2018年CRI China to increase agricultural imports from Indonesia: premier

 

Chinese Premier¹ Li Keqiang has issued a promise to increase agricultural imports from Indonesia, including coffee, tropical fruits and edible² bird's nests.

As part of his time in Jakarta, he also says China hopes to see substantive³ breakthroughs made in negotiations⁴ on a Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership⁵.

CRI's Yu Yang has more:

The Chinese Premier says Indonesian agricultural products are highly sought after in the Chinese market.

He's noted⁶ this, as well as announcing other goals with Indonesia, following a meeting with Indonesian President Joko Widodo on Monday in Bogor, a city in the country's province of West Java.

Li Keqiang has also discussed plans to help Indonesia build economic corridors.

He says more Chinese experts and entrepreneurs will be involved helping⁷ build up Indonesia's ports, maritime⁸ economy, industrial processing and overseas warehouses⁹.

Joko Widodo has promised to provide a more convenient business environment for Chinese investment in the Indonesian market.

Li Keqiant's visit to Indonesia started on Sunday, which is the first stop on his first overseas trip since the new Chinese cabinet took office in March.

The visit comes as the two sides mark the 5th anniversary of the creation of the China-Indonesia comprehensive strategic partnership.

Li Keqiang has described China and Indonesia as important neighbors and natural cooperation partners.

"We agreed to continue our relationship in creating peace in accordance with international values and commitments, we are united to safeguard the world's peace and stability. We are important economic entities¹⁰ in the world, we are together to push economic growth and protect free trade, and also give convenience to trade."

For his part, Joko Widodo says his side likes working with China.

"We held a bilateral¹¹ meeting where we discussed increasing our bilateral relationship to bring about benefits for both countries, as two major countries in the region. I also conveyed that the strategic partnership between Indonesia and China could bring about peace and stability, and benefit the world."

On Monday, the Premier also attended a ceremony marking the 15th anniversary of the creation of a ASEAN-China Strategic Partnership at the ASEAN Secretariat office in Jakarta.

The Secretary-General of ASEAN has said that the group hopes to work with China toward more innovation and an expansion of the digital economy.

Speaking at the event, Premier Li Keqiang says China wants to work more closely with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, particularly toward more free trade.

"We hope that the RCEP can achieve substantive breakthroughs this year and create conditions for the free and convenient development of economy, trade, and investment in East Asian countries. We also pledge to the world that we will maintain and promote trade liberalization. China and ASEAN are comprehensive partners who are both inclusive and willing to learn from each other. We will continue to respect the ASEAN countries' choice of development path that suits your own national conditions and write a new chapter of cooperation, sharing, and win-win cooperation with ASEAN."

This past month's ASEAN Summit in Singapore saw the 10-member bloc¹² agree to try to hammer out the details of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership.

The RCEP is meant to be a free trade area among the 10-members of ASEAN, as well as China, Australia, India, Japan, South Korea and New Zealand.

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 edible   

n.食品，食物；adj.可食用的

参考例句：

• Edible wild herbs kept us from dying of starvation.我们靠着野菜才没被饿死。
• This kind of mushroom is edible,but that kind is not.这种蘑菇吃得，那种吃不得。

3 substantive   

adj.表示实在的；本质的、实质性的；独立的；n.实词，实名词；独立存在的实体

参考例句：

• They plan to meet again in Rome very soon to begin substantive negotiations.他们计划不久在罗马再次会晤以开始实质性的谈判。
• A president needs substantive advice,but he also requires emotional succor. 一个总统需要实质性的建议，但也需要感情上的支持。

4 negotiations   

协商( negotiation的名词复数 )； 谈判； 完成（难事）； 通过

参考例句：

• negotiations for a durable peace 为持久和平而进行的谈判
• Negotiations have failed to establish any middle ground. 谈判未能达成任何妥协。

5 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。

6 noted   

adj.著名的，知名的

参考例句：

• The local hotel is noted for its good table.当地的那家酒店以餐食精美而著称。
• Jim is noted for arriving late for work.吉姆上班迟到出了名。

7 helping   

n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的，辅助的

参考例句：

• The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
• By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。

8 maritime   

adj.海的，海事的，航海的，近海的，沿海的

参考例句：

• Many maritime people are fishermen.许多居于海滨的人是渔夫。
• The temperature change in winter is less in maritime areas.冬季沿海的温差较小。

9 warehouses   

仓库，货栈( warehouse的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The whisky was taken to bonded warehouses at Port Dundee. 威士忌酒已送到邓迪港的保稅仓库。
• Row upon row of newly built warehouses line the waterfront. 江岸新建的仓库鳞次栉比。

10 entities   

实体对像； 实体，独立存在体，实际存在物( entity的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Our newspaper and our printing business form separate corporate entities. 我们的报纸和印刷业形成相对独立的企业实体。
• The North American continent is made up of three great structural entities. 北美大陆是由三个构造单元组成的。

11 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。

12 bloc   

n.集团；联盟

参考例句：

• A solid bloc of union members support the decision.工会会员团结起来支持该决定。
• There have been growing tensions within the trading bloc.贸易同盟国的关系越来越紧张。