The goal of Alibaba Group is to make enterprises change their marketing, sales and operation methods and improve their efficiency. We provide basic technical infrastructure and marketing platform for merchants, brands and other enterprises, so that they can interact with users and customers with the power of new technologies and operate in a more efficient way.
Business includes core e-commerce, cloud computing, digital media and entertainment, and innovative projects. In addition, the Group has agreed to acquire 33% of the shares of Ant Financial to provide payment and financial services for consumers and enterprises on the platform of the Group. We have built an ecosystem around the platform and business, covering consumers, merchants, brands, retailers, other enterprises, third-party service providers and strategic alliance partners.
A brief history of development
With its good positioning, stable structure and excellent service, Alibaba has become the first e-commerce website with more than 8 million online merchants in the world, covering 220 countries and regions, providing 8,654,380+pieces of business supply and demand information for global enterprises and merchants every day, becoming the first choice website for global merchant network promotion, and being rated as "the most popular B2B website" by merchants.
Sutherland, the first director-general of WTO, became a consultant of Alibaba. The US Department of Commerce, the Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, the European Federation of Small and Medium Enterprises and other government and non-governmental organizations all recommend Alibaba to local enterprises.