The tree wants to be quiet, but the wind doesn't stop.
During the Spring Festival, another rumor about Ali spread widely again. Rumors said that "Ali is preparing to build a global headquarters in Singapore." Before and after this rumor, there were many rumors on the Internet about the immigration of Ali’s early founders.
On the afternoon of January 27, 2023, the relevant person in charge of the Alibaba Group refuted the rumors. Ali said, "Alibaba was born in Hangzhou, grew up in Hangzhou, and developed in Hangzhou. It is natural and inevitable that Alibaba's global headquarters will always be in Hangzhou."
If you look carefully at the "rumors" and "gossip" over the past year, it is not difficult to find that similar rumors have emerged one after another. This series of rumors is carefully designed and has ulterior motives. It is not only holding Ali to the fire, but also suppressing the confidence of China's private economy, which in turn affects the Chinese economy-because the health of private enterprises is so important to the prosperity of the Chinese economy. up. Generally speaking, the private economy has the characteristics of "five-six-seven-eight-nine", that is, the private economy contributes more than 50% of the country's tax revenue, more than 60% of the GDP, more than 70% of technological innovation achievements, and more than 80% of Urban labor employment, more than 90% of the number of enterprises.
In fact, Ali is not the only company troubled by such rumors. In addition to Ali, private companies such as Douyin, Tencent, JD.com, and Huawei have also attracted the attention of rumor makers in the past few years. There are especially many rumors. Besides Ma Yun, Ma Huateng, Zhang Yiming, Huang Zheng, and Liu Qiangdong were also plagued by rumors of immigration.
The wind blows from the end of Qingping. The reason why these rumors emerge in endlessly is because rumors have the power to spread, have traffic, and attract people's attention.
For example, the rumor that "Ali established a global headquarters in Singapore" came from a Douyin blogger. The blogger issued a clarification and apology saying, "Two days ago I posted a false message that 'Alibaba established a global headquarters in Singapore, Jack Ma resigned from all company positions in China and immigrated to Singapore'," the Douyin blogger said , He processed it based on some online information at that time, which was purely personal, but he didn't want to get a lot of attention and reposts after sending it out. After the rumor was deleted, screenshots and related content have been carried around by many Internet communicators.
Open your mouth to spread rumors, but run away to refute them. Compared with other news, rumors spread at an astonishing speed, and because rumors are easier to spread, they have naturally become the means used by good people to attack competitors and even suppress private enterprises. Especially now that the country has issued a series of policies that benefit the Chinese economy and private enterprises.
A series of rumors surrounding Ali, two backgrounds that have to be mentioned are:
On January 7, 2023, CCTV's ace program "Dialogue" launched a new year special "Dialogue Opening the New Year | Start, 2023! ", CCTV invited dozens of private economic entrepreneurs, including Zhang Yong from Alibaba Group, Cao Dewang from Fuyao Glass, Liang Jianzhang from Ctrip, Liu Yonghao from New Hope Group, Xu Lei from JD Group, Guo Guangchang from Fosun, etc. , How to let enterprises and entrepreneurs regain confidence started a dialogue. In CCTV's "Dialogue" program, Zhang Yong said that the biggest opportunity in 2023 lies in taking root in the real economy and promoting the high integration of the real economy and the digital economy. The greatest confidence in Alibaba's development lies in the same frequency resonance and high degree of consistency between the company and the country's social development goals.
The relevant person in charge of the People's Bank of China revealed at a press conference in Beijing on the 13th that since November 2020, the financial management department has guided and urged 14 large platform companies such as Ant Group to carry out solid rectification of some outstanding problems, and the rectification has been basically completed. The normalized regulatory framework for the financial business of platform companies has also initially taken shape.
The spring breeze of national policy brings warmth, and private enterprises are full of ambitions. When they roll up their sleeves and work harder, such a rumor suddenly comes out, which is indeed a bit surprising. It may not be as simple as self-media attracting attention and blogging traffic. purpose of telling.
Rumors of "moving to Singapore" are easy for private companies, especially Chinese companies that are determined to participate in global competition, to be carried away by rumors and companies to be "slandered". Whether it is Ali, or Chinese companies such as Huawei, Geely, Great Wall, BYD, etc., they are all native Chinese companies with roots in China, but they are also determined to actively participate in global competition for the Chinese enterprise zone. Daring to go international and looking at the world does not mean that they are not Chinese companies. A real Chinese enterprise should be rooted in China, but also look at the world, actively promote its own globalization, and become a Chinese enterprise founded by the Chinese with global competitiveness.
Chinese enterprises were born in China, grew up in China, and took root in China, but this does not contradict with looking at the world and daring to go international. In fact, at present and in the future, Chinese enterprises that are truly competitive must be internationalized.
In fact, as early as 2013, Ali settled its global headquarters in the Future Science and Technology City in Yuhang District, Hangzhou. In 2015, Ali also launched a globalization strategy, investing in national e-commerce businesses such as Lazada, Miravia, and Trendyol. Among Chinese technology companies, Ali went earlier in the field of internationalization and is also one of the most active companies. In 2019, Ali partially participated in a building in Singapore developed and constructed by a local partner. However, this building is only the office space for some Southeast Asian businesses such as Ali's Lazada. The so-called move of the global headquarters to Singapore is pure nonsense. Alibaba’s global headquarters is only in Hangzhou, as the person in charge of Ali said—“Alibaba was born in Hangzhou, grew up in Hangzhou, and developed in Hangzhou. It is natural and inevitable that Alibaba’s global headquarters will always be in Hangzhou.”
Working behind closed doors and resting on our laurels should never be the first choice of Chinese companies. When Huawei lays out its 5G network in Africa, BYD and Great Wall sell their cars and smart cars to Europe, and Ali covers Southeast Asia and Europe with its e-commerce system, they should be Chinese companies that make Chinese people proud.
Here, we also sincerely appeal, whether it is the media or self-media, everyone's eagerness for traffic and topics is understandable, but at least we must do it, not to spread rumors, not to spread rumors. In fact, not only Ali, but also other Chinese private enterprises, everyone still holds their hands high, neither making rumors nor spreading rumors, and they should not be used by good people.