《福布斯》杂志近期公布了“世界上最有权力的人物排行榜”，美国总统奥巴马和中国国家主席胡锦涛分列前两位，排在第三位的是俄罗斯总理普京。此次进入该权力榜的共有67人，《福布斯》解释说，全世界共有67亿人，选出67个人是“亿里挑一”。在入榜标准方面，候选人的影响力所及人数、在最直接影响范围之外发挥力量的能力、对金融资源的控制力以及积极施展能力的程度均在考察范围之内。如果候选人为国家领导人，那么该国的GDP（国内生产总值）也是考察标准之一。“股神”巴菲特以及高盛投资集团执行官劳尔德•贝兰克梵也出现在今年的权力榜上，而“基地组织”领袖本•拉登和“脱口秀”主持人奥普拉•温弗里的上榜则多少有些让人意外。

China's president is the second most powerful man in the world after United States President Barack Obama, according to Forbes magazine

China's president is the second most powerful man in the world after United States President Barack Obama, according to Forbes magazine.

Hu Jintao and Obama topped the new listing that comprises mainly political and industrial leaders.

Forbes said the rankings were based on the number of people over whom the powerful people held sway（影响力，支配） as well as the person's ability to project power beyond their immediate¹ sphere of influence（影响范围，作用范围）, their control of financial resources and how actively² the person wields³ power（行使权力）.

In compiling the inaugural⁴（开幕的） ranking, Forbes said it had selected 67 people - "a number based on the conceit⁵ that one can reduce the world's 6.7 billion people to the one in every 100 million that matter."

On the criteria⁶（标准） for defining power, Forbes said: "First, we asked, does the person have influence over lots of other people?" For heads of state, the country's GDP is also used as a criteria.

Forbes describes Hu as "paramount⁷（极为重要的） political leader of more people than anyone else on the planet; 1.3 billion Chinese".

"Credible⁸ estimates have China poised⁹（平衡，镇定） to overtake the US as the world's largest economy in 25 years - although, crucially, not on a per-capita（人，资本） basis," the magazine said on its website.

The list also features some unexpected power-players such as Al Qaida leader Osama bin¹⁰ Laden¹¹ and TV talk show host Oprah Winfrey.

"The goal in compiling this list is to expose power and not glorify¹² it, and, over time, reveal how influence is as easily lost as it is hard to gain," the magazine said.

Financial heavyweights were also on the list, including Goldman Sachs Chief Executive Lloyd Blankfein (ranked 18) and billionaire investor¹³ and philanthropist（慈善家） Warren Buffett (ranked 14). Pope Benedict was slotted in at number 11.