The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) announced last Wednesday that its board of governors has adopted resolutions approving applications from Papua New Guinea and Kenya to join the bank, bringing its total approved membership to 86.
亞洲基礎(chǔ)設(shè)施投資銀行(亞投行)上周三宣布,其理事會(huì)已通過決議批準(zhǔn)巴布新幾內(nèi)亞和肯尼亞的加入申請(qǐng),使得成員總數(shù)增至86個(gè)。
"We're very happy to welcome Papua New Guinea and Kenya as prospective members of AIIB," Vice-President and Corporate Secretary Danny Alexander said.
亞投行副行長(zhǎng)兼秘書長(zhǎng)丹尼·亞歷山大表示:“我們歡迎巴布亞新幾內(nèi)亞和肯尼亞成為亞投行的意向成員!
"AIIB now has 86 approved members from six continents. This shows a strong commitment to promoting infrastructure development through rules-based multilateral cooperation with high standards of governance," he said.
他說道:“如今,亞投行有來自六大洲的86個(gè)成員,這表明通過高標(biāo)準(zhǔn)治理和有秩序的多邊合作,大家對(duì)共同促進(jìn)基礎(chǔ)設(shè)施建設(shè)做出了堅(jiān)定承諾!
The two prospective members will officially join the bank once they complete the requireddomestic processes and deposit the first installment of capital with the bank.
這兩個(gè)意向成員一經(jīng)走完國(guó)內(nèi)程序并將首筆資本金繳存銀行,即可成為亞投行的正式成員。
The shares allocated to the new prospective members come from AIIB's existing pool ofunallocated shares, according to AIIB.
亞投行稱,這些新的意向成員的股份將從該行尚未分配的預(yù)留股份中獲得。
With 57 signatories at its launch in January 2016, the Beijing-headquartered AIIB aims toimprove social and economic outcomes in Asia and beyond by investing in sustainableinfrastructure and other productive sectors.
在2016年1月開業(yè)時(shí)擁有57個(gè)簽署國(guó)、總部位于北京的亞投行,目標(biāo)是通過對(duì)可持續(xù)基礎(chǔ)設(shè)施和其他生產(chǎn)性領(lǐng)域的投資,改善亞洲及其他地區(qū)的社會(huì)和經(jīng)濟(jì)表現(xiàn)。