沙特希望吸引4300亿美元的外国投资

中国石化新闻网讯 据今日油价1月28日报道称，美国全国广播公司财经频道（CNBC）周末援引沙特能源部长哈立德.法利赫告诉媒体的话说，沙特阿拉伯正寻求吸引近4300亿美元的外国投资，用于用于一个大型基础设施项目。

法利赫表示：“这是一项雄心勃勃的计划，但需要超过10年的时间，所以我们有时间来完成，”他还补充说，预计当地和国际私营部门都将参与这项雄心勃勃的计划，将涵盖能源，物流，采矿和工业部门。

这笔资金将用于国家工业发展和物流项目，该项目是由穆罕默德王储倡导的“2030年愿景经济转型计划”的一部分，旨在减少沙特阿拉伯对石油收入的依赖。

事实证明，在油价下跌的背景下，这种转变是一个挑战，但沙特显然在坚持：法利赫今天晚些时候也表示，他将宣布在未来十年内需要融资的具体项目，这些项目已经“准备好进行谈判”。他说，这些项目的总价值为186.6亿美元（700亿里亚尔）。

CNBC和路透社指出，外国投资将有助于该计划的成功，但外国投资可能比想象的更难实现，因为在过去十年中外国投资一直在稳步下降。

董飞 摘译自 今日油价

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Saudis Look To Attract $430 Billion In Foreign Investment

Saudi Arabia is looking to attract almost US$430 billion in foreign investments for a large-scale infrastructure program, Energy Minister Khalid al-Falih told media, as quoted by CNBC during the weekend.

“It is quite ambitious but it is over a 10-year period so we have the time to do it,” Al-Falih said, adding that both the local and international private sector will be expected to take part in the ambitious program, which will span the energy, logistics, mining, and industrial sectors.

The funds will go into the National Industrial Development and Logistics Program, which is part of the Vision 2030 economic transformation program pioneered by Crown Prince Mohamed and aimed at reducing Saudi Arabia’s dependence on oil revenues.

This transformation has proven to be a challenge in a lower oil price context, but the Kingdom is apparently persevering: Al-Falih also said later today he will announce specific projects that need financing over the next ten years and that are already “ready for negotiations”. These projects, he said, were worth a combined US$18.66 billion (70 billion riyals).

Foreign investment will be instrumental for the success of the program, CNBC and Reuters note, but foreign investment might be harder to come by than imagined as it has been declining steadily over the last decade.