Jack Ma, founder and chairman of China's e-commerce giant Alibaba met with US President-elect Donald Trump and discussed plans to help US small businesses sell products to China through the company's platform.
Read more: Nokia May Launch its Own Virtual Assistant Viki to Take on Siri, Google Assistant and Cortana
"I think the president-elect is very smart, he is very open-minded to listen. I told him my ideas about how to improve trade, especially to improve small business, cross border trade," Xinhua quoted Ma as saying at Trump tower in New York after meeting with Trump.
Read more: Huawei Honor 6X To be Available Exclusively on Amazon India
"We specifically talked about ... supporting 1 million small businesses, especially in the Midwest of America. Small businesses on the platform selling products -- agriculture products and America services -- to China and Asia," he said.
Read more: Lenovo P2 With Massive 5,100mAh Battery Launching Exclusively on Flipkart on January 11
They also discussed the China-US relationship, which should be "strengthened" and "more friendly", according to Ma.
"(Trump) has concerns, and he has solutions, that he wants to discuss with China and us," he said.
Read more: Lenovo P2 With Massive 5,100mAh Battery Launching Exclusively on Flipkart on January 11
"We had a great meeting, and a great, great entrepreneur, one of the best in the world. Jack and I are going to do some great things," Trump told reporters after the meeting.
Alibaba group said on Monday via its official twitter that the company works with US companies and farmers to sell to over 450 million Chinese consumers on its platform, and it has set a goal of helping one million US small businesses export to China.
Comments
0 comment