1.1999 March 10 was founded by China internet pioneer, with Hangzhou as its research and development base, and its international headquarters was established in Hong Kong on September 10.
2. On September 9, 2000, Alibaba's China headquarters was established in Hangzhou.
3. 1999-2000, Alibaba raised $25 million from Softbank, Goldman Sachs, Fidelity Investment and other institutions.
In 2002, Alibaba B2B Company began to make profits.
In 2003, Taobao, a personal e-commerce website, was established in Ma Yun's apartment in Hangzhou. Release online payment system-Alipay.
In 2005, Alibaba Group established a strategic partnership with Yahoo USA. At the same time, in charge of Yahoo China.
Seven, in 2006, Alibaba Group strategic investment word-of-mouth network.
8.2007 1 month: Ali Software, an enterprise management software company based on Internet, was established. 1 1 month: Alibaba network co., ltd is listed on the hong kong stock exchange. Online advertising platform Alibaba.
9. June 2008: Word of Mouth merged with Yahoo China to form Yahoo Word of Mouth. September: Alibaba Group R&D Research Institute was established.
2009 10, July: Alibaba Software merged with Alibaba Group R&D Institute. August: The business management software division of Ali Software is injected into Alibaba B2B Company. As a part of the "Big Taobao" strategy, word of mouth has been injected into Taobao, making Taobao a one-stop e-commerce service provider and providing services to more e-commerce users. September: Alibaba Cloud Calculation was established.
20 10, may: Alibaba group announced that it would allocate 0.3% of its income as an environmental protection fund every year from 20 10 to promote the whole society's understanding of environmental issues. 1 1 month: Taobao Mall launched an independent domain name.
12.20 1 1, June: Alibaba group split Taobao into three independent companies: Taobao, Taobao Mall and Taoyi, to serve customers more accurately and effectively.
13th, 20 12, 1 month: Taobao Mall announced that it would change its Chinese name to Tmall to strengthen its platform positioning. June: Alibaba Network Co., Ltd. officially delisted from the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. July: Alibaba Group announced that it would upgrade its existing subsidiaries to seven business groups: Ali International Business, Ali Small Business, Taobao, Tmall, Juhua, Ceramics and Alibaba Cloud.
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The first roadshow held by e-commerce giant Alibaba Group in the initial public offering (IPO) in the United States is a hot start. This is in stark contrast to the cold shoulder Alibaba suffered in the capital market 15 years ago.
According to reports, according to the open pricing range, the maximum financing amount can reach more than 24 billion US dollars, which is expected to become the largest IPO in the history of US stocks. From no one cares to a crowded market, Alibaba Group has interpreted a business legend.
As an enterprise founded in "China Creativity", rooted in "China Demand" and relying on "international financing", its success today embodies the perfect combination of innovation, technology and capital. Rooted in China's vast market and catching the express train of China's reform are important factors for this enterprise to achieve rapid development.
Innovation, in the eyes of many people today, is a hard breakthrough in science and technology. However, how many enterprises died for tens of thousands of patents in hard innovation? Motorola, Nokia and Kodak ... The list continues to grow.
In fact, Alibaba's core technologies are ready-made, not a big breakthrough. Developers will become competitive as long as they make innovative use of users according to their psychological needs. Why not make such an innovation? As Jack Ma, the founder of Alibaba Group, said, "What comes out is good technology. It is a good technology to create social value and benefit countless people. "
Internet technology has given wings to the take-off of emerging enterprises like Alibaba. At the beginning of Alibaba's development, at the end of 1990s, Internet technology and its commercial application were still in its infancy in China. The characteristics of online business enable Alibaba to go beyond the limitations of physical stores, go into battle lightly, and concentrate on strengthening technology and channels.
Thus, in the same period, the commercial circles in China staged a dramatic scene: while international retail giants such as Carrefour and Wal-Mart were devouring large retail stores by virtue of their strong capital strength and public relations ability, e-commerce companies such as Alibaba were quietly building and operating an online business empire composed of thousands of small businesses.
Ma Yun and his company have a deep understanding of Internet technology. In his view, the Internet is not only a technology and an industry, but also an idea and a value.
It is more open, shared, responsible and transparent than before. So it is a value and a culture. He firmly believes that this advanced value system, advanced culture and advanced industrial technology will definitely lead the future.
Alibaba's success today is attributed to the pioneering and innovative practice of China entrepreneurs and to the shrewdness and foresight of international investors. But more importantly, with the great energy of market forces, China demand and innovative spirit, it is closely linked with the opportunities and necessity of China's market economy prosperity, China's expanding demand and business environment optimization.
At present, China's decision-makers are vigorously promoting the reform of decentralization, adopting reform measures such as "taking photos first and then issuing certificates", canceling or delegating administrative examination and approval items, reducing corporate tax burden, and reducing the financing cost of the real economy. Its purpose is to make China's economy accommodate and nourish more innovative enterprises like Alibaba, get rid of all unnecessary institutional constraints, and encourage technological innovation, organizational innovation and management innovation.
It is optimistic about China's broad market prospects that Ma Yun decided to focus on China. When answering questions about international business expansion, Ma Yun and other senior executives said that compared with overseas markets, Alibaba still focused on its business in China. Only half of the netizens in China are online shoppers, and the market potential is huge.
Alibaba's success is both an incentive and a dream for thousands of small and medium-sized innovative enterprises in China. China Municipal Government has given preferential policies and funds to small and micro enterprises, emerging industries and high-tech industries through decentralization, which has provided new impetus for the development of these enterprises and industries. The surging wave of reform is coming, and the success story of Malik Cloud and Alibaba will continue.
Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia? Alibaba group? , People's Network? Enlightenment behind Alibaba's success