中国海外投资额居全球第三

 　　As of 2013, China's overseas investment has reached a record high of one hundred billion US dollars.

　　However, the report reveals that the country's 18-thousand foreign enterprises in China that year represent a decrease of almost 11 percent compared to 2012.

　　Some people worry China's investment environment is not as good as it was.

　　But Song Qun, a former official from NDRC academic committee, says that with the "new normal", foreign investment to China will also enter a new normal stage.

　　中国海外投资额居全球第三

　　"The relative size of the manufacturing industry will gradually decline while the share of companies in the service sector² will rise. This is the general trend for China's industrial transformation³ and upgrading. Foreign investment serves China's economic development. Some low end foreign manufacturing should be transferred to other places, due to cost increases in both market and labor⁴. This is the same as when western countries shifted their manufacturing business here to China."

　　Stimulated⁵ by the new normal, China's huge market potential will bring enormous business opportunities to foreign enterprises.

　　Wei Jianguo is former vice¹ minister of China's Ministry⁶ of Commerce.

　　"Currently the biggest attraction here in China is the market potential. According to the estimation of the US Chamber⁷ of Commerce, a middle-class consumer market with a population of over 500-million will take shape in China by 2020. This will supply tremendous opportunities for foreign industries, such as machinery⁸ manufacturing, medical equipment, health care, and the pharmaceutical⁹ industry."

　　According to the report, China's direct investment goes to 184 countries and regions worldwide, covering about 80 percent of the globe.

　　At the same time, the merger-and-acquisition fields are becoming more and more diversified¹⁰.

　　However, challenges are increasing for the country's export-oriented enterprises.

　　The rising cost of labour and the fluctuation¹¹ of the RMB exchange rate have led to a reduction in long-term orders.

　　Wei Jianguo suggests that both the government and national enterprises should join efforts to tackle the issue.

　　"I am very sad to see that our companies only try to lower prices to keep them individually competitive, instead of solving problems with other companies in the same industry. Meanwhile, China should continue try to keep the title of 'world factory'. If not, millions in the workforce¹² will be affected¹³. So the government needs to support exports through effective policies."

　　On Tuesday, China's top economic planner said it would increase efforts to manage effective investment this year, in a bid to help stabilize¹⁴ economic growth.

　　The NDRC also vowed¹⁵ to streamline¹⁶ its approval procedures and improve supervision¹⁷ and transparency.

　　For CRI, I'm Wang Wei.

1 vice   

n.坏事；恶习；[pl.]台钳，老虎钳；adj.副的

参考例句：

• He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
• They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。

2 sector   

n.部门，部分；防御地段，防区；扇形

参考例句：

• The export sector will aid the economic recovery. 出口产业将促进经济复苏。
• The enemy have attacked the British sector.敌人已进攻英国防区。

3 transformation   

n.变化；改造；转变

参考例句：

• Going to college brought about a dramatic transformation in her outlook.上大学使她的观念发生了巨大的变化。
• He was struggling to make the transformation from single man to responsible husband.他正在努力使自己由单身汉变为可靠的丈夫。

4 labor   

n.劳动，努力，工作，劳工；分娩；vi.劳动，努力，苦干；vt.详细分析；麻烦

参考例句：

• We are never late in satisfying him for his labor.我们从不延误付给他劳动报酬。
• He was completely spent after two weeks of hard labor.艰苦劳动两周后，他已经疲惫不堪了。

5 stimulated   

a.刺激的

参考例句：

• The exhibition has stimulated interest in her work. 展览增进了人们对她作品的兴趣。
• The award has stimulated her into working still harder. 奖金促使她更加努力地工作。

6 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。

7 chamber   

n.房间，寝室；会议厅；议院；会所

参考例句：

• For many,the dentist's surgery remains a torture chamber.对许多人来说，牙医的治疗室一直是间受刑室。
• The chamber was ablaze with light.会议厅里灯火辉煌。

8 machinery   

n.(总称)机械，机器；机构

参考例句：

• Has the machinery been put up ready for the broadcast?广播器材安装完毕了吗？
• Machinery ought to be well maintained all the time.机器应该随时注意维护。

9 pharmaceutical   

adj.药学的，药物的；药用的，药剂师的

参考例句：

• She has donated money to establish a pharmaceutical laboratory.她捐款成立了一个药剂实验室。
• We are engaged in a legal tussle with a large pharmaceutical company.我们正同一家大制药公司闹法律纠纷。

10 diversified   

adj.多样化的，多种经营的v.使多样化，多样化( diversify的过去式和过去分词 )；进入新的商业领域

参考例句：

• The college biology department has diversified by adding new courses in biotechnology. 该学院生物系通过增加生物技术方面的新课程而变得多样化。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Take grain as the key link, develop a diversified economy and ensure an all-round development. 以粮为纲，多种经营，全面发展。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

11 fluctuation   

n.(物价的)波动，涨落；周期性变动；脉动

参考例句：

• The erratic fluctuation of market prices are in consequence of unstable economy.经济波动致使市场物价忽起忽落。
• Early and adequate drainage is essential if fluctuation occurs.有波动感时，应及早地充分引流。

12 workforce   

n.劳动大军，劳动力

参考例句：

• A large part of the workforce is employed in agriculture.劳动人口中一大部分受雇于农业。
• A quarter of the local workforce is unemployed.本地劳动力中有四分之一失业。

13 affected   

adj.不自然的，假装的

参考例句：

• She showed an affected interest in our subject.她假装对我们的课题感到兴趣。
• His manners are affected.他的态度不自然。

14 stabilize   

vt.（使）稳定，使稳固，使稳定平衡；vi.稳定

参考例句：

• They are eager to stabilize currencies.他们急于稳定货币。
• His blood pressure tended to stabilize.他的血压趋向稳定。

15 vowed   

起誓，发誓（vow的过去式与过去分词形式）

参考例句：

• He vowed quite solemnly that he would carry out his promise. 他非常庄严地发誓要实现他的诺言。
• I vowed to do more of the cooking myself. 我发誓自己要多动手做饭。

16 streamline   

vt.使成流线型；使简化；使现代化

参考例句：

• We must streamline our methods.我们必须简化方法。
• Any liquid or gas passing it will have streamline flow.任何通过它的液体或气体将呈流线型的流动。

17 supervision   

n.监督，管理

参考例句：

• The work was done under my supervision.这项工作是在我的监督之下完成的。
• The old man's will was executed under the personal supervision of the lawyer.老人的遗嘱是在律师的亲自监督下执行的。