China to Accelerate the Opening-up of Western Inland Region

The first China-Eurasia Expo is coming to a close in Urumqi, capital of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous¹ Region. Some 50,000 officials and business people from China and about 30 countries, regions and international organizations attended the five-day trade fair.

The Expo was upgraded this year from a regional trade fair that aims to make Urumqi an important exchange center for leaders and businesses in China and its western and southern neighbors. It is also aimed to help speed up the opening-up of China's western inland region.

Liu Yan has the story.

 
The Alataw Pass is in the western border region that connects China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region to its western neighbors. During the China-Eurasia Expo, some 3.7 billion yuan, or almost 580 million US dollars, worth of deals were signed involving the Alataw Pass region alone.

The director of Alataw Pass Economic and Trade Bureau points out that the China-Eurasia Expo provides more opportunities for the region and its people.

"We have gained the expected results in which three projects on the manufacture of the minerals imported from Kazakhstan in Alataw Pass, and another one on the achievement of the memorandum² with chief representatives of the Ministry³ of New technologies in Kazakhstan."

The director of Xinjiang International Expo Bureau, Li Jingyuan also agrees that the China-Eurasia Expo speeds up the development of Xinjiang greatly as it promotes the construction of cross-border infrastructure⁴ projects like roads, railways, and telecommunication⁵ networks to explore the full potential of trade across the heartland of Eurasia.

Xinjiang Yu'ang International Trading Corporation is the only enterprise engaged in the research and development, manufacture and sales of semi-conductors in Xinjiang. Jiang Fang⁶, the manager of this company, says that the Expo plays a vital role in promoting the company's international status.

"Last year, we have only applied⁷ one ordinary stand, while this year, we applied four special stands to expand our popularity as the trade fair was upgraded to the China-Eurasia Expo. Comparing to the result of last year, our signing bonus doubled including the cooperation with the foreign countries such as Kazakhstan, South Korea, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan."

The success of China-Eurasia Expo is key in China's overall opening-up strategy and will accelerate the opening-up of western inland region.

For CRI, I'm Liu Yan.

1 autonomous   

adj.自治的；独立的

参考例句：

• They proudly declared themselves part of a new autonomous province.他们自豪地宣布成为新自治省的一部分。
• This is a matter that comes within the jurisdiction of the autonomous region.这件事是属于自治区权限以内的事务。

2 memorandum   

n.备忘录，便笺

参考例句：

• The memorandum was dated 23 August,2008.备忘录上注明的日期是2008年8月23日。
• The Secretary notes down the date of the meeting in her memorandum book.秘书把会议日期都写在记事本上。

3 ministry   

n.(政府的)部；牧师

参考例句：

• They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
• We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。

4 infrastructure   

n.下部构造，下部组织，基础结构，基础设施

参考例句：

• We should step up the development of infrastructure for research.加强科学基础设施建设。
• We should strengthen cultural infrastructure and boost various types of popular culture.加强文化基础设施建设，发展各类群众文化。

5 telecommunication   

n.电信，远距离通信

参考例句：

• Telecommunication is an industry of service.电信业是一个服务型的行业。
• I only care about the telecommunication quality and the charge.我只关心通信质量和资费两个方面。

6 fang   

n.尖牙，犬牙

参考例句：

• Look how the bone sticks out of the flesh like a dog's fang.瞧瞧,这根骨头从肉里露出来，象一只犬牙似的。
• The green fairy's fang thrusting between his lips.绿妖精的尖牙从他的嘴唇里龇出来。

7 applied   

adj.应用的；v.应用，适用

参考例句：

• She plans to take a course in applied linguistics.她打算学习应用语言学课程。
• This cream is best applied to the face at night.这种乳霜最好晚上擦脸用。