The China-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) has approved 57 countries as founding members after including an extra seven, according to China’s Finance Ministry.
中国财政部消息,加上新加入的7个国家,由中国领导的亚洲基础设施投资银行(AIIB)已经批准了57个国家作为其创始成员国。
Sweden, Israel, South Africa, Azerbaijan, Iceland, Portugal and Poland were all included as founding members, according to a statement released by the ministry on Wednesday. The ministry added that although the March 31 deadline for founding membership application has passed, the bank will continue to accept new members. China has rejected requests from North Korea and Taiwan to join the investment bank.
周三发布的财政部声明指出,瑞典、以色列、南非、阿塞拜疆、冰岛、葡萄牙和波兰被纳入创始成员国。财政部还表示,尽管已经过了创始成员的最后申请期限3月31日,亚投行还会继续吸收新成员。朝鲜和台湾申请加入该行,已被中国拒绝。
The AIIB is an “open and inclusive multilateral development bank, China's Vice Finance Minister Shi Yaobin was cited as saying by Xinhua news agency. The 57 founding members cover five continents, including Asia, Oceania, Europe, Latin America and Africa, according to Shi. The founding members will have priority over other countries which might sign up later, as they possess the right to establish the rules for the bank.
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