Jack Ma

Ma built the platforms that connect Chinese manufacturers with buyers worldwide, which shapes where many US brands source products and how cross-border parcels flow. Alibaba.com began as a business-to-business site linking Chinese suppliers with overseas buyers, and Taobao and Tmall grew into China's largest consumer marketplaces. Alibaba also turned Singles' Day on November 11 into the world's largest shopping event and created the Cainiao logistics network. Brands sourcing from China, negotiating minimum order quantities with factories, or planning around Chinese peak seasons are working inside the ecosystem Ma helped create.

• Minimum Order QuantityMOQSmallest order a supplier will accept
• Peak SeasonThe busiest stretch of the year for orders

• Richard Liub. 1973 · Founder of JD.com

• Singles' Day2009 · Alibaba's November 11 sale becomes a shopping giant
• China Joins the WTO2001 · China becomes the 143rd member of the WTO

• China Cross-Border E-Commerce Retail Import Policy2016, limits raised 2019 · China's tax rules for consumer imports via e-commerce

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