The government is looking to replicate China’s e-commerce successes in the Philippines and officials want to know how the regulatory framework allowed online retailers such as Alibaba to become billion-dollar businesses.

Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez 3rd, along with several Department of Finance and Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) officials, will be meeting with Alibaba founder Jack Ma in China next year for discussions on how to ensure an “enabling” e-commerce environment in the Philippines.

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