VOA慢速英语:中国增加对澳大利亚投资

美国之音英语教学，这里是经济报道。

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.

中国对澳大利亚的投资转向了房地产市场和基础设施建设。这是澳大利亚曾经强大的采矿业削弱，中国企业开辟投资新天地的另一种更表现。

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.

这是首次几乎一半在澳大利亚投资的中国企业共同投向房地产市场。同时在道路，桥梁和其他基础设施建设上的投资也有所增加。

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

来自中国的个人企业家业的投资也超过了对国有企业的投资。

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.

这一发现在一份叫做“揭秘中国在澳大利亚的投资”报道中播报。这是一份来自澳大利亚毕马威会计事务所，悉尼大学商学院和中国研究中心的报道。

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是悉尼商学院中国商业和管理学院的教授。他说这一研究提供了他所谓的投资新模式案例。

"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."

最明显的特征是中国投资组合的变化，从采矿和资源领域的大项目转移到了房地产市场这种巨大转变，还有一些中国一直不太强大的休闲和建设行业。他们买下了澳大利亚最大的电影行业链，和两大工程公司中的一个，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.澳大利亚采矿业在最近几年有所扩张。现在增长速度有所放缓。中国投资公司看好房地产市场进行投资。然而澳大利亚外国投资审查委员会必须批准什么样性质的公司才可以购买土地。

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是阿德莱德哈里斯房地产的常务董事。他说中国买家使的澳大利亚主要城市的土地价格上涨。

"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."

毫无疑问这将对悉尼和墨尔本地区房价产生巨大影响。我有在房地产行业拥有公司的同事，他们说有80%，现在甚至100%的交易都来自中国买家。毫无疑问这种情况会影响到房地产价格。

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.

去年中国在澳大利亚投资了83亿美元。房地产，娱乐服务和基础设施建设项目在澳大利亚投资中占据79%，形成了中国在澳大利亚的新投资组合形式。相比之下只有11%的资金投入到了采矿业。

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.

随着房地产市场日益成为最受欢迎的投资项目，澳大利亚农业利益也有相应上涨。Andrew Forrest通过采矿行业获利。他说中国投资正在帮助提高农业生产力。

"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."

目前为止，中国对澳大利亚农业的投资受到广泛好评，并且能够在沃恩不能单独发展的项目形成强大被动的合作伙伴。

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

随着澳大利亚美元的贬值对澳大利亚的投资也更加具有吸引力。宽松的澳大利亚签证规定同样也吸引了投资。

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是毕马威澳大利亚亚洲业务组组长。他参与撰写了中国在澳大利亚投资的报道。他说中国对澳大利亚的投资是非常好的一个新闻。

"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."

我认为这对于我们经济发展结构脱离采矿，天然气和电力行业，转向更多发展模式带来帮助。也许会给我们带来更加持久的长期受益范围。我认为房地产行业，休闲业和旅游业和农业企业食物提供，还有现在正在发展的一些产业，都是非常好的发展势头。

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

中国是澳大利亚地六大国外投资者。尽管中国对澳大利亚投资在飞快增长，但是美国和英国的投资会更多一些。

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."

中国对澳大利亚的资金流通是政治敏感话题，尤其是房地产和农场购买。上周末，澳大利亚民族主义者举行游行并在悉尼中国外交机构附近焚烧了国旗。他们抗议原因是声称保护“外来侵略”。

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