阿里巴巴西北總部落戶陝西西安

China's e-commerce giant Alibaba will set up a northwest headquarters in Xi'an, capital of Shaanxi, to better support the development of western China and the Belt and Road Initiative.

我國電商巨頭阿里巴巴將在陝西省省會西安設立西北總部，以更好地支持西部大開發和“一帶一路”倡議。

The decision was announced by Ma Yun, Alibaba's chairman, during the World Xi'an Entrepreneurs Convention, according to a press release from Alibaba.

根據阿里巴巴發佈的新聞稿，阿里巴巴董事局主席馬雲是在世界西商大會上宣佈了這一決定。

It cited Ma as saying Xi'an is an important city in northwest China and the starting point of ancient Silk Road. Alibaba looks forward to be involved in the city's development, he said.

新聞稿援引馬雲的話稱，西安是西北重鎮，是古代絲綢之路的起點。馬雲表示，阿里巴巴期待參與到西安的發展中來。

Cainiao Network Technology, Alibaba's courier aggregator, will increase its investment in Xi'an to boost economic restructuring and transformation of northwestern areas, the press release stated.

該新聞稿稱，阿里巴巴旗下的快遞聚合平臺菜鳥網絡科技有限公司將增加在西安的投資，以促進西北地區經濟結構調整和轉型。

Aliyun, Alibaba's cloud computing subsidiary, and Xi'an Jiaotong University will establish a big data college to train talent, it said.

阿里巴巴的雲計算子公司阿里雲和西安交通大學將建立大數據學院培養人才。

Alibaba said that its net profit jumped 96 percent to 14 billion yuan ($2.1 billion) year on year in the first fiscal quarter ending June.

阿里巴巴方面表示，在截至6月的第一財政季度，該集團的淨利潤同比增長96%，達到了140億元人民幣（約合21億美元）。