MA: without adequate Internet infrastructure, worse than 20 years ago, no electricity-Ma, Alibaba, Internet economy-IT information

Alibaba Group Chairman Jack Ma said in an interview with Xinhua here 4th, Alibaba help "along the way" initiative, Dongfeng, is committed to building a global e-commerce platform to promote e-business globalization. Development of e-commerce in Latin America at a critical "opportunity period" will become the region's economic development and social transformation of the powerful engine.

Ma's to visit Argentina and Mexico, and Argentina's President, Mauricio Macri, the President of Mexico Pe?a and the industrial and commercial sectors of the two countries for in-depth exchanges on e-commerce cooperation. Ma said Alibaba to grow the first elements of globalization. 10-20 years in the future, participating in "along the way" at the same time, Alibaba will combine its own globalization strategy to promote e-business globalization, the group in Asia, Europe the layout soon, the next step will focus on achieving a breakthrough in Latin America and Africa, particularly in Latin America.

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Talk about electric business development in Latin America, he said, Latin America with essential elements such as economic development, population, resources, but the Internet infrastructure development level is not high, there is a high cost of broadband, Internet connection problems such as inadequate. Because of this, "may be our best chance."

He believes that the next 30 years, if some countries and regions do not have sufficient Internet infrastructure, not frightening it than it was 20 years ago. Alibaba will put into long-term development strategies in Latin America, long-term investment, through ten years of hard work were developed by e-commerce in the region.

He said that small and medium enterprises in Latin America, and China's economies are highly complementary. In Mexico, for example, more than 90% of the enterprises are small and medium enterprises, create nearly 50% of gross domestic product and more than 80% jobs. Many small and medium enterprises in Latin America through the e-commerce network into markets outside their home country.

Ma said that over the past twenty or thirty years, import and export trade rules set by the developed countries of the world, convenience and service to large enterprises. The next twenty or thirty years, must allow SMEs in developing countries and SMEs in developed countries participate in the rule-making. Alibaba's role is to set up in the Internet age of global network services to small and medium enterprises, to SMEs free to deal.

In Ma's view, also contribute to developing e-commerce in Latin America from middle income trap, the promotion of social transformation. He said that one of Alibaba's contribution to society is the promotion of the realization of the cashless society. All commercial activities were recorded in e-commerce, a person enjoy the right to fair access to trade, corruption is discovered, social transaction costs low, government services faster, world trade and the circulation of increasingly efficient services. This will help to eliminate corruption, in cash beyond the reach of the society.

"The exchange between people and people should go before the trade," Ma said, through tourism, cultural exchanges so that more people in better understanding, to find more business opportunities, enhance well-being.

马云：如无足够互联网基础设施，比20年前没电还可怕 - 马云,阿里巴巴,互联网经济 - IT资讯

阿里巴巴集团董事局主席马云4日在此间接受新华社记者采访时表示，阿里巴巴借助“一带一路”倡议东风，致力于打造全球电子商务平台，推进电子商务全球化。拉美地区电子商务发展处于关键“机遇期”，电商将成为这一地区经济发展、社会转型的强力引擎。

马云此次到阿根廷和墨西哥考察，与阿根廷总统马克里、墨西哥总统培尼亚及两国工商界人士就电子商务合作进行深入交流。马云说，全球化是阿里巴巴发展壮大的第一要素。未来10到20年，在参与“一带一路”建设的同时，阿里巴巴将结合自身全球化战略推进电子商务全球化，集团在亚洲、欧洲布局很快，下一步将重点在拉美和非洲地区实现突破，尤其是在拉美地区。

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谈及拉美电商发展现状，马云说，拉美地区具备经济发展、人口、资源等基本要素，但互联网基础设施发展水平还不高，存在宽带成本高、上网连接度不足等问题。正因为如此，“也许是我们最好的机会”。

马云认为，未来30年，如果一些国家和地区还没有足够的互联网基础设施，那比20年前没有电还可怕。阿里巴巴将把拉美纳入长期发展战略，坚持长期投入，通过十年努力让这一地区的电子商务发展起来。

他说，拉美中小企业多，与中国经济互补性强。以墨西哥为例，超过90%的企业是中小企业，创造近50%的国内生产总值和超过80%的国内就业岗位。拉美很多中小企业可以通过电子商务网络进入本国以外的市场。

马云说，过去二三十年，世界进出口贸易规则主要由发达国家制定，方便和服务于大企业。未来二三十年，必须让发展中国家中小企业，以及发达国家中小企业参与规则制定。阿里巴巴的职责是在互联网时代建立起服务于中小企业的全球网络，让中小企业随意买卖。

在马云看来，发展电子商务还有助于拉美地区摆脱中等收入陷阱、促进社会转型。他说，阿里巴巴的社会贡献之一是推动实现无现金社会。电子商务中所有商业活动都被记录下来，任何人享有公平进入贸易的权利，腐败分子会被发现，社会交易成本越来越低，政府服务速度越来越快，世界服务贸易和商品流通效率越来越高。这将有助于消除腐败，是现金社会无法企及的。

“人与人之间的交流应走在贸易之前，”马云说，应通过旅游、人文交流让更多的中拉民众增进了解、发现更多的商机，增进福祉。