A strong advocate of U.S.-Chinese cooperation during his time running Alibaba, Ma cut through geopolitical tensions to donate thousands of testing kits and a million face masks to the CDC, while facilitating the shipment of 1,000 ventilators to New York State. He has also been quick to help other undersupplied nations, particularly in Latin America and Africa. As of mid-April, Ma had donated nearly 18 million masks, 3 million test kits, and thousands of ventilators—reaching over 100 countries.