UCWeb was acquired by Alibaba Group in June 2014 in the largest M&A deal ever in Chinese internet industry.
After acquisition, he was named as president of UCWeb and president of the Alibaba Mobile Business Group, and later served as the president of Tudou & Ali Games.
On August 22, 2017, Xiaopeng left Alibaba and officially joined XPENG Motors on August 29 as CEO of the startup.