanto Tanoto, at a reported price of between 1.44 billion and 1.66 billion yuan (US$204 million and US$234 million).

Wanda bond prices rise after creditors chose not to seek early loan repayments

Dalian Wanda’s dollar bonds jumped to a new high on Monday after it said creditors of loans worth US$1.3 billion had not demanded early repayments following the failed IPO of unit Zhuhai Wanda.

Dalian Wanda unit’s Hong Kong IPO application lapses for the third time

The deadline to list Zhuhai Wanda Commercial Management Group lapsed on Tuesday, the Hong Kong stock exchange said, putting parent Dalian Wanda Commercial’s bonds under further pressure.

Wanda Group firm’s bonds slide on loan extension concerns, unit’s IPO deadline

Dalian Wanda Commercial Management’s offshore bonds fell this week as investors are concerned about possible extension to onshore trust loans, while the clock is ticking for its subsidiary to launch its IPO.

Dalian Wanda returns to offshore markets with US$300 million bond sale

Dalian Wanda Commercial Management is poised to issue US$300 million of high-yield bonds, its second offering in the offshore debt market this year, according to people familiar with the matter.

Chinese conglomerate Dalian Wanda to open renovated Beijing mall in June

Dalian Wanda Group plans to open a new mall in Beijing in June 2023 under its “asset-light” business model, further expanding its shopping-centre empire on the mainland.

Thanks to Reddit’s traders, Wanda turns AMC stake into a gain

Chinese conglomerate Dalian Wanda Group has sold almost all of its stake in US cinema chain AMC Entertainment Holdings, the highly indebted company said on Sunday.

Dalian Wanda’s media flagship runs aground as AMC stake shrinks

Dalian Wanda Group has lost its control in AMC Entertainment Holdings, the largest cinema chain in the US, after AMC’s additional equity sales and bond conversion diluted shareholders’ stake amid the pandemic.

Dalian Wanda signs ambitious China tourism plan in bet on Greater Bay Area

Dalian Wanda, controlled by Chinese billionaire Wang Jianlin, is embarking on an ambitious plan to develop the tourism potentials of Zhaoqing city in Greater Bay Area.

Tycoon Wang Jianlin’s Wanda Group sells Chicago tower for US$270 million

Hong Kong-listed Wanda Hotel Development is selling the under-construction Vista Tower to Chicago-based Magellan Parcel for a net gain of US$12.1 million.

China’s top cinema operator expects first-half loss of up to US$228 million

Over 600 theatres of China’s biggest cinema chain operator in the mainland have been shut since January.

Wanda Film shrugs off pandemic impact with plan to add 70 new cinemas

Wanda Film, controlled by Chinese billionaire Wang Jianlin, is pushing ahead with an expansion plan to grab market share, as the industry looks forward to reopening its doors to film-goers soon.

Chinese tycoon’s cinema empire feels the pain as theatres remain closed

The industry faces an uncertain future as theatres are ill-suited to the social-distancing requirements that are likely to remain in place for months even after the crisis ends

Dalian Wanda says reports of AMC’s imminent bankruptcy are ‘pure rumours’

Dalian Wanda Group has described reports about the imminent collapse of its AMC Entertainment unit as ‘pure rumours’ after the company’s stock plunged and bonds fell to distressed levels.

Wanda Sports considering US$1 billion sale of Ironman Triathlon business

Wanda Sports Group, the sports marketing and event promoter owned by billionaire Wang Jianlin, is considering selling the Ironman triathlon business it bought in 2015.

Son of Chinese property billionaire reaches deal with creditors

One of China’s leading investors in online entertainment, Wang Sicong settles after online media company went bankrupt in March.

Chinese court seizes assets of billionaire’s son over debts

Wang Sicong could be put on a public list of ‘discredited individuals’ if he does not comply with an order to pay more than US$21 million to creditors.

Court tells US$21 million debtor Wang to stick to the bare necessities

No more first-class travel, holidays or buying property for son of Dalian Wanda Group chairman after ruling by Shanghai court.

The son of China’s former richest man lands on list of debtors

Founder of PandaTV, told to pay back US$21.6 million to unnamed creditors.

Wanda continues shift from property, signs US$870 million hospital deal

Chinese conglomerate Dalian Wanda Group said on Wednesday it had formally signed an operational agreement to develop a high-end hospital in partnership with the University of Pittsburgh Medical Centre in Chengdu.

As tycoons retire, hard-charging scions hold keys to China’s future

Succession might seem like a no-brainer for Chinese family empires. But many adult children – wanting to prove themselves in their own ventures – are reluctant to take over.

5 China and Hong Kong scions who are stand-outs in the world of business

Jonathan Zeman, Brandon Chau, Wang Sicong, Adam Kwok and Eric Fok, who were born into wealthy families, have all made a success of themselves

As home sales slump, Chinese developers look to insurance services

Hong Kong-listed developer Greentown China Holdings announced on Monday that it will spend 2.72 billion yuan (US$390 million) to acquire an 11.55 per cent stake in Aeon Life Insurance.

One of China’s richest men to build US$1.74 billion paean to communism

The investment is the second major push by Wang Jianlin’s company to hew to the government’s preferred agenda

In Focus | Bottom fishers? Foreign funds’ moves on China property give hope for rebound