随着中国在全球基础设施建设领域的推进在东南亚和拉丁美洲近期铁路交易后继续保持势头，一家中国建筑企业已达成协议，将在中东小国卡塔尔参与隧道项目。
A Chinese construction company has reached an agreement to work on tunnel projects in the tiny Middle Eastern nation of Qatar, as China’s global infrastructure push continues to gain momentum after recent railway deals in Southeast Asia and Latin America.
总部位于多哈的卡塔尔企业阿迈勒集团周二发布声明称，国有的中铁隧道局集团已与该集团的一家子公司签署了一份谅解备忘录。
The state-owned China Railway Tunnel Group has signed a memorandum of understanding with a subsidiary of the Qatari conglomerate Aamal Co, according to a statement released by the Doha-based company on Tuesday.
声明称，这两家公司已建立“战略合作”，以在卡塔尔及更广泛地区合作开展隧道项目及相关供应链。
The two firms had forged a “strategic collaboration” to work together on tunnel projects and associated supply chains in Qatar and the wider region, the statement said.
这家中国公司专门从事穿山、水下及城市公共交通网络隧道的建设。阿迈勒集团的子公司“先进管材与铸件公司”为卡塔尔及周边国家的基础设施项目制造管道系统和预制混凝土产品。
The Chinese company specialises in building tunnels through mountains, under waterways and for mass urban transit networks. The Aamal subsidiary, Advanced Pipes and Casts Co, makes pipe systems and precast concrete products for infrastructure projects in Qatar and nearby countries.
卡塔尔与邻国沙特阿拉伯正在建设一条长达785公里（488英里）的高速铁路，将多哈与沙特首都利雅得以及两座城市的国际机场连接起来。
Qatar and neighbouring Saudi Arabia are building a 785km (488-mile) high-speed railway linking Doha with the Saudi capital Riyadh along with the two cities’ international airports.
该铁路线计划在六年内建成，旨在促进这两个富油国家之间的旅游业和跨境商业往来。
The line, which is due to be completed in six years, is designed to boost tourism and cross-border business between the two energy-rich countries.
卡塔尔还在出资参与海湾铁路——这是一个涉及六个中东国家、全长2177公里（1353英里）的项目，计划于2030年开始运营。
Qatar is also contributing to the Gulf Railway – 2,177km (1,353-mile) project involving six Middle Eastern countries that is scheduled to begin operations by 2030.
香港教育大学社会科学与政策研究学系主任白拓斌表示：“这是这些中东国家试图确保一个不仅依赖石油的未来的举措之一。”
“It’s part of an attempt by these Middle Eastern nations to secure a future that’s not only dependent on oil,” said Naubahar Sharif, head of the Education University of Hong Kong’s Department of Social Sciences and Policy Studies.
然而，一些分析人士警告称，由于该地区持续的冲突，该项目可能会面临中断。
However, some analysts cautioned that the project could face disruptions due to the ongoing conflicts in the region.
新加坡尤索夫伊萨东南亚研究所访问高级研究员贾扬特·梅农表示，鉴于美国和以色列对伊朗的持续战争以及也门胡塞武装对利雅得机场发起的10月袭击，中国承包商可能会暂停在中东的任何项目。他说，涉及利雅得机场的项目肯定会搁置。
Chinese contractors will probably pause any projects in the Middle East due to the ongoing US-Israel war on Iran and the October attacks on Riyadh’s airport by Houthi rebels in Yemen, according to Jayant Menon, a visiting senior fellow at the ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute in Singapore. A project involving the Riyadh airport would definitely go on hold, he said.
梅农表示：“中东的混乱将影响这些基础设施项目的推进速度，”并指出承包商评估中东的稳定性将按年或按十年计，而不仅仅看2026年。
“The chaos in the Middle East will affect the pace of progress with these infrastructure projects,” Menon said, while noting that contractors would evaluate the Middle East’s stability over years or decades rather than just 2026.
中国铁路企业今年已在蒙古和新加坡赢得项目。在巴西，一个中国财团正在建设一座斜拉桥，在肯尼亚，一家来自中国的建筑工程公司正在崎岖的山谷上建造一座880米长的桥梁。
Chinese railway companies have won projects this year in Mongolia and Singapore. In Brazil, a Chinese consortium is building a cable-stayed bridge, and in Kenya a construction and engineering firm from China is building an 880-metre bridge over a rugged valley.
这些项目以及其他项目，与北京的“一带一路”倡议相契合，这是一项专注于在亚洲、欧洲和非洲建设基础设施互联互通的宏大全球发展计划。
Those projects, plus others, align with Beijing’s Belt and Road Initiative, a vast global development scheme that focuses on building infrastructure connections across Asia, Europe and Africa.
白拓斌认为，中铁隧道局集团与阿迈勒集团子公司的协议还应“建立善意”以及中国和卡塔尔政府之间的长期合作。他说：“如果是国有的，那就不仅仅是商业行为。”
China Railway Tunnel Group’s agreement with the Aamal subsidiary should also “build goodwill” and long-term cooperation between the Chinese and Qatari governments, according to Sharif. “If it’s state owned, it’s not just commercial,” he said.