China to Send State Officials to 100 Private Firms Including Alibaba

China to Send State Officials to 100 Private Firms Including Alibaba
The logo of Alibaba Group is seen at the company's headquarters in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China on July 20, 2018. Aly Song/Reuters
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SHANGHAI—China’s top technology hub Hangzhou plans to assign government officials to work with 100 private companies including e-commerce giant Alibaba, according to state media reports, in a move likely to raise concerns over the growing role of the state.

The step underscores how Chinese regime and Party authorities are growing more deeply integrated into the private sector, as its economy sputters amid an intensifying trade war with the United States.