资料：AnewChinese-ledinternationaldevelopmentbankannounceditsfirstfourloansonSaturday,pledgingtolend$509millionforprojectstospreadelectricpowerinruralBangladesh,upgradelivingconditionsinslumsinIndonesia,andimproveroadsinPakistanandTajikistan.Atthefirstoftheannualgeneralmeetingsofininstitution,theAsianInfrastructureInvestmentBank,thebank’spresident,JinLiqun,saidtheprojectswerefinanciallysoundandenvironmentallyfriendlyandhadbeenacceptedbythepeopleintheprojectareas. TheroadinTajikistanisjustthreemileslong,butitwillhelpcleartrafficcongestiononanimportanttradingroutenearthecapital,Dushanbe.A$100millionloantoPakistanisfor40milesofhighwayinPunjabProvincethatwouldcompletethelastsectionofnationalartery,theM-4,thebanksaid. Threeoftheprojectsarebeingfinancedwithotherinstitutions-theAsianDevelopmentBank,theWorldBank,andtheEuropeanbankforReconstructionandDevelopment-anapproachthatallowedthenewbanktobegintheprojectsquickly.Thebank’s$165millionloantoexpandelectricityinruralareasofBangladeshisitsonlystand-aloneproject.Byfinancingprojectswithlong-establishedinstitutions,theBeijing-basedbankwasabletomovequicklybecauseworkonmeetingenvironmentalstandardsandprocurementpolicieshadbeencompleted,staffmembersatthebanksaid. AlthoughthenewbankwasChina’sidea,itisintendedtooperateasaninternationalbankdedicatedtoimprovingthebasicstructuresandfacilitiesneededtostimulatedevelopmentacrossAsia,Mr.JinsaidatanewsconferenceonSaturday.UnliketheWorldBankandtheAsianDevelopmentBank,theAsianInfrastructureInvestmentBankplaceslessemphasisonthereductionofpoverty,hesaid.Thebank“wasbornwiththebirthmarkofChina,butitsupbringingisinternational,”Mr.Jinsaid.Referringtothethreeotherinstitutionsthatwillfinancetheprojects,hesaid,“wecanworkwonderfullytogether.” Thenewbankisbeingwatchedclosely.TheUnitedStatesrefusedtojoinwhenitwasofferedmembershipin2014.Japanhasalsonotsoughtmembershipinthebank.ButPresidentObama’sadministrationwasmostlyconcernedthatthebankwouldchallengethecurrentdevelopmentarchitecture,theBrettonWoodssystemestablishedundertheleadershipoftheUnitedStatesafterWorldWarⅡ. Inthepastyear,Mr.JinhasworkedtoreassureWashington,largelybyagreeingtochooseprojectsthathavealreadybeenapprovedbytheWorldBank,theAsianDevelopmentBankandtheEuropeanBank.Hehasalsoemphasizedthatthenewbankwillbemorestreamlinedandstrivetobe“lean,greenandclean.” BritainwasthemosteageroftheWesterndemocraciestojointhebank,anditbrokerankswiththeUnitedStatesandbecameamemberinthefallof2014.OthermembersoftheEuropeanUnion,includingFranceandGermany,rushedinafterBritain.ThewithdrawalofBritainfromtheEuropeanUnionisnotexpectedtoaffectitsrelationshipwiththebank,Mr.Jinsaid.“IbelievetheUnitedKingdomwillcontinuetoplayanimportantroleinthedevelopmentofthebank,”hesaidatthenewsconference.AskedifhebelievedthatBritain’sdecisionshowedthattheoldguardwascrumblingquickerthanheexpected,Mr.Jindiplomaticallyrepliedthathehaddetectednosuch..(缺失) Twodozencountrieshaveexpressedinterestinjoiningthebank,andtheysentobserverstothetwo-daymeeting,Mr.Jinsaid.ThenewmemberswouldcomefromEasternEurope,LatinAmerica,andcouldjoinasearlyas(缺失)year. TheAsianInfrastructureInvestmentBank’sfirstfourloanswillgotothefollowingexcept().
A.India B.Tajikistan C.Pakistan D.Bangladesh正确答案A
