2019年CRI Belt and Road construction boosted with third-party market cooperation

 

Chinese enterprises have registered increasing numbers of cooperation projects with foreign counterparts in third-party markets.

The method has become a new formula for China's collaboration¹ with developed economies under the Belt and Road initiative.

In June 2015, China and France put forward the idea of cooperating in third-party markets.

This new model of international cooperation aims to combine China's production capacity with advanced technologies from France in order to meet the high level of demand in developing countries.

China Harbour, together with France's Bollore Group and CMA-CGM shipping² company, won a contract for a 25-year franchise³ of the container berths⁴ at the Kribi port in Cameroon.

When completed, the deep water port is expected to become the largest in the country.

China Harbour deputy manager Pan Qingjiang says the project has created good outcomes for all of the participants.

"This project combines the respective advantages of the three companies in port construction, trade, and logistics. It lays a foundation for further cooperation in the future. The project has also greatly contributed to the economic and social development of Cameroon. It provided the infrastructure⁵ and the necessary international trade and transportation hub for this whole area. It not only drives the development of the local economy, it also benefits the whole Guinea Gulf⁶ region and central Africa."

Last month, Shanghai SUS Environment signed agreements with a French new energy company to jointly⁷ build a platform for the development of sustainable energy resources.

SUS Environment owns patents for unique refuse burning technology, and has accumulated about a 40 percent share of the domestic market.

Company director Zhou Shiyuan said the partnership⁸ with their French counterpart helps his company to develop third-party markets overseas.

"Our French partners mainly build solar and wind energy facilities both inside and outside of France. We're combining their techniques with our plants that transform waste to energy, to form a combined project. Then we will talk to the governments that may need this kind of project."

China's Zoomlion Heavy Industry Corporation specializes in the manufacturing of high-tech⁹ equipment such as machinery¹⁰ used in the construction and agriculture sectors¹¹.

In 2008, Zoomlion acquired the world's third-largest concrete machinery manufacturer, CIFA of Italy.

After the acquisition, Zoomlion teamed up with CIFA and started expanding their markets overseas.

He Song is the company deputy chief of international business. He says that third-party market cooperation now provides them with regular customers from around the world.

"We have made the Italian company accessible in the global network. We not only cover Europe, but also markets in North America, the Middle East, and in North Africa. At the same time we have extended its business into construction crane and tower crane equipment. This work has allowed us to extend our product chain and the expansion of our manufacturing base in the Middle East."

So far China has signed agreements on third-party market cooperation with France, Canada, Japan, Singapore, and Italy, along with some other international organizations.

1 collaboration   

n.合作，协作；勾结

参考例句：

• The two companies are working in close collaboration each other.这两家公司密切合作。
• He was shot for collaboration with the enemy.他因通敌而被枪毙了。

2 shipping   

n.船运（发货，运输，乘船）

参考例句：

• We struck a bargain with an American shipping firm.我们和一家美国船运公司谈成了一笔生意。
• There's a shipping charge of ￡5 added to the price.价格之外另加五英镑运输费。

3 franchise   

n.特许，特权，专营权，特许权

参考例句：

• Catering in the schools is run on a franchise basis.学校餐饮服务以特许权经营。
• The United States granted the franchise to women in 1920.美国于1920年给妇女以参政权。

4 berths   

n.（船、列车等的）卧铺( berth的名词复数 )；（船舶的）停泊位或锚位；差事；船台vt.v.停泊( berth的第三人称单数 )；占铺位

参考例句：

• Berths on steamships can be booked a long while in advance. 轮船上的床位可以提前多日预订。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• Have you got your berths on the ship yet? 你们在船上有舱位了吗？ 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

5 infrastructure   

n.下部构造，下部组织，基础结构，基础设施

参考例句：

• We should step up the development of infrastructure for research.加强科学基础设施建设。
• We should strengthen cultural infrastructure and boost various types of popular culture.加强文化基础设施建设，发展各类群众文化。

6 gulf   

n.海湾；深渊，鸿沟；分歧，隔阂

参考例句：

• The gulf between the two leaders cannot be bridged.两位领导人之间的鸿沟难以跨越。
• There is a gulf between the two cities.这两座城市间有个海湾。

7 jointly   

ad.联合地，共同地

参考例句：

• Tenants are jointly and severally liable for payment of the rent. 租金由承租人共同且分别承担。
• She owns the house jointly with her husband. 她和丈夫共同拥有这所房子。

8 partnership   

n.合作关系，伙伴关系

参考例句：

• The company has gone into partnership with Swiss Bank Corporation.这家公司已经和瑞士银行公司建立合作关系。
• Martin has taken him into general partnership in his company.马丁已让他成为公司的普通合伙人。

9 high-tech   

adj.高科技的

参考例句：

• The economy is in the upswing which makes high-tech services in more demand too.经济在蓬勃发展，这就使对高科技服务的需求量也在加大。
• The quest of a cure for disease with high-tech has never ceased. 人们希望运用高科技治疗疾病的追求从未停止过。

10 machinery   

n.(总称)机械，机器；机构

参考例句：

• Has the machinery been put up ready for the broadcast?广播器材安装完毕了吗？
• Machinery ought to be well maintained all the time.机器应该随时注意维护。

11 sectors   

n.部门( sector的名词复数 )；领域；防御地区；扇形

参考例句：

• Berlin was divided into four sectors after the war. 战后柏林分成了4 个区。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Industry and agriculture are the two important sectors of the national economy. 工业和农业是国民经济的两个重要部门。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》