Ma Yun's Anti-counterfeiting Remark Causes Hot Discussion

During the two sessions, the chairman of the board of directors of Alibaba.com Ma Wen wrote an article on the social platform calling for the introduction of laws to severely punish counterfeiters. Data map According to Bloomberg, Ma Yun spoke on Weibo on the 7th to “representative members of the two associations” and called on them to advance relevant legislation and “fight against counterfeits like drunk driving”. Before the two sessions were held this year, Huang Jianping, the NPC deputy and Chairman of Marco Polo Tiles, called the key proposals for cracking down on counterfeit goods and claimed that the name of the infringement on Taobao was rampant. The US “Wall Street Journal” stated that Chairman Ma Yun of Alibaba’s board of directors said in a meeting with US President Trump in January this year that it will help one million US companies sell products on their online shopping platform. However, American SMEs and even individuals claim that fakes on Taobao damage their interests. In December last year, Taobao was once again listed by the US Trade Representative's office as a blacklist on the “famous market”, citing the fact that there were still many infringing fakes. Some overseas distributors stated that Ali did make great efforts to crack down on fake products. Ma Yun’s appeal will also likely promote the legislative process and amend those outdated laws that are not enough to crack down on counterfeiting and trafficking. But to completely eliminate fakes on China’s online shopping platform “it obviously takes time and patience”. ▲