2017年CRI Israeli PM visits China with largest business delegation

 

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrived in Beijing on March.19th for a state visit. [Photo: Israel embassy]

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has arrived in Beijing on Sunday for an official visit.

The two sides are expected to sign a range of business agreements, marking the 25th anniversary of establishing diplomatic ties this year.

Accompanied by five ministers and the largest ever Israeli business delegation¹ to visit China, Netanyahu is expected to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping, Premier² Li Keqiang and leading Chinese business figures during his second trip to China.

"I'm embarking³ on an official visit to China through invitation of the Chinese government. I will meet with the president and the premier, and we will mark the 25th anniversary of the establishment of relations between Israel and China," said Netanyahu ahead of his trip to Beijing.

Trade and commerce is expected to loom⁴ large during the visit.

The Israeli business delegation of 90 people will be meeting with the heads of some of China's biggest corporations, including multi-billion dollar Internet giant Baidu.

Netanyahu implicated⁵ on signing economic cooperation deals during his visit, as his government anticipates entering into a Free Trade Agreement with China in July.

"I will meet with the heads of the biggest corporations in China. When we say the heads of the biggest corporations in China, sometimes we mean, the biggest corporations in the world, or are quickly becoming the world's biggest. We will continue our talks to create a Free Trade Agreement between Israel and China and conduct the third innovation committee. We will open new markets to the economy of Israel," added Netanyahu.

China is Israel's biggest trading partner among all Asian countries. In 2016, bilateral⁶ trade volume reached 11.3 billion US dollars.

"This is also an opportunity for the prime minister to, again, make it clear that Israel wants to cooperate with China, that Israel wants investment from China. This is very important that they hear it loud and clear from the person who's holding the top position in Israel," said Ilan Maor, Managing Director of the Israel-China Chamber⁷ of Commerce.

Since diplomatic relations were established in 1992, Israel and China have developed increasingly close commercial and strategic links.

In the agricultural sector⁸, the two expanded trade and research opportunities by setting up collaborative farming projects in cities and provinces including Beijing, Shandong, Yunnan and Shaanxi.

In boosting people to people exchanges, Israel and China also signed a 10-year multiple entry visa agreement in 2016, making Israel only the third country, after the United States and Canada, to have such an arrangement with Beijing.

1 delegation   

n.代表团；派遣

参考例句：

• The statement of our delegation was singularly appropriate to the occasion.我们代表团的声明非常适合时宜。
• We shall inform you of the date of the delegation's arrival.我们将把代表团到达的日期通知你。

2 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。

3 embarking   

乘船( embark的现在分词 )； 装载； 从事

参考例句：

• He's embarking on a new career as a writer. 他即将开始新的职业生涯——当一名作家。
• The campaign on which were embarking was backed up by such intricate and detailed maintenance arrangemets. 我们实施的战争，须要如此复杂及详细的维护准备。

4 loom   

n.织布机，织机；v.隐现，(危险、忧虑等)迫近

参考例句：

• The old woman was weaving on her loom.那位老太太正在织布机上织布。
• The shuttle flies back and forth on the loom.织布机上梭子来回飞动。

5 implicated   

adj.密切关联的；牵涉其中的

参考例句：

• These groups are very strongly implicated in the violence. 这些组织与这起暴力事件有着极大的关联。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Having the stolen goods in his possession implicated him in the robbery. 因藏有赃物使他涉有偷盗的嫌疑。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

6 bilateral   

adj.双方的，两边的，两侧的

参考例句：

• They have been negotiating a bilateral trade deal.他们一直在商谈一项双边贸易协定。
• There was a wide gap between the views of the two statesmen on the bilateral cooperation.对双方合作的问题，两位政治家各自所持的看法差距甚大。

7 chamber   

n.房间，寝室；会议厅；议院；会所

参考例句：

• For many,the dentist's surgery remains a torture chamber.对许多人来说，牙医的治疗室一直是间受刑室。
• The chamber was ablaze with light.会议厅里灯火辉煌。

8 sector   

n.部门，部分；防御地段，防区；扇形

参考例句：

• The export sector will aid the economic recovery. 出口产业将促进经济复苏。
• The enemy have attacked the British sector.敌人已进攻英国防区。