Ma Yun Shouted Again: Taobao'S "Fake Goods Are Better Than Real Products" Remarks Incensed The Luxury Brands.

Ma Yun, founder of Alibaba (Alibaba), said that the quality of many counterfeits is better than that of genuine products nowadays. (Jack Ma)

These remarks will infuriate many luxury brands, which they accuse China of.

The group benefited from the sale of cottage products.

Ma Yun said: "we must protect (intellectual property rights), we must resort to all means of counterfeiting.

However, OEM manufacturers now produce products that are more affordable. "

He refers to OEM, which manufactures products for brand businesses.

Ma Yun said at Alibaba headquarters in Hangzhou: "the problem is that today's fake products are better than the genuine quality and the price is lower.

They are produced in the same factory, using the same raw materials, but not using their own brands. "

The comments are clearly responding to criticism of Alibaba's sale of counterfeit goods such as Taobao's Taobao.com.

Ma called on brands to accept the fact:

"The business model has changed", creating opportunities for factories that supply Apple, Louis Weedon and LV.

Bernard, a luxury group owned by Bernard Arnault, and LVMH of Paris luxury group, including Gucci (Gucci) and Saint Laurent, declined to comment. (Arnault)

The founder of a luxury enterprise in Italy said: "his remarks surprised me."

The founder refused to disclose his name.

Last year, Kai Yun group took the Alibaba to court and accused the latter of encouraging the sale of counterfeit goods on its platform and benefiting from it.

In May this year, the IACC, a retail watchdog, suspended Alibaba membership for similar concerns.

Ma Yun also said that

Increasingly impatient with the current mode of global division of labor, under this division of labor, they produce quality goods, but find that most of their profits flow into the pockets of brand owners.

Chinese manufacturers are seeking to create their own goods and sell them directly to consumers.

China's competent authorities regularly conduct investigations into Alibaba's counterfeit goods.

However, Ma said he believed that the economic importance of Alibaba should not be seriously dealt with.

The Alibaba then quoted him as saying that the intention of his speech was not to defend the counterfeit goods.

"This is just my opinion on the problems faced by brands and OEM.

Counterfeiting is not a matter of quality, but of intellectual property. "