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Innovation In BEN REYNOLDS, CFA Vice President Analyst

At Alger we search for companies driving positive base, Chinese companies have amassed large dynamic change. So, despite concerns about the revenue streams that support experimentation and Chinese economy and trade war with the US, we see innovation. significant long-term opportunity in China for one major And now we see Chinese innovations copied by U.S. reason: Innovation. counterparts. ’s growing business is About a decade ago, Chinese internet companies were largely a copy of ’s Sponsored Product Ads, and copycats of U.S. firms. was Chinese , now eBay, Walmart and have all followed suit. Taobao was Chinese eBay and CTrip was Chinese ’s WeChat messaging has become a . But over the last 5-10 years, we believe new online ecosystem and provided a template for Chinese internet companies have transformed from messaging app monetization now followed by copycats into innovators. Messenger and WhatsApp.

This rapid development is partially due to government China also has a host of new innovations with no U.S. policies and a lack of offline infrastructure. Google and equivalents. combines , , Facebook are effectively barred in China. Amazon has Opentable, Expedia, Lyft, , Fandango and Lime inhibited operations both in and cloud. Foreign into one “Super App.” Evolutionary Mobile payment restrictions and other tech friendly government policies platforms Alipay and WeChatPay are each approaching combined with much less established TV and physical 1 billion users and enabling trillions in payment volume. retail interests have enabled the Chinese internet Alibaba has also developed smart supermarkets, companies to grow unfettered. blurring offline and online commerce unlike any existing American retailer. However, the mobile boom in China has been the largest driver of innovation. China had only 15% online As we see increasing innovation in China, we here at penetration in 2007, but smartphones have increased Alger are excited to follow the latest developments and the user base to 800 million, quadrupling in a decade, explore the long-term prospects in the region. and triple that of the U.S. With a massive mobile user TRANSCRIPT

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