1、高考资源网（） 您身边的高考专家The Chinese government has issued a new statement saying it is now encouraging private investment in additional areas.As CRIs Robert Costello reports, this comes on top of recent moves to open up the rail and health care sectors to private investment.The National Development and Refo
2、rm Commission, the countrys top economic planner, is drafting new rules that will allow private investment in the heavily state-controlled and monopolized electricity, oil and natural gas sectors.Experts here in China have been suggesting that private capital investment is important for the transfor
3、mation of Chinas strategic industries.Zhao Xijun, vice-dean of the school of finance at Renmin University, says the development of the Chinese economy is becoming increasingly dependent on non-state cash.The size of private capital in China is getting bigger and bigger thanks to the economic growth
4、over the years. So now the industrial sectors that depend on market competition should be open to all kinds of capital. The injection of private capital will help to bring out the potentials of our economy and ensure we have enough capital for investment.Zhao suggests the government has even more op
5、portunities to move away from state-sponsored growth.From an economic perspective, capital investment should be based on the rules of the market. There should be no differentiation between government or non-government, domestic or overseas capital. Meanwhile, the state should be more responsible for
6、 sectors that are vital for the national economy and peoples livelihood. That aside, the other competitive sectors should be open to all kinds of capital.The National Development and Reform Commission says its the governments long-term policy to curb over-expansion in certain sectors and discard out
7、dated industries.Zhao says he believes those who invest in Chinas economic transformation need to have a long-term outlook.For investors, it will be hard to choose and decide. They are always seeking to gain the maximum returns at minimum cost with their capital, and once they can do so, they will n
8、ot make other choices. But I think they should look ahead and consider the future opportunities offered by industrial transformation, technological breakthroughs and the changes of the market.The government departments responsible for housing and construction, water resources, the securities market
9、and state-owned assets are also writing new rules aimed at increasing private investment in their sectors.The National Development and Reform Commission is planning to release a series of rules in the coming weeks which will help it better monitor private investment.For CRI, Im Robert Costello. 版权所有高考资源网
