2017年中国人买下澳洲近4成住宅地.

　　In 2016, Chinese investors spent 2.4 billionAustralian dollars purchasing residential land inAustralia, accounting for 35 percent of all Australianreal estate trade, according to Knight Frank, aglobal real estate consultancy company.

　　据全球房地产咨询公司莱坊日前表示，2016年中国投资者在澳大利亚买地花费了24亿澳元，占到了澳大利亚房地产交易额的35%。

　　That's an increase of 9.4 percent on the previousyear. Knight Frank's report said the amount of realestate bought by Chinese consumers was seventeentimes greater than in 2012.

　　这一数据同比增长了9.4个百分点。莱坊的报告表示，中国消费者购买的房地产是2012年的17倍。

　　In 2012, the average area of trading plots was 1,200 square meters, with every plot having 103 living units. In 2016, the number had risen to 502 units with an average area of 21 thousand square meters.

　　2012年，澳大利亚出售土地平均面积为1200平米，每块土地上都有103个居住单位。2016年，土地平均面积上升到了2.1万平米，每块土地上可有502个居住单位。

　　In June 2016, Bank of China paid 95 million US dollars to buy an office building in Sydney.

　　2016年6月，中国银行花费9500万美元在悉尼购买了一幢办公楼。

　　China's New Hope Group, which is involved in the agriculture and food sector, has alsoestablished its Australia and New Zealand headquarters in Sydney. "We are going to build a 43-floor landmark in northern Sydney", said a New Hope official.

　　中国新希望集团(这是一家涉及农业和食品行业的公司)也在悉尼成立了该公司的澳大利亚和新西兰大区总部。新希望集团一位官员表示：“我们打算在悉尼北部建造一座43层的地标性建筑。”

　　"The two safe ports, Sydney and Melbourne, are still the first choice for Chinese investors, andthat trend will continue. China will focus on other cities in Australia when competition for realestate becomes too fierce", said Lin Rongjie, managing director of Cushman And Wakield'sResearch Department in China.

　　房地产巨头高纬环球中国研究部总经理林荣杰表示：“悉尼和墨尔本这两个安全的地方仍然是中国投资者的首选，而这一趋势还将持续下去。如果房地产竞争太激烈，中国会把目光放到澳大利亚其他城市上。”