中国人大会议聚焦改革动力与经济增长放缓

 　　China's slowing economy will be at the forefront as parliament convenes¹ for its annual meeting this week, with a weekend interest rate cut a reminder² of the challenge of balancing painful restructuring with combating the onset³ of deflation.

　　本周每年一度的全国人民代表大会即将召开，然通货紧缩袭来，周末央行降息，改革道路艰难前行，令中国经济放缓成为本届人大会议焦点。

　　Senior leaders at the National People's Congress, which opens on Thursday, will send an unambiguous signal about the extent of the slowdown when they cut this year's GDP growth target to around 7 percent, which would be the lowest growth in a quarter of a century.

　　全国人大会议将于3月5日召开，会议高层领导人将发出明显经济放缓信号，公布经济放缓区间，或将2015年GDP增长目标降至7%左右，这一增长目标将是25年来最低。

　　"The focus will be on state-owned enterprise reforms, price reforms and fiscal⁴ reforms," said Wang Jun, a senior economist⁵ at the China Center for International Economic Exchanges, a well-connected think-tank in Beijing.

　　中国国际经济交流中心的高级经济学家王军说：“此次大会焦点在于国有企业改革，物价改革和财政改革。”该中心位于北京，是一个社会关系广阔的智囊团。

　　中国人大会议聚焦改革动力与经济增长放缓

　　"The economic growth target will definitely be lowered. A target of 7 percent is more appropriate."

　　“经济增长目标必将降低。目标定在7%较为合适。”

　　Officials are expected to argue that a lower growth target provides the opportunity to overhaul⁶ state firms, laws and the fiscal system.

　　官员们将针对较低增长目标为国企改革、法制改革和财政财政改革提供良机发表意见。

　　They hope to transform the world's second-largest economy away from the export- and investment-led model that powered three decades of rapid expansion into one that is driven by more sustainable domestic consumption.

　　中国作为世界第二大经济体，希望能从带来30多年经济快速发展的出口投资导向型经济形式，转向更为可持续的国内消费导向型经济。

　　But with fears of deflation rising - annual consumer inflation plumbed⁷ a five-year low of 0.8 percent in January - there is also a need to step in to support the economy, evidenced by two interest rates cuts since late November.

　　然而今年一月消费价格指数年比增长仅为0.8%，创五年最低，致使通货紧缩的担忧加剧。同时，中国政府也需介入，支持本国经济发展，去年11月底以来两次降息就是证明。

　　Vocabulary

　　convene：召开（会议）

　　deflation：通货紧缩

　　overhaul：改革，改造

1 convenes   

召开( convene的第三人称单数 )； 召集； （为正式会议而）聚集； 集合

参考例句：

• The Premier convenes and presides over the executive meetings and plenary meetings of the State Council. 总理召集和主持国务院常务会议和国务院全体会议。 来自汉英非文学 - 中国宪法
• Chinese woman tenth the National People Congress convenes grandly today in Beijing. 中国妇女第十次全国代表大会今天在北京隆重召开。

2 reminder   

n.提醒物，纪念品；暗示，提示

参考例句：

• I have had another reminder from the library.我又收到图书馆的催还单。
• It always took a final reminder to get her to pay her share of the rent.总是得发给她一份最后催缴通知，她才付应该交的房租。

3 onset   

n.进攻，袭击，开始，突然开始

参考例句：

• The drug must be taken from the onset of the infection.这种药必须在感染的最初期就开始服用。
• Our troops withstood the onset of the enemy.我们的部队抵挡住了敌人的进攻。

4 fiscal   

adj.财政的，会计的，国库的，国库岁入的

参考例句：

• The increase of taxation is an important fiscal policy.增税是一项重要的财政政策。
• The government has two basic strategies of fiscal policy available.政府有两个可行的财政政策基本战略。

5 economist   

n.经济学家，经济专家，节俭的人

参考例句：

• He cast a professional economist's eyes on the problem.他以经济学行家的眼光审视这个问题。
• He's an economist who thinks he knows all the answers.他是个经济学家，自以为什么都懂。

6 overhaul   

v./n.大修，仔细检查

参考例句：

• Master Worker Wang is responsible for the overhaul of this grinder.王师傅主修这台磨床。
• It is generally appreciated that the rail network needs a complete overhaul.众所周知，铁路系统需要大检修。

7 plumbed   

v.经历( plumb的过去式和过去分词 )；探究；用铅垂线校正；用铅锤测量

参考例句：

• Magda had plumbed her own heart for answers. 玛格达在自己心中搜寻答案。 来自辞典例句
• In the sub-zero weather, their exhausts plumbed white in the grey streets. 在严寒天气，他们的排气管在灰色的街道上吐着缕缕白烟。 来自辞典例句