Xi Jinping meets Alibaba’s Jack Ma and Chinese tech chiefs amid economic slump

<p>Analysts say symposium may be end of president’s crackdown on sector as he tries to tackle economic stagnation</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/live/2025/feb/17/uk-business-confidence-tumbles-china-xi-meeting-company-leaders-stock-markets-trade-business-live-news">Business live – latest updates</a></li><li><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/feb/15/google-helped-facilitate-russia-china-censorship-requests">Revealed: Google facilitated ensorship requests</a></li></ul><p>China’s president, Xi Jinping, has met some of the country’s top business leaders, including the Alibaba founder, Jack Ma, as he attempts to halt an economic slump in the world’s second-largest economy.</p><p>Xi met Ma, who was at the centre of a crackdown on the tech industry in recent years, as well as the bosses of the electric carmaker BYD, the battery manufacturer CATL, Tencent, Xiaomi, and the founder of Huawei, Ren Zhengfei</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/feb/17/xi-jinping-meets-alibaba-jack-ma-and-chinese-tech-chiefs-amid-economic-slump">Continue reading...</a>