Australia’s richest woman Gina Rinehart is offering A$365m (US$277m) in conjunction with a Chinese partner for a historic cattle company that could test Canberra’s tolerance¹ for Chinese investment after it turned down two previous bids for the land.

澳大利亚女首富吉娜•莱因哈特(Gina Rinehart)出资3.65亿澳元（合2.77亿美元），与一家中国企业携手竞购该国一家历史悠久的畜牧企业。此举可测试澳大利亚政府对中国投资者的容忍度，当地政府已两次拒绝中国投资者对相关土地的投标。

The offer for S Kidman & Co, which owns more than 1 per cent of the country’s landmass — an area that is bigger than Ireland — was made by Australian Outback Beef, a company two-thirds owned by Ms Rinehart’s Hancock Prospecting² and one-third by Shanghai CRED Real Estate³, owned by Chinese businessman Gui Guojie.

此次竞购目标基德曼公司(S Kidman & Co)拥有澳大利亚逾1%的土地，面积超过爱尔兰国土。收购提出方为Australian Outback Beef，该公司三分之二股权为莱因哈特的汉考克勘探公司(Hancock Prospecting)持有，其余三分之一为中国商人桂国杰的上海中房置业有限公司(Shanghai CRED Real Estate)持有。

Two previous bids by a Chinese consortium for the land were blocked by Canberra, in part due to national security concerns related to the presence of a missile range on the vast Anna Creek⁴ station.

此前一家中国财团曾两次竞投这块土地，均遭到澳大利亚政府拒绝，部分原因是广袤的安娜溪养牛场(Anna Creek)位于导弹射程内，关系到国家安全问题。

The AOB offer is conditional⁵ on gaining foreign investment approval from Canberra and on the separate disposal by Kidman of Anna Creek, which makes up almost a quarter of the area controlled by the company.

Australian Outback Beef的要约取决于能否获得澳大利亚政府对外国投资的批准，以及基德曼公司能否单独处置安娜溪养牛场，其面积占该公司控制土地近四分之一。

“Kidman is an iconic cattle business established more than a century ago by Sir Sidney Kidman,” said Gina Rinehart in a statement. “It is an operation founded on hard work and perseverance⁶ by an outstanding Australian, and is an important part of Australia’s pioneering and entrepreneurial history.”

吉娜•莱因哈特在一份声明中表示：“基德曼公司是由西德尼•基德曼爵士(Sir Sidney Kidman)在一个多世纪前建立的一家标志性畜牧企业。这家企业是由一位优秀的澳大利亚人以勤劳和毅力创建的，也是澳大利亚开拓和创业历史的重要组成部分。”

Shanghai CRED, which was founded in 1999, was part of a consortium that submitted a previous bid for Kidman but which was knocked back by Canberra on national security grounds.

上海中房置业有限公司成立于1999年，此前曾参与一家财团向基德曼公司投标，但被澳大利亚政府以国家安全理由拒绝。

Mr Gui, a low-profile property developer, said in a statement that partnering with Hancock had already proved to be a productive approach and he looked forward to having the opportunity to work with Hancock through the Kidman investment.

低调的房地产开发商桂国杰在一份声明中表示，事实证明与汉考克勘探公司的合作是一种行之有效的方法，他期待通过基德曼这笔投资获得与汉考克的合作机会。