Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group is to join the soccer industry, having agreed to buy 50% of shares in soccer club Guangzhou Evergrande, xinhuanet.com reported. At a joint press conference Thursday, Alibaba founder and chairman Jack Ma and Xu Jiayin, chairman of the Evergrande group, announced this much anticipated agreement. Alibaba will pay up to RMB1.2b to acquire the shares, club sources said.
据新华网报道，我国电子商务巨头阿里巴巴集团已同意收购广州恒大足球俱乐部50%的股权，进军足球圈。在5日举行的联合发布会上，阿里巴巴创始人、董事局主席马云和恒大集团董事局主席许家印共同宣布了这一令人期待的合作。俱乐部方面的消息称，阿里巴巴为获得股权将斥资12亿元。
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