2016年CRI Hangzhou Holds Warm-up Activities ahead of G20 Summit

 

This year's G20 leaders' summit in Zhejiang's provincial¹ capital is set to take place on September 4th and 5th.

Speaking at a morale-boosting session on Friday, Hangzhou Party chief Zhao Yide says much of the preparations have already been made.

"We have tried our best to build venues² at high standards, but also in an economic way. The construction of the G20 venues, the residences of Chinese and foreign leaders, as well as the rebuilding and upgrading of other venues are basically complete. We did not build new venues. We simply did some rebuilding and upgradings to venues which had been previously³ built. We want to ensure the venues are of high quality, without wasting money. We will try to make sure that this year's G20 summit is held in an economic way."

Over 100 foreign leaders will lead delegations⁴ totaling around 10-thousand people to this year's Leaders' Summit in Hangzhou.

To help accommodate them, around 6-thousand volunteers have been mobilized in Hangzhou to help those attending the event.

78-year-old Xu Guanghua is one of them.

"Hangzhou is well-known for its beauty. More people around the world will get to know Hangzhou after this year's G20 summit. As the volunteers, we will show the beauty of Hangzhou to the whole world. We hope our country will be stronger and stronger. Many of us might be retired⁵, but we still want to make our contributions to society. "

To try to communicate with the foreigners attending the event, a number of people in Hangzhou have started to learn English.

"We live close to West Lake. When foreign tourists are here, we will say 'Welcome to Hangzhou.'"

The theme of this year's G20 summit is "Toward an Innovative⁶, Invigorated, Interconnected and Inclusive World Economy."

The Group of G20 is an international forum⁷ which gathers officials from the world's 20 largest economies.

These economies account for 90 percent of the world's GDP and 80 percent of the world's trade volume.

For CRI, I'm Zhao Jianfu.

1 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。

2 venues   

n.聚集地点( venue的名词复数 )；会场；（尤指）体育比赛场所；犯罪地点

参考例句：

• The band will be playing at 20 different venues on their UK tour. 这个乐队在英国巡回演出期间将在20个不同的地点演出。
• Farmers market corner, 800 meters long, 60 meters wide livestock trading venues. 农牧市场东北角，有长800米，宽60米的牲畜交易场地。 来自互联网

3 previously   

adv.以前，先前（地）

参考例句：

• The bicycle tyre blew out at a previously damaged point.自行车胎在以前损坏过的地方又爆开了。
• Let me digress for a moment and explain what had happened previously.让我岔开一会儿，解释原先发生了什么。

4 delegations   

n.代表团( delegation的名词复数 )；委托，委派

参考例句：

• In the past 15 years, China has sent 280 women delegations abroad. 十五年来，中国共派280批妇女代表团出访。 来自汉英非文学 - 白皮书
• The Sun Ray decision follows the federal pattern of tolerating broad delegations but insisting on safeguards. “阳光”案的判决仿效联邦容许广泛授权的做法，但又坚持保护措施。 来自英汉非文学 - 行政法

5 retired   

adj.隐退的，退休的，退役的

参考例句：

• The old man retired to the country for rest.这位老人下乡休息去了。
• Many retired people take up gardening as a hobby.许多退休的人都以从事园艺为嗜好。

6 innovative   

adj.革新的，新颖的，富有革新精神的

参考例句：

• Discover an innovative way of marketing.发现一个创新的营销方式。
• He was one of the most creative and innovative engineers of his generation.他是他那代人当中最富创造性与革新精神的工程师之一。

7 forum   

n.论坛，讨论会

参考例句：

• They're holding a forum on new ways of teaching history.他们正在举行历史教学讨论会。
• The organisation would provide a forum where problems could be discussed.这个组织将提供一个可以讨论问题的平台。