China's billionaires are slowly starting to recover their wealth after three years of losses from a property crisis and Xi Jinping's push for common prosperity at the expense of powerful private business owners.

The combined fortunes of 55 of the nation's wealthiest tracked by the Bloomberg Billionaires Index have risen 16% to $809.6 billion since the beginning of January, after a rollercaster year marked by sweeping easing measures from Beijing that ultimately drove stocks higher.