果迷們,亞洲最大蘋果專賣店週六將在北京開業

A new Apple store scheduled to open on Saturday in Beijing will be the company's largest retail store in Asia, a senior company official said today.

定於週六在北京開張的一個新蘋果店將是該公司在亞洲最大的專賣店，蘋果公司高層今天說。

John Browett, Apple's senior vice president of retail, said the new store in the Wangfujing shopping district will be the company's largest store in Asia, with more than 300 employees and a full range of accessories for Apple products.

蘋果公司零售業務高級副總裁John Browett說，在王府井購物區的新店將是該公司在亞洲最大的專賣店，擁有員工300餘人，品種齊全的蘋果產品配件。

Browett did not say whether the company will offer the iPhone 5 to the mainland market when the Wangfujing store opens.

Browett沒有透露當王府井店開張時該公司是否會向中國大陸提供iPhone5。

The Wangfujing store was open to the media for one hour this morning. The iPhone5 was not on display at the store, although headphones designed for the phone were on display.

王府井店今天上午向媒體開放一小時。 iPhone5沒有在商店陳列，儘管專爲在該手機設計的耳機在展示中。

Apple is stepping up its efforts to expand its presence in China. Browett said a store in south China's city of Shenzhen is "just about to open" and "more stores are coming across China."

蘋果公司正加緊努力擴大其在中國的市場。Browett說，在中國南方城市深圳的商店“正要開張”以及“更多的專賣店將進入中國。”

"We are looking foward to serving every Chinese customer in every city," said Browett. "But that's going to take us some time."

“我們期盼服務每一個城市的中國顧客，”Browett說。 “但是這將要花費我們一些時間。”

Smartphones have overtaken desktop computers as the primary means of accessing the Internet for most Chinese, according to data from the China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC).

根據中國互聯網信息中心（CNNIC）的數據，智能手機已經超過臺式電腦成爲大多數中國人接入互聯網的主要手段。

CNNIC data indicates that 388 million Chinese regularly surfed the Internet via their mobile phones as of the end of June.

中國互聯網信息中心的數據顯示，到六月底有3.88億中國人經常使用手機上網。

Apple has 390 retail stores around the world. The Wangfujing store is its third in Beijing and sixth on the Chinese mainland.

蘋果公司在世界各地擁有390個零售商店。王府井店是其在北京的第三家，也中國大陸的第六家店。