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2026
Companies jointly release an agent-development self-discipline convention
At the 2026 World Internet Conference Wuzhen Summit, Tencent, Ant, Alibaba and Douyin, among other agent-ecosystem participants, jointly drafted and released the Agent Development Self-Discipline Convention under the organization of the China Federation of Internet Societies and other organizations.
2021
Alibaba's wording in its response to employee assault case draws criticism
Alibaba's description of conduct in its response to an employee assault case as “excessive intimate behavior” drew online controversy; legal experts quoted in the article criticized the wording as ambiguous and potentially harmful to the victim. The article states that police were still investigating whether a crime had occurred.
2021
ALI Group partners with Zurich to underwrite My Protection Plan
ALI Group announced a long-term partnership with Zurich Financial Services Australia, which became the underwriter of ALI Group’s My Protection Plan life insurance product.
2021
Alibaba group staff reductions
A report citing people close to Alibaba said that some Alibaba business groups had been reducing staff since late 2021, and that some business units had recently received group instructions to make proportional cuts. The report said local services were among the most affected areas.
2020
Alibaba and other companies fined in antitrust cases
The article reports that Alibaba and other companies were fined in antitrust cases. The market regulator's response and explanation are the focus of the article; the source does not specify the fine amounts or the date the penalties were imposed.
2020
Alibaba launches GraphScope computing platform
Alibaba announced the launch of GraphScope, a one-stop distributed computing platform, and said it would open-source the platform in December.
2020
Alibaba and E-House launch a property transaction collaboration mechanism
Alibaba and E-House jointly launched the ETC property transaction collaboration mechanism, an open platform intended to support multiple participants and services across property transaction scenarios.
2020
Alibaba responds to online sales of fake admission notices
Alibaba Security said it had penalized the sellers involved in online sales of fake admission notices and reported the relevant information to administrative law-enforcement authorities.
2020
CIFI and Alibaba release HUMAN Smart Healthy Living 2.0
CIFI and Alibaba jointly released the HUMAN Smart Healthy Living 2.0 operating system, connecting home, property-management, community, and city dimensions, according to the article.
2020
Alibaba and Zibo partner on a digital agriculture industry center
Alibaba and Zibo agreed to build digital agriculture infrastructure, including a digital agriculture industry center project covering 800 mu, with an Alibaba digital agriculture production-area warehouse covering 200 mu.
2020
Alibaba Damo Academy launches an autonomous-driving simulation test platform
Alibaba Damo Academy announced the release of what the article calls the world's first hybrid simulation test platform for autonomous driving. The source says it can simulate an extreme scenario in 30 seconds and perform more than eight million kilometres of virtual testing per day.
2020
Alibaba's Damo Academy releases autonomous-driving simulation platform
Alibaba's Damo Academy released a hybrid simulation testing platform for autonomous driving that combines virtual and real-world testing; the system can conduct more than eight million kilometres of virtual testing per day.
2020
88VIP rolls out four membership benefits
Alibaba's 88VIP membership rolled out four benefits from April 8 to 11, including flexible redemption of Tmall points, tenfold shopping points, members-only access to selected popular products, and a 9.5% discount on luxury goods from new-brand alliance members.
2020
Alibaba publicly announced its acquisition of Keruyun
Alibaba formally announced its acquisition of restaurant SaaS company Keruyun. The article says the transaction had already been completed in 2019.
2020
Alibaba and Beijing departments launch digital epidemic-prevention system
Beijing departments and Alibaba collaborated on a digital epidemic-prevention system. The Beijing Tong app and Alipay mini program made the system’s intelligent epidemic chatbot and COVID-19 prevention section available to users.
2020
好屋 and Alibaba form strategic partnership for an online sales office
好屋 said it reached a strategic cooperation agreement with Alibaba and launched an online sales office during the pandemic. The source does not give a more precise date.
2020
Alibaba launches a pandemic psychological-support hotline
Alibaba announced that its psychological-support hotline for medical workers and patients had launched on Taobao and Alipay, with more than 200 experts in the initial group, mainly serving Hubei.
2020
China Eastern and Alibaba establish a global medical-supplies procurement and transport channel
China Eastern and Alibaba established a channel connecting global procurement of pandemic-response medical supplies with transportation to China; China Eastern supported Alibaba’s overseas procurement across 14 countries and regions.
2020
Alibaba launches Wujing anti-counterfeiting platform
Alibaba released the Wujing platform, which supports public reporting of offline counterfeit goods; Moutai and Huawei were among the first brands to participate.
2019
Alibaba reports third-quarter revenue growth
Alibaba released its third-quarter financial report; the headline states that revenue increased 40% year over year.