Today Alipay and Ant Group celebrate their 20th birthday. On the same day, some employees from all over the world gathered at the Ant Group headquarters in Hangzhou to pay tribute to the original ideals and celebrate the 20th anniversary through birthday carnivals, time relay runs, charity volunteer activities and other methods. Jack Ma, who has not appeared in public for a long time, also appeared at the Ant Park that evening to cheer for Ant employees.
Jack Ma first sent his deep blessings to the 20-year-old Ant. He said: I am very happy to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Alipay with you. In the past 20 years, you have created Alipay, Yu'e Bao, and Ant Forest out of nothing. ． ． ． ． ． Participated in the development and construction of society with his own efforts and methods. On behalf of the earliest founding group, I am here to pay tribute to Alipay, pay tribute to Ant, and wish Ant!
He said, "Today, I am not here for the past 20 years of Ant, but for the next 20 years of Ant."
Jack Ma said that every era has given each generation different opportunities and challenges, but not everyone can grasp these opportunities and challenges. Twenty years ago, when the Internet first arrived, our generation was lucky enough to seize the opportunities of the Internet era. From today's perspective, the changes that the AI era in the next 20 years will bring will exceed everyone's imagination, because AI will be an even greater era.
In recent years, Jack Ma has been observing new technologies and trends around the world. He shared his thoughts with Ant employees: "AI will change everything, but this does not mean that AI can decide everything. Technology is important, but what really determines the future is what we do today that is truly valuable and unique for this coming era."
He said, "What we can do in the future should still be what we have insisted on in the past 20 years, let technology bring progress and changes to the lives of every ordinary person. We must let AI empower our feelings, and we must let feelings empower our AI!"
Ant hopes to become a good company with healthy growth for 102 years. At 20 years old, it is just a small step. Jack Ma encouraged all Ant-people to continue pursuing their dreams. He said: "How can you see a rainbow without going through wind and rain? Thank you for the experiences and tests in the past years, and thank you to all the friends who have believed in, loved, helped, and supported ants over the years. Thank you for your encouragement to ants in the past few years, but even more grateful for your criticism of ants. It is these Encouragement and criticism help Ants grow and are the guarantee for Ants to go further and more steadily in the future. I believe that Ants, a group of young people who are kind and sincere, living in an era of change, will definitely create new miracles, but we are lucky to be able to participate in the future!"