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 "to make it easy to do business anywhere." Carrying 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 but I 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 " to enable us to 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"to make it easy to do business anywhere." Carrying out this mission in order to help small businesses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

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：

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found建立；sustainable可持续的[s??ste?n?bl]；sound健康的；centric 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；solely唯一地[?s??lli]；founder建立者；shoulder肩负；mechanism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]；business公司；intent意图[?n?tent]；blessed幸福的；participation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]；demonstrate显示[?dem?nstre?t]；determined坚定的；consecutive连续的 [k?n?sekj?t?v] ；quarter季度；analytical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;