On the afternoon of October 28, Network on International Trade and Investment System (NITIS) visited the AliResearch in Beijing for special research on Alibaba Group's internationalization and industry practices of cross-border data flows. Yi Xiaozhun, General Consultant of NITIS and former Deputy Director-General of the WTO; Hong Xiaodong, former Director General of China WTO Research Association as well as Deputy director of the WTO Division of the Ministry of Commerce; Zhou Nianli, Professor at the China Institute for WTO Studies (CIWTO) of University of International Business and Economics (UIBE); Du Yingxin, Associate Professor at the CIWTO of UIBE; and some NITIS members from Central University of Finance and Economics, China University of Political Science and Law, China Academy of Macroeconomic Research and other institutions participated in this research visit.

(Chinese to English translation by Yang Sifan and Du Yingxin)