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Market traders and street vendors(小贩)are making a comeback across China,and this time they find them

语文试题 01-17
Market traders and street vendors(小贩)are making a comeback across China,and this time
they find themselves equipped with a new set of digital skills essential to directing the vast consumer market.To make mom-and-pop retail stands active,the country's leading e-commerce platforms are lending a helping hand,offering a series of services from inventory support to accessible financing backed by technologies to finally promote domestic(国内的)spending and employment.
Domestic wholesale site 1688.com is among the first group of tech players with such offerings. At the heart of the action plan is an effort to link street vendors directly with factories,effectively avoiding middlemen and saving time and costs."The large number of small-scale merchants on the site has managed to gain the upper hand in price negotiations,while manufacturers are more willing to mass-produce goods as the economy of scale serves to reduce costs,thus creating u win-win situation,"general manager Wang Hai said. On the financial front,1688's parent Alibaba Group is offering interest-free loans worth a total of 70 billion yuan ( $9.8 billion),with which qualified merchants can purchase goods in quantity.Risk assessment for each applicant is conducted by sister service Mybank.
Meanwhile,e-commerce giant JD.com has promised to secure quality goods worth more than 50 billion yuan and is offering each stall keeper up to 100,000 yuan worth of interest-free loans for the purpose of filling their inventory.To stabilize(稳定)employment,JD decided to add a number of job positions that either require flexible working hours,allow working from home or are designed to promote startup businesses. For posts related to logistics,delivery,warehouse management and packaging,people from poverty-stricken areas should be employed first.
"The novel coronavirus outbreak will accelerate the digital transformation of the real economy, and individual traders and smaller stores are no exception,"said Xu Lei,CEO of JD' s retail unit."We have the ability and,more important,the responsibility to inject vitality(活力)into these entities,thus contributing to the economic rebound and stabilizing employment."
24.How do e-commerce platforms help mom-and-pop retail stands?
A.By offering digital skills.
B.By providing commercial services.
C.By expanding the consumer market.
D. By increasing employment opportunities.
25.According to Wang Hai,1688.com' s action plan may be an example of
A.barking up the wrong tree
B.putting the cart before the horse
C.robbing Peter to pay Paul
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