Alibaba aims for 2 billion users by 2036

E-commerce and internet behemoth Alibaba Group Holding Ltd aims to register 2 billion individual users around the world by 2036.

By the end of June, the group had 576 million active consumers on its two major retail marketplaces - Taobao, China's largest mobile commerce destination, and Tmall, the country's largest third-party platform for brands and retailers.

With its technology in core commerce, cloud computing, cross-border e-commerce and mobile payments, the group said it is committed to helping domestic and foreign consumers to buy products from all over the world, and to make mobile payments global.