两岸企业赴英投资考察结束 签署促进能源合作备忘录

 考察组由海峡两岸中华传统文化交流基金会理事长卓泽凡先生任组长，成员包括中海油公司、台湾并购与私募股权协会、中国LNG协会、同泽集团、大连浩德集团、中新恒超实业有限公司和海峡石油化工控股有限公司等近20家两岸企业和机构的有关负责人。

       台湾并购与私募股权协会创会会长黄齐元接受记者采访时说，这次两岸企业首次联手到海外考察投资项目，共同合作开展能源领域的务实合作。从考察时间的安排可以说是“天时、地利、人和”，中国李克强总理刚刚于一周前结束他上任后的首次访英，将中英关系带入一个新的蜜月期；无独有偶，大陆国台办张志军先生于日前抵达台北，是第一位大陆涉台事务官员正式访问台湾，具有历史意义，给两岸关系的和平发展带来了无限的遐想空间。

       此次考察活动组织方之一、海外华人能源协会秘书长龙昆玲女士介绍，过去几年，中国大陆对苏格兰油气行业的投资不断增加，包括中海油对尼克松的收购和中石化在塔里斯曼能源公司北海业务中持有股份、以及中石油和英力士合资的Grangemouth炼厂。

龙昆玲说，对苏格兰油气企业而言，中国是一个重要的市场。苏格兰富有创新精神，在可再生能源、绿色能源领域处于世界领先地位，可以在供应链建设、健康、安全和培训等领域与中国大陆和台湾开展合作。苏格兰在能源产业链的各个环节都具有得天独厚的优势，法律环境的可靠性极高，加之和伦敦国际金融中心、休斯敦国际能源业中心的历史渊源，是中国企业进入国际市场的最佳理想门户。

       海外华人能源协会和苏格兰政府建立了紧密的互信关系，致力于为中国能源企业开拓和挖掘在苏格兰及其周边区域的投资机会。

 海峡两岸经济的可持续发展都存在能源的制约因素，均需要能源企业“走出去”到国际市场参与竞争、获取资源；两岸的能源企业各有优势，联手开拓国际市场可以优势互补。两岸企业在海外开展能源合作的前景广阔。

 苏格兰政府非常重视此次考察活动，给予此次两岸企业考察小组以礼遇安排。苏格兰政府首席大臣亚历山大•萨尔蒙德和夫人于6月27日晚在爱丁堡古堡举行了欢迎晚宴；苏格兰国际发展局（SDI）分别在阿伯丁和爱丁堡举办专题投资洽谈会，邀请当地20多家具有竞争优势和发展前景的企业，与两岸企业深入交流、共商合作；考察小组还在曼城参观目前世界上最完善和成熟的城市固废发电企业。

 此次苏格兰之行，考察小组取得了丰硕的成果，不仅签署了海峡两岸中华传统文化交流基金会、海外华人能源协会与苏格兰国际发展局（SDI）就持续促进能源领域合作的备忘录，而且达成在苏格兰投资可再生能源项目的意向。

       苏格兰第一大臣亚历山大•萨尔蒙德盛赞此次两岸企业连手考察英国的活动，不仅开展了务实的投资考察，还带来了中国海峡两岸企业对苏格兰人民的真诚祝福，正如苏格兰著名诗人罗伯特.彭斯（Robert Burns）所谱写的“友谊地久天长”的歌词，中国和苏格兰人民的友谊源远流长，合作前景广阔。

  据悉，此次考察活动是应苏格兰首席大臣亚历山大•萨尔蒙德（Alexander Elliot Anderson Salmond）先生和英中贸易协会总裁傅仲森(Stephen Phillips)先生的邀请，海峡两岸中华传统文化交流基金会和海外华人能源协会于6月23日组织近20家两岸能源企业前往英国。在五天的时间里，考察了苏格兰的石油、天然气资源及英国的新能源环保技术等项目。

 此次考察活动缘于2013年10月19日在香港召开的“两岸企业海外合作发展圆桌会议”。当时两岸企业就携手“走出去”、开拓国际市场和利用国际资源等话题展开了讨论，并取得共识；另外，2013年11月4日召开的两岸企业家紫金山峰会也聚焦两岸能源合作。大陆方面小组召集人、中国产业海外发展和规划协会会长张国宝先生在会上表示：“两岸应打破束缚发展与合作的种种难题，战略地谋划对长远发展有利的大项目。两岸企业共同携手，在未来世界能源产业发展中把握机遇。“台湾方面小组召集人、中技社高级顾问施颜祥先生在会上表示：“两岸企业互动如今已非常频繁，而合作是长期性的，希望本着轻重缓急，循序渐进的原则积极推动产业合作。”

