[European Times, April 27, compiled by Gu Yan] "One world, one fight!" Ma Yun said, "We can do it together."
BBC reported that during the new crown epidemic, Ma Yun has passed himself The force promoted the delivery of anti-epidemic materials such as masks and ventilators to 150 countries.
Today, many technology companies donate to help fight the epidemic, such as Twitter’s CEO Jack Dorsey donating $1 billion. According to information from Candid, a US charity monitoring agency, Alibaba ranks 12th among private donors in the world, but this ranking does not include transportation materials, and this action is even better than money in the global fight against the epidemic. more important.
Alibaba Group partner and chairman of the Alibaba Charity Foundation Sun Lijun said in an interview recently that fulfilling social responsibility is the core competitiveness of an enterprise. Alibaba's social responsibility is not only integrated into the business model, but also into the corporate culture. He introduced that on March 22, the first batch of materials donated by Alibaba Charity Foundation and Jack Ma Charity Foundation to Africa arrived in Ethiopia. (Image source: China News Service)
Except for Jack Ma, no one has the ability to directly transport the materials needed by various countries. Since March 2020, the Jack Ma Foundation and related departments of Alibaba have begun to transport materials to Africa, Asia, Europe, and Latin America, which also include more sensitive areas such as Iran, Israel, Russia and the United States.
At the same time, Jack Ma also donated one million yuan for research on the new crown vaccine, and supported the translation of the medical instruction manual issued by Zhejiang Province into 16 languages.
Alibaba’s former consultant and Jack Ma’s biographer Duncan Clark said: “Ma Yun is rich and capable of flying a cargo plane from China to Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia, or wherever supplies are needed. This is logistics, It is the meaning of his company and his employees." Eric Olander, editor of the
China Africa Project website, said: "It can be said that all Africa is celebrating Jack Ma’s donation. He has visited almost all African countries, and after retirement I have also visited Africa many times." Olander said that the use of these materials is a matter of the government after they arrive in the local area. People's complaints are also directed at the government. They all respect and appreciate these materials.
The President of Rwanda, Paul Kagame (Paul Kagame) said that the materials donated by Jack Ma are like "a shot in the heart". Everyone sees that no one can be as capable and willing to contribute such large-scale and many Medical supplies urgently needed by the country.
At the same time, Chinese officials are also sending medical teams and delivering medical supplies to countries in Europe and Southeast Asia where the epidemic is severe. However, some of the work has been questioned by the international community, such as some of the tested products are unqualified. Therefore, Jack Ma's move not only made his personal image more positive and taller, but also saved China's reputation during the global war against the epidemic.
