工行将向俄发电项目提供10亿美元融资
Deal highlights China’s closer ties with Russia
China’s largest listed commercial bank has agreed its first financing deal for a Russian infrastructure pro-ject, in the latest agreement to highlight the growing investment relationship between the two countries.
中国最大的上市商业银行已达成首笔针对俄罗斯基建项目的融资协议，这一交易突显中俄两国投资关系不断发展。
Industrial and Commercial Bank of Chinawill provide $1bn of financing to build a power plant at Yaroslavl to the north-east of Moscow, said bankers and advisers.
据银行家和顾问们透露，中国工商银行(ICBC)将提供10亿美元融资，用于在莫斯科东北方向上的雅罗斯拉夫尔(Yaroslavl)建造一座发电厂。
The borrower is a joint venture between Huadian, the Chinese sponsor, and Territorial Generation Company, a Russian energy business. Chinese manufacturers will supply the plant’s generation equipment.
借款方是项目发起人、中国的华电(Huadian)与俄罗斯能源企业“领土发电公司”(Territorial Generation Company)的合资公司。中国制造商将供应这家电厂的发电设备。
China’s ability to build faster and cheaper than competitors was a leading reason the Chinese were given the contract. Chinese banks are also said to be considering financing a power station in the Russian far east and other infrastructure projects, insiders said.
与竞争对手相比，中方能够更快、更低成本地从事建造，这是中方得到合同的首要原因。知情人士称，中资银行据说也在考虑为俄罗斯远东的一座发电厂以及其它基础设施项目提供融资。
The Yaroslavl deal is separate from agreements signed in June by Vladimir Putin, Russian president, and Hu Jintao, his Chinese counterpart, in Beijing. But it is seen as a significant development in relations between the two countries as it provides funding for Russian infrastructure development.
雅罗斯拉夫尔交易并不在俄罗斯总统弗拉基米尔•普京(Vladimir Putin)与中国国家主席胡锦涛6月份在北京签署的一揽子协议之列。但这笔交易被视为两国关系中的一项重大发展，因为它为俄罗斯的基础设施建设提供资金。
“Long-term, the Russians need to diversify their economy,” a senior Chinese investment official said. “But the investment environment is not mature and foreign investors, including the Chinese, have little understanding of Russia. The good way [to handle such investments] is to work with the government.”
“长远而言，俄罗斯需要推动经济多元化，”中国一名高级投资官员表示。“但目前投资环境不成熟，包括中方在内的外国投资者对俄罗斯了解甚少。与政府开展合作是(处理此类投资的)一种不错的方式。”
