2018年CRI BAIC boosts industrialization in South Africa

 

A Chinese automaker is building the largest vehicle factory in South Africa.

Beijing Automobile² International Corporation or BAIC, China's fifth largest car maker¹, is building a vehicle manufacturing plant in the Coega Special Economic Zone in Port Elizabeth.

With an investment of 100 million US dollars, the project is to implement³ one of the MOUs signed between China and South Africa at the Forum⁴ of China Africa Cooperation held in Johannesburg in 2015.

It is being built in two phases and aims to produce 100-thousand cars per year.

Du Rong, spokesperson for BAIC South Africa, says the project is going well, as more and more local people learn about the brand.

"It's estimated that by the end of this year, we're going to produce 1-thousand cars. And the number will be increased to 10-thousand by 2020. Our company is developing very fast and our brand is getting poplar among local consumers."

The plant will have an assembly shop, paint shop, energy center, and sewage treatment works.

BAIC is increasing its localized development, planning to produce 60 percent local content while the parts will be sourced from local component⁵ suppliers.

Du Rong says the company is cooperating with medium and small enterprises in the Coega Special Economic Zone and they are active participants in the project.

"A number of medium and small enterprises are taking part in the construction of the plant. And we are also going to buy vehicle components⁶ from local suppliers."

Meantime, over 90 percent of the employees are from the local community.

Batandwa Moyesha, CFO of BAIC South Africa, says the country benefits from this kind of investment.

"I think that is the best strategy especially for South Africa. South Africa needs this kind of investment. It is part of the investment policies that are encouraged by South Africa as well. Also from the South African community, we seriously need job creation, projects like these that come and produce in South Africa. They increase job creation and the opportunities for business people as well."

Figures suggest South Africa's automotive industry is one of the largest of the country's manufacturing sectors⁷, contributing 7.5 percent to the economy.

1 maker   

n.制造者，制造商

参考例句：

• He is a trouble maker，You must be distant with him.他是个捣蛋鬼，你不要跟他在一起。
• A cabinet maker must be a master craftsman.家具木工必须是技艺高超的手艺人。

2 automobile   

n.汽车，机动车

参考例句：

• He is repairing the brake lever of an automobile.他正在修理汽车的刹车杆。
• The automobile slowed down to go around the curves in the road.汽车在路上转弯时放慢了速度。

3 implement   

n.(pl.)工具，器具；vt.实行，实施，执行

参考例句：

• Don't undertake a project unless you can implement it.不要承担一项计划，除非你能完成这项计划。
• The best implement for digging a garden is a spade.在花园里挖土的最好工具是铁锹。

4 forum   

n.论坛，讨论会

参考例句：

• They're holding a forum on new ways of teaching history.他们正在举行历史教学讨论会。
• The organisation would provide a forum where problems could be discussed.这个组织将提供一个可以讨论问题的平台。

5 component   

n.组成部分，成分，元件；adj.组成的，合成的

参考例句：

• Each component is carefully checked before assembly.每个零件在装配前都经过仔细检查。
• Blade and handle are the component parts of a knife.刀身和刀柄是一把刀的组成部分。

6 components   

（机器、设备等的）构成要素，零件，成分； 成分( component的名词复数 )； [物理化学]组分； [数学]分量； （混合物的）组成部分

参考例句：

• the components of a machine 机器部件
• Our chemistry teacher often reduces a compound to its components in lab. 在实验室中化学老师常把化合物分解为各种成分。

7 sectors   

n.部门( sector的名词复数 )；领域；防御地区；扇形

参考例句：

• Berlin was divided into four sectors after the war. 战后柏林分成了4 个区。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Industry and agriculture are the two important sectors of the national economy. 工业和农业是国民经济的两个重要部门。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》