China, Japan pledge closer financial cooperation

　　BEIJING, Feb. 19 (Xinhua) -- China and Japan pledged on Sunday to boost their financial cooperation as the global economic situation remains¹ "complex and grim."

　　"Financial cooperation is a major part of the economic cooperation between China and Japan," said Chinese Vice² Premier³ Wang Qishan as he met with visiting Japanese Finance Minister Jun Azumi.

　　Wang said he hoped the two economies would step up communication and coordination⁴ to deepen financial cooperation, and carry out research actively⁵ in settlement of trade and investment in local currencies to develop their financial markets in a healthy and stable way.

　　"As the current world economic situation remains very complex and grim, it's a priority task for all the countries to secure the recovery of the global economy," said the vice premier.

　　As leading economies and important G20 members, China and Japan should make joint⁶ efforts with the other members to ensure the success of the Los Cabos summit and spur reform of the international economic and financial system with a view to pushing ahead with the world's economic recovery and growth, he said. The next G20 summit is scheduled to be held in Los Cabos, Mexico, in June this year.

　　Wang said the fourth China-Japan high-level economic dialogue will be held later this year in Japan. The dialogue, jointly⁷ launched by Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao and then-Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, was first convened⁸ in 2007 in Beijing.

　　"(I) hope the two sides will give full play to the dialogue mechanism⁹, as a useful platform, to deepen cooperation in trade, investment and finance and to advance the China-Japan strategic and mutually beneficial relations continuously," Wang said.

　　Azumi told Wang that Japan is working hard to tackle deflation and fiscal¹⁰ deficit¹¹ in the country, according to a press release from the Chinese side.

　　Japan is ready to continue constructive¹² exchanges with China on bilateral¹³, regional and global financial issues to further their trade and financial cooperation, and to deepen their strategic and mutually beneficial relations, he was quoted.

　　Wang and Azumi also exchanged views on international issues of common concern, especially the economic situation in Europe, according to the release.

 

 

1 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。

2 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。

3 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。

4 coordination   

n.协调，协作

参考例句：

• Gymnastics is a sport that requires a considerable level of coordination.体操是一项需要高协调性的运动。
• The perfect coordination of the dancers and singers added a rhythmic charm to the performance.舞蹈演员和歌手们配合得很好，使演出更具魅力。

5 actively   

adv.积极地，勤奋地

参考例句：

• During this period all the students were actively participating.在这节课中所有的学生都积极参加。
• We are actively intervening to settle a quarrel.我们正在积极调解争执。

6 joint   

adj.联合的，共同的；n.关节，接合处；v.连接，贴合

参考例句：

• I had a bad fall,which put my shoulder out of joint.我重重地摔了一跤，肩膀脫臼了。
• We wrote a letter in joint names.我们联名写了封信。

7 jointly   

ad.联合地，共同地

参考例句：

• Tenants are jointly and severally liable for payment of the rent. 租金由承租人共同且分别承担。
• She owns the house jointly with her husband. 她和丈夫共同拥有这所房子。

8 convened   

召开( convene的过去式 )； 召集； （为正式会议而）聚集； 集合

参考例句：

• The chairman convened the committee to put the issue to a vote. 主席召集委员们开会对这个问题进行表决。
• The governor convened his troops to put down the revolt. 总督召集他的部队去镇压叛乱。

9 mechanism   

n.机械装置；机构，结构

参考例句：

• The bones and muscles are parts of the mechanism of the body.骨骼和肌肉是人体的组成部件。
• The mechanism of the machine is very complicated.这台机器的结构是非常复杂的。

10 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。

11 deficit   

n.亏空，亏损；赤字，逆差

参考例句：

• The directors have reported a deficit of 2.5 million dollars.董事们报告赤字为250万美元。
• We have a great deficit this year.我们今年有很大亏损。

12 constructive   

adj.建设的，建设性的

参考例句：

• We welcome constructive criticism.我们乐意接受有建设性的批评。
• He is beginning to deal with his anger in a constructive way.他开始用建设性的方法处理自己的怒气。

13 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。