Bill Gates joins China's most popular social network

近日，比尔·盖茨正式开通微信公众号，并发布一段30秒视频，盖茨用生涩的中文向中国读者问好，“你好，欢迎来我的微信公众号。”并在视频中表示，这是他新开的个人博客，会记录和分享他见过的人，读过的书和学到的功课，希望中国读者也能一起加入讨论。

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China's most popular messaging app now has one more person it can add to its massive user base[庞大的用户群/基础] - Bill Gates.

The Microsoft founder joined WeChat on Saturday, and made his first post: a brief 30 second video in which he welcomed Chinese netizens to his account.

WeChat has a Whatsapp-like messaging interface, but is also popularly used for its blogging timeline feature, similar to what Facebook offers.

Gates' account is @gatesnotes, and he describes it as his "personal blog[个人博客]."

Gates adds that the account will "share about the people I meet, the books I'm reading and what I'm learning." He also invites users to "join the conversation."

“这是我的个人博客，记录和分享我见过的人，我读过的书和我学到的功课，我希望你也能加入讨论。”

The post has received 80,000 views and over 6000 likes so far.

But Gates is not the only Western celebrity to jump on the WeChat bandwagon[1].

[1]bandwagon ['bænd.wæɡən]

an activity, group, movement, etc. that has become successful or fashionable and so attracts many new people 流行，浪潮，时尚

a bandwagon effect

从众效应

Adam Lambert[亚当·兰伯特], Selena Gomez[赛琳娜·戈麦斯] and even the Backstreet Boys[后街男孩] have signed up to WeChat to engage with Chinese fans.

WeChat has since its launch in 2011, become China's top social app, with some 846 million users signed up. The vast majority of those users use the app daily, says Tencent, WeChat's maker.

People can subscribe to personalities' accounts to follow them, and many consume news via broadcasters' accounts on WeChat.

And besides social media functions, WeChat is often used to pay bills, split the tab[2] among friends, and even hail cabs[打车].

[2]split the tab = go Dutch 各付各的; AA

the tab:the total money charged in a restaurant or hotel for food, drinks, etc. （待付的）账单，账款

He kindly offered to pick up the tab (= pay).

他客气地主动要求付账。

Bill Gates isn't new to the Chinese social media scene. His older Weibo account (similar to Twitter) that he first launched in 2010, currently boasts[3] just over 3 million followers.

[3]boast:to have or own something to be proud of 有（值得自豪的东西）

Ireland boasts beautiful beaches, great restaurants, and friendly locals.

爱尔兰拥有美丽的海滩、很棒的餐馆和友好的当地人。

Gates has been posting on a series of topics including climate change, R&D and fighting global poverty.

Theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking[史蒂芬·霍金] had last year dominated Chinese social media when he launched a Weibo account, gaining a million followers over just six hours at launch.

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