{"id":1402,"date":"2023-02-25T04:54:58","date_gmt":"2023-02-25T03:54:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ceoinfluencers.com\/?p=1402"},"modified":"2023-02-25T04:54:58","modified_gmt":"2023-02-25T03:54:58","slug":"how-china-lost-patience-with-jack-ma-bloomberg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ceoinfluencers.com\/how-china-lost-patience-with-jack-ma-bloomberg\/","title":{"rendered":"How china lost patience with jack ma bloomberg?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Since China’s crackdown on internet finance began in 2016, Jack Ma, chairman of Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. and its payments affiliate Ant Group Co., has enacted a string of changes to appease regulators. He’s shifted businesses out of Alibaba’s financial affiliate, reduced lending and insurance offerings, and vowed not to compete with state-backed institutions.<\/p>\n

But it may not have been enough.<\/p>\n

As Ma’s critical comments about China’s financial regulatory system at a Shanghai conference on Oct. 24 triggered a nationwide backlash, the billionaire abruptly disappeared from public view. Days later, the top leaders of China’s ruling Communist Party met to anoint a new generation of leaders, and though Ma wasn’t on the agenda, attendees criticized reckless financial innovation — a clear shot at Alibaba’s finance affiliate.<\/p>\n

Then on Nov. 3, Chinese regulators summoned executives from Ant Group, which was days away from a record-setting $35 billion dual initial public offering in Hong Kong and Shanghai, and ordered a sweeping overhaul of the business. The crackdown has upended Ma’s carefully cultivated image as a champion of the little guy taking on stodgy state-owned enterprises, and raised questions about the<\/p>\n