[E001]Alibaba takes $590m stake in China smartphone maker Meizu

摘自：【Yahoo News Digest】

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China’s Alibaba has agreed to pay $590 million for a minority stake [少数股权]in domestic smartphone maker Meizu, a joint statement[联合声明] said Monday, as the e-commerce giant[电子商务巨头] seeks to expand its mobileofferings[移动产品?]. Last year, Meizu used an operating system developed by Alibaba’s cloud computing unit YunOS on its flagship[旗舰] smartphone. Alibaba will integrate its mobile operating system with Meizu’s hardware and provide support in e-commerce, mobile Internet and data analysis, the statement said.

The investment in Meizu represents… an important step in our overall mobile strategy as we strive to[争取，追求] bring users a wider array of mobile offerings and experiences.

Wang Jian, Alibaba’s Chief Technology Officer.

Meizu, set up in 2003 and based in the southern city of Zhuhai, is one of China’s smaller smartphone makers, ranking below the likes of[和 ... 一样的人或物] Xiaomi, Huawei and Lenovo. China’s fractured smartphone market includes several companies selling cheaper models than the likes of Samsung, which uses the Android operating system, and Apple. Alibaba, founded by Jack Ma in 1999, is China’s biggest e-commerce company. It listed on the New York Stock Exchange[纽约证券交易所] last year in the world’s largest publicoffering[公开募股].

【首次公开募股Initial Public Offerings，简称IPO】