Recently, the central bank made an important decision to declare Alipay as an enterprise without actual controller. This means that Jack Ma no longer directly controls Alipay, and it will gradually emphasize its public service attributes. This decision is full of political wisdom, which allows Alipay to return to its roots and better serve the national economy and people's livelihood. Behind it also reflects the new trend of platform enterprise supervision.
As we all know, Alipay was initially positioned as a third-party payment tool. Over the years, it has provided hundreds of millions of users with convenient means of payment, greatly improving people's quality of life. However, with the expansion of business, it has connected almost all aspects of the personal credit system, and its scale and influence are expanding day by day, and it even has the tendency of "a country within a country". This is too much power for a business organization, and it is easy to generate problems.
The loss of the actual controller means that Alipay is no longer Jack Ma's private property. It will place more emphasis on social attributes and be built and operated as a public digital resource. This is also an important measure for the regulator to guide it back to its roots.