曼谷——总部位于迪拜的马什雷克银行首席执行官在接受采访时表示，该行向其香港业务注资1.25亿美元，加大了对中国相关业务的投入。这反映出，随着两个地区之间投资流动的加强，中东银行正展开更广泛的布局。
BANGKOK -- Dubai-based Mashreq Bank has stepped up investments in China-related operations with a $125 million capital injection into its Hong Kong arm, its chief executive said in an interview, reflecting a wider push by Middle Eastern banks as investment flows between the two regions intensify.
马什雷克银行集团首席执行官艾哈迈德·阿卜杜拉尔对《日经亚洲》表示，这家阿联酋主要银行在过去12个月里迁入更大办公室并“将中国相关业务能力提高了一倍以上”的同时，向香港业务注入了新资本。他说，该银行旨在满足中国企业、金融机构和个人日益增长的跨境银行服务需求。
The lender, a major player in the United Arab Emirates, pumped the fresh capital into its Hong Kong business as it moved to a larger office and "more than doubled its China-related business capacity" in the last 12 months, Mashreq Bank Group CEO Ahmed Abdelaal told Nikkei Asia. He said the bank aims to meet the growing cross-border banking needs from Chinese companies, financial institutions and individuals.
阿卜杜拉尔在本月早些时候于曼谷举行的国际货币基金组织和世界银行集团年会期间接受采访时表示，此次扩张也凸显出中国与中东关系的更广泛转变，这种关系正日益由投资而非传统贸易驱动。
The expansion also underscores a broader shift in China-Middle East ties, which are increasingly being driven by investment rather than traditional trade, Abdelaal said in the interview, held earlier this month in Bangkok during the annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank Group.
“过去我们看到的只是双方之间的贸易活动，”阿卜杜拉尔说。“现在，我们看到的是对基础设施、能源和物流领域的更多投资。”
"We used to see just trading activities between the two counterparts," Abdelaal said. "Right now, we are seeing greater investment in infrastructure, energy, and logistics."
他补充说：“中国企业来到中东不只是为了销售。他们也是来建设的。”马什雷克银行集团首席执行官艾哈迈德·阿卜杜拉尔在曼谷与《日经亚洲》交谈。（马什雷克银行）这位银行家表示，数字基础设施正成为亚洲和中东最具吸引力的投资领域之一。数据中心的快速建设不仅带来融资需求，也带来对能源、物流和互联互通项目的需求。“这为可再生能源提供了明确机会，也为物流提供了明确机会，”他说。
He added: "The Chinese companies are not coming to the Middle East to sell only. They are also coming to build." Mashreq Bank Group CEO Ahmed Abdelaal speaks with Nikkei Asia in Bangkok. (Mashreq Bank) The banker said digital infrastructure is emerging as one of the most attractive areas for investment across Asia and the Middle East. The rapid buildout of data centers is creating demand not only for financing but also for energy, logistics and connectivity projects. "This presents clear opportunities for renewable energy, clear opportunities for logistics," he said.
今年9月，中国科技巨头阿里巴巴公布了包括中东在内的数据中心扩张计划；腾讯今年早些时候也表示，正在探索在该地区建设数据中心的机会。
In September, Chinese tech giant Alibaba unveiled plans to expand its data center footprint in areas including the Middle East, while Tencent said earlier this year that it is exploring opportunities to build data centers in the region.
过去一年，马士基（Mashreq）新增的中国企业和机构客户数量增长了一倍以上，这得益于该行扩大了对这类客户的客户关系经理覆盖范围、升级了银行系统，以及与中国金融机构建立了新的合作关系。
Mashreq's number of new Chinese corporate and institutional clients has more than doubled over the past year, backed by expanded relationship manager coverage for such clients, upgraded banking systems and new partnerships with Chinese financial institutions.
马士基分享的数据显示，截至2026年8月，其香港业务的收入和盈利能力同比均增长约50%，同期新客户业务增长了13%。
For its Hong Kong operations, Mashreq's revenue and profitability were up roughly 50% year on year as of August 2026, while new-to-bank business grew 13% over the same year, according to figures shared by the bank.
