Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Jack Ma shake hands during their meeting at the Fortune 500 Global Forum in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, Dec 6, 2017.[Photo/ IC]
Jack Ma speaks with French President Emmanuel Macron during the United Nations General Assembly week in New York, Sept 20, 2017. [Photo/IC]
Jack Ma talks with Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad in Hangzhou, East China's Zhejiang province, Aug 18, 2018. [Photo/VCG]
Jack Ma presents a calendar of German Cities dated to 1954 as a gift to German Chancellor Angela Merkel at the opening of CeBIT 2015 technology fair in Hanover, March 15, 2015. [Photo/ IC]
Russia's President Vladimir Putin and Jack Ma shake hands during a session connected to the annual meeting of the Valdai Discussion Club in Sochi, Russia, Oct 19, 2017.[Photo/IC]
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa walks with Jack Ma during the African leader's visit to the Xixi Campus and headquarters of Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba in Hangzhou, East China's Zhejiang province, Sept 5, 2018. [Photo/IC]
Former US president Barack Obama shakes hands with Jack Ma at the APEC CEO Summit in Manila, Philippines, Nov 18, 2015.
Alibaba Co-founder and Chairman Jack Ma meets Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, May 2, 2018 in Jerusalem, Israel. [Photo/VCG]
Former Australian prime minister Malcolm Turnbull accompanied by Jack Ma visits Alibaba Group in Hangzhou, East China's Zhejiang province, Sept 6, 2016. [Photo/VCG]
Jack Ma and Thailand Prime Minister Prayut Chan-O-Cha pose together for a picture at the Government House in Bangkok, April 19, 2018. [Photo/VCG]
Former US president Bill Clinton speaks with Jack Ma, chairman of Alibaba Group, during the Clinton Global Initiative's annual meeting in New York, Sept 29, 2015.[Photo/VCG]
Mexico's President Enrique Pena Nieto and Jack Ma pose for a picture at Los Pinos presidential residence in Mexico City, in this undated handout photo released to Reuters by the Mexican Presidency, May 4, 2017. [Photo/VCG]
Alibaba group Co-founder and Chairman, Jack Ma and Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel shake hands at a bilateral meeting, at the Lambermont Prime Minister residence in Brussels, July 3, 2018. [Photo/VCG]