马云在教师节的公开信

马云在教室节的公开信（open letter）(后附注释版)

Dear Alibaba customers, Aliren, and shareholders,
Today, as we mark the 19th anniversary of Alibaba, I am excited to
share some news with you: with the approval of our board of directors,
one year from today， on September 10, 2019， which also falls on
Alibaba's 20th anniversary, Group CEO Daniel Zhang will succeed me as
chairman of the board of Alibaba Group. While remaining as executive
chairman in the next 12 months, I will work closely with Daniel to ensure a
smooth and successful transition. Thereafter, I will stay on the Alibaba
board of directors until our annual shareholders meeting in 2020.

I have put a lot of thought and preparation into this succession plan
for ten years. I am delighted to announce the plan today thanks to the
support of the Alibaba Partnership and our board of directors. I also
want to offer special thanks to all Alibaba colleagues and your families,
because your trust, support and our joint enterprise over the past 19
years have prepared us for this day with confidence and strength. This
transition demonstrates that Alibaba has stepped up to the next level of
corporate governance from a company that relies on individuals, to one
built on systems of organizational excellence and a culture of talent
development.

When Alibaba was founded in 1999, our goal was to build a company
that could make China and the world proud and one that could last 102
years. However, we all knew that no one could stay with the company for
102 years. A sustainable Alibaba would have to be built on sound
governance, culture-centric philosophy, and consistency in developing
talent. No company can rely solely on its founders. Of all people, I should
know that. Because of physical limits on one's ability and energy, no one
can shoulder the responsibilities of chairman and CEO forever. We asked
ourselves this question 10 years ago – how could Alibaba achieve
sustainable growth after Jack Ma leaves the company? We believed the only
way to solve the problem of corporate leadership succession was to develop
a system of governance based on a unique culture and mechanisms for
developing consistent talent and successors. For the last 10 years, we kept
working on these ingredients.

Having been trained as a teacher, I feel extremely proud of what I
have achieved. Teachers always want their students to exceed them, so
the responsible thing to do for me and the company to do is to let
younger, more talented people take over in leadership roles so that they
inherit our mission
out this mission in order to help small businesses, young people and women
around the world is my passion. This is not only our intent from Day One butI
feel blessed to have this opportunity. To realize the dream behind this

mission requires participation by a lot more people than just Jack Ma and
persistent effort by generations of Aliren.
Alibaba is amazing not because of our business or scale or
accomplishments. The best thing about Alibaba is that we come together
under a common mission and vision. Our partnership system, unique
culture and talented team have laid a strong foundation for the legacy
遗产 of our company. In fact, since I handed over the CEO's
responsibilities in 2013, the company has run smoothly for five years on
the back of these
institutional 制度化了的
ingredients.
The partnership system we developed is a creative solution to
good governance and sustainability, as it overcomes several challenges
faced by companies of scale: continuous innovation, leadership
succession, accountability and cultural continuity. Over the years, in
iterating不断完善
our management model, we have experimented with and
improved on the right balance between systems and individuals. Simply
relying on individuals or blindly following a system will not solve our
problems.

To achieve long-term sustainable growth, you need the right
balance among system, people and culture.

I have full confidence that our
partnership system and efforts to safeguard our culture will in time win over
the love and support from customers, employees and shareholders.
Since the founding of the company in 1999, we have been holding
the view that Alibaba's future will need to depend on
droves人群
of
talent
iterate反复
on our management succession plans.

After years of hard work, today's Alibaba has a world-class talent pool in
quality and quantity. The teacher in me feels extremely proud of our
team, our leadership and our unique mission-driven culture, as well as
the fact that we continue to develop exceptional business leaders and
professional talent like Daniel Zhang.
Daniel has been with Alibaba Group for 11 years. Since he took over
as CEO, he has demonstrated his superb talent, business
acumen敏锐

and determined leadership. Under his
stewardship管理工作
, Alibaba has
seen consistent and sustainable growth for 13 consecutive quarters. His
analytical mind is unparalleled, he holds dear our mission and vision,
he embraces responsibility with passion, and he has the
guts勇气
to
innovate and test creative business models. Deservedly, China's
business news media has named him the No.1 CEO in 2018. For these
reasons, he and his team have won the trust and support of customers,
employees and shareholders. Starting the process of passing the Alibaba
torch to Daniel and his team is the right decision at the right time, because I
know from working with them that they are ready, and I have complete
confidence in our next generation of leaders.
As for myself, I still have lots of dreams to pursue. Those who know
me know that I do not like to sit idle. I plan on continuing my role as the
founding partner in the Alibaba Partnership and contribute to the work
of the partnership.

