Huanqiu.com ran an online poll asking netizens all over China to pick out who they thought were the most notable foreign influences on the development of social, political, and cultural ideologies in modern China.?
The survey result below lists the top 10 most influential foreigners in terms of their contributions to the modern Chinese understanding of fine arts and philosophy.
A total of 30241 votes were tallied, and netizens were asked to select the ten most influential people from a list of 52 candidates.
| option | Percentage / Votes Tallied |
| 1Karl Marx | 11.0% / 3336 |
| 2Henry Norman Bethune | 9.3% / 2813 |
| 3Hans Andersen | 7.1% / 2140 |
| 4Ludwig van Beethoven | 6.6% / 2011 |
| 5Friedrich Engels | 6.1% / 1855 |
| 6William Shakespeare | 5.9% / 1775 |
| 7Leo Tolstoy | 4.4% / 1329 |
| 8Pablo Picasso | 4.1% / 1237 |
| 9Juan Antonio Samaranch | 4.1% / 1231 |
| 10Nikolai Ostrovsky | 3.6% / 1084 |
Source: huanqiu.com
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