以资金雄厚的主权财富基金为首的中东投资者已承诺深化与中国的往来。过去一年，在香港的大型股票发行中，可以看到阿布扎比投资局等机构的身影。
Middle Eastern investors, led by deep-pocketed sovereign wealth funds, have pledged to deepen their engagement with China. In Hong Kong, names such as the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority have been spotted in major share listings in the past year.
在中东设有专门中国业务的银行名单也在不断扩大。阿曼的苏哈尔国际银行上个月在香港开设了其首个海外办事处。阿联酋最大的银行第一阿布扎比银行（FAB）在香港中环的长江集团中心二期租下了新的办公室，面积扩大了一倍以上。
The list of Middle Eastern lenders with dedicated China operations is expanding, too. Oman's Sohar International Bank opened its first overseas office in Hong Kong last month. First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB), the largest lender in the UAE, rented a new office in Cheung Kong Center II in the city's Central district, more than doubling its space.
阿卜杜勒阿尔表示，马士基已准备好抓住这些资金流。该行最近完成了首笔10亿元人民币（1.49亿美元）的点心债发行——点心债是以离岸人民币计价并在香港发行的债券——这位首席执行官表示，此举旨在使资金来源多元化，并满足客户日益增长的人民币融资需求。
Abdelaal said Mashreq is poised to capture these flows. The bank recently completed an inaugural 1 billion yuan ($149 million) dim sum bond offering -- bonds denominated in offshore yuan and marketed in Hong Kong -- a move the CEO said was designed both to diversify funding sources and support growing client demand for financing in the Chinese currency.
根据香港交易所和彭博的数据，截至9月24日，以离岸人民币计价的债券发行量升至2670亿元的新纪录，同比增长近14%。
Issuance of bonds denominated in the offshore yuan rose to a fresh record of 267 billion yuan as of Sept. 24, up nearly 14% year on year, according to Hong Kong Exchange and Bloomberg data.
“寻求以人民币匹配其资金、收入和支付的客户数量正在增长，”Abdelaal 表示。随着与中国的业务联系日益紧密，“我们看到利用人民币作为其投资组合中货币之一的趋势日益增长，”他补充道，并指人民币即 renminbi（人名币的英文拼写）。
"There are a growing number of clients" seeking to match their funding, revenues and payments in yuan, Abdelaal said. As business links with China grow, "we are seeing growing trends as far as tapping into RMB as one of the currencies that sits within their portfolio," he added, referring to the yuan, or renminbi.
今年早些时候，Mashreq 还搬入了位于香港的新办公室，该办公室与 FAB 位于同一栋大楼。该行已在香港、印度和中东设立了专门面向中国业务的业务部门，同时还在海湾和北非国家增加了讲中文的客户关系经理人数。Abdelaal 未透露客户关系经理的招聘人数目标。
Earlier this year, Mashreq also moved into a new Hong Kong office, located in the same building as FAB. And the bank has established China-dedicated business desks in Hong Kong, India and the Middle East, while also expanding the number of Chinese-speaking relationship managers in Gulf and North African countries. Abdelaal did not disclose the headcount targets for the relationship managers.
Mashreq 表示，该行已在贸易融资、资金管理、资本市场、企业银行和跨境支付等领域促成了数十亿美元的中国相关业务量。此外，该行还为中国大型企业集团安排了大额银团贷款，并向中东投资者分销了中国企业债券。
Mashreq says it has facilitated billions of dollars of China-related business volumes across trade finance, treasury, capital markets, corporate banking and cross-border payments. In addition, the bank has arranged large syndicated loans for Chinese conglomerates and distributed Chinese corporate bonds to Middle Eastern investors.
尽管地缘政治紧张局势仍是投资者关注的问题，Abdelaal 表示，这并未从根本上改变亚洲与中东经济合作的长期轨迹。
While geopolitical tensions remain a concern for investors, Abdelaal said they have not fundamentally altered the long-term trajectory of economic engagement between Asia and the Middle East.
“中东银行对亚洲的兴趣，我认为并非主要由当前的地缘政治驱动，”他说。“大多数寻求实现业务多元化、开拓新机遇渠道的银行，早已在关注亚洲整体。”
"I don't think this is driven much by the current geopolitics," he said of Middle Eastern banks' interest in Asia. "Most of the banks who are looking to diversify their businesses and tap into new channels of opportunities have already been looking at Asia in general."