阿里巴巴携手天津打造北方首个“无现金城市”

The cooperation plan was unveiled at a June 28 meeting between Tianjin officials and Alibaba Group’s executives, prior to the 2017 World Intelligence Congress, which will be held from June 29 to 30 in the city.

天津官员与阿里巴巴集团高管在6月28日的会议上公布了合作计划，也就是2017世界智能大会开幕前夜，该大会将于6月29日至30日在天津举行。

Li Hongzhong, Tianjin’s Party chief, said the plan would significantly boost Tianjin’s “smart city” construction, and he hopes Alibaba will view the city as strategically important in the group’s future development plans. Li added that Tianjin, the largest coastal city in northern China, holds profound technologies and human resources for smart industry development.

天津市委书记李鸿忠表示，这一计划将大大推动天津的“智慧城市”建设，此外，他希望阿里巴巴将该市视为集团未来发展规划的战略之重。李书记补充说，天津是中国北方最大的沿海城市，拥有用于智能产业发展的深厚技术和人力资源。

Alibaba’s Jack Ma said the group’s pledge to build Tianjin into a “cashless city” is part of their goal to further integrate with the coordinated development plan of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region. He said Alibaba would strengthen investment in Tianjin in several aspects, including finance, cloud computing, logistics, and cross-border imports, vowing to build Tianjin into a major data port in northern China.

阿里巴巴主席马云表示，集团承诺将天津打造成“无现金城市”，这是进一步整合京津冀地区协调发展规划的一部分。 他说，阿里巴巴将加大在天津几大领域的投资，包括金融，云计算，物流和跨境进口，并誓言将天津建成中国北方数据大港。

On June 28, Fujian’s Fuzhou City also announced that it will become cashless with Alibaba’s cooperation. After Fuzhou and Tianjin, China will have a total of four “cashless cities,” after the cities of Hangzhou and Wuhan were crowned as cashless thanks to Alibaba’s Alipay service, which allows payments via mobile phone.

福建省福州市同样于6月28日宣布将与阿里巴巴合作打造“无现金城市”。 在福州和天津加入之后，中国将共有四大“无现金城市”。之前由于阿里巴巴的支付宝服务允许通过手机支付，杭州和武汉均被冠以“无现金城市”之称。