The $2.4bn bid for Northumberland Water by a fund owned by Hong Kong industrialist Li Ka-Shing last month was seen as just the latest takeover of a British utility by international investors. In reality, it is the latest in a series of early moves that may yet reshape the global water sector. Yet in the coming era of water shortages and water conflicts, there is urgent need for greater global integration in an industry that, for historical and political reasons, remains overly national both in scope and ambition.
上月，香港實業家李嘉誠旗下一家基金斥資24億美元競購Northumberland Water，被視作國際投資者收購英國公用事業公司的一起最新事例。事實上，這是一系列初步行動中的最新一起，遲早會重塑全球水務行業的格局。不過，在即將來臨的水資源短缺和衝突時代，迫切需要對水務行業進行更大規模的全球整合。鑑於歷史和政治方面的原因，從範圍和抱負上講，這一行業都過於侷限於國家層面。
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