VOA慢速英語:中國增加對澳大利亞投資

美國之音英語教學，這里是經(jīng)濟報道。

Chinese investment in Australia has moved to the real estate market and infrastructure. It is yet another sign that Australia's once strong mining industry is weakening, as Chinese businesses look for new places to invest.

中國對澳大利亞的投資轉向了房地產(chǎn)市場和基礎設施建設。這是澳大利亞曾經(jīng)強大的采礦業(yè)削弱，中國企業(yè)開辟投資新天地的另一種更表現(xiàn)。

For the first time, almost half of all Chinese investment in Australia is in real estate. Spending on roads, bridges and other infrastructure has also increased.

這是首次幾乎一半在澳大利亞投資的中國企業(yè)共同投向房地產(chǎn)市場。同時在道路，橋梁和其他基礎設施建設上的投資也有所增加。

Private businesses from China are also investing more than state-owned enterprises.

來自中國的個人企業(yè)家業(yè)的投資也超過了對國有企業(yè)的投資。

The findings are contained in a report called "Demystifying Chinese Investment in Australia." It comes from accounting company KPMG Australia, the University of Sydney Business School and the China Studies Center.

這一發(fā)現(xiàn)在一份叫做“揭秘中國在澳大利亞的投資”報道中播報。這是一份來自澳大利亞畢馬威會計事務所，悉尼大學商學院和中國研究中心的報道。

Hans Hendrischke is a professor of Chinese Business and Management at the University of Sydney Business School. He says the study provides examples of what he calls new patterns of interest.

Hans Hendrischke是悉尼商學院中國商業(yè)和管理學院的教授。他說這一研究提供了他所謂的投資新模式案例。

"The most striking feature was the change in Chinese investment composition – that is the shift from big projects in the mining and resources area to this huge increase in real estate, and other industries where the Chinese traditionally had not been too strong, such as leisure and construction. They have bought one of the biggest cinema chains in Australia and one of the two biggest construction firms, John Holland."

最明顯的特征是中國投資組合的變化，從采礦和資源領域的大項目轉移到了房地產(chǎn)市場這種巨大轉變，還有一些中國一直不太強大的休閑和建設行業(yè)。他們買下了澳大利亞最大的電影行業(yè)鏈，和兩大工程公司中的一個，John Holland。

Australia's mining industry was expanding a few years ago. Now, the rate of growth appears to be slowing. Chinese companies with money to spend have looked to real estate as a place to invest. However, Australia's Foreign Investment Review Board must approve what properties the companies can buy.澳大利亞采礦業(yè)在最近幾年有所擴張?，F(xiàn)在增長速度有所放緩。中國投資公司看好房地產(chǎn)市場進行投資。然而澳大利亞外國投資審查委員會必須批準什么樣性質(zhì)的公司才可以購買土地。

Phil Harris is the managing director of Harris Real Estate in Adelaide. He says Chinese buyers are inflating prices in Australia's major cities.

Phil Harris是阿德萊德哈里斯房地產(chǎn)的常務董事。他說中國買家使的澳大利亞主要城市的土地價格上漲。

"There is absolutely no question that it is having a dramatic effect on property prices in particular areas of both Melbourne and Sydney. I have colleagues who own real estate offices in both of those marketplaces, and in some of those markets they are seeing 80 percent of all purchases – now even 100 percent of purchases in certain areas are going to Chinese buyers. There is no question it is having an effect on property prices."

毫無疑問這將對悉尼和墨爾本地區(qū)房價產(chǎn)生巨大影響。我有在房地產(chǎn)行業(yè)擁有公司的同事，他們說有80%，現(xiàn)在甚至100%的交易都來自中國買家。毫無疑問這種情況會影響到房地產(chǎn)價格。

Last year, the Chinese invested $8.3 billion in Australia. The combination of real estate, leisure serves and infrastructure projects made up 79 percent of new Chinese business in the country. That compares with just 11 percent for mining.

