The construction of Alibaba's e-commerce ecosystem is already in full swing. The launch of the "Future Online Merchant Incubation Plan" - Alibaba's plan to enter colleges and universities - represents the foundational infrastructure development for the bottom layer of the e-commerce ecosystem chain, indicating that the pyramid structure of Alibaba's e-commerce ecosystem is taking shape.
On April 23, Beijing time, it was reported that yesterday, Alibaba Group announced in Beijing that its large-scale e-commerce education development plan, jointly initiated with over 300 colleges and universities nationwide —— the "Future Online Merchant Incubation Plan" —— has officially started. The goal is to incubate and cultivate 10 million "future online merchants" for China's e-commerce industry within the next 3 to 5 years.