2016年CRI Xi Jinping Attends Opening Ceremony of Third Silk Road Forum

 

During his time in Warsaw, President Xi Jinping attended the opening of this year's Silk Road Forum¹.

Speaking at the opening ceremony, Xi Jinping has issued a call for increased cooperation through the "Belt and Road" initiative.

"We should further connect the '16+1' cooperation platform and the development of the 'Belt and Road' initiative on the present basis, making '16+1' the new growth pole of China-Europe cooperation."

Xi Jinping says he's going to push for more contacts among local governments, businesses and non-government institutions, as well as more exchanges among think tanks.

As part of his time in Poland, Xi Jinping and his Polish counterpart also attended a ceremony marking the first-ever arrival of the China-Europe Block Train from Chengdu to Warsaw.

The timing² is fitting, as Poland is hoping to play a significant role as a gateway³ for Chinese exports into Europe.

Head of the National Development and Reform Commission, Xu Shaoshi, says the massive train link will create stronger trade ties between the two sides.

"Poland is a gateway to Europe through which trains from China are entering. Thanks to a regular train service, Polish-Chinese cooperation is more dynamic and can contribute to the development of a strategic partnership⁴. We are ready to promote this cooperation together. We encourage Poland to increase the export of goods to China using the China Railway Express."

The China-Europe Block Train was officially launched on June 8th.

Freight trains along the line take around 2-weeks to get from China to Poland, which is twice as fast as sea transport, and much cheaper than air freight.

Its establishment is also an opportunity for Poland to increase its exports to China, which came in at around 2-billion US dollars last year.

Overall trade volume between China and Poland reached around 17 billion US dollars last year.

Poland is China's biggest trading partner in Central and Eastern Europe.

For CRI, I'm Zhao Jianfu.

1 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。

2 timing   

n.时间安排，时间选择

参考例句：

• The timing of the meeting is not convenient.会议的时间安排不合适。
• The timing of our statement is very opportune.我们发表声明选择的时机很恰当。

3 gateway   

n.大门口，出入口，途径，方法

参考例句：

• Hard work is the gateway to success.努力工作是通往成功之路。
• A man collected tolls at the gateway.一个人在大门口收通行费。

4 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。