Biography & Early Wealth Journey

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One good aspect of this story for Fan's millions of fans is that the charges have caused her to reemerge to the public. On Chinese social media, where she has a total of 62 million followers and counting, she released a statement apologizing for her tax evasion efforts:

"As a public figure, I should have abided by laws and regulations, and been a role model in the industry and society," she said. "I shouldn't have lost self-restraint or become lax in managing (my companies), which led to the violation of laws, in the name of economic interests … Without the favorable polices of the Communist Party and state, without the love of the people, there would have been no Fan Bingbing."

Primary Income Streams & Multi-Million Contracts

Fan also added, not surprisingly, that she "completely accepts" China's tax authorities' decision, and presumably plans to have all that money paid by the deadline.