2018年CRI Foreign representatives in CIFTIS hail China's opening up policy

Foreign representatives in CIFTIS hail China's opening up policy

Foreign representatives taking part in the ongoing¹ China Beijing International Fair for Trade in Services (CIFTIS) have hailed China's decision to further open up its service industry, expressing willingness to further cooperate with China in service and trade sectors³.

UNO Parks from Lithuania is the operator of the biggest indoor family entertainment center in the Baltic Sea Region, and has taken the lead in constructing adventure parks in the region.

The firm entered the Chinese market in 2013, and up till now, 6 new adventure park projects have been launched in China.

Zhao Na, UNO Parks' business development representative in China, attended the services trade fair.

She said that the Belt and Road Initiative has provided her company with new markets and new opportunities for development.

"Eastern European countries along the Belt and Road Initiative have taken part in a number of events such as services trade fair, as well as other similar events. Lithuania is a small country. You need to know it well in order to start conducting trade and economic cooperation with it. As such, through events such as services trade fair, we will get to know the people who are interested in cooperating with us," said Zhao.

Ireland's embassy in China has also sent a delegation⁴ to take part in the trade fair.

Lin Zhi, an official with the Irish embassy, says she hopes that China and Ireland could deepen their cooperation in the science and technology sector².

"The China-Ireland Technology Growth Fund was launched by the Chinese and Irish governments; and its total value reached 100 million U.S. dollars in 2014. The fund invested significantly in science and technology firms in both countries, and had profitable returns. The two sides decided⁵ earlier this year to start Phase Two of the fund with a total of 150 million euros, or some 170 million dollars. We hope to make good use of the fund to attract more Chinese tech firms to invest in Ireland, and to help more Irish tech firms to enter the Chinese market," said Lin.

On Monday, China's Commerce Minister Zhong Shan vowed⁶ at the CIFTIS' Global Trade in Services Summit that China will accelerate the opening up of its service industry and further liberalize to greater trade in services.

Qin Jiahao, the CEO of the American International Chamber⁷ of Commerce, said that China and the United States complement⁸ each other in many ways in the service sector, such as logistics, healthcare, and finance, so the U.S. side can benefit a lot if China further opens up its service sector.

"The volume of business by American companies trading with China has grown significantly, creating many more job opportunities for the American people. As Chinese logistics firms operating in the United States often have to build warehouses⁹ to store their goods, the real economy of the United States can be boosted by this process. For example, the construction and manufacture sectors can be boosted," said Qin.

This year's CIFTIS is held in the China National Convention Center in Beijing from May 28th to June 1st.

1 ongoing   

adj.进行中的，前进的

参考例句：

• The problem is ongoing.这个问题尚未解决。
• The issues raised in the report relate directly to Age Concern's ongoing work in this area.报告中提出的问题与“关心老人”组织在这方面正在做的工作有直接的关系。

2 sector   

n.部门，部分；防御地段，防区；扇形

参考例句：

• The export sector will aid the economic recovery. 出口产业将促进经济复苏。
• The enemy have attacked the British sector.敌人已进攻英国防区。

3 sectors   

n.部门( sector的名词复数 )；领域；防御地区；扇形

参考例句：

• Berlin was divided into four sectors after the war. 战后柏林分成了4 个区。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Industry and agriculture are the two important sectors of the national economy. 工业和农业是国民经济的两个重要部门。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

4 delegation   

n.代表团；派遣

参考例句：

• The statement of our delegation was singularly appropriate to the occasion.我们代表团的声明非常适合时宜。
• We shall inform you of the date of the delegation's arrival.我们将把代表团到达的日期通知你。

5 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

6 vowed   

起誓，发誓（vow的过去式与过去分词形式）

参考例句：

• He vowed quite solemnly that he would carry out his promise. 他非常庄严地发誓要实现他的诺言。
• I vowed to do more of the cooking myself. 我发誓自己要多动手做饭。

7 chamber   

n.房间，寝室；会议厅；议院；会所

参考例句：

• For many,the dentist's surgery remains a torture chamber.对许多人来说，牙医的治疗室一直是间受刑室。
• The chamber was ablaze with light.会议厅里灯火辉煌。

8 complement   

n.补足物，船上的定员；补语；vt.补充，补足

参考例句：

• The two suggestions complement each other.这两条建议相互补充。
• They oppose each other also complement each other.它们相辅相成。

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。