2014年CRI 中国碳排放2030年达峰值 外交部要求菲立即释放中国渔民

 

The Chinese government has issued a new promise to honor its commitments to cap its carbon-emission growth by 2030.

The pledge has been made as a Chinese delegation¹ prepares to head to a UN climate conference in Peru next week.

The UN Climate Conference in Lima comes on the heels of China and the US reaching a major agreement on climate change at the APEC Summit in Beijing earlier this month.

As part of that deal, the Chinese side has agreed to cap its carbon-emission growth by 2030, on top of generating one-fifth of its power through renewable sources by that same time.

The Chinese Government is calling on the authorities in the Philippines for the immediate² release of 9 Chinese fishermen who have been convicted of poaching in the South China Sea.

A spokesperson of the Chinese Foreign ministry³ says the Philippines seized the Chinese fishing boats illegally around the waters in the Nansha island area.

The Chinese government calls the Philippine side to release the fishermen and their fishing boats without condition.

The 9 Chinese fishermen were convicted on Monday and face fines of over 100-thousand US dollars each.

A failure to pay the fine means the group will have to stay in jail in the western Philippines until May.

1 delegation   

n.代表团；派遣

参考例句：

• The statement of our delegation was singularly appropriate to the occasion.我们代表团的声明非常适合时宜。
• We shall inform you of the date of the delegation's arrival.我们将把代表团到达的日期通知你。

2 immediate   

adj.立即的；直接的，最接近的；紧靠的

参考例句：

• His immediate neighbours felt it their duty to call.他的近邻认为他们有责任去拜访。
• We declared ourselves for the immediate convocation of the meeting.我们主张立即召开这个会议。

3 ministry   

n.(政府的)部；牧师

参考例句：

• They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
• We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。