The adjustment of the organizational structure of Alibaba, a giant company in China, is still continuing. The latest news is that Luo Hantang, a social science research institution, is split.
Some media reported that Luo Hantang was closed before, and Chen Long, president of Luo Hantang, said that Luo Hantang and the brand continued to exist and are still operating.
But the organization's organizational relationship has changed.According to Caixin.com, Luo Hantang only retains the functions of environmental, social and governance (ESG) strategic research and operation in Alibaba Group. Other research businesses will operate independently in the form of non -governmental organizations.
Earlier, Ali's other research institution Dharma also experienced business spin -off and output layoffs.Although Ali claims that the news of layoffs is not true, according to media reports, members of multiple core technology teams have left the Dharma Academy.Earlier, Ma Yun's "Lakeside University", which was the principal, was once asked to stop recruitment.
Alibaba extends to all directions like octagonal periods, like octopus, expands from business, humanities, and even business schools from business, humanities, and even business schools.However, with the promotion of Ali's reform, these "influence" branches have begun to show a contraction trend, and various business companies have returned to business.
Luo Hantang of Alibaba
Luo Hantang was established in June 2018. Chen Long, the former chief strategic officer of Ant Financial, served as President, and reported directly to the founder of Alibaba and the chairman of the then board of directors of Alibaba.The name of Luo Hantang comes from the martial arts organization of Shaolin Temple in martial arts novels. Ma Yun's obsession with martial arts can be seen.
The official website shows that the sponsors include scholars in the fields of global sociology, economics, psychology, and six Nobel Prize winners of the Economics Award.
Jack Ma told the media at the beginning of its establishment that Alibaba has a responsibility to study help society to adapt to scientific and technological progress and challenges.He emphasized that Luo Hantang was not built for Alibaba, and its results were served all over the world.
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Many Chinese media said that "closing Luo Hantang" means that Alibaba will fade out of the concern of social affairs.Although Ali denied the closure, President Chen Long acknowledged in the response that as Alibaba's "1+6+N" organizational change continued to advance, Luo Hantang's organizational relationship, team composition, and work focus will be adjusted to adjustEssence
According to the First Financial Report, Chen Long himself has left Alibaba in September.Caixin.com said that he will still work in the spin -off non -governmental organization Luohan Digital Economic Research Institute.
The changes have changed, and there are Dharma courtyards established in Luohantang for half a year and focusing on autonomous driving and chip technology.The name of the Dharma Academy also originated from the top martial arts research institution of Shaolin Temple in Jin Yong's martial arts novels.Chen Long once explained that Dharma Institute is an advanced productive forces to study and solve future problems. Luo Hantang is a production relationship that follows.
In May this year, the Dharma Academy was split on business, and the news of 200 people was rumored.The rookie logistics response of Ali, the news was not true, but merged the Dharma's autonomous driving business into the rookie.
But Caixin.com quoted insiders in Ali that the rookie who is fighting for listing will not bear the autonomous driving business of burning money, and will only continue to develop parts (research) that can be applied (research).At the same time, multiple core technicians at the beginning of the Dharma Academy have also resigned.
The result of reform
Jack Ma had high hopes for the Dharma Academy and Luo Hantang, but the changes of these two institutions and the difficulties faced were closely related to the rectification of technology companies in Chinese officials and Ali reforms that came.
Ant Group was the fund supporter of Dharma Institute and Luohantang.In 2017, the Ant Group promised to invest 100 billion yuan (S $ 18.8 billion) at the Dharma Institute to explore cutting -edge technology; while Chen Long revealed that the Ant Group raised $ 14 billion (S $ 19.2 billion) in 2018 that Xinyi New OneOne of the biggest things after rotation financing is to fund Luo Hantang's research.
But the source of this fund was quickly hit.In 2020, China officially called the Ant Group's $ 38 billion IPO. In November of the same year, the financial supervision department urged ants for rectification.In July this year, the central bank announced the completion of the rectification of Ant Group.
In this process, Alibaba failed to escape the rectification.In April 2021, Alibaba was accused of violating China's antitrust law and fined 18.2 billion yuan.
In January this year, Ma Yun unloaded its control over the Ant Group. In March, Alibaba announced the start of organizational change.The main content of the reform is to split Ali Group into several independent companies that "1+6+N", set up six major business groups and many business companies such as Alibaba Cloud, Cainiao, Taobao Tmall., Facing the market alone.
This means that the "big pot rice" of Ali Group has been broken, and various business segments have independent financial powers, and they must negative their own profit and loss.Earlier, Taobao and Tmall, the largest sources of cash, could no longer transfusion for other business departments, and the pressure of independent growth of various businesses became greater.
The positioning of the Luohantang and the Dharma Institute is a research institution. The cost of personnel and investment is high. It is difficult to monetize. In addition, the research topic involves multiple businesses, and it cannot be attributed to one of the six major business companies.During the reform process, splitting or independence is based on the service business.
Jack Ma's "300 -year curse"?
Ma Yun said, hoping that Luo Hantang and Dharma Institute "existed for 300 years".Jack Ma said that there was 300 years, and there was also a lakeside university.However, in 2021, Lakeside University was required to stop recruiting, and then renamed the Lakeside Creative Research Center.
Netizens laughed that this was the "300 -year curse" of Teacher Ma -but all those who had to do 300 years may be frustrated halfway.Some netizens also ridiculed that Ma Yun was born in English teachers. Even if he entered the business field, he still couldn't get rid of the impulse to "preach and solve the confusion".
In fact, whether it is a lakeside university, the Dharma college that focuses on business education, or the Luohantang of Social Science, it reflects Ma Yun's ambitions beyond the business level.
Jack Ma said at the Yunqi Conference in 2017 that Ali has developed more than 25,000 technical talents and more than 500 million users. If you only want to make money, then it is a "unbelievable company",Therefore, to establish the Dharma Institute, it is responsible for the world, the times, and social issues.To the lakeside trainees, he said that entrepreneurs must have their own national feelings.
But Ali's change is pointing to the return of business and doing a good job.Ali's 1+6+N not only shows that all businesses need to generate benefits, self -profit and loss, but also means that they have dispelled the central power center, rather than bringing each business together to make a complex and giant.
Under the socialist market economy, private enterprises must expandZhang also must perform social responsibility, but eventually needs to have a boundary.The example of Ali from starting, expanding, and separate, and reform has also made Chinese private entrepreneurs realize that excessive expansion and cross -border will not be a wise choice in commercial development and politics.
