2016年CRI A great choice: the key step that determines the fate of modern China

 

"I’ve been coming into China now for 30 years, and if you have that sort of context¹ if you saw where China was 30 years ago, socially, economically and politically, the changes that have been made over those 30 years have been phenomenal, I think have been amazing. The development in every one of those areas has been world-class and world-beating. I think in terms of where China was when I first came in 30 years ago to where it is today, no other country in the world could have made the progress that China has, with the direction, with the purpose, with the ability, with the consistency². "

---Mark E. Tucker

Group Chief Executive³ and President, AIA Group Limited

"Often China’s been one of the most advanced civilizations in the world. So I think that, you know, it’s China’s time has come. Well, I mean it’s been, the CPC’s been absolutely crucial, because the Chinese Communist Party has presided⁴ over this transformation⁵, was the inventor of this transformation. Let’s just put it in historical term, this is the most remarkable⁶ transformation in modern history, and I would say probably in old history over time at any point. "

---Martin Jacques

Senior Fellow, Department of Politics and International Studies; Well-known Author, Cambridge University

"The second generation of leadership with Deng Xiaoping at the core put forward for the first time the policy of reform and opening up, which contributes greatly to making China the world's second economic power and to the rise of China. So I think it is one of the biggest achievements. To sum up, the fact that China now has become the world’s second largest economy has proved the rightness to take the road of socialism with Chinese characteristics."

---Lee Jung-nam, 

Professor, Director of Center for Chinese Studies，Korea University

"Of course the CPC, the Communist Party is the leading party, the ruling party. The role played by CPC is crucial. It decides the road, particularly after the decision of the Communist Party to modernize⁷ the country and to realize deep and courageous⁸ reform of the economy and of the society. The Communist Party is the guide, the ruling party of China. What happened in China is first of all the result of the decisions of the action of the Communist Party. At the same time, I want to stress and underline that without the commitment of Chinese people, it would have been impossible to achieve what China has achieved in a very short period. "

---Massimo D'Alema

Former Italian Prime Minister

1 context   

n.背景，环境，上下文，语境

参考例句：

• You can always tell the meaning of a word from its context.你常可以从上下文中猜出词义来。
• This sentence does not seem to connect with the context.这个句子似乎与上下文脱节。

2 consistency   

n.一贯性，前后一致，稳定性；(液体的)浓度

参考例句：

• Your behaviour lacks consistency.你的行为缺乏一贯性。
• We appreciate the consistency and stability in China and in Chinese politics.我们赞赏中国及其政策的连续性和稳定性。

3 executive   

adj.执行的，行政的；n.执行者，行政官，经理

参考例句：

• A good executive usually gets on well with people.一个好的高级管理人员通常与人们相处得很好。
• He is a man of great executive ability.他是个具有极高管理能力的人。

4 presided   

主持，主管( preside的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• The city council is presided over by the mayor. 市政会议由市长主持。
• It rubs to be presided over by such a man. 受这样的人管辖真是使人恼火。

5 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。

6 remarkable   

adj.显著的，异常的，非凡的，值得注意的

参考例句：

• She has made remarkable headway in her writing skills.她在写作技巧方面有了长足进步。
• These cars are remarkable for the quietness of their engines.这些汽车因发动机没有噪音而不同凡响。

7 modernize   

vt.使现代化，使适应现代的需要

参考例句：

• It was their manifest failure to modernize the country's industries.他们使国家进行工业现代化，明显失败了。
• There is a pressing need to modernise our electoral system.我们的选举制度迫切需要现代化。

8 courageous   

adj.勇敢的，有胆量的

参考例句：

• We all honour courageous people.我们都尊重勇敢的人。
• He was roused to action by courageous words.豪言壮语促使他奋起行动。