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支付宝进军美国市场

China’s Alipay is Expanding in the US

支付宝是中国数字支付的巨头，为电子商务巨头阿里巴巴旗下产品,目前它正在进军美国市场。在与美国第一资讯集团就信用卡处理服务签署协议后，顾客将可在超过400万宗交易中使用支付宝进行支付。此次商业活动主要针对前往北美的中国游客。在结束加利福尼亚和纽约两州的审查之后，支付宝将可以投入使用，并将直面来自Applepay（苹果旗下）、Android Pay（谷歌旗下）和PayPal（eBay旗下）这三款软件的挑战。

Alipay, the Chinese digital payment giant owned by ecommerce giant Alibaba, is expanding in the US. Customers will be able to use Alipay at about 4 million businesses after a deal was signed with credit card processing service First Data.The deal is chiefly aimed at Chinese tourists visiting North America.It follows a small trial in California and New York, and brings Alipay into direct competition with the likes of ApplePay, Android Pay and PayPal.

北京招30名初中生 欲培养成“故宫匠人”

Beijing Encourages Students to be Restoration Experts at Forbidden City

据《北京青年报》报道,由于专业人才稀缺，北京准备招30名初中生，将他们培养成在故宫修文物的匠人。今年，北京联合大学、北京国际职业教育学校和故宫博物院联合开展试验项目，以培养专业的修复匠人。学生前3年在北京国际职业教育学校学习，后由联大培养2年，再通过进一步学习，获得本科学历。

Beijing plans to recruit 30 junior high school students and train them into becoming professionals at restoring cultural relics for the Forbidden City amid a shortage of such talents, according to Beijing Youth Daily. Beijing Union University, Beijing International Vocational Education School and the Palace Museum this year jointly launched a pilot education program to train professional restoration experts. The students will study cultural relic reconstruction at the Beijing International Vocational Education School for three years, followed by two years of vocational education at Beijing Union University. After further study, they can be awarded bachelor’s degrees.

中国企业助力“一带一路”沿线国家水电建设

Chinese Enterprises Help Belt and Road Countries to Develop Infrastructure

自2013年“一带一路”战略出台后，中国企业致力于协助“一带一路”沿线国家进行基础设施建设，如铁路、高速公路、桥梁以及水电站。作为非洲最大的水电站以及埃塞俄比亚最大的能源工程，Gibb III正是由中国企业建造的。该项工程被称为非洲的“三峡大坝”。它所使用的十台混流式水力涡轮机都产自于中国。由于中国企业在基础设施建设上的高效率，Gibb III 水电站帮助埃塞俄比亚解决了能源短缺的问题。与此同时，水电站还有大量富余的电力可供出售给外国。

Since the Belt and Road Initiative was put forward in 2013, Chinese enterprises have been assisting countries along the Belt and Road route with the construction of new infrastructure including railways, highways, bridges and hydropower stations. The Gibb III hydropower station, the largest of its kind in Africa and the biggest energy project in Ethiopia, was built by a Chinese company.It is now known as the“Three Gorges”of Africa. The station has 10 Francis-type water turbine generator units, all of which were made in China.Due to the high efficiency of the Chinese company in charge of construction, the Gibb III hydropower station has helped Ethiopia to recover from a power shortage. There is still a considerable amount of power left in the country for foreign exchange.