Particularly since Alibaba founder Jack Ma's fall from grace in 2020, many international commentators have lamented the end of an era of relative openness for bold entrepreneurs in China amid an increasingly restrictive atmosphere for the private sector.[45] Developing Strategic Talent Pipelines The above sections discussed ways in which regulatory, demographic, and normative constraints on China's human capital environment limit the country's aggregate ability to develop and utilize human capital. The broad impact of these constraints can be difficult to measure, particularly at the level of specific strategic industries. A more direct line between talent cultivation and national policy priorities can be seen in government-led efforts to create domestic talent pipelines for strategic skill sets in STEM, critical technology sectors, and military expertise.