Alibaba CEO extols positive role ecommerce giant’s technology can play in Chinese society in article for official magazine

The article was published in the latest edition of China Wangxin, a magazine launched in 2022 by the Cyberspace Administration of China. Zhang points to China’s health code as an example of how the Hangzhou-based company is using technology to help solve social issues. — SCMP

Daniel Zhang Yong, chairman and chief executive of Alibaba Group Holding, has written an article in an official magazine published by the country’s cyberspace administration, promoting the positive role the Hangzhou-based company’s technology can play in Chinese society.

The article was published in the latest edition of China Wangxin, a magazine launched in 2022 by the Cyberspace Administration of China as a mouthpiece for the authority. A supplementary editor’s note on Zhang’s article listed growth of the ecommerce giant as proof of President Xi Jinping’s strategy to develop a powerful digital economy.