Beijing, Jan 20 (UNI) Jack Ma, the founder of Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba, made his first public appearance on Wednesday, after disappearing from the public's eyes for almost three months following his controversial speech criticizing China's banking system in October last year.
In a less than one-minute video clip released by Alibaba, Jack Ma delivered greetings to 100 village teachers in China and expressed regrets that he could not meet with them, as he did in previous years on the same day, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The short video clip marked Ma's first public appearance in almost three months after he harshly criticized China's banking system during a public speech in Shanghai on Oct 24 last year. During the speech, Ma called Chinese banks as operating under a "pawnshop" mentality and accused existing banking regulations of being obstacles to financial innovations.