2018年CRI CRI's Director General delivers 2018 New Year speech to overseas audiences

 

Wang Gengnian, Director General of China Radio International, delivers the 2018 New Year's speech to overseas audiences.

Director-General of China Radio International (CRI), Wang Gengnian, extends his new year's greetings to overseas audiences via radio and the internet. Wang Gengnian expresses the belief that CRI's future will be even more steady and forceful through audience support. He says CRI will provide its audience, both on the radio and online, with more timely and accurate information. Here's is his speech in full:

Dear friends:

As we say goodbye to 2017 and welcome in 2018, I want to extend cordial greetings and sincere wishes to all of you on behalf of China Radio International and the China International Broadcasting Network, and for me personally. We hope that good luck, happiness, peace and health will always be with you!

2017 has been of extraordinary significance to China. The 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China was a paramount¹ success, drawing a blueprint² for the future development of China, highlighting China's wisdom for and contribution to global governance. As one of our dedicated³ fans Franka Gulin said, "The 19th CPC National Congress is not only a major event in China but also the focus of international attention. If China wrote its own dazzling history in the past five years, then China will create new glories in the future".

The past year also saw other major events, ranging from the World Economic Forum⁴ in Davos, where President Xi Jinping delivered a keynote speech and put forward the proposal of building a "Community of Shared Future for Mankind," to the Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation in Beijing in May, as well as the BRICS Summit in Xiamen in September. 2017 also saw high-level talks take place among the CPC and many of the world's leading political parties. In its advocacy for peace, development, mutual⁵ benefit and openness, China has displayed self-confidence, inclusiveness, and responsibility in times of change.

In today's era, the international landscape and balance of power have evolved profoundly. The building of a new international political and economic order has seen rapid development. The pursuit of peace, development and win-win cooperation has become an irresistible⁶ trend of the times. We firmly believe that communication and exchanges are the bridge that enhances understanding and deepens friendship. Over the past year, CRI focused on native-language and localized communication, communication convergence and communication cooperation, and has been making more solid strides toward becoming a new and comprehensive modern international media organization. While promoting our multimedia⁷ business that features audio-visual content, web, newspapers and periodicals, we've endeavored to create a "China" series of brands, leveraging⁸ multilingual mobile apps such as "China-Russia Headlines" and "China Plus Italy", as well as various social media accounts and giving priority to the use of new media in order to offer our audiences a true, three-dimensional and comprehensive perspective on China. We have created diversified⁹, personalized and visual media convergence products through micro-video, HTML5, animation¹⁰ and illustrations in an effort to make our content, form and style more vivid, fresh, amiable¹¹, and more in line with the diverse needs of our friends. We have actively¹² improved our overseas media cooperation, hoping to reach more international audiences so we can share news and other stories happening in China and around the world with you in a timely manner. We're striving to be your news source on the go. We have actively explored new paths for cultural exchanges with foreign countries, and opened new windows and channels for our friends to listen to Chinese narratives¹³ and experience a colorful China by co-producing the "Chinese Theater," as well as providing dubbed¹⁴ multilingual films and television shows.

Friends! No seeds can take root and accumulate the forces of growth without sunshine, rain and fertile soil. It is with your support that the pace at which we move forward is becoming more steady and forceful. In 2017, CRI's total audience reached 95 million. Our overseas multilingual social media accounts now total over 62 million followers¹⁵. Our mobile app users now exceed 26 million. These numbers are unprecedented¹⁶. We're heartened to know you're out there every time you click "like," post a comment or send us a letter. We appreciate all your comments and your support. On behalf of all my colleagues at CRI, I would like to express my heartfelt thanks to all our friends.

With a fresh start for the year ahead, we will provide our friends with better and more timely information services, build more platforms and create stronger content to help our friends throughout the world better understand China, and how China works with the rest of the world.

May our friendship last forever! Once again, Happy New Year to everyone! Thank you. 

