The 10 Hottest Brands In China

China's growth rate might be slowing, but its army of middle class consumers in only getting bigger.

And savvier.

The convergence of these two phenomena—growth slowing and consumer sophistication rising — could signal the emergence of a new era for Chinese corporate giants, according to a recent report by Milward Brown Optimor and WPP Brandz.

This new report ranks the 50 most valuable Chinese brands according their proprietary calculation.

We took a look at the top 10.