Alibaba’s founder Jack Ma appointed adviser to Malaysia on digital economy

Ma has agreed to act as an adviser to the Malaysian government on its “digital economy” aspirations, Najib said.
“We will be in partnership with Jack on the path and route to the future,” he said.
The prime minister said Ma had also agreed to come to Malaysia to attend the launch of its e-free-trade-zone in March.
Najib said this before he launched Alitrip Tourism Malaysia together with Ma yesterday.
“You can see that China is the place to be. It has 300 million middle-class people, larger than the US population.
“We hope, together with Alibaba, we can make Malaysia and China more prosperous,” he said.
In his 2017 budget speech on October 21, Najib announced the setting up of a Digital Free Zone.
He also unveiled the |Digital Maker Movement and the Malaysia Digital Hub to help nurture talent and create innovators to build a fully sustainable digital economy.
The digital economy is said to account for 16 per cent of Malaysia’s gross domestic product and is expected to rise.