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China's top legislature has made its decision on the election of Hong Kong's chief executive in 2017 at the just-concluded meeting of the NPC's Standing¹ Committee.

The decision says a broadly representative nominating committee shall be formed to choose candidates for the election.

From there, two or three candidates will be chosen to contest the elections for Chief Executive in Hong Kong after obtaining support from at least half the nominating committee.

The NPC decision goes on to say that all eligible² electors in Hong Kong will then have the right to vote for any of the candidates.

The Chief Executive-elect then will have to be approved by the central government here in Beijing.

China and Russia have launched the construction of a joint³ natural gas pipeline⁴ in eastern Siberia.

This is part of a gas contract signed between the two countries earlier this year.

Chinese Vice⁵ Premier⁶ Zhang Gaoli has gone to Russia to attend a ceremony marking the construction of the Russian section of the natural gas pipeline.

Under the deal reached back in May, the pipeline will transmit 38 billion cubic meters of natural gas every year to China over a period of 30-years, starting from 2018.

The Russian part of the pipeline will link two gas fields in Siberia with the eastern port city of Vladivostok, covering a total distance of nearly 4- thousand kilometers.

1 standing   

n.持续，地位；adj.永久的，不动的，直立的，不流动的

参考例句：

• After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
• They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。

2 eligible   

adj.有条件被选中的；(尤指婚姻等)合适(意)的

参考例句：

• He is an eligible young man.他是一个合格的年轻人。
• Helen married an eligible bachelor.海伦嫁给了一个中意的单身汉。

3 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。

4 pipeline   

n.管道，管线

参考例句：

• The pipeline supplies Jordan with 15 per cent of its crude oil.该管道供给约旦15%的原油。
• A single pipeline serves all the houses with water.一条单管路给所有的房子供水。

5 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。

6 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。