1、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 Alibabas 20th anni
2、versary, 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 an
3、nual 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
4、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
5、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 y
6、ears. 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 ones ability and energy, no one can shoulder the resp
7、onsibilities 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 uni
8、que 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
9、 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
10、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 accomplishment
11、s. 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 CEOs responsibilities in 2013, the company has run smo
12、othly 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
13、 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 gro
14、wth, 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 hold
15、ing the view that Alibabas 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, todays Alibaba has a world-class talent pool in quality and quantity. The teacher in me feels extremely proud of our team, our le
16、adership 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
17、 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
18、 creative business models. Deservedly, Chinas 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 deci
19、sion 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 foundin
20、g 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 real
21、ized?! The one thing I can promise everyone is this: Alibaba was never about Jack Ma, but Jack Ma will forever belong to Alibaba.Jack MaSeptember 10, 2018The version with notes斜体部分不用管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
22、 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 Alibabas 20th anniversary, Group CEO Daniel Zhang will succeed继 任 me as chairman of the board of Alibaba Group. While remaining as executive执
23、 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
24、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 ove
25、r 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
26、 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 wou
27、ld 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 ones ability and energy, no one can shoulder肩
28、 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 go
29、vernance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 w
30、ant 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 smal
31、l 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
32、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 f
33、oundation for为 奠 定 基 础 the legacy遗 产 of our company. In fact, since I handed over接 任 the CEOs 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
34、 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 experim
35、ented 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 confidenc
36、e 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 Alibabas future will need to depend on “droves 人 群 of talent人 才 “
37、 to enable us to iterate 反 复 on our management succession plans. After years of hard work, todays 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
38、 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 leade
39、rship. 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 h
40、e has the guts 勇 气 to innovate 创 新 and test creative business models商 业 模 式 . Deservedly当 之 无 愧 地 , Chinas 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 pas
41、sing 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 tha
42、t 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, an
43、d 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 MaSeptember 10, 2018词汇汇总:shareholder 股 东 ; mark 庆 祝 ; anniversary 周 年 nv:sri; ap
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45、et; step up 走 上 ; corporate 公 司 的 k:prt; governance 管 理 gvnns; rely on 依 赖 ; individual 个 人ndvdul; excellence 优 秀 ekslns (excellent 优 秀 的 ); talent development 人 才 发 展 ;found 建 立 ; sustainable 可 持 续 的 sstenbl; sound 健 康 的 ;centric 以 为 中 心 的 sentrk ; philosophy 信 条 flsfi; consistency 前后 一 致 knsstnsi;
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47、ishment 成 就 kmplmnt ; vision 愿景 vn ; partnership system 合 伙 人 体 制 ; laid a strong foundation for为 奠 定 基 础 fanden ; legacy 遗 产 legsi; handed over 接 任 ;smoothly 顺 利 地 ;partnership system 合 伙 人 机 制 ; sustainability 可 持 续 性s,stenblti ; company of scale 规 模 公 司 ; innovation 创 新nven ; continuity 延 续 kntnj
48、u: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 ksepnl( 词 根 是 except) ;professional talent 专 业 人 才 prfenl;superb 杰 出 的 su:p:b; demonstrate 显 示 demnstret
49、;determined 坚 定 的 ; consecutive 连 续 的 knsekjtv ; quarter 季 度 ;analytical 有 分 析 能 力 的 nltkl; unparalleled 无 与 伦 比 的nprleld; holds dear 珍 惜 ; embrace 拥 抱 mbres; passion 热 情pn; innovate 创 新 nvet; business model 商 业 模 式 ; deservedly当 之 无 愧 地 dz:vdli ; process 过 程 prses; torch 火 炬 t:t;as for 至 于 ; pursue 追 求 psju: ; sit idle