Vladimir Norov meets with the chairman of the board of directors of Alibaba Group
29/08/2019 18:27
Vladimir Norov meets with the chairman of the board of directors of Alibaba Group
29/08/2019 18:27
Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- On 26 August 2019, as part of participation in the SMART CHINA EXPO - 2019 exhibition in Chongqing, Secretary General of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Vladimir Norov met with Chairman of the Board of Directors of Alibaba Group Jack Ma.
At the beginning of the conversation, V. Norov acquainted Jack Ma with the activities of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, the main results of the Qingdao and Bishkek SCO summits of 2018 and 2019. Particular attention was paid to the priority of the Organization to develop multilateral trade, economic and investment cooperation.
The chairman of the board of directors of Alibaba Group was also thoroughly acquainted with the Concept of cooperation of the member states of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization in the field of digitalization and information and communication technologies, adopted at the Bishkek SCO summit in June this year.
The leadership of the Alibaba Group was invited to establish close cooperation in order to fulfill the tasks of sharing knowledge, developing human capital in the field of digitalization and ICT, establishing partnerships and further cooperation between companies (organizations) of the SCO member states and other countries in the field of ITC, implementation joint projects on the territory of innovation clusters and technology parks of the SCO member states, exchange of experience on incubation and acceleration of startups defined by this Concept.
In turn, the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Alibaba Group, Jack Ma, praised the activities and potential of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, as well as the work of the Secretariat to expand trade and economic cooperation within the SCO.
He emphasized the importance of Internet growth, smart technology, and globalization to create new opportunities for entrepreneurs, youth, and small businesses.
“This should be our joint work. Alibaba is growing rapidly, but we are not proud of how much money we have earned, we are proud of how many jobs we have created. I think we should have had this meeting earlier, ”said Jack Ma.
The head of Alibaba acquainted the Secretary General V. Norov with the company’s plans for the next years to create more than 100 million jobs worldwide and support 10 million small enterprises and noted the importance of cooperation with the SCO in this process, taking into account the residence in the Organization’s space of more than 800 million young people.
“This is a huge opportunity and a huge responsibility. We are ready to assist the SCO in the implementation of the Concept of cooperation of the member states of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization in the field of digitalization and information and communication technologies," Jack Ma said. He announced his readiness to send the Alibaba working group to the SCO Secretariat in the near future to determine the main areas of cooperation.
SCO Secretary General congratulated Chairman Alibaba on the successful presentation of the company’s pavilion at the SMART CHINA EXPO - 2019 exhibition and expressed confidence in the development of practical cooperation.
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