Jack Ma and Alibaba coming to Toronto on
September 25 to discuss China opportunity with Canadian companies,
agribusinesses, entrepreneurs, and the travel and hospitality
industry
Alibaba Group (NYSE:BABA) today announced Gateway Canada, a one
day event to educate Canadian companies, agribusinesses,
entrepreneurs, and the travel and hospitality industry about
tapping the rapidly growing demand among Chinese consumers for
imports and international tourism experiences. The event will take
place on September 25, 2017 at the Enercare Centre in Toronto.
“Canada’s high-quality products, fresh food and travel
experiences are highly sought-after by China’s large and growing
middle class population who are looking online for the best
products and experiences around the world. Modern China has the
potential to be a big opportunity for Canadian businesses of all
sizes. At Gateway Canada in Toronto we will talk about the bright
future of opportunity between China and Canada,” said Jack Ma,
executive chairman and founder of Alibaba Group.
Expected to attract approximately 500 businesses from across
Canada, Gateway Canada will feature remarks from local
entrepreneurs and a keynote address by Jack Ma. Attendees will have
the opportunity to participate in category breakout sessions,
business solution sessions and marketplace networking
opportunities. They will also learn about how Alibaba’s online
travel marketplace and payment solutions can help Canadian
businesses in serving the rapidly expanding outbound Chinese travel
and tourism market.
Below is a letter from Michael Evans, president of Alibaba
Group, inviting Canadian companies, agribusinesses, entrepreneurs,
and the travel and hospitality industry to Gateway Canada:
Dear Fellow Canadians,
Canada has so much to offer the world -- from the seafood in our
crystal-clear waters, to amazing agricultural products you can’t
find anywhere else, innovative, active lifestyle apparel brands
like Lululemon or Roots and a warm, open environment for visitors
to our shores. I grew up in Toronto and now work at Alibaba.
Canadian products and experiences are some of the most sought-after
in China and around the world. In fact, China represents one of the
biggest opportunities Canadian business has ever seen.
Here’s why. China’s large and fast growing middle class is
expected to exceed 600 million people in 5 years, which is larger
than the total population of North America. Last year, China became
the world’s largest retail market, with spending topping US$4.84
trillion. By next year, China’s online spending will be greater
than the rest of the world combined. And Chinese consumers are
looking for the high-quality products and travel experiences that
Canada offers.
At Alibaba, we can help you take advantage of this growing
appetite for consumption through our robust ecosystem of businesses
that spans e-commerce marketplaces, with more than 500 million
active users; electronic settlements, with fast, low-cost payments;
and logistics, which ensures products are delivered seamlessly and
efficiently, all underpinned by one of the leading global cloud
technology infrastructures.
We are a company dedicated to making it easier for everyone to
do business anywhere. Today, we operate the world’s largest online
marketplace with more than US$500 billion in sales across our
platforms. Think of us as a virtual mall with nearly half-a-billion
shoppers buying from sellers who operate their own online
storefronts. We are already a gateway for thousands of global
brands and retailers as well as millions of small businesses who
sell to Chinese consumers. And, we want to be the gateway for
Canadian businesses to tap into the China consumer opportunity.
On September 25 at Enercare Centre in Toronto, Alibaba will host
Gateway Canada, where we will explain the China consumption
opportunity and show participants how to access it through
Alibaba.
You’ll hear practical stories from brands already doing business
with China and inspiring tales like that of Clearwater, the Nova
Scotia-based seafood distributor that sold 100,000 lobsters to
Chinese consumers on our platform in a single day during one of
Alibaba’s big annual promotions. Clearwater’s story shows the vast
potential for business success in tapping China’s middle class
consumers.
For our friends in the travel and hospitality sectors, we
welcome you to learn about our online travel marketplace, Fliggy, a
gateway to Canada for Chinese tourists, hosting a broad range of
merchants, travel products and services. And we’ll introduce you to
Alipay, our online payments solution that makes it easy for its 500
million Chinese consumers to pay for anything, no matter where they
are in the world.
Canadian brands – Arc'teryx, Jamieson, Aldo, SunRype and many
others – are well known to China’s rapidly expanding middle class.
Hundreds of Canadian brands already sell their products through our
e-commerce platforms to Chinese consumers seeking premium seafood,
packaged food and beverages, fashion and apparel, health
supplements, and mother and baby products.
And, Canada, with an ethnic Chinese population of 1.6 million
and a vibrant Chinese culture, is highly regarded as a destination
for immigrants and tourists, alike. Around 600,000 Chinese tourists
visited Canada last year, spending well over C$1.25 billion and
supporting nearly 7,500 service-sector jobs. With 2018 designated
as “Year of Canada-China Tourism,” these numbers are set to
rise.
But we’re just at the beginning of this special relationship.
There’s much more potential to unlock.
Alibaba can help you get your products into the hands of China’s
burgeoning middle class consumer. We can help Chinese visitors to
Canada access amazing travel, tourism and hospitality services and
experiences.
I’m proud of my Canadian heritage and proud to work at Alibaba,
where I’ve been affectionately nicknamed “Explorer” – an homage to
Dr. Norman Bethune, a Canadian who did so much for Sino-Canadian
relations and who remains beloved in China to this day.
I want to encourage my fellow Canadians to explore the
opportunities that today’s China presents for all Canadian
businesses.
J'espère que vous allez nous joindre à Toronto ce septembre.
Sincerely,Michael EvansPresident, Alibaba Group
Additional Information
- Register for Gateway Canada:
www.gateway17.com
- Learn more about the China
opportunity: http://www.alizila.com/gateway-to-china/
- Follow @AlibabaGroup on
Twitter
About Alibaba Group
Alibaba Group's mission is to make it easy to do business
anywhere. The company aims to build the future infrastructure of
commerce. It envisions that its customers will meet, work and live
at Alibaba, and that it will be a company that lasts at least 102
years.
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