Jin Jianhang, president of Alibaba, addresses the 2016 Inner Mongolia Big Data Promotion Conference held at the China National Convention Center in Beijing on Nov 7. The event attracted over 500 guests, including 18 officials from government ministries, five academics, over 100 officers from 12 cities and banners in the region, 65 businesses representatives and around 40 directors from industrial organizations and agencies. [Photo/nmgnews.com.cn]

Jiang Xu (vice president of Suning), Ma Bin (vice president of Tencent), and Jin Jianhang (president of Alibaba) voiced their views on the development of big data and the information industry, and also highly appreciated achievements made by the Inner Mongolia government in recent years regarding big data.

Furthermore, they mentioned the supportive policies that the regional government has provided which have encouraged more businesses to invest in the big data industry. With the boom of cloud computing and Internet plus in Inner Mongolia, their companies will cooperate with the government to boost the local economy.