ShangHai, LaoMa, Freedom: Voice from China

The Chairman of the Board of Alibaba, Mr. Ma Yun, issued a internal email asked the Alibaba ready for “Winter”. He estimated that the global economic will pass an very tuff period and it may last for long time. It is not the first time Mr. Ma talking about the “Winter” but is the first time put this into the agenda of the company. "Alibaba B2B trend on the stock market, I think we must be very complicated feelings! I like to talk about the current situation and the views of the future, hope this can do little help to everyone." This is the opening of Ma’s E-mail to all the staff . July 23, 2008, Alibaba shares closed at 9.81 HKD, the bidding price has been below the 13.5 the offering price. The 39.5 HKD skyhigh price on Nov 6 2007 has become good memories. "A company become great company not only seize all the opportunities, but also they can survive disasters" Ma said Alibaba, a number of years to withstand challenges, survive, Thus the development and expansion opportunities. However, today Alibaba winter has a new mission: to protect tens of millions of SME customers. If customers have fallen, Alibaba will never see the sun again. After careful consideration, Ma decided that "Customer First, employees second, shareholder next", is the principal for the next 10 years of the Group's development. Alibaba Group have vision to become the world's largest e-commerce service providers; second, Alibaba employers to create the world's best companies. In the vision of the next 10 years, Ma predicted bright prospects for e-commerce, and today's changes fit to the great expectation for the next 10 years. First, Is the “Winter of the B2B” is really coming ? What Sun should do if is real? Maybe it deserve our discussion !!