1. Founded on March 10, 1999 by a pioneer in China's Internet business, with Hangzhou as its research and development base, and its international headquarters was established in Hong Kong on September 10.

2. On September 9, 2000, Alibaba's China headquarters was established in Hangzhou.

3. From 1999 to 2000, Alibaba raised 25 million US dollars from institutions such as Softbank, Goldman Sachs, and Fidelity Investments.

4. In 2002, Alibaba B2B began to make a profit.

5. In 2003, in Jack Ma's apartment in Hangzhou, Taobao, a personal e-commerce website, was established. The online payment system - Alipay was released.

6. In 2005, Alibaba Group established a strategic partnership with Yahoo America. At the same time, he took charge of Yahoo China.

7. In 2006, Alibaba Group made a strategic investment in Koubei.com.

8. January 2007: Alisoft, an Internet-based business management software company, was established. November: Alibaba Network Limited was listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. Alimama, an online advertising platform.

9. June 2008: Koubei.com merged with Yahoo China to form Yahoo Koubei. September: Alibaba Group Research Institute was established.

10. July 2009: Alisoft merged with Alibaba Group Research Institute. August: Alisoft's business management software division was injected into Alibaba B2B. As part of the "Big Taobao" strategy, Koubei.com was injected into Taobao, making Taobao a one-stop e-commerce service provider to provide services to more e-commerce users. September: Alibaba Cloud Computing was established.

11. May 2010: Alibaba Group announced that it would allocate 0.3% of its annual revenue to an environmental protection fund starting in 2010 to promote the whole society's awareness of environmental issues. November: Taobao Mall launched an independent domain name.

12. June 2011: Alibaba Group split Taobao into three independent companies: Taobao.com, Taobao Mall and Yitao, to serve customers more accurately and effectively.

13. January 2012: Taobao Mall announced that it would change its Chinese name to Tianmao to strengthen its platform positioning. June: Alibaba Network Limited officially delisted from the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. July: Alibaba Group announced that it would upgrade the business of existing subsidiaries to seven business groups: Alibaba International Business, Alibaba Small Business Business, Taobao.com, Tmall, Juhuasuan, Yitao and Alibaba Cloud.

Business Segments:

Ali's e-commerce services, Ant Financial Services, Cainiao Logistics Services, Big Data Cloud Computing Services, Advertising Services, Cross-border Trade Services, and Internet Services other than the first six e-commerce services.

Organizational Structure:

On July 23, 2012, Alibaba Group adjusted its business structure and organization from a subsidiary system to a business group system, establishing Taobao, Yitao, Tmall, Juhuasuan, Alibaba International Business, Alibaba Small Business and Alibaba Cloud, a total of seven business groups.

On January 10, 2013, Alibaba Group will adjust its business structure and organization, establishing 25 business units, and the business development of each business unit will be the responsibility of the president (general manager) of each business unit. The new system consists of a strategic decision-making committee (under the responsibility of the board of directors) and a strategic management executive committee (under the responsibility of the CEO).