雅虎創始人楊致遠加盟滴滴快的

　　Didi Kuaidi, China’s largest internet car hailing company, has named Yahoo co-founder Jerry Yang as a senior adviser and a board observer, adding another internet celebrity to its team in its increasingly global fight against US rival Uber.

　　中國最大收集叫車公司滴滴快的(Didi Kuaidi)已錄用雅虎(Yahoo!)結合開創人楊致遠(Jerry Yang)擔負高等參謀兼董事會視察員。由此，在與美國競爭敵手優步(Uber)睜開的日趨劇烈的環球競爭中，滴滴快的又將一名互聯網名流收羅到本身的團隊裏。

　　With its position in China secure for the time being, Didi Kuaidi has been turning its focus abroad. It bought a stake in US-based Lyft last summer and launched a global alliance with India’s Ola, Singapore’s GrabTaxi, and Lyft aimed at fending off further Uber encroachment.

　　鑒於今朝在海內的位置比擬穩定，滴滴快的正將留意力轉向外洋。客歲炎天，該公司入股了總部處於美國的Lyft，並與印度的Ola、新加坡的GrabTaxi和Lyft組建了環球同盟，以抵抗優步的進一步“入侵”。

　　Taiwan-born Mr Yang has a wealth of experience with China’s internet sector, having been an early investor and board member of Alibaba, the Chinese ecommerce giant that is an investor in Didi Kuaidi. He is also an independent director on Lenovo’s board.

　　生於台灣的楊致遠對中國大陸互聯網行業有著豐碩的履歷，他是中國電商巨頭阿裏巴巴(Alibaba)的初期投資者和董事會成員。阿裏巴巴是滴滴快的的投資者之一。他照樣遐想(Lenovo)董事會的自力董事。

　　The web of relationships that Mr Yang brings to Didi will probably be useful to the company in upcoming fundraisings. Mr Yang sits on Alibaba’s board alongside founder and chairman Jack Ma, and Masayoshi Son, chief executive officer of Japan’s SoftBank. Mr Son was also an early investor in both Yahoo and Alibaba, and has stakes in Didi Kuaidi, GrabTaxi, and Ola.

　　楊致遠給滴滴快的帶來的人脈極可能會有助於該公司將來的融資。他與阿裏巴巴開創人兼主席馬雲和日本軟銀(SoftBank)首席履行官孫公理(Masayoshi Son)同為阿裏巴巴董事。孫公理也是雅虎和阿裏巴巴的初期投資者，並在滴滴快的、GrabTaxi和Ola均有持股。

　　Didi claims 250m users in 360 Chinese cities, with services ranging from taxis and private car hailing to chauffeurs and even buses. It says it has 80 per cent of the domestic private car service market, while rival Uber claims 30-35 per cent. Uber predicts that by the end of the year China will outpace the US to be its largest market.

　　滴滴快的宣稱，它在中國360個都會具有2.50億用戶，供給的辦事包含出租車、專車、代駕甚至巴士。滴滴快的表現它今朝占領海內專車市場的80%，而它的敵手優步宣稱市場占領率為30%至35%。優步猜測，到本年歲尾，中國將跨越美國，成為其最大的市場。