Bill Gates Opens WeChat Account! What Would You Say to Him?

Source: Livingston Ledger

American billionaire has become a rage in after he opened an account on Chinese messaging application and greeted his followers in Mandarin, the media reported.

WeChat is the most widely used messaging application in and has more than 800 million users, Efe news reported.

In a one-minute video uploaded, the co-founder and former head of Microsoft, greeted everyone in Mandarin and said he would "share about the people I meet, books I'm reading and what I'm learning".

The post has already been viewed more than nine million times and received more than 18,000 likes.

The Daily, citing sources close to Gates, said the philanthropist will share information on global health, energy innovation and education reform through his account.

The opening of Gates' new account confirms his interest in China's growing content market.

Moreover, Beijing houses one of the most important offices of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, which he has been jointly managing with his wife since he retired from Microsoft in 2008.

What would you say if you had the chance to talk to Bill Gates?

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