The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) announced last Wednesday that its board of governors has adopted resolutions approving applications from Papua New Guinea and Kenya to join the bank, bringing its total approved membership to 86.
亞洲基礎設施投資銀行（亞投行）上周三宣布，其理事會已通過決議批準巴布新幾內(nèi)亞和肯尼亞的加入申請，使得成員總數(shù)增至86個。
"We're very happy to welcome Papua New Guinea and Kenya as prospective members of AIIB," Vice-President and Corporate Secretary Danny Alexander said.
亞投行副行長兼秘書長丹尼·亞歷山大表示：“我們歡迎巴布亞新幾內(nèi)亞和肯尼亞成為亞投行的意向成員�！�
"AIIB now has 86 approved members from six continents. This shows a strong commitment to promoting infrastructure development through rules-based multilateral cooperation with high standards of governance," he said.
他說道：“如今，亞投行有來自六大洲的86個成員，這表明通過高標準治理和有秩序的多邊合作，大家對共同促進基礎設施建設做出了堅定承諾�！�
The two prospective members will officially join the bank once they complete the requireddomestic processes and deposit the first installment of capital with the bank.
這兩個意向成員一經(jīng)走完國內(nèi)程序并將首筆資本金繳存銀行，即可成為亞投行的正式成員。
The shares allocated to the new prospective members come from AIIB's existing pool ofunallocated shares, according to AIIB.
亞投行稱，這些新的意向成員的股份將從該行尚未分配的預留股份中獲得。
With 57 signatories at its launch in January 2016, the Beijing-headquartered AIIB aims toimprove social and economic outcomes in Asia and beyond by investing in sustainableinfrastructure and other productive sectors.
在2016年1月開業(yè)時擁有57個簽署國、總部位于北京的亞投行，目標是通過對可持續(xù)基礎設施和其他生產(chǎn)性領(lǐng)域的投資，改善亞洲及其他地區(qū)的社會和經(jīng)濟表現(xiàn)。
