Alibaba founder¹ Jack² Ma said Tuesday the Chinese e-commerce giant is confident that it will help support one million small U.S. businesses to sell to China and the rest of Asia through its network in the next five years.

 

阿里巴巴创始人马云周二表示，阿里巴巴有信心在未来五年内通过自有网络将百万美国小型企业的产品卖到中国以及亚洲其他地区。

 

"If we can help one million small businesses online and each business can create one job, we can create one million jobs," said Ma, who added that "we are pretty knowledgeable³ on that." 

 

Ma made the remarks at Gateway⁴' 17, a conference held by Alibaba in Detroit. The conference, which is held on June 20-21, features presentations and breakout sessions aimed at educating attendees on what and how to sell to China, especially through e-commerce platforms, so that they can grow their businesses and go global. 

 

Ma said Alibaba has been supporting small U.S. businesses to sell and buy online in the past 18 years. In California alone, the company has already helped create more than 20,000 jobs, according to Ma. 

 

"At the time we had little experience, now we have a lot of experience," he said. 

 

The conference marks Alibaba's official first step to introduce opportunities in China to U.S. small and medium-sized enterprises.

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