Li Ka-shing began to intensively sell off mainland assets in 2013.

Entering 2014, Li Ka-shing's pace of withdrawal accelerated significantly, cashing out at high prices.

In January 2015, Li Ka-shing announced the sensational "Century Restructuring" plan: merging his flagship companies Cheung Kong Holdings and Hutchison Whampoa, and then splitting them into two new companies (CK Hutchison Holdings and CK Asset Holdings).

Most notably, the registered addresses of these two new companies were all changed from Hong Kong to the Cayman Islands.

In September of the same year, the think-tank media of Xinhua News Agency published an article titled "Don't Let Li Ka-shing Run Away"!