Alibaba currently has an international e-commerce platform specializing in wholesale goods called Aliexpress, but does not have a similar offering for consumers to sell to each other.

Ma made the comments on the sidelines of a meeting in China's eastern city of Hangzhou between China's Premier Li Keqiang and Chinese and foreign Internet industry leaders. The meeting coincided with the World Internet Conference, being held over three days in the town of Wuzhen.

(Corrects description of Aliexpress)

(Reporting by Paul Carsten; Writing by Gerry Shih; Editing by Muralikumar Anantharaman and Kenneth Maxwell)