蘋果公司投資滴滴10億美元

Many insiders commented that Apple had made a great deal, which is to invest $1 billion in Didi Chuxing, Uber's rival in China. Apple's massive funding contribution is the largest single investment Didi has received, reports Reuters.

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

According to Apple CEO Tim Cook, the company hopes to gain insight on the sometimes complex Chinese market, an area of great importance to future growth.

據蘋果CEO庫克透露，儘管中國市場有時候很複雜，但是其對未來經濟的增長有着不可比擬的重要性，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 learn more about certain segments of the China market," Cook said. "Of course, we believe it will deliver 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於一些戰略原因的考慮，這個機會能夠讓我們對中國市場的某些領域有更多的瞭解。當然，我們也相信隨着時間的推移，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 the development 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上發佈的。

Didi currently offers a variety of transportation services in China, including taxi and private car hailing, designated drivers and peer-to-peer products like ride-sharing. In February, The Wall Street Journal reported the Chinese firm was looking to raise a total of $1 billion from investors 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，滴滴爲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 more than 11 million rides each day. That includes a more than 87 percent share of the private car hailing market. Both companies rely on apps as a main mode of connecting passengers with drivers.

Uber在西方市場佔據了主導地位，而滴滴則控制了中國市場，其每天的業務成交量超過1100萬。這一數據有超過87%的部分來自於私家車打車市場。Uber和滴滴都依賴手機app，並將其作爲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）是我們現在從事汽車行業的做法，所以我們必須看一看未來這個行業是個什麼樣子。”