in 2001. Jing was #94 on Forbes’ list of China’s billionaires in 2013 and jumped to #12 in 2014 after he sold his 37% stake in Beijing’s Xinwei Telecom Technology. He is involved in projects including the HKND Group which manages the Nicaraguan Canal and Development Project to build the $50 billion Nicaragua canal and a project to develop a Black Sea deep water seaport. Jing has been involved in agribusiness and metals as well.