Jack Ma, the founder of Alibaba Group, will fund the education of his 8-year-old doppelganger, according to a statement e-commerce giant Alibaba released last Sunday.
电商巨头阿里巴巴上周日发布声明称，阿里巴巴集团创始人马云将资助八岁的"小马云"接受教育。
The boy, Fan Xiaoqin, earned the nickname "mini Jack Ma" when photos of him showing a striking resemblance to Jack Ma were posted online last year.
去年，这个名叫范小勤的男孩的照片被传到网上，因为长相和马云极其相似而被称为"小马云"。
Ma was impressed with the look-alike.
其与自己相似的外貌给马云留下了深刻的印象。

"At first glance, I thought it was a photo of me when I was little," he wrote in a post on Sina Weibo last year. "I thought I was looking into a mirror."
去年，他在新浪微博上写道：“乍一看，我以为这是我小时候的一张照片。我以为我在看一面镜子呢。”
"The only difference between us is the way we fastened our buttons," he added.
他补充说道：“我们俩唯一的区别在于系扣子的方式。”
Born into a poor family, the child and his elder brother have never attended school. Social media users urged Ma to help the child.
因为家境贫寒，"小马云"和哥哥都没上过学。社交媒体用户呼吁马云向小孩伸出援手。
Jack Ma announced his decision within the company to fund the boy's education, from primary school to college.
马云近日在阿里巴巴公司内部宣布，将资助"小马云"从小学到大学的学费。