2015年CRI Premier Li to Visit South Korea, Attend China-Japan-South Korea Summit

 

It will be Li's first visit to South Korea as premier¹ and the first visit to South Korea by a Chinese premier in five years.

The premier will attend the sixth Trilateral Summit Meeting on the sidelines of his visit from Saturday to Monday.

Vice² Foreign Minister Liu Zhenmin says good relations between China, Japan and South Korea will help improve the economic situation, both locally and globally.

"Facing the complicated international situation and the weak recovery of the world economy, strengthening trilateral cooperation will help maintain regional peace and stability, and power the economic development of Asia and the world."

For his part, assistant Minister of Commerce Tong Daochi says close economic ties are of great importance as each of the three countries plays an important role in the world economy and international trade cooperation.

"China, Japan and South Korea combined account for 20 percent of the world economy, 20 percent of the world population and 20 percent of the world's total foreign investment. Strengthening economic and trade cooperation between these countries will be beneficial to promoting regional integrity and global economic cooperation."

The first trilateral meeting was held in 2008.

But the meetings have been halted since 2012 as tensions among the three countries soured over territorial³ disputes.

Chinese Foreign Ministry⁴ spokesperson Hua Chunying says all parties should seize the opportunity for cooperation.

"It's been three years since the trilateral leaders' summit was held last time. China hopes the sides can take the opportunity to pave the way for future cooperation, strengthening cooperation in traditional areas as well as new areas. The three sides should tackle historical issues properly and provide a stable environment for future development. "

The spokesperson also adds that the three countries should continue partnerships⁵ in areas including trade, culture and sustainable development, and expand into new areas such as the economy, information technology and poverty reduction.

For CRI, I'm Victor Ning.

1 premier   

adj.首要的；n.总理，首相

参考例句：

• The Irish Premier is paying an official visit to Britain.爱尔兰总理正在对英国进行正式访问。
• He requested that the premier grant him an internview.他要求那位总理接见他一次。

2 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。

3 territorial   

adj.领土的，领地的

参考例句：

• The country is fighting to preserve its territorial integrity.该国在为保持领土的完整而进行斗争。
• They were not allowed to fish in our territorial waters.不允许他们在我国领海捕鱼。

4 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。

5 partnerships   

n.伙伴关系( partnership的名词复数 )；合伙人身份；合作关系

参考例句：

• Partnerships suffer another major disadvantage: decision-making is shared. 合伙企业的另一主要缺点是决定要由大家来作。 来自英汉非文学 - 政府文件
• It involved selling off limited partnerships. 它涉及到售出有限的合伙权。 来自辞典例句