• Outreach regarding corporate profile and operations related to the Alipay App.

Duration: January 27, 2021 to present

General Issues: Trade (Domestic & Foreign)

Spending: about $1,790,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

It can be tricky to figure out how much an organization spent on a particular lobbying engagement. The law only requires lobbyists to report the amount they were paid for federal lobbying each quarter rounded to the nearest $10,000—and if it's less than $3,000 in a given quarter (or less than $13,000 for organizations with in-house lobbyists), they don't have to disclose it at all. Plus, some organizations include spending that doesn’t belong in the report—for instance, money spent lobbying state governments or other legal work.

Agencies lobbied since 2021: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, White House Office, Commerce - Dept of (DOC), Treasury - Dept of, State - Dept of (DOS), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

Related Foreign Entities: Alibaba Group (Hangzhou , CHN); contribution to lobbying: $0; ownership 32%; Hangzhou Junhan Equity Investment Partnership (Hangzhou , CHN); contribution to lobbying: $0; ownership 29%; Hangzhou Junao Equity Investment Partnership (Hangzhou , CHN); contribution to lobbying: $0; ownership 20%