The call to break more digital barriers in China’s internet industry comes days before Tencent’s flagship video game, Honour of Kings, returns to the live-streaming platform of ByteDance-owned Douyin.
With the help of artificial intelligence, merchants on the Taobao and Tmall platforms are expected to improve their services and attract new customers.
Alibaba’s Taobao and cloud units will directly answer to the conglomerate’s CEO, Eddie Wu, as the tech giant seeks to take on budget-focused PDD amid low consumer spending.