China was also engaged in constructing a $500 million electric plant and railway link between Tajikistan and Pakistan. Last December, China’s state-owned National Petroleum Corporation signed a deal with the Afghan authorities that would make it the first foreign company to exploit Afghanistan’s oil and natural-gas reserves.
事实上，中国的艾娜克（Aynak）铜矿开发项目阿富汗历史上最大的单一外国直接投资项目。中国还参与了5亿美元的电厂项目和塔吉克斯坦-巴基斯坦铁路项目。去年12月，中石油与阿富汗当局签署了一项协议，成为首家开采阿富汗原油和天然气储备的外国公司。