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资料：2014 has been a landmark year for Alibaba. Just last week, the Chinese e-commerce juggernaut set a world-record selling US$9.3 Billion worth of goods in 24 hours on Singles Day. A few months back, Alibaba claimed the title of the world's biggest IPO, raising US$25 Billion on the NYSE. Things will only get bigger for Alibaba.

On the back of the historic signing of the China-Australia Free Trade Agreement yesterday, Alibaba announced in Melbourne their continued commitment to bringing Australian products, brands and businesses closer to China's online consumers via it's Alipay payment platform and Taobao Marketplace.

Alipay is the largest online payment service provider in China. With more than 800 million Chinese accounts, Alipay is already the biggest mobile payment processor in the world. It clears 80 million transactions per day, including 45 million transactions through it's Alipay Wallet mobile app and processed US$780 billion worth of transactions in the year ended June 30. Alipay is one of six financial services entities that will fall under the umbrella of Ant Financial Serviced Group, a rebranding of Alipay Financial Services. There are plans to take this money making machine public too.

Alipay Australia has been established as a local entity that will work with its joint venture partner, pay bang to help Australian businesses and merchants access Alipay's cross-border payment solutions. Alipay has also been working with Australia Post to sell, distribute and promote the Alipay Purchase Card across 4,400 retail outlets for Australian shoppers to use on the Tmall.com and Taobao Marketplace platforms.

Alipay's extension into Australia, follows its move into the U.S with the launch of its ePay payment program, which handles everything from payment processing and currency translation for U.S. retailers.

What did Alibaba do after sign-off of China-Australia Free Trade Agreement?

A.It announced that they would import more Australian products into China
B.It announced that they would promote the trade between China and Australia
C.It announced that they would introduce more Australian products to Chinese online consumers
D.It announced that they would bring more Chinese goods into the Australian market

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答案： C

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【关键词】Alibaba do; after sign-off of China-Australia Free Trade Agreement

【主题句】第2自然段On the back of the historic signing of the China-Australia Free Trade Agreement yesterday, Alibaba announced in Melbourne their continued commitment to bringing Australian products, brands and businesses closer to China’s online consumers via it’s Alipay payment platform and Taobao Marketplace. 在签署的《中澳自由贸易协定》的历史背景下，阿里巴巴在墨尔本宣布，他们将继续致力于通过支付宝支付平台和淘宝市场将澳大利亚的产品、品牌和企业与中国的在线消费者拉近距离。

【解析】题干意为“在签署完《中澳自由贸易协定》后，阿里巴巴做了什么？” 选项A意为“它宣布将进口更多的澳大利亚产品进入中国”；选项B意为“宣布将推动中澳贸易”；选项C意为“宣布将向中国网络消费者推出更多澳大利亚产品”；选项D意为“宣布他们将带来更多中国商品进入澳大利亚市场”。根据主题句可知，签署完协议后，阿里巴巴宣布将澳大利亚的产品介绍给中国的在线消费者，故选项C正确。