Chinese tourists can use China's largest third party payment platform Alipay at ten overseas airports from this month.

从这个月开始，中国游客就可以在10家海外机场使用我国最大的第三方支付平台支付宝了。

Ant Financial Services Group, an affiliate² of e-commerce giant Alibaba and owner of Alipay, announced the ten airports are in Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan, Germany, Japan, South Korea, Singapore, New Zealand, and Thailand; the top travel destinations for tourists from the Chinese Mainland.

电子商务巨头阿里巴巴的子公司、支付宝的拥有者蚂蚁金融服务集团日前宣布，这10家机场分别位于香港、澳门、台湾、德国、日本、韩国、新加坡、新西兰以及泰国。同时这些地点也是中国大陆游客最青睐的旅游目的地。

This is only the first step of Alipay's going global project, said Peng Yijie, the vice¹ president of Ant Financial's international business, as the company has reached cooperation agreements with more international hubs.

蚂蚁金融国际业务副总裁彭翼捷表示，该公司已与更多的国际枢纽达成合作协议，而这只是支付宝遍及全球规划的第一步。

It is expected that Chinese consumers will be able to use Alipay at 30 airports outside the Chinese mainland in the future.

该集团预计我国消费者未来会在大陆以外的30家机场使用支付宝。

China's outbound traffic increased 4.3% to 59.03m in the first half of 2016. China continued to post the largest outbound travel traffic and the highest overseas expenditure³ worldwide.

今年上半年，我国出境游客数量同比增长4.3%至5903万。我国依然是全球出境游客数量最多、境外消费额最高的国家。

Alipay has been expanding its overseas business in recent years, to include duty-free shops, restaurants, and shopping malls.

最近几年，支付宝一直在扩大海外业务，其中就包括了免税商店、餐馆和购物中心。