The chairman and co-founder of Chinese conglomerate HNA Group has died following an accident during a business trip in France, the company confirmed on Wednesday.
中國海航集團(tuán)董事長兼聯(lián)合創(chuàng)始人在法國商務(wù)旅行中遭遇事故身亡，周三該公司證實(shí)了這一消息。

Wang Jian, aged 57, suffered 'severe injuries' in a 15 metre- (49 foot-) fall in Provence in southern France?on Tuesday, according to the police.
據(jù)警方透露，周二現(xiàn)年57歲的王健在法國南部的普羅旺斯從15米（49英尺）的地方摔下，“嚴(yán)重受傷”。

Mr Wang, who had a net worth of US$1.7 billion (￡1.3 billion) according to Forbes, was one of the key players in HNA's aggressive expansion from a regional company to the massive conglomerate it is today.
《福布斯》雜志估計(jì)凈資產(chǎn)為17億美元（13億英鎊）的王健，是海航集團(tuán)從一家地方公司擴(kuò)張為如今如此龐大的集團(tuán)企業(yè)的關(guān)鍵人物之一。

HNA is the owner of Hainan Airlines, China's fourth-largest airline and the largest private airline in China. Mr Wang held 15 per cent of the group's shares.
海航集團(tuán)擁有中國第四大航空公司，也是中國最大的民營航空公司海南航空。王健持有該集團(tuán)15%的股份。

'He stood on the edge of a sharp drop to get his family to take a picture of him and fell,' said lieutenant-colonel Hubert Meriaux of the Vaucluse gendarmerie force.
“他站在一個陡坡的邊上，讓他的家人拍下他的照片，然后摔倒了，”沃克呂茲省憲兵部隊(duì)的梅里奧上校說。

Witnesses described him falling from a small wall while travelling in the hilltop village of Bonnieux in Provence, according to?Financial Times.
據(jù)《金融時(shí)報(bào)》報(bào)道，目擊者描述說，王健在普羅旺斯的博尼約山頂村莊旅行時(shí)從一堵矮墻上掉了下來。

Mr Wang graduated from the Civil Aviation University of China and received an MBA from the Maastricht School of Management in the Netherlands, according to his company.
據(jù)他的公司介紹，王健畢業(yè)于中國民航大學(xué)，獲得荷蘭馬斯特里赫特管理學(xué)院工商管理碩士學(xué)位。

Launched in 1993 on the southern island of Hainan, HNA expanded into finance, hotels, logistics and other businesses in a multibillion-dollar global acquisition spree in recent years.
海航集團(tuán)于1993年在中國海南島成立，近年來進(jìn)軍金融、酒店、物流等領(lǐng)域，在全球范圍內(nèi)進(jìn)行了一場規(guī)模達(dá)數(shù)十億美元的收購熱潮。

（翻譯：球球）