Ho Ching world. In 2007, Ho was picked as one of the "100 most influential men and women" who shaped the world by TIME Magazine. Also in 2007, Forbes magazine ranked her third in its annual list of the world's most powerful women, behind German Chancellor Angela Merkel and China's Vice-Premier Wu Yi. Ho had climbed 33 spots from 36th place in the previous year’s list. In 2011, Ho was included in the ‘50 Most Influential’ ranking by Bloomberg Markets magazine. In 2013, Ho was ranked ninth on the Public Investor 100 ranking compiled by the Sovereign Wealth Fund Institute. As of
Radio Times's Most Powerful People that she had "the ability to represent all of us, no matter what the age, class or situation of her role". The Most Powerful People in TV Drama list was compiled based on votes from actors, writers, directors, agents and producers in the UK. After Walters and Tranter, the third place position went to the British actor David Jason, while ITV's controller of network drama, Nick Elliott, was fourth. The only writer in the top ten was Paul Abbott, creator of "State of Play", "Clocking Off" and "Shameless", in fifth place. Tamzin Outhwaite, who had recently appeared in the dramas