Alibaba setting up alliance to train e-commerce talents

E-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd announced on Thursday it will launch the Global E-commerce Talent Network in cooperation with renowned universities and training agencies, both domestic and overseas, to cultivate e-commerce professionals with global perspectives for China and economies in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations.

Alibaba said it expects to train 1 million college students and 200,000 owners of small and medium-sized enterprises within five years, raising China's standards for training cross-border e-commerce talents.

The training network builds on Alibaba's Global e-commerce Talent program, which has so far trained nearly 7,000 students and about 2,000 SME owners, covering 10 countries around the globe, according to figures provided by company.