关注时事:中国电信开拓巴西市场

China Telecom, the country's largest fixed-line carrier by sales, is targeting the Brazilian market, as Chinese groups expand their interests beyond the resources sector in Latin America's largest economy.

随着中国企业对巴西的兴趣扩展到资源行业之外，中国销售额最高的固话运营商中国电信(China Telecom)正在瞄准拉丁美洲最大经济体的市场。

China Telecom and an affiliate, China Comservice, are setting up offices in Sao Paulo to provide internet, data and outsourcing services in a bid to establish a foothold ahead of Brazil's hosting of the soccer World Cup in 2014 and the Olympic Games two years later.

中国电信及其附属公司中国通信服务(China Comservice)正在圣保罗(Sao Paulo)设立办事处，以提供互联网、数据和外包服务，争取在巴西于2014年举办世界杯(World Cup)以及两年后的奥运会(Olympic Games)之前站稳脚跟。

"We serve the Chinese enterprises that are coming and making investments in Brazil and in Latin America," said Luis Fiallo, managing director of China Telecom Americas, adding the group also wanted to target local and multinational companies in Brazil.

中国电信美洲分公司董事总经理路易斯•菲亚略(Luis Fiallo)表示：“我们为前来巴西和拉美并进行投资的中国企业提供服务。”他补充道，该公司还计划开拓巴西当地和跨国企业的市场。

Chinese investment in Brazil has increased rapidly. Brazil's low savings rate means it needs investment, while China's savings make it a potential exporter of capital.

中国在巴西投资增长迅猛。巴西储蓄率较低，意味着该国需要投资，而中国的高储蓄率使之成为潜在的资本输出国。

The largest Chinese investments in Brazil continue to be in the oil and gas sector, with Sinopec in November paying $5.2bn for a 30 per cent stake in the Brazilian assets of Galp Energia, the Portuguese energy company.

中国在巴西的最大投资依然集中在石油和天然气领域。去年11月，中石化(Sinopec)以52亿美元收购了葡萄牙能源企业Galp Energia在巴西资产的30%股份。

Chinese companies are expanding in other areas too, with electricity group State Grid paying $531m last month for the Brazilian assets of Spain's Actividades de Construcci on y Servicios in its second foray into the sector.

中国企业也在进入其他领域，如上个月中国电力集团国家电网(State Grid)以5.31亿美元收购西班牙建筑公司Actividades de Construcción y Servicios在巴西的资产，这是国家电网第二次尝试进入该领域。

The major Chinese banks, such as Bank of China, are also present or setting up offices in Brazil, and engineering and logistics companies are making inroads.

中国银行(BoC)等中国大型银行正在或已经落户巴西，工程和物流企业也竞相涌入。