1、翻了个译，MTI专业辅导Colin Crooks opening remarks for UK-Shandong Commercial Dialogue on PPP (Dec 17)Introduction Distinguished Director-General Xue, Deputy Director-General Wen, Secretary-General Li, ladies and gentleman 大家上午好！(da jia shang wu hao!) and a very warm welcome to you all to todays UK-Shandong C
2、ommercial Dialogue on PPP! First I am very delighted to make my first visit to Shandong province and to Chinas renowned “city of springs” (quan cheng). In Britain we actually have a similar “city of springs” called Bath, which has also been famous for its “hot springs” since ancient times and attrac
3、ts numerous tourists. However, I said “similar” not “the same”, because different from Jinan which has a population over than 7 million, Bath only has a population of 100,000!UK PPP Interest and Experience To begin, I would like to explain to you why the UK government is so keen to support PPP devel
4、opment in China. As you know, the senior leadership in China strongly endorses the use of PPP. During his keynote speech at Davos 2015, Premier Li singled out PPP as a priority. He highlighted its role in encouraging the participation of private and foreign capital Minister Lou Jiwei of Ministry of
5、Finance also set PPP as a top priority on many occasions, linking up with the wider reform agenda. Since then NDRC and the Ministry of Finance have issued PPP documents that officials in provincial and municipal governments, including many of you here today, are now carefully considering how best to
6、 implement Echoing this priority set by the central government, Shandong has also been playing an active role in experimenting with PPP projects. In fact, I know that by November this year there were 738 projects in Shandongs PPP Project database, the total estimated investment amount of which will
7、be more than RMB 700 billion. Only two weeks ago, right here in Shandong Hotel, a new round of 158 new PPP projects were announced by the provincial government These are impressive first steps and the UK has a great deal of PPP experience we are delighted to share with you. The UK is considered the
8、home of PPP and has world leading PPP capability, both from a policy perspective and also amongst our companies and professional advisors who have successfully delivered a large number of PPP projects for us 30 years ago with our government finances under pressure, the UK government had already felt
9、 the need to explore alternative sources of funding, and to find new and innovative ways to improve public sector delivery Since then the UK has pioneered PPP projects in sectors like public heath, infrastructure, transportation etc. And we are keen to share both the good stories and lessons learned, as well as learn from Chinas PPP development experienceTo be continued翻了个译，MTI专业辅导
