China's Alibaba on Tuesday signed a memorandum of understanding with Pakistan for the development of small and medium-sized Pakistani businesses via e-commerce.
本周二，中国阿里巴巴集团与巴基斯坦签署一份通过电商发展巴方中小型企业的谅解备忘录。
The MOU was signed by Alibaba, Ant Financial (one of Alibaba's subsidiaries), and the Trade and Development Authority of Pakistan. It is expected to help small and medium-sized businesses in Pakistan to globalize via e-commerce.
"Alibaba would like to share its experience in e-commerce and Internet finance with Pakistan to build a digital Silk Road so that Pakistani commodities can be sold to China and the world," said Alibaba founder Jack Ma.
The MOU was concluded as Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif visited Alibaba on Tuesday.
Pakistani businesses joined Alibaba in 1999 when the e-commerce platform was launched, and there are currently tens of thousands of Pakistani suppliers on the B2B platform of Alibaba.
相关单词：memorandum
memorandum解释：n.备忘录，便笺
memorandum例句：
The memorandum was dated 23 August,2008.备忘录上注明的日期是2008年8月23日。
The Secretary notes down the date of the meeting in her memorandum book.秘书把会议日期都写在记事本上。
相关单词：Founder
Founder解释：n.创始者，缔造者
Founder例句：
He was extolled as the founder of their Florentine school.他被称颂为佛罗伦萨画派的鼻祖。
According to the old tradition,Romulus was the founder of Rome.按照古老的传说，罗穆卢斯是古罗马的建国者。
相关单词：jack
jack解释：n.插座，千斤顶，男人；v.抬起，提醒，扛举；n.（Jake）杰克
jack例句：
I am looking for the headphone jack.我正在找寻头戴式耳机插孔。
He lifted the car with a jack to change the flat tyre.他用千斤顶把车顶起来换下瘪轮胎。
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