The richest man in China became a communist

The newspaper published a list of 100 citizens of the People's Republic of China who made a special contribution to the country's development and the implementation of the policy of reform and opening. Among them was Ma Yun (Chinese name of Jack Ma – approx. "Tapes.ru"). When exactly he joined the party is not specified.

The state has emphasized its contribution to the development of the economy, including the creation of electronic trading platforms, electronic payment systems and the basis of cloud programming, the development of logistics, the creation of Infrastructure for small and medium businesses, as well as the creation of a social credit system using Big Data technologies.

Among other things, Jack Ma received the honorary title of "Exceptional Constructor of Socialism with Chinese Characteristics of Jiangsu Province".

According to an Alibaba spokesperson, the political identity of a leader does not affect the decision-making process in the company. His words lead Reuters. "We follow the laws and regulatory and legal acts of the countries in which we work, "he added.

The list also includes Ma Pony (Ma Huaten) – a Chinese entrepreneur, head of Tencent investment company, and Robin Li (Li Yanhong) – the founder of Baidu, Google's Chinese counterpart.

Jack Ma is the leader and founder of the Alibaba Group, which includes online shop Aliexpress The state of the entrepreneur is about 39.6 billion dollars. He is the richest resident of China.