Alibaba International Station releases the "Annual Question" concerning the future of foreign trade people

It’s the end of the year and the beginning of the next year. What are foreign trade people most concerned about? What are they discussing? On December 18 , Alibaba International Station, the leading overseas platform , announced the “Annual Questions” that foreign trade people are most concerned about this year.

Photo: The scene of the “Digital Foreign Trade Award” at Alibaba International Station last year

It is reported that over the past month, Alibaba International Station has surveyed hundreds of small and medium-sized foreign trade business owners and summarized the "Annual Question" from more than 150 questions they raised . These questions cover various aspects such as market choices, industry development paths, and new technology application methods under the new foreign trade situation .

Some industry insiders believe that although each question in this year's foreign trade "annual question" seems very simple, it is a "multiple choice question" that every foreign trade person will encounter in daily operations. The value lies in being "real and useful", and it is more in line with the characteristics of the current era.

For example, the question of whether to go to emerging markets or developed countries is an important choice for foreign trade people in the future, given the current high incidence of various uncertainties overseas. Another question discussed the topic of which types of companies AI is more useful for, which is also a key choice that many companies will face in terms of how to make good use of new technologies in the context of the rapid popularization of AI in the foreign trade industry ...

At the Digital Foreign Trade Awards, the "Oscar" of foreign trade to be held on December 26 , Alibaba International Station will also invite 18 representative foreign trade merchants to debate on stage and give their own answers .

At the same time, Alibaba International Station also invites all foreign trade personnel to participate in the "debate" online, give their own opinions through shared documents, and jointly write a "book of answers" belonging to all foreign trade personnel.

It is worth mentioning that these "foreign trade questions" also attracted economist Professor Xue Zhaofeng, well-known talk show actor Hu Lan and other cross-border experts to debate and give their own choices and answers.

2024 Foreign Trade “ Annual Question”:

1. When going overseas in an uncertain era, should we choose developed markets or emerging markets?

2. When going overseas in the era of internal circulation, should we stick to the depth of segmentation or continue to expand horizontally?

3. Under the impact of new technologies, is AI more useful for start-ups or mature companies?

4. Among contemporary foreign trade people, is the success of the first generation more valuable? Or is the success of the second generation more valuable?

Alibaba International Station

"The Book of Answers"