Future bright for SE Asian e-commerce

Chinese companies are actively tapping into ASEAN markets to embrace opportunities brought by the rapid growth of e-commerce business in the region.

AliCloud, a subsidiary of e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd, has built data centers in Singapore to offer computing services to small and medium-sized enterprises in the region. It is also going to cooperate with Thailand in this respect to help the country's SMEs grow.

"Right now, China is actively promoting the mobile internet, the internet of things and big data. We hope our technology not only benefits Chinese enterprises, but can also be exported to ASEAN countries," said Hu Xiaoming, president of AliCloud.