2015年CRI 产业合作成为李克强访欧议程焦点

 

The European Union has been China's largest trading partner for the last 11-years, making economic ties between the two sides critical.

The European Commission launched a 3-year investment plan last year, with a focus on infrastruction construction and tighter links among EU member-countries.

Feng Zhongping, European Studies expert with the China Institute of Contemporary International Relations, says the 300-billion-euro "Juncker Plan," named after current European Commission President Jean-Claude Junker, fits well with the Chinese government's "Belt and Road" initiative.

"European countries are the western end of the 'Belt and Road 'initiatives. So it has a natural convergence. The Juncker strategic plan also covers infrastructure¹ building especially in these central and eastern European countries. So you can see there is a very good connection. And we have already held a lot of talks with EU leaders including Juncker himself."

Feng Zhongping notes one of the areas of focus during Li Keqiang's trip will be on expanding industrial capacity.

This is a term used to describe upgrading existing sectors² with better technology to make them more efficient.

Premier³ Li Keqiang has been using the phrase "international industrial capacity cooperation" since his visit to Kazahkstan back in December.

"In Premier Li's view, China has strong industrial capacity and European countries have advanced technologies. The most important thing is that we have to think about other developing countries, as they have developing demands. So it is a three-part job, China's money and capacities, Europe's technologies and the third country's market."

One area expected to be focused on will be nuclear power cooperation.

A number of deals are expected to be signed in France by Premier Li Keqiang as part of the government's current "going global" nuclear power strategy.

Currently, over 80-percent of France's electricity is generated through nuclear power.

Chinese and French firms are already working together in a joint⁴ nuclear power project in Britian.

Alice Rezkova, an expert on China-EU ties with the Association for International Affairs in Europe, says the European side is also going to be looking for committments from Li Keqiang when it come to opportunities in China.

"So for example transporation, there is a huge need in reducing traffic congestion⁵ in China and encourage the use of public transportation by making travel more efficient, secure and also safe. Also the area of government services and the area of resources, you know the smart grid⁶ and renewable energy system to manage outages, control costs."

As part of Li Keqiang's time in Belgium, he's scheduled to meet with top EU leaders, address the opening ceremony of this year's China-EU business summit, as well as take part in a forum⁷ on China-EU urbanization partnerships⁸.

For CRI, I am Wang Mengzhen.

1 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。

2 sectors   

n.部门( sector的名词复数 )；领域；防御地区；扇形

参考例句：

• Berlin was divided into four sectors after the war. 战后柏林分成了4 个区。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Industry and agriculture are the two important sectors of the national economy. 工业和农业是国民经济的两个重要部门。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

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 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。

5 congestion   

n.阻塞，消化不良

参考例句：

• The congestion in the city gets even worse during the summer.夏天城市交通阻塞尤为严重。
• Parking near the school causes severe traffic congestion.在学校附近泊车会引起严重的交通堵塞。

6 grid   

n.高压输电线路网；地图坐标方格；格栅

参考例句：

• In this application,the carrier is used to encapsulate the grid.在这种情况下，要用载体把格栅密封起来。
• Modern gauges consist of metal foil in the form of a grid.现代应变仪则由网格形式的金属片组成。

7 forum   

n.论坛，讨论会

参考例句：

• They're holding a forum on new ways of teaching history.他们正在举行历史教学讨论会。
• The organisation would provide a forum where problems could be discussed.这个组织将提供一个可以讨论问题的平台。

8 partnerships   

n.伙伴关系( partnership的名词复数 )；合伙人身份；合作关系

参考例句：

• Partnerships suffer another major disadvantage: decision-making is shared. 合伙企业的另一主要缺点是决定要由大家来作。 来自英汉非文学 - 政府文件
• It involved selling off limited partnerships. 它涉及到售出有限的合伙权。 来自辞典例句