The number of CEOs, presidents and general managers in mainland-based Hong Kong-listed private companies who earned an annual salary of over one million yuan ($161,000) stood at 334 in 2014 fiscal year, up 47.1 percent from the previous year, according to the Forbes China version.

Yang Yuanqing, CEO of Lenovo, tops the ranking with an annual salary of 118.96 million yuan, much higher than second placed Xia Haijun of Evergrande Group with 72.54 million yuan.

Let's look at the top 10 best-paid CEOs in mainland-based Hong Kong-listed private companies.

No 10 Cai Dongchen of CSPC Pharmaceutical Group, aged 61, draws an annual salary of 26.19 million yuan

Cai Dongchen, chairman of CSPC Pharmaceutical Group, attends a press conference of annual result announcement of 2012 in Hong Kong on April 3, 2013. [Photo/IC]