VOA慢速英语: 阿里巴巴面临监管机构的批评

Workers renovate a building at the Alibaba head office in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang province, Sept. 15, 2014.

阿里巴巴面临监控机构的批评
From VOA Learning English, this is the Economics Report.
这里是美国之音英语学习的经济报道。
Recently, a Chinese regulatory agency said that most of the goods sold on the Chinese website Alibaba are counterfeit. That means the products are not made by the company that is claimed to be the maker.
近来，中国的监管机构表示中国网站阿里巴巴上出售的大多数商品是假货。也就是说这些出售的商品不是该公司生产的产品。
Alibaba is a website that connects buyers with sellers. The company's chief, Jack Ma, says he has solved the dispute with Chinese officials.
阿里巴巴是一家连接卖方和买方的网站。公司总裁马云表示他已经解决了与官方的争议问题。
China's Alibaba Group has become a major Internet company in a short amount of time. Last year, the company raised $25 billion in its IPO, or initial public offering. The company offered stock shares to the public for the first time last September on the New York Stock Exchange.
很短的时间里，阿里巴巴已经成为主要的互联网公司。去年，公司首次公开招股250亿美元。在纽约证券交易所上市，公司公开发行股票。
But recently China's State Administration of Industry and Commerce, SAIC, released a report that said the company has not done enough to stop the Internet sales of illegal goods.
但是，最近中国国家工商行政管理局发布一份报告：阿里巴巴公司没有采取积极的措施来阻止互联网销售不合法商品。
Alibaba's Executive Chairman, Jack Ma, said this was not true.
阿里巴巴的总裁马云说这并不是真的。
"We don't want; we were misunderstood by the world that we're not transparent. We don't want; (we were) misunderstood by the world that Taobao is a platform for selling fake products. And we want this company, I have always said, not to represent China's Internet, it represent the spirit of Internet of the whole world."
“我们不希望被世人误解，我们不是透明的。我们不希望世人认为淘宝网是个出售假产品的平台。我已经讲过：我们希望这家公司不是代表中国的互联网，而是代表世界互联网的精神。”
The SAIC report said that Alibaba employees took bribes and permitted merchants to sell illegal wine, handbags and other goods without the required license. It also said an investigation showed that many of the samples on the Taobao retail website were not licensed products.
国家工商管理局的报告称：阿里巴巴员工收受贿赂，允许商人出售假酒、假包包和其它没有获得许可的商品。调查显示淘宝零售网站上很多的样品是未获得许可的商品。
Alibaba runs Taobao. On January 27th, Taobao rejected the study's findings. The company said the study was unfair.
阿里巴巴运营淘宝。1月27号，淘宝决绝接受这份研究报告。公司称这份报告不公平。
The next day the SAIC released information about a July meeting between its representatives and Alibaba officials. In the meeting, the SAIC informed Alibaba that counterfeit goods were being sold through the website. The agency also told the company that it had violated marketing rules and had a poor consumer rating system.
第二天，国家工商管理局发布另一份关于7月份工商管理局代表与阿里巴巴高层开会的信息。会上，国家工商管理局告知阿里巴巴：整个网站都有销售假冒商品。工商局称公司违反市场规则，消费者评分很差。
Later, however, tensions between regulators and Alibaba appeared to ease. The SAIC and Taobao both removed the materials from their websites.
但是，稍后监管机构和阿里巴巴之间出现缓和。工商管理局和淘宝都从他们的网站上删除相关文章。
For many years now, Western companies have accused companies in China of stealing intellectual property and selling illegal products.
很多年来，西方公司指责中国公司侵犯版权，销售非法产品。
In recent years, the government has taken steps to deal with those concerns.
最近几年，政府已经采取措施解决这些问题。
Andrew Batson is with the China research company Gavekal Dragonomics. He says it is unclear whether the SAIC's accusations against Alibaba are related to intellectual property rights.
安德鲁·巴特森是中国研究机构龙洲经讯的人员，他表示还不清楚国家工商管理局是否指责阿里巴巴涉及知识产权的的问题。
Chinese officials are also closely watching consumer safety, seeking to stop the sale of fake products after many problems with product safety. A new consumer protection law enacted last March increases possible payments to those who buy damaged or fake goods. The State Administration for Industry and Commerce says $610 million worth of poor-quality goods were sold in China from 2010 to 2012.
中国官员密切关注消费者安全问题，在发生那么多产品安全问题后，寻求阻止假冒商品的出售。新的消费者权益保护法去年三月已经生效，这增加了对那些购买损坏商品或者假冒商品的赔偿支付。国家工商管理局表示从2010年到2012年的两年间，在中国有价值6亿1千万美元的劣质产品出售。
However, some experts question if the accusations against Alibaba are connected to China's campaign against fake products. Shaun Rein wrote the book, "The End of Copy Cat China." He says protecting consumers may be one of the reasons for the regulators' actions.
然而，一些专家怀疑对阿里巴巴的指责是否会关联到中国打击假冒伪劣商品的行动。肖·瑞恩写了一本书《中国不再山寨》“The End of Copy Cat China”。他表示保护消费者权益也许是监管机构采取相关措施的原因。
"I think part of it is consumer protectionism, part of it though might be to sort of pull Alibaba down. I think over the last year Jack Ma might have become too powerful according to some areas. He is taking on vested interests in the financial sector, and retail sales, and entertainment, and some might feel he is getting too powerful."
“我认为一方面是出于保护消费者权益，另一方面也许是打压阿里巴巴。过去一年，马云在一些领域发展非常强大。他获得一些金融部门、零售业、娱乐业以及其它一些他认为颇具潜力的行业中的既得利益。”
The SAIC said it waited to release its report on Alibaba until this year so it would not damage the company's IPO. However, last week, a U.S. law firm announced it was taking action against Alibaba. The lawyers said the company did not tell the public about its communications with the Chinese regulator before the stock offering.
国家工商管理局表示对阿里巴巴的这份报告一直没有发布，直到今年不会损害公司的上市后才公布。但是上周，一家美国法律公司宣布会采取行动对付阿里巴巴。律师称公司在证券上市前没有告知公众公司与中国监管机构的沟通内容。
This week, Jack Ma spoke in Hong Kong. He said that the company will be open in its dealings with the legal action. He said the situation should give western observers a better understanding of Alibaba and China.
这周，马云在香港发表演讲。他表示公司会公开采取的合法处理途径。这样让西方观察者更清楚地了解阿里巴巴和中国。
And that's the Economics Report from VOA Learning English. I'm Mario Ritter.
这里是美国之音英语学习的经济报道。我是马里奥·瑞特。
Shannon Van Sant reported this story from Hong Kong. Mario Ritter wrote it for VOA Learning English. Caty Weaver was the editor.
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Words in This Story
regulatory –adj. making or concerned with making official rules about what is acceptable in a particular business, activity, etc.
initial –adj. occurring at the beginning of something
bribe – n. something valuable (such as money) that is given in order to get someone to do something
sample – n. a small amount of something that gives you information about the thing it was taken from
consumer – n. a person who buys goods or services
intellectual – adj. relating to something (such as an idea, invention, or process) that comes from a person's mind
counterfeit – adj. made to look like an exact copy of something in order to trick people
merchants – n. people who buy or sell goods
license – n. an official document that gives someone official permission to do, use or have something