阿里巴巴接受美國證交會調查

Alibaba, the US-listed Chinese ecommerce group, is being investigated by the Securities and Exchange Commission for potential violations of US securities law.

在美國上市的中國電子商務集團阿里巴巴(Alibaba)由於可能違反美國證券法正受到美國證交會(SEC)的調查。

SEC officials have asked the company to provide documents and other information relating to several aspects of its business, including its accounting for its Cainiao logistics business, its handling of related party transactions and its reporting of operating data from Singles Day, an unofficial Chinese holiday that is now marked by the biggest shopping frenzy in the global calendar.

SEC官員要求該公司提供與其多個業務方面相關的文件和其他信息，包括其菜鳥物流業務的會計、對關聯方交易的處理、以及“光棍節”運營數據的報告。“光棍節”是中國一個非官方節日，如今成了全球日曆上最大的購物狂歡節。

The company said in its annual report, filed with the SEC on May 24, that it was voluntarily disclosing that the probe was taking place and was co-operating with investigators.

該公司在年報中（於5月24日提交SEC備案）稱，其主動披露了SEC正在進行調查以及它正在配合調查的情況。

Alibaba’s lawyers have provided regulators with the requested documents.

阿里巴巴的律師向監管機構提供了要求被查看的文檔。

SEC officials informed the company that the request for information did not indicate that “any violation of federal securities law has occurred”, Alibaba said, adding that it could not say when the matter would be resolved.

阿里巴巴表示，SEC官員通知該公司稱，要求提供信息並不意味着它“出現了任何違反聯邦證券法的行爲”。它補充稱，不知道問題何時才能解決。

Alibaba shares were down 3.9 per cent to $77.96 in morning trading in New York.

在紐約早盤交易中，阿里巴巴股價下跌3.9%，至77.96美元。

The internet retailer, which has annual revenue of $15.7bn, overcame several previous controversies to establish itself on US securities markets.

這家年營收157億美元的互聯網零售商之前克服了幾個爭議才進入美國證券市場。

Its 2014 initial public offering raised $25bn, making it the largest in history.

阿里巴巴2014年進行首次公開募股籌集資金250億美元，使之成爲史上規模最大的IPO。

The US-China Security Review Commission that year criticised Alibaba’s use of a structure called a “variable interest entity”, which is designed to circumvent China’s prohibition on foreign investment in industries such as internet and telecoms.

當年，美中經濟與安全審查委員會(US-China Economic and Security Review Commission)批評阿里巴巴利用了所謂“可變權益實體”的結構——旨在避開中國在互聯網和電信等行業禁止外國投資的規定。

The SEC has approved dozens of similarly structured China IPOs since 2000.

自2000年以來，SEC批准了數十次類似結構的中國企業IPO。

Alibaba was for several years on a US government list of companies implicated in the sale of pirated goods.

阿里巴巴多年來一直被列入美國政府編制的涉及出售盜版商品的企業名單。

But the company worked to eliminate such products from its online mall and escaped the annual listing of “notorious markets” in 2012.

但是，該公司一直在努力將此類商品從起在線商城中消除，並且在2012年逃過了“惡名市場”的年度名單。

Alibaba has beefed up its political operation in recent years.

近年來，阿里巴巴加強了政治運作。

It is represented in the US capital by a lobbying firm headed by Ken Duberstein, Ronald Reagan’s former White House chief of staff.

在美國首都，它由一家由羅納德•里根(Ronald Reagan)前白宮幕僚長肯•杜伯斯坦(Ken Duberstein)領導的遊說公司代表。

It also added a noted Republican communications professional, Jim Wilkinson, former Treasury department chief of staff, as head of international corporate affairs, based in San Francisco.

阿里巴巴還聘請著名的共和黨溝通專家、美國財政部前幕僚長吉姆•威爾金森(Jim Wilkinson)擔任國際企業事務的負責人，常駐舊金山。

Mr Wilkinson worked for Treasury secretary Hank Paulson during the global financial crisis and earlier served as a senior adviser to secretary of state Condoleezza Rice.

在全球金融危機中，威爾金森成爲時任財政部長的漢克•保爾森(Hank Paulson)工作，此前曾擔任過前國務卿康多莉扎•賴斯(Condoleezza Rice)的高級顧問。