10月12日口譯文章：民眾點評與美團歸並 中國最大O2O企業出生!
本周四，阿裏巴巴投資的團購辦事美團網宣告，它將與騰訊投資的花費者點評辦事民眾點評網歸並，願望能聯袂打造一個電子商務巨子。
這兩家公司在消息稿中表現，他們將建立一家新公司，贊助企業在中國境內涵線發賣多種商品和辦事。他們沒有供給新公司運營的更多細節，但表現民眾點評和美團兩個品牌和現有營業將持續堅持自力運營。
"贊助1000萬商家辦事好10億花費者，是兩個團隊配合的尋求，互助是局勢所趨，是兩個團隊的配合選取，"民眾點評網首席履行官張濤在宣告新聞時表現。
他還表現，"O2O行業遠景非常偉大，互助後眾人將會施展各自上風，加速產物立異、深化辦事和行業拓展的措施。"O2O指的是線上線下融會辦事。
這起歸並表現了中國互聯網巨子對新興始創公司的影響力。美團固然是曩昔五年中團購辦事巨額補助戰的末了幸存者之一，但百度、騰訊等現金富余的公司在糯米、民眾點評網和外賣辦事餓了麽等競爭敵手上投入了更多資金，令美團遭到影響。
美團在競爭中寸步難行，只管中國收集巨子阿裏巴巴給它註入了一些資金，但卻險些沒有供給其他支撐，本次歸並就旨在改良這類狀態，而中國末了的大型自力電子商務公司之一也今後納入騰訊的軌道，阿裏巴巴對它的影響力則變得相對於較小。
張濤將與美團首席履行官王興出任聯席主席兼聯席首席履行官。王興表現，"互助後咱們在產物立異、感受改良和新營業拓展大將可以投入更多精神和資本。"兩家公司都沒有談到新公司的估值。
自2010年景立以來，美團已拓展了包含外賣和觀影訂座在內的多種營業。在本年1月的融資輪中，該公司以70億美元的估值張羅到7億美元資金。
民眾點評網最初以花費者點評和商戶信息為主，但如今已拓展到團購、外賣、訂餐範疇。在本年4月的最新一輪融資中，它籌集到8.5億美元資金，媒體報導其估值為40億美元。
民眾點評網和美團都沒有上市。
歸並後的新公司將與中國互聯網巨子百度展開直接競爭，媒體報導了生意業務風聞後，百度的股票本周三收跌3.4%。只管如斯，百度國際媒體公關總監郭怡廣表現，"咱們在這個範疇勢頭不錯。"
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Meituan, a group buying service backed by Alibaba, said Thursday that it would join forces with Dianping, a consumer review website backed by Tencent, hoping to create an e-commerce juggernaut.
The two companies said in a news release that they would set up a new company that would help businesses sell goods and services online in China. They did not provide further details on how the new company would work. They said both Dianping and Meituan would keep their brands and management structures and operate independently.
"We both recognize the enormous potential of China's O2O industry, and therefore this strategic cooperation was a shared and almost inevitable decision," Zhang Tao, the chief executive of Dianping, said in the release, referring to online-to-offline transactions.
He added that the joint venture would allow "both companies to better leverage our respective advantages in order to accelerate product innovation, deepen service offerings and speed up industry expansion."
The merger shows the power China's largest Internet companies wield over emerging start-ups. Though Meituan is one of the last survivors of a huge subsidies war between group buying sites over the past five years, the site has suffered as cash-rich companies like Baidu and Tencent have thrown more money at group buying through investments in rivals like Nuomi, Dianping and the food delivery service Ele.me.
The competition has been tough on Meituan, which has gotten some investment but little other support from Alibaba, one of China's giants. This deal seeks to improve that, bringing one of China's last large independent e-commerce companies into the orbit of Tencent, and to a lesser extent Alibaba.
Mr. Tao will be co-chairman and co-chief executive with Meituan's chief executive, Wang Xing. Mr. Wang said the cooperation would enable "us to focus on better serving our consumers and merchants, and allows us to concentrate on developing new businesses and driving product innovation." Neither company would say how much the new joint operation would be worth.
Since setting up in 2010, Meituan has expanded into businesses that include food delivery and seat bookings at movie theaters. Its $700 million fund-raising round in January valued it at $7 billion.
Dianping began as a consumer review and merchant information company, but it has expanded into group buying, food delivery and restaurant reservations. It raised $850 million in its last round of fund-raising in April, and media reports value the company at $4 billion.
Neither Dianping nor Meituan is publicly traded.
The joint venture will compete directly with the Internet giant Baidu, whose stock closed down 3.4 percent on Wednesday after rumors of the deal were reported. In spite of this, Kaiser Kuo, the international communications director for Baidu, said, "We've got momentum in this space."
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