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Thanks to CTOnews.com netizen Alejandro86 for the clue delivery! CTOnews.com, October 9, yesterday night, the relevant person in charge of Alibaba responded to the titanium media on the rumors of the closure of his social science organization "Luo Hantang": Alibaba's attention and investment in digital economy innovation has never diminished. With the continuous progress of organizational change, the organizational relationship, team composition and work focus of Luo Hantang have been adjusted. Digital economy research work and Luohantang research ecology will continue to be carried out by Luohan Digital Economic Research Institute, Luohantang, Luohantang brand will continue to exist.

Previously on CTOnews.com:

On October 7, the Hong Kong-based South China Morning Post quoted people familiar with the situation as saying that Alibaba had "decided" to close Luo Hantang, the Academy of Social Sciences that Ma founded in June 2018 and hopes to exist for 300 years. Part of the researcher's business will remain within Alibaba, including the environmental, social and governance research team, the report said. In addition, resources and personnel are being deployed to the front-line business.

Luo Hantang sponsored research projects on topics such as "Privacy and data Governance", "measuring the New economy" and "Future Finance", and has been operating as an academic institution rather than an income-generating business entity, according to people familiar with the matter.

On June 26, 2018, at the initiative of Alibaba, the research institute Luo Hantang was established in Hangzhou. Luo Hantang is jointly initiated by the top scholars in many fields such as global sociology, economics and psychology to study the changes of social and economic forms associated with scientific and technological innovation. The research results will serve the whole society.

When Alibaba was founded, Jack Ma announced that he would be a company for 102 years, while when Luohantang was founded, he hoped that Luohantang would last for 300 years.

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