BOAO, Hainan, April 9 (Xinhua) -- Jack Ma, founder and chairman of Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group, said here Monday that trade is about mutual respect and that nobody can stop globalization.

Ma made the comment while attending a dinner with International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde in south China's Hainan Province.

They are here to attend the Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) annual conference, which runs from April 8 to 11.