2018年CRI Xi, Modi vow to enhance mutual trust

 

The leaders of China and India have wrapped up a series of meetings in central China, with the two suggesting they've been able to reach consensus¹ on various issues through the informal setting.

Touted² as a first-of-its-kind for China-India relations, two days of meetings between Xi Jinping and Narendra Modi in Hubei's capital, Wuhan, has seen the two leaders take a relaxed approach to their talks, visiting a museum, taking a lakeside stroll and a boat ride.

Discussions have mostly centered around bilateral³ relations, with both suggesting they hope to build up a sense of trust, while at the same time encouraging people-to-people exchanges.

Chinese President Xi Jinping says China and India, emerging economies with the largest populations in the world, share many similarities, and also have significant responsibilities.

"The combined population of China and India exceeds 2.6 billion. Both countries enjoy great economic and market potential and steadily⁴ growing international influence. The prospect⁵ for our cooperation is broad, the potential is enormous. The international situation is undergoing a critical period of changes and adjustment. Both China and India are important engines of global economic growth and backbone⁶ forces for promoting multi-polarization and economic globalization. A sound China-India relationship is an important, positive factor for safeguarding world stability."

Noting both countries have entered new stages of development, Xi Jinping is suggesting the two leaders can continue to work on plans for cooperation in a relaxed setting.

"Looking ahead, we should focus on development and deepen mutually beneficial cooperation, so as to achieve national rejuvenation⁷, create an Asia featuring stability, development and prosperity in the 21st century, and make a positive contribution to global peace and development. Informal meeting may become a regular method of communication between us two. I look forward to having in-depth exchange with you and I believe we will surely reach new important consensus and promote the Sino-Indian relations to a higher level."

Xi Jinping has also suggested the two countries have the ability to inject a positive influence in creating a balance in the global power structure.

He also says China and India should try to handle their differences in a mature manner, but at the same time, work together to promote regional economic integration⁸ and interconnectivity.

For his part, Narendra Modi notes both China and India share a unique role in past, as well as the future.

"You are right. We are two state leaders representing over 2.6 billion people. This meeting is significant, not only to our two countries, but also the region and the world. Both of our countries boast ancient civilizations and have drawn⁹ upon many experiences from the long history of our civilizations. In over 1,600 years of the past 20 centuries, the economies and India and China took up 50 percent of that of the entire world. That's a big number. For the world, it's a big thing. Both countries did have major impacts on the global economy."

Modi has also proposed regular high-level contact between the two sides, while at the same time, voicing support for globalization and the multilateral trading system.

1 consensus   

n.(意见等的)一致，一致同意，共识

参考例句：

• Can we reach a consensus on this issue?我们能在这个问题上取得一致意见吗？
• What is the consensus of opinion at the afternoon meeting?下午会议上一致的意见是什么？

2 touted   

v.兜售( tout的过去式和过去分词 )；招揽；侦查；探听赛马情报

参考例句：

• She's being touted as the next leader of the party. 她被吹捧为该党的下一任领导人。
• People said that he touted for his mother and sister. 据说，他给母亲和姐姐拉生意。 来自辞典例句

3 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。

4 steadily   

adv.稳定地；不变地；持续地

参考例句：

• The scope of man's use of natural resources will steadily grow.人类利用自然资源的广度将日益扩大。
• Our educational reform was steadily led onto the correct path.我们的教学改革慢慢上轨道了。

5 prospect   

n.前景，前途；景色，视野

参考例句：

• This state of things holds out a cheerful prospect.事态呈现出可喜的前景。
• The prospect became more evident.前景变得更加明朗了。

6 backbone   

n.脊骨，脊柱，骨干；刚毅，骨气

参考例句：

• The Chinese people have backbone.中国人民有骨气。
• The backbone is an articulate structure.脊椎骨是一种关节相连的结构。

7 rejuvenation   

n. 复原，再生, 更新, 嫩化, 恢复

参考例句：

• Prolonged starvation and aging might lead to rejuvenation of embryogenic potential. 长期的饥饿和衰老可以导致胚胎发生能力的复壮。
• All this signs rejuvenation of agriculture. 所有这些都预示着农业将复苏。

8 integration   

n.一体化，联合，结合

参考例句：

• We are working to bring about closer political integration in the EU.我们正在努力实现欧盟內部更加紧密的政治一体化。
• This was the greatest event in the annals of European integration.这是欧洲统一史上最重大的事件。

9 drawn   

v.拖，拉，拔出；adj.憔悴的，紧张的

参考例句：

• All the characters in the story are drawn from life.故事中的所有人物都取材于生活。
• Her gaze was drawn irresistibly to the scene outside.她的目光禁不住被外面的风景所吸引。