去年中國在澳大利亞投資了83億美元。房地產(chǎn)，娛樂服務和基礎設施建設項目在澳大利亞投資中占據(jù)79%，形成了中國在澳大利亞的新投資組合形式。相比之下只有11%的資金投入到了采礦業(yè)。

While real estate is the most popular investment, there is growing interest, too, in Australian agriculture. Andrew Forrest got rich from mining businesses. He says Chinese investment is helping to increase the productivity of farming.

隨著房地產(chǎn)市場日益成為最受歡迎的投資項目，澳大利亞農(nóng)業(yè)利益也有相應上漲。Andrew Forrest通過采礦行業(yè)獲利。他說中國投資正在幫助提高農(nóng)業(yè)生產(chǎn)力。

"So far, Chinese investment into Australia - agriculture - has been well received and they're capable of being a strong and passive partner in projects of massive scale which our capital alone could not develop."

目前為止，中國對澳大利亞農(nóng)業(yè)的投資受到廣泛好評，并且能夠在沃恩不能單獨發(fā)展的項目形成強大被動的合作伙伴。

The falling value of the Australian dollar has made investments in the country more appealing. Easing of Australian visa rules has also attracted investment.

隨著澳大利亞美元的貶值對澳大利亞的投資也更加具有吸引力。寬松的澳大利亞簽證規(guī)定同樣也吸引了投資。

Doug Ferguson is head of KPMG Australia's Asia Business Group. He co-wrote the report on China's investment in Australia. He says Chinese investment is good news.

Doug Ferguson是畢馬威澳大利亞亞洲業(yè)務組組長。他參與撰寫了中國在澳大利亞投資的報道。他說中國對澳大利亞的投資是非常好的一個新聞。

"I think it is very important for our economy to be able to successfully move the structure away from mining, gas and power into sectors that have more, maybe, enduring long-term benefit to the broader economy, which I think real estate, which leisure and tourism and agri business (and) food offers, and that is exactly what is happening, so it is very good news."

我認為這對于我們經(jīng)濟發(fā)展結構脫離采礦，天然氣和電力行業(yè)，轉向更多發(fā)展模式帶來幫助。也許會給我們帶來更加持久的長期受益范圍。我認為房地產(chǎn)行業(yè)，休閑業(yè)和旅游業(yè)和農(nóng)業(yè)企業(yè)食物提供，還有現(xiàn)在正在發(fā)展的一些產(chǎn)業(yè)，都是非常好的發(fā)展勢頭。

China is the sixth largest foreign investor in Australia. The United States and Britain invest more, although Chinese spending is growing fastest.

中國是澳大利亞地六大國外投資者。盡管中國對澳大利亞投資在飛快增長，但是美國和英國的投資會更多一些。

The flow of money from China is a politically sensitive issue, especially purchases of real estate and farms. Last weekend, Australian nationalists demonstrated and burned flags near China's diplomatic offices in Sydney. They were protesting what they described as a "foreign invasion."

中國對澳大利亞的資金流通是政治敏感話題，尤其是房地產(chǎn)和農(nóng)場購買。上周末，澳大利亞民族主義者舉行游行并在悉尼中國外交機構附近焚燒了國旗。他們抗議原因是聲稱保護“外來侵略”。

And that's the VOA Learning English Economics Report. I'm Mario Ritter.

Phil Mercer reported this story for VOA News from Sydney, Australia. Mario Ritter adapted it for Learning English. George Grow was the editor.

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Words in This Story

state-owned enterprises – n. Businesses controlled (through a majority ownership share) or fully owned by a government

real estate – n. property such as buildings and land

leisure – n. industries related to entertainment, recreation, tourism and sports; activities people do in their free time

patterns – n. a regular or repeated form or way something is done

scale – n. the level at which something is done relating to its size, number or frequency

purchase(s) – n. something that is bought; v. to buy something