Tiêu đề Jack Ma ft. David Wei and Daniel Zhang.pdf ✅

10 Annual Report 2007 Chairman’s Statement Dear Alibaba.com shareholder, Alibaba.com was founded in 1999 and it is our vision to sustain and grow our company for 102 years. Based on this vision, we were only eight years old when we became a public company in 2007. Our mission in these 102 years is: to make it easy for our users to do business anywhere. We are devoted to serving small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). We have so far only walked through eight short years; we are now listed and our mission will not change. We aim to become a provider of e-commerce infrastructure for SMEs in China and Asia and, by using Alibaba.com’s e-commerce platform, to create a global manufacturing, trading and servicing ecosystem within 10 years. We will embrace opportunities and challenges with an open mind and share prosperity together with our users. The world economy and trading environment will not always remain bright. Every downturn in the market, while likely posing real challenges to larger enterprises, will create opportunities for SMEs. During the SARS epidemic in 2003, a large number of SMEs used e-commerce to conduct their business and not only managed to survive the diffi cult times but secured new business opportunities that had been previously dominated by big companies. Recently, I participated in the World Economic Forum in Davos and the APEC Business Advisory Council (ABAC). I observed that: in Davos, the leaders of multinational corporations were very concerned about the world economic outlook and the forecast of a potential economic downturn, while in the ABAC meeting, participants were in contrast upbeat about the opportunities that SMEs may leverage on. Regardless of changes in the market, we will uphold our mission to serve SMEs in all circumstances. Customer First ” Jack MA Chairman The interests of our community of users and paying members always remain our fi rst priority. “
Chairman’s Statement 11 Along with other members of Alibaba Group, we believe we are well-positioned to capture opportunities arising from the growth of SMEs in the future. In its overall strategic planning, Alibaba Group has now established multiple important fronts to facilitate SMEs doing business online, such as offering platforms for international trade, domestic trade and retail trade, and providing business services related to trading, transaction fi nancing, online marketing and management software. In 2007, members of Alibaba Group, Taobao, Alipay and Alisoft became dominant leaders in online retail, online payment and “Software as a Service” areas, respectively. Alibaba Group’s newly launched Alimama has also taken its fi rst steps into the promising advertising market of SME websites. Leveraging on Alibaba Group’s fi rst-mover advantages in the e-commerce business, we will work closely with other members within Alibaba Group to achieve synergies together that can benefi t our B2B business. At Alibaba.com, as with other members of Alibaba Group, we believe in encouraging continuous development of our senior managers. Elsewhere in this Annual Report, we discuss the substantial investment we make in our people. Recently, Alibaba Group has also completed some re-assignment of senior management as part of our long-term strategic development in human capital. We fi rmly believe that by strengthening our management team’s international exposure, encouraging these senior managers to continuously learn and to enhance their skills and knowledge, and placing them in different positions within Alibaba Group, Alibaba Group will be able to groom world-class business leaders for its long-term sustainable development, as well as to build further synergies among our member companies. Such a human resources development strategy for Alibaba Group will in turn support our human capital development and provide a reserve of talent for Alibaba.com in the future. From our investment in human capital to our investment in e-commerce infrastructure, and from our business planning to our putting decisions into action, it is easy to visualize our goal of creating long-term value for our customers, our employees and our shareholders. With careful planning, we are turning vision into reality. I would like to take this opportunity to welcome you as a new shareholder and express my appreciation to you for choosing to invest in Alibaba.com. Thank you for your foresight and determination, and for your trust. I also would like to extend my heartfelt gratitude to our customers, our employees and our board of directors. I believe that 2008, which is our fi rst year as a listed company, will be an exciting and successful year for all of us. We will make the most of this unique opportunity! Jack Ma Chairman We are well- positioned to capture opportunities arising from the growth of SMEs. We are committed to creating long-term value for our customers, our employees and our shareholders.
12 Annual Report 2007 CEO’s Statement Team Work ” David WEI Chief Executive Offi cer We expect our employees to collaborate as a team. We encourage input from our employees in the decision-making process. Dear Alibaba.com shareholder, Alibaba.com became a public company on November 6, 2007. At some point since then you have become our shareholder. In the past, we were a private company. As I write my fi rst letter reporting to you, our new public shareholder, I ask myself again, “Why did we go public?” The answer, as it was in November, is: branding, access to capital, and sharing our success. To be more specifi c, an enhanced global brand will help us acquire a larger user base, creating an even greater network effect, and introduce us to more strategic partnership opportunities. Access to capital will enable the business to plan and build superior infrastructure over the long- term for SMEs and e-commerce. When investment opportunities arise, the business will be able to take advantage of them. We believe that sharing builds a base for bigger success. Sharing our success leads to rewards for our loyal employees, and sharing in the success of China’s SMEs and e-commerce produces rewards for our public shareholders. I always keep our mission and vision in mind: “to make it easy to do business anywhere” and “to make ours a business that lasts for 102 years”. As a public company, such a mission is even more important. Now, just a few months after listing, we review our progress in carrying out that mission and in developing and growing the business. “