A 9-year-old boy known as "Mini Jack Ma" is expected to get financial help from the internet tycoon.

Fan Xiaoqin, who is from a poor family in Jiangxi province, attracted public attention after a video went viral earlier this month showing his resemblance to Ma, the founder of Alibaba Group.

Taken by a local villager, the video depicts the boy's disabled parents and their poor family from Yanhui village, Yongfeng county.