關注社會:中國9月份進出口降幅收窄

【英文原文】

LOTTE Shopping IN TALKS TO BUY CHINESE CHAIN

Lotte Shopping, South Korea's second-largest retailer, is in talks to buy a controlling stake in Times, the Chinese supermarket operator, to expand its presence in the world's fastest-growing major economy.

Lotte's move will rival a $600m bid from Chinese retailer Wumart Stores for the Chinese supermarket chain, and comes after Times invited a number of potential bidders to review the company's operations.

“We are reviewing opportunities to expand in China through mergers and acquisitions and buying Times could be one of the options,” said a Lotte spokesman.

He declined to give any details, adding that no decision has been made yet.

【中文譯文】

國經濟復甦動力有所增強，昨日發佈的數據顯示，9月份進出口狀況明顯改善。

中國上月貿易順差也有所下降，證明在經濟再平衡方面取得了一定進展。但圍繞中國廉價商品的貿易緊張狀況依然存在。今年中國有望成爲全球最大的出口國。

中國表示，9月份出口同比下降15.2%，降幅低於8月份的23.4%；進口的好轉更爲明顯，降幅由8月份的17%縮小至3.5%，說明中國的內需正在回暖。

“進口明顯好轉，可能反映出對資本品和消費品的國內需求十分旺盛，前者是由於刺激計劃中的投資，後者則是由於出人意料的消費熱潮，”野村證券(Nomura Securities)的孫明春表示。

由於進口的回升速度快於出口，今年前9個月，中國貿易順差收窄25%，至1350億美元。

但儘管順差收窄，貿易緊張局面仍十分嚴峻。中國進口需求回升的主要受益者是大宗商品生產國，而非其主要出口市場美國和歐盟。

Capital Economics的馬克•威廉姆斯(Mark Williams)警告，中國貿易順差可能再度上升。他表示：“隨着大宗商品收貯活動放緩，中國貿易順差將會回升，中國目前旨在增加內需的經濟再平衡努力，將面臨新的審視。”

奧巴馬政府將於今日宣佈，是否認爲中國是匯率操縱國。