Jack Ma is finally appearing at this event for the first time in months!

Jack Ma has just made his public debut months ago as his tech empire continues to face challenges from Chinese regulators.

The billionaire co-founder of “Alibaba” appeared again on Wednesday in a video uploaded by Tianmu News, an affiliate of the Zhejiang government official newspaper. Zhejiang is the home of Hangzhou, the city in which “Alibaba” is located.

Nothing has appeared publicly or posted on social media since late October, just over a week before Alibaba’s financial firm Ant Group was listed on the Shanghai and Hong Kong stock exchanges.

An initial public offering (IPO) was banned at the last minute by Chinese regulators, and its companies have since been targeted in Beijing’s crackdown on tech companies. From what was reported by “CNN” and seen by “Al-Arabiya.net”.

In the video, which Tianmu News said was filmed on Wednesday morning, he appears to be speaking to dozens of teachers in rural China to attend an awards ceremony that coincides with the China holiday at the Lapa festival. .

Ma, a former English teacher, has made education a key priority for his organization – and he has stepped up his philanthropic efforts in recent years after retiring from Alibaba.

“We will meet again once the epidemic is over,” Ma said in the video, explaining to teachers that the traditional personal celebration of the holiday has been canceled due to “Covid-19”.

The video clip released by Tianmu News also shows footage of the Chinese billionaire as he visited an elementary school in Hangzhou earlier this month.

Hong Kong-listed shares of Alibaba rose 6% after the video was released.