Alibaba companions with Korean authorities to launch Korea Pavilion on Tmall

Chinese language e-commerce big Alibaba Group on Monday launched the Korea Pavilion on Tmall.com, China’s largest third-party B2C platform. The Korea Pavilion is the primary official on-line nation pavilion devoted to offering shoppers in China with one-stop store for real Korean merchandise and journey and cultural info.

In partnership with Korea Argo-Fisheries & Meals Commerce Company and Korea Worldwide Commerce Affiliation (KITA), the Korea Pavilion provides Korean retailers a devoted on-line platform to faucet the Chinese language market. It is the results of fruitful discussions between Alibaba Group and the Korean authorities over the previous yr. These discussions have yielded different constructive initiatives akin to collaboration in logistics and the creation of internship packages aimed toward growing the cooperation between Chinese language and Korean enterprises.

“The Korea Pavilion is Alibaba Group’s first official nation pavilion and we’ll proceed to work with governments of different nations to launch comparable pavilions sooner or later with a view to fulfill the wants of our Chinese language shoppers,” stated Jack Ma on the opening ceremony of the Korea Pavilion on Monday in Seoul. “Korean made merchandise have all the time been well-liked in China and we’re excited to convey these merchandise onto Tmall.com.”

To additional strengthen the collaboration between Chinese language and Korean corporations, Alibaba Group is working with KITA to provoke a youth internship program that may let 100 Korean school graduates intern at Alibaba Group’s headquarters in Hangzhou. The primary session of the three-month lengthy internship program will begin in early July. The chosen interns will study concerning the Chinese language shopper market, its traits, and the operations and enterprise of Alibaba Group’s e-commerce platforms. Via this internship, Korean school graduates can study concerning the quickly rising Chinese language market and convey that have and information again to South Korea.

With the rising demand of Korean merchandise amongst Chinese language shoppers, Cainiao, the logistics affiliate of Alibaba Group, is trying to broaden its partnerships with Korean corporations to deliver the perfect cross-border logistics options potential to the Chinese language shoppers.

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