Tycoon promotes economic census with 'money studio'  

宣传经济普查 陈光标16吨钞票堆砌演播室

“让标哥的钱拿出来透透风，见见阳光。经济普查，人人有责；经济普查，从标哥查起。”12月24日夜，南京，在临时搭建的数米高的露天红帐内，陈光标站在一沓沓百元人民币堆出的“钱桌”旁，指着身后、左、右的三面“钱墙”说：“我就是要用这种夸张方式，让更多人关注、并积极参与第三次全国经济普查。” [查看全文]

Nanjing (ECNS) – Chinese tycoon and high-profile philanthropist Chen Guangbiao called upon the public to participate in the coming national economic census from a studio filled with piles of 100-yuan bills, 16 tons worth, on Tuesday night in Nanjing, Jiangsu province.

"Let my money feel the air and meet the sun. Economic census begins with me, myself," Cheng said from his studio made of money, with three walls of 100-yuan bills.

"I just want to use this exaggerated way to draw more people's attention to take part in the economic census," Chen said.

He said he believes his method is greener because it can also help save newspapers for publicity.

An economic census can help sort out our country's properties, and reveal what enterprises and individuals have and where their money comes from, Chen said. "I welcome those who want to query me to survey me. I'm not afraid of it."

To the criticism that he was showing off his wealth, Chen responded that he hoped more entrepreneurs would expose their wealth as he did. "All my money is clean. I hope my acts will lead more people to 'show off' their money to examine whether it was made legally."

It was the sixth and last time he used real money as a background, Chen added.

China's Third National Economic Census will start on Jan 1, 2014.