Formation of Aliyun

Alibaba Group officially established Aliyun (Alibaba Cloud) as a separate business unit, with Dr. Wang Jian at the helm, embarking on a bold mission to build China's first hyperscale cloud computing platform. This strategic move was driven by Alibaba's own internal infrastructure challenges.

Significance

This event marked the conceptual birth of Alibaba Cloud's entire infrastructure, including the eventual Object Storage Service (OSS), laying the foundational vision and commitment for its development.