STORY: Alibaba's e-commerce expo in Sydney highlights opportunities in China, Southeast Asia
SHOOTING TIME: March 15, 2024
DATELINE: March 16, 2024
LENGTH: 00:02:36
LOCATION: SYDNEY, Australia
CATEGORY: ECONOMY

SHOTLIST:
1. various of the expo
2. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): PATRCIK MAYOH, New South Wales Branch CEO of Australia China Business Council
3. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): JAMES HUDSON, Australian exhibitor
4. various of the expo

STORYLINE:

Alibaba launched a two-day e-commerce event AliExpo 2024 in Sydney on Friday to help inspire reading about opportunities in China and Southeast Asia and provide attendees with relevant information.

Over 100 exhibitors from China, Australia, New Zealand and other countries and regions join in the expo. More than 20 speakers from Alibaba Group's affiliates and Australian and New Zealand brand leaders attended the AliExpo Business Conference.

According to Alibaba, this year's AliExpo is set to focus on "Crafted Down Under, Love Worldwide: Where Australia, New Zealand and Pacific meet Asia," showcasing the importance of international trade and empowering businesses to thrive in a rapidly evolving global landscape, especially in Asia.

Kit Yau, head of Marketing for Australia and New Zealand at Alibaba Group, told Xinhua that Australia and New Zealand are very important to Alibaba, which has used Tmall Global, a leading import e-commerce platform in China, to introduce many health products, beauty products, personal care products, and maternal and child products from the two countries into the Chinese market.

Besides, Yau said that the middle class in Southeast Asia is growing, and their demands for natural and green products bring a lot of opportunities to Australian and New Zealand brands.

Patrick Mayoh, New South Wales Branch CEO of Australia China Business Council, said that Australian enterprises, not only those with bigger scale but also small and medium-sized ones, can grasp many opportunities by entering the Chinese market via Alibaba's online platform.

SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): PATRCIK MAYOH, New South Wales Branch CEO of Australia China Business Council
"I think there will be a lot of opportunities, not just for larger companies, but also for small and medium-sized ones. They can grasp many opportunities by entering the Chinese market via Alibaba's online platform." 

China is the largest trade partner of Australia, and the trade and investment relationship between the two countries are becoming better, he added.

SOUNDBITE 2 (English): JAMES HUDSON, Australian exhibitor
"China is really leading the world in terms of e-commerce. I think there's so many exciting things that are happening in China, such as new retail when online and offline emerge together. And also the incredible live streaming with these amazing influencers. China is by far our largest export market. We see huge opportunities in China. We have many loyal customers and will definitely continue to invest to improve our reach and improve the experience of our customers."

Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Sydney, Australia.
(XHTV)