VOA慢速英语:柬埔寨深化改革来改善投资环境

柬埔寨深化改革来改善投资环境

From VOA Learning English, this is the Economics Report.

这里是美国之音慢速英语经济报道。

In June, Cambodian Commerce Minister Sun Chanthol spent a week in the United States. He visited the western cities of Los Angeles and Seattle before travelling to Washington D.C. During the trip, the Commerce Minister spoke about the willingness of his government to make "deep" reforms to improve conditions for investment.

6月份，柬埔寨商业部长孙占托在美国停留一周。在此次旅途中，他在访问华盛顿之前先参观了美国西部的洛杉矶和西雅图，他声称愿意深化改革来改善柬埔寨的投资环境。

He said the reforms would result in lower cost for investors. He said transportation and energy costs would be reduced. He also said the government would improve the skills of Cambodians through training.

他称这次改革将会降低投资者的投资成本，交通和能源成本将会减少，政府还会完善柬埔寨的直达快车运输能力。

Mr Sun Chanthol said the new political will to make reforms is the result of the general elections last year. In the voting, the ruling Cambodian People's Party lost a number of seats in parliament. The opposition Cambodian National Rescue Party disputed the results. It said cheating was to blame.

孙占托称促使改革的新政策是去年大选的结果。在大选中，执政党柬埔寨人民党在国会中失去了很多席位，在野党救国党对此次结果有争议，称这是选举作弊造成的。

Alex Feldman is president of the U.S.-ASEAN Business Council. He says that among investors, interest in Cambodia has grown over time. But he says investors need to see more evidence of reform.

亚历克斯·费尔德曼是美国亚细安商业理事会的会长，他称随着时间流逝，投资者中对柬埔寨感兴趣的投资者越来越多。但是，他又称，投资者想看到更多的改革实际行动。

"What the minister was talking about today was all very positive and all things that will attract business. We have seen progress. It's probably not been as much as the U.S. investors or the government would like. Hopefully, this time we make more progress. But we'll have to wait and see," said Feldman.

费尔德曼说：“柬埔寨商业部长今天所谈到的很积极，他所说的所有事情都会吸引商业投资。我们已经看到了柬埔寨的进步，它可能不会像美国那样有那么多投资者，也不会美国政府那样，这一次我们会有更多的进步，但是我们需要拭目以待。”

Alex Feldman says Cambodia should continue to improve roads, ports and other infrastructure. He says the country also has to improve the skill base of its citizens and fight corruption.

亚历克斯·费尔德曼称，柬埔寨应该继续去改善公路，港口，和其他公共设施，并且该国要提高本国国民的基本素质，和反腐败能力。

In 2013, Transparency International named Cambodia the most corrupt country in Southeast Asia.

在2013年，透明国际组织指明柬埔寨是最腐败的国家。

Sun Chanthol says the Cambodian government has taken major steps toward reform, these include passing an anti-corruption law and creating an agency to fight corruption.

孙占托称柬埔寨政府已经采取了重要改革措施，包括颁布反腐败法和建立反腐败机构。

Storm Tiv works for the Asia division at Human Rights Watch. He admits that anti-corruption efforts have increased in Cambodia. But he says the lack of openness about the process will make them ineffective.

斯托姆·蒂弗在人权监察站亚洲分站工作，他承认柬埔寨的反腐败活动有所增加。但是他称，这个反腐过程缺乏公开性将会使它无法产生效果。

"The lack of the ability to publicly disclose the assets of ministers keeps corruption as an issue. And so unless assets are publicly disclosed, corruption is still going to be an issue. The existence of an anti-corruption unit, then, doesn't seem to show any real difference in how Cambodia addresses corruption," said Tiv.

蒂弗说：“缺乏公开揭露部长资产的能力使得腐败成为一个难题。除非资产公开，要不腐败仍然会是一个问题。反腐机构的存在并不会对柬埔寨的反腐带来什么真的区别。”

Those who took part in the Washington meeting with the Commerce Minister said they were hopeful about Cambodia's reform plans. However, they said it was too soon to know if they would result in changes.

和商业部长一起参加华盛顿会议的人们说，他们对柬埔寨的改革抱有希望。但是想要看看他们是否会有所改变，这个不是很快就会看到的，需要时间。

And that's the Economics Report in VOA Learning English. It was based on a report by Sophat Soeung. I'm Mario Ritter.

这就是今天慢速英语美国之音经济报道的全部内容，本篇文章是根据Sophat Soeung的报道而来，我是Mario Ritter。