Distinguished is level 3 of 4 in the China Hall of Fame: sustained excellence over a career, widely honoured at home. See how the levels work.
Why they are here
The founder of Lenovo, which grew from a small company set up in a guardhouse in Beijing in 1984 into the world's largest maker of personal computers.
Liu Chuanzhi founded Legend, later Lenovo, with colleagues from the Chinese Academy of Sciences and a small loan. In 2005 Lenovo bought IBM's personal computer business.
He is regarded as one of the founding figures of Chinese private enterprise.
He is regarded as one of the founding figures of Chinese private enterprise.
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