Consumer electronics tycoon Apple Inc topped the Hurun Global 500 list this year, with a gross value of 15.81 trillion yuan (US$2.43 trillion), followed by Microsoft and Amazon, according to the latest ranking.
Alphabet and Facebook took the fourth and fifth spots, with 11.21 trillion yuan and 6.26 trillion yuan in value, respectively.
Alibaba's value dropped 18 percent in comparison to that of last year to 3.79 trillion yuan, ranking ninth on the list.
Rupert Hoogewerf, chairman and chief researcher for the Hurun Report, said that the total value of the top 500 companies increased over 100 trillion yuan over the period before the COVID-19 pandemic, mainly resulting from the maturity of the digital economy and the booming biotech sectors.
The entrance value for the top 500 list this year was US$36.6 billion, which equals about 236.8 billion yuan and represents a 15 percent rise from a year earlier.
Let's see the top 10 companies at Hurun Global 500 list.
No 10 Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company
In this file photo, a photographer takes a picture beside a Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) logo during a quarterly report meeting in Taipei on April 26, 2007. (SAM YEH / AFP)
No 9 Alibaba
This Nov 24, 2018 photo shows the logo of Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group at Yunqi Cloud Town in Hangzhou, eastern Chinese province of Zhejiang. (PHOTO / IC)
No 8 Tesla
A logo of Tesla Inc is shown at the top of a supercharger for the company's automobiles in Boulder, Colorado, US, on Feb 25, 2021. (DAVID ZALUBOWSKI, FILE / AP)
No 7 Berkshire Hathaway
Berkshire Hathaway Chairman Warren Buffett (right) walks through the exhibit hall as shareholders gather to hear from the billionaire investor at Berkshire Hathaway Inc's annual shareholder meeting in Omaha, Nebraska, US, May 4, 2019. (PHOTO / IC)
No 6 Tencent
A view of Tencent's data center in Tianjin, Feb 7, 2019. (PHOTO / VCG)
No 5 Facebook
This file photo illustration taken on March 25, 2020 shows a Facebook App logo displayed on a smartphone in Arlington, Virginia, US. (OLIVIER DOULIERY / AFP)
No 4 Alphabet
This Nov 1, 2018, photo shows Alphabet Inc's Google logo at their offices in Granary Square, London. (ALASTAIR GRANT / AP)
No 3 Amazon
This April 16, 2020 file photo shows the Amazon logo at the entrance area of Amazon's logistics center in Lauwin-Planque, northern France. (DENIS CHARLET / AFP)
No 2 Microsoft
The logo of US multinational technology company Microsoft is pictured outside firm's headquarters in France in Issy-Les-Moulineaux, a Paris' suburb, on March 6, 2018. (GERARD JULIEN / AFP)
No 1 Apple
This Jan 3, 2019 file photo shows the Apple logo at an Apple store in the Brooklyn borough of New York. (MARY ALTAFFER / AP)