US-China Aviation Summit to Expand Cooperation in the Industry

China and the U.S. have agreed to strengthen ties in the aviation sector¹.

As CRI's Allie Johnson reports, the agreement has been made at a US-China Aviation Summit taking place in Washington.

 
The three-day US-China Aviation Summit comes following the maiden² flight of Chinese cargo³ from Shanghai to St. Louis, a city of some 3 million people.

Local officials in St. Louis say they believe the new link should help promote trade between China and the U.S.

Rebecca Blank is an acting⁴ Secretary with the US Department of Commerce.

"Nine top tier US manufacturing companies won competitive contracts to build and supply the aviation system for China's new aircraft program, the C919. Airport infrastructure⁵ needs are filling opportunities in the US companies as well. Ultimately, our success helping⁶ China meet its aerospace⁷ goals will mean more jobs here at home creating win-win scenarios⁸ for our nations."

The Chinese and U.S sides have been pushing to try to expand their aviation ties since 2000.

Passanger flows in the United States are three times as large as they are in China, despite China having a population four-times the size of the US.

China also has five-times fewer commercial aircraft than the US side does, and one-third less airports.

As such, the Deputy chief of the China's Civic⁹ Aviation Administration, Xia Xinghua, says more cooperation is crutial for the Chinese side.

"Firstly, we need to strengthen our cooperation on sustainable security development, expanding the relationship in a pragmatic way. We also need to deepen our cooperation in seaworthiness, especially on the aircraft program ARJ21 and C919. Meanwhile, we need to strengthen our cooperation in air traffic control, General Aviation, airport construction, Energy saving and emissions¹⁰ reduction. "

Despite lagging behind the US market, the aviation industry here in China is expanding rapidly.

China is the currently the biggest buyer of US-made Boeing aircraft.

Boeing expects China to be one of its leading markets over the next 20 years.

That same sentiment has been echoed by Boeing's chief rival Airbus.

For CRI, I'm Allie Johnson.

1 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。

2 maiden   

n.少女，处女；adj.未婚的，纯洁的，无经验的

参考例句：

• The prince fell in love with a fair young maiden.王子爱上了一位年轻美丽的少女。
• The aircraft makes its maiden flight tomorrow.这架飞机明天首航。

3 cargo   

n.(一只船或一架飞机运载的)货物

参考例句：

• The ship has a cargo of about 200 ton.这条船大约有200吨的货物。
• A lot of people discharged the cargo from a ship.许多人从船上卸下货物。

4 acting   

n.演戏，行为，假装；adj.代理的，临时的，演出用的

参考例句：

• Ignore her,she's just acting.别理她，她只是假装的。
• During the seventies,her acting career was in eclipse.在七十年代，她的表演生涯黯然失色。

5 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。

6 helping   

n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的，辅助的

参考例句：

• The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
• By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。

7 aerospace   

adj.航空的，宇宙航行的

参考例句：

• The world's entire aerospace industry is feeling the chill winds of recession.全世界的航空航天工业都感受到了经济衰退的寒意。
• Edward Murphy was an aerospace engineer for the US Army.爱德华·墨菲是一名美军的航宇工程师。

8 scenarios   

n.[意]情节；剧本；事态；脚本

参考例句：

• Further, graphite cores may be safer than non-graphite cores under some accident scenarios. 再者，根据一些事故解说，石墨堆芯可比非石墨堆芯更安全一些。 来自英汉非文学 - 环境法 - 环境法
• Again, scenarios should make it clear which modes are acceptable to users in various contexts. 同样，我们可以运用场景剧本来搞清楚在不同情境下哪些模式可被用户接受。 来自About Face 3交互设计精髓

9 civic   

adj.城市的，都市的，市民的，公民的

参考例句：

• I feel it is my civic duty to vote.我认为投票选举是我作为公民的义务。
• The civic leaders helped to forward the project.市政府领导者协助促进工程的进展。

10 emissions   

排放物( emission的名词复数 )； 散发物（尤指气体）

参考例句：

• Most scientists accept that climate change is linked to carbon emissions. 大多数科学家都相信气候变化与排放的含碳气体有关。
• Dangerous emissions radiate from plutonium. 危险的辐射物从钚放散出来。