2018年CRI Xi stresses efforts to win "three tough battles"

 

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday urged solid efforts to win the "three tough battles" of preventing financial risks, reducing poverty and tackling pollution.

Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, made the remarks at the first meeting of the Central Committee for Financial and Economic Affairs.

Preventing and defusing financial risks is relevant to national security, overall development, and the security of people's property, and is a key threshold that the country must cross to achieve high-quality growth, said Xi, head of the Central Committee for Financial and Economic Affairs.

Premier¹ Li Keqiang, who is also deputy head of the committee, and Wang Huning and Han Zheng, who are members of the committee, attended the meeting.

Wang Yang, chairman of the CPPCC National Committee, was also present.

The country has made progress in its fight against poverty, a battle that must be won, according to Xi.

Environmental issues are a major concern for the public, and are decisive to Chinese people's judgment² of the success of building a moderately prosperous society in all respects, according to Xi.

To prevent and defuse financial risks, China should reduce the leverage³ ratio of local governments and companies, especially state-owned enterprises, according to a statement released after the meeting.

Tailored policies should be used to control risks in different financial markets, the statement said.

Financial supervision⁴ at the state and local level should be better coordinated⁵, while local governments should be responsible for controlling local financial risks.

To reduce poverty, authorities should stick to the current poverty relief standards, and should not make arbitrary decisions to raise or lower the standards.

China should also encourage the use of clean energy and reduce the use of coal in its fight against pollution, according to the statement.

The meeting also approved work rules of the Central Committee for Financial and Economic Affairs, and stressed the CPC Central Committee's leading role in the country's economic work.

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 judgment   

n.审判；判断力，识别力，看法，意见

参考例句：

• The chairman flatters himself on his judgment of people.主席自认为他审视人比别人高明。
• He's a man of excellent judgment.他眼力过人。

3 leverage   

n.力量，影响；杠杆作用，杠杆的力量

参考例句：

• We'll have to use leverage to move this huge rock.我们不得不借助杠杆之力来移动这块巨石。
• He failed in the project because he could gain no leverage. 因为他没有影响力，他的计划失败了。

4 supervision   

n.监督，管理

参考例句：

• The work was done under my supervision.这项工作是在我的监督之下完成的。
• The old man's will was executed under the personal supervision of the lawyer.老人的遗嘱是在律师的亲自监督下执行的。

5 coordinated   

adj.协调的

参考例句：

• The sound has to be coordinated with the picture. 声音必须和画面协调一致。
• The numerous existing statutes are complicated and poorly coordinated. 目前繁多的法令既十分复杂又缺乏快调。 来自英汉非文学 - 环境法 - 环境法