Ma Yun (left) once personally gave party lectures to all members of Alibaba, and Li Ka-shing once donated tens of billions of Hong Kong dollars (S$1.76 billion) to build and fund Shantou University.(AFP/Internet)
The People’s Daily, the official newspaper of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, announced the list of persons to be commended for their outstanding contributions to China’s 40 years of reform and opening up.
The above-mentioned preliminary list announced by Beijing is 100 people, but if someone has any objection to the person to be commended, they can report it to the office of the leading group.Beijing will hold a meeting at the Great Hall of the People on December 18 to present awards to those who made the list.
Among them, rich businessmen from Hong Kong and Macau included Huo Yingdong, Wang Kuancheng, Zeng Xianzi, Ma Wanqi, etc., but Li Ka-shing, who had invested heavily in mainland China and donated tens of billions of Hong Kong dollars (S$1.76 billion) to build and fund Shantou University, was not on the list..
Liu Ruishao, a current affairs commentator, analyzed that Beijing has little to say about Li Ka-shing, because he has long placed most of his assets in foreign countries, while his investment in the mainland is only about 30%.Moreover, earning more than investing is different from the late Huo Yingdong who would rather lose money and invest in the mainland.
Liu Ruishao also said that Li Ka-shing is not a traditional patriot. He was afraid of communism in the early stage, and he was considered to have inextricable ties with foreign countries. Beijing did not trust him as much as other traditional patriotic businessmen.Especially in recent years, Li has withdrawn capital from the mainland on a large scale; and in Hong Kong politics, he is not wholeheartedly cooperating with Beijing.
Although Li Ka-shing was not commended by Beijing, his investment vision and methods are still praised by the market.Analysts pointed out that in the past six years, Li has continuously sold investments in the mainland and Hong Kong to avoid political risks. Looking back now, his timing of shipments is always when the market peaks.
Ma Yun is an active member of the Communist Party of China
On the other hand, in the profile of each member of the 100-person list, it is revealed that Jack Ma, the founder of Alibaba Group, is a member of the Communist Party of China.Securities analysts believe that this also explains why Jack Ma retired suddenly with a high profile earlier.
In addition to Ma Yun, the other two of the mainland's three major Internet giants BAT: Ma Huateng, chairman of Tencent, and Robin Li, chairman of Baidu, are both on the list, but only Ma Yun is a member of the Communist Party of China.In fact, as early as three years ago, when the Zheshang Association was established, Jack Ma's profile already stated that he was a member of the Communist Party of China.
And Ma Yun's performance also shows that he is an active party member, including the establishment of a party branch and party committee in Alibaba; he also personally gave party classes to all Alibaba party members.But exactly when Ma Yun joined the party is still a mystery, and his retirement card does not indicate that he is a member of the Communist Party of China.
Ma Yun suddenly announced in September this year that he will retire in one year and hand over the baton to Zhang Yong. He has also started to keep a low profile after being high-profile in the past. He even has no platform for the first time in this year's Double 11 Shopping Festival.Analysts believe that he changed his helmsman only after he was exposed as a party member, and changed from operating behind the scenes to controlling Alibaba behind the scenes.
In this 100-person list, no entrepreneurs in real estate and finance were selected.Moreover, there are no representatives of Taiwanese capital, such as Terry Gou, who took the lead in investing in Shenzhen after the lifting of the ban on cross-strait non-governmental exchanges in 1987. Although his Foxconn contributes about 4% of the mainland’s exports every year, he was not selected because of his identity as a Taiwanese businessman..China's non-governmental think tank Zhigu Trends commented on the list and said: From this list, we can get a glimpse of lsquo;national attitudesquo;.
