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2026
Hisense Group and Alibaba reach strategic cooperation
Hisense Group and Alibaba reached a strategic cooperation focused on AI, including collaboration on AI capabilities, marketing, overseas expansion and technology.
2026
Apple and Alibaba partner on China Apple Intelligence features
Apple announced a collaboration with Alibaba to integrate Qwen support into Apple Intelligence features for China, including Siri, writing tools and visual intelligence.
2026
Alibaba and Apple partner on Qwen integration
Alibaba partnered with Apple to integrate Alibaba's Qwen AI model into Apple Intelligence for the Chinese market.
2026
Alibaba and Apple announce Qianwen integration partnership
Alibaba and Apple announced a partnership to integrate Qianwen into Apple Intelligence, allowing users in China to access Qianwen capabilities through Siri, writing tools, and Visual Intelligence. The article says the features are planned to begin beta testing on November 4 and roll out to users in December.
2026
Alibaba and Apple partner on Chinese-market AI integration
Alibaba Group partnered with Apple to integrate Alibaba’s Qwen AI model into Apple Intelligence for the Chinese market.
2026
Apple Intelligence beta to launch for Chinese users later in October
Apple confirmed on October 15 that Apple Intelligence will be released in a beta version to Chinese users later in October. Bloomberg's Gurman had previously reported that Apple plans to fully roll out Apple Intelligence in China with the iOS 27.3 update in December, with the initial features largely matching the version first released overseas in 2024.
2026
Apple Intelligence and related Alibaba Qwen model approved for release in China
Apple board chairman Tim Cook confirmed in Shanghai on October 15 that Apple Intelligence and the related Alibaba Qwen large model have received approval in China, clearing the way for the service's beta release to Chinese users later in October.
2026
Alibaba launches new Qoder agent workbench
Alibaba released a new version of Qoder, upgrading it from an AI coding tool into an agent workbench built on Coding capabilities, with programming and general modes, Harness technology, 40+ connectors, 70+ plugins and 20K+ skills; desktop apps for international and China versions are available.
2026
Alibaba releases and open-sources Qwen3.8-Flash model
On August 26, Alibaba released and simultaneously open-sourced its latest Qwen model, Qwen3.8-Flash, which uses a new next-generation architecture and activates only 6 billion of its 12 total parameters, with training cost down nearly 90% versus Qwen3.7-Plus and inference priced at 1 yuan per million input tokens and 3 yuan per million output tokens.
2026
Alibaba launches Wan3.0 AI video generation model
Alibaba Group officially rolled out its latest artificial intelligence video generation model, Wan3.0, on Monday.
2026
Alibaba open-sources Qwen3.8-27B model
Alibaba open-sourced Qwen3.8-27B, a native multimodal dense model with 27 billion parameters that it says surpasses Qwen3.7-Plus overall and performs well in real coding and office scenarios, running smoothly on consumer-grade GPUs after quantization.
2026
Alibaba launches AI 3D restaurant tour tool via Amap
Alibaba Group is adding a new AI tool to its mapping business AutoNavi, also known as Amap, that lets restaurants create 3D virtual tours of their spaces from regular pictures or videos. Alibaba aims to provide the service for free to certain retailers during its test period.
2022
Alibaba announces Börje Ekholm's board departure
Alibaba announced that Börje Ekholm would retire from its board on March 31, 2022.
2022
Alibaba appoints Weijian Shan as independent director
Alibaba announced that Weijian Shan was appointed as an independent director to its board, effective March 31, 2022.
2022
Alibaba appoints Hu Xiao to BEST Group board
BEST Group announced that Alibaba, including Cainiao Network, appointed Hu Xiao as a new BEST Group director.
2022
Alibaba and Taobao announce a New Year charity livestream campaign
Alibaba Group, Taobao, and Taobao Live jointly announced the “消费帮扶新春行动之开门红” charity livestream campaign, planned for February 19–28, with participation from 24 livestreamers and coverage of multiple less-developed areas in China.
2022
China's market regulator fines Bilibili, Tencent and Alibaba
China's State Administration for Market Regulation imposed a 500,000-yuan fine each on Bilibili, Tencent Holdings and Alibaba Group for violating the Anti-Monopoly Law. The regulator said the companies had failed to declare concentrations of business operators as required by law.
2021
Hanbo Semiconductor completes RMB 1.6 billion funding rounds
Hanbo Semiconductor announced that it completed consecutive B-1 and B-2 funding rounds totaling RMB 1.6 billion. Alibaba Group, PICC Capital, Matrix Partners China and 5Y Capital jointly led the rounds; several other investors participated.
2021
China fines technology companies over undeclared acquisitions
China's State Administration for Market Regulation fined Alibaba, Tencent, Baidu, JD.com and Suning for failing to report 43 corporate acquisitions over the past eight years. Each violation carries a penalty of 500,000 yuan.
2021
Hello Inc. completes $280 million funding round
Hello Inc. announced that it had completed signing a new funding round involving $280 million, with Ant Group and Alibaba among the investors. The article says this was Alibaba’s first investment in Hello Inc.