 

Strengthening Sino-Scottish relations

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FM welcomes potential for more than £5 billion Chinese investment.
First Minister Alex Salmond has welcomed a cross-strait Chinese delegation to Edinburgh, as they explore investment opportunities in Scotland – including a £5 billion Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with a Scottish company.
This mission is the first time that cross-strait energy sector companies have joined together to explore investment opportunities across several Scottish industries, including oil and gas and renewables.
Aberdeenshire-based Unmanned Production Buoy Group Ltd (UPB) and Tong Ze Group of Hong Kong have signed a £5 billion MOU (264.9 billion in Chinese Renminbi), to develop and use UPB’s technology, which allows marginal and uneconomic oil fields to be exploited at much lower cost than conventional methods.
As part of the visit, an MoU was signed among Scottish Enterprise, Falkirk Council and Chinaway Energy Company to develop an action plan to look at reducing the cost of energy generation in the wider Grangemouth industrial complex.
Welcoming the visit, the First Minister said:
“It’s fitting that our countries should work together, to develop and commercialise the energy and low carbon technologies of the future. The Scottish Government is absolutely committed to encouraging that co-operation and building on the links we have made though engagement with China since 2007.
“And it’s why I welcome these three Memorandum of Understanding. They will strengthen our economic links in areas such as energy, the creative industries and tourism. They are a further sign of the growing partnership and friendship between our countries.
“In particular the MoU for UPB is significant, given the scale of investment. As mature basins, the North Sea and Chinese waters face many similar challenges, but also huge opportunities and I’m pleased to see Scottish expertise being recognised – demonstrating once again our international leadership in the energy sector.
“In Scotland, we have a continuing appetite for invention and innovation; a desire to look beyond our own country and to build partnerships with countries and businesses around the world.”
Richard Selwa, Chairman of UPB, said:
“We are delighted with is significant announcement and look forward to many years of friendship and sharing of mutual prosperity with Tong Ze and our many Chinese stakeholders.
"We are proud this MOU marks a major milestone for UPB. The MOU rewards the many years of hard work by the Scottish and UK governments.
“On behalf of our Chinese friends and the UPB team I would like to thank the First Minister and his SDI team for hosting this significant and important MOU signing ceremony.”
Scottish Enterprise director of Energy, Maggie McGinlay, said:
“Scotland has much to offer the Chinese energy market and this visit has been a great opportunity to profile our highly innovative energy companies to key Chinese investors.
“We also recognise the importance of Grangemouth as Scotland’s largest industrial complex and that to be a globally competitive manufacturing nation, we need to explore ways to reduce energy costs for energy intensive business such as the chemical sciences sector. That is why this MoU plays an important role in helping us do that.
”We aim to work closely with Falkirk Council, Chinaway Energy Company, and the businesses in Grangemouth to maximise the economic benefits from this partnership.”
Councillor Craig Martin, Leader of Falkirk Council, said:
“Falkirk Council welcomes the opportunity to sign up to this ground-breaking partnership which will explore how energy costs can be reduced in Grangemouth. The Grangemouth petrochemical complex has huge strategic importance to the national economy and the Council is aware that energy costs are one of the greatest concerns of businesses based at the complex.
“The Chinaway Energy Company has considerable expertise in energy technology and we are confident that this agreement has the potential to help reduce energy costs and improve efficiency in Grangemouth. It also demonstrates the power of forging international links and creating partnerships that will bring great benefits to our local economy.”
China Way Energy Limited said:
“Signing this Memorandum of Understanding cements China Way Energy’s commitment to investing in different technology that looks at increasing efficiency and save energy. We look forward to working with Scottish Enterprise and Falkirk Council to bring knowledge and expertise to the table in the coming months.”

Notes to editors

The MoU is an agreement to develop an action plan to consider the physical, technical, commercial and regulatory viability of a range of renewable and other technology projects aimed at reducing energy (power, heat and steam) costs by 20% or more.
The study will seek to: identify appropriate avenues for potential investment in any viable projects identified by the Parties in respect of the Complex, together with, where possible, details around timelines for such investment; and explore the potential for formation of an energy services company with a view to maximising any benefits (including cost efficiencies) which may arise from aggregating energy production and demand on the Complex.
China Way Energy Limited will actively evaluate the scope for it to become the lead investor in any viable energy efficiency projects which may be identified in respect of the Complex; and the setting up of a private limited group company to be headquartered in Scotland for the purpose of working closely with all stakeholders in respect of such projects.
UPB is an oil development company and mass manufacturer of unmanned oil production platforms. The focus of UPB's business model is marginal fields, or fields that are currently under production but the host platform is no longer economic.