China, Kenya Pledge to Co-op on National Development

　　Chinese Premier¹ Li Keqiang has met with Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta in Beijing.

 

　　The two sides have pledged to enhance their cooperation particularly in the fields of national development, disaster prevention and poverty reduction.

 

　　Su Yi has more.

 

　　Premier Li Keqiang says China and Kenya are facing similar tasks and challenges when it comes to disaster prevention and poverty reduction.

 

　　He has called on the two sides to work together to achieve more comprehensive development.

 

　　For his part, Kenyatta says the Kenyan government appreciates China's long-term support.

 

　　Meantime, chief of China's largest policy lender, China Development Bank, says the bank has invested 250-million US dollars in Kenya's infrastructure² projects, its finance sector³ and small businesses.

 

　　Those funds have been used to popularize the use of digital television and are expected to go into hydro-power, thermal-power and development park projects.

 

　　Zheng Zhijie says it was part of the 18.9-billion-dollars of outstanding loans the CDB has brought to African countries so far.

 

　　Also Kenyan officials say Kenyatta's state visit has helped unlock billions of dollars to finance the country's key development projects.

 

　　These projects include a railway linking the capital Nairobi with Mombasa and Malaba.

 

　　Kenyan officials say the 5-billion-dollars worth of projects have been under discussion for months under the guidance of President Kenyatta.

 

　　China is the second largest trading partner to Kenya, with an annual bilateral⁴ trade of some 2.8 billion US dollars.

 

　　For CRI, I'm Su Yi.

1 premier   

adj.首要的；n.总理，首相

参考例句：

• The Irish Premier is paying an official visit to Britain.爱尔兰总理正在对英国进行正式访问。
• He requested that the premier grant him an internview.他要求那位总理接见他一次。

2 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。

3 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。

4 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。