2017年CRI BAIC launches European branch

 

BAIC Group is a Chinese state-owned enterprise and holding company of several automobile¹ and machine manufacturers located in Beijing. [Photo: jxyscm.cn]

BAIC Capital, a subsidiary of state-owned carmaker BAIC Group, has opened a new office in Frankfurt, Germany.

BAIC executives say the German office will be its European hub as the company tries to expand its reach on the continent.

A special fund is expected to be run out of the Frankfurt office to help with investment opportunities.

For more on the move, the Beijing Hour's Shane Bigham spoke² earlier with John Ross, senior fellow with the Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies at Renmin University.

1 automobile   

n.汽车，机动车

参考例句：

• He is repairing the brake lever of an automobile.他正在修理汽车的刹车杆。
• The automobile slowed down to go around the curves in the road.汽车在路上转弯时放慢了速度。

2 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。