以色列可以争取到中国的投资前景

A few weeks ago I wrote a post about Israel China investment future. This was right before a week full of events I attended to.

几周前我写了一篇有关以色列的中国投资前景的文章。那是我在参加了一整周的活动之前写的。

When invited by Sino-Israel Global Network & Academic Leadership (SIGNAL) to sit at a round table on Israel’s China policy, I didn’t really know what to expect frankly. As a fast paced entrepreneur, dealing with something like policy seemed like a slow thing that would take ages to change and would belong to my parents’ generation. Something belonging to the “old world” with the old “order”.

被邀请参加中以全球网络和学术领袖会议的我坐在圆桌上讨论以色列的中国政策，坦白说我真的没有什么好期待的。作为一个脾气急躁的企业家，在面对政策这样的事情时我觉得节奏太慢了，因为政策要花几代人的时间才能改变，这是我父母那一代的事物。一个属于“旧世界”的旧“秩序”的事物。

How does policy making work in the internet era? Diplomacy is a slow industry…

政策制定如何在互联网时代运作？外交是个迟钝的行业。。。

Well, surprise here! Policy and strategy are fast changing relevant words for today’s world. Perhaps not as fast as sending a WeChat message but still, you feel the move and you feel the excitement behind when discussing them. Why? Because discussions over such issues can move mountains when they reach the right ears.

但是惊喜出现了！对于如今的世界来说，政策和战略是快速变化的具有重大意义的词汇。或许没有像发微信那么快，但是当你在讨论这些问题时，你依然可以感受到变化及其背后令人兴奋的感觉。为什么？因为这类问题的讨论在被正确的人听到时可以产生地动山摇的作用。

One of the main questions I’ve been asking myself, which also came up in the discussion several times is: Is Israel really important to China？

我经常问自己的一个主要问题也是在讨论中经常出现的一个问题是：以色列对中国来说真的重要吗？

We see endless delegations coming in-and-out of Israel for business, investments and academic exchange purposes, but perhaps Israel is just a commodity to consume like any other country in the world which would like to do successful business with a rising superpower.

我们看到无尽的代表团来来往往以色列进行商业，投资和学术交流活动，但是以色列或许只是一种用于消费的商品，就像其他国家那样，都想和崛起的超级强国建立成功的商业关系。

I of course don’t have an answer to that. But if the answer is: “Yes, Israel is a commodity”; then there should be a discussion of how to handle this reality, how to leverage the assets Israel already has and keep Israel’s competitive advantage over other countries.

我当然无法回答这样的问题。但如果答案是：“是的，以色列是一种商品”；那么我们就应该发起相应的讨论，比如以色列应该如何处理这个现实，如何利用以色列目前已经拥有的资源，以及如何让以色列保持对其他国家的竞争优势。