2019年CRI Foreign participants at Bo'ao Forum elaborate on China's role

 

Some former world leaders attending this year's Bo'ao Forum¹ for Asia have spoken of China's role in the global economy.

Ban Ki Moon, the former United Nations Secretary General, was at the annual Boao Forum together with other former world leaders including Japan's former Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda and France's former President Francois Hollande. They applauded China for the progress it's made in growing its economy and pursuing high-quality development.

Ban, who is the chairman of the Boao Forum, spoke² about the ongoing³ trade talks between China and the United States.

"Now that China has definitely become the number 2 world economy and the trading is amounting to 600 billion dollars. Therefore, there may be some sort of friction⁴ as both countries are now engaging in negotiation⁵. This may be a bilateral⁶ trade relationship but it has greater global implications and consequences, not only through Asia but all through the world. Therefore, it is very important that this trade negotiation will come out smoothly⁷ to mutual⁸ satisfaction," said Ban.

While the World Trade Organization has tried to make strides towards fair trade, Ban emphasized the importance of having a global standard that governs all trade activities. He voiced his confidence that a resolution could be reached in the talks, and highlighted that China is committed to further opening up.

"As one lesson learning from this is that there are many different systems. Countries are taking a certain system and other countries are taking some other systems, but it is important that all these trading activities should be governed by a certain global standard. I know that Chinese is very committed through opening-up and I'm sure that there'll be some smooth and mutually satisfactory resolution of this," saidBan.

Speaking at the Boao Forum, former Japanese Prime Minister Fukuda applauded China for what he described as its impressive focus on the quality of its development. He said the new foreign investment law will further improve the quality of China's economy.

"Without these positive changes, the Chinese economy would be changing only in terms of scale. And the government's optimizing⁹ measures will make China a major country gaining more and more praise from the international community."

Also at the forum, former French President Francois Hollande called for closer ties between China, France, and Europe in order to promote multilateralism, adding that the parties should rally against protectionist and nationalistic threats.

"We are facing protectionist threats, we are facing isolationist, nationalist threats, so China needs to be aware of this. It is not just China, it is a global threat, and that is why it is very important that Europe, France, and China work together in this spirit. We have disasters today, we have changes in the development of the planet that are extremely worrying and that justify¹⁰ a relationship that's a partnership¹¹, because in the meeting with President Macron this notion of a partnership was also mentioned," said Francois Hollande.

More than 2000 delegates from 60 countries are attending this year's Boao Forum gathering¹².

1 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。

2 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

3 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。

4 friction   

n.摩擦，摩擦力

参考例句：

• When Joan returned to work,the friction between them increased.琼回来工作后，他们之间的摩擦加剧了。
• Friction acts on moving bodies and brings them to a stop.摩擦力作用于运动着的物体，并使其停止。

5 negotiation   

n.谈判，协商

参考例句：

• They closed the deal in sugar after a week of negotiation.经过一星期的谈判，他们的食糖生意成交了。
• The negotiation dragged on until July.谈判一直拖到7月份。

6 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。

7 smoothly   

adv.平滑地，顺利地，流利地，流畅地

参考例句：

• The workmen are very cooperative,so the work goes on smoothly.工人们十分合作，所以工作进展顺利。
• Just change one or two words and the sentence will read smoothly.这句话只要动一两个字就顺了。

8 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。

9 optimizing   

v.使最优化，使尽可能有效( optimize的现在分词 )；最佳化；寻优

参考例句：

• This model may be classified as either an optimizing model or simulation model. 这个模型可分为最佳化模型或模拟模型。 来自辞典例句
• Need to design crossover operator rationally while optimizing ANN. 优化网络需要合理设计交叉算子。 来自互联网

10 justify   

vt.证明…正当(或有理)，为…辩护

参考例句：

• He tried to justify his absence with lame excuses.他想用站不住脚的借口为自己的缺席辩解。
• Can you justify your rude behavior to me?你能向我证明你的粗野行为是有道理的吗？

11 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。

12 gathering   

n.集会，聚会，聚集

参考例句：

• He called on Mr. White to speak at the gathering.他请怀特先生在集会上讲话。
• He is on the wing gathering material for his novels.他正忙于为他的小说收集资料。