Many insiders commented that Apple had made agreat deal, which is to invest $1 billion in DidiChuxing, Uber's rival in China. Apple's massivefunding contribution is the largest singleinvestment Didi has received, reports Reuters.

许多业内人士近日表示，苹果已经完成了一笔数额巨大的交易，即给优步在中国的死敌--滴滴出行投资10亿美元。据路透社报道，苹果的这项巨额投资是滴滴获得的最大一笔单体投资。

According to Apple CEO Tim Cook, the companyhopes to gain insight on the sometimes complexChinese market, an area of great importance to future growth.

据苹果CEO库克透露，尽管中国市场有时候很复杂，但是其对未来经济的增长有着不可比拟的重要性，因此苹果希望能够更多地参与到中国市场中去。

"We are making the investment for a number of strategic reasons, including a chance to learnmore about certain segments of the China market," Cook said. "Of course, we believe it willdeliver a strong return for our invested capital over time as well."

库克说：“我们正在做的这项投资是基于一些战略原因的考虑，这个机会能够让我们对中国市场的某些领域有更多的了解。当然，我们也相信随着时间的推移，我们的投资决定将会带来巨大的回报。”

The announcement was also reported by The Information's Amir Efrati, who disclosed thedevelopment in a tweet.

一家名叫The Information的媒体的记者阿米尔·埃弗拉蒂也报道了这一消息，她是在Tweet上发布的。

Didi currently offers a variety of transportation services in China, including taxi and privatecar hailing, designated drivers and peer-to-peer products like ride-sharing. In February, TheWall Street Journal reported the Chinese firm was looking to raise a total of $1 billion frominvestors in a bid to compete against global ride sharing technology powerhouse Uber.

滴滴目前在中国市场提供包括出租车和私家车打车服务，代驾司机服务以及拼车等一系列运输服务。今年二月份，《华尔街日报》指出，滴滴为和国际拼车科技巨头Uber竞争，正在寻求一笔总额达到10亿美元的投资。

Whereas Uber dominates in established Western markets, Didi controls China, facilitating morethan 11 million rides each day. That includes a more than 87 percent share of the private carhailing market. Both companies rely on apps as a main mode of connecting passengers withdrivers.

Uber在西方市场占据了主导地位，而滴滴则控制了中国市场，其每天的业务成交量超过1100万。这一数据有超过87%的部分来自于私家车打车市场。Uber和滴滴都依赖手机app，并将其作为连接乘客和司机的的主要模式。

"That is what we do today in the car business, so we will have to see what the future holds,"Cook said.

库克表示：“这(只)是我们现在从事汽车行业的做法，所以我们必须看一看未来这个行业是个什么样子。”