Global finance authority, the Financial Times of London, issued its 2005 ranking results for Global Most Admired Business Leader. CEO Zhang Ruimin ranked No.26 and was the only Chinese entrepreneur to make the list.
Winner of the second Mundell World Executive Achievement Award named after the Nobel Laureate in Economics, "father of the euro," Professor Robert Mundell, was announced in Beijing on September 19. Haier Group CEO Zhang Ruimin was awarded Mundell World Executive Achievement Award.