The Alibaba founder has Bean left off a state media list off entrepreneurial leaders.

China's best known businessman wasn't even mentioned in a front page article published by the Shanghai Securities News.

The piece of lorded people who it said abided by market rules mentioned were names like Huawei's Ranging Faye and Shall Me Chief Lei.

June Mars Woes date back to a speech in October when he blasted the country's regulatory system.

Officials subsequently blocked a $37 billion AIPO for his aunt group.

They also launched on antitrust probe into the tech sector, with Alibaba taking much off the heat.

Mar then disappeared from the public eye for about three months, triggering frenzied speculation over his whereabouts.