亞馬遜將在上海自貿區建物流倉庫

Amazon, the US ecommerce group, plans to ramp up its business in China by setting up operations in Shanghai’s new free-trade zone, allowing it to sell more imports, more cheaply to better compete with domestic rivals Alibaba and .

美國電商集團亞馬遜(Amazon)計劃入駐上海自由貿易區(FTZ)，從而能以更低價格銷售更多進口產品，提高面對阿里巴巴(Alibaba)和京東()等本地對手時的競爭力。

The retailer follows software company Microsoft and a string of banks into the 28 sq km free-trade zone, set up a year ago as a test bed for economic reforms. Amazon hopes that by setting up a logistics warehouse within the zone, thus enjoying lower shipPing costs and freight times, it will boost its wafer-thin 2 per cent slice of the online shopping market.

一年前，中國在上海設立了28平方公里的自貿區，把它作爲經濟改革的一塊試驗田，已吸引到微軟(Microsoft)和多家銀行入駐。亞馬遜希望在區內設立一個物流倉庫，以降低運費、減少貨運時間，擴大中國市場份額。目前亞馬遜只佔有2%的中國電商市場。

“We’re going to have lower shipping charges, faster delivery coming into the free-trade zone, so there are going to be many benefits,” said Diego Piacentini , vice-president of international consumer business, speaking to Chinese television on Wednesday.

“進駐自貿區後，我們的運費會更低，交貨速度會更快，所以將帶來很多好處，”亞馬遜國際消費業務副總裁迭戈•皮亞琴蒂尼(Diego Piacentini)週三在中國電視節目中說。