第二届中俄博览会开幕

 　　HARBIN, Oct. 11 (Xinhua) -- Nearly 10,000 businessmen from 103 countries and regions attended the second China-Russia Exposition, which opened on Sunday in Harbin, capital of northeast China's Heilongjiang province.

　　More than 4,000 of the businessmen came from Russia, which borders Heilongjiang.

　　The expo, which is to last till Friday, is hosted jointly¹ by the Chinese Ministry² of Commerce, the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation³, the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation, as well as the provincial⁴ government of Heilongjiang.

　　Representatives from China and Russia will have exchanges in fields like electromechanical production, railway, development of forest resources, technical standards, mining, finance and tourism.

　　Second China-Russia Expo opens

　　China is Russia's largest trading partner.

　　The first China-Russia Expo ended last July in Harbin with contracts worth 3.15 billion U.S. dollars signed. The third expo will be held in Russia.

　　The event's predecessor⁵ was the China Harbin International Economic and Trade Fair, and the first fair was held in 1990.

1 jointly   

ad.联合地，共同地

参考例句：

• Tenants are jointly and severally liable for payment of the rent. 租金由承租人共同且分别承担。
• She owns the house jointly with her husband. 她和丈夫共同拥有这所房子。

2 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。

3 federation   

n.同盟，联邦，联合，联盟，联合会

参考例句：

• It is a federation of 10 regional unions.它是由十个地方工会结合成的联合会。
• Mr.Putin was inaugurated as the President of the Russian Federation.普京正式就任俄罗斯联邦总统。

4 provincial   

adj.省的，地方的；n．外省人，乡下人

参考例句：

• City dwellers think country folk have provincial attitudes.城里人以为乡下人思想迂腐。
• Two leading cadres came down from the provincial capital yesterday.昨天从省里下来了两位领导干部。

5 predecessor   

n.前辈，前任

参考例句：

• It will share the fate of its predecessor.它将遭受与前者同样的命运。
• The new ambassador is more mature than his predecessor.新大使比他的前任更成熟一些。