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Alibaba in the Community
Alibaba.com is the flagship business of the Alibaba Group, a global e-commerce leader and the largest e-commerce company in China. As a member of the Group, Alibaba.com shares the same community spirit and commitment to developing the e-commerce environment as all the Group companies, including Taobao, Alipay, Yahoo! China, Alisoft and Alimama.
Supporting SMEs and Creating Business Opportunities Worldwide
Alibaba.com is playing an important role in helping SMEs in China and around the world participate in global trade and become more competitive. We are creating jobs and opportunities for millions of companies by giving them a cost effective platform to market their products, find quality suppliers and grow their business. In early 2007, we entered into a partnership with Industrial and Commercial Bank of China and China Construction Bank to help Chinese companies with limited assets or credit history secure financing for expanding their business.
 Training Programs and University Partnerships
As a pioneer of the industry, we put a lot of resources into teaching people about the power of e-commerce. We established Ali-college to provide free training courses to our members in different cities around China on how to use Alibaba.com and the Internet to grow their business. Ali-college collaborates with about 50 universities across China to run professional e-commerce courses for students and provide them with a "Certificate of Alibaba eCommerce".
Over the years, the Alibaba Group has delivered management training programs for businesspeople in China and around the world, sharing our experience in e-commerce, global trade, value-based management and corporate social responsibility.
AliFest – Alibaba Group's Annual China e-Businessmen Summit
Each year, Alibaba Group co-hosts the China
e-Businessmen Summit ("AliFest") in Hangzhou, China in association with the Hangzhou municipal government and the China e-Commerce Association. Tens of thousands of businesspeople attend the event to engage in dialogue and learn from the experiences of other entrepreneurs who use the Internet for business and trade. The event culminates in an award ceremony, in which the "Top 10 e-Businessmen" are recognized for their contributions to e-commerce and the community.
 West Lake Summit
First organized by Alibaba.com in 2000, the West Lake Summit brings together businesspeople, government officials and industry leaders to discuss ways that all stakeholders can work together to advance the Internet industry and e-commerce. The most recent West Lake Summit included speakers from leading global Internet companies and featured former US President Bill Clinton as the keynote speaker.
 Community Volunteerism
The Alibaba Group encourages employees in its Group companies to become active in community service programs. The Group regularly facilitates opportunities for its employees to get involved in community activities and philanthropic programs.
Environmental Protection
Alibaba has been promoting environmental issues from within the organization by running a series of campaigns under the name "Orange Alibaba, Green Earth". The campaigns aim to promote energy and resource conservation by our employees. We also launched a "Tradeshow Alliance Environmental Protection Fund" in October 2007 to promote environmentally friendly and energy efficient tradeshows. The proceeds were donated to the China Environmental Protection Foundation.
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