I also want to return to education, which excites me
with so much blessing because this is what I love to do. The world is big,

and I am still young, so I want to try new things – because what if new
dreams can be realized?! The one thing I can promise everyone is
this: Alibaba was never about Jack Ma, but Jack Ma will forever belong to
Alibaba.

Jack Ma


September 10, 2018






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Dear Alibaba customers, Aliren阿里人, and shareholders股东,
Today, as we mark庆祝 the 19th anniversary周年 of Alibaba, I am
excited to share some news with you: with the approval批准 of our
board of directors董事会, one year from today， on September 10, 2019，
which also falls on Alibaba's 20th anniversary, Group CEO Daniel Zhang
will succeed继任 me as chairman of the board of Alibaba Group. While
remaining as executive执行的 chairman in the next 12 months, I will
work closely with Daniel to ensure a smooth and successful transition过

渡. Thereafter此后, I will stay on the Alibaba board of directors until our
annual shareholders meeting股东大会 in 2020.


I have put a lot of thought and preparation into this succession继任
plan for ten years. I am delighted to announce the plan today thanks to
the support of the Alibaba Partnership and our board董事会 of directors
董事. I also want to offer special thanks to all Alibaba colleagues同事 and
your families, because your trust, support and our joint共同的 enterprise
事业心 over the past 19 years have prepared us for this day with
confidence and strength. This transition过渡 demonstrates显示 that
Alibaba has stepped up走上 to the next level of corporate公司的
governance管理 from a company that relies on依赖 individuals个人, to
one built on systems of organizational excellence优秀 and a culture of
talent development人才发展.


When Alibaba was founded建立 in 1999, our goal was to build a
company that could make China and the world proud and one that could
last 102 years. However, we all knew that no one could stay with the
company for 102 years. A sustainable可持续的 Alibaba would have to be
built on sound健康的 governance管理, culture-centric以…为中心的
philosophy信条, and consistency前后一致 in developing talent. No

company can rely solely唯一地 on its founders建立者. Of all people, I
should know that. Because of physical limits on one's ability and energy,
no one can shoulder肩负 the responsibilities of chairman and CEO
forever. We asked ourselves this question 10 years ago – how could Alibaba
achieve sustainable可持续的 growth after
Jack Ma马云
leaves the company?
We believed the only way to solve the problem of corporate公司的
leadership succession继任 was to develop a system of governance管理
based on a unique culture and mechanisms机制 for developing consistent
持续的 talent and successors继任者. For the last 10 years, we kept working on
these ingredients要素.；blessed幸福的；participation参与；


Having been trained as a teacher, I feel extremely proud of what I
have achieved. Teachers always want their students to exceed超越 them,
so the responsible thing to do for me and the company to do is to let
younger, more talented people take over接替 in leadership roles so that
they inherit继承 our mission使命 make it easy to do business
sses公司,
young people and women around the world is my passion热情. This is not
only our intent意图 from Day One but 而且（=but also） I feel blessed幸福
的 to have this opportunity. To realize the dream behind this mission requires
participation参与 by a lot more people than just Jack Ma and persistent持续
的 effort by generations of Aliren.

Alibaba is amazing not because of our business or scale规模 or
accomplishments成就. The best thing about Alibaba is that we come
together under a common mission使命 and vision愿景. Our partnership
system合伙人体制, unique culture and talented team have laid a strong
foundation for为…奠定基础 the legacy遗产 of our company. In fact,
since I handed over接任 the CEO's responsibilities in 2013, the company
has run smoothly顺利地 for five years on the back of these
institutional

制度化了的ingredients要素.


The partnership system合伙人机制 we developed is a creative
solution to good governance管理 and sustainability可持续性, as it
overcomes several challenges faced by companies of scale规模公司:
continuous innovation创新, leadership succession继任,
accountability责
任担当
and cultural continuity延续. Over the years, in
iterating不断完善
our
management model管理模式, we have experimented with and improved on
the right balance between systems and individuals. Simply relying on
individuals or blindly盲目地 following a system will not solve our
problems.

To achieve long-term长期的 sustainable可持续的 growth, you
need the right balance among system, people and culture.

I have full
confidence that our partnership system and efforts to safeguard保卫 our

culture will in time迟早 win over the love and support from customers,
employees and shareholders.


Since the founding of the company in 1999, we have been holding
the view that Alibaba's future will need to depend on
droves人群
of
talent人才
iterate反复
on our management succession
plans. After years of hard work, today's Alibaba has a world- class世界级
的 talent pool人才库 in quality and quantity. The teacher in me作为教
师的我 feels extremely proud of our team, our leadership and our unique
mission-driven使命驱动的 culture, as well as the fact that we continue to
develop exceptional卓越的 business leaders and professional talent专
业人才 like Daniel Zhang.

