Alibaba founder Jack Ma delivers video speech to China’s rural teachers in first public appearance in three months


By Jane ZhangZhou Xin

Jack Ma, the founder of Alibaba, makes his first public appearance after nearly three months of being out of public view. Ma told teachers that he has been ‘learning and thinking’, according to a report published by an official local news service. — SCMP

Jack Ma, the founder of Alibaba Group, delivered a video speech to over 100 rural Chinese teachers on Wednesday morning, marking his first public appearance in nearly three months after his controversial speech at a Shanghai financial forum on Oct 24.

According to a report by the Tianmu News, a news service run by the official Zhejiang Daily Group, Ma said in the video remarks that he has been “learning and thinking” and he concluded that Chinese entrepreneurs must serve the country’s visions of “rural revitalisation and common prosperity”.

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