day 136companies and capital

companies and capital

Talk about companies, investment and property: who owns what, who pays, and what a development zone offers.

today’s words

• 市场经济 shìchǎngjīngjì · market economy
• 资本主义 zīběnzhǔyì · capitalism
• 私营 sīyíng · privately run
• 民营 mínyíng · privately run (non-state)
• 国有 guóyǒu · state-owned
• 私有 sīyǒu · privately owned
• 合资 hézī · joint venture; to pool capital
• 外资 wàizī · foreign capital, foreign investment
• 跨国 kuàguó · transnational, multinational
• 并购 bìnggòu · merger and acquisition
• 垄断 lǒngduàn · to monopolise; monopoly
• 产权 chǎnquán · property rights
• 不动产 bùdòngchǎn · real estate, immovable property
• 房地产 fángdìchǎn · real estate, property (business)
• 开发商 kāifāshāng · (property) developer
• 开发区 kāifāqū · development zone
• 园区 yuánqū · (business or industrial) park
• 租赁 zūlìn · to lease, rent
• 商机 shāngjī · business opportunity
• 商用 shāngyòng · commercial (use)
• 招商 zhāoshāng · to attract investment, invite business
• 融资 róngzī · to raise finance; financing
• 集资 jízī · to raise funds (from many people)
• 筹集 chóují · to raise (funds, materials)
• 筹措 chóucuò · to raise (funds, with effort)
• 筹码 chóumǎ · bargaining chip
• 本钱 běnqián · capital (to start a business)
• 财力 cáilì · financial resources
• 经费 jīngfèi · funds (for a project or institution)
• 拨款 bōkuǎn · to allocate funds; allocated funds
• 预算 yùsuàn · budget; to budget
• 财政 cáizhèng · public finance
• 审计 shěnjì · to audit
• 财经 cáijīng · finance and economics
• 经贸 jīngmào · economy and trade

sentences

• 开发区正在招商，还为新公司提供一些资助。 · The development zone is looking for investors, and offers new companies some funding too.
• 买房子以前，要先看清楚产权，还要准备好定金。 · Before you buy a flat, check the property rights and have the deposit ready.
• 这层楼是商用的，不能住人。 · This floor is for commercial use: you can’t live here.
• 公司今年融资了一个亿，开支也增加了不少。 · The company raised a hundred million this year, and its spending has gone up a lot too.
• 开发商连人带车都派来接我们。 · The developer sent a car and a driver to fetch us.