阿里影業入股斯皮爾伯格製片公司
Jack Ma, the internet tycoon, is teaming up with Hollywood director Steven Spielberg in the latest Chinese investment in the US entertainment industry.
互聯網大亨馬雲(Jack Ma，見上圖)與好萊塢導演史蒂芬•斯皮爾伯格(Steven Spielberg)結盟，成就中資對美國娛樂行業的最新投資。
Alibaba Pictures, a Hong Kong-listed unit of China’s largest ecommerce group, said on Sunday that it would take a minority equity stake and board seat in Mr Spielberg’s Amblin Partners, a film production and distribution company. Terms of the deal were not announced.
中國最大電子商務集團旗下在香港上市的阿里影業(Alibaba Pictures)週日表示，它將買入美國電影製作和發行公司、斯皮爾伯格的Amblin Partners的少數股份，並在該公司獲得一個董事會席位。交易條款沒有公佈。
Amblin was established at the end of last year with investments from Anil Ambani’s Reliance Group and Entertainment One, distributor of the British animation series Peppa Pig.
Amblin成立於去年底，參與投資的有印度商人安尼爾•安巴尼(Anil Ambani)旗下的信實集團(Reliance group)，以及英國動畫系列《粉紅豬小妹》(Peppa Pig)的發行商Entertainment One。
Alibaba will co-produce films with Amblin and help distribute them in China.
阿里影業將與Amblin共同製作電影，並幫助在中國發行這些影片。
“Among Chinese consumers, there is an increasing demand for premium global content,” Mr Ma said in a statement, adding that he hoped the partnership would serve as a “cultural bridge”. Amblin could not be reached for comment.
馬雲在一份聲明中表示，“中國消費者對全球性優質內容的需求不斷增長。”他補充說，希望這一夥伴關係成爲一座“文化橋樑”。記者聯繫不上Amblin請其置評。
Chinese companies have been making unprecedented inroads into Hollywood as part of a much larger overseas buying spree. Investors from the world’s second-largest economy are on track to top global M&A tables for the first time this year.
中國企業近來以前所未有的規模進軍好萊塢，這是中資海外收購狂潮整體的一部分。來自世界第二大經濟體的投資者今年將首次領銜全球併購排行榜。
But the investments are increasingly controversial in some circles. Last week, John Culberson, head of a US Congressional subcommittee that oversees funding for the Justice Department, said Hollywood investments by China’s richest man, Wang Jianlin, should be reviewed.
但這些投資正在某些圈子引發越來越大的爭議。上週，美國國會一個負責監督對司法部(DoJ)撥款的小組委員會的主席約翰•庫爾伯森(John Culberson)表示，中國首富王健林對好萊塢的投資應該受到審查。
The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States, which vets acquisitions by overseas investors on national security grounds, has traditionally not expressed concerns about Chinese investment in Hollywood.
基於國家安全理由對海外投資者的收購交易進行評估的美國外國投資委員會(CFIUS)，迄今沒有對中企在好萊塢的投資表示關注。
US entertainment purchases by Mr Wang’s Wanda Group include cinema chain AMC Entertainment Holdings and production company Legendary Entertainment.
王健林的萬達集團(Wanda Group)在美國娛樂行業的收購對象包括電影院線AMC娛樂控股公司(AMC Entertainment Holdings)和製片公司傳奇娛樂(Legendary Entertainment)。
Wanda has also entered into exclusive negotiation to acquire Dick Clark Productions, which stages the Golden Globe Awards and Miss America pageant.
萬達還準備收購舉辦金球獎(Golden Globe Awards)和美國小姐選美比賽(Miss America)的迪克•克拉克製片公司(Dick Clark Productions)，已爲此進入排他性談判。
Similar investments by foreign investors in China’s tightly controlled entertainment and media industries are not allowed, leading to calls for an increased emphasis on reciprocity in US and EU trade negotiations with Beijing.
外國投資者要在中國受到嚴格控制的娛樂和媒體行業進行類似投資是不被允許的，這導致有人呼籲美國和歐盟在與北京方面的貿易談判中更加註重互惠對等。
On Saturday, China’s State Council said it would encourage foreign investment in sectors including sports and culture, but did not provide specifics.
週六，中國國務院表示將鼓勵外商投資體育和文化等產業，但沒有具體說明。
