What does Jack Ma's return to the spotlight in China mean?
Jinping and some of the country's foremost business leaders this week has fuelled excitement and speculation, after Alibaba founder Jack Ma was pictured at the event
The charismatic and colourful Mr Ma, who was one of China's most prominent businessmen, had withdrawn from public life after criticising China's financial sector in 2020.
His reappearance at Monday's event has sparked a wave of discussion, with experts and analysts wondering what it means for him, China's tech sector and the economy in general.The response has been overwhelmingly positive - tech stocks, including those of Alibaba, rallied soon after the event.
On Thursday, the e-commerce giant reported financial results that beat expectations, with shares ending the trading day in New York more than 8% higher. The company's shares are up 60% since the beginning of the year.So what are analysts reading into Mr Ma's appearance at the event alongside other high-profile guests - including DeepSeek founder Liang Wenfeng,
He went on to build one of China's largest tech conglomerates and become one of the country's richest men.That was before his "pawn shop" comment, when he also lamented the "lack of innovation" in the country's banks
