Zhang Yong was re-elected as a director of Alibaba with an approval rate of 93.1%.

According to the news on September 30, CTOnews.com, Alibaba announced the voting results of the 2022 shareholders' meeting: Zhang Yong, Yang Zhiyuan, Wan Ling MARTELLO and Wu Gangping were elected as the second group of directors of the company, all of whom will serve for three years or until their successors are elected or appointed and are properly qualified.

Among them, Zhang Yong was re-elected as a director with an approval rate of 93.1%.

In addition, after the current shareholders' meeting, the composition of the board of directors of Alibaba Group has been further updated: of the 11 directors, 6 are independent directors, accounting for 55%, and the number of female directors has increased to 3.

According to public information, Zhang Yong was born in Shanghai in 1972 and is currently chairman and CEO of Alibaba Group. He is also a director of a number of listed companies in the United States and Hong Kong, including Haier Electric, Yintai Commercial Group, and so on. He is also chairman of the board of Yintai Commercial Group.

On September 10, 2018, Jack Ma announced that he would no longer serve as chairman of the board on September 10, 2019, and Zhang Yong would take over. On September 10, 2019, Zhang Yong officially became chairman of the board of directors of Alibaba Group.