2017年CRI Amazon launches innovation center in Qingdao

 

The Qingdao-Amazon Web Service (AWS) Joint¹ Innovation Center is the first of its kind in China. [Photo: enet.com.cn]

Amazon's cloud-computing arm has launched a global joint innovation center in the coastal² city of Qingdao, the first of its kind in China, providing services for global startups.

The Qingdao-Amazon Web Service (AWS) Joint Innovation Center will also include an innovation institute to train professionals.

Working with the local government, the new facilities will support 750 innovation firms in the next five years.

For more on this, CRI's Shane Bigham spoke³ earlier with Mike Bastin, Director of the China Business Center at Southampton Solent University in the UK.

1 joint   

adj.联合的，共同的；n.关节，接合处；v.连接，贴合

参考例句：

• I had a bad fall,which put my shoulder out of joint.我重重地摔了一跤，肩膀脫臼了。
• We wrote a letter in joint names.我们联名写了封信。

2 coastal   

adj.海岸的，沿海的，沿岸的

参考例句：

• The ocean waves are slowly eating away the coastal rocks.大海的波浪慢慢地侵蚀着岸边的岩石。
• This country will fortify the coastal areas.该国将加强沿海地区的防御。

3 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。