Benefiting from the commercialization of the publishing industry, some writers in China have gained both fame and wealth A list of the wealthiest writers in China was released by a Beijing-based media outlet last December, making this group a hot topic again. Famous writer-scholar Yu Qiuyu, who currently hosts a cultural program called Travel of the Millennium on Hong Kong-based Phoenix TV, tops all others with an estimated annual income of 14 million yuan. Benefiting from the commercialization of the publishing industry, some writers in China have gained both fame and wealth A list of the wealthiest writers in China was released by a Beijing-based media outlet last December, making this group a hot topic again. Famous writer- scholar Yu Qiuyu, who currently hosts a cultural program called Travel of the Millennium on Hong Kong-based Phoenix TV, tops all others with an estimated annual income of 14 million yuan.