Alibaba, Tencent, Xiaomi, among others pledge millions after deadly Hong Kong fire, Xi Jinping’s plea — What we know
Hong Kong fire: Alibaba Group, Ant Group are among the companies such as Tencent Holdings, Xiaomi Corp and TikTok’s parent company ByteDance, which donated millions to fire relief funds following a deadly residential fire in Hong Kong that killed at least 55 people, the news agency reported. Reuters On Thursday, November 27, 2025.
Top donors such as Alibaba Group and its subsidiary Ant Group collectively donated 30 million Hong Kong dollars, while Alibaba Founder Jack Ma donated 30 million dollars through his own charitable foundation. Others, such as Anta Group and Tencent Holdings, also donated HK$30 million to fire relief funds.
Xi Jinping’s request
Donations began flowing in from corporate giants after Chinese President Xi Jinping called for all-out efforts to minimize the loss of life and property from the deadly fire.
Xi Jinping also expressed his condolences to the victims and firefighters who lost their lives in the fire at the Tai Po District residential building. He also shared his condolences with the families of the victims and people affected by the incident.
According to the official statement by Chinese State Media, “Xi Jinping expressed his condolences to the victims and firefighters who lost their lives in the massive fire that broke out in a residential building in Tai Po District, Hong Kong’s New Territories, and expressed his condolences to the families of the victims and the affected people. He also called for all-out efforts to extinguish the fire and minimize losses and losses.”
- BYD — 10 million Hong Kong dollars
- Guangzhou Xiaopeng Motors (XPeng) – 5 million Hong Kong dollars
- Be Friends Holdings – 1 million Hong Kong dollars
- Fuguiniao Group – 5 million Hong Kong dollars
- Chinese Red Cross – 2 million Yuan.
hong kong fire
According to a CNBC According to the report, the fire at the Wang Fuk Court building in Hong Kong’s Tai Po district is the deadliest fire since 1948. At the time, a warehouse fire at the facility killed 176 people.
The latest fire in Wang Fuk Court occurred at an eight-tower public housing complex in northern Hong Kong where 4,600 people live in 2,000 apartments, according to the agency’s report.
The agency report also emphasized that the fire broke out from the bamboo-section scaffolding around the complex, and then spread to other buildings through wooden poles and protective nets.
