Chinese President Xi Jinping held a meeting Monday with top private business leaders including Alibaba co-founder Jack Ma, state media footage showed.

China’s President Xi Jinping met with private sector business leaders on Monday, offering them assurances that policies regarding the private sector would not change, state media reported,

Xi Jinping sits down with the once-shunned Jack Ma and his tech peers. What does it mean for the sector and their US rivals?

Hi, this is Allen Wan in Shanghai, reminiscing about the time I went on a wild chase to track down Jack Ma, one of China’s most famous entrepreneurs.

A meeting between Chinese president Xi 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 life of Jack Ma, founder of Alibaba. He grew up poor in China and was rejected from multiple jobs before finding success in tech.

President Xi Jinping held a rare, highly choreographed meeting on Monday (February 17) with some of the biggest names in China's technology sector, including Alibaba founder Jack Ma, in what analysts saw as a show of support to rally private companies.

The once-sidelined Alibaba founder was among the executives who met with Xi Jinping, in what was seen as a show of support for private enterprise by Beijing.

Chinese leader Xi Jinping hosted Alibaba co-founder Jack Ma and the country’s top tech executives in Beijing on Monday, in a meeting that signals officials could be steering the country in a more business-friendly direction after a yearslong regulatory crackdown.

Chinese President Xi Jinping presided over a meeting with Alibaba co-founder Jack Ma and other prominent entrepreneurs on Monday, signaling Beijing’s endorsement for a long-marginalized private sector now considered key to reviving the world’s No.

A potential encounter this week between President Xi Jinping and e-commerce icon Jack Ma, coming after a blistering run by tech shares, could be the next catalyst to extend the rally in China’s stocks.

The Chinese president rarely chairs symposiums about the private sector and the event underscores the numerous challenges facing China Inc.