Alipay, Alibaba's online-payments unit, recently launched a tax refund service for overseas shoppers, Beijing Youth Daily reported.
据《北京青年报》报道，支付宝近日推出海外购物退税服务。
The service, which is now available in South Korea, will be rolled out for Singapore and the EU the next year. The reimbursements will be remitted to consumers' Alipay accounts in 7 working days at the soonest.
目前韩国已率先开通，退税最快7个工作日就可以汇到消费者的支付宝账户，预计该项服务明年会逐渐推广至新加坡、欧盟等地。
Nearly 50% of Chinese tourists didn't claim a tax refund after shopping abroad and tourists to the EU alone left behind a total of RMB800m in unclaimed tax refunds in 2012, according to statistics.
据统计，2012年有近一半的中国游客在海外购物后没有领退税，积攒下来的金额仅欧盟地区就高达8亿元人民币。
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