蘋果公司投資滴滴10億美元

Many insiders commented that Apple had made agreat deal, which is to invest $1 billion in DidiChuxing, Uber's rival in China. Apple's massivefunding contribution is the largest singleinvestment Didi has received, reports Reuters.

許多業(yè)內人士近日表示，蘋果已經完成了一筆數(shù)額巨大的交易，即給優(yōu)步在中國的死敵--滴滴出行投資10億美元。據(jù)路透社報道，蘋果的這項巨額投資是滴滴獲得的最大一筆單體投資。

According to Apple CEO Tim Cook, the companyhopes to gain insight on the sometimes complexChinese market, an area of great importance to future growth.

據(jù)蘋果CEO庫克透露，盡管中國市場有時候很復雜，但是其對未來經濟的增長有著不可比擬的重要性，因此蘋果希望能夠更多地參與到中國市場中去。

"We are making the investment for a number of strategic reasons, including a chance to learnmore about certain segments of the China market," Cook said. "Of course, we believe it willdeliver a strong return for our invested capital over time as well."

庫克說：“我們正在做的這項投資是基于一些戰(zhàn)略原因的考慮，這個機會能夠讓我們對中國市場的某些領域有更多的了解。當然，我們也相信隨著時間的推移，我們的投資決定將會帶來巨大的回報。”

The announcement was also reported by The Information's Amir Efrati, who disclosed thedevelopment in a tweet.

一家名叫The Information的媒體的記者阿米爾·埃弗拉蒂也報道了這一消息，她是在Tweet上發(fā)布的。

Didi currently offers a variety of transportation services in China, including taxi and privatecar hailing, designated drivers and peer-to-peer products like ride-sharing. In February, TheWall Street Journal reported the Chinese firm was looking to raise a total of $1 billion frominvestors in a bid to compete against global ride sharing technology powerhouse Uber.

滴滴目前在中國市場提供包括出租車和私家車打車服務，代駕司機服務以及拼車等一系列運輸服務。今年二月份，《華爾街日報》指出，滴滴為和國際拼車科技巨頭Uber競爭，正在尋求一筆總額達到10億美元的投資。

Whereas Uber dominates in established Western markets, Didi controls China, facilitating morethan 11 million rides each day. That includes a more than 87 percent share of the private carhailing market. Both companies rely on apps as a main mode of connecting passengers withdrivers.

Uber在西方市場占據(jù)了主導地位，而滴滴則控制了中國市場，其每天的業(yè)務成交量超過1100萬。這一數(shù)據(jù)有超過87%的部分來自于私家車打車市場。Uber和滴滴都依賴手機app，并將其作為連接乘客和司機的的主要模式。

"That is what we do today in the car business, so we will have to see what the future holds,"Cook said.

庫克表示：“這(只)是我們現(xiàn)在從事汽車行業(yè)的做法，所以我們必須看一看未來這個行業(yè)是個什么樣子。”