中國企業再度競購澳大利亞大片牧場

Australia’s richest woman Gina Rinehart is offering A$365m (US$277m) in conjunction with a Chinese partner for a historic cattle company that could test Canberra’s tolerance for Chinese investment after it turned down two previous bids for the land.

澳大利亞女首富吉娜•萊因哈特(Gina Rinehart)出資3.65億澳元（合2.77億美元），與一家中國企業攜手競購該國一家歷史悠久的畜牧企業。此舉可測試澳大利亞政府對中國投資者的容忍度，當地政府已兩次拒絕中國投資者對相關土地的投標。

The offer for S Kidman & Co, which owns more than 1 per cent of the country’s landmass — an area that is bigger than Ireland — was made by Australian Outback Beef, a company two-thirds owned by Ms Rinehart’s Hancock Prospecting and one-third by Shanghai CRED Real Estate, owned by Chinese businessman Gui Guojie.

此次競購目標基德曼公司(S Kidman & Co)擁有澳大利亞逾1%的土地，面積超過愛爾蘭國土。收購提出方爲Australian Outback Beef，該公司三分之二股權爲萊因哈特的漢考克勘探公司(Hancock Prospecting)持有，其餘三分之一爲中國商人桂國傑的上海中房置業有限公司(Shanghai CRED Real Estate)持有。

Two previous bids by a Chinese consortium for the land were blocked by Canberra, in part due to national security concerns related to the presence of a missile range on the vast Anna Creek station.

此前一家中國財團曾兩次競投這塊土地，均遭到澳大利亞政府拒絕，部分原因是廣袤的安娜溪養牛場(Anna Creek)位於導彈射程內，關係到國家安全問題。

The AOB offer is conditional on gaining foreign investment approval from Canberra and on the separate disposal by Kidman of Anna Creek, which makes up almost a quarter of the area controlled by the company.

Australian Outback Beef的要約取決於能否獲得澳大利亞政府對外國投資的批准，以及基德曼公司能否單獨處置安娜溪養牛場，其面積佔該公司控制土地近四分之一。

“Kidman is an iconic cattle business established more than a century ago by Sir Sidney Kidman,” said Gina Rinehart in a statement. “It is an operation founded on hard work and perseverance by an outstanding Australian, and is an important part of Australia’s pioneering and entrepreneurial history.”

吉娜•萊因哈特在一份聲明中表示：“基德曼公司是由西德尼•基德曼爵士(Sir Sidney Kidman)在一個多世紀前建立的一家標誌性畜牧企業。這家企業是由一位優秀的澳大利亞人以勤勞和毅力創建的，也是澳大利亞開拓和創業歷史的重要組成部分。”

Shanghai CRED, which was founded in 1999, was part of a consortium that submitted a previous bid for Kidman but which was knocked back by Canberra on national security grounds.

上海中房置業有限公司成立於1999年，此前曾參與一家財團向基德曼公司投標，但被澳大利亞政府以國家安全理由拒絕。

Mr Gui, a low-profile property developer, said in a statement that partnering with Hancock had already proved to be a productive approach and he looked forward to having the opportunity to work with Hancock through the Kidman investment.

低調的房地產開發商桂國傑在一份聲明中表示，事實證明與漢考克勘探公司的合作是一種行之有效的方法，他期待通過基德曼這筆投資獲得與漢考克的合作機會。