108,000 people.

On May 10, Alibaba Group CEO Zhang Yong said at Alibaba Day that Alibaba now has 108,000 employees, of which more than 30% are born in the 1990s. He suggested that those born in the 1990s should seize this most precious golden age of life to continue to grow, and at the same time, lifelong events are also particularly important and should be balanced with work.

The recently released JD.com financial report shows that as of March 31, 2019, there were more than 179,000 regular employees, an increase of about 16,000 people over the same period last year. In the context of the relatively off-season in the first quarter of the retail industry, there was still a net increase of more than 1,000 people from the previous month.