Jack Ma’s meeting with Guan Eng ‘positive’

Jack Ma, billionaire and chairman of Alibaba Group Holding Ltd., reacts during a panel session on the opening day of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum 2016 (SPIEF) in Saint Petersburg, Russia, on Thursday, June 16, 2016. The 20th anniversary St. Petersburg International Economic Forum brings together heads of state and governments, political leaders, leading experts and global company executives and runs from June 16-18. Photographer: Andrey Rudakov/Bloomberg

PETALING JAYA: Alibaba founder and chief executive officer Jack Ma is believed to have held an informal meeting with Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng.

The meeting had generated a certain amount of positivity against a backdrop of unfavourable contracts signed between China companies and the previous Barisan Nasional government, said sources.