布达佩斯，匈牙利——匈牙利前外长彼得·西约亚尔托周一出席议会委员会听证会，就其在职期间与中国汽车制造商比亚迪的往来事宜接受质询。他于今年夏季退出政坛，转投该公司担任高管职务。
JUSTIN SPIKE BUDAPEST, Hungary — Hungary’s former foreign minister Péter Szijjártó appeared before a parliamentary committee Monday to answer questions about his dealings with Chinese automaker BYD while still in office — before he left politics this summer to take an executive position with the firm.
西约亚尔托在前总理维克托·欧尔班执政期间担任匈牙利外长达12年，直至今年4月大选失利。他于7月宣布辞去匈牙利议会议员席位，以接受这家全球顶级电动汽车制造商的职位。
Szijjártó, who served as Hungary’s foreign minister for 12 years under former Prime Minister Viktor Orbán before an election defeat in April, announced in July that he would resign his seat in Hungary’s parliament to take the job at the world’s top electric carmaker .
这一任命引发了利益冲突的指控，并招致批评，指责他在任内发挥了核心作用，为该公司争取到巨额政府补贴。
The announcement prompted accusations of a conflict of interest, and criticism of his central role in facilitating substantial government subsidies for the company while in office.
除了促成比亚迪在匈牙利南部城市塞格德附近建设其首家欧洲工厂的协议外，西约亚尔托还在2025年宣布，比亚迪将把其欧洲总部和研发中心设在布达佩斯，并获得200亿福林（约合6370万美元）的政府援助。
In addition to securing the deal allowing BYD to open its first European factory near the southern Hungarian city of Szeged, Szijjártó also announced in 2025 that the company would locate its European headquarters and a research and development center in Budapest, and receive 20 billion forints ($63.7 million) in government assistance.
周一抵达国家安全委员会闭门听证会后，西亚托告诉记者，比亚迪在匈牙利的投资存在“严重误解”。他没有提及自己在公司的新职位，他早些时候将该职位描述为“负责集团对外关系和新业务线发展的高管”。
Upon arriving at the closed-door National Security Committee hearing on Monday, Szijjártó told reporters that there had been “serious misunderstandings” related to BYD’s investment in Hungary. He made no mention of his new position at the company, which he earlier described as an “executive responsible for the group’s external relations and the development of new business lines.”
“我认为这家工厂来到匈牙利是一次巨大的成功，”Szijjártó周一表示。“我还想指出的是，为比亚迪赛格德工厂建设提出和授予的政府补贴仍然在此类规模投资的通常补贴框架内。”匈牙利新任总理彼得·马扎尔（Peter Magyar）7月告诉立法者，西雅托“以数千亿（福林）的公共资金、外交支持和国家基础设施”帮助比亚迪，并将启动调查，以“审查西雅托所做的与比亚迪投资相关的所有决定、谈判和国家承诺”。
“I consider it a great success that this factory came to Hungary,” Szijjártó said Monday. “I would also like to point out that the proposed and awarded government subsidies for the construction of the BYD factory in Szeged have remained well within the framework of the usual subsidies for investments of this magnitude.”Hungary’s new prime minister, Péter Magyar, told lawmakers in July that Szijjártó had helped BYD “with hundreds of billions (of forints) in public money, diplomatic support and state infrastructure,” and that an investigation would be launched to “examine all the decisions, negotiations and state commitments” made by Szijjártó related to the BYD investment.
在欧尔班任职期间，Szijjártó与中国公司达成了多项外国投资协议，在匈牙利开设工厂，主要与电动汽车行业的电池生产有关。
While in office working under Orbán, Szijjártó concluded numerous foreign investment deals with Chinese companies to open factories in Hungary, largely related to battery production for the electric vehicle industry.
欧尔班政府希望这些投资将使匈牙利成为全球锂离子电池制造中心，但需求下降和其他市场压力迄今为止阻碍了这些投资支付高额股息。
Orbán’s government hoped the investments would make Hungary a global hub of lithium-ion battery manufacturing, yet decreased demand and other market pressures have so far prevented those investments from paying high dividends.
自5月份上任以来，马扎尔政府承诺加强对电池生产行业的监管和更严格的监督，此前发生了一些工作场所事故，并且几家工厂的污染水平超过了法律限制。
Since taking office in May, Magyar’s government has promised increased regulation and tighter oversight of the battery production sector following some workplace accidents and findings at several plants that showed contamination levels over legal limits.