| 英国《金融时报》西梅昂•克尔(Simeon Kerr)迪拜报道 |
| 2007年7月18日 星期三 |
由巴林伊斯兰投资银行——海湾金融公司(Gulf Finance House)牵头的财团昨日公布计划,将在中国建设一座价值高达50亿美元的住宅和工业城。
这座中国能源城(China Energy City)位于北京附近的燕郊地区,占地13平方公里。能源城提供的设施包括一个拟建于卡塔尔的能源交易所的分所、一座提供能源教育课程的科技园,以及一所中阿商学院,学院将用英语、中文和阿拉伯语教授商学院课程。
海湾金融公司首席执行官伊萨姆•贾纳哈(Esam Janahi)表示,中国对海湾原油日益增长的需求是公司决定投资的关键因素。他指出,尽管中国对海湾地区的投资已达70亿美元,但阿拉伯国家在中国的投资却相对较少.
贾哈尼表示:“预计中国逾50%的石油供应将来自中东。因此,对于中东能源公司而言,中国提供了一个非常有吸引力的商机。”贾哈尼正与海湾金融公司姊妹公司海湾能源公司(Gulf Energy)以及中国龙建集团合作建设该项目。
他表示,此举将刺激阿拉伯国家加大对中国的投资。越来越多的阿拉伯投资者正将目光投向东方,希望为其充裕的石油美元寻找具有吸引力的回报。过去4年,海湾地区的石油美元不断增加,但中国仍往往被视为投资难度很高的国家。
中国企业已把目标投向海湾地区的石油、天然气和建筑项目,而该地区消费者对中国商品的需求也在上升。
海湾金融公司已在卡塔尔和印度孟买附近兴建了类似的能源城。
卡塔尔能源城将推出国际商业交易所(International Mercantile Exchange),与其它区域性期货交易所展开竞争。政府官员表示,该交易所可能将致力于开发基于天然气的期货合约。天然气是卡塔尔的主要资源。
译者/梁艳裳
英文原稿
GULF GROUP PLANS TO BUILD $5BN CITY NEAR BEIJING
| By Simeon Kerr in Dubai |
| Wednesday, July 18, 2007 |
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A consortium led by Gulf Finance House, the Bahraini Islamic investment bank, unveiled plans yesterday to build a residential and industrial city in China worth up to $5bn.
China Energy City will be developed on 13 sq kms in Yanjiou, near Beijing, offering facilities such as a branch of a planned Qatar-based energy exchange, a science park for energy education courses and a Sino-Arab business school, offering business education in English, Chinese and Arabic.
Esam Janahi, chief executive of GFH, said soaring demand in China for Gulf crude oil was a key factor in his company's decision to invest. Mr Janahi noted that while China had invested $7bn in the Gulf, Arab investment in China was relatively modest.
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“With more than 50 per cent of that oil supply expected to come from the Middle East, China is an attractive commercial opportunity for Middle East energy companies,” said Mr Janahi, who is partnering with GFH sister company Gulf Energy and China's Long Juan Co.
The move will spur further Arab investment in China, he said. Arab money is increasingly looking east to find attractive returns for the surplus petrodollars that have accumulated in the region during the past four years but China is still often regarded as a difficult place to invest.
Chinese companies have targeted oil, gas and construction projects in the Gulf, while demand for Chinese goods soars in the consumer societies of the region.
GFH has launched similar energy cities in Qatar and India, near Mumbai.
Qatar's Energy City is set to launch the International Mercantile Exchange which plans to compete with other regional futures exchanges. Officials say the exchange might seek to develop contracts based on natural gas, Qatar's main resource