{"id":"hui-ka-yan","type":"person","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/hui-ka-yan","language":"en","name":"Hui Ka Yan","name_en":"Hui Ka Yan","name_ne":null,"description":"Chinese entrepreneur (1958-)","headline":"Chinese entrepreneur (1958-)","also_known_as":[],"summary":"Hui Ka Yan is a Chinese convicted criminal and former businessman. Founder of Evergrande Group, he was a high-profile tycoon whose ventures extended from real estate into sports, entertainment, and beverages, until his arrest in 2023 amid the Chinese real estate crisis. In 2026, he pleaded guilty to charges including embezzlement and corporate bribery, and was sentenced to life imprisonment.","summary_more":[],"facts":[{"key":"born","label":"Born","values":[{"text":"9 October 1958","date":"1958-10-09"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1454895#P569"}},{"key":"birthplace","label":"Place of birth","values":[{"text":"Taikang County","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q662019"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1454895#P19"}},{"key":"citizenship","label":"Citizenship","values":[{"text":"People's Republic of China","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q148"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1454895#P27"}},{"key":"occupation","label":"Occupation","values":[{"text":"entrepreneur","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q131524"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1454895#P106"}},{"key":"party","label":"Political party","values":[{"text":"Chinese Communist Party","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17427"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1454895#P102"}},{"key":"education","label":"Education","values":[{"text":"Wuhan University of Science and Technology","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6123855","start":"1978","end":"1982"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1454895#P69"}},{"key":"positions","label":"Positions held","values":[{"text":"member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q51078983"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1454895#P39"}},{"key":"awards","label":"Awards","values":[{"text":"100 Outstanding Private Entrepreneurs in the 40 Years of Reform and Opening-up","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q60991786"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1454895#P166"}}],"office":null,"sections":[],"cited":[],"cited_from":null,"videos":[],"last_reviewed":null,"organizations":[],"same_as":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hui_Ka_Yan","https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1454895"],"faq":[{"q":"When was Hui Ka Yan born?","a":"Hui Ka Yan was born on 9 October 1958 in Taikang County."},{"q":"What positions has Hui Ka Yan held?","a":"Positions held by Hui Ka Yan include: member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference."},{"q":"Where did Hui Ka Yan study?","a":"Hui Ka Yan was educated at Wuhan University of Science and Technology."}],"related":[{"name":"Robin Li","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/robin-li"},{"name":"Wang Jianlin","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/wang-jianlin"},{"name":"Li Shufu","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/li-shufu"},{"name":"Zhou Xiaochuan","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/zhou-xiaochuan"},{"name":"Xu Rongmao","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/xu-rongmao"},{"name":"Liu Qiangdong","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/liu-qiangdong"}],"places_in":[],"nearby":[],"image":{"url":"https://diginpl.com/kb-img/hui-ka-yan-e149578788.jpg","width":480,"height":640,"license":"CC BY 4.0","credit":"China News Service","page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Xu_Jiayin_in_Aug,_2026_(cropped).jpg"},"sources":[{"label":"Wikipedia (English): Hui Ka Yan","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hui_Ka_Yan","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikidata item Q1454895","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1454895","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},{"label":"Image: Xu Jiayin in Aug, 2026 (cropped).jpg by China News Service (CC BY 4.0)","url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Xu_Jiayin_in_Aug,_2026_(cropped).jpg","license":null}],"license":{"text":"CC BY-SA 4.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","facts":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},"attribution":"Text from the Wikipedia article Hui Ka Yan, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: Xu Jiayin in Aug, 2026 (cropped).jpg — China News Service, CC BY 4.0.","cite":"\"Hui Ka Yan\". DigiNepal. Last updated 30 October 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/hui-ka-yan. Retrieved 6 November 2026.","date_modified":"2026-10-30T06:59:34Z","facts_checked":"2026-11-06","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/people/hui-ka-yan","en":"https://diginpl.com/people/hui-ka-yan","ne":"https://diginpl.com/people/hui-ka-yan?lang=ne"}}