沙特计划削减经济转型战略实施预算

中国石化新闻网讯 据彭博社4月1日报道，据知情人士透露，随着油价暴跌，沙特经济受到了巨大的影响，沙特王储穆罕默德·本·萨勒曼(Mohammed bin Salman)倡导的一项国家经济转型战略或将大幅削减预算。沙特“2030愿景”(Vision 2030)于2016年推出，旨在摆脱对石油的依赖，实现经济多元化，吸引外国投资。

据两位知情人士透露，沙特已开始对该计划进行全面重新评估，财政部目前正考虑削减预算。不过，目前还没有确定油价暴跌带来的额外压力会对此次评估造成多大影响，但预计预算将被大幅削减。其中一位知情人士表示，削减幅度将超过政府要求的20%。

截至目前，沙特阿拉伯宣布2020年将削减5%的预算，同时还宣布了1200亿里亚尔（320亿美元）的一揽子计划，旨在帮助企业渡过危机。

王佳晶 摘译自 彭博社

原文如下：

Saudi Arabia’s Post-Oil Plan Faces Cuts As Crude Plummets

Plans for a future after oil in Saudi Arabia are increasingly at the mercy of the present.

A strategy to transform the Saudi economy, championed by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, is likely to face deep budget cuts as the coronavirus pandemic and plummeting crude prices batter the economy, according to people familiar with the matter.

Dubbed Vision 2030, the wide-ranging initiative unveiled with fanfare in 2016 aims to diversify the oil-dependent economy and attract foreign investment.

Officials began a broad reassessment of the blueprint before the latest crises, but the Finance Ministry is now specifically looking to pare back its budgets, according to two people familiar with the matter. They said officials hadn’t yet decided how the added pressure of the oil price collapse would affect the review, but they’re expecting significant cuts.

Vision 2030 reductions would come on top of 20% in savings that the government had already asked ministries to find, one of the people said.

So far, Saudi Arabia’s announced a 5% budget cut for 2020, along with a 120 billion-riyal ($32 billion) package aimed at helping businesses survive a near-lockdown.