2017年CRI Cooperation to be focused on East Asian leaders' meetings: FM spokesperson

 

Chinese Premier¹ Li Keqiang is preparing to visit the Philippines to attend a series of leaders' meetings on East Asian cooperation in Manila.

During his stay in Manila from this coming Sunday to next Thursday, Premier Li will attend the 12th East Asia Summit, the 20th China-ASEAN leaders' meeting, as well as the 20th ASEAN-China, Japan and South Korea leaders' meeting.

Development and cooperation are expected to be the main focus at the meetings next week.

"We hope that the East Asian leaders' meetings will focus on cooperation and development, further promote pragmatic cooperation covering such areas as economy, cultural and people-to-people exchanges and non-traditional security issues, and also send a positive signal that East Asian countries will seek common development and jointly² cope with challenges," says Hua Chunying, Chinese Foreign Ministry⁴ spokesperson.

This year marks the 50th anniversary of the founding of ASEAN, as well as the 20th anniversary of the joint³ cooperation mechanism⁵ launched among ASEAN and China, Japan and South Korea.

China and ASEAN established their own stand-alone strategic partnership⁶ in 2003.

The Foreign Ministry says the Chinese side has proposed a series of initiatives in a bid to promote cooperation among East Asian countries, covering areas such as interconnectivity, food security, poverty alleviation⁷, tourism and anti-corruption.

Hua Chunying says Li Keqiang will have a busy schedule next week.

"Premier Li will hold talks with Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, and also meet with other Philippine officials. Both sides will witness the signing of bilateral⁸ cooperation agreements. We believe that Premier Li's visit will be of great significance in strengthening a good neighbor relationship between the two countries, and further enhance the development of bilateral ties," says Hua Chunying.

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte paid his first visit to China in October of last year after taking office.

The Philippines holds the rotating chair of ASEAN this year.

1 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。

2 jointly   

ad.联合地，共同地

参考例句：

• Tenants are jointly and severally liable for payment of the rent. 租金由承租人共同且分别承担。
• She owns the house jointly with her husband. 她和丈夫共同拥有这所房子。

3 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。

4 ministry   

n.(政府的)部；牧师

参考例句：

• They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
• We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。

5 mechanism   

n.机械装置；机构，结构

参考例句：

• The bones and muscles are parts of the mechanism of the body.骨骼和肌肉是人体的组成部件。
• The mechanism of the machine is very complicated.这台机器的结构是非常复杂的。

6 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。

7 alleviation   

n. 减轻，缓和，解痛物

参考例句：

• These were the circumstances and the hopes which gradually brought alleviation to Sir Thomas's pain. 这些情况及其希望逐渐缓解了托马斯爵士的痛苦。
• The cost reduction achieved in this way will benefit patients and the society in burden alleviation. 集中招标采购降低的采购成本要让利于患者，减轻社会负担。 来自英汉 - 翻译样例 - 口语

8 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。