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Ma Yun will spend more time on educational public welfare when he is on the cover of Forbes again

On the evening of December 2, when Alibaba was just founded in 2000, Ma Yun was on the cover of Forbes magazine to talk about the future development of the Internet. Today, 20 years later, the then Forbes reporter Justin doebele wrote the cover article "Ma Yun outlines a grand vision for the public welfare foundation in his name" again, focusing on a new chapter in Ma Yun's life.

When talking about the appearance of his public welfare foundation in five years, Ma Yun said that it will be a respected organization and an organization engaged in public welfare in an efficient way.

"I will devote more time to education, public welfare and environmental protection." In 2018, Ma Yun said so in his last open letter to all shareholders in his capacity as chairman of Alibaba's board of directors. According to Forbes, this new chapter of public welfare in Ma Yun's life is also familiar to him.

Ma Yun said he would first study and listen to all kinds of public welfare ideas around the world. He explained in an interview with Forbes: 'I'm not in a hurry. I want to spend a year in various countries to communicate with education ministers, schools, teachers and people with great ideas. "

The article points out that Alibaba has long started social public welfare activities. Since 2006, Ali has provided funds and training for about 20000 mothers through the magic bean mother project. In 2010, it was announced that 0.3% of the revenue would be used for public welfare undertakings every year, and then Alibaba public welfare foundation was established.

Ma Yun personally established Ma Yun public welfare foundation in 2014. Up to now, he has provided at least US $300 million for various public welfare activities. The foundation projects, from the protection of Xixi Wetland in Hangzhou to the African entrepreneurship foundation, are carrying out various activities at home and abroad.

According to Forbes, Ma Yun's public welfare has several characteristics.

Awaken others. " Money alone cannot change the world, but if you change your heart, you can change the world. " Ma Yun said. Among them, rural teachers are his focus area, and $75 million has been provided for the training of rural teachers and principals.

Give full play to China's potential. Forbes said that Ma Yun believes that China's experience and practices in public welfare can be used as a reference for the world. " I also want to cooperate with universities to provide this training for people who want to engage in public welfare undertakings. "

Help women. " There are many powerful women behind me, and I am always grateful to them. " In Ma Yun's view, the role of women is the secret of Alibaba's success.

Ma Yun hopes that his foundation can maximize its role. He said: 'public welfare is also about efficiency. If you can do it for 3 yuan, why spend 5 yuan? If you can finish it in 2 hours, why 4 hours? The way I learned from business management is the way I lead the operation of public welfare organizations. "

Although Ma Yun public welfare foundation has only one office and less than 30 full-time employees, Forbes is optimistic about the future development of the foundation. The article recalls that when Alibaba had only 150 employees in 2000, Ma Yun announced to Forbes that he was determined to build Alibaba into one of the top ten websites in the world.