Hangzhou, Sep 19 - BAWTC (the Bay Area World Trade Center), one of Alibaba's major business partners in America, visited Alibaba on Sep 19, 2002.

Jose Dueñas,CEO and President of BAWTC, Mr. Michael Chapnick, Vice President of BAWTC, and Ms. Monique Tsang from the Oakland Municipal Government visited Alibaba's Research and Development center in Hangzhou, China and talked with Alibaba CEO, Jack Ma about further co-operations and partnering opportunities.

Mr. Dueñas told Alibaba that his visit enables him to know a true Alibaba and why Alibaba has achieved so much success by so far.

(From left to right: Joe Tsai, CFO of Alibaba.Mr. Michael Chapnick, Vice President of BAWTC, Jack Ma, CEO of Alibaba, Mr. Jose Duenas, CEO of BAWTC, Ms. Monique Tsang, Savio Kuan, COO of Alibaba)

About BAWTC

BAWTC is part of the 338 World Trade Center network in 100 countries. Members who join BAWTC can enjoy the resources, services, products and programs offered by this huge network. Now BAWTC offers relationships, global marketing, international public affairs, and trade knowledge to its clients and members.

About Alibaba

Alibaba.com is the world's largest marketplace for global trade and is the leading provider of online marketing services for importers and exporters. Alibaba.com is the number one destination for buyers and sellers to find trade opportunities and promote their businesses online.

Alibaba's web properties have over 1,300,000 registered members from more than 200 countries, growing at a rate of over 1,500 members each day. Alibaba.com was named "Best of the Web: B2B" by Forbes magazine and selected as the most popular B2B website by readers of the Far Eastern Economic Review.