"It is Ali's exploration and practice in the field of Rural Revitalization in China to closely combine the Internet with the countryside, send Ali and social talents to the countryside, help the countryside to 'stay' local talents with industry, and then 'educate the future' for rural development through education." On January 18, sun Lijun, chairman of Alibaba public welfare foundation, said when attending the "seminar on follow-up to the eighth Ministerial Conference of the Forum on China Africa cooperation", Alibaba public welfare and African friends jointly realized that to promote rural development in Africa, in addition to environmental protection, e-commerce sales and other measures, it is more important to help local people through industry, education and science and technology, Especially young people, get more opportunities and space.
In order to maintain the good momentum of the eighth Ministerial Conference of the Forum on China Africa cooperation, explore the entry point of multilateral support and implement the major commitments and initiatives of the conference, the African missions in China and the United Nations system in China jointly held a follow-up Seminar on the theme of "jointly creating a greener, more prosperous and healthier future" in Beijing on January 18, 2022, It aims to further strengthen the growing partnership between China and Africa. The African Mission in China, the African Union, the Ministry of foreign affairs, the Ministry of Commerce, the national agency for international development cooperation and other Chinese government departments, the United Nations country team, Chinese research institutions and relevant foundations participated in the event.
Alibaba is the only Chinese enterprise invited to share at this meeting. Sun Lijun introduced in his speech that under the guidance of China's "Rural Revitalization" strategy, Ali has successively sent rural commissioners, professional designers and "rural technical officers" to underdeveloped counties since 2019 to "send in" talents and explore a new model of Internet assisted villages from three aspects: industry, talents and science and technology. Now, Ali designers help the county design Shenzhen Agricultural Products Group Co.Ltd(000061) brands free of charge locally, and "rural technical officers" are also trying digital breeding in the countryside, tracing the source through the blockchain, so as to reassure urban consumers and expand their sales.
In sun Lijun's view, sending talents in is the first step. More importantly, to develop rural industries, we need to use industries to attract more young people to "stay" and return home for employment and entrepreneurship. In Guizhou Pu'an, Wujin chicken is a local specialty, but it can only be sold locally for a long time, and the market is not smooth. Now, through Ali's many trainings, many "rural anchor" began to sell black Golden Chicken through e-commerce live broadcast. At the same time, Luo Yingping, Ali village Commissioner, also introduced breeding farms and breeding bases locally, connected with the slaughterhouse and packaging factory in Guiyang, and sold the black golden chicken to business super platforms such as HEMA and RT mart, so as to let the black Golden Chicken go out of the mountain.
In 2020, Alibaba also built an AI labeling base in Pingshun County, Shanxi Province, attracting more than half of its employees to return home for employment. According to statistics, Alibaba has built 37 customer service centers, 4 "wig factories" and 10 "Ai labeling bases" in many places, creating 11000 jobs.
Sun Lijun mentioned in his speech that rural basic education is the focus of Ali's public welfare to help revitalize rural talents. Alibaba public welfare foundation, Ma Yun public welfare foundation, Cai Chongxin public welfare foundation and other public welfare institutions have cooperated to help rural basic education and benefit more than 100000 rural teachers and students by providing funding and training and building playgrounds and music classrooms.
"People oriented Internet technology is providing real help to the countryside and making more ideal young people become a new force for rural poverty reduction and sustainable development." Sun Lijun said.
