阿里巴巴董事局主席馬云上周二表示，互聯(lián)網(wǎng)應(yīng)成為一種全世界都能用到的公用設(shè)施。對(duì)于聯(lián)合國呼吁通過電商促進(jìn)發(fā)展中國家經(jīng)濟(jì)并且消除貧困的倡議，馬云也深表支持。

在聯(lián)合國舉辦的一次討論電子商務(wù)與經(jīng)濟(jì)發(fā)展的會(huì)議上，受邀擔(dān)任聯(lián)合國貿(mào)易和發(fā)展會(huì)議（UNCTAD）青年創(chuàng)業(yè)和小企業(yè)特別顧問的馬云剛一露面，便成了此次會(huì)議的焦點(diǎn)。

馬云在會(huì)上表示：“互聯(lián)網(wǎng)應(yīng)被視為一項(xiàng)公用設(shè)施，還應(yīng)該被視為全球化發(fā)展的一項(xiàng)基礎(chǔ)設(shè)施。將來的一切都是在線的，在線的一切都有數(shù)據(jù)，而數(shù)據(jù)將成為創(chuàng)新的能量源泉?！?/p>

聯(lián)合國貿(mào)易和發(fā)展會(huì)議秘書長穆希薩?基圖伊表示，今年7月，他和馬云將在盧旺達(dá)首都基加利與10個(gè)非洲國家的總統(tǒng)和年輕企業(yè)家見面，敦促這些國家的領(lǐng)導(dǎo)人切實(shí)負(fù)起責(zé)任，幫助這些國家的年輕人口發(fā)揮他們的潛力。

馬云表示，在他第一次訪問非洲期間，他將重點(diǎn)關(guān)注如何通過電子支付促進(jìn)當(dāng)?shù)氐陌菪院涂沙掷m(xù)發(fā)展，同時(shí)也將關(guān)注教育和環(huán)境保護(hù)問題。

作為一名中國公民，馬云還表示，他此行將帶領(lǐng)一支龐大的中國企業(yè)家代表團(tuán)，赴非洲尋找商業(yè)和合作機(jī)會(huì)。

馬云表示，阿里巴巴集團(tuán)成立至今，已經(jīng)在中國催生了3300萬個(gè)就業(yè)崗位，因?yàn)槊總€(gè)線上商家至少能夠派生出三個(gè)就業(yè)機(jī)會(huì)。今年一月，馬云曾與美國總統(tǒng)特朗普會(huì)面，并表示阿里將在美國國內(nèi)提供100萬個(gè)就業(yè)機(jī)會(huì)。

此前，一批發(fā)展中國家還發(fā)布過一份利用電子商務(wù)促進(jìn)經(jīng)濟(jì)增長、縮小“數(shù)字鴻溝”、幫助貧困國家實(shí)現(xiàn)經(jīng)濟(jì)發(fā)展的路線圖。

去年12月，阿根廷外交部長蘇珊娜?馬爾科拉也在布宜諾斯艾利斯的一次會(huì)議上表示，希望世界貿(mào)易組織能通過一項(xiàng)新的關(guān)于電子商務(wù)的規(guī)定。

巴基斯坦商務(wù)部長庫拉姆?達(dá)斯特吉爾?汗指出，到今年年底，全球網(wǎng)民總數(shù)將達(dá)到全球總?cè)丝诘囊话?，而發(fā)展中國家的網(wǎng)民數(shù)量僅占人口的40%，窮國的網(wǎng)民數(shù)量更是僅占人口的15%。

這位部長指出：“發(fā)展中國家無法上網(wǎng)的人口絕大部分是貧困居民、女性、老年人、受教育不足者和農(nóng)村居民。”

他還表示，在電商的發(fā)展過程中，像數(shù)據(jù)保護(hù)和對(duì)跨境電商購物征稅等問題是必須要解決的，但電子商務(wù)也能夠成為“抵御全球化負(fù)作用的壁壘”。

另外，這位部長還認(rèn)為，發(fā)展中世界也需要在互聯(lián)網(wǎng)上搶占話語權(quán)。如今互聯(lián)網(wǎng)的話語權(quán)基本被亞馬遜、eBay、阿里巴巴等少數(shù)互聯(lián)網(wǎng)巨頭以及在聯(lián)合國安理會(huì)擁有否決權(quán)的五大常任理事國所壟斷了，而廣大發(fā)展中國家也需要聯(lián)合起來發(fā)出自己的聲音。（財(cái)富中文網(wǎng)）

譯者：樸成奎

Alibaba Executive Chairman Jack Ma said on Tuesday the Internet should be a utility available to the whole world, putting his weight behind a U.N. call for e-commerce to boost developing economies and help fight poverty.

Ma, who advises the United Nations trade and development agency UNCTAD on small business and young entrepreneurs, was the star attraction at a conference on e-commerce for development.

"The Internet should be treated as a utility and should be treated also as the infrastructure of global development," he said. "Everything will be online and everything online will have data. And data will be the energy for innovation."

UNCTAD Secretary-General Mukhisa Kituyi said he and Ma would meet in Kigali in July with 10 African presidents and young entrepreneurs, aiming to persuade the politicians of their responsibility to help their young populations realize their potential.

Ma said his first trip to Africa would focus on e-commerce payment to support inclusive and sustainable development, as well as education and environmental protection.

Ma, a Chinese citizen, said he would bring a big group of Chinese business leaders looking for business opportunities and partnership in Africa.

He said Alibaba Group Holding (baba) had created 33 million jobs in China because each small business online could create at least three jobs. He met U.S. President-elect Donald Trump in January and said the firm would create a million U.S. Jobs.

Earlier, a group of developing countries launched a roadmap for using e-commerce to drive growth, narrow the digital divide and help poorer countries develop.

Argentina's Foreign Minister Susana Malcorra said she hoped the World Trade Organization would agree a new e-commerce mandate at a meeting in Buenos Aires in December.

Pakistan's Commerce Minister Khurram Dastgir Khan said only half the world's population would be online by year end—40% in the developing world and 15% in poorer countries.

"The offline population in developing countries is mostly poor, female, elderly, less educated and in rural areas," he said.

Issues such as data protection and taxation of crossbred online purchases must be worked out, he said, but e-commerce could be "a bulwark against the negative effects of globalisation."

The developing world needed a voice, he said, comparing a small group of internet giants, such as Amazon, eBay and Alibaba, to the veto-wielding nations of the U.N. Security Council.