Haier ranked 25th among Forbes’s the World's Most Respected Companies 2006, and number 1 among Chinese brands.
As indicated in the list, the Italian food group Barilla ranked first, Korea's Samsung Company ranks 9th. Altogether there are 7 Chinese enterprises on the list. The other 6 are Tsingtao Beer ranking 68th; Yili Group, 90th; Legend, 127th; Auto Shanghai, 138th; China FAW Group Corporation, 171st; and the Delixi Group, 181st.
