"I am not interested in acquisitions. I am more interested in partnerships," Ma said at a news conference on Alibaba's Olympic sponsorship deal, when he asked about his company's plans for the year. "We want to look for partners and empower them to be powerful," he said.

(This verison of the story corrects word in lead to 'not')

(Reporting by Karolos Grohmann, editing by Larry King)