2019年CRI Shanghai moves forward to become sci-tech innovation center

 

Shanghai is marching ahead toward its goal of becoming an internationally influential¹ science and technology innovation center through cooperation with local companies and multinationals³.

U.S. tech giant Microsoft's new Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Internet of Things (IoT) Insider Lab is expected to start operating in Shanghai next month.

The lab is Microsoft's first AI & IoT Insider Lab in the Asia-Pacific region, as well as the third and largest of its kind in the world, after Seattle and Munich.

Corporate⁴ vice⁵ president of Microsoft Hon Hsiao Wuen explains why they chose Shanghai for the new lab.

"Shanghai has been a pioneering force in China's reform and opening up, and its conditions are also favorable. Not only the municipal government is insightful, but the industrial chain in the city is also quite complete. The leading enterprises in Shanghai cover various sectors⁶, and many of them have stayed committed to innovation," says Hon.

The lab will work with local enterprises and multinational² companies to build prototypes through production, conduct technical training and provide go-to-market advisory⁷.

It aims to boost the integration⁸ of AI and IoT with the digital transformation⁹ in sectors such as manufacturing, retailing¹⁰, medicine, finance and public services.

The lab is located on the AIsland, a new specialized¹¹ AI zone in Zhangjiang Science City in Pudong New Area.

The hub is home to various AI applications such as security and protection, voice recognition and deep learning.

Chair Yuan Tao of Zhangjiang Group says an incubator will also be built on the AIsland to help with the development of small and medium sized companies.

"We hope to see that large, small and medium-sized companies will cooperate to develop AI technology on the AIsland. The leading enterprises and new startups can co-exist with each other harmoniously¹², and the giants can become a pulling power of small and medium-sized companies' development," says Yuan.

The AIsland zone is seeking to become a pioneering area that leads the national AI pack by the end of the year.

Fifteen Chinese and international companies have decided¹³ to set up offices in the hub, including Microsoft, IBM and Alibaba.

"Shanghai will speed up building a more competitive, innovative¹⁴ city, and march forward to become an internationally influential science and technology innovation center," says Ying Yong, the mayor of Shanghai.

1 influential   

adj.有影响的，有权势的

参考例句：

• He always tries to get in with the most influential people.他总是试图巴结最有影响的人物。
• He is a very influential man in the government.他在政府中是个很有影响的人物。

2 multinational   

adj.多国的，多种国籍的；n.多国籍公司，跨国公司

参考例句：

• The firm was taken over by a multinational consulting firm.这家公司被一个跨国咨询公司收购。
• He analyzed the relationship between multinational corporations and under-developed countries.他分析了跨国公司和不发达国家之间的关系。

3 multinationals   

跨国公司( multinational的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• These local companies are only small fry compared with the huge multinationals. 同那些跨国公司比，这些当地的公司不过是小鱼小虾。
• Some people believe that the multinationals have too much power. 有人认为跨国公司的权力太大了。

4 corporate   

adj.共同的，全体的；公司的，企业的

参考例句：

• This is our corporate responsibility.这是我们共同的责任。
• His corporate's life will be as short as a rabbit's tail.他的公司的寿命是兔子尾巴长不了。

5 vice   

n.坏事；恶习；[pl.]台钳，老虎钳；adj.副的

参考例句：

• He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
• They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。

6 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》

7 advisory   

adj.劝告的，忠告的，顾问的，提供咨询

参考例句：

• I have worked in an advisory capacity with many hospitals.我曾在多家医院做过顾问工作。
• He was appointed to the advisory committee last month.他上个月获任命为顾问委员会委员。

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 transformation   

n.变化；改造；转变

参考例句：

• Going to college brought about a dramatic transformation in her outlook.上大学使她的观念发生了巨大的变化。
• He was struggling to make the transformation from single man to responsible husband.他正在努力使自己由单身汉变为可靠的丈夫。

10 retailing   

n.零售业v.零售(retail的现在分词)

参考例句：

• career opportunities in retailing 零售业的职业机会
• He is fond of retailing the news. 他喜欢传播消息。 来自《简明英汉词典》

11 specialized   

adj.专门的，专业化的

参考例句：

• There are many specialized agencies in the United Nations.联合国有许多专门机构。
• These tools are very specialized.这些是专用工具。

12 harmoniously   

和谐地，调和地

参考例句：

• The president and Stevenson had worked harmoniously over the last eighteen months. 在过去一年半里，总统和史蒂文森一起工作是融洽的。
• China and India cannot really deal with each other harmoniously. 中国和印度这两只猛兽不可能真心实意地和谐相处。

13 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。

14 innovative   

adj.革新的，新颖的，富有革新精神的

参考例句：

• Discover an innovative way of marketing.发现一个创新的营销方式。
• He was one of the most creative and innovative engineers of his generation.他是他那代人当中最富创造性与革新精神的工程师之一。