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发表于 2008-2-19 12:53
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澳大利亚公布审查外资六项原则（中英对照）
英国《金融时报》彼得•史密斯(Peter Smith)悉尼报道 | 2008年2月19日 星期二 |
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澳大利亚将对外国投资者加大审查力度，这是首个国家为控制主权财富基金和国有公司的活动采取具体措施。" T- j" B9 \9 J4 ?/ M+ `5 Z
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澳大利亚政府公布了6项原则，称其目的是“提高澳大利亚外资审查机制的透明度”。4 Q6 F3 [2 Z- H" K/ Z V
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澳大利亚财长韦恩•斯旺(Wayne Swan)表示，这些规定并非针对中国，坚称新一届工党政府仍将向外资敞开大门。
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- A0 m/ m8 i. ? K8 n; O澳大利亚政府出台这一举措仅数周前，中国国有铝业集团中国铝业公司(Aluminium Corporation of China, Chinalco)旗下一家公司和美国铝业(Alcoa)联手出资140亿美元，购入力拓(Rio Tinto)9%股权。力拓是一家英澳合资矿业集团，该公司拒绝了竞争对手必和必拓(BHP Billiton)提出的1470亿美元的敌意收购报价。
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; F7 l! n, @+ h$ A0 k: h尽管中铝与美铝购入力拓的股权比例低于自动触发政府调查的15%上限，但澳大利亚外商投资审核委员会(Foreign Investment Review Board)正对此次股权收购进行审查。
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8 {5 w; I) X! q1 ?7 P澳大利亚未来将考查“投资方的运作是否独立于相关外国政府之外”。根据这一原则，澳大利亚外商投资审核委员会将考查潜在投资者的运作是否独立于该国政府，以及其公司治理和融资安排。
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8 X) i6 ]) ?! ~, V9 f9 L) K' z澳大利亚总理陆克文(Kevin Rudd)拒绝就具体投资发表评论。据悉，在中铝入股力拓之前，澳大利亚政府就在考虑采取措施，应对主权财富基金。, R( K2 P X. A4 C1 m8 l2 p5 H( [
{7 X, d0 B, J% J( z B) f, t中国国家外汇管理局(State Administration of Foreign Exchange)副局长魏本华上月表示，发达国家不应歧视来自发展中国家的主权财富基金，也不应令其遭受“金融保护主义”。他这番言论反映出，中国政府在试图为巨额外汇储备方面获得更高收益的过程中，对国际社会的反应感到担心。' }9 K! U) f0 N$ F6 [( `4 I$ B
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CANBERRA INVESTMENT ALERT
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| By Peter Smith in Sydney | | Tuesday, February 19, 2008 | | | Australia is to raise scrutiny of foreign investors, the first example of a nation taking concrete steps towards controlling activities of sovereign wealth funds and state-owned companies.; `2 P7 j9 a6 X7 w
" T, u4 O9 Z1 N; ?( b5 bThe government published six principles it said were intended to “enhance transparency of Australia's foreign investment screening regime”.
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Wayne Swan, the country's treasurer, said the rules were not aimed at China, insisting that the new Labor government remained open to foreign investment.
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% [4 j' \1 `$ Z) H- r* e; yCanberra's move comes just weeks after a company owned by Aluminium Corporation of China (Chinalco), the state-owned aluminium group, and Alcoa of the US spent $14bn to buy 9 per cent of Rio Tinto, the Anglo-Australian mining group that has rejected a hostile $147bn offer from rival BHP Billiton.
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The country's Foreign Investment Review Board is examining the acquisition even though the joint venture company's stake is below the 15 per cent threshold that automatically triggers an inquiry by the authorities.
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Australia will in future consider whether “an investor's operations are independent from the relevant foreign government”. Within that principle, the FIRB will consider whether the prospective investors operate at arm's length from the government, and its governance and funding arrangements. $ G0 }; k+ }1 ]0 o% f
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Kevin Rudd, the prime minister, declined to comment on specific investments. It is thought that the government was considering measures to deal with sovereign wealth funds in advance of Chinalco's move." a* ^4 C7 z. H
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A top Chinese official last month said the developed world should not discriminate against sovereign funds from developing nations or subject them to “financial protectionism”. The comments by Wei Benhua, deputy head of China's State Administration of Foreign Exchange, reflect Beijing's concern over global reactions to its attempts to generate better returns from its vast foreign exchange reserves./ i" o$ P4 a4 O3 n2 {) N
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