Small Chinese energy companies are piling into shale gas exploration projects as the country seeks to boost investment in unconventional energy and replicate the experience of the shale gas “revolution in the US.

小型中国能源企业正在蜂拥涉足页岩气勘探项目。中国正寻求提振在非传统能源领域的投资，以期复制美国页岩气“革命的经验。

The latest bidding round for China’s shale gas blocks drew bids from a record 83 companies, according to a government statement, many of whom are privately owned – highly unusual in the state-dominated energy sector.

一份政府声明表示，针对中国页岩气区块的最新一轮招标吸引了创纪录的83家投标企业，其中很多是民营企业，这在国有企业主导的能源行业非同寻常。

Beijing has been trying to promote investment and encourage competition in shale gas by including private and smaller companies. The shale bids also represented one of the government’s boldest efforts yet to open new areas of investment to private companies, which have long complained of monopolies in some of the economy’s most profitable sectors.

中国政府近期在尝试通过吸引民营和中小企业来推动页岩气领域的投资，鼓励竞争。页岩气竞标也代表着中国政府迄今在向民营企业开放新投资领域方面做出的最大胆努力之一，长期以来民营企业一直抱怨中国一些利润最丰厚的行业遭国企垄断。

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