Chinese President Xi Jinping, Jackie Chan, Jay Chou Among 'Most Admired' People In The World

World's most admired 2016
World's most admired 2016
By Michelle GuanzonMay 12th, 2016

YouGov's "World's Most Admired" survey for 2016 is out.

Among the list of the "Most Admired" People in the world poll by Yougov, three most influential individuals in China including the very own Chinese President Xi Jingping, the Christian famous musician Jay Chou and Hong Kong's famous personality Jackie Chan is on the list.

President Xi is on the third spot followed by Jackie Chan on the fourth spot and Jay Chou on the 19th spot.

"Xi Jingping ranks highly because of huge support in populous China, however Barack Obama has the most widespread admiration. In the list of global-only figures the US President ranks first in six countries and second in eight (Jinping is in the top ten in only two of 30 countries). Only in one country, Russia, is Obama not in the top ten," as written on YouGov's website.

On the other hand, for women's list, Angelina Jolie is on the top list followed by Queen Elizabeth on the second spot.

Bill gates is the most admired man in the world.

YouGov's installation of massive international study of personality admiration involved more than 31,000 interviews.

"All of the surveys were conducted online, and in many of the countries the internet penetration is low to the point where the sample can only be said to be representative to the online population. The countries where the online population is lower than 60% of the total are Morocco, China, Mexico, Egypt, South Africa, Philippines, India, Thailand, Indonesia and Pakistan," stated on YouGov's website.

 

 

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