Chinese tourists can use China's largest third party payment platform Alipay at ten overseas airports from this month.
从这个月开始,中国游客就能在10家国外机场用国内最大的第三方支付平台支付宝了。
Ant Financial Services Group, an affiliate of e|commerce giant Alibaba and owner of Alipay, announced the ten airports are in Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan, Germany, Japan, South Korea, Singapore, New Zealand, and Thailand; the TOP travel destinations for tourists from the Chinese Mainland.
电商巨头阿里巴巴的子公司、支付宝的拥有者蚂蚁金融服务集团近日宣布,这10家机场分别坐落于香港、澳门、台湾、德国、日本、韩国、新加坡、新西兰与泰国。同时这类地址也是内地游客最喜爱的旅游目的地。
This is only the first step of Alipay's going global project, said Peng Yijie, the vice president of Ant Financial's international business, as the company has reached cooperation agreements with more international hubs.
蚂蚁金融国际业务副总裁彭翼捷表示,该公司已与更多的国际枢纽达成合作协议,而这只不过支付宝遍及全球规划的第一步。
It is expected that Chinese consumers will be able to use Alipay at 30 airports outside the Chinese mainland in the future.
该集团预计国内买家将来会在国内以外的30家机场用支付宝。
China's outbound traffic increased 4.3% to 59.03m in the first half of 2016. China continued to post the largest outbound travel traffic and the highest overseas expenditure worldwide.
今年上半年,国内出境游客数目同比增长4.3%至5903万。国内依旧是全球出境游客数目最多、境外消费额最高的国家。
Alipay has been expanding its overseas business in recent years, to include duty|free shops, restaurants, and shopping malls.
近期几年,支付宝一直在扩大国外业务,其中就包含了免税商店、饭店和购物中心。
(编辑:何莹莹)



