中國—東盟共建21世紀海上絲綢之路聯合采訪活動圓滿結束

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中國—東盟共建21世紀海上絲綢之路聯合采訪活動圓滿結束

□ 文/中國—東盟中心

參訪長沙企業

2017年4月26日，由中國—東盟中心和中國國務院新聞辦聯合主辦，中國外文局、中國報道雜志社承辦的“中國—東盟共建21世紀海上絲綢之路聯合采訪活動”圓滿結束。

此次聯合采訪活動以中國中部地區的產業轉型與國際合作為主題，聚焦湖南和江西兩省的特色和優勢產業、參與“一帶一路”建設取得的成果以及與東盟國家合作的前景。在為期10天的行程中，東盟10國17家媒體的20名記者和中國媒體一道，先后到訪湖南省長沙市、株洲市、湘潭市和江西省南昌市、九江市、景德鎮市、婺源縣等七個市（縣），分別與省市領導及相關部門負責人交流座談，參訪長株潭兩型試驗區、三一集團、湖南獵豹汽車、中車株洲電力機車有限公司、泰富重裝、小藍經濟開發區、江鈴汽車、九江石化、正大飼料公司、景德鎮陶瓷工藝博物館等，實地考察了解當地經濟社會發展以及與東盟交流合作情況，體驗當地獨具特色的社會人文風情。

采訪考察過程中，東盟各國記者認真聽取相關方面的介紹，與當地官員和企業界人士交流互動，結合各自國家的發展現狀和需求深入了解相關情況，并現場進行節目錄制，利用網絡媒體及時報道。他們還接受中國媒體同行的采訪，暢談所感所想。東盟各國記者紛紛表示，此行加深了他們對中國特別是中部地區的了解，感受到中國中部地區蓬勃的發展活力，將向本國民眾如實介紹湖南和江西兩省相關情況，為中國—東盟關系發展貢獻自己的力量，希望今后還有機會參與此類活動。

中國—東盟中心秘書長楊秀萍、中國報道雜志社副總編輯趙珺、中心新聞公關部主任吳威德以及湖南省、江西省相關部門負責人陪同參訪。人民日報、新華社、中央電視臺、中央人民廣播電臺、中國國際廣播電臺、中國日報以及參訪省市的當地媒體隨團采訪報道。

Chinese locomotive and railway equipment giant CRRC Zelc is to conduct a feasibility study into the investment potential of Cambodia to help improve the kingdom’s railway system while contributing to the Belt and Road Initiative.

CRRC’s vice president Zhang Liquiang said that as the company expands abroad, Southeast Asia will be a good frontier market.

Speaking in Changsha city in Hunan province, China, Mr. Zhang said that the company will conduct research about the Cambodian market for investment and business cooperation potential.

“Our company produces locomotives and constructs railways here in China,” he said.

“For the ASEAN market, we have already been to Thailand, Malaysia and Vietnam.”

“In Cambodia we will contact the relevant authorities to seek a possible study into the potential to enter the market,”he said.

“We don’t have any sales of our product in Cambodia yet.”“But, we do hope that in the next few years when we get more investment information, we will do business there.”

“ASEAN is our main market so we will go to all these countries because under the initiative of Chinese President Xi Jinping over the 21stCentury Maritime Silk Road, there will be more connections among all countries in ASEAN and with others. We are part of that push,” said Mr. Zhang.

Alice Sheng, senior commercial manager of the overseas business division of CRRC, said that her company had already entered some ASEAN markets, and that she would visit Cambodia soon to get more investment information.

“I’m studying the market for the whole of Southeast Asia and next year we are going to research the market in Cambodia,” she said.

In 2015, China Railway International Group conducted a feasibility study to invest in railway-building in Cambodia after they met then Minister of Commerce Sun Chanthol who is currently Minister of Public Works and Transport.

In 2010, two Chinese owned-companies, Cambodia Iron & Steel Mining Industry Group and the China Railway Group, signed a joint venture worth US$ 9.6 billion to build a new railway line with 11 stations as well as an iron and steel factory in Preah Vihear province.

The companies, in a joint statement, said the railway will be 405 km long, stretching from the mining area of Preah Vihear province through the southern provinces of Kampong Thom, Kampong Chhnang, Kampong Speu and f nally Koh Kong province. It will not connect to the existing lines of Toll Royal Railways.

The money will also cover the cost of a new port and a new bridge in Koh Kong.

The planned iron and steel plant in Preah Vihear will cost US$ 1.6 billion. But so far, no action has been taken over the project.

Chinese companies are also set to build a US$ 7 billion, 400 km high-speed rail link through neighboring Laos and are trying to win contracts to build new lines in Thailand.

· Source: Khmer Times

Railway Firm Eyes Cambodia

By ASEAN-China Centre (ACC)