CIC is scouring the globe for opportunities to invest in mining and natural resources companies, according to Beijing-based bankers and officials, who say the fund's preferred role will be as a financier and facilitator for state-owned companies wanting to make offshore acquisitions. After a series of disastrous investments in offshore financial institutions – Blackstone, Morgan Stanley – CIC went through a period of apparent paralysis until this year, when it began looking closely at the commodities sector.
北京的銀行家和官員指出,中投正在全球各地尋覓投資於礦業和自然資源類企業的機會。他們表示,中投的首選角色,將是爲希望進行海外收購的國有企業擔任融資人和撮合者。在對海外金融機構——百仕通(Blackstone)以及摩根史坦利 (Morgan Stanley) ——進行了一系列損失慘重的投資之後,中投在去年經歷了一段明顯的停滯時期,今年該公司開始密切關注大宗商品領域。