Alibaba is a limited liability company. It was founded in 1999 and provides technology infrastructure and marketing platforms for merchants, brands and other businesses to help them interact with users and customers and conduct business with the help of new technologies. The company's business scope includes: development and sales of computer network application software; design, production, processing of computer network products and provision of related technical services and consulting services; leasing of owned properties; translation; non-certificate labor vocational skills training for adults.

Alibaba is a private limited liability company. The main shareholders include SoftBank Group, Yahoo, Jack Ma, Joseph Tsai, etc. Alibaba Group's business also includes a lot, such as core business, cloud computing, local life services, as well as digital media and entertainment innovation business. So Alibaba's platform and business are one that covers consumers, merchants, etc.