2017年CRI Experts on China-US economic and trade ties before Trump visit

 

US President Donald Trump¹ is now on his official state visit to China.

A US commerce delegation² and entrepreneur groups are also taking part in economic and trade talks which are due to generate a number of cooperation agreements. 

CRI's Guan Chao has more.

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Chinese new energy vehicle maker³ BYD recently held a completion ceremony for the third phase of its North American plant in California. 

The new electric bus plant covers an area of 41-thousand square meters. 

BYD is the first Chinese company to produce electric buses in the US.

BYD's public relations manager Li Wei says the company has invested 230-million US dollars in the US electric bus market since 2013, accounting⁴ for over 80-percent of the market share.

"The products of BYD's plant, including those promoted in the US market, are all new-energy products. They are beneficial to local environments, people's health, and the next generation's well-being⁵. 95-percent of the employees in the US are locals. So far, we've hired over 800 employees to work at our plant in the town of Lancaster in California. We plan to create a thousand more jobs in the future."

Economic and trade cooperation is high on US President Donald Trump's agenda this week while he visits Beijing.

Li Wei with BYD says their company expects the two sides will deepen cooperation in new energy transportation.

"I think the new energy transportation sector⁶ is an area ripe for cooperation. Before BYD entered the US market, new energy buses had already been promoted in the Chinese market for seven years. We've gained a lot of experience in operations and maintenance, which makes our products reliable. Our products are becoming popular in the US because they fill in a local technical blank."

Donald Trump is being accompanied by a large delegation of business representatives during this visit to China.

Like he did in Japan, Trump is expected to press for a narrowing of the China-US trade gap.

This is likely to include a push by Trump to try to get Beijing to free up additional areas of the Chinese economy for US investment.

But at the same time, China's Ambassador to the US, Cui Tiankai, suggested recently that if the US can ease its restriction⁷ on hi-tech products into China's private sector, US exports to China would likely be substantially increased. 

For CRI, this is Guan Chao. 

1 trump   

n.王牌，法宝；v.打出王牌，吹喇叭

参考例句：

• He was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown.他始终鼓不起勇气摊牌。
• The coach saved his star player for a trump card.教练保留他的明星选手，作为他的王牌。

2 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。

3 maker   

n.制造者，制造商

参考例句：

• He is a trouble maker，You must be distant with him.他是个捣蛋鬼，你不要跟他在一起。
• A cabinet maker must be a master craftsman.家具木工必须是技艺高超的手艺人。

4 accounting   

n.会计，会计学，借贷对照表

参考例句：

• A job fell vacant in the accounting department.财会部出现了一个空缺。
• There's an accounting error in this entry.这笔账目里有差错。

5 well-being   

n.安康，安乐，幸福

参考例句：

• He always has the well-being of the masses at heart.他总是把群众的疾苦挂在心上。
• My concern for their well-being was misunderstood as interference.我关心他们的幸福，却被误解为多管闲事。

6 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。

7 restriction   

n.限制，约束

参考例句：

• The park is open to the public without restriction.这个公园对公众开放，没有任何限制。
• The 30 mph speed restriction applies in all built-up areas.每小时限速30英里适用于所有建筑物聚集区。