Daniel has been with Alibaba Group for 11 years. Since he took over
接替 as CEO, he has demonstrated显示 his superb杰出的 talent,
business
acumen敏锐
and determined坚定的 leadership. Under his
stewardship管理工作
, Alibaba has seen consistent持续的 and
sustainable可持续的 growth for 13 consecutive连续的 quarters季度.
His analytical有分析能力的 mind is unparalleled无与伦比的, he holds
dear 珍惜our mission使命 and vision愿景, he embraces拥抱
responsibility with passion热情, and he has the
guts勇气
to innovate 创
新and test creative business models商业模式. Deservedly当之无愧地,

China's business news media has named him the No.1 CEO in 2018. For
these reasons, he and his team have won the trust and support of
customers, employees and shareholders. Starting the process过程 of
passing the Alibaba torch火炬 to Daniel and his team is the right decision at
the right time, because I know from working with them that they are ready,
and I have complete confidence in our next generation of leaders.


As for至于 myself, I still have lots of dreams to pursue追求. Those
who know me know that I do not like to sit idle闲坐. I plan on continuing
my role as the founding partner创建伙伴 in the Alibaba Partnership and
contribute to the work of the partnership.

I also want to return to
education, which excites me with so much blessing福分 because this is
what I love to do. The world is big, and I am still young, so I want to try
new things – because what if new dreams can be realized?! The one thing
I can promise everyone is this: Alibaba was never about Jack Ma, but Jack
Ma will forever belong to Alibaba.

Jack Ma


September 10, 2018

词汇汇总：

shareholder股东； mark庆祝；anniversary周年 [??n??v?:s?ri]；
approval批准[??pru:vl] ； board of director董事会； board董事会；director
董事； succeed继任； succession继任[s?k?se?n]；successor继任者；
executive 执行的[?g?zekj?t?v]；transition过渡[tr?n?z??n]；thereafte r此后；
shareholder meeting股东大会； colleague同事[?k?li:g]； joint共同的；
enterprise事业心 [?ent?pra?z]；demonstrate显示[?dem?nstre?t]；step up
走上；corporate公司的 [?k?:p?r?t]； governance管理 [?g?v?n?ns]；rely on
依赖；individual个人[??nd??v?d?u ?l]；excellence优秀[?eks?l?ns] (excellent
优秀的)；talent development人才发展；
found建立；sustainable可持续的[s??ste?n?bl]；sound健康的；ce ntric
以…为中心的['sentr?k] ；philosophy信条[f??l?s?fi] ；consistency前后一致[k
?n?s?st?nsi]；consistent持续的；s olely唯一地[?s??lli]；founder建立者；
shoulder肩负；mechan ism机制[?mek?n?z?m] ； ingredient要素[?n?gri:di
?nt]；


exceed超越[?k?si:d]；take over接替；inherit继承[?n?her?t] ；mission
使命[?m??n]；b usiness公司；intent意图[?n?tent]；blessed幸福的；
partici pation参与；persistent持续的[p??s?st?nt]；

scale规模[ske?l]；accomplishment成就[??k?mpl??m?nt] ；vision愿
景[?v??n] ；partnership system合伙人体制；laid a strong foundation for

为…奠定基础[fa?n?de??n] ；legacy遗产[?leg?si]；handed over接任；
smoothly顺利地；

partnership system合伙人机制；sustainability可持续 性[s?,sten?'b?l?
ti] ；company of scale规模公司；innovation创新 [??n??ve??n] ； continuity
延续[?k?nt??nju:?ti] ；management model管理模式；blindly盲目地；
long- term长期的；safeguard保卫；in time迟早；

talent人才；world-class世界级的； talent pool人才库；mission-driven
使命驱动的；exceptional卓越的[?k? sep??nl]（词根是except）；professional
talent专业人才 [pr??fe??nl]；

superb杰出的[su:?p?:b]；demonst rate显示[?dem?nstre?t]；
determined坚定的； consecutive连续的 [k?n?sekj?t?v] ； quarter季度；
anal ytical有分析能力的[??n??l?t?kl]；unparalleled无与伦比的[?n?p?r ?leld]；
holds dear 珍惜；embrace拥抱[?m?bre?s]；passion热情[?p??n]; innovate
创新[??n?ve?t]; business model商业模式; deservedly当之无愧地[d??z?:v?
dli] process过程[?pr??ses]; torch火炬[t?:t?];

as for至于; pursue追求[p??sju:] sit idle闲坐[?a?dl]; founding
partner创建伙伴; blessing福分;