1 paramount   

a.最重要的，最高权力的

参考例句：

• My paramount object is to save the Union and destroy slavery.我的最高目标是拯救美国，摧毁奴隶制度。
• Nitrogen is of paramount importance to life on earth.氮对地球上的生命至关重要。

2 blueprint   

n.蓝图，设计图，计划；vt.制成蓝图，计划

参考例句：

• All the machine parts on a blueprint must answer each other.设计图上所有的机器部件都应互相配合。
• The documents contain a blueprint for a nuclear device.文件内附有一张核装置的设计蓝图。

3 dedicated   

adj.一心一意的；献身的；热诚的

参考例句：

• He dedicated his life to the cause of education.他献身于教育事业。
• His whole energies are dedicated to improve the design.他的全部精力都放在改进这项设计上了。

4 forum   

n.论坛，讨论会

参考例句：

• They're holding a forum on new ways of teaching history.他们正在举行历史教学讨论会。
• The organisation would provide a forum where problems could be discussed.这个组织将提供一个可以讨论问题的平台。

5 mutual   

adj.相互的，彼此的；共同的，共有的

参考例句：

• We must pull together for mutual interest.我们必须为相互的利益而通力合作。
• Mutual interests tied us together.相互的利害关系把我们联系在一起。

6 irresistible   

adj.非常诱人的，无法拒绝的，无法抗拒的

参考例句：

• The wheel of history rolls forward with an irresistible force.历史车轮滚滚向前，势不可挡。
• She saw an irresistible skirt in the store window.她看见商店的橱窗里有一条叫人着迷的裙子。

7 multimedia   

adj.多种手段的，多媒体的；n.多媒体

参考例句：

• Multimedia is the combination of computer and video technology.多媒体是计算机和视频技术的结合。
• Adam raised the issue of multimedia applications and much useful discussion ensued.亚当提出了多媒体应用的问题，从而引发了许多有益的讨论。

8 leveraging   

促使…改变( leverage的现在分词 )； [美国英语]杠杆式投机，（使）举债经营，（使）利用贷款进行投机

参考例句：

• De-leveraging is a painful process: it has barely begun. 去杠杆化是个痛苦的过程：它才刚刚开始。
• Archimedes said, saying: Give me a fulcrum, I can leveraging the Earth. 阿基米德说过一句话：给我一个支点，我可以撬动地球。

9 diversified   

adj.多样化的，多种经营的v.使多样化，多样化( diversify的过去式和过去分词 )；进入新的商业领域

参考例句：

• The college biology department has diversified by adding new courses in biotechnology. 该学院生物系通过增加生物技术方面的新课程而变得多样化。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Take grain as the key link, develop a diversified economy and ensure an all-round development. 以粮为纲，多种经营，全面发展。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

10 animation   

n.活泼，兴奋，卡通片／动画片的制作

参考例句：

• They are full of animation as they talked about their childhood.当他们谈及童年的往事时都非常兴奋。
• The animation of China made a great progress.中国的卡通片制作取得很大发展。

11 amiable   

adj.和蔼可亲的，友善的，亲切的

参考例句：

• She was a very kind and amiable old woman.她是个善良和气的老太太。
• We have a very amiable companionship.我们之间存在一种友好的关系。

12 actively   

adv.积极地，勤奋地

参考例句：

• During this period all the students were actively participating.在这节课中所有的学生都积极参加。
• We are actively intervening to settle a quarrel.我们正在积极调解争执。

13 narratives   

记叙文( narrative的名词复数 )； 故事； 叙述； 叙述部分

参考例句：

• Marriage, which has been the bourne of so many narratives, is still a great beginning. 结婚一向是许多小说的终点，然而也是一个伟大的开始。
• This is one of the narratives that children are fond of. 这是孩子们喜欢的故事之一。

14 dubbed   

v.给…起绰号( dub的过去式和过去分词 )；把…称为；配音；复制

参考例句：

• Mathematics was once dubbed the handmaiden of the sciences. 数学曾一度被视为各门科学的基础。
• Is the movie dubbed or does it have subtitles? 这部电影是配音的还是打字幕的？ 来自《简明英汉词典》

15 followers   

追随者( follower的名词复数 )； 用户； 契据的附面； 从动件

参考例句：

• the followers of Mahatma Gandhi 圣雄甘地的拥护者
• The reformer soon gathered a band of followers round him. 改革者很快就获得一群追随者支持他。

16 unprecedented   

adj.无前例的，新奇的

参考例句：

• The air crash caused an unprecedented number of deaths.这次空难的死亡人数是空前的。
• A flood of this sort is really unprecedented.这样大的洪水真是十年九不遇。