Ma backs female entrepreneurs

Liu Qing, president of taxi-hailing company Didi Kuaidi Dache, speaks at the Global Women Entrepreneurs Conference in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, on May 20, 2015. [Photo/CFP]

Liu Qing, president of taxi-hailing company Didi Kuaidi Dache

Handling pressure, upgrading business and inspiring people are important steps for a startup company, said Liu Qing, president of taxi-hailing company Didi Kuaidi Dache.

"In the first month that I joined Didi Dache last year, it was very stressful because I only worked for Goldman Sachs Group Inc previously and my new company had spent a lot of money to compete with Kuaidi Dache," said Liu.

Liu said she faced tremendous pressure because most of her workmates in the new company termed her a "goddess".

She said upgrading business is very important in the mobile Internet sector.

Liu said her company is doing a business no player did before, so she has to inspire her workmates, telling them the company's mission and ways to deal with problems.

Arianna Huffington, founder of The Huffington Post, speaks during the Global Women Entrepreneurs Conference in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, on May 20, 2015. [Photo/CFP]