China expresses condolences on Chavez's death

 　　BEIJING, March 6 (Xinhua) -- Chinese leaders Hu Jintao and Xi Jinping have expressed deep condolences on the death of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, Foreign Ministry¹ spokeswoman Hua Chunying said Wednesday.

　　Hua said at a daily press briefing that Hu Jintao, China's president, and Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, have each sent condolence messages to Venezuela's Acting² President Nicolas Maduro.

　　She said Wu Bangguo, chairman of the Standing³ Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC), also sent a message of condolences to Diosdado Cabello, president of the Venezuelan Congress.

　　"President Chavez was an outstanding leader of Venezuela and a good friend of the Chinese people," Hua said, adding that Chavez made significant contributions to advancing the friendly and cooperative relations between China and Venezuela.

　　The CPC, the Chinese government and people highly treasure the time-honored friendship between the two countries, according to the spokeswoman.

　　She added that China is ready to work with Venezuela to continuously deepen bilateral⁴ strategic partnership⁵ based on common development so as to bring benefits to their people.

　　Chavez died on Tuesday in a military hospital in Caracas.

1 ministry   

n.(政府的)部；牧师

参考例句：

• They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
• We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。

2 acting   

n.演戏，行为，假装；adj.代理的，临时的，演出用的

参考例句：

• Ignore her,she's just acting.别理她，她只是假装的。
• During the seventies,her acting career was in eclipse.在七十年代，她的表演生涯黯然失色。

3 standing   

n.持续，地位；adj.永久的，不动的，直立的，不流动的

参考例句：

• After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
• They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。

4 bilateral   

adj.双方的，两边的，两侧的

参考例句：

• They have been negotiating a bilateral trade deal.他们一直在商谈一项双边贸易协定。
• There was a wide gap between the views of the two statesmen on the bilateral cooperation.对双方合作的问题，两位政治家各自所持的看法差距甚大。

5 partnership   

n.合作关系，伙伴关系

参考例句：

• The company has gone into partnership with Swiss Bank Corporation.这家公司已经和瑞士银行公司建立合作关系。
• Martin has taken him into general partnership in his company.马丁已让他成为公司的普通合伙人。