Alibaba Cloud is a typical representative of China's rapid rise in recent years through independent innovation. It independently developed the cloud computing system "Feitian". Today, it not only supports the huge computing capacity of the Alibaba system, but also serves various industries at home and abroad, becoming the world's third largest cloud computing company after Amazon AWS and Microsoft Azure. However, Alibaba Cloud's independent innovation is not easy. From the project establishment in 2008 to the official establishment of the company in 2009, it has experienced twists and turns in the most difficult five years of serving Ali Finance and solving the "5k" problem. During these five years, there were constant internal opposition voices, and 80% of employees chose to resign.

In June 2013, Alibaba Cloud technology finally made a major breakthrough, achieving from 0 to 1, and then the technology and business continued to develop. This case introduces how Alibaba Cloud achieved a breakthrough from 0 to 1 through independent technological innovation in the context of China's lack of independent cloud computing services. It has important inspiration and reference significance for current Chinese companies to break through key core technologies and enhance their independent innovation capabilities